"Until the third period, it was a good hockey game. We let it slip away from us. Too many turnovers." - Logan Shaw
"They made us pay, and the quick second goal [in the third period] was the backbreaker. We couldn't recover from it. We gave up too much. We have to be better." - John Gruden
The Marlies conceding the game's first goal feels like a given at this point, and it took the Penguins under two minutes to grab the lead. Artur Akhtyamov would have been annoyed to be beaten by a wrist shot low on his short side, but the coaching staff are likely bothered by the nature of the goal.
Toronto continued to give up Grade-A scoring chances after tying the game. Akhtyamov turned aside Katchouk and Joona Koppanen to keep his team level. On their best shift of the first period, the Marlies scored a go-ahead goal. Mikko Kokkonen's tip-seeking point shot was heading wide by design, and Jacob Quillan produced a brilliant redirect, using his long reach to good effect.
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