- Vinni Lettieri opened the scoring at 1:12 of the first period. He has 34 points (11 goals, 23 assists) in 40 games this season.
- Logan Shaw scored at 13:25 of the first period in his 250th career AHL game with the Marlies. This was his 13th game-winning goal with the Marlies. He has 33 points (15 goals, 18 assists) in 45 games this season.
- Michael Pezzetta scored at 14:47 of the first period. He has eight points (3 goals, 5 assists) in 26 games this season.
- Luke Haymes scored on the power play at 11:45 of the third period. He has 16 points (7 goals, 9 assists) in 42 games.
- Bo Groulx scored on the empty net at 15:41 of the third period. He earlier had the secondary assist on Lettieri’s opening goal and the primary assist on Shaw’s goal, both in the first period Groulx matched his season high with 39 points in 44 games, reaching the mark 19 games faster than in 2022-23 (63 games played). This was his 10th multi-point game of the season. He has 38 points (20 goals, 18 assists) in 44 games this season.
- Noah Chadwick recorded the primary assist on Lettieri’s opening goal and the secondary assist on Pezzetta’s goal, both in the first period. This was his fifth multi-point game of the season. He has 15 points (3 goals, 12 assists) in 44 games this season.
- Dakota Mermis registered the secondary assist on Shaw’s first period goal. This was his first point with the Marlies this season through six games.
- Reese Johnson picked up the primary assist on Pezzetta’s first period goal. He has 12 points (5 goals, 7 assists) in 33 games this season.
- Jacob Quillan had the lone assist on Haymes’ third period power play goal. He has 29 points (9 goals, 20 assists) in 30 games this season with the Marlies.
- Artur Akhtyamov stopped 29 of 30 shots he faced. He is 16-7-3 this season with a 2.91 goals against average and a 0.902 save percentage.
| TEAM NOTES The Marlies were 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and 1-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 12-4-1-1 when scoring on the power play and 14-4-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.Toronto outshot Springfield 33-30. Reese Johnson and Vinni Lettieri led the Marlies with four shots on net. Toronto is 9-6-2-0 when outshooting their opponent.The Marlies are 5-4-2-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and finish their regular season series 1-0-1-0 against the Thunderbirds. |
| RECORD WHEN Scoring first 14-4-1-3 Leading after 1st 10-2-1-3 Leading after 2nd 18-0-1-2 At home 11-6-1-2 February 1-0-0-1 Saturday 10-5-1-0 MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals 21 (B. Groulx) Assists 23 (V. Lettieri) Points 39 (B. Groulx) PPG 4 (V. Lettieri) Shots 107 (V. Lettieri) +/- +11 (C. Webber) PIMS 92 (B. Smith) |
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN
On the penalty kill:
Mike Dyck does a good job of preparing them, giving them a game plan and it starts back there with the goaltending. When you have Dennis and Artie back there, it makes a big difference and getting some defencemen inserted as well. They’ve done a really good job and it’s definitely something they’re building on. It’s good to see.
On the third period:
I thought it was really good. You knew they were going to give some pushes but I thought we were above them. We protected the middle of the ice, did really give them any grade-As. I thought we did a really good job managing the third period and because of that we get a power play goal. We’re going to have to bottle that one up and use it moving forward.
BO GROULX (1 GOAL, 2 ASSISTS)
On the third period:
The past couple of games we’ve had leads that we’ve given up at the end of the game and it was our main point after the second period, we were kind of up and down in our system and our habits, especially towards the end of the period and we came up in the third and we knew what to do, hard plays in and out of the zone. We did a great job, couple of goals and Artie was massive in net, a lot of great saves, especially in the second. It was a great job overall.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
February 14 at Laval – 3:00 p.m.
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.
