RALEIGH, N.C. — Garret Sparks made 26 saves as the Toronto Marlies downed the Charlotte Checkers 4-1 on Friday in American Hockey League action.

Kasperi Kapanan, Miro Aaltonen and Ben Smith each had a goal and an assist for the Marlies (27-11-0), who extended their win streak to five games. Andreas Johnsson added an empty netter.

Andrew Poturalski was the only Checkers (21-15-1) skater to beat Sparks.

Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 19-of-22 shots for Charlotte.

Toronto went 2 for 4 on the power play while the Checkers were 0 for 3