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New Jersey Devils 3 , Colorado Avalanche 5
Shots: 33 - 28
PP: 0 of 1 (6 shots), Passing:60/70=85 %, Challenges:26/39=65 %
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:78/87=89 %, Challenges:39/57=67 %
Attendance: 19040 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 575008 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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13:05 1-0
Jay Pandolfo [4] (Jean-Pierre Vigier, Alexei Zhitnik)
15:02 1-1
Ossi Väänänen [3] (Alexei Yashin)
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28:53 2-1
Cory Sarich [2] (Daniel Alfredsson, Josef Melichar)
29:53 2-2
Milan Hejduk [10] (Richard Zednik, Joe Sakic)
37:23 2-3
Martin Straka [13] (Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk)PP
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49:07 3-3
Alexei Zhitnik [1] (Paul Martin, Scott Gomez)
49:43 3-4
Milan Hejduk [11] (Joe Sakic, Richard Zednik)
59:11 3-5
Milan Hejduk [12]) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:07
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for tripping)
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25:28
Paul Martin (2 min for tripping)
32:31
Steve Konowalchuk (2 min for roughing)
32:31
Cory Sarich (2 min for roughing)
36:13
Marek Svatos (2 min for hooking)
38:58
Cory Sarich (2 min for hooking)
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42:53
Martin Skoula (5 min for fighting)
42:53
Matt Corrente (5 min for fighting)
51:19
Shean Donovan (2 min for slashing)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marek Svatos 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 5.30 6
R Eero Hynninen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 6
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 7
C Nik Antropov 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 5.10 5
C Kris Draper 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 -1 15.30 7
C Scott Gomez 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 20.00 8
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 6.50 4
L Sergei Brylin 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 16.30 6
L Jay Pandolfo 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 16.40 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 17.20 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 -1 17.20 8
D Josef Melichar 0 1 1 5 3 4 0 1 27.50 7
D Matt Corrente 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 -1 16.40 5
D Paul Martin 0 1 3 9 2 2 2 -1 20.30 8
D Cory Sarich 1 0 3 5 1 3 4 1 21.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 5 0 23 0 0 58.30 4
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cory Stillman 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 5
R Bill Guerin 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 -1 12.50 6
R Shean Donovan 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 -1 16.20 7
R Milan Hejduk 3 1 4 1 3 0 0 3 21.10 10
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -1 15.50 7
C Alexei Yashin 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
C Joe Sakic 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 2 21.20 7
L Steve Konowalchuk 0 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 7.10 6
L Antti Laaksonen 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 -1 13.10 5
L Martin Straka 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Richard Zednik 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 2 20.10 8
D Thomas Pöck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 -1 15.10 6
D Ossi Väänänen 1 0 1 5 0 3 0 3 25.00 10
D Johnny Boychuk 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 21.20 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 21.50 7
D Colin White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 3 0 30 0 0 60.00 9
G Sébastien Caron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Milan Hejduk
2nd star: Joe Sakic
3rd star: Richard Zednik
Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Cory Sarich finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Milan Hejduk scored his 10th goal of the season.
Other notes:
-Matt Corrente beat Martin Skoula in a fight.
Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 1( 16) , Hershey Bears 3( 22)
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1-0 ALB Pierre-Luc Leblond-Létourneau (Tyler Eckford, Brett McLean)
1-1 HER Cody McCormick (Scottie Upshall, Kevin Klein)
1-2 HER Scottie Upshall (Jason Johnson, Kurt Sauer)
1-3 HER Scottie Upshall (Kevin Klein, Cody McCormick)
Goalies: Frank Doyle - Yann Danis
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 23 - 29
PP: 1 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:72/81=88 %, Challenges:25/51=48 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:91/106=85 %, Challenges:31/49=62 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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14:05 0-1
Antoine Vermette [4] (Steve Bégin)
16:29 1-1
David Fischer [2] (Shawn Horcoff)PP
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29:26 2-1
Alex Kovalev [10] (Marc Savard, Henrik Zetterberg)
32:58 2-2
James Sheppard [1] (Steve Bégin, Brian Campbell)
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47:28 2-3
Pat Rissmiller [6] (Steve Bégin, Antoine Vermette)
50:25 3-3
Shawn Horcoff [8] (Alex Kovalev, Henrik Zetterberg)
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Penalty summary:
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00:04
Janne Niinimaa (5 min for fighting)
00:04
Ronald Petrovicky (5 min for fighting)
03:01
Steve Bégin (2 min for high-sticking)
07:48
Steve Bégin (2 min for tripping)
12:58
Evgeny Artyukhin (5 min for fighting)
12:58
Ronald Petrovicky (5 min for fighting)
15:25
Alex Plante (2 min for hooking)
19:05
Ruslan Salei (2 min for hooking)
19:13
Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
19:13
Alexander Edler (2 min for roughing)
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21:13
Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
21:13
Jiri Novotny (5 min for fighting)
26:55
Jeff Szwez (2 min for hooking)
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41:15
Antoine Vermette (5 min for fighting)
41:15
Shawn Horcoff (5 min for fighting)
47:02
Jiri Novotny (5 min for fighting)
47:02
Matt Cooke (5 min for fighting)
54:28
Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
54:28
Jiri Novotny (5 min for fighting)
54:28
Jiri Novotny (10 min game misconduct)
59:22
Ruslan Salei (2 min for hooking)
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60:27
Chris Neil (2 min for hooking)
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 0 0 2 0 2 12 0 10.10 6
R Patrice Bergeron 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 -1 18.20 7
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 3 1 0 0 5 -2 17.40 5
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 21.00 9
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9.20 4
C Marc Savard 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 19.20 5
C Radek Bonk 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 12.30 4
C Shawn Horcoff 1 1 2 1 3 0 5 1 18.20 7
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 2 2 1 5 0 6.40 5
L Jeff Friesen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 5
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 17.00 4
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 23.30 8
D David Fischer 1 0 1 5 2 5 0 0 16.20 9
D Maxim Kondratiev 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 -3 15.00 4
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 23.50 5
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 -1 20.30 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 21.40 6
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 2 4 4 3 5 2 33.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Gerber 3 0 26 0 0 65.00 7
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff Szwez 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 6.30 5
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 16.20 8
R Pat Rissmiller 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 19.50 7
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 3 2 1 0 10 -1 21.30 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 13.10 5
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 1 1 1 25 1 5.50 5
C Antoine Vermette 1 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 18.20 8
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 -2 26.50 7
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 6
L James Sheppard 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 9.30 8
L Steve Bégin 0 3 4 2 2 1 6 2 20.50 10
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 3 2 4 2 0 -1 21.20 6
D Alex Plante 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10.50 5
D Brian Campbell 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 20.40 8
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 -1 26.50 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 18.20 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 25.10 8
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 5 1 4 0 -1 29.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 3 0 20 0 0 65.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Bégin
2nd star: Alex Kovalev
3rd star: Antoine Vermette
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Alex Kovalev scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Henrik Zetterberg notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Steve Bégin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Pat Rissmiller finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Antoine Vermette finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Antoine Vermette finally ended his 15 game point drought.
-James Sheppard finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-Ilya Kovalchuk had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Zdeno Chara had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Janne Niinimaa beat Ronald Petrovicky in a fight.
-Evgeny Artyukhin beat Ronald Petrovicky in a fight.
-Jiri Novotny beat Chris Neil in a fight.
-Shawn Horcoff beat Antoine Vermette in a fight.
-Jiri Novotny fought Matt Cooke in a fight.
-Chris Neil beat Jiri Novotny in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 9( 42) , Rochester Americans 1( 12)
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1-0 QUE Mark Patterson (Konstantin Korneev, Aaron Downey)
2-0 QUE Jozef Balej (Trevor Stillman)
3-0 QUE Mikhail Grabovski (Len Shanahan)