BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Chris Driedger made 25 saves and Francis Perron put his team ahead for good as the Binghamton Senators downed the visiting Toronto Marlies 3-1 on Wednesday in American Hockey League action.
Kasperi Kapanen made it 1-0 for the Marlies (13-14-2) at 17:21 of the first period, but Ben Harpur responded for Ottawa's AHL partner a little over a minute later to tie it after 20 minutes.
Perron scored the go-ahead goal 3:01 into the second and Max McCormick added an empty netter late in the third as the Senators (11-17-3) avoided their third straight loss.
Garret Sparks stopped 29-of-31 shots for the Maple Leafs' AHL affiliate.
Bingamton went 0 for 4 on the power play while Toronto scored once on six chances with the man advantage.
