and were quickly rewarded four minutes into the period when Tatar's fine solo goal on the power play cut the margin to 2-1. But just 37 seconds later, Toronto capitalized on Mrazek's poor clearance from behind his own goal off a Marlies dump-in. Jerry D'Amigo picked up the clearing attempt and found Acton, whose slap shot from the centre of the ice restored Toronto's two-goal lead.Mursak got the Griffins' second goal at 10:04 of the third after splitting a pair of Marlies defencemen and beating MacIntyre from close range.Just 28 seconds later, Tatar tied the game after Francis Pare found him with a no-look backhand pass from right in front of the net. Tatar flipped it over MacIntyre who scrambled in vain to cover his exposed right side.Grand Rapids was 1 for 5 on the power play, while the Marlies were 0 for 3.
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