The Marlies are heading home on a high note after closing out their seven-game road trip with a 5-2 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins Saturday night.
The game saw back and forth action as each team exchanged their fair share of penalties, but it would be the Marlies who struck first on the power play. Pontus Aberg opened the scoring at 16:34 of the first period with his 8th of the season. Tanner MacMaster and Pierre Engvall assisted on the power play goal and the Marlies held a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes of play.
Garrett Wilson extended the lead early in the second period, scoring from an awkward angle after banking the puck in off the back of Griffins’ goaltender Filip Larsson. Kenny Agostino and Nic Petan assisted on Wilson’s 4th of the season. At 7:28 of the second period, the Griffins scored on a power play to cut the Marlies’ lead to 2-1. Just over a minute later the home team struck again to even the score 2-2. The Marlies restored their lead late in the frame when Pierre Engvall redirected a point shot from Rasmus Sandin. The Marlies lead 3-2 after 40 minutes of play.
The Marlies held their lead through the majority of the third period until they were granted an opportunity on the power play late in the frame. Seconds into the man-advantage, Kenny Agostino finished off a sweet passing play from Rasmus Sandin and Nic Petan to extend the Marlies’ lead to 4-2. Pierre Engvall added an empty net goal at 17:08 to seal a 5-2 win.
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