New Jersey Devils vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2008 · American Airlines Center
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Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the New Jersey Devils 4–2 on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at American Airlines Center. The Stars outshot the Devils 44–27.
Loui Eriksson scored twice. Mike Mottau, David Clarkson, Landon Wilson and Mark Parrish also scored.
Marty Turco made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Scott Clemmensen stopped 40 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Loui Eriksson (19)Trevor Daley (11), Brad Richards (22)0–110:09 DAL · 
Mike Mottau (1)Patrik Elias (23), Brian Gionta (21)1–117:30 NJD
David Clarkson (7)Dainius Zubrus (13), Brian Gionta (22)2–119:36 NJD ·
2nd period
Landon Wilson (2)Mike Ribeiro (26), Krys Barch (3)2–205:39 DAL
Mark Parrish (5)Brad Richards (23), Stephane Robidas (14)2–309:58 DAL ·
3rd period
- Loui Eriksson (20)Brad Richards (24)2–419:19 DAL ·
Team stats
NJDDAL
2744
40%60%
1/41/4
88
2738
79
812
38
Penalties
- 4:03 into the first period
Mike Modano · tripping2 min - 9:18 into the first periodLandon Wilson · interference2 min
- 18:10 into the first periodStephane Robidas · hooking2 min
- 8:26 into the second period
Bobby Holik · hooking2 min - 10:40 into the second periodAndy Greene · hooking2 min
- 18:47 into the second periodDavid Clarkson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 19:37 into the second periodPaul Martin · cross checking2 min
- 8:01 into the third periodAndrew Hutchinson · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 17:23 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 13:57 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 27Mike MottauD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:43 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:35 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:56 |
| 17Mike RuppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:39 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:28 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:47 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 28Jay LeachD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 29Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Scott ClemmensenG | L | 43 | 3 | .930 |
Dallas Stars
| 91Brad RichardsC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 19:01 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:27 |
| 13Krys BarchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:38 |
| 22Landon WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:00 |
| 37Mark ParrishR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:11 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:31 |
| 3Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 25:08 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:35 |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:32 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:10 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 17:56 |
| 20Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:18 |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:00 |
| 29Steve OttC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:19 |
| 2Nicklas GrossmannD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 5Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:52 |
| 27Andrew HutchinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:47 |
| 55Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Tobias StephanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Marty TurcoG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |