{"id":33449,"date":"2019-02-26T12:06:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T12:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=33449"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:06:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T12:06:04","slug":"devils-look-to-regain-top-spot-after-poor-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/26\/devils-look-to-regain-top-spot-after-poor-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils look to regain top spot after poor weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30667\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/devils-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4096\" height=\"3072\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30667\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/devils-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4096\" height=\"3072\" \/><\/noscript>The race for the Elite League title is going down to the wire.<br \/>\nCardiff Devils lost twice to fellow challengers Belfast Giants, who leapfrogged them over the weekend, and come up against third-place Glasgow Clan tomorrow with everything to play for.<br \/>\nA 4-2 loss on Friday night saw the Devils twice come from behind with efforts from Joey Haddad and Gleason Fournier levelling the scores at two apiece.<br \/>\nGoals from Dustin Johner and Jordan Smotherman had got the Giants off to a quick start.<br \/>\nThe Devils then saw their good work unravel, with two errors at the back punished by Giants\u2019 scorers Darcy Murphy and Blair Riley.<br \/>\nThat was followed by a dramatic 2-1 overtime defeat for the Devils by the same opponents just 24 hours later.<br \/>\nA cagey affair saw its opening goal arrive with just 13 minutes left, as in-form Riley finished clinically.<br \/>\nThe Devils again showed character to come from behind, with Joey Martin scoring a fine goal to put them on course to retain their league lead.<br \/>\nBut they struggled to gain control, and Curtis Leonard\u2019s overtime effort was judged to have snuck over the line, despite long video replay reviews that Devils head coach Andrew Lord questioned after the match.<br \/>\nBoth are now level on points, with the Giants taking top spot courtesy of more regulation time wins &#8211; 30 to 29.<br \/>\nLord praised an impressive defensive effort from both sides across the two games, and called for his team to respond.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cThey\u2019ve been exciting games that could have one either way. We\u2019ve just got to get better in little areas.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve made it interesting haven\u2019t we? We have got to pick ourselves up now for Wednesday because it\u2019s a huge game.\u201d<br \/>\nGlasgow are unlikely to catch the top two now, but the Devils will need to be at their best if they are to avoid three consecutive losses &#8211; something they have not endured since early November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The race for the Elite League title is going down to the wire. Cardiff Devils lost twice to fellow challengers Belfast Giants, who leapfrogged them over the weekend, and come up against third-place Glasgow Clan tomorrow with everything to play for. A 4-2 loss on Friday night saw the Devils twice come from behind with efforts from Joey Haddad and Gleason Fournier levelling the scores at two apiece. Goals from Dustin Johner and Jordan Smotherman had got the Giants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":33463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,63,4],"tags":[3148,1291,59,1082,1185],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-33449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardiff-bay","category-ice-hockey-sport","category-sport","tag-belfast-giants","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cardiff-devils","tag-elite-league","tag-ice-hockey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Devils look to regain top spot after poor weekend - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/26\/devils-look-to-regain-top-spot-after-poor-weekend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Devils look to regain top spot after poor weekend - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; The race for the Elite League title is going down to the wire. 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