😈 🇨🇦
2005-06 regular season

Devils at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Devils lead the season series 3–0

Devils beat Canadiens 3–2 at Bell Centre on April 8, 2006.

NJD – MTL
29–42
Shots on goal
0/3–1/6
Power play
18–17
Hits
6–12
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 😈 NJD
Scott Gomez
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · 16:27 TOI
2nd star 😈 NJD
Brian Gionta
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:03 TOI
3rd star 😈 NJD
Martin Brodeur
40 saves
0.952 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
😈 Brian Gionta Go-ahead 1st · 17:16
Assists: Richard Matvichuk, Scott Gomez · beat Cristobal Huet
1–0
2nd period
😈 Scott Gomez 2nd · 10:15
Assists: Brian Gionta, Brian Rafalski · beat Cristobal Huet
2–0
3rd period
😈 Scott Gomez 3rd · 10:13
Unassisted · beat Cristobal Huet
3–0
🇨🇦 Mike Ribeiro 3rd · 11:20
Assists: Aaron Downey, Mike Komisarek · beat Martin Brodeur
3–1
🇨🇦 Chris Higgins PP 3rd · 19:47
Assists: Saku Koivu, Alex Kovalev · beat Martin Brodeur
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
😈Devils
L1 Pandolfo · Madden · Gionta 19:03
L2 Elias · Gomez · Langenbrunner 17:03
L3 Parise · Brylin · Marshall 15:38
L4 Wiemer · Rasmussen · Janssen 6:11
D1 Martin · Rafalski 26:17
D2 White · Lukowich 22:34
D3 Matvichuk · Klee 9:14
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Kovalev · Ryder 20:51
L2 Higgins · Ribeiro · Dandenault 18:48
L3 Bulis · Murray · Bonk 16:07
L4 Plekanec · Perezhogin · Downey 9:09
L5 Begin 3:44
D1 Souray · Markov 24:48
D2 Rivet · Komisarek 18:54
D3 Streit 15:19

Team stats

Away left · home right
😈NJD MTL🇨🇦
29 Shots on goal 42
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
18 Hits 17
6 Blocked shots 12
23 Takeaways 15
19 Giveaways 7
12 Penalty minutes 6
NJD shooting 10.3% (3/29) MTL shooting 4.8% (2/42)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
😈Devils
Martin Brodeur
40/42
.952 SV% · 2 GA · 59:57 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 59:15 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Devils
Devils — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 14-2-3 (74% win rate, 19 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-7-1 (38% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Devils
Devils — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 11-0-1 (92% win rate, 12 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Devils lead the season series 3–0
Jan 52006 🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD 4–5 Nov 182005 🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD 3–5 Mar 202004 😈NJD @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 Mar 192004 🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD 1–1 OT Mar 12004 😈NJD @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2
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Who won Devils vs Canadiens on April 8, 2006?

Devils won 3–2. The final score was Devils 3, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Devils?

Scott Gomez (2), Brian Gionta.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Chris Higgins, Mike Ribeiro.

How did the Devils goalie play?

Martin Brodeur made 40 saves on 42 shots (.952 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

Where is Devils vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Devils vs Canadiens season series?

Devils lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
😈 Devils
BeforeApr 5 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 4–6 AfterApr 9 🗽NYR @ 😈NJD 2–3
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 6 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT 5–3 AfterApr 10 🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3
Also on April 8
🎵STL 2–4 🏔️COL 🗽NYR 4–3 🐻BOS 🦆ANA 4–2 👑LAK 🍁TOR 5–2 🔔PHI 🌪️CAR 2–5 🐦ATL 🐙DET 4–2 🧥CBJ 🦅WSH 0–5 🏝️NYI 🐧PIT 0–1 ⚡TBL
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