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WILKES-BARRE TWP. &#8212; Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins coach Clark Donatelli outlined several reasons for his team&#8217;s 3-0 loss to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday.But one was most apparent.The Penguins spent more time trying to prevent the Phantoms from scoring and not enough time attempting to do that themselves. Lack of discipline found the Penguins on the penalty kill seven times on the night, with just one power play of their own, and the loss allowed Lehigh Valley to move within four points for first place in an already tight Atlantic Division.The Penguins have now lost six of their last 10 games and have scored two goals or less in all but two of the last eight contests.On Wednesday, things didn&#8217;t go the Penguins&#8217; way right from the start.Lehigh Valley jumped out to an early lead when Chris McCarthy intercepted a Ryan Haggerty clearing pass inside the blue line and promptly blasted a shot past Jarry to make it 1-0 less than four minutes into the opening period.&#8220;We knew we were in for a tough game. We came out flat,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;We just couldn&#8217;t get it going.&#8221;After McCarthy&#8217;s goal, the Penguins encountered penalty trouble and put the Phantoms on the power play four times over the first two periods.The penalty kill was stellar, keeping Lehigh Valley&#8217;s chances at a minimum, but the time shorthanded still had an impact.&#8220;It&#8217;s tough. It takes away from the offense, takes away from the flow,&#8221; Donatelli said of the time spent killing power plays. &#8220;We have to be disciplined. We have to give ourselves a chance.&#8221;The best scoring opportunities for the Penguins were a pair of breakaways by Kevin Porter, who was denied both times.The Penguins opened the third period with another penalty and killed off Lehigh Valley&#8217;s fifth power play of the night.The Phantoms gained what turned out to be an insurmountable lead in the second half of the final period.With the Penguins unable to clear the puck out of the zone, Lehigh Valley took advantage of the opportunity when Scott Laughton dished it to the high slot to Colin McDonald, whose shot floated over Tristan Jarry for a 2-0 lead.After that, time became the Penguins&#8217; biggest enemy.And more penalties.With less than five minutes left, Josh Archibald was whistled for delay of game and Tom Kostopoulos followed with a slashing call, giving the Phantoms a two-man advantage for 1:20.Lehigh Valley connected on a shot from Mark Zengerle to make it 3-0 and put the game out of reach.While the Penguins hoped the power plays would even out, Porter said it&#8217;s not something that can be counted on.&#8220;That&#8217;s usually how it works, but you can&#8217;t depend on that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We need to score five-on-five, and we didn&#8217;t.&#8221;The Penguins are now 3-3 against the Phantoms and have a four-point lead over Lehigh Valley and Providence for the top spot in the division.Donatelli cautioned that another effort like Wednesday&#8217;s won&#8217;t cut it down the stretch.&#8220;You have to be hungry. You have to be desperate and play with some intensity and tie that game up,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We let it slip away tonight.&#8221;NOTES&#8226; D Brett Stern, D Stuart Percy, F Patrick McGrath, F Garrett Wilson (injury) and D Lukas Bengtsson were scratched for the Penguins.&#8226; F Tom Sestito and D Cameron Gaunce were recalled to Pittsburgh on Wednesday, and F Garrett Wilson is still out with an upper body injury. Still, Donatelli didn&#8217;t feel the missing personnel was the reason behind the loss.&#8220;We have a good enough squad here to beat any team in this league. It just wasn&#8217;t our night,&#8221; he said.&#8226; Rookie Thomas Di Pauli played in his second game since returning from an injury and skated on the top line with Porter and Kostopoulos.&#8220;He was great tonight,&#8221; Porter said of Di Pauli. &#8220;He finishes checks, makes plays and he&#8217;s quick.&#8221;&#8226; The Penguins have now been shut out six times this season.<ins>For other sports stories, <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/category/sports" target="_blank">click here</a>.</ins><style>
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Penalties, lack of offense lead to Penguins’ shutout loss to Lehigh Valley