Another day, another must-win game for the Grand Rapids Griffins.<\/p>\n
Down 2-1 against the Chicago Wolves in the best-of-five Central Division Final, the Griffins must win tonight\u2019s Game 4 or be eliminated from the AHL playoffs. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing\u00a0changes,\u201d Grand Rapids coach Dan Watson said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to win another road game. That\u2019s the bottom line. We\u2019ve been a good road team all year long. We\u2019ve got to try and find a way to beat a good Wolves team. It\u2019s going to be harder than it was (Tuesday). We understand that. We know that our guys will be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first three games have all been one-goal decisions, with the last two settled in overtime by a 4-3 final score.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think both teams are playing their style of hockey \u2014 playing the way they need to play to have success,\u201d Watson said. \u201cChicago was one shot away from moving on and we were one shot away from extending it (in Game 3). We got that one. They got one the other night (in Game 2).\u201d<\/p>\n
Arena: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Ill.<\/p>\n
Situation: Game 4 of the\u00a0Central Division championship series; Chicago leads 2-0<\/p>\n
Time: 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
TV\/Radio: AHLTV on FloHockey https:\/\/bit.ly\/425sZIi<\/a> \/ WOOD Radio https:\/\/ihr.fm\/42LFx8n<\/a><\/p>\n Goalie matchup: Griffins\u2019 Michal Postava (4-3, 1.94, .919) vs. Wolves\u2019 Cayden Primeau (5-3, 2.34, 922).<\/p>\n Who\u2019s Hot For The Griffins<\/p>\n Carter Mazur, projected to be a regular for the Red Wings next season, shows five goals and six points in seven games in the ongoing AHL playoffs<\/p>\n Who\u2019s Not<\/p>\n Griffins captain Dominik Shine scored 21 goals in 40 games for his team in the regular season. However, he has no goals in seven games in the AHL playoffs<\/p>\n What Griffins Want to Do<\/p>\n Create traffic in front of Primeau: The Griffins poured 46 shots on Chicago\u2019s net in Game 3. If the Griffins can give Primeau a more obstructed view it will result in more goals.<\/p>\n Stay out of the penalty box: The Wolves are a skilled team up front. You are asking for trouble every time you give them a power play. They are scoring at 24.1% on the power play in the playoffs. The Grand Rapids penalty kill is only at 75% in the postseason<\/p>\n Strong start: Momentum swings have been noticeable in these AHL playoffs. But scoring first to create an early lead seems to be important for the Griffins to remind them how special this season has been for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another day, another must-win game for the Grand Rapids Griffins. Down 2-1 against the Chicago Wolves in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5101],"tags":[496,5338,8544,599,93,5137,1546,5,4,3358,5138],"class_list":["post-580529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-red-wings","tag-ahl-playoffs","tag-carter-mazur","tag-chicago-wolves","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-detroitredwings","tag-grand-rapids-griffins","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-red-wings","tag-redwings"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116614264496367589","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}