Coverage
Listen to live play-by-play on The Score 1260 and iHeartRadio with pregame coverage starting at 7:15 p.m. EST. Pay-to-watch video is available on AHL Live. After the game, join Dan D'Uva and a guest in the War Memorial basement for “The Shootout Show” airing on The Score 1260. For in-game updates on Twitter, follow @SyracuseCrunch and broadcaster @Dan_Duva. For post-game recap, visit SyracuseCrunch.com and join the conversation on Facebook.

Where They Stand
The Devils have three wins in a row and are 7-1-0-1 in their last nine games. With a 27-20-1-10 record and 65 points, the Devils have moved into second place in the Northeast Division, surging past Connecticut's 64 points, though still trailing first-place Springfield by 12. Albany is now tied for seventh in the Eastern Conference with Manchester, and has fewer games played (58) than any other team in the Eastern Conference. Only five teams (including Syracuse) have more road victories than the Devils who are 16-9-1-4 away from home (though their home games played at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall are not considered road games). The Devils have a 3-10 shootout record, worst in the league after starting 0-8.

Syracuse leads the AHL in points, 80, tied with Western Conference's Texas Stars. Binghamton, who lost to Adirondack Friday, has 78 points, while Springfield and Providence each have 77. At 36-17-3-5, the Crunch have five points in their last three games, but have are winless in their last three at home. With their shootout loss Friday, Syracuse is 3-5 in games decided by the skills competition.

Scouting Report
The Devils are led by left wing Joe Whitney (21g-19a-40pts), right wing Matt Anderson (11g-26a-37pts), and center Steve Zalewski (10g-25a-35pts), each of whom had one assist Friday.  After a brief stint with the New Jersey Devils in the NHL, Keith Kinkaid and his 18-12-5 record are back with Albany, recording the win Friday vs. Rochester. Scott Wedgewood had started and won thre previous two Devils victories. Kinkaid has a 4.67 goals against average in four games against Syracuse.

Mark Barberio had two assists Friday vs. Norfolk, his ninth multi-point game of the season. The AHL's top scoring defenseman (among active players) now has 39 points (8g, 31a) after going scoreless the previous three games. Matt Taormina extended his scoring streak to four games with an assist Friday vs. Norfolk on Mike Angelidis's game-tying goal. With his 10th of the season Friday, Angelidis now has at scored 10 goals in each of his seven professional seasons. Vlad Namestnikov had his first multi-point game Friday with his fourth goal (his first since Feb. 9) and an assist. Jared Nightingale potted his second goal of the year Friday, his first since Jan. 8 at Rochester, and has two points in the last two games. 

Last Meeting: March 1
The Crunch's win streak ended at eight with a 3-1 loss to the Devils Friday, Mar. 1 at the War Memorial. Syracuse's offense threatened early, but Mark Barberio and Philip-Michael Devos hit posts and Albany goalie Jeff Frazee stole multiple Crunch chances. The first two periods were scoreless. Halfway through the third frame, Albany's Chris McKelvie finished a rebound to put the Devils up 1-0. A minute later, Darcy Zajac beat an out-of-position Cedrick Desjardins to double the lead. The Crunch battled back with 2:15 left when Tyler Johnson set up Brett Connolly's 23rd goal of the season. Syracuse couldn't bury the tying goal and allowed an empty-netter to Zajac. Desjardins finished with 23 saves, while Frazee held off the Crunch with 37 stops.