Things come unraveled in wild Third Period.
SYR-3
TOR-5
Max Lagace allowed four goals on 35 shots for the loss as the Crunch again failed to hold onto points when in the leading position in the final frame of regulation.
First Period
NO SCORING
Second Period
19:35 SYR Ryfors (4), (Smith, Barre-Boulet)(PP)
Third Period
1:08 TOR Gaudette (2), (Hoefenmeyer, Holmberg)(PP)
2:10 TOR DeKeyser (1), (Liljegren, Der-Arguchintsev)
2:39 SYR Smith (3), (Ryfors, Walcott)
7:54 TOR Der-Arguchintsev (1), (Blandisi, Hoefenmeyer)(PP)
9:57 TOR Anderson (3), (unassisted)(SH)
16:62 SYR Robert (6), (Walcott, Raddysh)
18:26 TOR Anderson (4), (Gudette, Shaw)(EN)
Things fully came unglued with a scrum at 6:10 of the Third Period that ended up with the Crunch a man down. All ridiculously long name team captain Semyon Der-Aguchintsev capitalized on the resulting power play and the Marlies never surrendered the lead again.
Box score from TheAHL.com.