Maxim Pavlenko posted a shutout in his first AHL start for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to defeat the Utica Comets, 4-0, on Saturday night at Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (9-3-1-0) received 20 saves from their rookie goalie from Kazakhstan, snapping a three-game skid and earning the club’s first victory of November.

The Penguins opened the scoring 15 minutes into the first period when Atley Calvert tallied a power-play goal, set up nicely by Aaron Huglen. Huglen wove into the attacking zone, deked past a defender, and provided a backdoor pass to Calvert, who banked it across the goal line.

The first of two goals in the middle frame came just under six minutes in. Comets goalie Jakub Málek initially denied Chase Pietila’s bid from the point, but Mathieu De St

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