BY: Cristiano Simonetta, Catherine Morrison
Tuesday, April 2, at 7:00 p.m. at Orlando Solar Bears:
- NHL Affiliate: Tampa Bay Lightning
- AHL Affiliate: Syracuse Crunch
- Record: 34-24-6-2, 5th in South Division
- Record Against the Ghost Pirates in 2023-24: 5-2-1-0
- Point Leader: Mitchell Hoelscher (47)
- Last Time Out: Savannah shut out the Solar Bears 5-0 on March 29, with goals from Simon Pinard, Ross Armour, Brent Pedersen, Alex Gilmour and Matt Boudens. Michael Bullion made 18 saves in his third shutout of the year.
- Stat to Watch: Orlando is currently one point behind the fourth and final playoff spot in the South Division.
Thursday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m. (home) and Friday, April 5 at 7:05 p.m. (away) vs. South Carolina Stingrays:
- NHL Affiliate: Washington Capitals
- AHL Affiliate: Hershey Bears
- Record: 38-24-4-1, 3rd in South Division
- Record Against the Ghost Pirates in 2023-24: 4-2-1-1
- Point Leader: Austin Magera (71)
- Last Time Out: Savannah fell to South Carolina 6-4 on March 17 at Enmarket Arena with goals from Pedersen (2), Pinard and Pat Guay.
- Stat to Watch: Magera is tied for the 6th in the ECHL in points.
Saturday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m. vs Florida Everblades:
- NHL Affiliate: Florida Panthers
- AHL Affiliate: Charlotte Checkers
- Record: 34-23-7-2, 4th in South Division
- Record Against the Ghost Pirates in 2023-24: 7-3-1-0
- Point Leader: Joe Pendenza (56)
- Last Time Out: Savannah rallied with four goals in the third period to defeat Florida 6-3 on March 23 in Estero. Boudens, Pinard, Gilmour (2), Armour and Noah Carroll scored.
- Stat to Watch: The Everblades have the most overtime losses in the South Division (seven).
Stats of the Week
- Bullion is tied for second in the ECHL in shutouts with three, trailing Wheeling’s Taylor Gauthier.
- Savannah is 5th in the ECHL in penalty kill percentage on the road (85.3 percent).