The Marlies suffered their third straight loss to the Belleville Senators in this yearly tradition, losing 3-2 in regulation to the Ottawa affiliate. In fact, the Marlies haven’t won on Boxing Day since the first time they started this tradition in 2015, where they beat the St. John’s Ice Caps 5-2.
Kenny Agostino and Adam Brooks (on the power play) scored for the Marlies, but the holiday feast still seemed very much apparent as the Marlies gave up the opening goal early and were lacklustre defensively on the power play and penalty kill, giving up a PPG and a shorty in the second.