The Cardiff Devils kick their weekend off EIHL action with a difficult battle against huge rivals, the Sheffield Steelers.

Last time these two sides met the Devils ran out 3-2 victors. Two goals from Joey Haddad and goal for Sam Jardine would be just enough to seal the victory.

Sheffield got goals of their own through, Marc-Olivier Vallerand and Nikolai Lemtyugov.

Throughout the years these games have had big impacts on who will win trophies. Most recently we’ve seen the Devils beat the Steelers in the play-off final 3-1 to win it for the first time since 1999 and on the other hand the Steelers have done the same thing by beating the Devils 6-5 to win the play-off’s.

The Steelers are flying high at the top of the league with 18 points in 14 games. The Devils sit in 4th place but do have four games in-hand over the Steelers.

Key Players

Cardiff Devils: Joey Martin, despite missing the first few games of the league he has still picked up 9 points from 8 games in the league. However, all of them have been assists, will he find his first goal tonight?

Sheffield Steelers: Robert Dowd, is on fire with 15 points in 14 games with 10 goals and 5 assists. Can he bring his form into this game?