Devils at Whalers

Shots
123OTT
Devils 12 12 10 0 34
Whalers 11 7 4 0 22
Goals
123OTT
Devils 1 3 2 0 6
Whalers 2 1 0 0 3


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. DEVILS, KAMENSKY 17 (BROWN, BRADLEY), 01:45
2. WHALERS, HUGHES 7 (BUCHBERGER, ODELEIN), 14:32
3. WHALERS, MELLANBY 12 (ODGERS, CORRIVEAU), 15:22

PENALTIES: K. MAGUIRE HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 01:41, D. TURCOTTE HTD (HOOKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 10:18 (Served by Scott Mellanby), M. JANSSENS HTD (CHARGING, Minor) 12:00, E. DESJARDINS NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Misconduct) 19:16

Period 2
4. DEVILS, SAKIC 15 (BROWN), 05:59
5. WHALERS, KIMBLE 13 (BUCHBERGER, POESCHEK), 13:49
6. DEVILS, HOLIK 12 (BROWN, LECLAIR), 15:10
7. DEVILS, HOLIK 13 (AMONTE, BLAKE) (PP), 19:02

PENALTIES: B. MARCHMENT HTD (HOOKING, Minor) 06:22, A. ZHITNIK HTD (ELBOWING, Minor, Misconduct) 09:09, B. BRADLEY NJ (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 16:26, R. POESCHEK HTD (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Misconduct) 16:26, M. SCHNEIDER NJ (BOARDING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 17:48 (Served by Eric Desjardins), K. BUCHBERGER HTD (BOARDING, Minor) 17:53, J. ODGERS HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 17:57, L. ODELEIN HTD (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 18:36

Period 3
8. DEVILS, HOLIK 14 (LECLAIR, BRADLEY) (PP), 01:32
9. DEVILS, LEMIEUX 12 (BONDRA, BROWN), 06:21

PENALTIES: G. FEATHERSTONE HTD (CHARGING, Minor) 01:02, K. BUCHBERGER HTD (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 06:45, J. ODGERS HTD (ELBOWING, Minor) 15:58

Goalie Statistics

Olaf Kolzig (NJ ), 19 saves out of 22 shots, W, 13-4-0
Ron Tugnutt (HTD), 7 saves out of 8 shots
Guy Hebert (HTD), 21 saves out of 26 shots, L, 15-25-2

Power Play Conversions

Devils 2 for 11
Whalers 0 for 2

Game Stars

1 - Jeff Brown (NJ )
2 - Bobby Holik (NJ )
3 - Joe Sakic (NJ )

Player Statistics

Devils

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Joe Sakic             1  0  1    +2   0  4   2 24
Eric Desjardins       0  0  0  Even  12  2   3 23
Tim Taylor            0  0  0    -2   0  2   1  6
Claude Lemieux        1  0  1    +1   0  3   5 27
Trevor Linden         0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 10
John LeClair          0  2  2    +1   0  4   4 23
Martin Gelinas        0  0  0  Even   0  4   1 11
Peter Bondra          0  1  1    +2   0  1   1 18
Brian Bradley         0  2  2    +1   2  1   4 21
Tony Amonte           0  1  1    -1   0  1   2 21
Matthias Norstrom     0  0  0  Even   0  2   2 16
Mathieu Schneider     0  0  0    -2  12  1   1 15
Jeff Brown            0  4  4    +2   0  3   1 20
Rob Blake             0  1  1    +2   0  1   0 18
Dave Reid             0  0  0    -2   0  0   1  5
Bobby Holik           3  0  3  Even   0  3   4 22
Todd Gill             0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 13
Valeri Kamensky       1  0  1    +1   0  1   0  4
   
Whalers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Darren Turcotte       0  0  0  Even  12  0   0  4
Bryan Marchment       0  0  0  Even   2  2   3 19
Vaclav Prospal        0  0  0  Even   0  1   3  9
Rudy Poeschek         0  1  1    +2  12  0   3 10
Robert Svehla         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 21
Kevin Maguire         0  0  0    -3   2  1   7 18
Scott Mellanby        1  0  1    +1   0  2   1 13
Lyle Odelein          0  1  1    +1   4  1   2 16
Brent Hughes          1  0  1    +1   0  2   1 21
Mike Rathje           0  0  0    +1   0  0   0  5
Alexei Zhitnik        0  0  0  Even  12  3   0 11
Glen Featherstone     0  0  0    -3   2  1   1 18
Mark Janssens         0  0  0    -3   2  0   4 24
Kelly Buchberger      0  2  2    +1   4  3   2 26
Darin Kimble          1  0  1    +1   0  2   3 19
Jeff Odgers           0  1  1    -2   4  0   0 15
Jeff Chychrun         0  0  0    -3   0  1   2 20
Yvon Corriveau        0  1  1    +1   0  2   0 10
   

Financial

Attendance: 13283
Net Profit: $836 829,00

Game Notes

Valeri Kamensky injured at 10:18 of the 1st Period
Darren Turcotte ejected at 10:18 of the 1st Period
Scott Mellanby injured at 15:30 of the 2nd Period
Vaclav Prospal injured at 17:48 of the 2nd Period
Mathieu Schneider ejected at 17:48 of the 2nd Period
Ron Tugnutt enters game at 01:32 of 3rd period
Bobby Holik scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Utica          5
Saginaw        0
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Shean Donovan 16 (Drake Berehowsky, Tyler Wright)
Raimo Helminen 25 (Alain Vigneault, Gilbert Dionne)
Brad Jones 16 (Eric Lacroix, Grant Marshall)
Brad Jones 17 (Rene Corbet, Daniel Marois)
Gilbert Dionne 14 (Ricard Persson, Mike Rowe)


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Goalies
Utica: Alex Stalock
Saginaw: Jocelyn Thibault
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