AHL Game Preview: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Providence Bruins with Projected Lines 1/14/2026

Brian Stone Sr. – Inside The Rink

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (23-10-1-2, 49 pts) at Providence Bruins (25-7-1-0, 51 pts)

Venue: Amica Mutual Pavilion
Date: Wednesday, January 14
Time: 7:05 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports 

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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins New & Notes:

The Penguins split their weekend series, with the Checkers winning Friday’s game 5-1 before dropping Saturday’s game by the same score. They’re 1-2-0-0 in January, averaging four goals per game while allowing two goals per game. They’re 2-1-0-0 against the Bruins this season, averaging 1.3 goals per game.

Providence Bruins News & Notes:

The Bruins had three games over the weekend, winning Friday’s game 4-1 over the Islanders, then losing on Saturday 5-1 to the Wolf Pack, but bouncing back Sunday with a 4-2 win over the Phantoms. They’re 4-1-0-0 in 2026, averaging three goals per game while allowing two goals per game. They’re 1-1-1-0 against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton this season, averaging 1.3 goals per game.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Projected Lines:

Puustinen-Huglen-Koivunen
Klassen-Broz-Calvert
Urdahl-Koppanen-Gallant
Imama-Renwick-Edwards

Graves-Pietila
Pickering-Dumba
Breazeale-Kemp

Blomqvist
Murashov

Providence Bruins Projected Lines:

Tufte-Brown-Merkulov
Blumel-Poitras-Lysell
Abate-Locmelis-Duran
Bancroft-Farinacci-Harrison

Callahan-Soderstrom
Wolanin-Sweezey
Brunet-Gallagher

DiPietro
Zajicek

Players To Watch:

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

Tristan Broz leads the Penguins in points with 24 and in goals with 11 on the year. Valtteri Puustinen leads the way with 15 assists this season. Owen Pickering leads the team in plus/minus with a +11.

Providence Bruins

Captain Patrick Brown leads the Bruins and the league in points with 35. He also leads Providence in , assists, and plus/minus, with 22 assists and is a +24. Brown, Georgii Merkulov, Dans Locmelis, and Riley Tufte lead in goals with 13 each.

Next game:

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton: January 16 vs. Bridgeport Islanders
Providence – January 17 vs. Cleveland Monsters

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