Stars denied in overtime again

Dundee hit back from 2-0 down to earn a point

DUNDEE STARS 2 CARDIFF DEVILS 3 (OT)

Stars earned a valuable point against current Elite League champions Cardiff Devils, going down 3-2 in overtime after a great second period comeback.

Dundee were once again without Matt Bissonnette and the Devils were unable to ice Luke Piggott, Mark Richardson, Jordan Lawday and ex-Star Justin Faryna.

There were no early chances until Gleason Fournier’s interference penalty gave Stars an early man advantage but they could not trouble Ben Bowns in the Cardiff net.

Devils then forced Pontus Sjögren into saves before Stephen Dixon took advantage of a blocked pass to finish through the legs of the Stars goalie in the seventh minute.

A delay of game penalty against Bouchard shocked the Stars bench in the ninth minute but another breakaway for Stars saw Fabrizio Ricci hauled down by Joey Martin and he was boxed on an interference call in the 11th minute.

Dundee killed off the remaining time on their penalty but were unable to capitalise on their powerplay.

Good play from both sides culminated in a two-on-two break by Ricci and Charles Corcoran but the shot from Ricci was stopped by Bowns.

In the closing minutes of the first period a Dundee shot rebounded off the glass behind the goal and Lundvald followed-up on the rebound but was denied again by the Devils goalie.

The second stanza was again a slow starter but Andrew Lord’s visitors found a second goal as Martin’s shot was stopped by Sjogren but Charles Linglet tucked in the rebound in the 24th minute for a powerplay goal.

Stars Johan Andersson and Shawn Boutin were both called for infringements but the best penalty killers in the league managed to keep the Devils at bay.

Dundee were yet to test Bowns in the Cardiff goal but a powerplay gave them the perfect chance and Connor Cox picked out Jordan Cownie for the Scot to net in the 35th minute.

The Welsh side came back strong and found the net but the goal was ruled out as Sean Bentivoglio received a twominute penalty for goaltender interference.

Once again Dundee capitalised on the powerplay and tied the game at 2-2 with 36 seconds left in the period. Corcoran tipped a pass goalward that Bowns managed to stop but the rebound landed on the blade of Cownie’s stick and he netted his second of the night.

The third period became full of endto-end action with chances for both sides but neither team could finish them and Omar Pacha’s side held on to claim a valuable point as the game went to overtime.

Just 11 seconds into the additional period, Cardiff were given a powerplay as Cownie was deemed guilty of hooking and it took 17 seconds for Fournier to skate between the Dundee defenceman and roof the puck into the Stars’ net.

Stars next take on the Guildford Flames in back-to-back games this weekend.

Picture: Derek Black. Dundee Stars’ Fab Ricci drives at the Cardiff defence.