The Cleveland Monsters have a chance to sweep the season series with a win over the visiting Chicago Wolves on Sunday at home.
After a thrilling 5-4 win in overtime on Saturday, the Cleveland Monsters have set themselves up to potentially sweep the Chicago Wolves on the year. Sunday will be the fourth and final meeting between the two teams which could end up with the Monsters defeating the AHL Central leader in all four matchups on the year.
With a win on Sunday Cleveland can pull to just five points behind Chicago on the year in two fewer games. This means there is an outside possibility that the Monsters could overtake the Wolves for first place in the division if some things go their way. Considering that Cleveland has a slight edge in their last 10 games, 7-3 compared to 6-2-1-1, this is within the realm of possibilities.
There are two areas that the Monsters need to be mindful of as they head into their final game with the Wolves. Penalties and power play. Cleveland’s hot power play performance continued as they scored twice in Saturday’s game, quite the turnaround from earlier in the season. As penalties are concerned, Chicago is on the brink of being swept for the season by Cleveland and that could result in some chippy play on the ice. Cleveland needs to make sure they don’t make any mistakes and allow Chicago to capitalize on them.
