{"id":186140,"date":"2026-05-07T10:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/186140\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:45:13","slug":"ahl-playoff-preview-wilkes-barre-scranton-penguins-at-hershey-bears-with-projected-lines-05-07-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/186140\/","title":{"rendered":"AHL Playoff Preview: Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins at Hershey Bears with Projected Lines 05\/07\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins (2-1) at Hershey Bears (3-2) <\/p>\n

Venue: Giant Center
Date: Thursday, May 7
Time: 7:00 PM EST
TV: FLO Sports<\/p>\n

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Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins New & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Penguins can advance to the Atlantic Division Finals tonight with a win after they won in game three in overtime, 4-3 on Tuesday. They\u2019re averaging three goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Hershey Bears News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Bears will try to keep their season alive tonight and force the series back to Wilkes-Barre for a winner-take-all game. They\u2019re averaging 2.8 goals per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

McDonough-Koppanen-Harvey Pinard
McGroarty-Klassen-Hayes
Ilyin-Broz-Koivunen
Imama-Calvert-Howe <\/p>\n

Alexeyev-Brunicke
Pickering-Pietila
Aho-Kemp<\/p>\n

Murashov
Blomqvist<\/p>\n

Hershey Bears Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Cristall-Protas-Trineyev
Miroschnichenko-Rybinski-Suzdalev
Bitten-Bongiovanni-Leason
Smith-Cruikshank-Strome<\/p>\n

Ness-Chesley
Gucciardi-Belpedio
Schueneman-McDonald<\/p>\n

Stevenson
Gibson<\/p>\n

Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins<\/p>\n

Alex Alexeyev, Tristan Broz, and Ville Koivunen lead the Penguins in points and assists with three points and three assists. Avery Hayes and Aidan McDonough lead in goals with two each. Alexeyev and Harrison Brunicke lead in plus\/minus with a plus-three. <\/p>\n

Hershey Bears<\/p>\n

Bogdan Trinieyev, Andrew Cristall, and Ilya Protas lead the Bears in points with six each. Trineyev leads in goals with three, while Cristall and Protas lead in assists with four. Louie Belpedio leads in plus\/minus with a plus-five.<\/p>\n

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