The visiting Utica Comets will consider themselves hard done by, but will also look back ruefully at a number of missed opportunities.
The road team were quick out of the blocks, with Carter Bancks almost scoring in the first few seconds. Recently re-assigned forward Chris Higgins, playing in his first AHL game since 2005, came close to opening his Comets account with a shot on the turn after a pass from Alex Friesen. On the resulting faceoff, Garret Sparks had to be on his toes to deny defenceman Jon Landry’s one timer.
Totally against the run of play, it was Toronto who opened the scoring.