Friday, November 19: WBS 4 @ Springfield 5 (SO)
At the end of last week, Pittsburgh’s return to health meant the return to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of defenders Juuso Riikola and Pierre-Olivier Joseph, goaltender Louis Domingue, and forward Drew O’Connor. It was hoped that these four would turn around the Penguins’ fortunes. WBS dropped five of their last six games, fallen to sixth place in the Atlantic Division, and gone scoreless in 36 straight power play opportunities entering Friday’s showdown with Atlantic leaders Springfield.
It didn’t take long for those hopes to manifest, as Riikola provided the secondary assist for three WBS goals in the first 12:27 of the contest.