ALBANY, N.Y.—Mackenzie Blackwood stopped all 27 shots he faced as the Albany Devils blanked the visiting Toronto Marlies 3-0 on Thursday to open their American Hockey League playoff series. Game 2 scheduled for Saturday night in Albany. Toronto is the higher seed, but won’t return home to Ricoh Coliseum until Game 3 on Wednesday under the 2-3 format in the first round of the AHL playoffs. Ben Thomson and John Quenneville gave the Devils a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes, with Brian Gibbons adding an empty netter late in the third to seal the win. Garret Sparks stopped 20 of 22 shots for the Maple Leafs’ affiliate.

Source: thestar April 21, 2017 03:33 UTC