Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2005 · Continental Airlines Arena

6–3

22–26

Game summary

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New Jersey Devils 6–3 on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Maple Leafs 26–22.

Scott Gomez scored a hat trick. Mats Sundin, Mariusz Czerkawski, Darcy Tucker, Jeff O'Neill, Tomas Kaberle and John Pohl also scored.

Ed Belfour made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 16 of 22.

Goals
TOR	1	4	1	6	22
NJD	1	1	1	3	26

Scoring

1st period

Scott Gomez (12)Zach Parise (7), Brian Gionta (17)0–103:44 NJD
Mats Sundin (9)Bryan McCabe (32)1–109:02 TOR ·

2nd period

Scott Gomez (13)Unassisted1–201:27 NJD
Mariusz Czerkawski (4)Clarke Wilm (3), Chad Kilger (6)2–207:26 TOR
Darcy Tucker (17)Jeff O'Neill (13)3–207:47 TOR
Jeff O'Neill (13)Kyle Wellwood (15), Tomas Kaberle (27)4–209:46 TOR ·
Tomas Kaberle (4)Wade Belak (2), Clarke Wilm (4)5–214:06 TOR

3rd period

John Pohl (1)Darcy Tucker (12), Tomas Kaberle (28)6–204:35 TOR ·
Scott Gomez (14)Brian Gionta (18), Paul Martin (16)6–307:48 NJD ·

Team stats

TORNJD

2226

47%53%

2/51/9

2315

411

187

1423

Penalties

7:20 into the first periodTie Domi · interference2 min
9:31 into the first periodAlexander Khavanov · holding the stick2 min
16:01 into the first periodCam Janssen · fighting5 min
16:01 into the first periodWade Belak · roughing2 min
16:01 into the first periodWade Belak · fighting5 min
1:27 into the second periodKen Klee · hooking2 min
1:50 into the second periodMatt Stajan · holding the stick2 min
8:07 into the second periodGrant Marshall · holding2 min
15:53 into the second periodCam Janssen · interference2 min
15:53 into the second periodCam Janssen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
0:43 into the third periodMats Sundin · hooking2 min
2:53 into the third periodRichard Matvichuk · slashing2 min
3:41 into the third periodJamie Langenbrunner · hooking2 min
7:16 into the third periodStaffan Kronwall · holding the stick2 min
11:38 into the third periodMatt Stajan · holding2 min
17:33 into the third periodClarke Wilm · interference2 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

15Tomas KaberleD	1	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	–	23:57
16Darcy TuckerR	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	16:59
39Clarke WilmC	0	2	2	+1	2	0	4	2	38	14:29
92Jeff O'NeillC	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	0	–	09:52
3Wade BelakR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	–	05:57
13Mats SundinC	1	0	1	+2	1	1	1	2	52	20:32
18Chad KilgerL	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	–	20:05
21Mariusz CzerkawskiR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	10:00
42Kyle WellwoodC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	50	10:38
53John PohlC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	55	13:50
24Bryan McCabeD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	2	0	–	24:07
14Matt StajanC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	4	–	15:16
23Alexei PonikarovskyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	17:07
28Tie DomiR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	08:25
8Aki BergD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	18:17
22Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	–	21:30
25Alexander KhavanovD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	13:26
44Staffan KronwallD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	2	2	–	18:26

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
20Ed BelfourG	W	26	23	3	.885	60:00
32Mikael TellqvistG		0	0	0	–	–

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

23Scott GomezC	3	0	3	+1	7	0	0	0	59	17:21
14Brian GiontaR	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	19:31
9Zach PariseL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:48
7Paul MartinD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	1	0	–	24:06
10Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	100	07:11
11John MaddenC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	45	21:52
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	2	–	21:44
18Sergei BrylinL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	40	11:20
20Jay PandolfoL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	0	–	22:45
22Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	80	10:08
25Cam JanssenR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	–	05:59
29Grant MarshallR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	06:30
89Alexander MogilnyR	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	–	09:21
2David HaleD	0	0	0	−1	2	3	1	0	–	09:47
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	22:47
6Tommy AlbelinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:28
24Richard MatvichukD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	–	18:24
28Brian RafalskiD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	–	26:20

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG	L	22	16	6	.727	59:57
40Scott ClemmensenG		0	0	0	–	–