Toronto Marlies Score Stunned by 4-3 Game 4 Collapse

The toronto marlies score turned from control to collapse in Game 4. Toronto built a 2-0 lead, then lost 4-3 after Wilkes-Barre/Scranton scored three times in the second period.

That leaves the Marlies facing a pivotal Game 5 after wasting a chance to move within reach of the Calder Cup Final. They had won two games on the road earlier in the series, so this was the first real swing back at home.

Bo Groulx and Vinni Lettieri

Toronto struck first with Bo Groulx’s shorthanded goal, its second shorthanded goal of the postseason. Vinni Lettieri followed with a power-play goal to make it 2-0 before the middle frame.

Artur Akhtyamov helped protect that lead early, making a huge save on Gabe Klassen. Dakota Mermis then cleared a shot off the goal line on Mikhail Ilyin, and Toronto still carried a 2-0 advantage before the game changed.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s second period

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton answered with three goals in the second period and seized the game. Toronto’s lead vanished quickly, and the Marlies spent the rest of the night trying to recover a result they had built for themselves.

The decisive mistake came late in the third, when Easton Cowan turned it over in his own zone and it led directly to the game-losing goal. One error erased the work that had put Toronto ahead 2-0 and left the series under pressure heading into Game 5.

Game 5 pressure

Toronto now has to respond after losing the home-game edge it had gained with two road wins. The Marlies were one strong third period away from taking a 3-1 series lead and putting themselves on the verge of the final, but instead they are trying to steady a series that slipped in one bad middle period and one costly turnover.