The New Jersey Devils squeaked out a win over the Montreal Canadiens, 5 to 4, on January 5, 2006.

Final

Canadiens

18-15-6

4

Devils

18-18-5

5

Team

MTL

NJD

1

2

3

2

0

2

3

2

0

Total

4

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NJD

Saku Koivu (EV) assisted by Alex Kovalev and Francis Bouillon

1

0

Patrik Elias (EV) assisted by Brian Rafalski

1

Viktor Kozlov (EV) assisted by Scott Gomez and Zach Parise

1

2

Scott Gomez (PP) assisted by Patrik Elias and Brian Rafalski

1

3

Chris Higgins (EV) assisted by Jan Bulis and Andrei Markov

2

3

2nd period

MTL

NJD

Patrik Elias (EV) assisted by Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta

2

4

Brian Rafalski (EV) assisted by Patrik Elias and Richard Matvichuk

2

5

3rd period

MTL

NJD

Michael Ryder (EV) assisted by Chris Higgins and Andrei Markov

3

5

Andrei Kostitsyn (EV) assisted by Richard Zednik and Jan Bulis

4

5

Canadiens

Devils

Goals

4

5

Shots

20

27

Penalty Minutes

7

Power-Play Goals

0

1

Power-Play Opportunities

1

Faceoff Wins

22

31

Hits

8

9

Giveaways

6

12

Takeaways

9

27

Canadiens

Devils

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Jose Theodore (L)	1	27	5	22	.815	59:06

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Steve Begin	0	0	0	0	1	16:16	2	0	0	1
Radek Bonk	0	0	-2	0	3	16:16	0	0	0	1
Francis Bouillon	0	1	+1	0	0	25:09	0	0	0	0
Jan Bulis	0	2	+1	0	0	14:59	2	0	1	1
Mathieu Dandenault	0	0	0	0	0	22:12	0	0	1	0
Jonathan Ferland	0	0	0	0	1	7:12	0	0	0	0
Chris Higgins	1	1	-1	0	2	10:36	0	0	0	0
Saku Koivu	1	0	+1	0	3	18:07	0	0	0	3
Mike Komisarek	0	0	0	0	1	12:41	0	1	1	0
Andrei Kostitsyn	1	0	+1	0	2	14:18	2	1	0	2
Alex Kovalev	0	1	0	2	0	22:04	1	0	0	0
Andrei Markov	0	2	0	0	1	17:42	0	0	0	0
Garth Murray	0	0	0	5	0	6:38	0	0	0	0
Craig Rivet	0	0	-2	0	1	12:29	0	1	0	0
Michael Ryder	1	0	+1	0	2	15:25	0	0	1	0
Sheldon Souray	0	0	+1	0	2	28:10	0	0	1	0
Niklas Sundstrom	0	0	-2	0	1	32:26	0	0	0	1
Richard Zednik	0	1	+1	0	0	21:57	1	0	1	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Martin Brodeur (W)	1	20	4	16	.800	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Tommy Albelin	0	0	0	0	0	13:35	0	1	0	2
Sergei Brylin	0	0	-1	2	1	14:32	0	1	0	2
Patrik Elias	2	2	+2	0	5	14:50	0	0	1	3
Brian Gionta	0	1	+2	0	0	19:11	1	0	1	3
Scott Gomez	1	2	+3	0	3	16:24	0	0	1	2
David Hale	0	0	0	0	0	14:48	0	1	1	3
Cam Janssen	0	0	0	5	2	4:26	0	0	0	0
Viktor Kozlov	1	0	+1	0	4	9:06	0	0	0	0
Jamie Langenbrunner	0	0	-2	0	1	21:01	1	0	2	1
John Madden	0	0	-2	0	1	22:21	1	1	2	1
Grant Marshall	0	0	-1	0	2	13:19	2	0	0	0
Paul Martin	0	0	-2	0	0	22:19	0	0	0	1
Richard Matvichuk	0	1	+2	0	0	22:57	0	3	3	0
Jay Pandolfo	0	0	-2	0	3	23:05	0	0	0	2
Zach Parise	0	1	0	0	2	12:24	0	0	0	2
Brian Rafalski	1	2	+2	0	1	23:56	0	1	0	0
Erik Rasmussen	0	0	0	0	1	7:35	2	0	0	2
Colin White	0	0	-2	0	1	21:28	2	1	0	3