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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 5, Montreal 4
When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, January 5, 2006
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Dean Warren
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Thor Nelson
Attendance: 10124
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 2024
New Jersey 3205
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:11 - Canadiens Saku Koivu (EV) Assists: Alex Kovalev , Francis Bouillon
1:03 - Devils Patrik Elias (EV) Assists: Brian Rafalski
14:15 - Devils Viktor Kozlov (EV) Assists: Scott Gomez , Zach Parise
15:55 - Devils Scott Gomez (PP) Assists: Patrik Elias , Brian Rafalski
17:41 - Canadiens Chris Higgins (EV) Assists: Jan Bulis , Andrei Markov
Penalties
4:07 - Canadiens Garth Murray (5) Fighting
 4:07 - Devils Cam Janssen (5) Fighting
 15:06 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
7:44 - Devils Patrik Elias (EV) Assists: Scott Gomez , Brian Gionta
10:05 - Devils Brian Rafalski (EV) Assists: Patrik Elias , Richard Matvichuk
Penalties
12:14 - Devils Sergei Brylin (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
4:05 - Canadiens Michael Ryder (EV) Assists: Chris Higgins , Andrei Markov
5:45 - Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn (EV) Assists: Richard Zednik , Jan Bulis
Penalties
None.
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cristobal Huet G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jose Theodore G 0 0 0 0 0 59:06 56:17 2:00 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Komisarek D 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 12:41 12:41 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Saku Koivu C 1 0 1 E 0 3 21 18:07 17:05 0:58 0:04 0 0 - - 6 12 33
Radek Bonk C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 21 16:16 15:14 1:02 0:00 0 0 - - 6 8 43
Richard Zednik RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 22 21:57 20:43 1:14 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Higgins C 1 1 2 -1 0 2 19 10:36 10:32 0:00 0:04 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Begin C 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 16:16 15:31 0:00 0:45 0 0 - - 7 7 50
Mathieu Dandenault D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 22:12 21:27 0:00 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 0 1 1 E 2 0 23 22:04 20:38 1:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Niklas Sundstrom RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 32:26 31:33 0:00 0:53 0 0 - - - - -
Jan Bulis C 0 2 2 +1 0 0 17 14:59 14:13 0:46 0:00 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Sheldon Souray D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 34 28:10 27:14 0:56 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Kostitsyn RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 17 14:18 14:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 29 25:09 24:19 0:46 0:04 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 12:29 10:36 1:04 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Garth Murray C 0 0 0 E 5 0 9 6:38 6:38 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryder RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 15:25 14:51 0:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Markov D 0 2 2 E 0 1 29 17:42 15:43 1:14 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Jonathan Ferland RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 10 7:12 7:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Martin Brodeur G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 57:11 0:49 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Clemmensen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
David Hale D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 14:48 14:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Colin White D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 25 21:28 19:49 0:00 1:39 0 0 - - - - -
Tommy Albelin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 13:35 13:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Martin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 26 22:19 20:40 0:00 1:39 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Parise C 0 1 1 E 0 2 19 12:24 12:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Rasmussen C 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 7:35 7:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Madden C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 26 22:21 21:01 0:00 1:20 0 0 - - 10 7 59
Brian Gionta RW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 28 19:11 17:42 0:49 0:40 0 0 - - 1 - 100
Jamie Langenbrunner RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 28 21:01 19:32 0:49 0:40 0 0 - - - 1 0
Sergei Brylin C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 20 14:32 14:28 0:00 0:04 0 0 - - 9 5 64
Jay Pandolfo LW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 27 23:05 21:45 0:00 1:20 0 0 - - - - -
Viktor Kozlov RW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 13 9:06 9:06 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Scott Gomez C 1 2 3 +3 0 3 25 16:24 15:35 0:49 0:00 1 0 - - 8 7 53
Richard Matvichuk D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 28 22:57 22:36 0:00 0:21 0 0 - - - - -
Cam Janssen RW 0 0 0 E 5 2 8 4:26 4:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrik Elias LW 2 2 4 +2 0 5 23 14:50 14:13 0:37 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Rafalski D 1 2 3 +2 0 1 30 23:56 22:46 0:49 0:21 0 0 - - - - -
Grant Marshall RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 13:19 13:19 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jose Theodore L (18-18-6) 27 22 5 .815 0 59:06
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Brodeur W (43-23-7) 20 16 4 .800 0 60:00