Strong third period paves the way for 4-2 Monsters win over Marlies
Mar 5, 2022The Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies 4-2 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 19-21-6-4 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Toronto’s Josh Ho-Sang scored the lone goal of the opening frame at 2:26 sending Cleveland to the first intermission trailing 1-0. Jake Christiansen notched a tally at 2:02 of the middle period off assists from Robbie Payne and Kevin Stenlund to tie the game, but Semyon Der-Arguchintsev recorded a marker at 15:30 giving the Marlies a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes. The Monsters made a third period comeback starting with a goal from Payne at 1:17 off feeds from Thomas Schemitsch and Tyler Sikura followed by a marker from Dillon Simpson at 5:39 assisted by Tyler Angle and Sikura. Payne added his second tally of the night at 16:18 with a helper from Christiansen securing a 4-2 win for Cleveland.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 19 saves for the victory while Toronto’s Joseph Woll made 33 saves in defeat.
The Monsters host a rematch against the Toronto Marlies on Sunday, March 6, for a noon puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the game 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 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
4 |
|
TOR |
1 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
37 |
0/2 |
3/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
|
TOR |
21 |
0/3 |
2/2 |
4 min / 2 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
19 |
2 |
7-6-1 |
|
TOR |
Woll |
L |
33 |
4 |
5-5-0 |
Cleveland Record: 19-21-6-4, 7th North Division
Toronto Record: 24-17-3-1, 2nd North Division
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