Philadelphia Flyers vs New Jersey Devils
Playoffs · Thursday, May 3, 2012 · Prudential Center
NBCSN · CBC · RDS
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Flyers 31–28.
Goals came from Brayden Schenn, Patrik Elias, Ilya Kovalchuk, Matt Carle, Zach Parise, Daniel Brière and Alexei Ponikarovsky.
Martin Brodeur made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brayden Schenn (1)Daniel Brière (1), Jaromir Jagr (1)1–006:08 PHI · 
Patrik Elias (1)Marek Zidlicky (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (1)1–112:33 NJD · 
Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Travis Zajac (1), Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)1–212:53 NJD
2nd period
Matt Carle (1)Jakub Voracek (1), Scott Hartnell (1)2–204:44 PHI
3rd period
Zach Parise (1)Patrik Elias (1), Marek Zidlicky (2)2–307:29 NJD
Daniel Brière (1)James van Riemsdyk (1), Wayne Simmonds (1)3–311:04 PHI
Overtime
Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (2)3–417:21 NJD
Team stats
PHINJD
2831
51%49%
1/51/2
410
2830
1512
211
14
Penalties
- 4:48 into the first period
Adam Henrique · tripping2 min - 12:09 into the first period
Braydon Coburn · tripping2 min - 9:54 into the second periodAdam Larsson · high sticking2 min
- 16:28 into the second periodIlya Kovalchuk · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodBrayden Schenn · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 8:23 into overtimeDainius Zubrus · boarding2 min
- 12:29 into overtimeBryce Salvador · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 26:21 |
| 10Brayden SchennC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:39 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26:27 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 22:05 |
| 21James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:21 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:27 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 31:09 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:59 |
| 24Matt ReadR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 27Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:01 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 27:26 |
| 47Eric WellwoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:14 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29:54 |
| 6Andreas LiljaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 8Nicklas GrossmannD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:36 |
| 26Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya BryzgalovG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 35Sergei BobrovskyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 22:09 |
| 12Alexei PonikarovskyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21:20 |
| 2Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 29:07 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:16 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:58 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:37 |
| 11Stephen GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:45 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:18 |
| 15Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 18Steve BernierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 20Ryan CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 5Adam LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:32 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 29:14 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 31:43 |
| 28Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 29Mark FayneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 26:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |