The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins came out on the losing end of a back-and-forth affair against the Rochester Americans, 6-4, on Friday night at Blue Cross Arena.

In a game full of momentum swings, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (8-3-1-0) erased a three-goal deficit to tie the game, 4-4, in the third period. However, Rochester’s eighth power-play opportunity of the night put the Americans back on top for good.

The Americans took a 1-0 lead on a tip-in goal from Trevor Kuntar 12-and-a-half minutes into the game. However, Mathieu De St. Phalle pulled the Penguins even 35 seconds later.

Rochester then proceeded to rattle off three-straight goals in the last four minutes of the first period, to capture a commanding, 4-1 advantage. Jake Leschyshyn muscled in a power-play goal at 16:13, followed by M

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