New Jersey Devils vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Thursday, December 12, 2002 · Nationwide Arena

2–4

42–29

Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New Jersey Devils 4–2 on Thursday, December 12, 2002 at Nationwide Arena. The Devils outshot the Blue Jackets 42–29.

Scott Niedermayer scored twice. Andrew Cassels, Ray Whitney, David Vyborny and Tyler Wright also scored.

Marc Denis made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 25 of 28.

Goals
NJD	1	0	1	2	42
CBJ	1	2	1	4	29

Scoring

1st period

Scott Niedermayer (4)Scott Gomez (14), Turner Stevenson (6)1–003:20 NJD
Andrew Cassels (8)David Vyborny (9), Ray Whitney (20)1–106:33 CBJ ·

2nd period

Ray Whitney (11)Andrew Cassels (24), Jaroslav Spacek (13)1–203:21 CBJ ·
David Vyborny (7)Duvie Westcott (1), Geoff Sanderson (11)1–315:09 CBJ

3rd period

Scott Niedermayer (5)Jamie Langenbrunner (7), Jay Pandolfo (2)2–317:09 NJD
Tyler Wright (10)Ray Whitney (21), Luke Richardson (8)2–419:22 CBJ ·

Team stats

NJDCBJ

4229

66%34%

0/32/5

1511

Penalties

6:10 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · hooking2 min
14:07 into the first periodColin White · tripping2 min
0:53 into the second periodJaroslav Spacek · interference2 min
1:41 into the second periodScott Niedermayer · holding2 min
6:03 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
12:34 into the second periodJody Shelley · fighting5 min
12:34 into the second periodJim McKenzie · fighting5 min
2:26 into the third periodDavid Vyborny · slashing2 min
7:46 into the third periodRay Whitney · tripping2 min
12:13 into the third periodJohn Madden · cross checking2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

27Scott NiedermayerD	2	0	2	+1	7	0	2	–	22:56
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	67	15:30
20Jay PandolfoL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	–	13:52
23Scott GomezC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	67	16:58
24Turner StevensonR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	–	14:35
11John MaddenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	58	16:19
12Jeff FriesenL	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	–	13:25
14Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	–	13:35
17Christian BerglundL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	10:59
18Sergei BrylinL	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	75	15:39
19Jim McKenzieL	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	04:35
25Joe NieuwendykC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	76	17:42
26Patrik EliasC	0	0	0	−2	4	0	0	50	19:46
3Ken DaneykoD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	–	16:55
4Scott StevensD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	22:45
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	+2	5	0	2	–	20:39
6Tommy AlbelinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:54
10Oleg TverdovskyD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	–	17:24

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG	L	28	25	3	.893	59:24
40Scott ClemmensenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

14Ray WhitneyL	1	2	3	+1	2	0	2	100	21:18
9David VybornyR	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	–	17:26
25Andrew CasselsC	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	35	18:41
8Geoff SandersonL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	–	17:18
28Tyler WrightC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	38	21:15
3Jaroslav SpacekD	0	1	1	−1	3	0	2	–	23:55
22Luke RichardsonD	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	–	28:48
42Duvie WestcottD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	–	19:26
17Tomi KallioR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	19:18
19Sean ProngerC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	09:07
20Lasse PirjetaL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40	11:30
24Hannes HyvonenR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	–	09:52
29Grant MarshallR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	–	15:27
41Matt DavidsonR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	11:27
45Jody ShelleyL	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	04:01
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	20:58
23Derrick WalserD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	–	12:26
44Rostislav KleslaD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	–	11:39

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
30Marc DenisG	W	42	40	2	.952	59:50
31Pascal LeclaireG		0	0	0	–	00:00