This was an extremely opportunistic victory for a Toronto Marlies team that is still struggling to find its feet. They were undisciplined and relied far too heavily on goaltender Erik Källgren, who time and again bailed out a team that gave up far too many high-danger scoring chances.
“It was a weird game,” said Greg Moore. “The first thing is that we have to stay out of the penalty box. That is something where we are having to waste too much time and energy talking about it as a group. We can’t play sustained hockey and win games if we are going to be in the box that often.