Devils at Canadiens

Shots
123OTT
Devils 6 7 9 0 22
Canadiens 11 8 12 0 31
Goals
123OTT
Devils 1 2 0 0 3
Canadiens 2 4 0 0 6


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. CANADIENS, CLARKSON 4 (LAPIERRE, LOKTIONOV) (PP), 01:59
2. DEVILS, UPSHALL 8 (LAFONTAINE, PATRICK), 02:55
3. CANADIENS, HEATLEY 10 (CLUTTERBUCK, LOKTIONOV) (SH), 03:38

PENALTIES: M. LUCIC NJ (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 01:31, B. PRUST MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 02:33, R. OLESZ NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 05:00, A. JOHNSON MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 16:10, S. O’BRIEN MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 19:45

Period 2
4. DEVILS, MAROON 4 (LAFONTAINE) (PP), 00:26
5. DEVILS, UPSHALL 9 (BUTCHER, LAFONTAINE) (PP), 03:38
6. CANADIENS, LACROIX 3 (UNASSISTED), 07:01
7. CANADIENS, LOKTIONOV 3 (CARCILLO, LACROIX) (PP), 09:16
8. CANADIENS, CARCILLO 6 (JOHNSON, WEIR) (PP), 11:02
9. CANADIENS, LAPIERRE 5 (LACROIX, MCSORLEY), 14:35

PENALTIES: E. HOSPODAR NJ (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Misconduct) 01:15, D. HEATLEY MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 02:26, F. SJOSTROM NJ (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 04:31, G. BUTCHER NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 07:06, M. LUCIC NJ (ELBOWING, Minor) 07:44, S. O’BRIEN MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 07:57, L. NORWOOD NJ (FIGHTING) 09:01, B. PRUST MTL (FIGHTING) 09:01, R. OLESZ NJ (ELBOWING, Minor) 09:35, B. MCGILL NJ (, ) 10:52, C. THORBURN MTL (, , Game Misconduct) 10:52, R. REAVES NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 15:46, W. WEIR MTL (CHECKING-FROM-BEHIND, Major) 15:46, C. CLUTTERBUCK MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 16:19

Period 3
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: E. HOSPODAR NJ (, , Game Misconduct) 00:14, A. JOHNSON MTL (, ) 00:14, R. OLESZ NJ (BOARDING, Minor) 02:52, L. NORWOOD NJ (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 07:10 (Served by Joel Otto), D. CLARKSON MTL (BOARDING, Double Minor) 07:13, D. CLARKSON MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 13:51, M. MCSORLEY MTL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 15:09, P. LAFONTAINE NJ (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 15:37, P. MAROON NJ (BOARDING, Minor) 15:48

Goalie Statistics

Anders Lindback (NJ ), 12 saves out of 13 shots
Scott Darling (NJ ), 13 saves out of 18 shots, L, 8-12-1
Mario Gosselin (MTL), 19 saves out of 22 shots, W, 5-16-0

Power Play Conversions

Devils 2 for 10
Canadiens 3 for 11

Game Stars

1 - Pierre Lacroix (MTL)
2 - Maxim Lapierre (MTL)
3 - Andrei Loktionov (MTL)

Player Statistics

Devils

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Scottie Upshall       2  0  2    +1   0  3   1 20
Patrick Maroon        1  0  1    -1   2  2   3 10
Ryan Reaves           0  0  0    -1   2  1   1  6
Garth Butcher         0  1  1  Even   5  1   3 28
Ed Hospodar           0  0  0  Even  27  0   1 15
James Patrick         0  1  1  Even   0  3   1 29
Bob McGill            0  0  0  Even   5  1   2 11
Pat Lafontaine        0  3  3    +1   2  0   0 15
Lee Norwood           0  0  0    -1  17  2   1 11
Patrick Sundstrom     0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 23
Fredrik Sjostrom      0  0  0  Even  12  1   1 16
Lukas Krajicek        0  0  0    -1   0  3   2 26
Milan Lucic           0  0  0    -1  14  0   0 11
Cody McCormick        0  0  0    +1   0  0   5 12
Joel Otto             0  0  0    -1   0  1   1  8
Jay Beagle            0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 17
Duane Sutter          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  5
Rostislav Olesz       0  0  0  Even   8  1   1 19
   
Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Dany Heatley          1  0  1    +2   2  3   1 11
Brandon Prust         0  0  0  Even   9  2   3 20
Brian Skrudland       0  0  0    -1   0  1   2 27
Jeff Beukeboom        0  0  0    -1   0  0   2 20
Maxim Lapierre        1  1  2    +2   0  4   3 19
Chris Thorburn        0  0  0    +1  10  0   1 10
David Clarkson        1  0  1    -1   6  2   3 18
Aaron Johnson         0  1  1  Even   7  4   2 13
Cody McLeod           0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 11
Shane O’Brien         0  0  0    -1   4  0   6 21
Marty McSorley        0  1  1    +2   2  1   2 21
Cal Clutterbuck       0  1  1    +1   2  2   1 14
Wally Weir            0  1  1  Even   5  1   3 12
Daniel Carcillo       1  1  2    -1   0  2   2 22
Robert Bortuzzo       0  0  0  Even   0  2   0  3
Pierre Lacroix        1  2  3    +2   0  2   0 17
Andrei Loktionov      1  2  3  Even   0  3   0 22
   

Financial

Attendance: 8684
Net Profit: $515 830,00

Game Notes

Lee Norwood and Brandon Prust fight to a draw
Chris Thorburn beats up Bob McGill
Bob McGill injured at 10:52 of the 2nd Period
Chris Thorburn ejected at 10:52 of the 2nd Period
Anders Lindback enters game at 11:02 of 2nd period
Ed Hospodar and Aaron Johnson fight to a draw
Ed Hospodar ejected at 00:14 of the 3rd Period
Lee Norwood ejected at 07:10 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Utica          6
NovaScotia     1
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Ray Allison 4 (John Gibson, Gary Dillon)
Jody Gage 7 (Jeff Brown, Dale Henry)
Shayne Corson 4 (Jiri Novotny, Brad Jones)
Errol Rausse 8 (Stephane Veilleux, Normand Aubin)
Viktor Tikhonov 8 (Wendel Clark, Mike Stapleton)
Jody Gage 8 (Lyndon Byers, Luc Dufour)

Larry DePalma 8 (Steven Finn, Sergio Momesso)

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Goalies
Utica: Daren Puppa
NovaScotia: Nick Ricci
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