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<p>Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coach Clark Donatelli is looking forward to returning to his hometown of Providence for Game 3 of the Atlantic Division Semifinals.</p><p>There will be plenty of family and friends at Saturday&#8217;s game, and perhaps Donatelli will find time to visit his old neighborhood.</p><p>But for as much as Donatelli is looking forward to the homecoming, he wouldn&#8217;t mind if his stay in Providence is brief. A Penguins win on Saturday (they lead 2-0) wraps up the series and they&#8217;ll head back home to await their next opponent.</p><p>But the Penguins aren&#8217;t looking that far ahead.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a series, a process,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;Every one knows the outcome if we win. We&#8217;re just going to focus on the first period of Saturday&#8217;s game for now.&#8221;</p><p>While Providence focuses on staying alive in the playoff series, the Bruins will enjoy the benefit of having the last change on the ice. Donatelli said he expects the line matchups to be different than they were in the first two games, and even though Providence gets to make the last change it&#8217;s up to his players to negate the home-ice benefit.</p><p>&#8220;I told our guys to embrace the matchup. You have to win your shift,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;We don&#8217;t know what the look will be with Providence having last change, but we have to take it shift by shift.&#8221;</p><p>During the regular season, the Bruins beat the Penguins in the last four contests. Donatelli said before the playoff series began that the postseason is vastly different from what transpired before, but there are some similarities.</p><p>Two of Providence&#8217;s four regular season wins were essentially by one goal - including their 3-1 victory on April 16 that including an empty net tally with seconds left.</p><p>That&#8217;s why Donatelli isn&#8217;t surprised the Penguins&#8217; wins in the playoff series have also been by one goal, and both in overtime.</p><p>&#8220;We got a snapshot of what it could be with that last home loss to them in the regular season,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;We just won two games in overtime that could&#8217;ve gone either way. One thing we&#8217;ve been able to do now is everyone has elevated their game for this series.&#8221;</p><p>The Penguins will have to elevate their game even more against a Providence team that was an impressive 23-7-4-4 at home in the regular season. That track record, coupled with the fact the Bruins have their season on the line, will make Providence a dangerous team.</p><p>&#8220;They have their backs to the wall and they&#8217;re going to push back,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;We have to continue playing better than we did the game before because they&#8217;re a very dangerous team.&#8221;</p><p>NOTES</p><p>- Donatelli said on Friday that he hasn&#8217;t decided if Casey DeSmith or Tristan Jarry will be in net on Saturday.</p><p>- F Sahir Gill is improving in his recovery from injury and is a game-time decision, Donatelli said.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tom Venesky</p><p>tvenesky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Up next&#8230;</strong></p><p><strong>Game 3 of the Atlantic Division Semifinals </strong></p><p><em>(Penguins lead series 2-0)</em></p><p>Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (2-0-0) at Providence Bruins (0-2-0)</p><p>Saturday, 7:05 p.m. at the Dunkin&#8217; Donuts Center in Providence, RI</p><p>Listen live on 103.1FM-WILK</p><p>Players to watch:</p><p>Providence - Frank Vatrano got his first playoff goal on Thursday.</p><p>Penguins - F Daniel Sprong scored two goals in Thursday&#8217;s win.</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Tom Venesky at 570-991-6395 or on Twitter @TLTomVenesky</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins look to close out series with Providence Bruins