New Jersey Devils vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, April 8, 2006 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Devils 42–29.
Scott Gomez scored twice. Brian Gionta, Mike Ribeiro and Chris Higgins also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Gionta (43)Richard Matvichuk (10), Scott Gomez (46)1–017:16 NJD
2nd period
Scott Gomez (29)Brian Gionta (35), Brian Rafalski (38)2–010:15 NJD
3rd period
- Scott Gomez (30)Unassisted3–010:13 NJD
Mike Ribeiro (16)Aaron Downey (4), Mike Komisarek (3)3–111:20 MTL
Chris Higgins (22)Saku Koivu (43), Alex Kovalev (40)3–219:47 MTL ·
Team stats
NJDMTL
2942
49%51%
0/31/6
126
1817
612
197
2315
Penalties
- 1:07 into the first period
Erik Rasmussen · holding the stick2 min - 13:31 into the first periodPatrik Elias · tripping2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodKen Klee · slashing2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodSergei Brylin · hooking2 min
- 0:42 into the second period
Tomas Plekanec · hooking2 min - 4:09 into the second periodAaron Downey · slashing2 min
- 5:55 into the second periodMike Komisarek · hooking2 min
- 19:32 into the third periodBrad Lukowich · hooking2 min
- 19:53 into the third periodColin White · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 23Scott GomezC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 16:27 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 19:03 |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:28 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25:31 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 15:53 |
| 10Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:11 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:26 |
| 16Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:50 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:47 |
| 25Cam JanssenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:16 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:00 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 27:03 |
| 8Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 21Brad LukowichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 42 | 2 | .952 |
| 40Scott ClemmensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 20:51 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:48 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:41 |
| 47Aaron DowneyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:42 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:04 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:06 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:17 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 03:44 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 35Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:09 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:01 |
| 42Alexander PerezhoginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:22 |
| 57Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 19:57 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:19 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 24:59 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:41 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |