MARLIES 5, ROCHESTER 2: “I was happy with everybody. I thought the reason we had success today was because the entire team was going and every line contributed in some different way. We’ll need that moving forward.” GREG MOORE.

Marlies vs. Americans – January 4, 2020by Toronto Marlies


ORONTO MARLIES (20-11-2-1 – 43 Points) vs. ROCHESTER AMERICANS (21-9-2-2 – 46 Points)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2020

 123OTFINAL
ROCHESTER110–2
TORONTO203–5

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Rochester: C. Mittelstadt (2) (A. MacWilliam, J. Dea), L. Pilut (5) (K. Porter)
Goaltender: A. Hammond (22/27)

Toronto: K. Kossila (2) (J. Bracco), K. Agostino (18) (P. Aberg), K. Kossila (3) (J. Lindgren), P. Aberg (13) (T. Kivihalme), E. Korshkov (9) (K. Kossila, T. Liljegren)
Goaltender: K. Kaskisuo (30/32)

ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Kalle Kossila opened the scoring at 12:36 of the first period and scored the game-winner at 11:24 of the third period. Kossila also had the primary assist on Korshkov’s third period goal. This was his eighth career three-point game. Kossila has five points (3 goals, 2 assists) in seven games this season.
  • Kenny Agostino scored at 14:42 of the first period. This was Agostino’s 100th career AHL goal. Agostino has points (2-1-3) in three consecutive games. He is third overall in the AHL in scoring (18).
  • Pontus Aberg scored at 13:27 of the third period and earlier registered the lone assist on Agostino’s first period goal. This is Aberg’s ninth multi-point (9-10-19) game of the season. Aberg has 29 points (13 goals, 16 assists) in 29 games this season.
  • Egor Korshkov scored at 14:44 of the third period. Korshkov has 16 points (9 goals, 7 assists) through 26 games.
  • Jeremy Bracco recorded the lone assist on Kossila’s first period goal. This was his 18th assist of the season at home. Bracco has 27 points (3 goals, 24 assists) in 34 games this season.
  • Jesper Lindgren picked up the lone assist on Kossila’s third period goal. Lindgren has seven points (1 goal, 6 assists) in 24 games this season.
  • Teemu Kivihalme registered the lone assist on Aberg’s third period goal. He has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games. Kivihalme has eight points (3 goals, 5 assists) through 29 games.
  • Timothy Liljegren collected the secondary assist on Korshkov’s third period goal. Liljegren has seven points (1 goal, 6 assists) in his last six games. Liljegren has 20 points (3 goals, 17 assists) in 30 games this season.
  • Kasimir Kaskisuo stopped 30 of 32 shots he faced. He is now 11-4-1-0 on the season with a .914 save percentage and a 2.57 goals against average. Kaskisuo is 6-1-0-0 when making 30 or more saves in a game.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto was not called for a penalty for the first time this season and was 0-for-1 on the power play.
  • Rochester had a 32-27 edge in shots in all situations. Pontus Aberg led the Marlies with four shots on goal.
  • The Marlies are 10-8-2-1 against North Division opponents and are 2-0-1-0 against the Rochester Americans.

REGULAR SEASON LEADERS

  • Goals: K. Agostino (18)
  • Assists: J. Bracco (24)
  • Points:  P. Aberg, K. Agostino (29)
  • PPG: P. Aberg, K. Agostino,E. Korshkov (4)
  • Shots: P. Aberg (94)
  • +/-:  P. Aberg, G. Wilson (+10)
  • PIMS: G. Wilson (58)

RECORD WHEN…

  • Toronto is 15-3-1-1 when scoring first.
  • The Marlies are 8-2-1-1 when leading after the first period and 5-3-0-1 when tied after the second period.
  • Toronto is 13-7-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
  • The Marlies are 9-3-1-1 in Saturday games and are 1-1-0-0 in January.

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

  • Kenny Agostino has points (2-1-3) in three consecutive games.
  • Teemu Kivihalme has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games.
  • Timothy Liljegren has assists (4) in four consecutive games.

MARLIES UPDATES.

  • Kevin Gravel (illness) did not dress for today’s game against Rochester.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • January 4: Returned defenceman Teemu Kivihalme on loan from Toronto (NHL).
  • January 4: Recalled forward Scott Pooley from loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • January 1: Returned defenceman Michael Kapla on loan to Newfoundland (ECHL).
  • January 1: Recalled forward Mason Marchment from loan by Toronto (NHL).
  • December 30: Returned defenceman Timothy Liljegren on loan to Toronto (NHL).
  • December 30: Recalled defenceman Teemu Kivihalme from loan by Toronto (NHL).

   POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the message to Toronto following Friday’s loss to Syracuse:
Put that behind us. After a game like that you can’t let it leak into your future games. We just had to make sure that we set a new tone, had a new expectation of how we wanted to do things and get back to what I’m sure this team has done a lot this year.

On how he felt about the play of today’s lineup:
I was happy with everybody. I thought the reason we had success today was because the entire team was going and every line contributed in some different way. We’ll need that moving forward.

On Toronto not taking a penalty in today’s game:
That was really important. We’ve been killing a lot of penalties lately. Some calls could go one way or the other, and some just really stupid decisions we’d been making and it was really good to see our discipline tonight.

NEXT GAME:

January 5 vs Lehigh Valley – 4:00 p.m. ET
January 10 at Texas – 7:00 p.m. CST
January 11 at Texas – 7:00 p.m. CST
January 12 at San Antonio – 3:00 p.m. CST
January 16 at San Antonio – 7:00 p.m. CST

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