11 Nov 2023, 19:00 | Regular season | SSE Arena Belfast |
Belfast Giants | 2-3 | Cardiff Devils |
Periods: Shots: | 0-0 (16-3) | 0-1 (15-6) | 2-2 (12-5) | Total: 43-14 |
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Referees: Pering/Good  |  Spectators: 6357 |
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Goals and assists
Cardiff Devils made it a four-point weekend with a one-goal win over
Belfast Giants on Saturday night in front of 6,357 fans at the SSE
Arena.
After the teams skated through the opening 20 minutes
scoreless, Jamie Arniel had an excellent chance to open the scoring
early in the second period but could only find Tyler Beskorowany's
shoulder. The Giants thought they'd got the game's first goal 7:18 into
period two but a no-goal call on the ice was upheld on video review to
check if the puck had crossed the line or not - and if it had, how.
Evan
Mosey finally broke the deadlock with 28:22 played, drifting unmarked
into the slot and firing home a Trevor Cox pass. The middle period ended
with the Giants outshooting their guests some 31-9.
Belfast were
level with 14:58 left in period three. An innocuous-looking shot shot
from Sean Norris saw the rebound off Bowns come straight back into the
slot for Kohei Sato to fire home and tie things up. In what was a tight
period, Cole Sanford put the Devils back ahead with 5:17 left on the
clock as his shot from a sharp angle bounced off Beskorowany and over
the line. However, the Giants answered almost immediately and tied the
game through Greg Printz's redirect of a Charlie Curti shot with just
over three minutes left in regulation.
With 47 seconds left,
Sanford won the puck on the Devils' blue line and raced away before
beating Beskorowany to give the Devils a dramatic, late winner.