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Indy Begins Week Facing Fort Wayne

Tuesday, May 4th
Indy Begins Week Facing Fort Wayne

Falling to the Fort Wayne Komets on Sunday night, the Indy Fuel hosts their I-69 rival for the second of four straight matchups. Indy is looking to pick up their first win over their rival since April 10 while the Komets have a chance to increase their win streak to four in a row.  

TIME: 7:00 p.m. ET

TV/Stream: FloSports, Mixlr.com/IndyFuel

TEAM RECORDS

IND: 28-19-5-0, .587 PCT

FW: 23-9-3-1, .694 PCT

TEAM LEADERS

IND

Matt Marcinew - 41 points (20G, 21A)

Nic Pierog - 34 points (20G, 14A)

Willie Raskob - 31 points (11G, 20A)

FW

Anthony Petruzzelli - 26 points (9G, 17A)

Shawn Szydlowski - 25 points (3G, 22A)

Randy Gazzola - 24 points (3G, 21A)

LAST TIME OUT

Playing their only game of the weekend, the Indy Fuel hosted their I-69 rival Fort Wayne Komets on Sunday night. The scoring wouldn’t start until the second period but after that, both teams would trade goals throughout the final 40 minutes. The Komets would score with 20.2 seconds remaining in regulation to force an overtime period where Stephen Harper netted the overtime winner with one minute remaining.

POWER PLAY SPECIALISTS

Entering Tuesday’s contest, Indy’s power play is ranked second in the ECHL. Scoring on three out of their four chances against Fort Wayne on Sunday night, the Fuel power play is 7-for-15 in their last four games.  Indy will be facing a Fort Wayne team that leads the league in power play percentage, scoring on 28.2% of their power play chances.   

CRUNCH TIME

Coming into this week’s matchups, Indy sits in third place in the East Division. With an overtime loss on Sunday and Greenville winning in regulation, Indy put themselves in third place behind the Swamp Rabbits who have a .589 win percentage. A win in regulation on Tuesday night will give the Fuel the second-place spot in the East with a .594 win percentage.

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