{"id":107066,"date":"2026-02-06T15:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/107066\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:42:10","slug":"ahl-game-preview-wilkes-barre-scranton-penguins-at-lehigh-valley-phantoms-with-projected-lines-2-6-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/107066\/","title":{"rendered":"AHL Game Preview: Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins at Lehigh Valley Phantoms with Projected Lines 2\/6\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AHL-Game-Preview-Wilkes-Barre-Scranton-Penguins-at-Lehigh-Valley-Phantoms-with-Projected-Lines-2.6.2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"AHL Game Preview: Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins at Lehigh Valley Phantoms with Projected Lines 2\/6\/26\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>(Photo by: Brian Waksmunski-Inside the Rink)<\/p>\n<p>Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins (30-12-2-2, 64 pts) at Lehigh Valley Phantoms (21-18-2-2, 46 pts) <\/p>\n<p>Venue: PPL Center<br \/>Date: 2\/6\/26<br \/>Time: 7:05 PM EST<br \/>TV: FLO Sports<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins New &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">The Penguins beat the Hershey Bears on Wednesday night, 4-1. They now have a 4-1-0-0 record over their previous five games, scoring an average of four goals per game while conceding 2.4 goals per game.  The Penguins have owned the season series with the Phantoms with a 5-0-0-1 record this season.<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Valley Phantoms News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Phantoms suffered a 6-2 loss to the Penguins back on Sunday. In their last five games, the Phantoms have a 2-3-0-0 record, scoring an average of 3.4 goals per game, allowing 4.4 goals per game. In six games against the Penguins this season, the Phantoms have a 1-5-0-0 record.<\/p>\n<p>Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Harvey-Pinard-Klassen-Koivunen<br \/>Howe-Huglen-Hayes<br \/>Imama-Calvert-McDonough<br \/>Gallant-Renwick-Urdahl<\/p>\n<p>Pietila-Dumba<br \/>Pickering-Kemp<br \/>Pieniniemi-Harding<\/p>\n<p>Blomqvist<br \/>Murashov<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Valley Phantoms Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Robertson-Pederson-Bump<br \/>Richard-Dorwart-Tomasino<br \/>Gendron-Gaucher-Marody<br \/>Wilson-Wisdom-Kaplan<\/p>\n<p>Ginning-Kyrou<br \/>Grans-Bonk<br \/>McDonald-Schmidt<\/p>\n<p>Bjarnason<br \/>Kolosov<\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/tristan-broz\/\" id=\"8194\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tristan Broz<\/a>\u00a0leads the Penguins in points with 28 and in goals with 14 on the year. Atley Calvert leads the active roster with 16 assists this season.\u00a0Finn Harding\u00a0leads the team in plus\/minus as a rookie with a +20. Aidan McDonough has ten goals and 13 assists this season.<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Valley Phantoms<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/lane-pederson\/\" id=\"4618\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lane Pederson<\/a> is the active team leader in points with 29 and in goals with 14. Christian Kyrou leads the team in assists with 17. Ty Murchison leads in plus\/minus with a +12. Alex Bump, in 28 games played, has seven goals and 13 assists for the Phantoms.<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton: February 7 at <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/ahl\/ahl-eastern-conference\/ahl-atlantic-division\/hershey-bears\/\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/ahl\/ahl-eastern-conference\/ahl-atlantic-division\/hershey-bears\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hershey Bears<\/a><br \/>Lehigh Valley: February 7 at <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/ahl\/ahl-eastern-conference\/ahl-atlantic-division\/bridgeport-islanders\/\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/ahl\/ahl-eastern-conference\/ahl-atlantic-division\/bridgeport-islanders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bridgeport Islanders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jcgifford18d2e1cafa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770392530_140_8db68b5dc1a6417474926df3f6d3c47ad5c5859e11a1a42050a5fdf654aba77b.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jcgifford18d2e1cafa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JC Giff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Father of 3, Bruins, Red Sox, Cubs, Liverpool, Syracuse football and Basketball Fan. Love Fantasy Football, Baseball and Hockey. If I am not at work, I either at an ice rink, Ball field or spending quality time with my family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo by: Brian Waksmunski-Inside the Rink) Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins (30-12-2-2, 64 pts) at Lehigh Valley Phantoms (21-18-2-2, 46 pts)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5155,30206,27608,9121,27610,44349,5158,29974,4507,178,180,179,5461,27611,5161],"class_list":{"0":"post-107066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-ahl","9":"tag-aidan-mcdonough","10":"tag-alex-bump","11":"tag-atley-calvert","12":"tag-christian-kyrou","13":"tag-finn-harding","14":"tag-hockey","15":"tag-lane-pederson","16":"tag-lehigh-valley-phantoms","17":"tag-scranton","18":"tag-scranton-headlines","19":"tag-scranton-news","20":"tag-tristan-broz","21":"tag-ty-murchison","22":"tag-wilkes-barre-scranton-penguins"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}