Bill Zonnon scored in his first professional, Sergei Murashov made 24 saves and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins opened the Atlantic Division finals with a 2-0 victory over Springfield on Tuesday evening at Mohegan Arena.
The teams hit a highlight reel in Game 2 in the best of five on Thursday.
Zonnon, Pittsburgh’s first round pick (22nd overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft, shot past. George Romanov breaking the deadlock with 10:31 left in the second half. Zonnon joined the Penguins last week after his junior campaign with Blainville-Boisbriand of the QMJHL, where he scored 46 points in 35 games this season.
Rookie Tanner Howe scored his first playoff goal 7:19 into the third after stealing the puck from the blue line of the defense and taking it the other way.
Murashov (4-1) now owns a .947 fielding percentage in his five playoff starts for the Penguins.
Romanov (5-2) made 23 saves in the loss, but has allowed two goals or fewer in each of his first seven starts this postseason.
(Wilkes-Barre/Scranton leads 1-0)
Game 1 – Tues., May 12 – WB/SCRANTON 2, Springfield 0
Game 2 – Thursday, May 14 – Springfield at WB/Scranton, 7:05
Game 3 – Tuesday, May 19 – WB/Scranton at Springfield, 7:05
*Game 4 – Thursday, May 21 – WB/Scranton at Springfield, 7:05
*Game 5 – Sat., May 23 – Springfield at WB/Scranton, 6:05
*if necessary… All times in Mpumalanga
