The Marlies extended their point streak to 13 games (11-0-1), just one shy of tying a franchise record.
First Period
Coming out of the All-Star break, a slow, sloppy start to this game seemed inevitable. Sure enough, both teams lacked any sort of rhythm in their play for the opening 12 minutes.
From there on in, there were a few opportunities, but both goaltenders were sharp — Garret Sparks made three excellent saves to deny Stuart Percy, Zach Redmond and Kyle Criscuolo, while Linus Ullmark robbed Frederik Gauthier on a breakaway.
A couple of late flurries to end the period saw Andreas Johnsson come closest to breaking the deadlock, but the game remained 0-0 after the opening frame.