New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, December 12, 2008 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 8–5 on Friday, December 12, 2008 at Prudential Center. The Rangers outshot the Devils 36–34.
Travis Zajac scored twice. Jay Pandolfo, Markus Naslund, Johnny Oduya, Dainius Zubrus, Nikolay Zherdev, Scott Gomez, Paul Mara, Ryan Callahan, Patrik Elias, Brian Gionta and Jamie Langenbrunner also scored.
Scott Clemmensen made 31 saves on 36 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 26 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Jay Pandolfo (3)John Madden (6), Bryce Salvador (4)0–104:04 NJD · 
Markus Naslund (11)Scott Gomez (14), Nikolay Zherdev (17)1–115:54 NYR
Travis Zajac (6)Patrik Elias (15), Zach Parise (14)1–216:59 NJD ·
2nd period
- Travis Zajac (7)Zach Parise (15), Jamie Langenbrunner (13)1–301:00 NJD
Johnny Oduya (2)Brian Gionta (15), Zach Parise (16)1–407:31 NJD · 
Dainius Zubrus (8)Brian Gionta (16)1–511:33 NJD
Nikolay Zherdev (10)Scott Gomez (15)2–515:46 NYR
Scott Gomez (6)Nikolay Zherdev (18), Markus Naslund (13)3–518:22 NYR
3rd period
Paul Mara (2)Chris Drury (8)4–501:28 NYR
Ryan Callahan (8)Nikolay Zherdev (19), Chris Drury (9)5–511:18 NYR
Patrik Elias (12)Dainius Zubrus (10), Brian Gionta (17)5–611:29 NJD
Brian Gionta (8)Dainius Zubrus (11), Patrik Elias (16)5–713:04 NJD
Jamie Langenbrunner (5)Zach Parise (17), Bobby Holik (1)5–815:07 NJD
Team stats
NYRNJD
3634
46%54%
0/91/4
3242
716
914
14
25
Penalties
- 3:56 into the first period
Bobby Holik · interference2 min - 6:00 into the first periodJamie Langenbrunner · slashing2 min
- 7:02 into the first period
Aaron Voros · tripping2 min - 8:39 into the first periodBrian Rolston · hooking2 min
- 11:56 into the first periodMike Rupp · fighting5 min
- 11:56 into the first periodColton Orr · fighting5 min
- 14:54 into the first periodDavid Clarkson · fighting5 min
- 14:54 into the first periodAaron Voros · fighting5 min
- 16:24 into the first periodMarkus Naslund · hooking2 min
- 1:20 into the second periodTravis Zajac · fighting5 min
- 1:20 into the second periodDan Girardi · fighting5 min
- 2:04 into the second periodDmitri Kalinin · slashing2 min
- 5:43 into the second periodMike Rupp · high sticking2 min
- 5:43 into the second periodMike Rupp · roughing2 min
- 5:43 into the second periodBrandon Dubinsky · roughing2 min
- 13:25 into the second periodBobby Holik · interference2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodZach Parise · slashing2 min
- 3:21 into the third periodMike Mottau · holding2 min
- 5:34 into the third periodDmitri Kalinin · interference2 min
- 5:49 into the third periodBrian Rolston · holding2 min
- 16:17 into the third periodJamie Langenbrunner · fighting5 min
- 16:17 into the third periodRyan Callahan · fighting5 min
- 17:21 into the third periodJohn Madden · cross checking2 min
- 18:17 into the third periodPaul Martin · slashing2 min
- 18:17 into the third periodColton Orr · cross checking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 2 | 21:47 |
| 19Scott GomezC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | 25:13 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 91Markus NaslundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 23:29 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:31 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:45 |
| 10Nigel DawesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:44 |
| 15Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:51 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:22 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:54 |
| 29Lauri KorpikoskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:23 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 12:47 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:51 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | 24:20 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 14:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 34 | 8 | .765 |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 2 | 13:50 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 15:41 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 13:03 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 07:49 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | 22:22 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:50 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 21:48 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:18 |
| 29Johnny OduyaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:27 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 17Mike RuppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:37 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:28 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:06 |
| 27Mike MottauD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 28Jay LeachD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Scott ClemmensenG | W | 36 | 5 | .861 |