For the sixth straight year, the Amerks make the trek down the New York State Thruway to play in the home of the Buffalo Sabres. On Wednesday, they'll host the Syracuse Crunch in a North Division showdown at the KeyBank Center in downtown Buffalo.

The Amerks took four out of a possible six points over the weekend, which began with a 12-3 rout of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Friday night. Rochester has collected at least one point in 36 of its last 45 games dating back to Nov. 1, including 14 of its last 18 games since the turn of the New Year.

The Amerks have a three-game winning streak in Buffalo and carry an overall record of 4-1-0-0. Additionally, Rochester has held the opposition to two goals or less in each of its four wins at KeyBank Center.

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Scoring leaders

1. C.J. Smith: 14G - 25A - 39 PTS

2. Seth Griffith: 11G - 21A - 32 PTS

Zach Redmond: 10G - 22A - 32 PTS

4. Kyle Criscuolo: 15G - 16A - 31 PTS

5. Sahir Gill: 14G - 16A - 30 PTS

Kevin Porter: 13G - 17A - 30 PTS

Goaltending leaders

Linus Ullmark: 18-9-4; 2 SO; 2.43 GAA; .924 SV%

Adam Wilcox: 8-4-2; 2.60 GAA; .911 SV%

News and notes

Friday's 12-goal outburst marked the second time this season the Amerks put up 10 goals or more in a single game, a feat the team last achieved during the 1974-75 season with wins over New Haven (13-1 on Jan. 17, 1975) and Syracuse (11-2 on March 23, 1975).

The Amerks also became the first AHL team to record two 10-plus goal games in the same season since the Fredericton Canadiens and Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) Senators each did it twice during 1995-96 campaign.

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Sunday's 2-1 shootout loss versus Binghamton marked the 10th time since Jan. 1 the Amerks were forced to play beyond regulation time. Coming into the week, Rochester leads the AHL in games decided after regulation with 23, showing as 7-8 mark in overtime while going 2-6 in shootouts.

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Jan. 16: WBS 3 - RCH 12

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A total of 10 different Rochester Americans skaters recorded multi-point efforts as the Amerks exploded for a 12-3 win over the first-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to snap a season-long five-game winless streak Friday at The Blue Cross Arena.

The 12 goals by the Amerks marks the first time Rochester has scored 12 or more goals in a game since April 7, 1985 in a 13-3 win over St. Catharines. Additionally, the dozen goals is the most by any American Hockey League team since Dec. 8, 2002 (Hamilton 15, Cleveland 1).

The Amerks have collected at least one point in 34 of their last 43 games dating back to Nov. 1, including 12 of their last 17 games since the turn of the New Year. Additionally, the victory is Rochester's first win in The Blue Cross Arena since Jan. 12.

Former AHL All-Star Seth Griffith led the Amerks as he notched his first five-point (2+3) night with Rochester and first since Jan. 29, 2016 as a member of the Providence Bruins while both Alexander Nylander and Kyle Criscuolo each bagged their first-career four-point (2+2) performances.

Rookie defenseman Brendan Guhle tallied a personal-best three points (1+2) while Matt Tennyson, Zach Redmond and Adam Krause all scored a goal to along with an assist. Hudson Fasching, Justin Bailey and Taylor Fedun each recorded a pair of helpers while first-year forward Sean Malone completed the scoring.

Goaltender Linus Ullmark stopped 35 of 38 shots on the night to extinguish his five-game winless streak. The Swedish netminder carries an 18-9-6 record in 35 games this season.



Jan 17: RCH 0 - BNG 1 (OT)

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After a scoreless 60 minutes, Bracken Kearns tallied the lone goal of the night 2:08 into overtime, giving the Binghamton Devils a 1-0 win over the Rochester Americans Saturday at Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena. Tonight's game was the second in a row that was forced beyond regulation time between the two teams and the 22nd overall for the Amerks this season.

Rochester netminder Adam Wilcox stopped 34 of 35 shots for a .971 save percentage in his 20th game of the year, while Kevin Porter, Sean Malone and Brendan Guhle all notched a team-high three shots.

Kearns, the Devils' leading point-getter this season, scored his 11th goal of the year with helpers from Jacob MacDonald and Michael Kapla while Ken Appleby tallied his second shutout of the season after stopping all 19 shots he faced.



Jan. 18: BNG 2 - RCH 1 (SO)

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The Rochester Americans extended their point streak against the Binghamton Devils to six games Sunday afternoon as the North Division rivals met for the second time in as many days. The 2-1 shootout loss completed the back-end of a home-and-home series at The Blue Cross Arena and also concluded a three-in-three during which the Amerks took four of a possible six points.

Despite the shootout loss, the Amerks have collected at least one point in 36 of their last 45 games dating back to Nov. 1, including 14 of their last 18 games since the turn of the New Year. Additionally, the contest was the 10th game since Jan. 1 and league-most 23rd of the campaign game that went beyond regulation time.

Second-year forward Kyle Criscuolo scored his team-best 15th goal of the season and 10th point (5+5) in the last nine contests. Goaltender Linus Ullmark stopped 29 of 30 shots on the day, including two of three in the shootout, but took the overtime loss in the blue paint for Rochester.