Toronto Marlies Fall To Belleville Senators In Saturday Night Showdown

The Toronto Marlies fell 4-0 to the Belleville Senators on Saturday night in the first half of a back-to-back. Toronto falls to 40-21-3-2 on the season and 21-9-3-0 when playing on the road.  

In the first, Belleville opened the scoring with a goal by Dillon Heatherington at 2:07 to give the Senators the early lead. Later, Roby Jarventie added another at 10:17 to extend Belleville’s lead to two heading into the second.  

Halfway through the second, Belleville added another with a goal by Cole Cassels at 8:25 to make it 3-0 for the home team.  

Late in the third, Matthew Boucher potted the empty net at 16:23 to make it 4-0 and secure the win.  

The Marlies return to action on April 2nd, when they host the Belleville Senators in the second half of a back-to-back. Puck drop is at 4:00pm on the Toronto Maple Leafs app and AHLTV.

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: No goals
Goaltender: J. Woll (19/22) L

Belleville: D. Heatherington (4) (M. Boucher, C. Cassels), R. Jarventie (14) PP (A. Crookshank, M. Guenette), C. Cassels (10) (M. Boucher, S. Sabourin), M. Boucher (6) EN (S. Sabourin, M. Guenette)
Goaltender: L. Meriläinen (41/41) W

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ON THE SCORESHEET

• Joseph Woll stopped 19 of 22 shots he faced.

TEAM NOTES

• The Marlies went 3-for-4 on the penalty kill and 0-for-5 on the power play. Toronto is 12-13-0-0 when not scoring on the power play and 21-14-2-0 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Toronto had a 41-32 edge in shots in all situations. Alex Steeves led the Marlies with seven shots on goal. Toronto is 19-9-1-1 when outshooting their opponent.
• The Marlies are 25-11-1-1 against North Division opponents and 6-3-0-0 against the Senators. Belleville has outscored Toronto 29-27 through nine games.

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POSTGAME QUOTES

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HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On tonight’s game:
We certainly got plenty of opportunity to score a goal. Their goalie had a good game. Sometimes you’re just looking for that one extra little break or that one bounce to get the guys feeling positive and confident with their play. I thought there were periods of the game that we were playing really well, especially in the third period. For the most part, we had the ice tilted in our direction and got a lot of chances towards their net. It’s just going to take that extra second, third, fourth effort around the crease and just finding a greasy goal to spark us and give us that belief.

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UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

April 2 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.
April 5 at Hartford – 7:00 p.m.
April 7 at Utica – 7:00 p.m.
April 12 at Laval – 7:00 p.m.
April 15 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.