WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — The Portland Pirates (38-25- 5-2) received goals from five different scorers as they fought back from a 2-0 deficit to overtake the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (41-24-4- 1) by a score of 5-3 at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday afternoon.
The American Hockey League win pulled the Pirates six points ahead of the Hartford Wolf Pack and even with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers for fourth place in the Atlantic Division. Portland owns the tiebreaker with Bridgeport because of two more regulation or overtime wins.
The win was Portland’s first regulation victory at Mohegan Sun Arena since February 9, 2007.
Sam Brittain stopped 30 shots to pick up the victory, his first since Feb. 13, to improve to 7-10-2 on the season. Tristan Jarry made 17 saves for the Penguins.
The Pirates return to action on Friday at Providence, R.I., against the Bruins. The teams meet again on Saturday back in Portland at 7 p.m.
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