😈 Away Devils 45-27-9
4–3
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 42-30-9
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
😈 NJD 0134
🇨🇦 MTL 2103

Devils at Canadiens

Devils beat Canadiens 4–3 at Bell Centre on April 18, 2006.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Devils lead the season series 4–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 😈 NJD
Brian Gionta
2 G, 1 A
8 shots · 21:46 TOI
2nd star 😈 NJD
Patrik Elias
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 21:28 TOI
3rd star 😈 NJD
Brad Lukowich
2 A
1 shots · 21:39 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Craig Rivet Go-ahead 1st · 05:23
Assists: Alexander Perezhogin, Saku Koivu · beat Martin Brodeur
0–1
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec 1st · 11:14
Assists: Francis Bouillon, Mike Komisarek · beat Martin Brodeur
0–2
2nd period
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev 2nd · 14:14
Assists: Mike Ribeiro, Jan Bulis · beat Martin Brodeur
0–3
😈 Brian Gionta 2nd · 17:18
Assists: Scott Gomez, Brad Lukowich · beat Cristobal Huet
1–3
3rd period
😈 Brian Gionta PP 3rd · 11:29
Assists: Patrik Elias, Brian Rafalski · beat Cristobal Huet
2–3
😈 Patrik Elias Tying 3rd · 14:55
Assists: Scott Gomez, Brian Gionta · beat Cristobal Huet
3–3
😈 Jamie Langenbrunner Go-ahead 3rd · 17:37
Assists: Brad Lukowich · beat Cristobal Huet
4–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
😈Devils
L1 Elias · Gomez · Gionta 21:28
L2 Pandolfo · Madden · Langenbrunner 19:04
L3 Brylin · Parise · Marshall 13:53
L4 Kozlov · Rasmussen · Wiemer 5:45
D1 Rafalski · Martin 26:39
D2 Lukowich · Albelin 18:34
D3 Matvichuk · Klee 11:02
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Koivu · Bulis 21:33
L2 Ribeiro · Dandenault · Kovalev 15:47
L3 Plekanec · Perezhogin · Zednik 14:49
L4 Murray · Bonk · Downey 9:01
D1 Rivet · Markov 22:23
D2 Souray · Komisarek 19:38
D3 Bouillon · Streit 11:43

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
😈NJD MTL🇨🇦
40 Shots on goal 32
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
9 Hits 15
14 Blocked shots 23
13 Takeaways 24
8 Giveaways 14
15 Penalty minutes 31
NJD shooting 10.0% (4/40) MTL shooting 9.4% (3/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
😈Devils
Martin Brodeur
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet
36/40
.900 SV% · 4 GA · 58:40 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Devils
Devils — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Devils
Devils — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-9 (0% win rate, 9 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Devils lead the season series 4–0
Apr 82006 😈NJD @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 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
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Who won Devils vs Canadiens on April 18, 2006?

Devils won 4–3. The final score was Devils 4, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Devils?

Brian Gionta (2), Jamie Langenbrunner, Patrik Elias.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Alex Kovalev, Craig Rivet, Tomas Plekanec.

How did the Devils goalie play?

Martin Brodeur made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 36 saves on 40 shots (.900 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 4–0 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
😈 Devils
BeforeApr 16 🔔PHI @ 😈NJD 1–5 AfterApr 22 🗽NYR @ 😈NJD 1–6
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 15 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–2 AfterApr 22 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 6–1
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