Toronto’s Ben Smith scored a pair of goals and Justin Holl added two assists as the Marlies scored four times in the final twenty minutes to sweep the Devils in the two game mini series in Binghamton on Veteran’s Day Saturday. The loss was the Devils fourth straight and sixth of their last eight as they fell below .500 for the first time this season. Toronto improved to 11-4-0-0 and are in first place in the North Division and the Eastern Conference.
Binghamton (5-6-1-0) came out with a really decent first period, however a couple of odd man rushes were mishandled early on, but led 1-0 on Joe Blandisi’s second goal of the season on a one-timer that beat Marlies’ goalie Calvin Pickard during a power play as Devils’ starter Ken Appleby was accurate in net with his 12 saves.