Carson Bjarnason was strong but the Lehigh Valley Phantoms still found themselves on the losing end of a 4-1 score against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
After a sensational home opener on Saturday, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms came back down to earth Sunday afternoon against the visiting Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Two Penguins power play goals dampened a solid debut from Carson Bjarnason as the Phantoms lost 4-1 before 5,343 at PPL Center in Allentown.
The basics
First period: 4:03- Aidan McDonough (Tristan Broz, Danton Heinen) (PPG)
Second period: 4:08- Avery Hayes (Ville Koivunen, Ryan Graves) (PPG), 15:52- Helge Grans (Unassisted)
Third period: 5:11- Tristan Broz (Ville Koivunen), 17:59- Tristan Broz (Sam Poulin, Avery Hayes) (ENG)
SOG: 27 (LV) – 30 (WBS)
Some takeaways
Carson’s debut definitely strong
After a strong performance in the season opener on Saturday by Aleksei Kolosov, the Phantoms gave Carson Bjarnason the nod for his first career AHL start.