Laval: F. Xhekaj (10) (Unassisted), V. Arseneau (4) (J. Davidson), A. Belzile (23) (D. Reinbacher, L. Dauphin)
Goaltender: J. Fowler (26/29) SO/L
Toronto: B. Groulx (22) (R. Tverberg, D. Mermis), L. Shaw (16) (B. Groulx, R. Tverberg), C. Paré (7) PP (N. Chadwick, A. Nylander)
Goaltender: D. Hildeby (19/22) W
- Bo Groulx opened the scoring at 42 seconds into the second period and added the primary assist on Shaw’s goal. This was his 11th multi-point game of the season. He has 42 points (22 goals, 20 assists) in 46 games this season.
- Logan Shaw scored at 59 seconds into the second period. He has 34 points (16 goals, 18 assists) in 47 games this season.
- Cédric Paré scored on the power play at 18:17 of the third period. This was his third power play goal of the season. He has 15 points (7 goals, 8 assists) in 37 games this season.
- Ryan Tverberg recorded the primary assist on Groulx’s opening goal and the secondary assist on Shaw’s goal, both in the second period. He has 15 points (6 goals, 9 assists) in 40 games this season.
- Dakota Mermis registered the secondary assist on Groulx’s second period goal. He has assists (3) in three consecutive games.
- Noah Chadwick had the primary assist on Paré’s third period goal. He has 16 points (3 goals, 13 assists) in 46 games this season.
- Alex Nylander picked up the secondary assist Paré’s third period goal and recorded the game-deciding shootout goal. He has 26 points (10 goals, 16 assists) in 41 games this season.
- Dennis Hildeby stopped 19 of 22 shots he faced. He is 5-6 in the shootout in his AHL career (31/41, 0.756). Hildeby is 3-2-3 this season with the Marlies with a 2.65 goals against average and a 0.894 save percentage.
IN THE SHOOTOUT
- Luke Haymes – No goal (2025-26: 2/5)
- Borya Valis – No goal (2025-26: 0/4)
- Bo Groulx – No goal (2025-26: 0/3)
- Alex Nylander – Goal (2025-26: 1/3)
| TEAM NOTES Toronto is 23-17-2-1 all-time at Scotiabank Arena and 4-0-0-0 against the Laval Rocket.Toronto is 3-3 in the shootout this season.The Marlies were 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 1-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 14-4-1-1 when scoring on the power play and 15-5-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.Toronto outshot Laval 30-22. Bo Groulx led the Marlies with four shots on net. Toronto is 10-6-2-0 when outshooting their opponent.The Marlies are 14-8-1-3 against North Division opponents and 2-2-1-0 against the Rocket. |
| RECORD WHEN Scoring first 15-5-1-3 Tied after 1st 5-4-1-0 Leading after 2nd 19-0-1-2 At home 12-6-1-2 February 2-1-0-1 Monday 1-0-0-0 MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals 22 (B. Groulx) Assists 23 (V. Lettieri) Points 42 (B. Groulx) PPG 4 (V. Lettieri) Shots 107 (V. Lettieri) +/- +11 (C. Webber) PIMS 97 (B. Smith) |
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH JOHN GRUDEN
On Ryan Tverberg:
I think our whole team over the last month has played pretty well. I think we’re on the plus side of a lot of different things. We’re trending in the right direction but he’s definitely one of those guys that has been as well. He was playing with Haymes and Barbolini but we figured with Lettieri out, we’d give him that opportunity (on the first line) and he took full advantage of it, played like he belonged.
On heading into the end of the season in a tight playoff race:
Winning is development and being in these tight games against teams like Laval – Laval is a really good team – you can really see what you have when you play games like this because there’s not much time and space. They’ve got good D, all four lines can play. It was a good test for us. I’m just glad our guys overcame that one goal deficit there to get two points.
ALEX NYLANDER (GAME-DECIDING GOAL IN THE SHOOTOUT)
On today’s game:
We were starting off with a really good forecheck. We were all on the same page, all five guys on the ice. We were creating chances and we did a really good job of it almost the whole game. We could have even had a couple more goals from our good forecheck and we were playing fast and we were reloading so our D could have good gaps. We played really good tonight. We’ve just got to keep it the same way.
On the third period:
(Laval) came back again today as well and we were able to tie it there at the end. We never quit here in our locker room and it shows that we’re strong, we’re ready and anything can happen out there if we keep believing in ourselves and that’s what we did tonight and we got the win.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
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.
February 28 vs. Chicago – 4:00 p.m.
