ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Toronto Marlies can only hope home-ice advantage will be as kind to them as it was to their opponents.

Jason Krog scored twice - giving him five goals in two games - as the Wolves blanked the Marlies 5-0 in Game 2 of their American Hockey League Western Conference final. Chicago leads the best-of-seven 2-0 as the series shifts to Toronto for Games 3 and 4.

The Wolves have now won four straight post-season games as they seek their first Calder Cup final appearance since 2005.

The Marlies are off to an 0-2 start for the second consecutive playoff series. They rallied to win four of the final five games against Syracuse to win the AHL North Division final earlier this month.

Marlies right-winger Ben Ondrus said the team played terribly from start to finish.

"We didn't get anything going that we set out to do," said Ondrus. "We dug ourselves