The Marlies found their way back into the win column on Wednesday, edging the visiting Cleveland Monster 4-3 in overtime.
February 26th, 2019 – TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA – The Toronto Marlies, AHL affiliate of the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs, take on the Cleveland Monsters at the Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo credit: Christian Bonin/TSGphoto.com)
Newcomer Miikka Salomaki made an entrance and opened the scoring at 3:48 of the first period. Kristians Rubins and Tyler Gaudet assisted on Salomaki’s first as a Marlie. At 7:24, Michael Kapla extended the lead to 2-0 with his first as a Marlie. Kapla walked through the slot before beating Vehvilainen with a dart. Late in the frame the Monsters closed the gap and cut the Marlies lead in half to make it 2-1 heading into the first intermission.
Tyler Gaudet restored the Marlies two-goal lead early in the second period, tipping in a shot from Teemu Kivihalme on a Marlies power play. The Monsters responded with two power play goals of their own to knot things up at 3-3 heading into the final frame.
The Marlies limited the Monsters to only two shots on goal in the final frame, but couldn’t find the back of the net to break the deadlock.
23 seconds into the extra time, Kenny Agostino found Tanner MacMaster in front of Cleveland’s goal and MacMaster got his stick on the puck, redirecting it past Vehvilainen to seal the win for Toronto. With the win, the Marlies moved into fifth place in the North Division with 59 points, two points back from the fourth place Syracuse Crunch.
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