Colorado Avalanche vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Friday, December 9, 2005 · Continental Airlines Arena

4–3

25–31

Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 in a shootout on Friday, December 9, 2005 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Avalanche 31–25.

Andrew Brunette scored twice. Joe Sakic, Jay Pandolfo, Brian Gionta and Scott Gomez also scored.

Goals
COL	3	0	0	0	0	4	25
NJD	0	2	1	0	0	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Andrew Brunette (7)Pierre Turgeon (18), Marek Svatos (13)1–003:31 COL ·
Joe Sakic (12)Milan Hejduk (12), Alex Tanguay (22)2–016:29 COL
Andrew Brunette (8)Pierre Turgeon (19), Marek Svatos (14)3–018:41 COL ·

2nd period

Jay Pandolfo (6)Alexander Mogilny (11), Colin White (2)3–105:49 NJD
Brian Gionta (17)Scott Gomez (15), Brian Rafalski (14)3–207:12 NJD ·

3rd period

Scott Gomez (8)Richard Matvichuk (5), Colin White (3)3–310:09 NJD

Team stats

COLNJD

2531

38%62%

2/31/4

823

135

1724

612

Penalties

2:00 into the first periodVladimir Malakhov · interference2 min
10:18 into the first periodTuomas Pihlman · hooking2 min
17:06 into the first periodErik Rasmussen · tripping2 min
6:36 into the second periodAntti Laaksonen · hooking2 min
8:33 into the second periodAntti Laaksonen · high sticking2 min
8:33 into the second periodAntti Laaksonen · high sticking2 min
13:35 into the second periodBrett McLean · diving2 min