Neither team or the game itself were really helped by a three-man officiating crew that performed as if they way out of their depth. Their decisions certainly seemed to favour the home team as the Devils came back from a two-goal deficit to win in a shootout.
Albany was awarded their fourth straight powerplay three minutes into the third period, despite the protestations of Nikita Soshnikov. Six seconds later, the Russian forward was skating out of the box after John Quenneville scored to cut Toronto’s lead to 3-2.
Shortly after, Toronto suffered their first injury of the game.