Laval: A. Belzile (1) (L. Dauphin), O. Beck (1) (S. Farrell, V. Rohrer)
Goaltender: K. Kähkönen (8/12) L, H. Shepard (10/12)
Toronto: L. Shaw (4) PP (V. Lettieri, W. Villeneuve), E. Cowan (2) (M. Rifai), H. Thrun (1) (J. Quillan, R. Tverberg), A. Nylander (1) (L. Haymes, D. Mermis), R. Tverberg (2) (W. Villeneuve), C. Paré (3) (L. Haymes, H. Thrun)
Goaltender: A. Akhtyamov (26/28) W
- Logan Shaw opened the scoring at 0:11 of the first period. This was his third power play goal of the postseason. He has six points (4 goals, 2 assists) in six postseason games.
- Easton Cowan scored at 5:35 of the first period. He has six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in six postseason games.
- Henry Thrun scored the game-winning goal at 7:58 of the first period and later had the secondary assist on Paré’s third period goal. He has five points (1 goal, 4 assists) in six games this postseason.
- Alex Nylander scored at 15:32 of the first period. This was his first goal of the postseason.
- Ryan Tverberg scored at 14:13 of the second period and earlier registered the primary assist on Thrun’s first period goal. He has four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in six games this postseason.
- CédricParé scored at 14:35 of the third period. He has goals (3) in three consecutive games.
- Vinni Lettieri recorded the primary assist on Shaw’s first period goal. He has eight points (4 goals, 4 assists) in six games this postseason and leads the league in points.
- William Villeneuve had the secondary assist on Shaw’s first period goal and the lone assist on Tverberg’s second period goal. This was his second consecutive multi-point game. He has seven points (1 goal, 6 assists) in six games this postseason and is tied for the league-lead in assists.
- Marshall Rifai picked up the lone assist on Cowan’s first period goal. This was his first point of the postseason.
- Jacob Quillan had the secondary assist on Thrun’s first period goal. He has two assists in six games.
- Luke Haymes recorded the primary assists on Nylander’s first period goal and Paré’s third period goal. He has four points (1 goal, 3 assists) in six games this postseason.
- Dakota Mermis picked up the secondary assist on Nylander’s first period goal. He has three assists in six games this postseason.
- Artur Akhtyamov stopped 26 of 28 shots he faced. He is 3-1-0 this postseason with a 1.77 goals against average and a 0.929 save percentage.
| TEAM NOTES Logan Shawrecorded Toronto’s fastest goal scored in playoff history at 0:11 of the first period.The Marlies were 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 1-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 4-0-0-0 when scoring on the power and 2-1-0-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.Laval outshot Toronto 28-24. Alex Nylander led the Marlies with four shots on net. Toronto is 1-1-0-0 when outshot by their opponent. |
| MARLIES LEADERS Goals 4 (V. Lettieri, L. Shaw) Assists 6 (W. Villeneuve) Points 8 (V. Lettieri) PPG 3 (V. Lettieri, L. Shaw) Shots 18 (A. Nylander) +/- +4 (C. Paré) PIMS 22 (M. Pezzetta) |
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN
On what he liked about tonight’s game:
It’s hard not to. It starts right away by us taking advantage of a power play and then that carries on to the five-on-five game. They set the tone. All four lines were outstanding, six defencemen and the goaltender, I thought we set the tone with everyone, not just a few. We kept it going and it’s important against this group to make sure we have the right start. You don’t expect a four-nothing lead after 10 minutes but at the end of the day, we did a lot of the right things and because of that, we got rewarded.
On the defensive effort:
If one guys misses their assignment, (Laval) is a dangerous team. They scored a lot of goals this season. They’ve got some dangerous players and I think we’ve done a good job of staying out of the box, staying disciplined and defending. All of our transition is coming from our good D-zone coverage. We’ve got to continue to do that moving forward.
EASTON COWAN (1 GOAL)
On Logan Shaw’s early goal:
I think it just shows how good he is. He’s obviously a veteran and he just wants this so bad. So, we’re all just pulling for him and we’re all pulling for each other.
WILLIAM VILLENEUVE (2 ASSISTS)
On the team’s outlook heading into Game 4:
You want to win as quick as possible, and we know the hardest game is coming but we’re excited for the challenge. We went down early in Laval and came back in Game 2 and won it and today we had a great showing. We’ve been doing a lot of great things that have brought us a lot of success, we’ve just got to be dialed on Tuesday.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
Game 4 – May 5 vs. Laval – 7:00 p.m.
*Game 5 – May 8 at Laval – 7:00 p.m.
