The affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets are rarely a pushover, however, and they worked harder and smarter than the Marlies on Saturday night. Toronto twice held the lead in this game, but both times it was undeserved, and they eventually folded in the final 20 minutes.
First Period
The deadlock was broken inside the opening three minutes. In his second game back after the Olympics, Josh Ho-Sang finished off a feed from Mikhail Abramov after Jack Kopacka wired a shot wide from the slot.
Cleveland was the first team to the power play in the game, but it was quickly negated by Alex Biega drawing a penalty.