Colorado Avalanche vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 1998 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–3 on Saturday, December 12, 1998 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Avalanche 31–19.
Bobby Holik scored twice. Denis Pederson, Christian Matte, Jeff Odgers, Rene Corbet, Brian Rolston and Randy Mckay also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Pederson (5)Petr Sykora (11), Scott Niedermayer (12)0–101:26 NJD · 
Christian Matte (1)Shean Donovan (2), Rene Corbet (7)1–117:52 COL
2nd period
Jeff Odgers (2)Rene Corbet (8), Warren Rychel (1)2–110:11 COL
3rd period
Bobby Holik (9)Krzysztof Oliwa (2), Lyle Odelein (7)2–204:49 NJD
Rene Corbet (4)Warren Rychel (2), Shean Donovan (3)3–206:58 COL
Brian Rolston (6)Unassisted3–312:12 NJD- Bobby Holik (10)Sheldon Souray (1)3–413:16 NJD
Randy Mckay (7)Bobby Holik (13)3–519:31 NJD ·
Team stats
COLNJD
1931
45%55%
0/32/2
1416
3331
1216
818
1323
Penalties
- 0:35 into the first period
Greg De Vries · interference2 min - 1:34 into the first periodWade Belak · fighting5 min
- 1:34 into the first period
Krzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min - 7:04 into the first periodWarren Rychel · fighting5 min
- 7:04 into the first periodLyle Odelein · fighting5 min
- 11:57 into the first periodKen Daneyko · boarding2 min
- 13:19 into the second periodBobby Holik · elbowing2 min
- 0:51 into the third periodPetr Sykora · tripping2 min
- 17:36 into the third periodSylvain Lefebvre · holding2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 20Rene CorbetL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 12Shean DonovanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 08:00 |
| 16Warren RychelL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 07:28 |
| 14Christian MatteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 08:32 |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:21 |
| 6Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:08 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:55 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:20 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:46 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 24:56 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 27Scott ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:12 |
| 37Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:34 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:10 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30:02 |
| 4Cam RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:52 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:17 |
| 43Dan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 16Bobby HolikC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18:19 |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:27 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:00 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:57 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 8Vadim SharifijanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:27 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:23 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:54 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:52 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:31 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:32 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 25:05 |
| 6Brad BombardirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 12:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 19 | 3 | .842 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |