Last time out
Matthew Peca scored his first goal of the season in the first period, but the Wolf Pack scored the next four in a row to defeat the Crunch 5-2 Sunday at XL Center.

Rookie goalie Adam Wilcox, making his first appearance for the Crunch this season, stopped all seven Hartford shots in the first, but Marek Hrivik and Jayson Megna struck in quick succession in the second. Ryan Bourque and Brian Gibbons extended the Hartford lead in the third to 4-1.

Philippe Paradis got the Crunch within 4-2 in the final minutes with Wilcox pulled for an extra attacker, but a shorthanded empty-net goal from Tommy Hughes sealed the win for Hartford. Magnus Hellberg stopped 33 of 35 Crunch shots to pick up his third win of the season. Wilcox made 28 saves while his team's penalty kill was 5-for-6. Joel Vermin, Jake Dotchin, Matt Taormina and Tye McGinn each collected assists in the game.

Glass Half Full 
Nine-year NHL veteran Tanner Glass makes his Hartford debut tonight after being waived by the New York Rangers on Tuesday. The forward has played in 445 NHL games with six teams, totaling 60 points (19g, 41a). The 31-year-old skated with current Crunch center Jeff Tambellini in 2010-2011 as a member of the Western Conference champion Vancouver Canucks. Glass last played an AHL game on Feb. 2, 2009, as a member of the Rochester Americans. Glass has 25 points (10g, 15a) in 91 career AHL games, all with the Amerks.

Brother Bash
The War Memorial Arena is the site of a mini-family reunion tonight. Syracuse center Jeff Tambellini and Hartford rookie Adam Tambellini face off for the second time in as many games. The brothers, who both wear No. 7, had never shared a competitive ice surface until Sunday in Hartford, as Jeff, 31, is 10 years older than Adam. Age isn't the only thing that separates the two. Adam (6-3) peers over his older sibling Jeff (5-11). Both have three points (2g, 1a) this season. Jeff scored both goals in Syracuse's home win on Saturday, while Adam was the lone brother to record a point in Sunday's meeting. Adam's first pro point was an overtime game-winning goal Oct. 14 vs. Providence.

Scoring First
The Crunch have scored the first goal in each of their first three games, one of three AHL clubs to do so (Ontario, 3/3; San Antonio, 3/3). Bridgeport leads the league in first goals with five in six games. Sixteen clubs are perfect when scoring first, including Bridgeport; the league points percentage is .839 for first goals. 

Last season the Crunch scored 45 first goals (fifth most in the AHL) and won 29 of those games. Their .700 points percentage when scoring first ranked 24th in the league. On average, AHL teams owned a .744 points percentage when scoring a game's first goal. The top teams were W-B/Scranton (.893) and conference champions Manchester (.863) and Utica (.841).

Special Teams
Syracuse has yet to score a power-play goal in its first three games (0-for-10). The Crunch are the only team in the AHL that has not scored on the man advantage this season. Syracuse has also allowed two short-handed goals, tied for most in the league. Hartford is 2-for-18 on the power play through four games (11.1%, 25th in the AHL), and has allowed one shorthanded goal. The Crunch are killing off power plays at 86.7% clip through three games (13-for-15), 11th in the AHL. The Wolf Pack penalty kill has allowed just one power-play goal (12-for-13, 92.3%), fifth in the AHL.

Scouting the Wolf Pack
Hartford has won three of its first four games, earning them six points and second place in the Atlantic Division behind first place Bridgeport (10 points). Brian Gibbons leads the team with five points (2g, 3a), with Chad Nehring close behind with four points (2g, 2a). Magnus Hellberg has started all four games for Hartford, posting a 1.75 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage. Hellberg recorded his first shutout Saturday against Utica, stopping 30 shots. The Wolf Pack are playing their first road game of the year tonight, the first of four in a row. Hartford won half of its 38 road games last year, the same amount as Syracuse. 

Lightning Flash
The Tampa Bay Lightning return to the ice tonight in Winnipeg against the Jets. The Lightning have nine points in their first seven games (4-2-1-0), second in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division.

Jonathan Drouin is tied for the team lead in points with six (1g, 5a), while Tyler Johnson is tied for third with four points (4a). Former Crunch players have goals in five of Tampa's seven games, and have contributed over a third of the Lightning's points (23 of 62).  The Lightning have split their last four meeting with the Jets, winning two games on the road while dropping two games at Amalie Arena.

Slater Koekkoek, who played one game with the Bolts last week, has been returned to the Crunch.