The Amerks are 4-0-1-1 on the road this season coming off their 5-4 overtime loss in Belleville on Saturday. They join the Tucson Roadrunners as the only two teams that have yet to lose in regulation on the road.
Kyle Criscuolo (5+6) and C.J. Smith (2+9) remain tied for the team lead in scoring with 11 points each through the first 13 games of the season. Smith also paces all Rochester skaters and is tied for third amongst all AHL rookies with nine assists, six of which have come on the power-play.
Smith, who despite seeing his season-long five-game assist streak come to an end Saturday in Belleville, is tied for fifth among all first-year skaters in overall scoring and leads the circuit with seven power-play points.
Coming off his two-goal outing Saturday in Belleville, Sahir Gill has moved atop the team's goal-scoring leaders with six on the season, matching the career-high he set last year in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Gill reached the six-goal mark in 31 fewer games and has already recorded half his total offensive output from the 2016-17 campaign through just 13 appearances this season for Rochester. He also shares the team lead with two power-play tallies.
Brendan Guhle remains Rochester's top-scoring blueliner and enters the week tied for the league lead in scoring among all AHL rookie defensemen with nine points (2+7), all of which have come in his last nine games. He's been held scoreless just twice over that span.
After leading the AHL in saves and minutes played last season, reigning MVP Linus Ullmark has picked up right where he left off a year ago. The former Swedish Goaltender of the Year has won five of his last six starts dating back to Oct. 25, including a season-high 44-save effort in a 4-3 shootout win at Utica on Nov. 1. He leads all netminders with two shootout wins and currently ranks third with 274 saves.
