The Marlies bounced back in a big way today, closing out the weekend with a 6-1 win over San Antonio.
Tanner MacMaster opened the scoring at 8:02 of the first period, capitalizing on a power play opportunity to give Toronto a 1-0 lead. Darren Archibald and Pontus Aberg recorded the assists on MacMaster’s eighth of the season. At 13:05, Scott Pooley went racing down the right side and wired a shot over the shoulder of Ville Husso from the top of the hash marks. MacMaster and Nic Petan assisted on the goal as the Marlies found themselves up by two just past the halfway mark of the opening period. Four minutes later, the Marlies capitalized again on the power play as Petan potted his third power play goal in two straight games. Assists on the Marlies’ third goal of the game went to Kenny Agostino and Kalle Kossila. Toronto outshot San Antonio 15-14 in the opening 20 minutes and held a 3-0 lead on the scoresheet.
The Marlies picked up right where they left off, scoring just 1:02 into the second period. Pontus Aberg carried the puck in behind the net and banked it in off the back of Husso to make it 4-0. Garrett Wilson added to the lead at 16:31 of the second, tipping in a point shot from Timothy Liljegren for his seventh of the season. The assist extended Liljegren’s point streak (1 goal, 7 assists) to seven consecutive games. Joseph Woll turned away 11 shots in the frame to preserve the Marlies’ 4-0 lead.
Scott Pooley notched his second of the game at 8:13 of the third period, flying down the left side and beating San Antonio’s goaltender from almost the same spot, on the opposite side, as his first goal. The Rampage solved Woll and spoiled his shutout at 9:59 of the third period, scoring a power play goal to get on the board. That would be the lone goal for the home team as Woll turned away 40 shots in the game to pick up his seventh win of the season in a 6-1 final
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