Excellent on the road this season, the Marlies eventually wore down Laval after what was a lacklustre and mostly defensive opening 20 minutes.
First Period
Garret Sparks was called on for his best save of the period at the sixth-minute mark before Toronto promptly went and scored off the back of his stop.
Rinat Valiev carried the puck out of his own zone, past one opponent and through the neutral zone before dishing to Chris Mueller down the right. Now a 3-on-2 situation, Mueller sent an inch-perfect back-door pass for Andreas Johnsson to tap home past Charlie Lindgren.