After clinching game three thanks to a Colin Greening OT winner on home ice, the Toronto Marlies were faced with the same scenario as they looked to punch their ticket to the second round in Game 4.
This Friday night marathon at the Ricoh featured two goals through five periods of play but should and would have been won in regulation — “We played as good of 60 minutes as we have all season,” said Sheldon Keefe — if not for a spectacular performance from MacKenzie Blackwood between the pipes for Albany.
First Period
The game began at a frantic pace without a whistle in the opening five minutes.