New Jersey Devils 6 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 28 - 26
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:76/86=88 %, Challenges:52/57=89 %
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:65/73=89 %, Challenges:46/49=92 %
Attendance: 19040 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 575008 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:18 0-1
Chris Higgins [16] (Sheldon Souray)
06:15 1-1
Grant Marshall [11] (Richard Matvichuk, Mike Van Ryn)
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31:39 1-2
Sergei Samsonov [11] (Andrei Markov, Janne Niinimaa)
33:01 2-2
John Madden [5] (Zach Parisé, Grant Marshall)
33:42 3-2
Dan LaCouture [5] (Brian Rafalski, Jim Dowd)
34:35 4-2
Patrik Elias [13] (Scott Gomez)
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45:21 4-3
Jason Allison [10] (Michael Ryder, Alex Kovalev)
51:55 5-3
Scott Gomez [16] (Patrik Elias, Brian Rafalski)
56:05 6-3
Grant Marshall [12] (Zach Parisé, Sergei Brylin)
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Penalty summary:
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09:36
Jim Dowd (2 min for hooking)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Travis Zajac 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8.30 5
L Jason Wiemer 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 7
R Grant Marshall 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 16.30 10
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.50 7
C Jim Dowd 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 10.40 5
C John Madden 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 14.50 8
C Zach Parisé 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 16.30 7
C Scott Gomez 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 -1 18.00 8
R Dan LaCouture 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 9.50 6
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 15.40 6
L Sergei Brylin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 16.40 8
L Patrik Elias 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 17.50 9
D David Hale 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.40 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 17.10 5
D Paul Martin 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 25.30 8
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 14.30 7
D Richard Matvichuk 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 21.20 8
D Brian Rafalski 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 26.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 5
L Mike Johnson 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.20 6
R Michael Ryder 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 -3 17.40 6
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 8
C Radek Bonk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 4
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.20 5
C Jason Allison 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -4 18.20 6
C Chris Higgins 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 9.40 5
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.20 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -4 18.20 6
L Sergei Samsonov 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 16.30 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -4 17.40 5
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 25.50 5
D Janne Niinimaa 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 17.50 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -4 18.00 5
D Andrei Markov 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 24.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 6 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Grant Marshall
2nd star: Scott Gomez
3rd star: Patrik Elias
Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Brian Rafalski notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Patrik Elias notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Steve Sullivan had his 12 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Sheldon Souray notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Andrei Markov notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jason Allison scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Michael Ryder notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Janne Niinimaa ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 1( 10) , Quebec Citadelles 5( 18)
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0-1 QUE Mark Streit (Mikhail Grabovski, Maxim Lapierre)
0-2 QUE Eric Manlow (Matt D'Agostini)
0-3 QUE Matt D'Agostini (Eric Manlow)
1-3 ALB Cam Janssen (Erik Rasmussen)
1-4 QUE Eric Manlow (Matt D'Agostini)
1-5 QUE Michaël Lambert (Kyle Chipchura)
Goalies: Scott Clemmensen - Yann Danis