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HERSHEY &#8212; Saturday&#8217;s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins roster featured many players who are battling for a spot with the AHL club.It was a bit different from the team that hit the ice for Friday&#8217;s preseason game, which was full of established players jockeying for ice time more than jobs.Still, head coach Mike Sullivan said there&#8217;s a common theme between both lineups.&#8220;Guys are trying to make an impression,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They&#8217;re playing and competing hard, and I think a lot of guys have accomplished what they set out to do.&#8221;The stellar play this preseason has accomplished one thing for certain - Sullivan will have a lot of hard decisions to make when it comes time to trim the roster.That was evident during Saturday&#8217;s 5-3 win over the Hershey Bears, which moved the Penguins to 3-0 on the preseason. Sullivan watched his team play from behind for the first time after Hershey took a 1-0 lead in the first period and regained it in the second, 2-1, only to see the Penguins battle back for the win.Matia Marcantuoni&#8217;s shorthanded goal in the second period gave the Penguins a 1-1 tie, and Shane Bakker evened it 2-2 with a soft touch to slide home a rebound resulting from a Reid McNeill slapshot. The goal gave Bakker three points in two preseason games, good enough to lead the Penguins.Clark Seymour put the Penguins ahead in the third period, 3-2, with a power-play goal, and later Oskar Sundqvist made it 4-2 when he put home a loose puck in front. After a Bears goal, Sahir Gill iced the game when he deflected a Hershey breakout pass and sent the puck bouncing into the empty net with 33 seconds left to make it 5-3.&#8220;I loved our try. I thought we were resilient,&#8221; Sullivan said. &#8220;That was a pretty good lineup (Hershey) had in, and we scratched and clawed.&#8221;Now, with one more game left in the preseason - a Sunday afternoon matchup on the road against Lehigh Valley, Sullivan and his coaching staff will be scratching their heads when they decide how to whittle down the roster. That will happen early next week, Sullivan said.&#8220;The reality is the jobs are competitive and there&#8217;s a limited amount of positions,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Guys come out with an effort like tonight and compete, block shots, next-effort play, and it really makes an impression on us.&#8220;They make our jobs more difficult. That&#8217;s a good thing.&#8221;NOTEBOOK- Matt Murray played in his first preseason game and was happy to get in 60 minutes of work. &#8220;I wanted to be out there and work on a couple of things I haven&#8217;t really had time to do, like my puck handling,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I wanted to get out and play every puck I could. Get my hands going a bit and get my play reading down when I handle the puck. That was a big focus for me tonight.&#8221;- Seymour now has two goals on the preseason. While physicality is a key part of his game, Seymour said it&#8217;s nice to show a bit of offensive upside as well. &#8220;It means a lot to make the most of your time on the ice. You can&#8217;t take a shift off. All the guys know you have to go out there and show what you have,&#8221; he said.- Sullivan mentioned Ty Loney, Adam Krause and Jarrett Burton among those who have stood out so far during training camp.- Pittsburgh sent down three more players on Saturday - Jean-Sebastien Dea, Derrick Pouliot and Bryan Rust. Forward Kevin Porter and David Warsofsky will also arrive if they clear waivers by noon on Sunday. With an overflowing roster, Sullivan is in no hurry to make cuts until after the final preseason game on Sunday.&#8220;We want to keep looking at these guys and get another opportunity to see them in game scenarios,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The we&#8217;ll sit as a group and make some decisions.&#8221;<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Tom Veneskytvenesky@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Tom Venesky at 570-991-6395 or on Twitter @TLTomVenesky</shirttailMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins come from behind to beat Hershey, 5-3, remain unbeaten in preseason