LAVAL 4 VS MARLIES 2

Toronto: L. Haymes (8) (M. Barbolini), R. Tverberg (6) (D. Mermis, B. Groulx)
Goaltender: A. Akhtyamov (20/23) L

Laval: L. Dauphin (15) (J. Roy), O. Beck (6) (J. Roy, F. Mesar), L. Condotta (7) (S. Blais, A. Engstrom), J. Roy (13) (EN (K. Kähkönen)
Goaltender: K. Kähkönen (14/16) W

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Luke Haymes opened the scoring at 1:15 of the first period. He has goals (3) in three consecutive games. Haymes has 17 points (8 goals, 9 assists) in 42 games.
• Ryan Tverberg scored at 15:16 of the third period. He has 13 points (6 goals, 7 assists) in 39 games this season.
• Matthew Barbolini had the lone assist on Haymes’ first period goal. This was his 100^th career AHL game. He has 16 points (5 goals, 11 assists) in 40 games this season.
• Dakota Mermis registered the primary assist on Tverberg’s third period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games.
• Bo Groulx picked up the secondary assist on Tverberg’s third period goal. He has set a career-high in points (21-19-40) recorded in a single season.
• Artur Akhtyamov stopped 20 of 23 shots he faced.  

TEAM NOTES The Marlies were 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 11-11-3-2 when not scoring on the power play and 14-5-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.Laval outshot Toronto 24-16. Luke Haymes and Ryan Tverberg led the Marlies with three shots on net. Toronto is 13-10-2-2 when outshot by their opponent.The Marlies are 13-8-1-3 against North Division opponents and 1-2-1-0 against the Rocket.

RECORD WHEN Scoring first                          14-5-1-3 Leading after 1st                    10-3-1-3 Tied after 2nd                         0-2-1-1 On the road                           12-10-3-1 February                               1-1-0-1 Saturday                               10-6-1-0 MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals                     21 (B. Groulx) Assists                   23 (V. Lettieri)         Points                    40 (B. Groulx) PPG                       4 (V. Lettieri) Shots                     107 (V. Lettieri) +/-                          +11 (C. Webber) PIMS                      97 (B. Smith)

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 16 vs. Laval – 2:00 p.m. (Scotiabank Arena)
February 18 vs. Hershey – 11:00 a.m.
February 20 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m.
February 21 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m.
February 25 at Laval – 7:00 p.m.