A full sixty-minute performance, a far better defensive effort, and solid goaltending backed up the offense as the Marlies routed the Senators in the second game of the weekend back-to-back.
“Coming off of yesterday, what you’re looking for is exactly this in response,” said Keefe. “We challenged them a little bit coming into the game and they responded. A great effort from our team, start to finish.”
First Period
Toronto got off to a good start territorially, but they were unable to turn their possession advantage into anything tangible on the scoreboard. Carl Grundstrom was denied on three separate occasions inside the first six minutes, while Filip Gustavsson stopped a wraparound attempt by Dmytro Timashov.