New Jersey Devils vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Wednesday, March 3, 2004 · Office Depot Center

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5–2

Final

SOG 37–29

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 at Office Depot Center. The Devils outshot the Panthers 37-29.

Patrik Elias scored twice. Brian Gionta, Marcus Nilson, Scott Niedermayer, Juraj Kolnik and Scott Gomez also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	3	1	5	37
FLA	1	0	1	2	29

Scoring

1st period

Brian Gionta (19)Scott Gomez (39)1–000:45 NJD
Marcus Nilson (6)Kristian Huselius (17)1–102:05 FLA

2nd period

Patrik Elias (29)Scott Gomez (40), Brian Rafalski (26)2–101:15 NJD
Scott Niedermayer (10)Scott Gomez (41), Brian Rafalski (27)3–115:19 NJD · PPG
Patrik Elias (30)Scott Gomez (42), Brian Rafalski (28)4–119:33 NJD

3rd period

Juraj Kolnik (13)Matt Cullen (10), Valeri Bure (25)4–204:00 FLA
Scott Gomez (9)Patrik Elias (32), Scott Niedermayer (31)5–207:06 NJD

Team stats

NJDFLA

37Shots on goal29

53%Faceoff %47%

1/6Power play0/4

10Penalty minutes14

7Hits12

10Blocked shots18

4Giveaways6

2Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 10:23Jamie Langenbrunner · high sticking2 min
1st 13:34Branislav Mezei · cross checking2 min
2nd 04:28Niklas Hagman · holding stick obstruction2 min
2nd 08:19Jay Pandolfo · tripping2 min
2nd 14:42Niklas Hagman · hooking2 min
2nd 14:42Andreas Lilja · tripping2 min
3rd 08:18David Hale · tripping2 min
3rd 10:24Nathan Horton · roughing2 min
3rd 10:24Brian Rafalski · roughing2 min
3rd 13:11Brian Gionta · slashing2 min
3rd 14:10Juraj Kolnik · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 19:16Branislav Mezei · roughing2 min

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