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Home Game: 24

AHL Game: 667

Who: Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m.

Media Kit

Last Game: Last night in Springfield, the Pens won 5-0. Matt Murray had a 28 save shutout and was named the first star of the game. For Lehigh Valley, they lost at home to the Hershey Bears last night by a score of 6-1. Taylor Leier scored the only goal for the Phantoms in the loss.

Last Meeting: December 13 in Allentown, the Pens lost 2-1 in a shootout. J-S Dea scored a goal for the Penguins in the loss.

Record: For WBS: 24-17-1-3 (52 pts., 2nd place East Division) — For LV: 20-18-4-1 (45 pts., 3rd place East Division)

Why you should care: Penguins come home to a sellout crowd tonight against a Phantoms team that has lost two in a row and playing its third game in three nights. Wilkes-Barre has won four in a row and still need to do the right things in order to have success.

Referee(s): Tim Mayer / Keith Kaval

Linesmen: Jud Ritter / Luke Murray

Twitter: @WBSPenguins and @WBSGameDay / @LVPhantoms

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins / /LehighValleyPhantoms

Instagram: wbspenguins / lehighvalleyphantoms

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie and @TLTomVenesky / @gblockus

Broadcasters: WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / For Lehigh Valley: Bob Rotruck @BobRotruck

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep

Radio: For WBS: WILK Newsradio / For Lehigh Valley: Fox 1470

Television: AHL Live and WQMY-TV local in Wilkes-Barre.

Promotion(s): Trading Card Set, courtesy of Times Tribune

Other Game to Watch: Battle of division leaders tonight as the Northeast Division leading Syracuse Crunch face-off against the East Division leading Hershey Bears in Chocolatetown tonight.

Next Five Games: SPR 2/3, @ HER 2/7, @ BRI 2/8, BNG 2/11, POR 2/13