Calder Cup Playoffs: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Ties Game 3 Late Before McGroarty Wins It In Overtime
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is now up 2-1 in its best-of-five series against the Hershey Bears.
For most of the third period, it looked like the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins were going to lose Game 3 of their series against the Hershey Bears. They were down 3-2 going into the third and were trailing for most of the period until Avery Hayes scored the tying goal with just under three minutes left in the final frame. He let the puck rip from just above the right circle and was mobbed by his teammates along the boards.
Goaltender Sergei Murashov had just been pulled for the extra attacker when Hayes tied the game up. GOAL. Avery Hayes ties Game 3 with 2:53 left in regulation.
With Sergei Murashov off for the extra attacker, #WBSPens score 6-on-5 to tie this one up at 3-3. @InsideAHLHockey pic. twitter.
com/b23zLfVtYg — Tony Androckitis* (@TonyAndrock) May 6, 2026 Hershey goaltender Clay Stevenson had been making some big saves in that final frame before Hayes finally broke through. Before the game got to that point, WBS started fast with goals from defenseman Phil Kemp and forward Mikhail Ilyin in the first period. Ilyin scored his first AHL goal in the first period, making it a 2-0 game.