Monsters win fourth straight in 5-1 victory over Marlies
Nov 26, 2021The Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies 5-1 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 9-3-1-3 and are currently in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Brett Gallant notched the first tally of the night at 16:25 of the opening frame with helpers from Kevin Stenlund and Jake Christiansen to get the Monsters on the board. Tyler Sikura doubled the score with a marker at 19:12 off assists from Stenlund and Liam Foudy sending Cleveland to the first intermission leading 2-0. The Marlies cut the lead in half after a power-play marker from Joey Anderson at 10:05 of the second period making it 2-1 after forty minutes. Cleveland quickly began to build on the lead in the third period beginning with Foudy scoring an unassisted goal at 2:44 followed by Christiansen adding a tally at 7:10 with helpers from Dillon Simpson and Stenlund. Trey Fix-Wolansky grabbed the final marker of the night on the man advantage at 9:19 off assists from Brendan Gaunce and Christiansen securing the 5-1 victory.
Cleveland’s Daniil Tarasov made 35 saves for the victory while Toronto’s Michael Hutchinson made 28 saves in defeat.
The Monsters make a quick turnaround to visit the Toronto Marlies on Saturday, November 27, for a 4:00 p.m. puck drop at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
2 |
0 |
3 |
- |
- |
5 |
|
TOR |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
33 |
1/2 |
3/4 |
17 min / 7 inf |
|
TOR |
36 |
1/4 |
1/2 |
13 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Tarasov |
W |
35 |
1 |
5-2-2 |
|
TOR |
Hutchinson |
L |
28 |
5 |
2-2-2 |
Cleveland Record: 9-3-1-3, 2nd North Division
Toronto Record: 8-5-1-1, 4th North Division
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