Round 2 Game 1 DEVILS 4, Ottawa 5

Well this was a very strange game. Ottawa came out of the box strong and hard and quickly took a 4-0 lead in the first period. It seemed that the Devils were very tight and they forgot how to play defense. A late tally by the Devils made the score 4-1 at the end of the first period.

As bad as the Devils played in the first period, they played great in the second period. They came back to make the score 4-3 and had momentum on their side. However a late penalty that would carry over to the start of the third period would prove to be their undoing. Ottawa scored on the power play at the start of the third and would hold on to win 5-4, with the Devils getting a late goal near the end of the game.

Tonight's non goal moment was the absence of captain Patrick Elias, who was battling a cold. Now Elias missed half of last season with hepititis A, so it is understandable that they would take a chance playing him, but given that this was a wild game with lots of scoring chances on both sides, the Devils did miss him. Hopefully he will be ready for game 2 on Saturday night....

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