It was another underwhelming performance from the Marlies, who have yet to find their regular season form so far in the playoffs and paid the price in the two games in Utica. The series will now be decided by Game 5 on Sunday (4 p.m. EST).
First Period
If Colin Greening was able to capitalize on a chance 30 seconds in, perhaps the game may have gone another direction, but Thatcher Demko made a key early save before the Comets opened the scoring just 63 seconds in.
With three Marlies caught puck watching towards the right wall, including a late-to-react Ben Smith, it was too easy for Nikolay Goldobin and Cam Darcy to set up Reid Boucher for his second goal of the postseason.