Atlantic City Trip Ends In Shootout Loss

by Kevin Zalaznik // 11.25.2012 // Recap

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- In the first of four Albany Devils games at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, the Devils and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins gave the fans 65 minutes of action followed by a five-round shootout. In the end, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s Jayson Megna scored the lone shootout goal, giving his team a 5-4 victory Sunday afternoon.

Mattias Tedenby, Bobby Butler, Adam Henrique and Jacob Josefson each had goals. Butler, who also had an assist, led all Devils scorers with two points. In goal, Keith Kinkaid made 31 saves in his second start this weekend and his ninth start of the season.

The Penguins received two goals from Tom Kuhnhackl and tallies from Brian Gibbons and Trevor Smith. Both Kuhnhackl and Gibbons added assists to their stat line. GoaltenderBrad Thiessen turned aside 28 shots.

Tedenby opened the scoring after Alexander Urbom pinched in the offensive zone to keep the Devils on the attack. The puck found its way to Scott Parse, who was playing in his first game since Nov. 10. He made a pass across the slot to find Tedenby at the left circle at 9:32 of the first.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton answered with back-to-back goals. Kuhnhackl scored at 12:53 and Gibbons found the back of the net at 15:35.

Moments later Butler fired a wrist shot past Thiessen at 16:45 while on the power play. The assists went to Joe Whitney and Adam Larsson.

Before the end of the period and on a delayed penalty call, Smith snuck a shot behind Kinkaid as time expired.

In the second, Henrique made the score 3-3 with his fifth goal of the season. Butler fed to Matthew Corrente at the point. His shot was blocked, but ended up on Henrique’s stick for a quick wrister from the right circle at 13:16.

The teams exchanged third period goals. Josefson gave the Devils a 4-3 advantage at 10:22 after freeing the puck near Albany’s bench. After winning the foot race to the puck, he went top shelf for his team-leading seventh goal of the year.

The Penguins answered less than two minutes later when Kuhnhackl snapshot in the slot beat the Devils netminder at 12:06.

After a scoreless overtime, Megna scored in the fifth and final round of the shootout.

Albany’s power play finished 1-for-2, while Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s man-up squad when 0-for-7.

The Devils return to Times Union Center Friday for a 7 pm contest against the St. John’s IceCaps.

Lineup: 
Goaltenders: Keith Kinkaid, Jeff Frazee
Defensemen: Matthew Corrente, Eric Gelinas, Raman Hrabarenka, Corbin McPherson, Adam Larsson, Alexander Urbom
Forwards: Matt Anderson, Bobby Butler, Adam Henrique, Jacob Josefson, Scott Parse, Harri Pesonen, Tim Sestito, Mike Sislo, Mattias Tedenby, Joe Whitney,,Darcy Zajac, Steve Zalewski

Scoring 
1st Period-1, Albany, Tedenby 3 (Parse, Urbom), 9:32. 2, W-B/Scranton, Kuhnhackl 1 (Gibbons, Samuelsson), 12:53. 3, W-B/Scranton, Gibbons 3 (Kuhnhackl, Megna), 15:35. 4, Albany, Butler 3 (Whitney, Larsson), 16:45 (PP). 5, W-B/Scranton, Smith 5 (Reese, Ferriero), 19:59.
2nd Period-6, Albany, Henrique 5 (Corrente, Butler), 13:16.
3rd Period-7, Albany, Josefson 7 10:22 (SH). 8, W-B/Scranton, Kuhnhackl 2 (Megna, Gibbons), 12:06.
OT Period- No Scoring.
Shootout - W-B/Scranton 1 (Thompson NG, Bennett NG, Ferriero NG, Tangradi NG, Megna G), Albany 0 (Tedenby NG, Anderson NG, Whitney NG, Butler NG, Josefson NG).

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 5 (SO) at Albany Devils 4 - Status: Final SO
Sunday, November 25, 2012 - Boardwalk Hall

W-B/Scranton 3 0 1 0 - 5
Albany 2 1 1 0 - 4

1st Period-1, Albany, Tedenby 3 (Parse, Urbom), 9:32. 2, W-B/Scranton, Kuhnhackl 1 (Gibbons, Samuelsson), 12:53. 3, W-B/Scranton, Gibbons 3 (Kuhnhackl, Megna), 15:35. 4, Albany, Butler 3 (Whitney, Larsson), 16:45 (PP). 5, W-B/Scranton, Smith 5 (Reese, Ferriero), 19:59. Penalties-Gelinas Alb (interference), 5:05; Corrente Alb (roughing), 10:00; Urbom Alb (delay of game), 12:59; Farnham Wbs (roughing, fighting), 16:09; Sestito Alb (fighting), 16:09.

2nd Period-6, Albany, Henrique 5 (Corrente, Butler), 13:16. Penalties-McPherson Alb (hooking), 8:36; Holzapfel Wbs (tripping), 9:32; Gelinas Alb (tripping), 9:55; Dumoulin Wbs (holding), 15:42.

3rd Period-7, Albany, Josefson 7   10:22 (SH). 8, W-B/Scranton, Kuhnhackl 2 (Megna, Gibbons), 12:06. Penalties-Urbom Alb (high-sticking), 3:35; Sislo Alb (hooking), 9:34; Corrente Alb (cross-checking), 18:10.

OT Period- No Scoring.Penalties-No Penalties

Shootout - W-B/Scranton 1 (Thompson NG, Bennett NG, Ferriero NG, Tangradi NG, Megna G), Albany 0 (Tedenby NG, Anderson NG, Whitney NG, Butler NG, Josefson NG).
Shots on Goal-W-B/Scranton 17-7-9-2-1-36. Albany 15-12-5-0-0-32.
Power Play Opportunities-W-B/Scranton 0 / 7; Albany 1 / 2.
Goalies-W-B/Scranton, Thiessen 3-2-0 (32 shots-28 saves). Albany, Kinkaid 1-5-3 (35 shots-31 saves).
A-2,803
Referees-Chris Cozzan (18), Terry Koharski (10).
Linesmen-Matt McNulty (26), Luke Murray (92).

by Kevin Zalaznik // 11.25.2012 // Preview

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Storyline 
In the first of four games in Atlantic City this season, the Albany Devils host the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The Devils are no strangers to Boardwalk Hall. In 2010-11, the team hosted four games in Atlantic City, including a contest against the Penguins.

Notables
- The Devils are fifth in the Northeast Division and 15th in the Eastern Conference with a 4-7-0-4 mark (12 pts.), while the Penguins are third in the East Division and tied for fifth in the conference with a 10-7-0-0 record (20 pts.). Albany is 2-4-0-2 at home, while Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is 4-4-0-0 on the road.

- Albany is coming off a 4-1 setback against the Syracuse Crunch Saturday. Joe Whitney registered his first goal of the season and 16th of his career. The Reading, MA native led the Devils with 44 points (15g-29a) last season.

- Against the Crunch, Adam Henrique notched his team-leading seventh assist. A 2012 NHL Rookie of the Year Finalist, Henrique is approaching his 100th career AHL game. Now in his third season, he has appeared in 91 contests, producing 58 points, including 29 goals and 29 assists.

- The Penguins defeated the Toronto Marlies, 2-1, at home Saturday. Simon Despres and Riley Holzapfel both scored and Jeff Zatkoff made 31 saves for his eighth win of the season.

- Beau Bennett leads Wilkes-Barre/Scranton with 13 points with four goals and nine assists. Benn Ferriero is second with 12 points, including a goal and a team-high 11 assists.

Last Meeting 
March 31, 2012: Albany 2 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 5
The Devils fought back from two goals down, but eventually lost, 5-2, to the Penguins at the Times Union Center. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton established a 2-0 advantage with back-to-back goals by Alex Grant. Albany responded in the second period with tallies from Mike Hoeffel (3:39) and Matt Taormina (9:08). Before the end of the period, Paul Thompson netted the game winner at 14:30.

Puck Drop 
Boardwalk Hall hosted “Operation Hat Trick” Saturday, benefitting Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur was among the 32 NHL players who participated in the game.