Janne Kuokkanen scored two of Charlotte’s four power-play goals and the Checkers rolled to a 6-0 road win over Lehigh Valley in Game 2 of the Atlantic Division Finals on Saturday night.
Now tied at one game apiece, the best-of-seven series shifts to North Carolina for the next three games, beginning Tuesday night.
The Checkers scored two goals in each period of Game 2 to hand the Phantoms their most lopsided loss on home ice since a 9-1 defeat to Providence on Jan. 21, 2017.
Zykov with the tap-in, @CheckersHockey with the 4-0 lead through 40 minutes#LVvsCHA pic.twitter.com/Ccd6YlNc9s
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Lucas Wallmark, Philip Samuelsson, Valentin Zykov and Julien Gauthier scored for Charlotte, and Andrew Miller, Andrew Poturalski and Trevor Carrick recorded two assists apiece.
Alex Nedeljkovic (4-1) made 26 saves for his first shutout of the postseason.
Dustin Tokarski (1-1) stopped 17 shots for Lehigh Valley.
Atlantic Division Finals – Series “I” (best-of-7)
A1-Lehigh Valley Phantoms vs. A3-Charlotte Checkers
Game 1 – Fri., May 4 – LEHIGH VALLEY 2, Charlotte 1 | Recap
Game 2 – Sat., May 5 – Charlotte 6, LEHIGH VALLEY 0
Game 3 – Tue., May 8 – Lehigh Valley at Charlotte, 7:00
Game 4 – Wed., May 9 – Lehigh Valley at Charlotte, 7:00
*Game 5 – Sat., May 12 – Lehigh Valley at Charlotte, 6:00
*Game 6 – Mon., May 14 – Charlotte at Lehigh Valley, 7:05
*Game 7 – Tue., May 15 – Charlotte at Lehigh Valley, 7:05
*if necessary… All times Eastern
