Game detail: 01 Feb 2020, Belfast Giants - Cardiff Devils

01 Feb 2020, 19:00 | Regular season | SSE Arena Belfast

Belfast Giants

1-0

Cardiff Devils

Periods:
Shots:

0-0
(5-7)

1-0
(8-4)

0-0
(6-5)

Total: 19-16

Referees: Tom Pering/Liam Sewell | Spectators: 5216

25:41

home

PPG

1-0

Elgin Pearce (Jordan Smotherman, Brian Ward)

Belfast Giants

Cardiff Devils

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Bobby Farnham	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Mark Garside	\|		\|		\|		\|
David Goodwin	\|		\|		\|		\|
Curtis Hamilton	\|		\|		\|		\|	1
Lewis Hook	\|		\|		\|		\|
Ben Lake	\|		\|		\|		\|
Curtis Leonard	\|		\|		\|		\|
Ciaran Long	\|		\|		\|		\|
Ryan Lowney	\|		\|		\|	2	\|	1
Liam Morgan	\|		\|		\|		\|
Patrick Mullen	\|		\|		\|		\|
Elgin Pearce	\|	1	\|		\|	2	\|	1
Matt Pelech	\|		\|		\|		\|
Kevin Raine	\|		\|		\|		\|
Jordan Smotherman	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	1
Paul Swindlehurst	\|		\|		\|		\|
Brian Ward	\|		\|	1	\|	2	\|	1

Name				PIM		+/-
Joshua Batch	\|	\|	\|		\|
Sean Bentivoglio	\|	\|	\|		\|
Stephen Dixon	\|	\|	\|		\|
Samuel Duggan	\|	\|	\|		\|
Gleason Fournier	\|	\|	\|		\|
Joey Haddad	\|	\|	\|	2	\|
Sam Jardine	\|	\|	\|		\|	-1
Mark Louis	\|	\|	\|		\|	-1
Masi Marjamäki	\|	\|	\|		\|	-1
Joey Martin	\|	\|	\|		\|	-1
Sean McMonagle	\|	\|	\|		\|
Mike McNamee	\|	\|	\|		\|
Shaone Morrisonn	\|	\|	\|	4	\|
Matthew Myers	\|	\|	\|		\|
Matt Pope	\|	\|	\|		\|
Bryce Reddick	\|	\|	\|		\|
Mark Richardson	\|	\|	\|		\|
Blair Riley	\|	\|	\|		\|

Belfast Giants

Cardiff Devils

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Stephen Murphy	\|		\|		\|		\|
Shane Owen	\|	16	\|	0	\|	60:00	\|	100.00

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Ben Bowns	\|	19	\|	1	\|	59:22	\|	94.74
Thomas Murdy	\|		\|		\|		\|

Belfast Giants ensured they stay in the title hunt thanks to beating Cardiff Devils by the only goal scored on the night at the SSE Arena.

An enthralling, end to end opening two periods only yielded one goal with both Shane Owen and Ben Bowns both coming up big for their teams when needed.

When the deadlock was broken it was good play from Elgin Pearce in the slot to pounce of a loose puck and fire high into Bowns’ net 5:41 into period two.

The Devils have the lion's share of possession in the final period but were unable to create too many Grade A scoring chances in front of Owen. With Bowns pulled late they pressed for an equaliser but were unable to get consistent time in the offensive zone as the clock wound down and the Giants held on for a huge two points in their title defence.