New Jersey Devils 3 , Montreal Canadiens 4
Shots: 32 - 24
PP: 1 of 7 (14 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:41/46=87 %
PP: 2 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:64/78=82 %, Challenges:33/38=84 %
Attendance: 18983 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 861828 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:31 1-0
Zach Parisé [24] (Justin Papineau, Colin White)
19:34 1-1
Robert Lang [12] (Bryan Smolinski, Roman Hamrlik)PP
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29:06 2-1
Brian Gionta [25] (Patrik Elias, Zach Parisé)
32:16 2-2
Martin Lapointe [17] (Bryan Smolinski, Gregory Stewart)
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42:02 2-3
Saku Koivu [18] (Martin Lapointe, Steve Bégin)
48:03 3-3
Patrik Elias [21] (Zach Parisé, Brian Gionta)PP
49:26 3-4
Mikhail Grabovski [7] (Robert Lang, Alexander Perezhogin)PP
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Penalty summary:
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03:16
Steve Bégin (2 min for hooking)
07:27
Andrei Markov (2 min for holding the stick)
15:02
Steve Bégin (2 min for elbowing)
18:08
Vitaly Vishnevski (2 min for roughing)
18:08
Alexander Perezhogin (2 min for roughing)
18:17
Patrick Davis (2 min for tripping)
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21:21
Robert Lang (2 min for high-sticking)
23:45
Jamie Langenbrunner (2 min for cross-checking)
37:54
Martin Lapointe (2 min for tripping)
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46:13
Radim Vrbata (2 min for high-sticking)
48:29
Jamie Langenbrunner (2 min for high-sticking)
53:39
Steve Bégin (2 min for holding the stick)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.40 4
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -1 12.50 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
R Brian Gionta 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 9
C Justin Papineau 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 5.40 7
C Travis Zajac 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 6
C John Madden 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
C Zach Parisé 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 21.00 9
L Patrick Davis 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 5.40 4
L Mike Hoeffel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.50 4
L Barry Tallackson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
L Patrik Elias 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 21.20 8
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 13.00 5
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Colin White 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 24.00 8
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 2 4 1 3 2 -2 20.40 8
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 22.00 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 0 20 0 0 59.00 5
G Jordan Parisé 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 6.40 6
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 1 3 3 1 2 2 0 13.10 8
R Martin Lapointe 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 11.10 8
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 -2 17.00 7
C Robert Lang 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 11.20 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 6
C Saku Koivu 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.20 6
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 7
L Gregory Stewart 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
L Mikhail Grabovski 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
L Steve Bégin 0 1 0 3 2 0 6 1 15.50 8
L Bryan Smolinski 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 -1 20.30 8
D Pavel Valentenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 22.50 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 23.40 7
D Mark Streit 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.40 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 18.20 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 -1 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Lapointe
2nd star: Robert Lang
3rd star: Zach Parisé
Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Brian Gionta scored his 25th goal of the season.
-John Madden had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Richard Matvichuk had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Karel Rachunek had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Saku Koivu scored the 500th point of his career.
-Mikhail Grabovski finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Steve Bégin ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 3( 16) , Quebec Citadelles 2( 14)
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1-0 ALB Noah Clarke (Tuomas Pihlman)
1-1 QUE Corey Locke (Tomas Plekanec, Jonathan Ferland)
1-2 QUE Graham Belak (Jonathan Ferland, Corey Locke)
2-2 ALB Tuomas Pihlman (Mike Rupp, Mike Mottau)
3-2 ALB Olli Malmivaara (Ivan Khomutov)
Goalies: Frank Doyle - Yann Danis