New Jersey Devils vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Saturday, October 13, 2007 · Philips Arena
XM 237 · FSN-NY · SPSO
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-5 on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Philips Arena. The Devils outshot the Thrashers 35-17.
Patrik Elias scored twice and Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice. John Madden, Darren Haydar, Garnet Exelby, Bobby Holik, Jay Pandolfo, Travis Zajac and Sergei Brylin also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 12 saves on 17 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
John Madden (3)Dainius Zubrus (2), Arron Asham (2)1–001:46 NJD · PPG
Darren Haydar (1)Bryan Little (1), Brett Sterling (1)1–102:21 ATL
Patrik Elias (1)Travis Zajac (2), Zach Parise (4)2–118:05 NJD · PPG
2nd period
Ilya Kovalchuk (2)Vyacheslav Kozlov (1), Alexei Zhitnik (2)2–200:22 ATL · PPG
Garnet Exelby (1)Darren Haydar (1), Bobby Holik (1)2–307:26 ATL
Bobby Holik (1)Eric Boulton (1), Niclas Havelid (1)2–408:28 ATL
Jay Pandolfo (1)Paul Martin (1), John Madden (1)3–419:41 NJD
3rd period
Travis Zajac (1)Patrik Elias (2), Brian Gionta (1)4–403:04 NJD
Sergei Brylin (1)Travis Zajac (3), Paul Martin (2)5–412:05 NJD- Ilya Kovalchuk (3)Todd White (2), Ken Klee (1)5–516:40 ATL
- Patrik Elias (2)Paul Martin (3), Zach Parise (5)6–519:32 NJD · PPG
Team stats
NJDATL
35Shots on goal17
41%Faceoff %59%
3/7Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes16
20Hits19
10Blocked shots9
12Giveaways13
13Takeaways20
Penalties
- 1st 00:34
Niclas Havelid · interference2 min - 1st 07:40Ken Klee · interference2 min
- 1st 17:32Brett Sterling · holding2 min
- 1st 18:55
Arron Asham · hooking2 min - 2nd 01:28Bryan Little · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 04:23Jim Slater · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 08:40John Madden · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:24Todd White · diving2 min
- 3rd 14:24Johnny Oduya · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 18:15Garnet Exelby · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 19Travis ZajacC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 21:53 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 23:01 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26:07 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 20:44 |
| 11John MaddenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18:05 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:25 |
| 16Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:00 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:38 |
| 22Arron AshamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 10Rod PelleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:54 |
| 17Mike RuppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:00 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:44 |
| 2Vitaly VishnevskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:55 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:42 |
| 27Mike MottauD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 28Karel RachunekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 24:56 |
| 29Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 17 | 12 | 5 | .706 | 60:00 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 12:55 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 38Darren HaydarR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 10Bryan LittleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:49 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:03 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 21Brett SterlingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:59 |
| 22Ken KleeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 14:57 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:13 |
| 77Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 26:42 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:12 |
| 11Eric PerrinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:08 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | L | 35 | 29 | 6 | .829 | 59:44 |