Binghamton @ Bears Preview, 11/16

Hershey Bears
record ~ 11-5-0-1 23 points
standings ~ 2nd in East Division
most recent game ~ 7-3 Win vs Philadelphia, 11/15
last 5 games ~ 3-2-0-0
home record ~ 4-2-0-0
goals for ~ 70
goals against ~56
power play ~ 17.6% (12th)
penalty kill ~ 77.9% (27th)


Binghamton Senators
record ~ 8-5-1-1 18 points
standings ~ 3rd in East Division
most recent game ~ 3-0 Loss @ Wilkes Barre, 11/15
last 5 games ~ 3-2-0-0
road record ~ 5-3-1-0
goals for ~ 45
goals against ~ 45
power play ~ 27.21% (1st)
penalty kill ~ 80.8% (25th)

last time teams met - Hershey won 3-2 in Hershey on October 25th.

Players to watch:

Hershey:

LW Oskar Osala (36)- He had his first career hat trick last night against Philly. He is now tied for 2nd in the league with 12 goals on the season.
RW Francois Bouchard (22) - In the last 2 games he has 1 goal and 3 assists and has been playing his best hockey of the season. He has 4 goals and 7 assists on the season.
D Patrick McNeill (2) - Not on offensive force but he is playing as well as any Bear lately. He is very steady back on the blue line and has earned his spot with solid play.

Binghamton:

D Brandon Bell (7) - The defenseman has 6 goals and 9 assists on the season including 1 goal against Hershey earlier this year.
C Zach Smith (19) - On the season he has 9 goals and 5 assists. In the last 6 games he has 3 goals and 3 assists.
G Jeff Glass (35) - Brian Elliott played Friday and Saturday so Glass should get the nod tonight. He is struggling a bit this season with a 1-2 record, a 3.47 gaa, and a .896 save percentage in 4 games.

• Binghamton had 2 of their top players Ilya Zubov and Ryan Shannon called up to Ottawa before their game Friday night. Zubov is the leading scorer and Shannon is 4th on the team in points. Unsure if either or both players will be back for tonight's game in Hershey.
• Bingo is #1 in the league in power play percentage and Bell and Smith have accounted for 8 of their 19 power play goals. Zubov and Shannon have 7 more.
• Expect Daren Machesney to get the start for Hershey as Varlamov has played the past 2 games.
• Also expect to see #4 Josh Godfrey in the lineup tonight against Bingo.