New Jersey Devils 5 , Tampa Bay Lightning 3
Shots: 24 - 29
PP: 3 of 4 (13 shots), Passing:61/72=84 %, Challenges:26/47=54 %
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:80/96=83 %, Challenges:27/41=64 %
Attendance: 17625 of 17625 (Prudential Center)
Ticket income: 532274 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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17:58 1-0
Anze Kopitar [20] (Christian Ehrhoff)
18:58 1-1
Andrei Kostitsyn [5] (Krys Kolanos, Niclas Wallin)
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22:14 2-1
Brian Campbell [9] (Glen Murray, Ryan Smyth)PP
22:39 3-1
Ryan Smyth [21] (Brian Campbell, Eric Staal)PP
23:59 4-1
Glen Murray [24] (Ryan Smyth, Filip Kuba)PP
33:29 5-1
Anze Kopitar [21] (Jason Chimera)
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48:37 5-2
Andrei Kostitsyn [6] (Krys Kolanos, Steve Staios)PP
57:33 5-3
Jarkko Ruutu [4] (Philippe Boucher, Sam Gagner)
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Penalty summary:
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02:23
Wade Belak (2 min for high-sticking)
03:35
Philippe Boucher (2 min for holding the stick)
07:42
Jiri Novotny (2 min for boarding)
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20:21
Rick Nash (5 min for attempt to injury)
29:55
Filip Kuba (2 min for diving)
39:32
Maxime Boisclair (2 min for roughing)
39:32
Alex Picard (2 min for roughing)
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41:58
Maxime Boisclair (5 min for fighting)
41:58
Rick Nash (5 min for fighting)
47:18
Christian Ehrhoff (2 min for roughing)
50:58
Steve Montador (5 min for fighting)
50:58
Rick Nash (5 min for fighting)
52:47
Wade Belak (2 min for slashing)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Konstantin Koltsov 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 -1 14.30 4
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 3.20 4
R Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 18.10 6
R Glen Murray 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 8
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 -1 8.10 5
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 13.10 6
C Anze Kopitar 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
C Eric Staal 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 21.20 7
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 9.30 4
L Maxime Boisclair 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 -1 8.20 4
L Jason Chimera 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 16.50 7
L Ryan Smyth 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 22.30 9
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 8.40 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
D Filip Kuba 0 1 0 2 6 0 2 -1 29.30 6
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 13.20 5
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 1 5 0 3 2 2 20.20 9
D Brian Campbell 1 1 5 4 0 3 0 -1 29.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Clark 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 20.10 7
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10.10 5
R Wade Belak 0 0 1 4 2 3 4 0 13.10 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 16.30 7
C Sam Gagner 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 9.10 5
C Krys Kolanos 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 13.00 6
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.30 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 15.50 5
L Jarkko Ruutu 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 9.10 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 2 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 19.10 10
L Chris Higgins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 6 1 6 15 -1 16.50 9
D Niclas Wallin 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 11.00 7
D Alex Picard 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 -2 17.20 5
D Steve Staios 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 30.10 7
D Ian White 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13.00 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.50 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 29.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 4 0 9 0 0 24.00 4
G Scott Clemmensen 1 0 10 0 0 36.00 7
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Anze Kopitar
2nd star: Ryan Smyth
3rd star: Glen Murray
Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Anze Kopitar scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Ryan Smyth has marked a new career high in assists with 40 assists.
-Glen Murray notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Ryan Smyth notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Filip Kuba has marked a new career high in points with 38 points.
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Andrei Kostitsyn finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Niclas Wallin ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Maxime Boisclair fought Rick Nash in a fight.
-Rick Nash beat Steve Montador in a fight.
Farm game result:
Lowell Devils 5( 24) , Norfolk Admirals 1( 12)
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1-0 LOW Matt McCollem (Michael Frolík, Craig Schira)
2-0 LOW Brent Regner (Matt McCollem)
2-1 NOR Matt Smaby (Jesse Joensuu, Riku Hahl)
3-1 LOW Alexander Vasyunov (Fedor Fedorov)
4-1 LOW Erik Rasmussen (Michael Frolík)
5-1 LOW Brent Regner (Chris Collins)
Goalies: Joey MacDonald - David LeNeveu