Montréal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Thursday, February 2, 2012 · Prudential Center

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3–5

Final

SOG 30–22

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-3 on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at Prudential Center. The Canadiens outshot the Devils 30-22.

Zach Parise scored twice and David Clarkson scored twice. David Desharnais, Andrei Kostitsyn, Mathieu Darche and Dainius Zubrus also scored.

Martin Brodeur made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 17 of 21.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	1	0	3	30
NJD	1	1	3	5	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

David Desharnais (1)Rene Bourque (1), Max Pacioretty (1)1–004:11 MTL
Andrei Kostitsyn (1)Yannick Weber (1), Louis Leblanc (1)2–009:23 MTL
Zach Parise (1)Dainius Zubrus (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (1)2–110:36 NJD

2nd period

Mathieu Darche (1)Tomas Plekanec (1), Hal Gill (1)3–101:35 MTL · SHG
David Clarkson (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (2), Mark Fayne (1)3–213:43 NJD · PPG

3rd period

Dainius Zubrus (1)Alexei Ponikarovsky (1), David Clarkson (1)3–306:11 NJD
Zach Parise (2)Ilya Kovalchuk (3), Patrik Elias (1)3–417:16 NJD
David Clarkson (2)Alexei Ponikarovsky (2), Dainius Zubrus (2)3–519:28 NJD · EN

Team stats

MTLNJD

30Shots on goal22

57%Faceoff %43%

0/3Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes6

28Hits36

5Blocked shots6

9Giveaways10

7Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 12:49Erik Cole · roughing2 min
1st 15:37Ryan Carter · roughing2 min
1st 18:54Patrik Elias · boarding2 min
2nd 01:07Raphael Diaz · interference2 min
2nd 13:18Erik Cole · high sticking2 min
2nd 14:17Raphael Diaz · tripping2 min
3rd 08:45David Clarkson · interference2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

14Tomas PlekanecC	0	1	1	-1	4	1	0	0	60	18:22
27Rene BourqueR	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	20:13
46Andrei KostitsynL	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	–	12:48
51David DesharnaisC	1	0	1	-2	2	2	0	0	43	20:29
52Mathieu DarcheL	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	18:40
67Max PaciorettyL	0	1	1	-2	3	1	0	0	–	22:23
71Louis LeblancC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	50	09:29
68Yannick WeberD	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	11:04
75Hal GillD	0	1	1	+2	1	2	1	0	–	14:45
11Scott GomezC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	11:20
45Mike BlundenR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	04:57
72Erik ColeL	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	4	100	20:59
81Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	71	14:26
22Tomas KaberleD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	–	16:28
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	–	21:24
61Raphael DiazD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	–	13:46
74Alexei EmelinD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	–	19:51
76P.K. SubbanD	0	0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	–	23:13

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Carey PriceG	L	21	17	4	.809	58:58

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

8Dainius ZubrusC	1	2	3	+2	2	3	0	0	44	21:27
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	3	3	0	5	1	0	0	100	27:38
23David ClarksonR	2	1	3	0	3	8	0	2	50	16:59
9Zach PariseL	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	100	21:29
12Alexei PonikarovskyL	0	2	2	+2	2	3	0	0	–	15:41
26Patrik EliasL	0	1	1	-1	1	3	0	2	29	21:58
29Mark FayneD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	19:15
15Petr SykoraR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	14:56
16Jacob JosefsonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	40	14:00
18Steve BernierR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	14:32
20Ryan CarterC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	80	04:42
22Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	–	06:48
2Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	05:21
5Adam LarssonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	18:19
6Andy GreeneD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0	–	17:45
24Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	21:07
28Anton VolchenkovD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	17:48
32Matt TaorminaD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:16

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Martin BrodeurG	W	30	27	3	.900	60:00