There wasn’t much between the two teams for the most part throughout the back-to-back set this past weekend, but like in the first game on Saturday, the Marlies were the more clinical side offensively when it mattered most.
First Period
The Moose dominated the shot-clock in the opening frame, with Joseph Woll called on to make 14 saves to keep Manitoba off the board in the opening 20 minutes. The rookie was far from steady at times, giving up a few too many rebounds, but he settled in nicely throughout the game.
The Marlies wasted the only power play of the period after Matt Read fired high and wide on a nice play by Garrett Wilson, while Jeremy Bracco was robbed by a diving stop from Mikhail Berdin following a great individual rush by Timothy Liljegren.