The Marlies snapped a three-game losing skid Saturday night in a convincing 7-3 win over the Belleville Senators.
Pontus Aberg scored 26 seconds into the first period, giving the Marlies an early 1-0 lead with his 11th goal of the season. Nic Petan and Timothy Liljegren recoreded the assists on the opening goal. The Senators responded with goals from Josh Norris and leading scorer, Drake Batherson, to jump ahead 2-1. The Marlies got into some penalty trouble throughout the frame but were 3/3 on the penalty kill in the opening 20 minutes. They trailed the Senators by one heading into the first intermission.
Filip Chlapik extended the Senators’ lead to 3-1 with a goal at 2:31 of the second period. At 7:28, Garrett Wilson and Darren Archibald converted on a give and go to bring the Marlies back within one. The goal kick started a scoring frenzy as the Marlies potted five more unanswered goals. At 12:52 of the second period, Belleville’s Chlapik and Jack Dougherty took simultaneous penalties, giving the Marlies a two-man advantage. Toronto capitalized early into the power play as Timothy Liljegren buried a one-timer to even the score 3-3. Shortly after, Jeremy Bracco sent Nic Petan in alone and he made no mistake restoring the Marlies’ lead with his third of the season. The three-goal period put the Marlies ahead 4-3 heading into the final frame.
The Marlies kept their foot on the gas in the third period, starting with a top-shelf goal from Kenny Agostino 1:52 into the frame. Kalle Kossila assisted on the goal, picking up his first point in his first game this season. At 6:25, Hudson Elynuik extended the Marlies’ lead to 6-3, burying a cross-crease pass from Petan. At 16:19, Mason Marchment was awarded a penalty shot and he beat Joey Daccord to make it 7-3. The Marlies are now 3-1 against the Senators and 8-3-2-1 against North Division opponents.
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