04 Feb 2024, 16:00 | Regular season | SSE Arena Belfast |
Belfast Giants | 3-4 | Cardiff Devils |
Periods: Shots: | 1-1 (14-6) | 2-1 (10-10) | 0-2 (9-9) | Total: 33-25 |
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Referees: Pering/Good  |  Spectators: 7254 |
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Goals and assists
Cardiff Devils completed a four-point weekend against Belfast Giants
with a 4-3 win at the SSE Arena in Part II of their weekend double
header. The two games combined totalled 14,600 spectators.
The
Giants started period one better than they had the night before, and
were up inside ten minutes. With Jamie Arniel sitting a double-minor for
a High-Stick, Daniel Tedesco's shot was deflected past Ben Bowns by
Oliver Cooper to open the scoring at 9:29. On the same penalty, an
excellent Trevor Cox wrist shot beat Jackson Whistle to tie the game
shorthanded under two minutes later.
Belfast killed off a Henrik
Eriksson penalty for 1:58 of period two after it carried over from the
first, but found themselves behind to Cole Sanford firing home the
rebound from a Joey Martin shot 3:08 into the middle period.
The
game changed on a major penalty in period two. Ryan Barrow was ejected
for a Boarding call that put the Giants onto a five-minute advantage
that they didn't miss. Daniel Tedesco finished a nice passing play to
make it two each at 31:36, and shortly before the end of the penalty Ara
Nazarian put the Giants back into the lead.
Cole Ully levelled
for the Devils 3:13 into period three, before Sanford scored his second
of the night, and third of the weekend, to put the Devils back itno the
lead with with 10:28 to play.
Whistle was pulled with 2:21 to go but to no avail, and the Devils head on to take maximum points from the weekend.