Montréal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, January 5, 2006 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–4 on Thursday, January 5, 2006 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 27–20.
Patrik Elias scored twice. Saku Koivu, Viktor Kozlov, Scott Gomez, Chris Higgins, Brian Rafalski, Michael Ryder and Andrei Kostitsyn also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 16 saves on 20 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Saku Koivu (9)Alex Kovalev (18), Francis Bouillon (9)1–000:11 MTL
Patrik Elias (1)Brian Rafalski (19)1–101:03 NJD
Viktor Kozlov (9)Scott Gomez (22), Zach Parise (8)1–214:15 NJD
Scott Gomez (15)Patrik Elias (2), Brian Rafalski (20)1–315:55 NJD · 
Chris Higgins (5)Jan Bulis (8), Andrei Markov (19)2–317:41 MTL
2nd period
- Patrik Elias (2)Scott Gomez (23), Brian Gionta (19)2–407:44 NJD
Brian Rafalski (4)Patrik Elias (3), Richard Matvichuk (8)2–510:05 NJD
3rd period
Michael Ryder (18)Chris Higgins (7), Andrei Markov (20)3–504:05 MTL
Andrei Kostitsyn (2)Richard Zednik (6), Jan Bulis (9)4–505:45 MTL
Team stats
MTLNJD
2027
42%58%
0/11/1
77
89
39
612
927
Penalties
- 4:07 into the first period
Garth Murray · fighting5 min - 4:07 into the first period
Cam Janssen · fighting5 min - 15:06 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · holding2 min
- 12:14 into the second periodSergei Brylin · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 21Chris HigginsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 10:36 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:07 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:57 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:04 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 25:09 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:16 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:12 |
| 37Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:38 |
| 86Jonathan FerlandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:12 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:41 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 28:10 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 12:29 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
New Jersey Devils
| 26Patrik EliasC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 5 | 14:50 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 23:56 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:24 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:11 |
| 22Viktor KozlovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 09:06 |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:57 |
| 10Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:35 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:21 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:01 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 23:05 |
| 25Cam JanssenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:26 |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:19 |
| 2David HaleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:28 |
| 6Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 22:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 40Scott ClemmensenG | 0 | 0 | – |