Senators Rally Past Devils
Published on October 16, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Albany Devils News Release
ALBANY, N.Y. - The Albany Devils surges in the offensive end came up short as the defending Calder Cup Champions, the Binghamton Senators, skated away Sunday with a 4-2 win at the Times Union Center.
The Devils held two leads in the game and at one point were outshooting the Senators, 22-11.
Trailing, 2-1, at the start of the third, the Senators used goals by Derek Grant (0:31) and Pat Cannone (11:30) for their second-straight victory. Cannone's game-winner came off a rebound try on a shot by David Dziurzynski.
"They upped their level; they got the momentum and that was the difference," Kowalsky said.
Albany received goals from Steve Zalewski and Matt Taormina. Zalewski's was a result of resiliency as he followed his own rebound at 9:48 of the first period. The assists went to Stephen Gionta and Vladimir Zharkov.
Taormina's tally was crowd-raising as he played the puck around a Binghamton player, allowing him to walk into the high slot and fire a puck low past Robin Lehner at 12:34 of the second. Adam Henrique and Matt Anderson had the helpers.
"I was trying to change the angle, fake a shot and I thought he was going to go down," Taormina said. "I was going to try and go back on my forehand; he read me. It's one of those things where the coaches [say], 'it worked out, but don't make us look bad.'"
Binghamton's Nikita Filatov scored his team's first goal of the game at 11:21 of the first and Kaspars Daugavins scored the Senators last goal, an empty netter, at 19:16 of the third.
The Devils remain at home when the Hershey Bears come to the Times Union Center on Friday, Oct. 21 for a 7 p.m. outing. It's SEFCU College Night, allowing students to purchase a $10 ticket with a $1 soda and $1 hot dog. Additionally, fans can take advantage of Happy Hour between 6-7 p.m. All draft beers are just $2.
Notes: The Devils dressed seven defensemen, but Dan Kelly skated at right winger alongside Kory Nagy and J.S. Berube. Kelly and Berube made their season debuts ... Vladimir Zharkov now has two points (1g-1a) in the last two games ... The goals by Steve Zalewski and Matt Taormina were their first of the season ... Goaltender Keith Kinkaid, who was returned on loan by New Jersey earlier in the day had the start. He had 19 saves ... Three Stars: 1. Pat Connone (BNG), 2. Matt Taormina (ALB), 3. Nikita Filatov (BNG).
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