04:02	|	away	|		|	0-1	|	Joey Martin (Josh MacDonald, Hunter Shinkaruk)
11:33	|	home	|		|	1-1	|	Sam Herr (Mitch Fossier, Kristoff Kontos)
17:21	|	home	|	PPG	|	2-1	|	Otto Nieminen (Didrik Henbrant, Reid Stefanson)
59:30	|	home	|	EN	|	3-1	|	Didrik Henbrant

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Oliver Betteridge	|		|		|		|
Davis Bunz	|		|		|		|
Mitch Fossier	|		|	1	|		|
Zsombor Garát	|		|		|		|
Didrik Henbrant	|	1	|	1	|		|
Sam Herr	|	1	|		|		|
Jordan Kelsall	|		|		|		|
Kristoff Kontos	|		|	1	|		|
Logan Neilson	|		|		|		|
Otto Nieminen	|	1	|		|		|
Jaakko Niskala	|		|		|		|
Hugo Roy	|		|		|		|
Matthew Spencer	|		|		|	2	|
Reid Stefanson	|		|	1	|	2	|
Joshua Tetlow	|		|		|		|
Quinn Wichers	|		|		|		|

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Ryan Barrow	|		|		|		|
Tyler Busch	|		|		|		|
Ben Davies	|		|		|		|
Cody Donaghey	|		|		|		|
Reid Duke	|		|		|	2	|
Gleason Fournier	|		|		|		|
Jarrod Gourley	|		|		|	4	|
Josh MacDonald	|		|	1	|		|
Andrew MacWilliam	|		|		|	2	|
Joey Martin	|	1	|		|		|
Evan Mosey	|		|		|		|
Kohen Olischefski	|		|		|		|
Zach O’Brien	|		|		|		|
Brett Perlini	|		|		|		|
Mark Richardson	|		|		|		|
Cole Sanford	|		|		|		|
Hunter Shinkaruk	|		|	1	|		|

 

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Isaac Ballinger	|		|		|		|
Ryan Bednard	|	35	|	1	|	60:00	|	97.14

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Ben Bowns	|	26	|	2	|	60:00	|	92.31
Taz Burman	|		|		|		|

 

League leaders Cardiff Devils were beaten 3-1 at the Motorpoint Arena by Nottingham Panthers on Sunday afternoon, extending their poor run in that building to just one win in their last eight competitive fixtures against the Panthers.

The Devils started the better team, controlling the opening phases, and were deservedly ahead inside five minutes. With 4:02 on the board, Josh MacDonald worked the puck into the slot from below the goal line to Joey Martin who beat Ryan Bednard five-hole.

That goal by the visitors took the atmosphere out of the game somewhat, and the Devils would have been forgiven for being disappointed to be level at the break – let alone behind.

A loose play into the slot saw Sam Herr left all alone to beat Ben Bowns high, popping the water bottle on the roof of his net at 11:33. With 2:39 left in the period, Otto Nieminen finished on the powerplay to put the Panthers ahead.

If the Devils were feeling unlucky to be down by one after the opening period, the Panthers would have been somewhat disappointed to not be more ahead after the second. Hugo Roy almost jammed a puck in past Bowns at his near post, while Didrik Henbrand was a constant threat with his speed on the rush. The period ended without a change in the scoring, despite the Devils being heavily outshot.

Having been disappointing for the opening phases of the third period, the Devils began to apply some pressure on the Panthers net in the final 10 minutes. Bowns made two excellent saves to keep it a one-goal game – one off Kristoff Kontos in front, and the other off Sam Herr after the puck had bobbled over Evan Mosey’s stick on his own blue line.

Bowns was pulled with slightly over three minutes to play as the Devils looked for the tying goal. Hunter Shinkaruk had a golden chance on his backhand in front of Ryan Bednard but couldn't get the puck under control enough to get a decent shot away. The Devils were camped inside the Panthers zone for most of the final three minutes, but a misplay from Cody Donaghey when skating back for a cleared puck saw the puck land on the stick of Henbrant to skate through and slot into the empty net with 30 seconds remaining and seal the win.