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<p>Matt Murray made 38 saves Friday night, continuing his dominance of the Springfield franchise as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins beat the Falcons 5-0 on Friday night.</p><p>In five career starts against Springfield, Murray is 5-0-0-0, posting four shutouts, a 0.20 goals against average, and a .993 save percentage.</p><p>Both Murray and Falcons&#8217; goalie Louis Domingue kept each other&#8217;s foes scoreless through the first 20 minutes, as both teams combined for 28 shots on goal (17-11 in favor of Springfield) in the first period.</p><p>Derrick Pouliot kept the Penguins&#8217; power play hot with a redirected slap shot that fooled Louis Domingue to put Wilkes-Barre/Scranton the 1-0 lead at 4:41 of the second frame.</p><p>Tom Kostopoulos, playing in his 483rd game for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, earned the lone assist on Pouliot&#8217;s go-ahead goal, and then added a power-play goal of his own to make it 2-0 for the Penguins by tipping a Scott Wilson shot behind Domingue with 45 seconds remaining in the second period.</p><p>Following the Penguins&#8217; two goals on the man advantage, the team had converted on seven of its nine power play chances during the second periods of its last three games.</p><p>The Penguins&#8217; power play finished the game two-for-five, moving to 9 for 24 on the season (37.5 percent).</p><p>Wilkes-Barre/Scranton tacked on three goals to its total in the final 2:23 of regulation, including two empty netters. The Penguins final three goals were scored by Scott Wilson (EN), Matia Marcantuoni (EN), and Dominik Simon.</p><p>Tim Erixon, playing his first game in the Penguins organization, ended up with an assist on Simon&#8217;s goal that came with 46 seconds left in the contest.</p><p>The Penguins improve to 4-1-0-0, while Springfield falls to 0-4-0-0.</p><p>The two teams will meet again Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza at 7:05 p.m.</p><style>
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Murray powers Penguins victory over Springfield