Anthony Richard's two goals extend streak as Phantoms rout Wolf Pack 6-3

Anthony Richard’s two-goal night propelled the Lehigh Valley Phantoms to a 6-3 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack in Allentown, PA, on Sunday, March 1, 2026, as the Phantoms closed a three-game homestand and Hartford’s three-game winning streak ended.

Lehigh Valley opened quickly when Oscar Eklind tucked a shot by the right pad of Spencer Martin at 3:32 for his second goal of the weekend. Anthony Richard followed at 7:24 after a neutral-zone turnover; Maxence Guenette drove the right wing and hit a streaking Richard down the middle, who tipped home what Hartford’s game report called “his 14th goal of the season,” giving the Phantoms a 2-0 lead.

Hartford answered in the first period. Anton Blidh got the Wolf Pack on the board at 10:25 on a tipped shot stemming from Brett Berard’s play; the Hartford release contains the line, verbatim, that Blidh did so “deflecting his fifth goal of the season by Alexei Kolosov.” Juuso Pärssinen tied the game at 13:46 after a Travis Dermott shot ricocheted to Pärssinen in the right-wing circle; Hartford noted it was Pärssinen’s fourth goal in his last five games and wrote, “The Wolf Pack refused to back down, and for the second straight game erased a 2-0 deficit.”

The Phantoms regained the lead early in the second when Christian Kyrou’s point shot clipped Alex Bump in the crease at 1:34 of the period, “found its way by Martin” and was recorded as Bump’s 11th of the season. Late in the period a neutral-zone turnover led to Cooper Marody’s 16:55 goal, a shot that clipped Martin and extended Lehigh Valley’s margin to 4-2. Hartford’s report adds that “The Wolf Pack controlled the second period, outshooting and out-chancing the Phantoms. Kolosov was the difference, however, making 13 saves to keep the Wolf Pack off the board.”

Rink Live’s third-period scoring sequence closed the game. Lane Pederson scored early in the third at cumulative 46:33 to make it 5-2; Brennan Othmann answered a minute later at 47:52 to pull Hartford to 5-3; Anthony Richard iced the final margin with a goal at cumulative 51:40. Rink Live summarized those plays: “Lane Pederson increased the lead to 5-2 with a goal early in the third period. Brennan Othmann narrowed the gap to 5-3 with a goal one minute later. Anthony Richard also increased the lead to 6-3 with a goal four minutes later.”

Sources differ on a couple of details that merit confirmation. Hartford explicitly labels Richard’s first-period goal as his 14th of the season, while one summary report states Richard’s two goals were “the 14th and 15th of his pro season” and that he “extended his personal point streak.” The Hartford release also contains an awkward phrasing on Blidh’s goal that reads “deflecting his fifth goal of the season by Alexei Kolosov.” Additionally, FloHockey posted a conflicting headline claiming an “epic 12-round, 24-skater shootout” between these teams; that claim contradicts the 6-3 final reported by Hartford, OurSportsCentral, and Rink Live.

Lehigh Valley will visit the Utica Comets on Tuesday, March 3, 2026; the Wolf Pack are scheduled to face Providence on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. The official AHL game sheet should confirm final season totals, official assists, and goalie save totals for Alexei Kolosov and Spencer Martin.