PENGUINS GAMEDAY - FRIDAY, MAY 8

PREGAME AUDIO: Janne Pesonen | Todd Reirden

TONIGHT'S LINEUP: Download Roster Sheet

Penguins vs. Bears Playoff Facts

• This is the fifth time the Penguins and the Bears have met in the postseason, and the fourth consecutive season the two teams have matched up.
• The Penguins have an all-time record of 10-11 against the Bears in the postseason, a 7-3 mark on home ice and a 3-8 mark in Hershey
• The Penguins and Bears have played nine overtime games in the postseason, with the Pens holding a 6-3 edge in those contests
• The Penguins have been shut out four times in the playoffs all-time, with three of those shutouts coming against the Bears.

  OVERTIME ACHIEVEMENTS
  The Penguins 3-2 win over the Hershey Bears on May 6 was the club’s 20th all-time overtime win in playoff competition.  The Penguins have played 115 Calder Cup Playoff contests in their history, and 32 of those have gone to extra frames.

  The Penguins have a record of 2-1 in overtime games during the 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs.

NOTES FROM THE EAST DIVISION FINALS vs. HERSHEY

• Alex Goligoski moved into sole possession of first place on the team’s all-time playoff assist list with his helper on Jeff Taffe’s second period goal in Game Three.
• Mark Letestu’s overtime goal in Game Three was the first career playoff goal for the Penguins forward.
• Adam Berkhoel made his first career start in a Calder Cup Playoff game in Game Three, and picked up his first win with a 23 save performance.  He is the ninth Penguins goaltender to win a playoff game.

IN GAME FOUR

• The Penguins have an all-time record of 11-9 in Game Fours.
• The Penguins have an all-time record of 5-4 in Home Game Fours.
• The Penguins are 5-6 in Game Fours after a Game Three win.
• The Penguins have a record of 2-2 in Game Fours against Hershey.

TONIGHT’S GAME
The Penguins have an all-time record of 61-54 in the postseason, and a 36-22 record in home games.

COMEBACK KIDS
There have been 20 comebacks from a two-games-to-none deficit to win a best-of-seven series in AHL history, and no team has accomplished the feat more times than the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

The Penguins have overcome 2-0 deficits three times in the past seven playoff seasons (2004 EDSF vs. Bridgeport; 2005 EDSF vs. Binghamton; 2006 EDSF vs. Bridgeport).  Only the Rochester Americans, who have been participating in the AHL for 53 years, and the defunct Adirondack Red Wings, have dug out of that hole an equal number of times.