New Jersey Devils vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, March 20, 2004 · Centre Bell

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2–3

35–25

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 3–2 on Saturday, March 20, 2004 at Centre Bell. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 35–25.

Goals came from Michael Ryder, Jim Dowd, John Madden, Alex Kovalev and Sergei Brylin.

Jose Theodore made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 22 of 24.

Goals
NJD	0	0	2	2	35
MTL	0	1	2	3	25

Scoring

2nd period

Michael Ryder (23)Jan Bulis (15)0–107:34 MTL

3rd period

Jim Dowd (6)Michael Ryder (36), Jan Bulis (16)0–202:52 MTL
John Madden (12)Unassisted1–206:30 NJD ·
Alex Kovalev (14)Andrei Markov (21)1–318:59 MTL ·
Sergei Brylin (13)Patrik Elias (33), Raymond Giroux (1)2–319:24 NJD ·

Team stats

NJDMTL

3525

54%46%

1/40/2

812

2734

813

2622

1811

Penalties

6:45 into the first periodYanic Perreault · interference2 min
10:22 into the second periodPierre Dagenais · slashing2 min
18:58 into the second periodColin White · roughing2 min
4:59 into the third periodBrian Gionta · tripping2 min
7:28 into the third periodSheldon Souray · roughing2 min
7:28 into the third periodRichard Zednik · roughing2 min
7:28 into the third periodPatrik Elias · roughing2 min
7:28 into the third periodSean Brown · roughing2 min
19:16 into the third periodNiklas Sundstrom · high sticking2 min
19:16 into the third periodNiklas Sundstrom · high sticking2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

11John MaddenC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	1	0	53	15:45
18Sergei BrylinL	1	0	1	−2	2	3	0	0	50	18:20
26Patrik EliasC	0	1	1	−1	5	0	0	2	–	17:37
19Raymond GirouxD	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	22:08
10Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	45	11:46
12Jeff FriesenL	0	0	0	−2	4	2	0	0	–	15:20
14Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	2	50	13:36
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	13:09
20Jay PandolfoL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	–	14:27
22Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	50	16:18
23Scott GomezC	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	0	69	14:49
24Turner StevensonR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:08
29Grant MarshallR	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	12:18
2Sean BrownD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	11:23
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	–	18:52
6Tommy AlbelinD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	12:29
7Paul MartinD	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	–	24:42
27Scott NiedermayerD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	3	0	–	30:32

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG	L	24	22	2	.917	59:21
40Scott ClemmensenG		0	0	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

38Jan BulisC	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	16:11
73Michael RyderR	1	1	2	+3	4	7	0	0	–	16:51
27Alex KovalevR	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	19:21
34Jim DowdC	1	0	1	+3	2	0	0	0	40	13:08
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	24:44
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69	15:17
17Jason WardR	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	67	14:50
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	14:53
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	23	14:22
26Pierre DagenaisR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	2	50	12:33
37Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	–	14:04
71Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	40	15:27
94Yanic PerreaultC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	2	60	11:49
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	+2	2	5	2	0	–	17:55
28Karl DykhuisD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	12:14
44Sheldon SourayD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	2	–	20:45
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	19:24
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	21:22

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30Mathieu GaronG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	W	35	33	2	.943	60:00