New Jersey Devils vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Thursday, April 5, 2012 · Joe Louis Arena

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2–1

Final

SOG 21–24

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Devils 24-21.

Goals came from Alexei Ponikarovsky, Tomas Holmstrom and Petr Sykora.

Martin Brodeur made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jimmy Howard stopped 19 of 21.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	0	1	2	21
DET	0	1	0	1	24

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)Peter Harrold (1), David Clarkson (1)1–010:13 NJD

2nd period

Tomas Holmstrom (1)Jiri Hudler (1), Valtteri Filppula (1)1–106:13 DET · PPG

3rd period

Petr Sykora (1)Patrik Elias (1), Dainius Zubrus (1)2–111:20 NJD

Team stats

NJDDET

21Shots on goal24

53%Faceoff %47%

0/2Power play1/1

2Penalty minutes4

16Hits25

12Blocked shots9

8Giveaways11

6Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 13:39Nicklas Lidstrom · hooking2 min
2nd 04:32Marek Zidlicky · high sticking2 min
3rd 12:16Brad Stuart · hooking2 min

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

8Dainius ZubrusC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	15:09
12Alexei PonikarovskyL	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	0	–	14:25
15Petr SykoraR	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	15:11
23David ClarksonR	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0	100	17:51
26Patrik EliasL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	50	15:44
10Peter HarroldD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	16:19
9Zach PariseL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:39
14Adam HenriqueC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	50	15:27
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	20:43
18Steve BernierR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:39
19Travis ZajacC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	55	18:37
20Ryan CarterC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	38	12:36
22Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	07:25
2Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	24:30
6Andy GreeneD	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	–	19:43
24Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	21:27
28Anton VolchenkovD	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	0	–	15:40
29Mark FayneD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	18:14

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Martin BrodeurG	W	24	23	1	.958	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

26Jiri HudlerC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	–	16:58
51Valtteri FilppulaC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	–	17:50
96Tomas HolmstromL	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	100	13:46
8Justin AbdelkaderL	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	73	13:29
13Pavel DatsyukC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	20:23
14Gustav NyquistC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:01
20Drew MillerL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	15:02
39Jan MursakL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	07:42
40Henrik ZetterbergL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	44	20:51
44Todd BertuzziR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	50	15:34
48Cory EmmertonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	43	08:55
93Johan FranzenC	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	100	18:09
5Nicklas LidstromD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	–	21:26
18Ian WhiteD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	20:53
23Brad StuartD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	–	18:14
27Kyle QuinceyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	20:18
52Jonathan EricssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	19:09
55Niklas KronwallD	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	0	–	20:24

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Ty ConklinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Jimmy HowardG	L	21	19	2	.905	58:56