Recent Results (Dec. 8, 9)
Sat., Dec. 8 at Times Union Center
Albany 3 vs. Bridgeport 1
Joe Whitney, Bobby Butler and Chad Wiseman each scored as the Albany Devils knocked off the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, 3-1, Saturday at Times Union Center.
Goaltender Keith Kinkaid earned third win of the season by turning aside 22 shots. His shutout bid was spoiled with just 2:07 remaining when Bridgeport’s Nino Niederreiter found an opening.
Albany led for the majority of the game. Whitney scored at 12:37 of the first and Butler and Wiseman followed with second period tallies at 4:42 and 11:31.
Albany out shot Bridgeport, 25-23, and went 1-for-5 on the power play. The Sound Tigers man-advantage unit was stymied, 0-for-4.
Lineup
Goaltenders: Keith Kinkaid, Jeff Frazee
Defensemen: Eric Gelinas, Dan Kelly, Adam Larsson, Jay Leach, Corbin McPherson, Alexander Urbom
Forwards: Bobby Butler, Stephen Gionta, Jacob Josefson, Chris McKelvie, Scott Parse, Harri Pesonen, Tim Sestito, Mattias Tedenby, Joe Whitney, Chad Wiseman, Darcy Zajac, Steve Zalewski
Scoring
1st Period-1, Albany, Whitney 3 (Larsson, Zalewski), 12:37.
2nd Period-2, Albany, Butler 4 (Wiseman, Whitney), 4:42 (PP). 3, Albany, Wiseman 3 (Tedenby, Gionta), 11:31.
3rd Period-4, Bridgeport, Niederreiter 11 17:53.
Sun., Dec. 9 at XL Center
Albany 1 at Connecticut 0
Joe Whitney’s second period tally was all the Albany Devils needed to earn their third consecutive victory. Keith Kinkaid stopped all 30 shots as the Devils defeated the Connecticut Whale, 1-0, Sunday at XL Center.
Kinkaid was perfect in his second shutout of the season and fifth of his two-year career. He made 12 stops in the first, six in the second and 12 in the third to improve to 4-5-3.
Offensively, Whitney registered his third goal in as many games and his fourth of the season. He now has nine points (4g-5a) in the last 12 contests. Bobby Butler extended his scoring streak to three games (1g-2a), assisting on the play.
The goal came at 6:48 when Whitney and Butler worked a 2-on-1. Whitney looked off a defender and then sent a wrister far side from the left face-off dot.
Lineup
Goaltenders: Keith Kinkaid, Jeff Frazee
Defensemen: Matthew Corrente, Eric Gelinas, Dan Kelly, Adam Larsson, Corbin McPherson, Alexander Urbom
Forwards: Matt Anderson, Bobby Butler, Stephen Gionta, Jacob Josefson, Chris McKelvie, Harri Pesonen, Tim Sestito, Mike Sislo, Mattias Tedenby, Joe Whitney,Chad Wiseman, Steve Zalewski
Scoring
1st Period- No Scoring.
2nd Period-1, Albany, Whitney 4 (Butler), 6:48.
3rd Period- No Scoring.
