National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 4, New Jersey 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 24, 2008
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Paul Devorski, Steve Kozari
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Steve Miller
Attendance: 14257
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 0134
New Jersey 1203
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
12:18 - Devils Patrik Elias (PP) Assists: Mike Mottau
Penalties
10:49 - Canadiens Sergei Kostitsyn (2) Tripping
 18:04 - Devils Johnny Oduya (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
3:24 - Devils Patrik Elias (EV) Assists: Mike Mottau , Colin White
14:12 - Canadiens Bryan Smolinski (EV) Assists: Andrei Kostitsyn , Alex Kovalev
17:02 - Devils Jamie Langenbrunner (PP) Assists: Paul Martin , Brian Gionta
Penalties
6:01 - Devils Brian Gionta (2) Tripping
 8:34 - Canadiens Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 16:24 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (2) Slashing
 16:55 - Canadiens Steve Begin (2) Cross checking
 17:13 - Canadiens Bench (2) Abusive language
3rd Period
Scoring
0:29 - Canadiens Bryan Smolinski (EV) Assists: Andrei Markov , Michael Komisarek
11:54 - Canadiens Saku Koivu (EV) Assists: Michael Komisarek
14:31 - Canadiens Chris Higgins (PP) Assists: Roman Hamrlik , Saku Koivu
Penalties
3:44 - Devils Sergei Brylin (2) Hooking
 9:51 - Devils Patrik Elias (2) Goaltender interference
 12:35 - Devils David Clarkson (2) Hooking
 16:33 - Devils Karel Rachunek (2) Tripping
 19:37 - Devils Jamie Langenbrunner (2) Tripping
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cristobal Huet G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 41:36 12:19 6:05 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Halak G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16 12:03 11:30 0:02 0:31 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Komisarek D 0 2 2 +2 0 2 25 21:16 15:42 1:50 3:44 0 0 - - - - -
Saku Koivu C 1 1 2 +1 0 4 21 15:56 9:48 5:51 0:17 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Tomas Plekanec LW 0 0 0 E 2 4 23 20:48 12:57 6:15 1:36 0 0 - - 11 4 73
Bryan Smolinski C 2 0 2 +2 0 4 21 13:41 10:26 0:13 3:02 0 0 - - 7 8 47
Chris Higgins C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 15:03 9:34 5:18 0:11 1 0 - - 1 1 50
Steve Begin C 0 0 0 +1 2 2 18 13:57 11:24 0:02 2:31 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 12:56 12:54 0:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 20 21:34 13:08 7:22 1:04 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Mark Streit D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20 20:08 12:28 7:40 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13 9:29 8:12 0:00 1:17 0 0 - - 4 1 80
Roman Hamrlik D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 25 21:48 14:54 4:33 2:21 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Kostitsyn RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 18 19:04 12:28 6:36 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 13:55 11:32 0:02 2:21 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryder RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 11 10:37 9:24 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Kostitsyn RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 16 11:41 7:36 4:05 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Markov D 0 1 1 E 0 3 25 28:55 15:16 9:55 3:44 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 11 9:23 8:47 0:36 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Martin Brodeur G 0 0 0 0 0 58:58 40:49 6:05 12:04 0 0 - - - - -
Kevin Weekes G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vitaly Vishnevski D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20 17:42 13:08 0:00 4:34 0 0 - - - - -
Colin White D 0 1 1 E 0 0 23 20:08 13:17 0:00 6:51 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Martin D 0 1 1 E 0 0 24 21:44 13:11 3:05 5:28 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Parise C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 15:45 12:46 2:44 0:15 0 0 - - - - -
Rod Pelley C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15 10:50 7:53 0:00 2:57 0 0 - - 2 5 29
John Madden C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 25 20:18 13:09 0:35 6:34 0 0 - - 6 14 30
Brian Gionta RW 0 1 1 -1 2 0 19 16:26 11:53 4:05 0:28 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Jamie Langenbrunner RW 1 0 1 -1 2 4 24 19:42 9:57 2:44 7:01 1 0 - - - - -
Dainius Zubrus RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 12 12:57 9:34 3:21 0:02 0 0 - - 2 2 50
Michael Rupp RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10 7:23 7:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Brylin C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 19 14:18 10:46 0:00 3:32 0 0 - - - - -
Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 15:02 13:02 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - 5 5 50
Arron Asham RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13 8:32 8:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
David Clarkson RW 0 0 0 +1 2 1 11 11:12 11:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrik Elias LW 2 0 2 E 2 3 19 18:10 10:01 4:05 4:04 1 0 - - 4 7 36
Mike Mottau D 0 2 2 E 0 0 25 25:56 15:01 3:12 7:43 0 0 - - - - -
Karel Rachunek D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 19 16:39 13:18 3:21 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Johnny Oduya D 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 15:59 14:44 1:13 0:02 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cristobal Huet W (32-14-6) 13 10 3 .769 0 60:00
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Brodeur L (44-27-6) 32 28 4 .875 0 58:58