{"id":57157,"date":"2026-05-23T03:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/57157\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T03:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:01:07","slug":"cleveland-monsters-monsters-fall-5-2-to-marlies-forcing-decisive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/57157\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Monsters | MONSTERS FALL 5-2 TO MARLIES FORCING DECISIVE\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Toronto Marlies 5-2 on Friday night at\u00a0Coca-Cola Coliseum. With the loss, the Monsters and Marlies are tied in the best-of-five North Division Finals\u00a0presented by Ten10\u00a0bringing the series back to Cleveland for Game 5 on Sunday, May 24, at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at clevelandmonsters.com\/playoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Toronto\u2019s Ryan Tverberg started the night with a power-play goal at 13:28 of the first period leaving Cleveland trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. The Marlies added a second marker on the man advantage from Alex Nylander at 17:47 of the middle frame sending the Monsters to the final intermission trailing 2-0. Toronto\u2019s Henry Thrun netted a tally at 4:45 of the third period followed by a goal from Jacob Quillan at 12:53 bringing the score to 4-0. Jack Williams\u00a0got the Monsters on the board with a goal at 17:21 assisted by Hudson Fasching\u00a0and Will Butcher, but the Marlies added an empty-net tally from Tverberg at 18:22. Luca Del Bel Belluz added a power-play goal at 18:58 with helpers from Williams and Luca Marrelli\u00a0bringing the final score to 5-2.<\/p>\n

Cleveland\u2019s\u00a0Zach Sawchenko\u00a0stopped 21 shots in the loss while Toronto\u2019s Artur Akhtyamov\u00a0made 36 saves for the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Monsters and Marlies meet for winner-take-all Game 5 of the North Division Finals presented by Ten10\u00a0on Sunday, May 24 at 3:00 p.m. at Rocket Arena with tickets available at clevelandmonsters.com\/playoffs<\/a>. Follow\u00a0the game with full coverage on Cleveland\u2019s 43, SportsRadio 99.1 Powered by Rock Entertainment Group, 1390 The Gambler WNIO-AM,\u00a0AHLTV on FloHockey\u00a0and the\u00a0Monsters Hockey Network.<\/p>\n

Stay up to date on all Monsters news with the Monsters Mobile App presented by University Hospitals available to download at the\u00a0Apple Store<\/a> or\u00a0Google Play Store<\/a>. Be sure to follow the Monsters on\u00a0X<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and\u00a0TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shots\/Special Teams:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shots<\/p>\n

PP<\/p>\n

PK<\/p>\n

PIM<\/p>\n

CLE<\/p>\n

38<\/p>\n

1\/5<\/p>\n

2\/4<\/p>\n

15 min \/ 6 inf<\/p>\n

TOR<\/p>\n

26<\/p>\n

2\/4<\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

16 min \/ 8 inf<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goaltenders:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goaltender<\/p>\n

Outcome<\/p>\n

Saves<\/p>\n

GA<\/p>\n

Playoffs Record<\/p>\n

CLE<\/p>\n

Sawchenko<\/p>\n

L<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

5-2-0<\/p>\n

TOR<\/p>\n

Akhtyamov<\/p>\n

W<\/p>\n

36<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

6-4-0<\/p>\n