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Springfield Thunderbirds (7-4) at Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins (5-3)<\/p>\n

Venue: Mohegan Sun at Casey Plaza
Date: Saturday, May 23
Time: 7:05 PM EST
TV: FLO Sports<\/p>\n

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Springfield Thunderbirds News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Thunderbirds evened the series to force a winner-take-all game five. They\u2019re averaging 2.1 goals per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game in the playoffs. They\u2019re averaging 1. 8 goals per game in the series. <\/p>\n

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

The Penguins return home with a chance to end the series. They\u2019re averaging 2.5 goals per game while allowing 1.9 goals per game in the playoffs. In the series, they\u2019re averaging 2.3 goals per game. <\/p>\n

Springfield Thunderbirds Projected Lines<\/p>\n

McGing-Dube-Wagner
Stenberg-Dean-Gauthier
Kaskimaki-Bordeleau-Thomas
Pekarcik-Stancl-Peterson<\/p>\n

Rosen-Gaudet
Lindstein-Jiricek
Burns-Newpower<\/p>\n

Romanov
Zherenko<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Murashov
Blomqvist<\/p>\n

Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

Springfield Thunderbirds<\/p>\n

Dillon Dube leads the Thunderbirds in points and goals with eight points and five goals. Aleksanteri Kaskimaki leads in assists with seven. Calle Rosen leads in plus\/minus with a plus-six. <\/p>\n

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

Tristan Broz and Mikhail Ilyin lead the Penguins in points with five. Avery Hayes and Bill Zonnon lead the team in goals with three. Alex Alexeyev, Broz, and Ilykin lead in assists with four each. Harrison Brunicke leads in plus\/minus with a plus-five.<\/p>\n

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