Joel Blomqvist Rebounds With 26-Save Performance For Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
After a rare underwhelming performance last week, Joel Blomqvist bounced back with 26 saves in a 4-1 win over Hartford on Saturday night–including nine saves in the third period to hold off a late push by the Wolfpack.
Despite dealing with injury and a lighter workload with the emergence of Sergei Murashov, Blomqvist currently ranks third in the entire AHL among qualified goaltenders with a .928 save percentage and a 2.04 goals against average. Deplpying mostly a Murashov and Blomqvist tandem, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins currently rank fifth in the AHL with 99 goals against in 39 games.
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Penguins Prospect Report: January 19, 2026
Finn Harding scored for the first time in the AHL, Joel Blomqvist bounced back with a strong performance in a win over Hartford, and Carter Sanderson, recently named captain of the Muskegon Lumberjacks, scored a beauty against the Youngstown Phantoms PLUS Wilkes-Barre/Scranton finished 2-1-0 last week while Wheeling dropped two to Norfolk.
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