Devils blank Flames, shutout for Bowns

Photo: James Assinder

Ben Bowns logged his third shutout of the season, stopping 35 shots as Cardiff Devils blanked Guildford Flames 4-0 at a sold-out Vindico Arena on Saturday night.

Josh Waller opened the scoring under five minutes into the game, finishing off a cross-ice pass from Trevor Cox to make it 1-0 at 4:56. Cody Donaghey then made it 2-0 on the powerplay with a  shot over the shoulder of Eamon McAdam. Guildford had a 5-on-3 spell during the period but couldn't beat Bowns who kept the Devils up by two heading into the break.

 Donaghey scored his second of the game and his second on the powerplay at 33:07, converting on a feed from Cox. With 15 seconds left in the period, Josh Batch stepped up to pick off a pass inside the Flames zone and chipped the puck to Joey Martin who sent Cole Sanford in on a breakaway to beat McAdam and make it 4-0.  

The Flames pressed in the final period to spoil the shutout, but Bowns was in top form and the one puck that got behind him was swept away by a Devils defenceman to keep the scoreline 4-0.