The Marlies trailed 4-3 after two periods and had largely been outplayed by a hungry Senators team whose lead would have been bigger if not for an out-of-the-blue two-goal blast by the Marlies as well as some excellent Toronto goaltending.
“We don’t like the first two periods at all and it’s a sign of how things have been here of late,” said Sheldon Keefe. “It’s disappointing to me weren’t able to fix that through a good week of practice, but hopefully the third period is you know something we can build upon. It was very encouraging in terms of showing you what we’re capable of.