Goaltending has not been Toronto’s most reliable facet this season, but it was by far the biggest reason they won this game as Laval Rocket thoroughly outplayed the Marlies and ended with nothing to show for their endeavors.
“I don’t know that we’d say that we’ve had our goalie steal a lot of games for us this season, and it’s allowed to happen now and again,” said Sheldon Keefe. “Certainly, that was the case today.”
First Period
The first 60 seconds or so were deceiving — the Marlies showed some promise offensively, but the period quickly went downhill after Laval headed onto the power play at the two-minute mark.