Box Score

TEMPE, Ariz. – Davenport didn't get off to the start they wanted to on their Arizona trip after a 5-1 loss to Arizona State on Tuesday night. Davenport jumped out to a 1-0 lead but five unanswered goals by the Sun Devils sealed the loss for the Panthers. Davenport and Arizona State will be inaction again tomorrow night at 10:30 PM EST.

Arizona State controlled the play for the start of the opening period outshooting Davenport 7-2 over the first 9 minutes of play. From that point on in the first period, Davenport took control eventually breaking through when Mason Bohlinger brought the puck up along the boards and sent a shot to the far side of the net that Jeff Slusser was able to deflect in 11 minutes into the period.

Davenport didn't get off to the start they wanted in the second, less than thirty seconds into the period Davenport was put on the penalty kill. Then less than an minute after successfully killing the first power play of the period, Davenport was again put on the penalty kill but this time Davenport wasn't able to deny the Sun Devils who scored a minute and a half into the power play.

With 11:20 remaining in the second period, Arizona State took their first lead. Arizona State dominated the second period outshooting the Panthers 21-3.

Arizona added three more goals in the third period as the Sun Devils ran away with a 5-1 win over the Panthers. Davenport successfully killed four out of six power plays. Davenport didn't have their first power play until there was 8:13 remaining in the third period.

Davenport will be back in action on Wednesday night when they take on Arizona State in the final game between these two teams in the regular season.

Post-Game Quotes - Assistant Coach Bill McSween

ASU controlled the puck for most of the game, what did they do to contain you guys and keep you from building any type of momentum - "They showed why they are one of the top teams in the country. They have a lot of forwards with size and skill and kept getting the puck deep in on our defensemen and played a very patient game. We weren't able to bring the puck out of the zone cleanly and they kept just firing it back in and we were playing defensive hockey the whole game and weren't able to get out offensive game going."

What changes do you have to make before you play ASU again tomorrow night - "First off we need to limit our turnovers, defensively we worked hard but we need to limit our turnovers a team like this just kills us on turnovers. Second we need to limit our penalties, we did a better job on the penalty kill tonight, they got two goals at the end of power plays but when you have six penalties in the first two periods of the game its tough to win a game. The third thing we wil have to do is be better at passing the puck and getting our forecheck going.

Post-Game Notes

Davenport accumulated 26 penalty minutes compared to six for Arizona State…Davenport was 0-1 on the power play…Davenport was outshot 39-20 in the game.