Things started chaotically in Saturday’s rematch. Binghamton opened the scoring 2:18 into regulation, then Jake Bean evened the score 17 seconds later only to see the Devils regain the lead 19 seconds after that.
Things cooled down for a bit after that hectic 36-second stretch, but the Devils knocked one more in on the man advantage to jump out to a 3-1 lead just past the midway point of the first.
With a power-play blast of his own, Oliwer Kaski pulled the Checkers back within one in the final seconds of the opening frame, and that seemed to light a fire under the visitors.
Joey Keane brought the game back to a deadlock with his first tally in a Charlotte sweater early on in the second. Then, less than a minute after that, a puck careened off Clark Bishop’s leg and into the back of the net, claiming the visitor’s first lead of the night. The Checkers kept piling on as Steven Lorentz roofed a slap shot on the man advantage just minutes later to send the home squad reeling.
With a two-goal lead heading into the final frame, the Checkers leaned on Anton Forsberg to keep Binghamton’s attack at bay. The Devils fired 22 shots in the third period alone, and Charlotte’s netminder was up to the task on each and every one of them. Forsberg finished the night with 36 stops, and a long-distance empty netter from Lorentz sealed the deal for an impressive victory on the road.
