Toronto’s 10th win against Laval Rocket this season was never really in doubt despite it taking until the third period for the Marlies‘ domination to show up on the scoreboard.
First Period
The opening 20 minutes stayed scoreless and somehow Laval outshot Toronto 5-4. In reality, the Marlies were thoroughly on top, with the new top line of Trevor Moore, Miro Aaltonen and Carl Grundstrom causing havoc throughout.
The only real criticism was that the Marlies failed to put pucks on net with enough regularity.
Charlie Lindgren made one nice save to deny a wraparound attempt from Chris Mueller, while Garret Sparks had to be sharp to turn aside Michael McCarron inside the final 30 seconds to keep the game scoreless heading into the first intermission.