On a day when the Toronto Marlies opened their home season by raising their 2018 Calder Cup championship banner, the team dropped a 5-3 decision to the Cleveland Monsters, the AHL affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Toronto spent much of the first period under siege and goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo was left to his own devices early in the period. After Cleveland vaulted to a 2-0 lead just over five minutes into the game, it took the Marlies until the 15:49 mark to respond. On a power play, Chris Mueller converted a nifty diagonal cross-ice pass from Dmytro Timashov to get his team on the scoreboard.