Devils win it with two late goals

James Assinder

Cardiff Devils made it ten games unbeaten with a late show to beat Fife Flyers at a sold out Vindico Arena.

The Devils piled pressure on Dominik Salama's net in the early stages and were rewarded with the opening goal inside five minute - Jamie Arniel was given too much time and space in the offensive zone, and he picked his spot to beat the Finn with 4:05 played. Fife survived a high-Sticking minor on Jonas Emmerdahl to avoid going further behind, but should have been level but for a miss-pass on a 2-on-0 resulting in no shot.

The Flyers were opportunistic in period two again, but came out on top despite being outshot 15-11 over the middle 20 minutes. After the visitors wasted a 5-on-3 advantage, Lucas Chiodo levelled the game on the 10-minute mark of period two, getting on the end of a Troy Lajeunesse pass that went through Marcus Crawford's lefts before the Flyers' forward lunged in at the back post to beat Tyler Wall high. 97 seconds later, Colin Shirley needed to stretch to reach Teemu Pulkkinen's pass into slot but did so and fired past Wall to put the Flyers ahead.

Cardiff couldn't take advantage of a couple of early minor on the Flyers, but turned the game in less than three minutes late on. Justin Crandall levelled on a 3-on-2 rush with a bullet of a one-timer off Evan Mosey's pass to tie the game at 53:40. Cody Donaghey then let fly from the point that beat Salama through a screen with 3:46 to play to put the Devils back into the lead late - Tom Coolen thought about challenging the goal, but ultimately opted not to. 

The Flyers went with six skaters for the final 94 seconds, and a late pad stop by Wall kept them for earning themselves a late point.