TORONTO — Calvin Pickard made 31 saves and the Toronto Marlies scored four times in the first period before defeating the Laval Rocket 7-1 on Saturday in American Hockey League action.

Rinat Valiev, Trevor Moore, Andreas Johnsson, Ben Smith, Nikita Soshnikov, Colin Greening and Dmytro Timashov supplied the offence for Toronto (34-11-1), which improved to 12-0-1 in its last 13 games. Jeremy Bracco tacked on three assists for the Maple Leafs' AHL affiliate.

Markus Eisenschmid responded in the third period for the Rocket (17-23-7), who had their losing streak extended to four games. Charlie Lindgren stopped 27 shots for the Montreal Canadiens' farm club.

The Marlies scored once on two power plays and Laval was scoreless on two opportunities.