Overview
- The Toronto Marlies beat the Chicago Wolves 1-0 to take a 3-0 lead in the Calder Cup Final and sit one win from the AHL championship.
- Artur Akhtyamov made 24 saves for his second shutout of the playoffs and extended his streak to 18 consecutive postseason starts, improving his strong playoff save percentage and goals-against average.
- Easton Cowan scored the lone goal, his eighth of the playoffs, and Vinni Lettieri recorded the secondary assist to tie the Marlies’ single-playoff points record at 24.
- Late in the third period Wolves forward Nikita Pavlychev delivered a high hit on Henry Thrun, was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct, and Thrun left the ice with a trainer.
- The Maple Leafs traded Joseph Woll to the Philadelphia Flyers the same day, a move that changes Toronto’s NHL-AHL goalie depth and raises the chance that Akhtyamov or Dennis Hildeby will earn different roles next season while the Marlies try to close out Game 4 at Coca-Cola Coliseum.