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<p>WILKES-BARRE TWP. &#8212; Energy and urgency were two things Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coach Clark Donatelli wanted to see from his team Saturday night in a rematch against the Hershey Bears.</p><p>And that&#8217;s exactly what he got.</p><p>It took very little time for the Penguins to register their first shot. Just 20 seconds in fact. And Wilkes-Barre/Scranton had three shots within the first three minutes of play, which was something they didn&#8217;t do until midway through the first period in Friday&#8217;s loss.</p><p>Even though the Penguins entered the locker room facing a one-goal deficit after 20 minutes of play, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton responded coming out of the break. The Penguins outshot Hershey 26-12 and dominated the remaining 40 minutes en route to a 6-2 win.</p><p>&#8220;I thought we came out really hard. We got some shots,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;We found ourselves down 2-0, but we had to stick with the game plan, and that&#8217;s the resiliency of the leaders on the team to keep it going. All you can do is control what you control, and you control the next goal. I thought we had a real good start, but we were down 2-0.&#8221;</p><p>After being held without a point in Friday night&#8217;s 5-2 defeat, Penguins center Oskar Sundqvist made up for lost time. The 22-year-old registered a game-high four goals in the win. It was the first four-goal game of his career.</p><p>He had only scored three goals in a game once before Saturday, with the hat trick coming in juniors.</p><p>Sundqvist joined Erik Christensen and J.F. Jacques as the only players in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins history to score four goals in a game. Christensen&#8217;s came on Oct. 5, 2005 and Jacques registered his four-goal game on Feb. 16, 2007.</p><p>&#8220;I think some of the goals really were lucky, but at the same time I was in the right spot,&#8221; Sundqvist said. &#8220;Tonight, it just happened. The goals came and I had great help from my two forwards, (Garrett Wilson) and (Josh Archibald). Those two deserve a lot of credit, the way they skate and winning the pucks back. Those two probably deserve more credit than I do.&#8221;</p><p>The second period proved to be the difference for the Penguins.</p><p>Heading into the stanza, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton faced its second 2-1 first-intermission deficit in as many nights. Hershey outshot the Penguins 11-10 in the period as well.</p><p>However, the Penguins played like a completely different team in the second period, scoring three straight goals and outshooting Hershey 17-6. Sundqvist scored a pair, sandwiching a goal from Jake Guentzel, to erase a 2-1 deficit in just three minutes and six seconds.</p><p>&#8220;I think the whole team came up big during the second. We were on them,&#8221; Sundqvist said. &#8220;We had long shifts in their zone and got a lot of pressure. I think we felt it somewhere to go really strong with (the puck), and we got the bounces with us, and the goals too.&#8221;</p><p>On a power play late in the second period, Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith turned away Hershey center Zach Sill, who had a short-handed breakaway, to preserve the 4-2 lead heading into the second intermission.</p><p>Sill was driving toward the net, took his shot and DeSmith stuck out his right leg to make the save.</p><p>&#8220;It was a huge save,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;To give up a breakaway there, those are the things when we&#8217;re pressing &#8211; they&#8217;re a great hockey club. I thought it was a great save. Casey was solid all night.&#8221;</p><p>Sundqvist and Co. didn&#8217;t let up in the third period. The Penguins center scored his fourth goal of the game, and team-high 11th of the season, and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton captain Tom Kostopoulos later added to the fun, capping off a 6-0 run for the home team.</p><p>Donatelli credited the play of Sundqvist-Wilson-Archibald line for the Penguins&#8217; offensive surge.</p><p>&#8220;I thought he was solid last night, too, so he got rewarded for his hard play,&#8221; Donatelli said of Sundqvist. &#8220;He has some offensive abilities, as we&#8217;re seeing here, but he plays such good defense. He&#8217;s one of our best penalty killers, and because he plays such good defense it creates offense for him.&#8221;</p><p>The Penguins will look to carry Saturday&#8217;s momentum into Sunday&#8217;s road matchup with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Puck drop is scheduled for 5:05 p.m.</p><p>NOTES: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins winger Josh Archibald went down with a lower-body injury late in the third period of Saturday&#8217;s win. Head coach Clark Donatelli said Archibald is day-to-day moving forward and stressed that it wasn&#8217;t a knee injury.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>WBS center scores 4 goals in 5-2 victory</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By DJ Eberle</p><p>djeberle@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p><strong>Penguins 6, Hershey 2</strong></p><p><strong>Hershey`2`0`0`-`2</strong></p><p><strong>Penguins`1`3`2`-`6</strong></p><p><strong>First Period</strong></p><p><strong>Scoring</strong> &#8211; 1. HER, Djoos 3 (Carey, C. Bourque), 3:54; 2. HER, Stephenson 4 (Carey, Labrie), 12:11; 3. WBS, Sundqvist 8 (Prow), 16:59. <strong>Penalties</strong> &#8211; WBS, Gaunce (slashing), 4:15.</p><p><strong>Second Period</strong></p><p><strong>Scoring</strong> &#8211; 4. WBS, Sundqvist 9 (Archibald, Wilson), 9:31; 5. WBS, Guentzel 9 (Kristo, Dea), 10:00; 6. WBS, Sundqvist 10 (Porter, Warsofsky), 12:37 (PP). <strong>Penalties</strong> &#8211; HER, C. Bourque (slashing), 11:11; HER, O&#8217;Brien (fighting), 13:58; WBS, McGrath (fighting), 13:58; HER, Labrie (interference), 18:27.</p><p><strong>Third Period</strong></p><p><strong>Scoring</strong> &#8211; 7. WBS, Sundqvist 11 (Wilson, Archibald), 3:36; 8. WBS, Kostopoulos 7 (Simon, Guentzel), 16:43 (PP). <strong>Penalties</strong> &#8211; WBS, Pouliot (interference), 4:25; WBS, Porter (tripping), 10:08; HER, Leach (major - kneeing, game misconduct - kneeing), 14:30; HER, Lewington (misconduct - unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:01; WBS, Wilson (misconduct - unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:01.</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach DJ Eberle at 570-991-6398 or on Twitter @ByDJEberle</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Oskar Sundqvist scores 4 goals in WBS Penguins’ win over Hershey Bears