Daryl Banks III scored the tying and go-ahead baskets that pushed 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s to the brink of the Final Four, the tiny Peacocks thriving off a home-court edge to beat third-seeded Purdue 67-64 on Friday night.
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TORONTO MARLIES (30-22-3-1 – 64 Points) vs.
ROCHESTER AMERICANS (30-23-4-3 – 67 Points)
FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2022
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | FINAL | |
| TORONTO | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 3 |
| ROCHESTER | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS
SCORING SUMMARY
Toronto: A. Steeves (18) (T. Kivihalme), B. McMann (18) (Unassisted)
Goaltender: M. Hutchinson (26/28) W
Rochester: S. Malone (11) PP (O. Laaksonen, A. Ruotsalainen), S. Malone (12) (E. Prow, R. MacInnis)
Goaltender: U. Luukkonen (27/29) L
ON THE SCORESHEET
IN THE SHOOTOUT
OF NOTE
| RECORD WHEN Not scoring first 8-15-2-0 Trailing after 1 7-14-1-0 Trailing after 2 3-15-1-0 On the road 18-14-10-1 March 6-7-0-0 Friday 5-4-0-0 | MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals 21 (J. Anderson) Assists 36 (J. Duszak) Points 46 (B. Seney) PPG 7 (J. Anderson) Shots 135 (A. Steeves) +/- +16 (B. Seney) PIMS 89 (R. Clune) |
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH GREG MOORE
On what he liked in tonight’s game:
The commitment and the buy-in. Everybody played pretty well. Hutchinson had a great game for us, made some really huge saves five-on-five and then the shootout there, his patience to shut the door on them. A lot of good efforts from a lot of guys.
On the importance of forwards Alex Steeves and Bobby McMann’s performance:
They’ve meant a lot to our team. They are a big part of it. Both of them are in a lot of situation whether it’s power play, penalty kill, five-on-five, we lean on them for a lot of things. The timeliness of them stepping up in big games like this has been something that has set them apart.
On heading into the last month of the season:
Just the preparedness for us to know how we need to play and prepare ourselves for hopefully the playoffs. It’s starting to feel like that anyways. This was a game where you could tell every shift was so important, every play was a big play no matter how big or small it was. It’s going feel like that the rest of the way. Regardless if it’s a divisional opponent or not, the points matter and everyone can start to feel it. You get to this time of year and teams are tighter and not giving up as many offensive chances and making less mistakes. Just our team’s consistency and patience to sticking to our plan and being confident in what we’re doing.
MICHAEL HUTCHINSON (100th CAREER AHL WIN)
On the team’s defence:
We had a really good defensive effort tonight. After their second goal, we really bared down. Players were blocking shots, picking up sticks and doing the little things as far as getting the puck out and battling. Myers was a great addition. He was all over the place tonight and really brought the energy for us too. If we play the way we did from the second goal on, we’re going to win a lot of games down the stretch.
On his 100th AHL win:
It’s cool. I didn’t even know I was anywhere close to that. I couldn’t tell you how many games I played or anything like that. I don’t follow my own career that closely … There’s not many players who are able to stick around long enough to reach those types of milestones … It’s nice to get that right now and I’m sure at some point after my career, I’ll look back on it, pretty special.
BOBBY McMANN (1 GOAL)
On tonight’s game:
Obviously really proud of the guys that played tonight and the group we’ve got because they went up early and we didn’t quit, we stuck with it. Didn’t give them much for the rest of the game and chipped away and were able to squeak one out in the shootout.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
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March 26 vs. Bridgeport – 4:00 p.m.
March 29 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
March 30 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
April 1 at Manitoba – 7:00 p.m. (MT)
April 3 at Manitoba – 2:00 p.m. (MT)
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TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (40-18-5 – 85 Points) vs.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS (23-36-5 – 51 Points)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2022
1 2 3 FINAL
NEW JERSEY 0 2 0 2
TORONTO 0 2 1 3
SCORING NOTES
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON (27-25-4-4 – 62 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (29-22-3-1 – 62 Points)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2022
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | FINAL | |
| WB/SCRANTON | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 |
| TORONTO | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 6 |
GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS
SCORING SUMMARY
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton: D. O’Connor (9) PP (J. Rikola)
Goaltender: L. Domingue (28/34) L
Toronto: J. Ho-Sang (13) (N. Robertson, K. Rubīns), J. Kopacka (N. Robertson, M. Hollowell), N. Robertson (5) PP (A. Suomela, J. Ho-Sang), B. McMann (16) (B. Seney), J. Ho-Sang (14) PP (N. Robertson), B. McMann (17) PP (B. Seney, J. Duszak)
Goaltender: K. Petruzzelli (32/33) W
ON THE SCORESHEET
OF NOTE
| RECORD WHEN Scoring first 22-7-1-1 Leading after 1 15-4-2-1 Leading after 2 22-4-2-1 At home 15-12-2-1 March 5-7-0-0 Wednesday 5-6-0-1 | MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals 21 (J. Anderson) Assists 36 (J. Duszak) Points 46 (B. Seney) PPG 7 (J. Anderson) Shots 132 (A. Steeves) +/- +14 (B. Seney) PIMS 89 (R. Clune) |
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH GREG MOORE
On the back-to-back games:
[Yesterday] five-on-five in the first period it felt pretty even. The power play goal being the first goal maybe didn’t indicate how the five-on-five game was playing out. Today was kind of similar in the first period as it was a bit of a slow start for both teams. Towards the end of the first we had three maybe a fourth shift in a row where we finally had the ice tilted and got to our game, found our energy, found our legs, that carried over into the second and then throughout the rest of the game. The process today of building our momentum and finding it was better.
RICH CLUNE
On bouncing back from last night’s loss:
Yesterday we were very disappointed in ourselves as a collective team and the only way to get out of that is to get back to basics and work hard and pull off a team win like we did today. We’re happy with that. We got a tough schedule coming up this weekend, we’re going to have to do that a couple times. It was good to get back on the right foot.
BOBBY McMANN (2 GOALS)
On the success of the power play:
I think everybody keeping it simple and knowing their job and doing their job really well. Everybody’s not caring who’s scoring the goals or who’s getting the points or whatever, we just want to put the puck in the back of the net and make a difference in the game. I think that’s translated into a lot of success for us.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
March 25 at Rochester – 7:05 p.m.
March 26 vs. Bridgeport – 4:00 p.m.
March 29 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
March 30 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
April 1 at Manitoba – 7:00 p.m. (MT)
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2021-22 Matchups vs. New Jersey: Third of Three
2021-22 Record vs. New Jersey: 2-0-0
Toronto Season Record: 39-18-5
Toronto Home Record: 22-7-2
TV: Sportsnet RADIO: TSN 1050
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 20, 2022
Toronto acquired defenceman Mark Giordano and forward Colin
Blackwell from the Seattle Kraken in exchange for three draft selections.
March 10, 2022
Goaltender Erik Källgren has been recalled from the Toronto Marlies
(AHL) on an emergency basis.
LAST GAME
Score: Toronto 3 at Nashville 6
Date: Saturday, March 19, 2022
TOR Goals: Marner (2x), Matthews
NSH Goals: Jeannot, Tolvanen, Ekholm, Forsberg, Duchene, Trenin
TOR Goaltender: Källgren, 28/33, .848 SV%
NSH Goaltender: Saros, 38/41, .927 SV%
TOR Power Play: 0-for-3
TOR Penalty Kill: 3-for-4
Team Notes:
With his 26th goal of the season scored on Saturday, Mitch Marner tied
an NHL career-high in goals.
With his 46th goal of the season, Auston Matthews is now one goal
away from tying an NHL career-high in goals.
Auston Matthews recorded 10 shots during Saturday’s game, posting an
NHL career second-best.
NEXT GAME
Date: Saturday, March 26, 2022
Opponent: at Montréal Canadiens
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Broadcast Information: Sportsnet (TV), TSN 1050 (Radio)
INJURY REPORT
Jack Campbell Rib Injury
Jake Muzzin Concussion
Rasmus Sandin Knee
First Matchup between Clubs: October 9, 1974 (Toronto 6 vs. Kansas City 2)
All-Time Record: 77-41-20-9 (147 Games)
All-Time Record at Home: 49-17-5-4 (75 Games)
All-Time Record on the Road: 28-24-15-5 (72 Games)
Last Home Win vs. Opponent: January 31, 2022 (Toronto 6 vs. New Jersey 4)
Record in Last Five Games: 5-0-0
Record in Last 10 Games: 8-2-0
ACTIVE LEADERS VS. NEW JERSEY DEVILS:
Games Played: Jason Spezza (44), John Tavares (44), Wayne Simmonds (41)
Goals: John Tavares (19), Wayne Simmonds (13), Auston Matthews (12)
Assists:
Jason Spezza (28), John Tavares (18), Mitch Marner (9), Wayne Simmonds
(9), Mark Giordano (9)
Points: John Tavares (38), Jason Spezza (37), Wayne Simmonds (22)
Penalty Minutes Wayne Simmonds (103), Jason Spezza (20), John Tavares (16)
2021-22 AVERAGES AND RANKINGS
Points % GF/Game GA/Game PP% PK% SF/G SA/G FO%
Toronto .669 3.66 3.03 28.8% 84.6% 34.6 31.0 55.7%
New Jersey .405 3.06 3.59 18.0% 80.6% 32.1 31.2 47.4%
THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2021-22
Power Play: 47/163 (28.8%)
Power Play Goal Leader: 13 – Matthews
Power Play Point Leader: 23 – Matthews (13G, 10A)
2020-21 Power Play: 31/155 (20.0%)
ON THE PK IN 2021-22
Penalty Kill: 148/175 (84.6%)
Shorthanded Goal Leader: 2 – Kämpf, Marner, Mikheyev
Shorthanded Point Leader: 4 – Kämpf (2G, 2A)
2020-21 Penalty Kill: 113/144 (78.5%)
FAST FACTS
Wednesday games 11th of 11 (6 home, 5 road)
Back-to-Backs played 9 of 13
Record in first game of back-to-back 5-3-1
Record in second game of back-to-back 4-4-1
March games 10th of 14 (9 home, 5 road)
UPCOMING MILESTONES
David Kämpf Three games away from 300 career NHL games played
Ilya Lyubushkin Seven games away from 200 career NHL games played
Mitch Marner Three assists away from 300 career NHL assists
Auston Matthews Nine games away from 400 career NHL games played
Petr Mrázek Eight games away from 300 career NHL games played
William Nylander Five assists away from 200 career NHL assists
Jason Spezza 10 points away from 1,000 career NHL points
John Tavares Seven assists away from 500 career NHL assists
RECENT MILESTONES
TJ Brodie Recorded his 300th career NHL point, March 13, 2022 at BUF
Ondrej Kaše Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL
Alexander Kerfoot Appeared in his 300th career NHL game, Nov. 26, 2021 at SJS
Alexander Kerfoot Recorded his 100th career NHL assist, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT
Timothy Liljegren Scored his first career NHL goal, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL
Auston Matthews Recorded his 400th career NHL point, Jan. 31, 2022 vs. NJD
Mitch Marner Skated in his 400th career NHL game, March 4, 2022 vs. BUF
Mitch Marner Recorded his 400th career NHL point, Feb. 14, 2022 at SEA
Ilya Mikheyev Skated in his 100th career NHL game, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL
William Nylander Skated in his 400th career NHL game, Feb. 1, 2022 at NJD
William Nylander Recorded his 300th career NHL point, Jan. 19, 2022 at NYR
Wayne Simmonds Skated in his 1,000th career NHL game, March 5, 2022 vs. VAN
Jason Spezza Skated in his 1,200th career NHL game, Nov. 28, 2021 at ANA
John Tavares Skated in his 900th career NHL game, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT
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WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON (27-24-4-4 – 62 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (28-22-3-1 – 60 Points)
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2022
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | FINAL | |
| WB/SCRANTON | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
| TORONTO | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 |
GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS
SCORING SUMMARY
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton: K. Bjorkqvist (6) (W. Reilly, S. Poulin), A. Angello (7) (J. Bellerive, P. Joseph), J. Devane (2) (M. Bartowski, W. Reilly), K. Olson (9) (M. Reinke, P. Joseph), M. Chaput (6) (Unassisted)
Goaltender: L. Domingue (30/31) W
Toronto: J. Anderson (21) PP (J. Duszak, B. Seney)
Goaltender: M. Hutchinson (29/34) L
ON THE SCORESHEET
OF NOTE
| RECORD WHEN Scoring first 21-7-1-1 Leading after 1 14-4-2-1 Trailing after 2 2-15-1-0 At home 14-12-2-1 March 4-7-0-0 Tuesday 0-2-0-0 | MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals 21 (J. Anderson) Assists 35 (J. Duszak) Points 44 (B. Seney) PPG 7 (J. Anderson) Shots 130 (A. Steeves) +/- +13 (B. Seney) PIMS 89 (R. Clune) |
POSTGAME QUOTES
ASSISTANT COACH A.J. MacLEAN
On tonight’s game:
We just got a little bit distracted. Distracted in our game plan, distracted in what we came to do. … They stuck to their plan I would imagine. In watching them, they’re a very hard working, competitive team. They get to the net, they shoot it, they attack. It just looked like they stuck with their plan and it got away from us for a short amount of time and that in turn was the game.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
March 23 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 7:00 p.m.
March 25 at Rochester – 7:05 p.m.
March 26 vs. Bridgeport – 4:00 p.m.
March 29 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
March 30 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
The view from left field 