After suffering a tough defeat to the Syracuse Crunch on Friday night, the Laval Rocket headed down the highway to Rochester to face another North Division rival: the Americans. The Rocket were still hampered by a rash of injuries and multiple positive COVID tests prior to their trip to New York.
With no players leaving protocol and the Montreal Canadiens also playing at the same time, there were no fresh bodies for the Rocket, who rolled the same lineup as Friday night, with Cayden Primeau once again getting the start. Perhaps the only surprise was that Louis-Philip Guindon was backing up Primeau instead of Michael McNiven, who was returned to the club after coming off IR earlier in the week.