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2005-06 regular season

Avalanche at Devils

🗓 📍 Prudential Center, Newark 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0

Avalanche beat Devils 4–3 in a shootout at Prudential Center on December 9, 2005.

COL – NJD
25–31
Shots on goal
2/3–1/4
Power play
8–23
Hits
13–5
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Andrew Brunette
2 G
3 shots · 14:28 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Pierre Turgeon
2 A
4 shots · 09:27 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Marek Svatos
2 A
13:22 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Andrew Brunette PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:31
Assists: Pierre Turgeon, Marek Svatos · beat Martin Brodeur
1–0
🏔️ Joe Sakic 1st · 16:29
Assists: Milan Hejduk, Alex Tanguay · beat Martin Brodeur
2–0
🏔️ Andrew Brunette PP 1st · 18:41
Assists: Pierre Turgeon, Marek Svatos · beat Martin Brodeur
3–0
2nd period
😈 Jay Pandolfo 2nd · 05:49
Assists: Alexander Mogilny, Colin White · beat Vitaly Kolesnik
3–1
😈 Brian Gionta PP 2nd · 07:12
Assists: Scott Gomez, Brian Rafalski · beat Vitaly Kolesnik
3–2
3rd period
😈 Scott Gomez Tying 3rd · 10:09
Assists: Richard Matvichuk, Colin White · beat Vitaly Kolesnik
3–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Hejduk 25:05
L2 Laaksonen · Brunette · Laperriere 16:23
L3 May · Svatos · Hinote 12:01
L4 Turgeon · McLean · McCormick 7:34
D1 Blake · Skrastins 26:25
D2 Liles · Brisebois 20:58
D3 Clark · Vaananen 15:56
😈Devils
L1 Gomez · Madden · Gionta 22:13
L2 Pandolfo · Kozlov · Langenbrunner 19:09
L3 Brylin · Mogilny · Marshall 16:10
L4 Parise · Pihlman · Rasmussen 4:25
D1 Rafalski · Martin 23:58
D2 White · Matvichuk 20:50
D3 Malakhov · Brown 19:06

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL NJD😈
25 Shots on goal 31
2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
8 Hits 23
13 Blocked shots 5
6 Takeaways 12
17 Giveaways 24
8 Penalty minutes 6
COL shooting 16.0% (4/25) NJD shooting 9.7% (3/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Vitaly Kolesnik
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 64:53 TOI
😈Devils
Martin Brodeur
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 64:57 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Devils
Devils — trailing by 3 goals after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 3–2
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)
Devils
Devils — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-1-1 (60% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 1–0
Nov 302003 😈NJD @ 🏔️COL 1–1 OT Nov 12003 🏔️COL @ 😈NJD 3–4 Feb 112003 😈NJD @ 🏔️COL 1–3 Mar 42002 😈NJD @ 🏔️COL 0–2 Nov 182001 🏔️COL @ 😈NJD 2–0
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Who won Avalanche vs Devils on December 9, 2005?

Avalanche won 4–3 in a shootout. The final score was Avalanche 4, Devils 3.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Andrew Brunette (2), Joe Sakic.

Who scored for Devils?

Brian Gionta, Jay Pandolfo, Scott Gomez.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Vitaly Kolesnik made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Devils goalie play?

Martin Brodeur made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Devils played?

At Prudential Center in Newark, the Devils home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Devils season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 7 🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL 1–4 AfterDec 10 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 3–4
😈 Devils
BeforeDec 7 🔥CGY @ 😈NJD 4–1 AfterDec 11 😈NJD @ 🧥CBJ 2–3
Also on December 9
🐙DET 4–3 🦅WSH 🧥CBJ 2–5 🐦ATL 🏛️OTT 2–3 🐋VAN
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