Toronto Marlies Fall To Belleville Senators In First Half Of Back-To-Back

The Toronto Marlies fell 7-2 to the Belleville Senators on Saturday evening in the first half of a back-to-back.  

In the first, Belleville opened the scoring with a goal by Cole Reinhardt at 3:50 to make it 1-0. Later, Roby Jarventie added another for the Senators at 14:30 to extend their lead to two. Shortly after, Egor Sokolov scored at 17:02 to make it 3-0 heading into the second.  

In the second, the goals kept coming for Belleville. Maxence Guenette scored halfway through the frame at 9:04 to make it 4-0. Just over a minute later, Ridly Greig scored at 10:33 to extend the Senators lead to five. Later, Toronto responded with a power-play goal by Kyle Clifford at 17:54 to make it 5-1 after 40 minutes of play.  

Halfway through the third, Joseph Blandisi added another for Toronto with a power-play goal at 9:17 to keep the Marlies within three. Just eleven seconds later, Belleville responded with a goal by Rourke Chartier at 9:28 to make it 6-2. Later, Jake Lucchini scored at 11:57 to make it 7-2 and secure the win.  

The Marlies return to action on April 16th when they host the Belleville Senators in their final game of the regular season. Puck drop is at 4:00pm on the Toronto Maple Leafs app and AHLTV.

SCORING SUMMARY

Belleville: C. Reinhardt (11) R. Jarventie), R. Jarventie (16) PP (C. Cassels), E. Sokolov (21) PP (M. Guennette, C. Cassels), M. Guenette (5) PP (R. Jarventie, D. Ferguson), R. Greig (14) PP (L. Thomson, J. Quenneville), R. Chartier (19) (L. Thomson, J. Larsson), J. Lucchini (19) PP (J. Quenneville, L. Thomson)
Goaltender: D. Ferguson (29/31) W

Toronto: K. Clifford (8) PP (R. Zohorna, A. Steeves), J. Blandisi (13) PP (N. Abruzzese, S. Der-Arguchintsev)
Goaltender: K. Petruzzelli (17/21) L, D. Hildeby (8/11)

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ON THE SCORESHEET

• Kyle Clifford put the Marlies on the board on the power play at 17:54 of the second period. He has 20 points (8 goals, 12 assists) in 45 games with the Marlies.
• Joseph Blandisi scored on the power play at 9:17 of the third period. He has 37 points (13 goals, 24 assists) 60 games this season.
• Radim Zohorna recorded the primary assist on Clifford’s second period goal. He has assists (2) in consecutive games.
• Alex Steeves had the secondary assist on Clifford’s second period goal. He has 50 points (18 goals, 32 assists) in 64 games with the Marlies this season.
• Nick Abruzzese registered the primary assist on Blandisi’s third period goal. He leads all Marlies rookies in assists (31) and points (46).
• Semyon Der-Arguchintsev picked up the secondary assist on Blandisi’s third period goal. He has 39 points (11 goals, 28 assists) in 49 games this season.
• Keith Petruzzelli stopped 17 of 21 shots he faced in 29:04 of action. Dennis Hildeby stopped in 8 of 11 shots in relief.

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TEAM NOTES

• The Marlies went 3-for-8 on the penalty kill and 2-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 29-9-3-2 when scoring on the power play and 21-17-2-0 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Belleville had a 32-31 edge in shots in all situations. Kyle Clifford led the Marlies with six shots on goal. Toronto is 19-14-3-1 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 26-14-1-1 against North Division opponents and are 7-4-0-0 against the Senators.

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POSTGAME QUOTES

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HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:
I mean certainly the penalty kill struggled but I wouldn’t say it was anything specific to penalty kill as it was to our entire team game. We weren’t ready to play … I was really frustrated with where things are at, the inconsistencies of our play. Regardless of having clinched first and knowing that we’ve been in a playoff berth for a while, it’s not good enough and it’s not fair to our fans. We’re working every day to find solutions, we’re trying to push this group in the right direction, but we’ve got to find it really quick because we’re not too far away from our first playoff round and tomorrow is going to be a really important response for what happened today.

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On tomorrow’s rematch against Belleville:

Well certainly we’re going to be some conversations with what we want to do (with the lineup) tomorrow. Regardless of who’s in the lineup, there’s got to be more passion, more effort, more compete, and more care for wearing the sweater and caring about the product that we’re putting on the ice, and we’re going to keep pushing them to want to do that. It’s been a tough stretch and we’ve got to find it. It’s not good enough.

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UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

April 16 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.