New Jersey Devils vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, January 5, 2008 · TD Banknorth Garden
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Devils outshot the Bruins 45-25.
Goals came from Dainius Zubrus, P.J. Axelsson, Dennis Wideman, Marco Sturm, Johnny Oduya, Marc Savard and Travis Zajac.
Tim Thomas made 42 saves on 45 shots for the win; Kevin Weekes stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Dainius Zubrus (7)Patrik Elias (14), Paul Martin (12)1–004:26 NJD
P.J. Axelsson (9)Phil Kessel (9), Zdeno Chara (20)1–114:13 BOS
Dennis Wideman (6)David Krejci (5), Marco Sturm (14)1–218:10 BOS
Marco Sturm (12)Andrew Ference (10), P.J. Axelsson (8)1–319:59 BOS · SHG
2nd period
Johnny Oduya (1)Arron Asham (4), David Clarkson (7)2–317:11 NJD
Marc Savard (10)P.J. Axelsson (9), Phil Kessel (10)2–419:00 BOS
3rd period
Travis Zajac (7)Mike Mottau (8), Dainius Zubrus (14)3–410:33 NJD · PPG
Team stats
NJDBOS
45Shots on goal25
47%Faceoff %53%
1/4Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes8
14Hits18
9Blocked shots13
4Giveaways7
4Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 19:15
Zdeno Chara · slashing2 min - 2nd 01:05
Kevin Weekes · delaying game2 min - 3rd 01:58Dennis Wideman · holding2 min
- 3rd 03:29Brian Gionta · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 05:49Arron Asham · interference2 min
- 3rd 09:10Marc Savard · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:30P.J. Axelsson · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 16Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14:15 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 18:56 |
| 22Arron AshamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:46 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12:41 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17:15 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:43 |
| 27Mike MottauD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 21:36 |
| 29Johnny OduyaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:24 |
| 10Rod PelleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:16 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:47 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:44 |
| 17Mike RuppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:38 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 2Vitaly VishnevskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:36 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:34 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kevin WeekesG | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 58:51 |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Boston Bruins
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 16:54 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 16:57 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 14:16 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:15 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:50 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 3 | 27:30 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:45 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29:54 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 13Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:22 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:38 |
| 53Jeremy ReichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:00 |
| 56Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 72Peter SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:56 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:03 |
| 49Matt LashoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | W | 45 | 42 | 3 | .933 | 59:59 |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |