After the Marlies took four of a possible six points during the 3-in-3 weekend against Atlantic Division opponents, their magic number to qualify for the playoffs is #15 with 11 games remaining.
First Period
Despite the fact that the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are fighting for their playoff lives and were a much more rested team than Toronto, the Marlies dictated the pace of play early, but they were unable to turn that into an advantage on the scoreboard, with Scott Pooley, Timothy Liljegren and Jeremy Bracco all turned aside by Tristan Jarry.
In what was a physical game throughout, Steve Oleksy dropped the gloves with Anthony Angello at the eight-minute mark and Toronto headed on the power play 30 seconds later.