Kinkaid Posts Season High, Devils Fall In SO

by Kevin Zalaznik // 11.9.2012 // Recap

PROVIDENCE, RI -- The shootout between the Albany Devils and the Providence Bruins resembled the 65 minutes that preceded it. The Devils scored first, but Bruins forward Chris Bourque erased the lead. In the end, Providence’s Jamie Tardif’s shootout goal in the fifth round sunk Albany, 2-1, Friday at Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

Goaltender Keith Kinkaid made a season-high 37 saves during his sixth appearance of the season. By holding the Bruins to just two goals, the Devils improved on their 2.50 goals-against average which entered the evening tied for seventh in the American Hockey League.

Adam Henrique was the Devils goal scorer during regulation and Matt Anderson found the back of the net in the second round of the shootout.

For Providence, rookie netminder Niklas Svedberg turned away 26 shots and made four saves on five shootout attempts.

Bourque scored in the second period and during the third round of the shootout, setting up Tardif’s clincher.

In the first, Henrique opened the scoring when he went to the net and redirected a puck sent by Joe Whitney at 14:11. For Henrique it was his third goal of the season, while Joe Whitney, who led the Devils last season with 44 points, picked up his second assist.

Albany’s lead lasted until Bourque scored on a power play at 8:19 of the second. Carter Camper and Craig Cunningham earned the helpers.

During the shootout, the Devils rolled out Bobby Butler, Anderson, Whitney, Jacob Josefson and Henrique. Providence used Ryan Spooner, Cunningham, Bourque, Camper and Tardif.

Albany was without defenseman Matthew Corrente, who was serving a one game suspension for an instigating penalty during the final five minutes of the third period at the Adirondack Phantoms last Saturday. Filling the void was Alexander Urbom, who returned after missing the last five contests with an upper-body injury. Urbom finished the game with five penalty minutes.

The Devils welcome the Adirondack Phantoms to Times Union Center for a 7 pm contest Saturday. The game is the third of a best-of-12 series for the Time Warner Cable Cup. The series is currently tied, 1-1. Fans who can’t make it to the arena can follow the action on ahllive.com

Lineup 
Goaltenders: Keith Kinkaid, Jeff Frazee
Defensemen: Brandon Burlon, Dan Kelly, Adam Larsson, Jay Leach, Corbin McPherson, Alexander Ubrom
Forwards: Matt Anderson, Bobby Butler, Adam Henrique, Mike Hoeffel, Jacob Josefson, Harri Pesonen, Tim Sestito, Mike Sislo, Joe Whitney, David Wohlberg, Darzy Zajac, Steve Zalewski

Scoring 
1st Period-1, Albany, Henrique 3 (Whitney), 14:11.
2nd Period-2, Providence, Bourque 1 (Camper, Cunningham), 8:19 (PP).
3rd Period- No Scoring.
OT Period- No Scoring.
Shootout - Albany 1 (Butler NG, Anderson G, Whitney NG, Josefson NG, Henrique NG), Providence 2 (Spooner NG, Cunningham NG, Bourque G, Camper NG, Tardif G).

Albany Devils 1 at Providence Bruins 2 (SO) - Status: Final SO
Friday, November 9, 2012 - Dunkin' Donuts Center

Albany 1 0 0 0 - 1
Providence 0 1 0 0 - 2

1st Period-1, Albany, Henrique 3 (Whitney), 14:11. Penalties-Sislo Alb (holding), 2:50; Florek Pro (boarding), 6:02; Urbom Alb (fighting), 11:39; Robins Pro (hooking, fighting), 11:39; Kelly Alb (roughing), 14:47; Sauve Pro (roughing), 14:47; Pesonen Alb (hooking), 18:25.

2nd Period-2, Providence, Bourque 1 (Camper, Cunningham), 8:19 (PP). Penalties-MacDermid Pro (goaltender interference), 3:31; Kelly Alb (holding), 7:21; Hanson Pro (hooking), 8:28; Robins Pro (roughing), 16:23; Anderson Alb (tripping), 16:55.

3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Anderson Alb (interference), 1:50; Zalewski Alb (high-sticking), 4:39.

OT Period- No Scoring.Penalties-McPherson Alb (holding), 1:41.

Shootout - Albany 1 (Butler NG, Anderson G, Whitney NG, Josefson NG, Henrique NG), Providence 2 (Spooner NG, Cunningham NG, Bourque G, Camper NG, Tardif G).
Shots on Goal-Albany 6-9-11-1-0-27. Providence 12-11-8-7-1-39.
Power Play Opportunities-Albany 0 / 5; Providence 1 / 7.
Goalies-Albany, Kinkaid 1-4-1 (38 shots-37 saves). Providence, Svedberg 4-1-0 (27 shots-26 saves).
A-0
Referees-Trent Knorr (44).
Linesmen-Brian MacDonald (72), Bob Paquette (18).

by Kevin Zalaznik // 11.8.2012 // Preview 

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Storyline 

The Albany Devils, who are playing three games in four days, will try and get their offense going after scoring one goal in three outings despite outshooting their opponents, 105-71. Albany is 0-2-0-1 in its last three contests, while the Providence Bruins are 1-3-0-0 in their last four.

Notables
- The Devils are fifth in the Northeast Division and 15th in the Eastern Conference with a 2-5-0-1 record (5 pts.), while the Bruins are fifth in the Atlantic Division and 14th in the conference with a 3-5-0-0 mark (6 pts.). Albany is 1-2-0-0 on the road, while Providence is 2-2-0-0 at Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

- Albany is 2-0-0-0 when leading after two periods and 0-5-0-0 when trailing after two.

- Defenseman Alexander Urbom, who has missed the previous five outings with an upper-body injury, may make his return against the Bruins. On Tuesday, Head Coach Rick Kowalsky indicated that Urbom is likely to see action this weekend. Urbom represented the Devils in the last season’s AHL All-Star Classic.

- Providence is led by forwards Maxime Sauve, Ryan Spooner and Chris Bourque. Each player has six points with Sauve showing four goals and two assists, Spooner has a goal and five assists and Bourque has six assists.

- Michael Hutchinson and rookie Niklas Svedberg have split time in net. Hutchinson is 0-4-0 with a 3.75 goals-against average and a .838 save percentage and Svedberg is 3-1-0 with a 2.01 goals-against average and a.927 save percentage.

Last Devils-Bruins Meeting 
Apr. 14, 2012: Albany 4 vs. Providence 2 
Tim Sestito netted the game-winning goal, helping the Devils to a 4-2 win against the Bruins at Times Union Center. The win completed Albany’s four-win sweep of the Bruins during the 2011-12 season. Sestito netted the winner at 17:57 and Jeff Frazee turned away 34 shots. Darcy Zajac, Mattias Tedenby and Mike Sislo also had goals.

All-time Series 
All-Time: 24-15-3-4
2012-13: 0-0-0-0
Home: 14-7-0-2
Away: 10-8-2-2

Puck Drop 
The Devils are 5-1-1-0 against the Bruins in the last seven outings and 9-2-1-0 in the last 12.