28 Jan 2024, 17:15 | Regular season | Fife Ice Arena |
Fife Flyers | 3-4 | Cardiff Devils |
Periods: Shots: | 3-1 (6-16) | 0-1 (11-16) | 0-2 (12-5) | Total: 29-37 |
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Referees: Halas/Ferguson  |  Spectators: 1616 |
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Goals and assists
Four unanswered Cardiff Devils goals saw them come back from three down to beat Fife Flyers on Sunday night in Kirkcaldy.
Cardiff
outshot the Flyers 16-6 in the opening period, but found themselves 3-1
down after the opening 20 minutes at Fife Ice Arena. An excellent Kevin
Wehrs pass across the slot set up Colin Shirley for the one-time finish
to put Fife ahead with 5:42 played, and exactly four minutes later Bode
Wild taking a puck to the face left the DEvils caught on a line change
and allowed Troy Lajeunesse to skate 1-on-0 and beat Ben Bowns to make
it 2-0. Pete Russell called his timeout after the goal but saw his team
slip further behind when let a wrist shot fly at 17:01 to give Fife a
three-goal lead. Ryan Barrow got on a rebound from a Tyler Busch shot to
pull one back for the Devils with 2:05 left in period one.
Early
in period two, Justin Crandall was given too much time in the offensive
zone and picked his stop past Lindskoug through a screen to bring the
visitors back to within one with 22:36 played. For most of the remainder
of the period, the Devils had Lindskoug's net under siege save for some
odd-man rushes the other way - notably through Johan Eriksson who opted
to shoot but couldn't beat Bowns. Lindskoug ended the period having
stopped 15 of the 16 shots he faced.
Josh Waller levelled the game
2:27 into period three, and under three minutes later the turnaround
was completed with a Cransall shot from a tight angle that beat
Lindskoug at his near post.
The Flyers were handed a late
powerplay when Joey Martin tripped a Flyers forward but the hosts
struggled to get much going - their best chance for a one-timer from the
point was excellently blocked by Mark Richardson to stop it getting
through to Bowns. Cardiff had a late empty-netter washed out for the
puck having entered the net off a hand, but they survived the remaining
15 seconds to secure a comeback win.