ALBANY, N.Y. - Connor Carrick and Connor Brown had back-to-back power-play goals as the Toronto Marlies beat the Albany Devils 5-1 on Thursday in the American Hockey League Eastern conference semifinal.
Toronto now leads the best-of-seven series 3-2.
Nikita Soshnikov also scored in the second period to give the Marlies a 3-0 lead. Brendan Leipsic and Josh Leivo both scored in the third period. Antoine Bibeau made 21 saves for the win.
Paul Thompson replied for Albany, while Scott Wedgewood stopped 18-of-22 shots.
Toronto went 2 for 5 on the power play and the Devils were 0 for 3 with the man advantage.
