The Marlies picked up their eighth straight win at home and improved to 12-2-2-1 on Saturday, doubling up on the visiting Manitoba Moose 4-2.
November 23rd, 2019 – TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA – The AHL Toronto Marlies, AHL affiliate of the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs, take on the Manitoba Moose at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto. (Photo credit: Christian Bonin/TSGphoto.com)
Adam Brooks opened the scoring early in the second period, burying a rebound off a shot from Ben Harpur. Kenny Agostino picked up the secondary assist on the goal. At 15:32 of the middle frame, Matt Read put the Marlies ahead 2-0 with his third of the season. The goal came on a delayed penalty as Read finished off a pinpoint passing play from Tyler Gaudet and Teemu Kivihalme. Toronto held a 2-0 lead through 40 minutes of play.
The Marlies carried the momentum into the third period and came out with two goals early in the frame to jump ahead 4-0. Timothy Liljegren scored just 58 seconds into the period, one-timing a loose puck in the slot past Mikhail Berdin. Tanner MacMaster and Egor Korshkov recorded the assists on Liljegren’s goal. Exactly a minute later, Garrett Wilson notched his fifth of the season sneaking in a wraparound goal. Gaudet and Pontus Aberg assisted on the goal. The Marlies held their 4-0 lead for a good chunk of the frame until the Moose solved Michael Hutchinson at 8:52. They added a second goal at 9:19 of the third period to cut the Marlies’ lead in half, but were unable to capitalize in the second half of the frame as the Marlies came away with the two points.
Michael Hutchinson made 32 saves to pick up his third win in as many starts. Hutchinson has a 1.95 goals against average and a 0.942 save percentage.
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