New Jersey Devils vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 2011 · Centre Bell

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5–3

Final

SOG 35–26

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-3 on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Centre Bell. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 35-26.

Patrik Elias scored twice. Petr Sykora, P.K. Subban, Chris Campoli, Lars Eller, David Clarkson and Dainius Zubrus also scored.

Martin Brodeur made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 30 of 35.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	2	2	5	35
MTL	0	3	0	3	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Petr Sykora (1)Dainius Zubrus (1), Adam Henrique (1)1–007:05 NJD

2nd period

P.K. Subban (1)Tomas Kaberle (1), Michael Cammalleri (1)1–102:21 MTL · PPG
Patrik Elias (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (1), Kurtis Foster (1)2–105:05 NJD · PPG
Chris Campoli (1)Yannick Weber (1), Hal Gill (1)2–206:33 MTL
Lars Eller (1)Louis Leblanc (1), Hal Gill (2)2–308:57 MTL
David Clarkson (1)Adam Larsson (1)3–318:26 NJD

3rd period

Patrik Elias (2)Petr Sykora (1)4–301:31 NJD
Dainius Zubrus (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (2), Kurtis Foster (2)5–310:18 NJD · PPG

Team stats

NJDMTL

35Shots on goal26

51%Faceoff %49%

2/5Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes10

24Hits22

13Blocked shots23

14Giveaways14

2Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 04:50Alexei Emelin · tripping2 min
1st 16:11Erik Cole · interference2 min
1st 18:53Erik Cole · illegal check to head2 min
2nd 00:59Mark Fayne · interference2 min
2nd 01:34Anton Volchenkov · cross checking2 min
2nd 04:21Erik Cole · interference2 min
2nd 10:17David Clarkson · roughing2 min
3rd 04:14Kurtis Foster · cross checking2 min
3rd 09:09Max Pacioretty · cross checking2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

8Dainius ZubrusC	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	17:48
15Petr SykoraR	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	12:53
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	–	23:54
26Patrik EliasL	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	67	19:03
2Kurtis FosterD	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	2	–	19:41
14Adam HenriqueC	0	1	1	+1	4	2	2	0	46	18:58
23David ClarksonR	1	0	1	+1	6	3	1	2	25	18:59
5Adam LarssonD	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	–	20:08
9Zach PariseL	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	50	24:08
19Travis ZajacC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	67	15:34
20Ryan CarterC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	67	07:29
21Mattias TedenbyL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	12:44
22Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	–	05:26
25Cam JanssenR	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	–	03:31
24Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	22:55
28Anton VolchenkovD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	2	–	17:40
29Mark FayneD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	1	2	–	17:30
32Matt TaorminaD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	14:17

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Martin BrodeurG	W	26	23	3	.885	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

75Hal GillD	0	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	–	19:31
13Michael CammalleriL	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	33	17:35
71Louis LeblancC	0	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	–	13:29
81Lars EllerC	1	0	1	-1	1	0	3	0	25	18:25
17Chris CampoliD	1	0	1	-1	1	1	4	0	–	20:41
22Tomas KaberleD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:35
68Yannick WeberD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	05:54
76P.K. SubbanD	1	0	1	-1	3	0	1	0	–	22:29
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	0	50	20:52
15Petteri NokelainenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	06:45
45Mike BlundenR	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	02:58
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	–	18:42
51David DesharnaisC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	56	16:57
52Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	–	19:46
67Max PaciorettyL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	16:57
72Erik ColeL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	100	17:46
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	21:34
74Alexei EmelinD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	–	14:26

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Carey PriceG	L	35	30	5	.857	58:45