Devils Rally But Lose in Shootout
Published on March 9, 2012 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Albany Devils News Release
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The Albany Devils stole a point towards their playoff push during a 2-1 shootout loss against the Syracuse Crunch Friday at the Onondaga County War Memorial at Oncenter.
Keith Kinkaid tied a season high with 37 saves, including 11 in the first and third periods and 14 in the second. He kept the Devils within reach for the first 59 minutes.
Then during the final seconds of regulation and trailing, 1-0, Steve Zalewski sent the game into overtime with his team-leading 15th goal of the season. Stephen Gionta, who received a pass from Peter Harrold, took a shot, which was knocked down in front of the net. The puck ended up at Zalewski's feet for the goal with 35.7 seconds remaining.
A scoreless overtime, led to the shootout. Mattias Tedenby and Matt Anderson scored for Albany, but Kyle Palmieri, Peter Holland and Jean-Francois Jacques combined for the winning combination.
Holland was responsible for Syracuse's lone regulation goal. He picked a corner over Kinkaid's left shoulder at 8:49 of the second period.
Defensively, Syracuse was led by goaltender Iiro Tarkki's 30 saves. Tarkki helped eliminate a four-minute Devils power play at the end of the second period and at the beginning of the third. During the man advantage, Anderson struck the cross bar and Vladimir Zharkov was robbed on a one-timer as time expired in the second frame.
The loss moves the Devils to 27-22-6-4, while the Crunch improve to 25-26-4-4.
Before Sunday's game in Syracuse, the Devils travel to Adirondack Saturday for a 7 p.m. match-up. The contest is the eighth meeting of the Time Warner Cable Cup series. Fans can follow the action on ahllive.com.
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