New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, December 29, 2005 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 6-2 on Thursday, December 29, 2005 at Mellon Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 46-25.
Sidney Crosby scored twice, Tomas Surovy scored twice and Scott Gomez scored twice. Ric Jackman and Mark Recchi also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 44 saves on 46 shots for the win; Scott Clemmensen stopped 19 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Ric Jackman (5)Dick Tarnstrom (3), Erik Christensen (6)0–105:42 PIT · PPG
Sidney Crosby (17)Dick Tarnstrom (4), Ric Jackman (16)0–218:13 PIT
2nd period
Tomas Surovy (3)Ziggy Palffy (21), Max Talbot (1)0–306:11 PIT
Mark Recchi (11)Shane Endicott (1), John LeClair (11)0–407:55 PIT
Scott Gomez (10)Jamie Langenbrunner (17), Brian Rafalski (18)1–412:28 NJD · PPG
3rd period
- Scott Gomez (11)Zach Parise (6), Paul Martin (15)2–403:13 NJD
- Tomas Surovy (4)Ziggy Palffy (22), Sidney Crosby (22)2–506:05 PIT
- Sidney Crosby (18)Ziggy Palffy (23), Ryan Whitney (13)2–614:07 PIT
Team stats
NJDPIT
46Shots on goal25
61%Faceoff %39%
1/8Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes16
8Hits14
9Blocked shots15
3Giveaways6
1Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 01:20
Ric Jackman · hooking2 min - 1st 03:53
John Madden · holding2 min - 1st 04:03Brian Gionta · elbowing2 min
- 1st 05:19Sidney Crosby · tripping2 min
- 1st 11:07Sergei Gonchar · high sticking2 min
- 1st 16:11Colin White · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:35Sidney Crosby · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:22Dick Tarnstrom · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:58John LeClair · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:44Sergei Gonchar · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:33Ryan Whitney · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 16:18Grant Marshall · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 23Scott GomezC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 7 | 21:45 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:47 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 9 | 17:54 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 27:10 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 25:28 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:52 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:58 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:22 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:54 |
| 22Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 12:11 |
| 25Cam JanssenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:39 |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 11:48 |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:01 |
| 2David HaleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:34 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:22 |
| 6Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:06 |
| 8Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:34 |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 40Scott ClemmensenG | L | 25 | 19 | 6 | .760 | 60:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 33Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 43Tomas SurovyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 14:35 |
| 22Ric JackmanD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 32Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:18 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 14Shane EndicottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 16Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 10:46 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:21 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:37 |
| 7Michel OuelletR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:14 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 23Eric BogunieckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:41 |
| 36Andre RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:34 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 5Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 17:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 46 | 44 | 2 | .957 | 60:00 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |