Montréal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Friday, November 18, 2005 · Continental Airlines Arena

3–5

28–31

Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–3 on Friday, November 18, 2005 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 31–28.

Brian Gionta scored twice. Scott Gomez, Tomas Plekanec, Richard Zednik, Saku Koivu, Viktor Kozlov and John Madden also scored.

Martin Brodeur made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 26 of 30.

Goals
MTL	0	3	0	3	28
NJD	2	1	2	5	31

Scoring

1st period

Scott Gomez (5)Paul Martin (9), Brian Rafalski (8)0–108:08 NJD ·
Brian Gionta (11)Scott Gomez (10), Paul Martin (10)0–215:49 NJD ·

2nd period

Tomas Plekanec (2)Unassisted1–207:27 MTL
Richard Zednik (6)Saku Koivu (17), Sheldon Souray (4)2–208:09 MTL
Saku Koivu (8)Tomas Plekanec (7), Craig Rivet (5)3–214:12 MTL
Viktor Kozlov (5)Scott Gomez (11), Richard Matvichuk (3)3–318:39 NJD

3rd period

Brian Gionta (12)Brian Rafalski (9), Sergei Brylin (5)3–407:25 NJD ·
John Madden (3)Jay Pandolfo (2), Brian Gionta (8)3–519:36 NJD ·

Team stats

MTLNJD

2831

46%54%

0/33/4

2016

1113

1517

411

Penalties

7:37 into the first periodAlexander Perezhogin · interference2 min
7:57 into the first periodMathieu Dandenault · hooking2 min
15:32 into the first periodMark Streit · tripping2 min
17:56 into the first periodBrian Gionta · high sticking2 min
10:17 into the second periodErik Rasmussen · hooking2 min
2:52 into the third periodVladimir Malakhov · holding2 min
6:58 into the third periodSaku Koivu · slashing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	2	56	18:54
35Tomas PlekanecC	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	50	17:19
20Richard ZednikR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	18:45
44Sheldon SourayD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	1	0	–	18:40
52Craig RivetD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	23:30
21Chris HigginsL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	100	15:44
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	50	17:08
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	15:13
26Pierre DagenaisR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	50	07:28
37Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:14
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:58
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	09:14
71Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	31	18:28
73Michael RyderR	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	–	19:34
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	−1	0	5	1	0	–	10:28
32Mark StreitD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	12:24
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	2	0	–	16:40
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	22:20

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
60Jose TheodoreG	L	30	26	4	.867	59:29
75Yann DanisG		0	0	0	–	–

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

14Brian GiontaR	2	1	3	0	7	0	0	2	–	19:20
23Scott GomezC	1	2	3	+1	2	1	0	0	65	18:35
7Paul MartinD	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	0	–	20:31
28Brian RafalskiD	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	20:53
11John MaddenC	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	52	20:42
18Sergei BrylinL	0	1	1	−1	3	0	1	0	63	15:15
20Jay PandolfoL	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	19:47
22Viktor KozlovC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	17:49
24Richard MatvichukD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	24:48
9Zach PariseL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	12:42
10Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	1	2	20	06:30
17Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	04:33
19Tuomas PihlmanL	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	0	–	18:35
27Barry TallacksonR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	05:26
29Grant MarshallR	0	0	0	−1	0	4	0	0	–	14:09
2Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	2	2	–	14:52
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	24:11
8Sean BrownD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	–	14:40

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG	W	28	25	3	.893	59:54
40Scott ClemmensenG		0	0	0	–	–