Utica Comets beat Belleville Senators 5-2 in AHL, March 6, 2026

Utica Comets pushed their hot stretch to four straight wins with a 5-2 victory over the Belleville Senators at Adirondack Bank Center, a result the recap described as "powered by strong transitional play, opportunistic finishing and a late empty-net goal that sealed the result." The win moved Utica to a four-game run and closed the night at the Adirondack Bank Center on March 6, 2026.

The victory built on momentum from a recent 4-1 home win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, a game in which Nathan Legare finished a fortuitous breakaway at 7:53 of the third for his eighth of the year and Mike Hardman converted a power-play strike at 9:48, his seventh of the season and his team-leading fifth power-play goal. Lehigh Valley closed a shutout bid by Nico Daws when Oscar Eklind tipped a Garrett Wilson centering pass at 13:10 for Eklind’s fifth, but Brian Halonen added an empty-net goal at 18:25 for his 16th of the year to make it 4-1 and extend Utica’s winning streak to three before the Belleville game.

The March 6 game recap characterizes Utica’s approach as transition-driven and opportunistic, but the available write-up does not list the individual goal scorers for the 5-2 final, the identity of the empty-net scorer, or goaltending statistics for either side. The report also contains an incomplete fragment, "Xavier Parent ope," which appears in the text as provided and remains unresolved in the recap. Those specific scoring and goaltender details are not included in the published summary and require the official box score for confirmation.

Utica’s recent run has been reflected in team messaging and site navigation, with game-center listings that pair Utica with Belleville, Syracuse Crunch, Rochester Americans, Laval Rocket and Springfield Thunderbirds on upcoming schedules. The Lehigh Valley win explicitly referenced Carson Bjarnason in net for the Phantoms and Nico Daws for Utica in that earlier contest; the March 6 recap did not supply goaltender names for the Belleville game.

With the Comets now on a four-game streak, Utica heads into its next slate riding momentum established by the Legare, Hardman and Halonen sequences from the Lehigh Valley game and the transitional, opportunistic finishes credited in the 5-2 win over Belleville. Confirmation of goal scorers, assists, goalie saves and attendance for the March 6 game will complete the official box score and finalize the game narrative.