Tuesday, February 15: WBS 4 @ Charlotte 5
The WBS Penguins opened the week in sixth place in the Atlantic Division, trailing the fifth-place Charlotte Checkers by 5.8 percentage points. The second road trip of the season to Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte thus provided a golden opportunity for the Penguins to close that gap and bring themselves back into contention for the upper playoff positions.
WBS started off Tuesday’s first of two contests against the Checkers very well, with Valtteri Puustinen scoring his 15th of the year at 4:36 of the first and Anthony Angello scoring a power play goal at 7:40 of the first to stake the Penguins to a 2-0 lead.