They were certainly less than fortunate in the third period as they struck the iron a number of times, were denied a certain goal, missed a penalty shot, and couldn’t buy a bounce in front of goal. However, that doesn’t excuse what was mostly another inconsistent and disjointed Marlies performance.
First Period
An early man advantage for the Marlies was quickly negated by an interference penalty assessed to Andreas Johnsson. On the shortened powerplay for the Devils, an excellent backcheck from Marc-Andre Cliché denied Joe Blandisi a chance to open the scoring.
The Devils deservedly opened the scoring just before the six-minute mark.