Montreal at New Jersey

Shots
123OTT
Montreal 7 5 5 0 17
New Jersey 12 6 7 0 25
Goals
123OTT
Montreal 0 0 0 0 0
New Jersey 3 1 1 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. NEW JERSEY, ELIAS 22 (NIEDERMAYER, SYKORA), 02:55
2. NEW JERSEY, LECLAIR 17 (WEIGHT, SMYTH), 04:37
3. NEW JERSEY, ELIAS 23 (WEIGHT, SYKORA) (PP), 12:54

PENALTIES: T. STEVENSON NJD (BOARDING, Minor) 06:12, M. HOSSA MTL (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:44, P. SYKORA NJD (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 17:47

Period 2
4. NEW JERSEY, SYKORA 23 (ELIAS, ARNOTT), 04:11

PENALTIES: S. BERGENHEIM MTL (CHARGING, Minor) 17:59, P. ELIAS NJD (ROUGHING, Minor) 17:59, T. STEVENSON NJD (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 18:10

Period 3
5. NEW JERSEY, NIEDERMAYER 7 (WEIGHT, SMYTH), 05:06

PENALTIES: K. DYKHUIS MTL (BOARDING, Minor) 14:14, R. SMYTH NJD (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 16:29

Goalie Statistics

Kari Lehtonen (MTL), 5 saves out of 5 shots
Eric Fichaud (MTL), 15 saves out of 20 shots, L, 2-6-2
Martin Brodeur (NJD), 17 saves out of 17 shots, W, 31-21-8

Power Play Conversions

Montreal 0 for 4
New Jersey 1 for 2

Game Stars

1 - Patrik Elias (NJD)
2 - Petr Sykora (NJD)
3 - Scott Niedermayer (NJD)

Player Statistics

Montreal

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Tomas Plekanec        0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 19
Jozef Balej           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 12
Denis Hamel           0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  6
Mike Keane            0  0  0    -2   0  1   1 23
Marcel Hossa          0  0  0    -2   2  1   2 22
Wes Walz              0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 11
Darren Rumble         0  0  0    -2   0  2   0 20
Josef Melichar        0  0  0    -3   0  0   0 25
Matt Higgins          0  0  0    -2   0  2   2 21
Eric Chouinard        0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 16
Jason Ward            0  0  0    -2   0  2   0 21
Mike Komisarek        0  0  0    -2   0  3   3 25
Karl Dykhuis          0  0  0  Even   2  1   1 16
Sean Bergenheim       0  0  0  Even   2  2   1 15
Joey Tetarenko        0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 16
Patrick Traverse      0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 23
Trevor Linden         0  0  0    -1   0  0   1  5
   
New Jersey

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Colin White           0  0  0    +1   0  0   3 17
Sami Salo             0  0  0    +2   0  1   1 26
Jason Arnott          0  1  1    +2   0  4   6 27
Doug Weight           0  3  3    +2   0  2   1 22
Jeff Cowan            0  0  0    +1   0  0   4 17
John LeClair          1  0  1    +1   0  3   0 15
Patrik Elias          2  1  3    +2   2  2   3 27
Petr Sykora           1  2  3    +2   2  3   2 21
Scott Niedermayer     1  1  2    +3   0  3   2 26
Ryan Smyth            0  2  2    +2   2  3   2 23
Turner Stevenson      0  0  0  Even   4  0   2  9
David Hale            0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 16
Curtis Brown          0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 10
Stan Neckar           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Mathieu Schneider     0  0  0    +1   0  0   3 20
Paul Martin           0  0  0    +1   0  2   0 15
   

Financial

Attendance: 12163
Net Profit: $1 094 670,00

Game Notes

Kari Lehtonen enters game at 05:06 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Hamilton       1
Albany         13
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Chris Simon 8 (Branislav Mezei, Andrei Markov)

Rico Fata 4 (Jody Hull, Steve Martins)
Rico Fata 5 (Michael Rupp, Murray Baron)
Michael Rupp 18 (Adam Oates, Raffi Torres)
Raffi Torres 16 (Brian Gionta, Andy McDonald)
Mathieu Biron 13 (Rob Skrlac, Craig Berube)
Raffi Torres 17 (Jim McKenzie, Scott Barney)
Rico Fata 6 (Brandon Reid, Mike Leclerc)
Rob Skrlac 20 (Jeff Finley, Todd Reirden)
Rico Fata 7 (Jim McKenzie, Andy McDonald)
Rob Skrlac 21 (Steve Martins, Jim McKenzie)
Mike Leclerc 15 (Scott Barney, Raffi Torres)
Michael Rupp 19 (Murray Baron, Michael Rupp)
Rob Skrlac 22 (Brian Gionta, Rico Fata)

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Goalies
Hamilton: Garth Snow
Albany: Scott Clemmensen
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