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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The Toronto Marlies find themselves on the brink of playoff elimination after falling to the Grand Rapids Griffins 4-1 Friday night in Game 4 of the AHL Western Conference semifinals. The Griffins lead the series 3-1, and host Game 5 Saturday. "Its a best-of-seven series," Toronto right winger Greg Scott. "We know that and they know that. Our backs are against the wall, so we have to come out flying (Saturday), and I think were going to do that." Grand Rapids snapped a 1-1 tie with 9:47 left when a shot by Landon Ferraro from behind the net deflected off Marlies defenceman Dylan Yeo and into the goal. "Thats hockey sometimes, and those goals happen," Scott said. "From our end, I think we have to do the same. We have to create our own luck." The Marlies opened the scoring in the first period when Carter Ashton flung a shot toward the net from the left side and it trickled past the stick of Griffins goalie Petr Mrazek. It was Ashtons second goal in as many games. "Its always best to play with the lead, and I was relieved to see us get that goal," Toronto coach Dallas Eakins said. "But unfortunately, we had a breakdown on our penalty kill and it evened the score." Grand Rapids tied the game in the second period with a power play from Tomas Jurco off a pass from Luke Glendening. Grand Rapids added a pair of empty-net goals in the final minute from Jeff Hoggan and Jan Mursak. The Marlies had limited opportunities to score and were outshot 36-18. "Were still looking for that extra pass," Eakins said. "And I think on our goal thats what we want to do. We have to throw pucks at the net and see what comes out of it. Obviously, it is something well key on for tomorrow." "We just have to play in our zone more. We create when we get our cycle going, and thats when we usually generate offence. We have to keep that going," said Scott. Marlies goaltender Drew MacIntyre made 32 saves, while Mrazek stopped 17 shots for Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids was 1 for 7 on the power play, while Toronto was 0 for 3. The Marlies need a win Saturday to send the series back to Toronto for Game 6. "We need to win one game," Eakins said. "We dont have to win two or win three. We have to win one game and our group understands that."Fake NBA Jerseys Online . He just needed to be his best twisting, turning acrobatic self. "I didnt need to be anybody else, I just needed to be myself and be aggressive," said Burks, who scored a career-high 34 points to spark the Utah Jazz to a 118-103 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Monday night. Cheap Fake NBA Jerseys .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. http://www.fakenbajerseys.com/ .C. -- Kemba Walker and the Charlotte Bobcats got off to a fast start, and the Sacramento Kings were never quite able to catch up. Fake NBA Jerseys China . Takahashi, who had a 10-point lead after the short program, received 268.31 points after the free skate to finish 15 points ahead of second-place Nobunari Oda. Wholesale Fake NBA Jerseys .25 million option on reliever Jose Veras.TORONTO -- Peter Holland made himself right at home -- at the expense of his former Toronto teammates.Traded to Arizona last week, Holland scored the shootout winner in the Coyotes 3-2 victory over the Maple Leafs on Thursday night. He was the only one of the three shooters for each team to score in the tiebreaker.You cant really script it much better than that, to get the game-winner, Holland said. I was joking with one of my friends dads who was in the tunnel after the game that I wished Id done it in the overtime, but well take it. Its two points for our squad and its a good feeling.He beat Frederik Andersen in the third round of the shootout.I know the goalies on the Leafs watch some of the shootout tendencies and obviously going up against Freddie in practice and stuff like that Im sure hes well aware of one of my go-to moves, so I thought I had to change it up on him, Holland said. I think it just kind of squeaked through so kind of lucky, but it went in and thats all that matters.Jordan Martinook and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored in regulation for Arizona, and Mike Smith made 44 saves. The Coyotes have won three of their last four games to improve to 10-14-6.Arizona product Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner scored for Toronto, and Andersen made 27 saves. The Leafs have lost four straight at home and are 12-11-6 overall.The Leafs finally broke through on a power play with 8 seconds remaining in the first period after peppering Smith with shots through a one-sided frame.Matthews fired from atop the right faceoff circle, with Tyler Bozak screening Smith. It was the eighth goal in the last 10 games for Matthews and his 14th of the season, upping his team lead in that category.Its always fun to score goals, Matthews said. Its what I like to do.He was especially excited before the game to face 40-year-old Shane Doan, the Coyotes long-time captain and one of Matthews favorite players as a kid.Austons a heck of a player, Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said. Hes going too do well for a long time.ddddddddddddToronto outshot Arizona 21-7 in the first, matching a season-high for shots in one period. The Coyotes entered the night yielding almost 36 shots per-game, the worst mark in the NHL.The Coyotes had their best chance to score on the penalty kill after former Leaf Luke Schenn was called for tripping. Schenns one-time defensive partner, Jake Gardiner, strolled up the ice before dropping a pass in the neutral zone that found no one. Arizona winger Tobias Rieder scooped it up in the Leafs zone and went in alone on Andersen, his shot ultimately stopped.The Coyotes got even after 70 seconds in the middle period when Martinook taking care of a rebound around the crease. Andersen stopped the first and second shots, including a strong right pad save on Radim Vrbata, but couldnt get in front of Martinooks attempt.Arizona jumped in front 2-1 about 2 minutes later on a 5-on-3 power play. Ekman-Larsson fired a shot from atop the right faceoff circle with Martin Hanzal offering a screen in front. The Coyotes got the two-man advantage after Ekman-Larsson was crunched into the boards by Leafs rookie and top penalty killer Zach Hyman.Marner evened it at 2 with 6:04 left in the second period. The 19-year-old, who entered the night without a goal in 11 games, whipped the shot by Smiths glove for his eighth goal and 21st point this year.All three Toronto shootout attempts drew iron.We hit a bar and two posts (in the shootout). In saying that, lets be honest, we did tons of good things, Toronto coach Mike Babcock said. It says on this sheet that we directed 85 shots on net that way. It was a pretty good night.Game notesThe Maple Leafs are 0-5 in shootouts this season. ... Matthews has scored 11 of his goals at even-strength.UP NEXTCoyotes: At Minnesota on Saturday night.Maple Leafs: Host Pittsburgh on Saturday night. ' ' '