AHL Playoff Update: Zonnon scores again, WBS Penguins win again
Bill Zonnon extended his goal-streak to three games, matching the number of games he has suited up in the AHL to help the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins win the pivotal Game 3 in their best-of-five series against Springfield last night. Here was the Pens’ lineup Projected lineup for tonight ⬇️ Catch the action on AHLTV on FloHockey: https://t. co/CrNDVVHuPj pic.
twitter. com/6JgcQ5zdmW — x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) May 19, 2026 Rutger McGroarty opened the scoring, notching his second goal of the playoffs in the final minute of the first period. McGroarty jumped out on a shorthanded breakaway and made it count to give WBS the lead.
MCGROARTY SHORTY 🚨🚨 pic. twitter. com/XIwySk3ZDG — x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) May 19, 2026 The score would remain that way until the third period until Boko Imama (!!
) made a beautiful pass over for Zonnon to finish and extend WBS’s lead to 2-0 with 14 minutes to go. BILLY Z BABY pic. twitter.
com/6KkGKo1lAu — x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) May 20, 2026 For a while this game looked similar to Game 2 in this series, where WBS took a multi-goal lead and Springfield then made a desperate late comeback effort. The Thunderbirds scored with 3:39 remaining to drop the score to 2-1. They kept pushing as time wound down but in Game 3 there would be no overtime, Wilkes hangs on for a 2-1 win.