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The Wilkes-Barre Penguins blew a 3-0 lead in Game 2 against the Springfield Thunderbirds, resulting in a 3-3 tie and forcing a pivotal Game 3 in Massachusetts. The series is now tied 1-1 in this best-of-five playoff round.
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— x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) May 14, 2026 The Penguins were been making Springfield look like a sixth place team in the division for quite a while last night. Shots after two periods were 30-14 in favor of WBS and a 2-0 series lead was looking like a formality, until somehow it slipped away. Sergei Murashov had his playoff shutout streak came to an end at 139 minutes last night giving up a shorthanded goal. Springfield only scored one 5v5 goal out of their four tallies on the night, which is in-line what they’ve done all playoff. They find ways to dig deep and somehow pull games out. They made a furious third period comeback after a terrible start and were able to put themselves in position to win. Murashov made a highlight-reel save to push across laterally and deny a comeback effort deep into the third period. SERGEI MURASHOV pic.twitter.com/X6OSJDouno
— x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) May 15, 2026 On the positive side of the fence, Bill Zonnon scored a second goal in as many AHL playoff games, this time on the power play by redirecting a Mikhail Ilyin offering to open the scoring. BILLY Z ON THE POWER PLAY ‼️ pic.twitter.com/C0r0VOm3IT
— x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) May 14, 2026 Tristan Broz and Avery Hayes also scored goals for the Penguins. Hayes had a nice one on a play from Rutger McGroarty and Harrison Brunicke. HAYESY POWER PLAY TALLY
The Penguins lost their lead after the Thunderbirds scored two late goals to tie the game, despite Wilkes-Barre being ahead 3-1 with only minutes left.
The series is currently tied 1-1 after Springfield's comeback in Game 2, with the next two games scheduled to take place in Massachusetts.
Standout players for Wilkes-Barre included Sergei Murashov, who made 41 saves, and Bill Zonnon, who scored a goal and had a strong performance.
Game 3 is scheduled for Saturday, and it is considered a pivotal game in the best-of-five series.
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— x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) May 15, 2026 It was a really good game for WBS for the first 55 minutes. From there, it went south, adding some bitter to what had been a sweet night up to that point. From an NHL perspective, it’s not the worst outcome in the world. Players like Ilyin (two assists), Zonnon (goal), Brunicke (assist), Murashov (41 saves), McGroarty (assist), Hayes (goal) were WBS’s standout players from the game. All of those names are exactly the ones you’d want to see rise to the top. Dealing with going through a little adversity will reveal more than coasting along in an easy manner. With that, all eyes will turn to the response game from WBS on Saturday. Game 3 in a five game series is one of the most pivotal ones, WBS was in this exact same situation last round having to go on the road after splitting the home games and came out with one of their best games against Hershey. They’ll need that kind of response again. Feels like a loss that isn't so much panic-inducing as it is extremely irritating for a team.
They're far too good a team to cough up a 3-0 lead like that.
If Wilkes-Barre/Scranton doesn't come out in Game 3 with an absolute bee in their bonnet, that will be the real tell.
— PATRICK WILLIAMS (@pwilliamsAHL) May 15, 2026