New Jersey Devils vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Thursday, March 23, 2006 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New Jersey Devils 6–5 in overtime on Thursday, March 23, 2006 at Philips Arena. The Devils outshot the Thrashers 41–30.
Goals came from Patrik Elias, Jamie Langenbrunner, Marian Hossa, Brad Lukowich, Zach Parise, Bobby Holik, Ilya Kovalchuk, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Patrik Stefan, Brian Gionta and Peter Bondra.
Kari Lehtonen made 36 saves on 41 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Patrik Elias (8)Colin White (11), Paul Martin (27)1–015:06 NJD ·
2nd period
Jamie Langenbrunner (16)Sergei Brylin (18), Patrik Elias (19)2–010:21 NJD · 
Marian Hossa (33)Marc Savard (59), Jaroslav Modry (30)2–112:34 ATL · 
Brad Lukowich (2)Scott Gomez (36), Brian Rafalski (33)3–116:34 NJD
3rd period
Zach Parise (9)Scott Gomez (37), Martin Brodeur (1)4–102:41 NJD
Bobby Holik (11)Jaroslav Modry (31), Kari Lehtonen (1)4–205:55 ATL · 
Ilya Kovalchuk (44)Vyacheslav Kozlov (38), Marc Savard (60)4–309:00 ATL
Vyacheslav Kozlov (21)Marian Hossa (43), Greg De Vries (21)4–416:53 ATL
Patrik Stefan (10)Marian Hossa (44), Niclas Havelid (23)4–517:59 ATL
Brian Gionta (38)Scott Gomez (38), Colin White (12)5–518:58 NJD ·
Overtime
Peter Bondra (18)Andy Sutton (15), Niclas Havelid (24)5–601:03 ATL
Team stats
NJDATL
4130
37%63%
3/62/7
3624
1514
615
322
1314
Penalties
- 8:59 into the first period
Eric Boulton · fighting5 min - 8:59 into the first period
Cam Janssen · fighting5 min - 10:00 into the first periodPatrik Elias · tripping2 min
- 13:39 into the first periodPeter Bondra · holding the stick2 min
- 15:15 into the first periodGrant Marshall · holding2 min
- 19:23 into the first periodBobby Holik · holding2 min
- 3:09 into the second periodJim Slater · holding2 min
- 9:48 into the second periodNiclas Havelid · hooking2 min
- 11:56 into the second periodJason Wiemer · tripping2 min
- 14:59 into the second periodJamie Langenbrunner · holding2 min
- 16:06 into the second periodMarian Hossa · interference2 min
- 4:20 into the third periodShane Hnidy · roughing2 min
- 4:20 into the third periodEric Boulton · fighting5 min
- 4:20 into the third periodJason Wiemer · instigator2 min
- 4:20 into the third periodJason Wiemer · fighting5 min
- 4:20 into the third periodJason Wiemer · misconduct10 min
- 4:20 into the third periodCam Janssen · roughing2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodKen Klee · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 16:53 into the third periodPatrik Elias · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:19 into the third periodMarc Savard · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 23Scott GomezC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17:07 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15:27 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25:49 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:00 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 23:34 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:06 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:39 |
| 21Brad LukowichD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 19:26 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | 25:08 |
| 10Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:42 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 20:49 |
| 16Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:21 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:54 |
| 25Cam JanssenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:40 |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:43 |
| 2David HaleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 8Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frank DoyleG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | O | 30 | 6 | .800 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 18Marian HossaR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 8 | 21:38 |
| 9Marc SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:00 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:36 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 23:54 |
| 44Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 20:13 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 12:36 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:30 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:22 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 24:08 |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:17 |
| 26Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:39 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:59 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | W | 41 | 5 | .878 |