{"id":114726,"date":"2026-02-15T16:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114726\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T16:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:07:08","slug":"ahl-game-preview-cleveland-monsters-at-wilkes-barre-scranton-penguins-2-15-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114726\/","title":{"rendered":"AHL Game Preview: Cleveland Monsters at Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins 2\/15\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AHL-Game-Preview-Cleveland-Monsters-at-Wilkes-Barre-Scranton-Penguins-with-Projected-Lines-2.15.26.j.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"AHL Game Preview: Cleveland Monsters at Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins with Projected Lines 2\/15\/26\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Monsters:Shawn Block-Inside the Rink&#13;<br \/>\nPenguins:Brian Stone Sr-Inside the Rink<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Monsters (24-15-6-1, 55 pts) at Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins (32-13-2-2, 68 pts) <\/p>\n<p>Venue: Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza<br \/>Date: 2\/15\/26<br \/>Time: 3:05 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>Cleveland Monsters News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Monsters beat the Phantoms Saturday, 5-2, on the road. In their previous five games, they have a 3-1-1-0 record, scoring 3.8 goals per game while allowing 3.6 goals per game. This will be the first meeting between these teams this season. Last season, Cleveland had a 2-1-1-0 record against the Penguins.<\/p>\n<p>Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins New &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">The Penguins got shut out by the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday, 5-0 at home. In their previous five games, the Penguins have a 4-1-0-0 record, scoring four goals per game while allowing 3.2 goals per game.  The Penguins had a 2-2-0-0 record against the Monsters last year in four meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Monsters Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Malatesta-Del Bel Belluz-McKown<br \/>Pinelli-Guance-Pyyhtia<br \/>Ashton-Reese-Sillinger-Ahcan<br \/>Pearson-Williams-Fasching<\/p>\n<p>Richard-Mayo<br \/>Butcher-Ceulemans<br \/>Svozil-Marrelli<\/p>\n<p>Sawchenko<br \/>Fedotov<\/p>\n<p>Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Fernstrom-Broz-Koivunen<br \/>McGroarty-Klassen-Hayes<br \/>Howe-Koppanen-Harvey-Pinard<br \/>Imama-Calvert-McDonough<\/p>\n<p>Alexeyev-Dumba<br \/>Pickering-Kemp<br \/>Pieniniemi-Harding<\/p>\n<p>Blomqvist<br \/>Murashov<\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Monsters<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/ahl-2026-north-division-all-stars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luca Del Bel Belluz<\/a>\u00a0leads the Monsters in points with 38, in goals with 13, and in assists with 25. Jack Williams leads the team in plus\/minus with a plus-nine this season. Luca Pinelli has 31 points for Cleveland with ten goals and 21 assists this season.<\/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 30. <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/the-week-of-avery-hayes\/\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/the-week-of-avery-hayes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avery Hayes<\/a> leads the team in goals with 16. Ville Koivunen leads the active roster with 19 assists this season.\u00a0Finn Harding\u00a0leads the team in plus\/minus as a rookie with a +21 rating this season. Atley Calvert has 26 points for the Penguins with nine goals and 17 assists this season.<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland: February 18 at <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/ahl\/ahl-western-conference\/ahl-central-division\/grand-rapids-griffins\/\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/ahl\/ahl-western-conference\/ahl-central-division\/grand-rapids-griffins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grand Rapids Griffins<\/a><br \/>Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton: February 18 at <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/ahl\/ahl-eastern-conference\/ahl-atlantic-division\/springfield-thunderbirds\/\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/ahl\/ahl-eastern-conference\/ahl-atlantic-division\/springfield-thunderbirds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Springfield Thunderbirds<\/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\/1771171628_650_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":"Monsters:Shawn Block-Inside the Rink&#13; Penguins:Brian Stone Sr-Inside the Rink Cleveland Monsters (24-15-6-1, 55 pts) at Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins (32-13-2-2,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5155,9121,34806,54639,44349,5158,54640,54641,54642,178,180,179,5461,5462,5161],"class_list":{"0":"post-114726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-ahl","9":"tag-atley-calvert","10":"tag-avery-hayes","11":"tag-cleveland-monsters","12":"tag-finn-harding","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-jack-williams","15":"tag-luca-del-bel-belluz","16":"tag-luca-pinelli","17":"tag-scranton","18":"tag-scranton-headlines","19":"tag-scranton-news","20":"tag-tristan-broz","21":"tag-ville-koivunen","22":"tag-wilkes-barre-scranton-penguins"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114726","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=114726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}