Florida Panthers vs New Jersey Devils
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 24, 2012 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Panthers 42–16.
Goals came from Steve Bernier, Ilya Kovalchuk, Kris Versteeg, Sean Bergenheim and Travis Zajac.
Martin Brodeur made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Scott Clemmensen stopped 39 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Steve Bernier (1)Ryan Carter (1), Peter Harrold (1)0–116:37 NJD
2nd period
Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Travis Zajac (1), Petr Sykora (1)0–204:21 NJD · 
Kris Versteeg (1)Stephen Weiss (1), Dmitry Kulikov (1)1–207:05 FLA
Sean Bergenheim (1)Tyson Strachan (1), Marcel Goc (1)2–212:49 FLA
Overtime
Travis Zajac (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (1), Zach Parise (1)2–305:39 NJD
Team stats
FLANJD
1642
48%52%
0/11/4
82
2728
46
815
510
Penalties
- 2:25 into the second period
Tomas Kopecky · high sticking2 min - 18:34 into the second periodScottie Upshall · roughing2 min
- 0:06 into the third periodBrian Campbell · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2:56 into the third period
Patrik Elias · tripping2 min - 14:31 into the third periodKris Versteeg · high sticking2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:54 |
| 20Sean BergenheimL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:05 |
| 57Marcel GocC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 7Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 23:40 |
| 23Tyson StrachanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:34 |
| 10John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:30 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 18Shawn MatthiasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:20 |
| 19Scottie UpshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:39 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:13 |
| 26Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:35 |
| 82Tomas KopeckyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 43Mike WeaverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 25:24 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:37 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 27:10 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Scott ClemmensenG | L | 42 | 3 | .929 |
| 35Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 26:25 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24:23 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 24:13 |
| 15Petr SykoraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 18Steve BernierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:17 |
| 20Ryan CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:47 |
| 10Peter HarroldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:35 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 11Stephen GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 07:38 |
| 12Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:09 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:54 |
| 2Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:16 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:04 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:49 |
| 28Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:18 |
| 29Mark FayneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 16 | 2 | .875 |