Devils Downed by Marlies
Published on December 10, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Albany Devils News Release
TORONTO - Darcy Zajac netted his fifth goal of the season, but the Albany Devils fell 4-1 against the Toronto Marlies Saturday afternoon at the Ricoh Coliseum. The game marked the Devils first trip to Canada in team history. Albany lost for the second time in as many nights and is now 12-10-2-1 on the season. Toronto, which is 8-1-2-0 at home, improves to 15-7-3-1.
The Devils played 40-plus minute with only 16 skaters. Myles Stoesz and Brad Mills both received game misconducts late in the first period. Despite playing shorthanded, Albany won the shot battle, 27-25.
Stopping all by one of the Devils tries was Toronto's netminder Ben Scrivens. For Albany, Keith Kinkaid made his 13th start and had 21 stops.
Zajac's goal came as the Devils trailed 3-0 at 13:40 of the third period. Matt Anderson earned his team-leading 11th assist and 16th point, while Stephane Veilleux registered his seventh assist and 10th point.
The Marlies received power-play goals from Josh Engel, Nazem Kadri and Luca Caputi and a shorthanded goal by Greg Scott.
Engel's tally came at 14:10 of the first period from Simon Gysbers and Darryl Boyce, while Kadri's goal was at 18:40 from Mike Zigomanis and Scott.
Scott netted an unassisted breakaway goal at 7:41 of the third. Caputi capped the scoring with 10 seconds remaining in the game. Assists went to Joe Colborne and Gysbers.
The Devils return to the Times Union Center with a 7 pm contest against the Syracuse Crunch on Wednesday, Dec. 14.
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