Mastrosimone started the scoring with his 13th goal of the season 11:11 into the first period, propelling the visitors to a 1-0 lead. Jake Livingstone started the play, slingshotting the puck from neutral ice, sending Wilmer Skoog into the offensive zone to retrieve it. Skoog found Mastrosimone in the slot, and the former Marlies forward chipped it past the right arm of goaltender Artur Akhtyamov.
Hunter St. Martin cashed in with under 30 seconds left in the first period, blocking a shot in the defensive zone and racing down the ice on a breakaway. St. Martin was stopped initially, but the 20-year-old rookie stayed with the play, jamming the rebound between Akhtyamov’s legs. St. Martin’s fifth goal of the season was unassisted, sending the Checkers to the intermission up 2-0.
Ludvig Jansson extended Charlotte’s lead to 3-0 with his third goal of the year in the second period, rifling a wrist shot into the upper-left corner of the net at 12:23. Jansson was sprung through neutral ice off a pass from Jack Studnicka; Trevor Carrick recorded the secondary assist.
Ben Steeves scored for the third straight game, notching a power-play goal at 17:12. Mastrosimone delivered a perfect backhanded pass off the rush for Steeves’ team-leading 22nd goal of the year.
The Checkers kept going in the third period as Jake Livingstone added his second goal of the season at 4:40. Alex Nylander spoiled Louis Domingue’s shutout bid at 16:44, registering Toronto’s lone goal in the game. Domingue posted 24 saves for his third straight victory and seventh overall for the Checkers in 2025-26.
Charlotte returns home to Bojangles Coliseum on Saturday, April 11, to face the Hershey Bears. Coverage of the game is available on FloHockey and Mixlr.
