Rochester extends point streak to six games in 4-3 shootout loss to Crunch
Mar 1, 2025
The Rochester Americans were unable to hold on to 2-0 and 3-2 leads as a late rally from the Syracuse Crunch led to another shootout where the Amerks fell on the wrong end of a 4-3 final Saturday night at Upstate Medical University Arena.
Despite coming up short in the shootout for the second straight night, the Amerks have points in six straight games (4-0-0-2) and continue to lead the AHL with 74 points and a 34-14-3-3 record.
Syracuse has won four of the nine meeting against Rochester this season, with three games being decided past regulation. The Crunch jump back into a playoff spot in the North Division with a 23-18-7-4 record and 57 points.
Rookie forwards Anton Wahlberg and Noah Östlund scored in the first period before Jagger Joshua netted his first as an Amerk late in the third. Devon Levi made 33 saves through 65 minutes, then an additional two stops in the shootout.
Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Graham Slaggert, Zachary Metsa, Josh Dunne, Vsevolod Komarov, and Konsta Helenius all tallied assists against the Crunch.
After surrendering the first six shots of the game, the Amerks began to pick up the pace midway through the period and Wahlberg capitalized on a great feed at the net front.
In the defensive zone, Komarov forced a puck through the middle of the ice, intending to hit the stick of Slaggert. Instead, the puck went through him and a Crunch defenseman, but the blueliner lost his stick and while retrieving it, the puck ricocheted off the end boards, where Slaggert chased to pick it up. From there, Slaggert saw Wahlberg crashing the net, sliding the puck toward him for the tap-in goal to beat Crunch goaltender Matt Tomkins for Wahlberg’s ninth goal of the season.
After a four-on-four sequence expired, the Amerks immediately pounced on a power-play opportunity that was generated in transition. Helenius spun a puck to Fiddler-Schultz on the left wing. Fiddler-Schultz played it to the middle of the ice for Östlund, who had a give-and-go with Helenius before getting the puck back at a yawning net to score his 10th goal of the season and double Rochester’s lead.
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