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ALLENTOWN &#8212; For the third time in their last four games, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins surrendered a short-handed goal.And for the first time since last week&#8217;s shakeup in the cage, the Penguins were forced to pull a starting goaltender.Corban Knight had a goal and an assist Wednesday and Tyrell Gill sent Anthony Peters to an early shower by scoring a man short as Lehigh Valley leveled the Penguins, 5-0, at the PP&amp;L Center.&#8220;We&#8217;re going to have to regroup,&#8221; Penguins coach Clark Donatelli sighed.It was the third straight loss for the Penguins and their third in four games since regular Wilkes-Barre/Scranton goalie Casey DeSmith was promoted to parent Pittsburgh last week when Matt Murray was placed on injured reserve with a lower body injury.The Phantoms wasted little time in exploiting Wilkes-Barre/Scranton&#8217;s goalie situation, peppering Peters with three goals in the first 18 minutes.Mikhal Vorobyev, Corban Knight and Oskar Lindblom all rifled home shots within a six-minute span, staking Lehigh Valley to a 3-0 lead.&#8220;I thought we had a good start,&#8221; said Donatelli, whose team played the Phantoms even for the first 12 minutes. &#8220;Then we took a penalty, and momentum changed.&#8221;Pretty soon, the Penguins were making a change themselves.Tyrell Goulbourne roared down the ice with the puck on his stick and stuck Lehigh Valley&#8217;s fourth goal just 3:28 into the second period, putting the Penguins in a 4-0 hole and sending Peters to the bench with 15 stops on 19 shots. Sean Maguire, recently promoted from Wheeling, of the ECHL, replaced him for the game&#8217;s final 36 minutes.&#8220;Trying to get a spark after the fourth goal, and Mags hasn&#8217;t played,&#8221; Donatelli said of the change.That Goulbourne goal came in the midst of one of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton&#8217;s five fruitless power plays, which is becoming a disturbing trend that&#8217;s been occurring with stunning regularity over the past week.&#8220;It&#8217;s an issue,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;When you&#8217;ve got one guy back there and get a bouncing puck, you have to handle it. We&#8217;re going to re-visit that and get that done on special teams.&#8221;At least the replacement goalie got some things done.Maguire, a fourth-round draft pick of the Penguins in 2012, settled things a bit by turning away 15 of the 16 shots against him through most of the final two periods. He allowed Matt Reed&#8217;s rebound goal with 6:24 to play, but by then, the suspense was pretty much over.&#8220;I thought that was one of the bright spots in this, Mags played really well,&#8221; Donatelli said.The other goalie, though, was playing even better.Former NHLer Dustin Tokarski stopped a whopping 39 shots in the crease to earn the shutout, sending the Penguins to another night of frustration with another loss.&#8220;He played well,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;I remember him from Montreal. He&#8217;s a good goal tender. He had a big night here tonight.&#8220;But we&#8217;ve got to find ways.&#8221;<style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Paul Sokoloskipsokoloski@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>Lehigh Valley 5, Penguins 0Penguins `0`0`0` &#8212; `0Lehigh Valley `3`1`1` &#8212; `5First PeriodScoring &#8212; 1. LV, Mikhail Vorobyev 3 (Read, Friedman) 12:17. 2. LV, Corban Knight 5 13:10. 3. LV, Oskar Lindblom 5 (Knight) 17:02. Penalties &#8212; PEN, Bengtsson (high-sticking), 5:20; PEN, Wilson (fighting), 13:42; LV, Goulbourne (fighting), 13:42.Second PeriodScoring &#8211; 4. LV, Tyrell Goulbourne 4 (Comrie) 3:28. Penalties &#8212; LV, de Haas (slashing), 3:02; LV, O&#8217;Neill (interference), 8:45; PEN, Aston-Reese (interference), 11:47; PEN, DiPauli (delay of game), 13:30; LV, Varone (delay of game - faceoff violation), 13:30; LV, Vecchione (delay of game), 19:39.Third PeriodScoring &#8212; 5. LV, Matt Read 3 (Lamarche, Varone), 13:36. Penalties &#8212; PEN, Simon (hooking), 0:25; LV, Martel (tripping), 2:40; PEN, Tinordi (roughing), 7:22; LV, Varone (tripping), 11:22; PEN, Archibald (goaltender interference), 16:12.Shots on goalPenguins &#8211; 15-10-13-38Lehigh Valley &#8211; 16-10-6-32Power-play OpportunitiesPenguins &#8211; 0 of 5Lehigh Valley &#8211; 0 of 5GoaltendersPenguins &#8211;Anthony Peters 0-2-1 (15 saves, 19 shots), Sean Maguire 0-0-0 (15 saves, 16 shots)Lehigh Valley &#8211; Dustin Tokarski 6-1-2 (39 saves-39 shots)StartersPenguins &#8211; G Anthony Peters, D Chris Summers, D Kevin Czuczman, LW Zach Aston-Reese, C John-Sebastien Dea, RW Josh ArchibaldLehigh Valley &#8211; G Dustin Tokarski, D Maxim Lamarche, D James de Haas, LW Tyrell Goulbourne, C Corgan Knight, RW Colin McDonaldThree Stars1. LV, Dustin Tokarski (39 saves, shutout) 2. LV, Corban Knight (goal, assist) 3. LV, Tyrell Goulbourne (goal)Referees &#8211; Alex Normandin, Evgenii Romasko. Linesmen &#8212; Luke Murray, J.P. Waleski.Attendance &#8211; 8,592</factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Paul Sokoloski at 570-991-6392 or on Twitter @TLPaulSokoloski</shirttailMeta></div>

Penguins shut down and out by Dustin Tokarski and rival Lehigh Valley