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ALLENTOWN &#8212; The lengthy road trip is over for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, but the battle against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms is just beginning.The Penguins (29-9-3-0) dropped the last contest of their 7-game road trip with a 5-3 loss to the Phantoms on Friday in what was the first of 11 meetings.Lehigh Valley scored goals in the first minute of the first and second periods, while the Penguins managed to tie it in the third, Lehigh Valley took charge in the final minutes.The Penguins are now 0-2 against the Phantoms in a rivalry that is likely to evolve on the next 10 meetings between the teams.&#8220;Those teams you play 12 times, it becomes a battle, sometimes a war,&#8221; said Ryan Haggerty, who tallied a goal for the Penguins. &#8220;We&#8217;re looking forward to it.&#8221;The Phantoms first quick-strike goal came 39 seconds into the start of the game when Scott Laughton roofed a wrister over Tristan Jarry&#8217;s glove, marking the seventh straight game in which the Penguins have allowed the first goal.Lehigh Valley scored again 10 minutes later when T.J. Brennan sent a shot above the glove during a power play for a 2-0 lead.The Penguins chipped away when Teddy Blueger won the draw in the Phantoms zone and Jean-Sebastien Dea raced in to pick up the puck and fire it over Anthony Stolarz to make it 2-1.Any momentum generated by Dea&#8217;s goal was quickly diminished when Robert Hagg finished a two-on-one Phantoms rush to beat Jarry just 25 seconds into the start of the second period.&#8220;You don&#8217;t want to start a period down,&#8221; Haggerty said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a rule of thumb - the last five minutes and first five minutes you don&#8217;t want to give it up, you want to score it.&#8221;The Penguins spent the bulk of the second period playing in their own end, unable to clear pucks or get shots on net when they did get into the Phantoms&#8217; zone.Lehigh Valley outshot the Penguins 14-5 in the period, but Wilkes-Barre/Scranton wasn&#8217;t finished.The Penguins had a chance to rally when Brennan was assessed a double minor or high-sticking, giving Wilkes-Barre/Scranton four minutes of power play time. The Penguins couldn&#8217;t connect and barely generated a chance during the man advantage, however.&#8220;We just pressed too much rather than settle it down,&#8221; head coach Clark Donatelli said. &#8220;Hopefully we learn from that.&#8221;Midway through the third period, Haggerty made it 3-2 when he deflected a shot from Ethan Prow.Less than two minutes later, David Warsofsky&#8217;s point shot trickled through Stolarz to tie things up, 3-3.&#8220;Our power play wasn&#8217;t going but five-on-five we were moving,&#8221; Haggerty said. &#8220;It&#8217;s about staying positive and pushing one another.&#8221;The momentum was short-lived as the Phantoms focused in on Jarry&#8217;s glove again and Leier beat him with a shot a minute later to take a 4-3 lead.When asked if the Phantoms were targeting shots toward Jarry&#8217;s glove side, Donatelli said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if they were intentionally targeting but he obviously can play better.&#8221;The Phantoms added an empty-net goal to put the game out of reach with less than a minute left.NOTES&#8226; D Tim Erixon (injury), RW Danny Kristo, RW Patrick McGrath, D Michael Webster, D Lukas Bengtsson (illness) and C Thomas Di Pauli (injury) were scratched for the Penguins.&#8226; The Penguins wrapped up their road trip with a 5-2 record.<style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Tom Veneskytvenesky@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>Lehigh Valley 5, Penguins 3Penguins `1 `0 `2 &#8212; `3Lehigh Valley `2 `1`2 &#8212; `5First PeriodScoring &#8211; 1. LV, Scott Laughton 7 (McDonald, Leier) :39. 2. LV, T.J. Brennan 12 (Miele, Weal) power play 12:31. 3. WBS, Jean-Sebastien Dea 10 (Archibald, Blueger) 16:09. Penalties - LV, Morin (interference) 9:42; WBS, Pouliot (slashing) 11:20; LV, Hagg (tripping) 14:08.Second PeriodScoring &#8211; 4. LV, Robert Hagg 3 (Leier, McDonald) :25. Penalties - WBS, Percy (holding) 2:58; LV, McDonald (hooking) 10:24; WBS, Percy (hooking) 11:38; WBS, Warsofsky (hooking) 15:27.Third PeriodScoring &#8211; 5. WBS, Ryan Haggerty 4 (Prow, Rowney) 9:14. 6. WBS, David Warsofsky 8 (Blueger, Percy) 10:51. 7. LV, Taylor Leier, 8 (McDonald) 11:51. 8. LV, Chris Conner 10 (Bardreau) 19:10. Penalties - LV, Brennan (high-sticking - double minor) 3:14.Shots on goalPenguins &#8211; 17-5-15-37Lehigh Valley &#8211; 11-14-9-34Power-play OpportunitiesPenguins &#8211; 0 of 4Lehigh Valley &#8211; 1 of 4GoaltendersPenguins &#8211; Tristan Jarry 17-7-1 (30 saves-33 shots)Lehigh Valley &#8211; Anthony Stolarz 9-3-0 (34-37)StartersPenguins &#8211; G Tristan Jarry, D Barry Goers, D Derrick Pouliot, LW Dominik Simon , C Kevin Porter, RW Carter RowneyBinghamton &#8211; G Anthony Stolarz, D Robert Hagg, D T.J. Brennan, LW Taylor Leier, C Scott Laughton, RW Colin McDonaldThree Stars1. LV, Taylor Leier (goal, two assists) 2. LV, Colin McDonald (three assists) 3. WBS, Teddy Blueger (two assists)Referees &#8211; David Banfield, Keith Kaval. Linesmen &#8211; Luke Murray, Jud Ritter.Attandance &#8211; 8,428</factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Tom Venesky at 570-991-6395 or on Twitter @TomVenesky</shirttailMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins end road trip with 5-3 loss against Lehigh Valley