Devils at Canadiens

Shots
123OTT
Devils 13 8 6 0 27
Canadiens 10 7 11 0 28
Goals
123OTT
Devils 2 1 3 0 6
Canadiens 1 1 2 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. DEVILS, DUPONT 1 (LUCIC, PATRICK) (PP), 02:00
2. CANADIENS, LAPIERRE 6 (DAMPHOUSSE, CLARKSON) (PP), 05:28
3. DEVILS, LAFONTAINE 9 (DUPONT, PATRICK) (PP), 14:00

PENALTIES: M. KEITH MTL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 01:15, R. REAVES NJ (FIGHTING) 02:12, E. GRYBA MTL (FIGHTING) 02:12, J. GAGE NJ (ELBOWING, Minor) 05:14, M. LUCIC NJ (FIGHTING) 07:11, C. MCLEOD MTL (FIGHTING) 07:11, M. BOROWIECKI NJ (HOOKING, Minor) 07:18, M. LAPIERRE MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 13:36

Period 2
4. DEVILS, PATTERSON 4 (UNASSISTED), 00:12
5. CANADIENS, KEITH 9 (MCLEOD, EMELIN), 03:40

PENALTIES: B. MCGILL NJ (HOOKING, Minor) 04:10, D. SHAW MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 04:10, J. DUPONT NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 04:59, M. KEITH MTL (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 04:59, P. SUNDSTROM NJ (ELBOWING, Minor) 12:27, A. EMELIN MTL (HOOKING, Minor) 12:27, B. PRUST MTL (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 13:37, M. LAPIERRE MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 18:24

Period 3
6. CANADIENS, EMELIN 3 (PRUST) (SH), 00:15
7. CANADIENS, PRUST 5 (GAGNER, CLARKSON), 04:49
8. DEVILS, LUCIC 9 (SUNDSTROM, REAVES) (PP), 11:24
9. DEVILS, SUNDSTROM 6 (LUCIC, BROWN), 14:23
10. DEVILS, LAFONTAINE 10 (LUCIC, PATRICK), 16:24

PENALTIES: D. CLARKSON MTL (ELBOWING, Minor) 02:32, R. REAVES NJ (HOOKING, Minor) 06:11, E. GRYBA MTL (HEAD-BUTTING, Major, Game Misconduct) 08:55 (Served by Vincent Damphousse)

Goalie Statistics

Anders Lindback (NJ ), 24 saves out of 28 shots, W, 4-8-1
Ken Ellacott (MTL), 0 saves out of 1 shots
Mario Gosselin (MTL), 21 saves out of 26 shots, L, 2-5-1

Power Play Conversions

Devils 3 for 7
Canadiens 1 for 3

Game Stars

1 - Milan Lucic (NJ )
2 - Pat Lafontaine (NJ )
3 - Brandon Prust (MTL)

Player Statistics

Devils

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Colin Patterson       1  0  1  Even   0  2   0 17
Patrick Maroon        0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 22
Jerome Dupont         1  1  2    -1   2  1   1 18
Ryan Reaves           0  1  1    -1   7  0   3 12
Garth Butcher         0  0  0    +1   0  2   1 27
James Patrick         0  3  3  Even   0  1   0 23
Bob McGill            0  0  0  Even   2  2   2 12
Pat Lafontaine        2  0  2    +1   0  5   1 22
Patrick Sundstrom     1  1  2  Even   2  2   1 20
Vaclav Nedorost       0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  6
Mike Santorelli       0  0  0  Even   0  2   0  3
Jeff Brown            0  1  1    +1   0  2   1 20
Milan Lucic           1  3  4    +2   5  2   1 23
Jody Gage             0  0  0    +1   2  1   4 20
Mark Borowiecki       0  0  0    +1   2  1   7 20
Joel Otto             0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 10
Duane Sutter          0  0  0    +1   0  0   1  5
Wendel Clark          0  0  0  Even   0  3   1 15
   
Canadiens

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Adam Pardy            0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 26
Brendan Smith         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Brandon Prust         1  1  2  Even   4  5   0 24
Brian Skrudland       0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 16
Alexei Emelin         1  1  2    +1   2  4   1 27
Scott Mellanby        0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  7
Maxim Lapierre        1  0  1  Even   4  3   4 21
David Clarkson        0  2  2    +1   2  3   3 15
Cody McLeod           0  1  1    -1   5  0   0 17
Kirk Muller           0  0  0  Even   0  2   3 14
Gerard Gallant        0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 11
Dave Gagner           0  1  1  Even   0  2   0 10
Matt Keith            1  0  1  Even   6  2   0 12
Eric Gryba            0  0  0  Even  20  0   2 16
Michael Sauer         0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 22
David Shaw            0  0  0    -2   2  1   1 23
Vincent Damphousse    0  1  1  Even   0  1   0 15
Anthony Peluso        0  0  0    -1   0  0   3  9
   

Financial

Attendance: 8357
Net Profit: $496 406,00

Game Notes

Brendan Smith injured at 01:15 of the 1st Period
Ryan Reaves and Eric Gryba fight to a draw
Cody McLeod beats up Milan Lucic
Colin Patterson injured at 08:55 of the 3rd Period
Eric Gryba ejected at 08:55 of the 3rd Period
Ken Ellacott enters game at 14:23 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Utica          3
NovaScotia     2
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Errol Rausse 4 (Dean Defazio, Raimo Helminen)
Frank Simonetti 1 (Gary Dillon, Herb Raglan)
Errol Rausse 5 (Sergei Pryakhin, Stu Smith)

Randy McKay 5 (Doug Smith, Lane Lambert)
Lane Lambert 5 (Bob Probert, Todd Ewen)

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Goalies
Utica: Kevin Poulin
NovaScotia: Mario Brunetta
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