New Jersey Devils vs Florida Panthers
Playoffs · Thursday, April 26, 2012 · BankAtlantic Center
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at BankAtlantic Center. The Panthers outshot the Devils 45–36.
Adam Henrique scored twice. Stephen Gionta, Stephen Weiss and Marcel Goc also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 43 saves on 45 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 33 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Adam Henrique (1)Anton Volchenkov (1), David Clarkson (1)1–001:29 NJD
2nd period
Stephen Gionta (1)Peter Harrold (1), Ryan Carter (1)2–009:15 NJD
3rd period
Stephen Weiss (1)Brian Campbell (1), Mikael Samuelsson (1)2–105:02 FLA · 
Marcel Goc (1)Sean Bergenheim (1), Jason Garrison (1)2–216:32 FLA ·
2nd overtime
- Adam Henrique (2)Alexei Ponikarovsky (1), David Clarkson (2)3–203:47 NJD
Team stats
NJDFLA
3645
35%65%
0/32/4
1212
3760
1718
48
712
Penalties
- 6:04 into the first period
Bryce Salvador · roughing2 min - 6:04 into the first period
Erik Gudbranson · roughing2 min - 7:16 into the first periodDmitry Kulikov · hooking2 min
- 10:39 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · holding2 min
- 10:39 into the first periodDavid Clarkson · diving2 min
- 17:20 into the first periodBryce Salvador · interference2 min
- 1:50 into the third periodShawn Matthias · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3:06 into the third periodDavid Clarkson · high sticking2 min
- 3:52 into the third periodErik Gudbranson · slashing2 min
- 4:44 into the third periodPeter Harrold · holding2 min
- 16:12 into the third periodMarek Zidlicky · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3:21 into overtimeKris Versteeg · slashing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 21:03 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:36 |
| 11Stephen GiontaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:53 |
| 12Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 20Ryan CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 10Peter HarroldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 28Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:01 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:38 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29:00 |
| 15Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27:52 |
| 18Steve BernierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29:02 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24:59 |
| 2Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 35:58 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31:53 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 27:29 |
| 29Mark FayneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 45 | 2 | .956 |
Florida Panthers
| 9Stephen WeissC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 28:58 |
| 20Sean BergenheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 20:52 |
| 26Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| 57Marcel GocC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 22:05 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 39:31 |
| 52Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 33:50 |
| 10John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:26 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:53 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 12:21 |
| 18Shawn MatthiasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 16:39 |
| 19Scottie UpshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28:06 |
| 82Tomas KopeckyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 21:41 |
| 7Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 26:11 |
| 43Mike WeaverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 27:10 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:04 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Scott ClemmensenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 36 | 3 | .917 |