New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, December 22, 2006 · Verizon Center

New JerseyDevilsAway

4–1

24–36

WashingtonCapitalsHome

CSN-DC (HD) · FSN-NY2

Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Friday, December 22, 2006 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Devils 36–24.

Goals came from Travis Zajac, Chris Clark, Patrik Elias, Brian Gionta and Zach Parise.

Martin Brodeur made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 20 of 24.

Goals
NJD	0	2	2	4	24
WSH	0	1	0	1	36

Scoring

2nd period

Travis Zajac (7)Zach Parise (14), Sergei Brylin (10)1–005:31 NJD ·
Chris Clark (13)Dainius Zubrus (17), Alexander Semin (16)1–108:49 WSH
Patrik Elias (13)Brad Lukowich (5), Brian Rafalski (21)2–118:54 NJD

3rd period

Brian Gionta (14)Scott Gomez (20), Patrik Elias (19)3–104:51 NJD
Zach Parise (12)Sergei Brylin (11), Paul Martin (8)4–109:52 NJD ·

Team stats

NJDWSH

2436

51%49%

2/40/4

108

719

199

1118

914

Penalties

0:28 into the first periodJohnny Oduya · hooking2 min
4:48 into the first periodSteve Eminger · hooking2 min
12:22 into the first periodZach Parise · interference goalkeeper2 min
1:07 into the second periodJohnny Oduya · interference2 min
4:38 into the second periodBrian Sutherby · roughing2 min
15:16 into the second periodJakub Klepis · hooking2 min
7:53 into the third periodChris Clark · tripping2 min
18:37 into the third periodZach Parise · hooking2 min
20:00 into the third periodJohn Madden · holding2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

9Zach PariseL	1	1	2	0	3	0	3	4	–	19:43
18Sergei BrylinL	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:33
26Patrik EliasC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	2	0	–	14:18
14Brian GiontaR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	16:17
19Travis ZajacC	1	0	1	0	6	2	0	0	50	18:25
23Scott GomezC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	70	17:04
7Paul MartinD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	22:49
21Brad LukowichD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	3	0	–	21:09
28Brian RafalskiD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	21:24
11John MaddenC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	2	45	18:22
12Jim DowdC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	07:40
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	19:45
17Mike RuppL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	05:39
20Jay PandolfoL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	18:16
25Cam JanssenR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	02:37
2David HaleD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	10:04
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	3	0	–	22:01
29Johnny OduyaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	–	18:35

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG	W	36	35	1	.972	59:56
40Scott ClemmensenG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

9Dainius ZubrusC	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	0	47	19:09
17Chris ClarkR	1	0	1	+1	6	2	0	2	–	13:55
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	19:27
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	−1	5	1	1	0	–	20:56
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	50	15:34
16Brian SutherbyC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	25	11:08
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	14:26
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	67	13:32
24Kris BeechC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	56	13:14
27Ben ClymerR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	–	11:03
38Jakub KlepisC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	13:03
39Alexandre GirouxL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100	08:08
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	−1	0	4	0	0	–	07:44
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	−2	4	1	2	0	–	24:27
6Jamie HewardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	22:34
44Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	2	–	21:00
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	22:15
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	21:17

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG	L	24	20	4	.833	59:51
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–