Montréal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, January 2, 2009 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–1 on Friday, January 2, 2009 at Prudential Center. The Canadiens outshot the Devils 34–29.
Goals came from Brian Gionta, Max Pacioretty, Zach Parise, John Madden and Jamie Langenbrunner.
Scott Clemmensen made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Gionta (10)Patrik Elias (24), Mike Mottau (7)0–114:21 NJD
Max Pacioretty (1)Kyle Chipchura (1)1–116:30 MTL
Zach Parise (22)Jamie Langenbrunner (20), Travis Zajac (17)1–218:25 NJD
2nd period
John Madden (4)Jay Pandolfo (4), Andy Greene (6)1–311:11 NJD
3rd period
Jamie Langenbrunner (6)Zach Parise (24), Bryce Salvador (6)1–413:11 NJD
Team stats
MTLNJD
3429
51%49%
0/40/3
1113
164
79
37
56
Penalties
- 6:36 into the first period
Zach Parise · high sticking2 min - 8:31 into the first period
Matt D'Agostini · slashing2 min - 10:13 into the first periodAndy Greene · interference2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodTom Kostopoulos · fighting5 min
- 16:35 into the first periodDavid Clarkson · fighting5 min
- 1:38 into the second periodJohnny Oduya · hooking2 min
- 13:00 into the second periodMike Komisarek · delaying game2 min
- 2:20 into the third periodPaul Martin · cross checking2 min
- 8:23 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · high sticking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 28Kyle ChipchuraC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:19 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:39 |
| 6Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:10 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:40 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 22:26 |
| 36Matt D'AgostiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 13:02 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:06 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 15:23 |
| 84Guillaume LatendresseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:57 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:16 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:41 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:30 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 71Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38Marc DenisG | 7 | 1 | .857 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Zach PariseL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:44 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 16:22 |
| 11John MaddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:20 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 22:26 |
| 27Mike MottauD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 17:01 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:40 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 17Mike RuppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:01 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:38 |
| 28Jay LeachD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 29Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Scott ClemmensenG | W | 34 | 1 | .971 |