Toronto Marlies swept by Cleveland after giving up third-period lead, losing streak reaches three games

The start of 2025 has not been kind to the Toronto Marlies, albeit they can have few complaints about their fate in three consecutive home losses.

First Period: The Marlies could easily have been up 4-0 inside five minutes. Matthew Barbolini, Nick Abruzzese, and Topi Niemelä couldn't bury Grade-A chances.

With this defeat, the Marlies have lost a staggering 16 straight against Cleveland, and most of the defeats had the same theme. They find new and frustrating ways to beat themselves.

[Cleveland] got momentum after that power-play goal [in the second period], and we were fighting it from that point. They made a play when they had to.

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