Jacob Gaucher score 2:11 into overtime to send the Lehigh Valley Phantoms to the next round with a 5-4 victory over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at the PPL Center on Friday night.
With a two-game sweep of the Penguins, the Phantoms advanced to meet the Hershey Bears in the Atlantic Division semifinals. That streak continues Wednesday night in Hershey.
Gaucher led Lehigh Valley's rush on the offensive end and possession Brendan Furry towards the net. Furry's gun was stopped Joel Blomqvistbut Gaucher got to the rebound first and gave the Phantoms their first series win since 2018.
Before those heroics, Lehigh Valley came from 3-1 and 4-3 third-period leads to force overtime. Emil Andrae again Tanner Laczynski scored a power play goal with 22 seconds left to tie the game with 7:23 to play in regulation, and after. Radim Zohorna put the Penguins ahead with 3:48 left, Laczynski scored again 34 seconds later.
Ronnie Attard also scored on the Lehigh Valley man advantage, going 3-for-6 on the power play.
Zohorna scored two goals for the Penguins, during the season Valtteri Puustinen recorded a goal and two assists once Jack Rathbone added a goal and an assist. Vinnie Hinostroza He had three assists on the night.
Cal Petersen (2-0) made 24 saves for Lehigh Valley, while Blomqvist (0-2) finished with 29 stops for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
(Lehigh Valley leads series, 1-0)
Game 1 – Wed., April 24 – Lehigh Valley 2, WB/SCRANTON 1
Game 2 – Friday, April 26 – LEHIGH VALLEY 5, WB/Scranton 4 (OT)
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