Boston Bruins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, December 5, 2007 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Bruins 34-26.
Patrik Elias scored twice and Zach Parise scored twice. Zdeno Chara, Glen Murray and Dennis Wideman also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 2 of 3.
Scoring
1st period
Zdeno Chara (4)Phil Kessel (6)1–006:21 BOS
Glen Murray (9)P.J. Axelsson (6)2–011:36 BOS
Dennis Wideman (2)Marc Savard (27), Marco Sturm (11)3–016:40 BOS · PPG
2nd period
Patrik Elias (5)Brian Gionta (11), Zach Parise (17)3–106:51 NJD
Zach Parise (13)Patrik Elias (9), Paul Martin (11)3–215:51 NJD · PPG
3rd period
- Zach Parise (14)Sheldon Brookbank (1), Mike Mottau (4)3–314:03 NJD
OT period
- Patrik Elias (6)Zach Parise (18), Sheldon Brookbank (2)3–403:16 NJD
Team stats
BOSNJD
26Shots on goal34
54%Faceoff %46%
1/3Power play1/3
11Penalty minutes11
21Hits19
5Blocked shots9
7Giveaways14
6Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 13:16
Jeremy Reich · fighting5 min - 1st 13:16
Arron Asham · fighting5 min - 1st 15:36Dainius Zubrus · interference2 min
- 2nd 02:33Phil Kessel · hooking2 min
- 2nd 03:48Andrew Alberts · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:12Paul Martin · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:59Glen Metropolit · interference2 min
- 3rd 16:28John Madden · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:04 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 20:15 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:24 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:40 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 31:04 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 33:14 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:46 |
| 13Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:14 |
| 53Jeremy ReichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:03 |
| 56Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:42 |
| 60Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:02 |
| 72Peter SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 38Bobby AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:00 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:51 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 58:50 | |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | O | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 04:26 |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Zach PariseL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 8 | 20:28 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 8 | 22:05 |
| 8Sheldon BrookbankD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 09:47 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 21:58 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 23:59 |
| 27Mike MottauD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 10Rod PelleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:42 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:59 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:15 |
| 16Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:42 |
| 22Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:42 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:41 |
| 2Vitaly VishnevskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:15 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:36 |
| 28Karel RachunekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 63:16 |