Photo: Barry McCluskey
Toronto pushed the North Division finals to the limit with a 5-2 win over Cleveland in Game 4 at Coca-Cola Coliseum on Friday night.
The teams head to Cleveland for the winner-take-all Game 5 at Rocket Arena on Sunday afternoon (3 ET, ), with a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals at stake.
Ryan Tverberg led the Marlies offense with two goals and an assist and Artur Akhtyamov (6-4) turned away 36 shots, carrying a shutout bid into the final three minutes of the game.
Alex Nylander, Henry Thrun and Jacob Quillan also scored for Toronto, and Logan Shaw notched two assists.
Rookie forward Jack Williams scored his first career playoff goal and added an assist for the Monsters, who got 21 saves from Zach Sawchenko (5-2).
(Series tied, 2-2)
Game 1 – Thu., May 14 – Toronto 5, CLEVELAND 2
Game 2 – Sat., May 16 – CLEVELAND 3, Toronto 1
Game 3 – Wed., May 20 – Cleveland 4, TORONTO 0
Game 4 – Fri., May 22 – TORONTO 5, Cleveland 2
Game 5 – Sun., May 24 – Toronto at Cleveland, 3:00
*if necessary… All times Eastern
