Toronto: A. Nylander (4) PP (L. Haymes, N. Chadwick), M. Pezzetta (3) (V. Lettieri, W. Villeneuve)
Goaltender: A. Akhtyamov (33/34) W
W-B/Scranton: T. Howe (2) (C. Pietila, R. McGroarty)
Goaltender: S. Murashov (37/39) OT/L
- Alex Nylander opened the scoring on the power play at 18:12 of the first period. This was his second power play goal of the playoffs and he has four goals in 12 games.
- Michael Pezzetta scored the game-winning goal at 14:53 of overtime. He has recorded game-winning goals in consecutive games. He has four points (3 goals, 1 assist) in 14 postseason games.
- Luke Haymes recorded the primary assist on Nylander’s first period goal. He has seven points (1 goal, 6 assists) in 15 postseason games.
- Noah Chadwick had the secondary assist on Nylander’s first period goal. He has four points (1 goal, 3 assists) in 14 postseason games.
- Vinni Lettieri registered the primary assist on Pezzetta’s overtime goal. He has 14 points (6 goals, 8 assists) in 14 postseason games, leading the AHL.
- William Villeneuve picked up the secondary assist on Pezzetta’s overtime goal. He has points (1-3-4) in four consecutive games. Villeneuve has 13 points (2 goals, 11 assists) in 15 postseason games.
- Artur Akhtyamov stopped 33 of 34 shots he faced. He is 9-4-0 this postseason with a 2.03 goals against average and a 0.928 save percentage.
| TEAM NOTES This was Toronto’s first overtime game of the postseason.Toronto is 5-0-0 when scoring first.The Marlies were 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and 1-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 7-0-0 when recording a goal on the power play 3-3-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.Toronto outshot Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 39-34. Ryan Tverberg led the Marlies with seven shots on net. Toronto is 4-1-0 when outshooting their opponent. |
| MARLIES LEADERS Goals 6 (V. Lettieri, L. Shaw) Assists 11 (W. Villeneuve) Points 14 (V. Lettieri) PPG 3 (V. Lettieri, L. Shaw) Shots 32 (A. Nylander) +/- +6 (C. Paré) PIMS 50 (M. Pezzetta) |
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN
On tonight’s game:
It was probably one of our better games that we played. That just tells you how good (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton) is. As skilled as they are, they defend really well. They track, they’ve got some good players on that team. It was one of our better games. I thought (through) 60 minutes, we did a lot of good things. We were better tonight than Game 1. But anything can happen, there’s a lot of deciding factors. I just liked the way we played and it was good to get out of there with the ‘W’.
MARC JOHNSTONE
On tonight’s game:
Both teams are really good. Obviously, you’re in the Conference Finals for a reason. We’re just trying to continue to work and chip pucks deep and go after it and hope we can take care of business at home.
On winning two games on the road to open the series:
You want to win every game that you can but I don’t think it changes our mindset at all. We have to approach a series as either 0-0 or down in the series. We’ve just got to stay hungry and continue to play our game.
On the team’s resiliency:
We have great leadership. It starts from Logan Shaw and it goes all the way down to the youngest guy, I think it’s (Danford). Every guy here has been a leader at some point. So just looking up at the older guys, they’re leading the way on and off the ice. So you have to give credit to Shawzy, Mermis, all the older guys and just what they bring to the team.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
Game 3 – Mon., June 1 vs. W-B/Scranton, 7:00 p.m.
Game 4 – Wed., June 3 vs. W-B/Scranton, 7:00 p.m.
*Game 5 – Fri., June 5 vs. W-B/Scranton, 7:00 p.m.
*Game 6 – Sun., June 7 at W-B/Scranton, 6:05 p.m.
*Game 7 – Tue., June 9 at W-B/Scranton, 7:05 p.m.
