New Jersey Devils vs Florida Panthers
Playoffs · Sunday, April 15, 2012 · BankAtlantic Center
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Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the New Jersey Devils 4–2 on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at BankAtlantic Center. The Devils outshot the Panthers 25–24.
Stephen Weiss scored twice. Marcel Goc, Travis Zajac, Ilya Kovalchuk and Tomas Fleischmann also scored.
Jose Theodore made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Stephen Weiss (1)Mikael Samuelsson (1), Kris Versteeg (1)0–100:23 FLA ·
2nd period
- Stephen Weiss (2)Marcel Goc (1), Jason Garrison (1)0–201:12 FLA ·
Marcel Goc (1)Brian Campbell (1), Sean Bergenheim (1)0–314:39 FLA
3rd period
Travis Zajac (1)Andy Greene (1), Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)1–300:48 NJD
Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Adam Henrique (1)2–302:02 NJD
Tomas Fleischmann (1)Unassisted2–419:59 FLA ·
Team stats
NJDFLA
2524
45%55%
0/22/4
84
5250
1218
02
35
Penalties
- 0:11 into the first period
Andy Greene · tripping2 min - 7:38 into the first period
Dmitry Kulikov · delaying game2 min - 19:43 into the first periodDavid Clarkson · charging2 min
- 19:43 into the first periodAlexei Ponikarovsky · high sticking2 min
- 2:07 into the second periodMikael Samuelsson · hooking2 min
- 7:48 into the second periodRyan Carter · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 12Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:16 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 25:15 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:38 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:08 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 21:49 |
| 11Stephen GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:49 |
| 15Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:34 |
| 18Steve BernierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:34 |
| 20Ryan CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:04 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:35 |
| 2Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:59 |
| 10Peter HarroldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:47 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:40 |
| 28Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:46 |
| 29Mark FayneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |
Florida Panthers
| 9Stephen WeissC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:15 |
| 57Marcel GocC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:23 |
| 20Sean BergenheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 26Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:02 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:27 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 25:34 |
| 52Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:02 |
| 8Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:04 |
| 10John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 18Shawn MatthiasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 19Scottie UpshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:35 |
| 82Tomas KopeckyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 7Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 43Mike WeaverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Scott ClemmensenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |