Milwaukee at Cleveland

CLEVELAND (Interstat) — The Milwaukee Admirals will visit the Cleveland Monsters on Friday in a minor league hockey game. Milwaukee enters with a 6-2 record, while Cleveland is 5-3. Milwaukee has won three of its past four games, and Cleveland has won three of its past five. The teams are scheduled to meet again in Cleveland after Friday’s game before continuing their early-season schedules.

Milwaukee has been led by goaltender Matt Murray, a player to watch. In a 3-0 win over Manitoba in Milwaukee’s most recent game, Murray stopped all 30 shots he faced. Tyson Jost scored twice and Chase Bradley added a goal in the victory. Before that, Murray made 19 saves on 20 shots in a 2-1 win over Chicago, 22 saves on 23 shots in a 3-2 win at Iowa and 13 saves on 14 shots in a 2-1 win over Colorado.

Cleveland’s player to watch is Tate Singleton. In Cleveland’s most recent game, a 5-2 loss at Grand Rapids, Singleton had one goal, two shots and 10 penalty minutes. Luke Tuch also scored and Boston Buckberger recorded an assist. Earlier in the season, Singleton had two shots in a win at Lehigh Valley, two penalty minutes in another win at Lehigh Valley and a goal and a shot in a win over Grand Rapids.

Milwaukee’s other recent results include a 2-1 shootout win over Chicago, a 4-2 loss at Chicago, a 3-2 win at Iowa, a 2-1 overtime win over Colorado, a 4-1 loss to Colorado, a 4-1 win over Grand Rapids and a 3-1 win at Rockford. Cleveland’s other recent results include a 3-2 overtime win at Grand Rapids, a 6-3 loss to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, a 4-2 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, a 5-2 win at Lehigh Valley, a 5-4 overtime win at Lehigh Valley, a 5-4 overtime win over Grand Rapids and a 5-2 loss to Grand Rapids. Milwaukee is scheduled to visit Grand Rapids and host Iowa in consecutive games after its rematch with Cleveland, while Cleveland is set to play at Rochester and at Laval in its next two games after the rematch. Milwaukee’s upcoming slate also includes home games against Iowa and Chicago and road games at Rockford and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Cleveland will also host Hamilton and Utica during its next stretch.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Cleveland 5, Milwaukee 2. Interstat’s ELO system is projecting Cleveland with a 60.4 percent probability to win. Milwaukee has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under for this game is 5.5.