The Sheffield Steelers scored twice in the final 6 minutes to turn the game on its head and take the win home with them on Saturday Night in Cardiff.
The Sheffield Steelers scored twice in the final 6 minutes to turn the game on its head and take the win home with them on Saturday Night in Cardiff.
The Devils took the lead midway through the opening period when Charles Linglet scored off a face-off win by Stephen Dixon at 10:34.
Below: Devils celebrate Linglet's opening goal
At 28:11 they doubled their lead with a cross ice pass from Mike McNamee that Matt Pope hammered past Tomas Duba on the powerplay to make it 2-0.
The Steelers battled back to tie the game with 2 goals in less than 2 minutes. John Armstrong got them on the board at 30:35, then Marek Troncinsky scored at 32:31 on the powerplay to tie the game up at 2-2.
With just over 2 minutes left in the middle period, Michael Davies tipped in a shot past Ben Bowns to give the Steelers a 3-2 lead after 2 periods of play.
Below: Matthew Myers runs into Steelers' Ben O'Connor
The Devils opened the third period with just over a minute of powerplay time and it paid off with a tying goal from Blair Riley at 40:59, then less than a minute later they were back on top when Linglet found Joey Haddad for the Devils 4th goal to take the lead at 41:49.
The Devils looked like they were going to hold on for the win, but Lucas Sandstrom tied the game at 54:03 to make it 4-4 with 6 minutes to play. Then with 3:59 left in the game Marc-Olivier Vallerand stuffed a puck through Bowns to give the Steelers a 5-4 lead.
Below: Steelers celebrate Sandstrom's game-tying goal in the third period
The Devils pushed for the tying goal, but it didn’t come and the Steelers took the win between the top two teams in the league and a vital two points in the race for the Elite League title.
Photo Credit: Dave Williams
