Laval: V. Rohrer (1) SH (O. Beck), O. Beck (13) SH (V. Rohrer)
Goaltender: K. Kähkönen (27/30) L
Toronto: D. Mermis (1) (L. Haymes, E. Cowan), V. Lettieri (14) (M. Benning, T. Tverberg), J. Quillan (14) (R. Tverberg, N. Chadwick), M. Pezzetta (5) EN (J. Quillan)
Goaltender: A. Akhtyamov (32/34) W
- Dakota Mermis opened the scoring at 0:54 of the first period. This was his first goal with the Marlies this season. He has seven points (1 goal, 2 assists) in 27 games this season.
- Vinni Lettieri scored at 1:46 of the second period. He has 42 points (14 goals, 28 assists) in 55 games this season.
- Jacob Quillan scored the game-winning goal at 7:06 of the third period and later added the lone assist on Pezzetta’s empty net goal. He has 36 points (14 goals, 22 assists) in 40 games with the Marlies this season.
- Michael Pezzetta scored on the empty net at 19:53 of the third period. He has 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in 39 games this season.
- Luke Haymes recorded the primary assist on Mermis’ first period goal. He has 33 points (17 goals, 16 assists) in 66 games with the Marlies this season.
- Easton Cowan had the secondary assist on Mermis’ first period goal. He has three points (1 goal, 2 assists) in four games this season.
- Matt Benning registered the primary assist on Lettieri’s second period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games. Benning has 16 points (3 goals, 13 assists) in 34 games this season.
- Ryan Tverberg picked up the secondary assist on Lettieri’s second period goal and the primary assist on Quillan’s third period goal. He has 36 points (15 goals, 21 assists) in 63 games this season.
- Noah Chadwick recorded the secondary assist on Quillan’s third period goal. He has 23 points (5 goals, 18 assists) in 68 games this season.
- Artur Akhtyamov stopped 32 of 34 shots he faced. He finishes the season 21-12-4 with a 2.88 goals against average and a 0.904 save percentage.
| TEAM NOTES The Marlies were 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and 0-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 15-18-4-4 when not scoring on the power play and 24-9-2-2 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.Laval outshot Toronto 34-31. Noah Chadwick led the Marlies with four shots on net. Toronto is 22-15-3-3 when outshot by their opponent.The Marlies are 23-11-2-4 against North Division opponents and finish their regular season series 5-2-1-0 against the Rocket. |
| RECORD WHEN Scoring first 23-8-1-5 Tied after 1st 9-8-1-0 Leading after 2nd 29-3-1-3 At home 21-11-1-3 April 4-3-0-0 Sunday 7-5-1-1 MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals 28 (B. Groulx) Assists 31 (L. Shaw) Points 54 (L. Shaw) PPG 5 (V. Lettieri, J. Quillan, L. Shaw) Shots 153 (A. Nylander) +/- +18 (C. Webber) PIMS 110 (B. Smith) |
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN
On today’s game:
I think what I liked most about it was the way we played in the second and third, that should be our standard. You could see a different pace coming out after that first period and we got the results to show for it. At the end of the day, you can’t control if you’re going to score but you can control the way you play. If we play like that, nine out of 10 times we’re going to have a really good chance to win.
On the playoffs starting Wednesday:
It’s a whole new day. We’ve now played with that lineup for a couple of games. They should understand exactly what their linemates are doing and how we want to play. It should be exciting for them. This is the best time of the year. Anytime you get to play playoff hockey at whatever level, it’s exciting. We don’t have much time to talk about it. We just need to make sure that we take care of ourselves and we’re ready to go because in a two-out-three, you don’t have time to wait.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
Game 1 – April 22 vs. Rochester – 7:00 p.m.
Game 2 – April 24 at Rochester – 7:05 p.m.
*Game 3 – April 26 vs. Rochester – 4:00 p.m
