Three-Goal Second Period Leads to Shootout Win

TOR 5 - LAV 4 (SO)

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Toronto: J. Quillan (4) (Unassisted), M. Barbolini (2) (C. Paré, R. Tverberg), A. Nylander (7) (Unassisted), L. Shaw (9) (A. Nylander, J. Quillan)
Goaltender: V. Peksa (25/29) W

Laval: W. Trudeau (3) (T. Thorpe, F. Xhekaj), A. Belzile (L. Dauphin, S. Farrell), S. Farrell (6) PP (F. Mešár, T. Thorpe), L. Tuch (4) (T. Thorpe, W. Dineen)
Goaltender: K. Kähkönen (21/25) SO/L

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Jacob Quillan put the Marlies on the board at 1:18 of the second period and later added the secondary assist on Shaw’s third period goal. He has 18 points (4 goals, 14 assists) in 20 games this season.
• Matthew Barbolini scored at 6:20 of the second period. He has seven points (2 goals, 5 assists) in 20 games this season.
• Alex Nylander scored at13:35 of the second period and later added the primary assist on Shaw’s third period goal. He has points (2-2-4) in three consecutive games. Nylander has 15 points (7 goals, 8 assists) in 20 games this season.
• Logan Shaw scored at 18:51 of the third period. He has points (2-1-3) in consecutive games. Shaw leads all Marlies in goals (9) through 24 games this season.
• Cédric Paré had the primary assist on Barbolini’s second period goal. This was his 100^th career AHL point.
• Ryan Tverberg recorded the secondary assist on Barbolini’s second period goal.
• Vyacheslav Peksa stopped 25 of 29 shots he faced and all six shooters in his first career AHL shootout.

IN THE SHOOTOUT

• Borya Valis – No goal (2025-26: 0/1)
• Bo Groulx – No goal (2025-26: 0/1)
• Alex Nylander – No goal (2025-26: 0/2)
• Cédric Paré – No goal (2025-26: 0/1)
• Logan Shaw – No goal (2025-26: 0/2)
• Luke Haymes – Goal (2025-26: 1/1)

TEAM NOTES

• This was Toronto’s first shootout win of the season this season.
• The Marlies were 3-for-4 on the penalty kill and 0-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 6-9-1-0 when not scoring on the power play and 5-8-1-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Laval outshot Toronto 29-26 in all situations. Alex Nylander led the Marlies with four shots on net. Toronto is 7-6-0-0 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 5-4-0-1 against North Division opponents and are 1-0-0-0 against the Rocket this season.