Chris Mueller, Felix Sandstrom power Phantoms past Binghamton
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Chris Mueller scored the game-winning power-play goal with just 7:45 remaining to give the Phantoms a 2-1 win over the Binghamton Devils at Prudential Center Wednesday night.
David Kase broke a scoreless tie late in the second period for Lehigh Valley while Felix Sandstrom made 26 saves on 27 shots to earn the victory.
Brett Seney scored the lone goal for the Devils with 12:58 remaining in the third period to tie the game at 1-1.
Sandstrom briefly exited the game going down the tunnel with 7:34 remaining in the second period. Zane McIntyre entered and made three saves on three shots for the rest of the middle frame before Sandstrom took over again in the crease to begin the third.
The game began with a scary incident when Tyson Foerster crashed head-first into the boards and left the game with injury. Binghamton’s Matt Hellickson was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct on the play.
Kase scored the team’s first goal at Prudential center with a knee drop from the high-left slot after a dig in the corner and connection by Zayde Wisdom, who recorded the first of his two helpers in the game.
Seney equalized in the third from the right circle, blasting to the upper-far corner on the stick-side of Sandstrom for a 1-1 tie.
But Mueller drew a penalty and with just seconds remaining on the ensuing power play, Wisdom cranked a one-timer from the left dot that hit off the paddle of Binghamton goalie Gilles Senn and deflected over his shoulder and behind him.
Mueller was first to get there to nudge it into the back of the net for the game-winning goal and his 247th all-time which is tops among active AHL players.