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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Tristan Jarry made his 10th consecutive start on Sunday as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hosted the Toronto Marlies.</p><p>During that span, Jarry won five times and made back-to-back starts on three occasions, including Sunday.</p><p>But while Jarry has been a workhorse for the Penguins, fatigue may have crept into his game against the Marlies.</p><p>For the second straight night, Jarry faced 30-plus shots, and on Sunday he allowed two goals in a 19-second span that sealed a 4-2 win for the Marlies. The loss wraps up a weekend that saw the Penguins enter with an opportunity to move to two points of Providence for the final playoff spot in the Atlantic Division. Instead, the Penguins (30-24-6-3) are five points out with 13 games remaining.</p><p>Penguins coach Clark Donatelli said he thought Jarry played well en route to 33-save effort on Sunday and stopped short of blaming the netminder for the collapse at the end of the second period that put Toronto up 4-1.</p><p>&#8220;I thought he looked OK. We talked to him after the second period,&#8221; Donatelli said.</p><p>Penalties doomed the Penguins in the first half of the game, as the Marlies scored twice on the power play. The first tally came just as a two-man advantage expired in the opening period, and the latter came midway through the second period to put Toronto up 2-0.</p><p>The Penguins got back into it when Jarry sent a clearing pass to Jimmy Hayes, who skated down and roofed a shot to make it 2-1. The assist was Jarry&#8217;s fourth point on the season and the goal marked Hayes&#8217; 10th tally in his last 14 games.</p><p>Aside from a Ryan Haggerty shot hitting the post, however, the Penguins offense was non-existent in the period.</p><p>While the Penguins struggled, the Marlies turned it up with a pair of goals 19 seconds apart in the final minute of the period to take a 4-1 lead. The fourth Toronto goal came after Jarry allowed a rebound in front.</p><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s unacceptable,&#8221; Hayes said of the Penguins play at the end of the period. &#8220;Every game is big, and to give up two goals like that in the last minute, it&#8217;s almost like a cardinal sin in hockey.&#8221;</p><p>Jarrett Burton cut the lead to two when he fired a one-timer from the slot with four minutes to play, but that was all the offense the Penguins could muster.</p><p>Donatelli said Sunday&#8217;s loss boiled down to the 20-second hiccup at the end of the second period.</p><p>&#8220;They score to make it 3-1, we have to have some urgency out there. Then we come out and give them the fourth goal,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;It&#8217;s self-inflicted. It&#8217;s aggravating.&#8221;</p><p>With a heavy schedule in March during which the Penguins play 14 games, they end the weekend with a 4-2-1-1 record in the month.</p><p>With six games remaining in March alone, Hayes isn&#8217;t giving up hope on his team&#8217;s chance to make the postseason.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re a team that&#8217;s pushing for the playoffs and I think we&#8217;re going to be a team that gets in there,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We just have to continue to push and find a way to win games.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Trevor Yates tries to get the puck in the net as Toronto goalie Michael Hutchinson covers it and defenseman Rasmus Sandin assists during the game on Sunday at Mohegan Sun Arena. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_pens_mar2_faa.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Trevor Yates tries to get the puck in the net as Toronto goalie Michael Hutchinson covers it and defenseman Rasmus Sandin assists during the game on Sunday at Mohegan Sun Arena. </caption0><photoCredit0>Fred Adams | For Times Leader  </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_pens_mar4_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins winger Jake Lucchini tries to get in possition for a pass by the net near Toronto goalie Michael Hutchinson and defenseman Rasmus Sandin on Sunday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_pens_mar4_faa.jpg</photo1><caption1>Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins winger Jake Lucchini tries to get in possition for a pass by the net near Toronto goalie Michael Hutchinson and defenseman Rasmus Sandin on Sunday. </caption1><photoCredit1>Fred Adams | For Times Leader  </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_pens_mar3_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Kevin Czuczman races after the puck as Toronto winger Dmytro Timashov looks over his shoulder during the Sunday&#8217;s game at the Mohegan Sun Arena. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_pens_mar3_faa.jpg</photo2><caption2>Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Kevin Czuczman races after the puck as Toronto winger Dmytro Timashov looks over his shoulder during the Sunday&#8217;s game at the Mohegan Sun Arena. </caption2><photoCredit2>Fred Adams | For Times Leader  </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_pens_mar5_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins winger Jake Lucchini waits for a pass with Toronto defenseman Jordan Subban pursuing on the play on Sunday at the Mohegan Sun Arena. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_pens_mar5_faa.jpg</photo3><caption3>Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins winger Jake Lucchini waits for a pass with Toronto defenseman Jordan Subban pursuing on the play on Sunday at the Mohegan Sun Arena. </caption3><photoCredit3>Fred Adams | For Times Leader  </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_pens_mar1_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Toronto Marlies defenseman and former Penguin Steve Oleksy trades punches with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton winger Anthony Angello in the first period of Sunday&#8217;s game at Mohegan Sun Arena. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_pens_mar1_faa.jpg</photo4><caption4>Toronto Marlies defenseman and former Penguin Steve Oleksy trades punches with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton winger Anthony Angello in the first period of Sunday&#8217;s game at Mohegan Sun Arena. </caption4><photoCredit4>Fred Adams | For Times Leader  </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Penguins remain five points out of playoff spot with 13 games left</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tom Venesky</p><p>tvenesky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p><strong>Toronto 4 Penguins 2</strong></p><p><strong>Toronto`1`3`0 &#8212; 4</strong></p><p><strong>Penguins` 0`1`1 &#8212; 2</strong></p><p><strong>First Period</strong></p><p><strong>Scoring</strong> &#8211; 1. Chris Mueller 28 (Sandin, Bracco) power play 12:49. Penalties - TOR, Oleksy (fighting) 8:12; WBS, Angello (fighting) 8:12; WBS, Cramarossa (hooking, unsportsmanlike conduct) 8:49; WBS, Burton (hooking) 12:21.</p><p><strong>Second Period</strong></p><p><strong>Scoring</strong> &#8211; 2. TOR, Adam Brooks 18 (Bracco, Sandin) power play 11:34. 3. WBS, Jimmy Hayes 15 (Jarry) 14:59. 4. TOR, Michael Carcone 18 unassisted 19:21. 5. TOR, Pierre Engvali 17 unassisted 19:40. Penalties - TOR, Oleksy (hooking) 4:49; WBS, Lafferty (high-sticking) 11:14; TOR, Timashov (slashing) 12:58.</p><p><strong>Third Period</strong></p><p>Scoring &#8211; 6. WBS, Jarrett Burton 5 (Prow, Johnson) 14:11. Penalties - None.</p><p><strong>Shots on goal</strong></p><p>Toronto &#8211; 17-14-6-37</p><p>Penguins &#8211; 13-13-13-39</p><p><strong>Power-play Opportunities</strong></p><p>Toronto &#8211; 2 of 4</p><p>Penguins &#8211; 0 of 2</p><p>Goaltenders</p><p>Toronto - Michael Hutchinson 14-6-5 (37 saves-39 shots)</p><p>Penguins &#8211; Tristan Jarry 20-12-7 (33-37)</p><p><strong>Starters</strong></p><p>Toronto &#8211; G Michael Hutchinson, D Vincent LoVerde, Rasmus Sandin, LW Tanner MacMaster, C Chris Mueller, RW Michael Carcone</p><p>Penguins &#8211; G Tristan Jarry, D Ethan Prow, D Kevin Czuczman, LW Sam Miletic, C Jarrett Burton, RW Ryan Haggerty</p><p><strong>Three Stars</strong></p><p>1. TOR, Chris Mueller (goal, assist) 2. TOR, Michael Carcone (goal) 3. TOR, Rasmus Sandin (three assists)</p><p><strong>Referee</strong> &#8211; Tim Mater, Ben O&#8217;Quinn. <strong>Linesmen</strong> &#8211; Tyler Loftus, J.P. Waleski.</p><p><strong>Attendance</strong> &#8211; 4,951</p></factboxMeta></div>

WBS Penguins lose to Toronto, remain 5 points out of playoff spot