Third Period Drives Devils Past Crunch
February 9, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Albany Devils News Release
SYRACUSE, NY - Facing a two-goal hole, the Albany Devils rallied in the third period to defeat the Syracuse Crunch, 4-3, Saturday at the Onondaga County War Memorial. The Devils scored four-straight goals during a 14-minute span, securing their second consecutive victory.
In three games since returning to the AHL, Matt Anderson has registered two, three-point games. On Saturday, he repeated his Tuesday performance with a goal and two assists for his fifth multiple-point outing of the year. Joe Whitney and Scott Parse also scored and Tim Sestito supplied the game-winning goal.
Albany trailed after Syracuse's Vladislav Namestnikov (1:39) and Tyler Johnson (19:48) established a 2-0 lead in the second.
Early in the third, Anderson won a footrace on a puck that was cleared out of the Devils defensive end. After gaining control, he turned and fired a centering pass to Whitney in front for a one-touch tally at 4:03. Approximately six minutes later, Eric Gelinas threaded a pass through the Crunch-filled neutral zone and sprung Parse for a breakaway. His first goal of the season came at 10:32 and was with the man-advantage.
The hard work of Chris McKelvie set up Anderson for the go-ahead goal at 12:01. McKelvie sprinted to gain control and left a pass in the slot of Anderson's ninth goal of the season. Sestito, who grew up in nearby Rome, NY, added to the advantage with a wraparound attempt at 17:40.
Johnson made the score 4-3 with 21.1 second remaining, but the Devils defense controlled the puck in the corner for the remainder of the game.
Keith Kinkaid earned his 16th victory by making 27 saves on 30 shots. At the other end, Dustin Tokarski stopped 18 of 22 attempts.
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