GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: NEW JERSEY (16-14) at BOSTON (17-13)

NHL: NEW JERSEY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NHL NEW JERSEY 2
BOSTON 1 11:48 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: NEW JERSEY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NHL NEW JERSEY 2
BOSTON 1 9:01 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: NEW JERSEY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NHL NEW JERSEY 2
BOSTON 1 4:53 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: NEW JERSEY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NHL NEW JERSEY 3
BOSTON 1
3RD PRD: NJD - (EN) JAMIE LANGENBRUNNER 4 (UNASSISTED) 19:45</div>

 

NHL: NEW JERSEY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NEW JERSEY 0 2 1 3
BOSTON 0 0 1 1 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: NJD - BRIAN GIONTA 10 (JOHNNY ODUYA) 10:57
NJD - (PP) JAMIE LANGENBRUNNER 3 (ZACH PARISE, MIKE MOTTAU)
14:34
3RD PRD: BOS - (PP) MARC SAVARD 8 (ZDENO CHARA, DENNIS WIDEMAN) 1:31
NJD - (EN) JAMIE LANGENBRUNNER 4 (UNASSISTED) 19:45

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: NJD - 1 OF 4, BOS - 1 OF 3.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NJD 7 10 11 28
BOS 8 7 5 20

GOALIES: NJD - MARTIN BRODEUR
BOS - ALEX AULD

OFFICIALS: REF - DAN O'HALLORAN, TIM TEEL
LIN - BRIAN MURPHY, VAUGHAN RODY

ATT: 12,064</div>

 

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New Jersey 0 2 1 --3
Boston 0 0 1 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: D Wideman, Bos (hooking), 9:43; D Clarkson,
Njd (major fighting), 19:16; M Lucic, Bos (major fighting), 19:16.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Brian Gionta 10 (Johnny Oduya),
10:57. 2, New Jersey, Jamie Langenbrunner 3 (power play) (Zach Parise,
Mike Mottau), 14:34. Penalties: M Mottau, Njd (hooking), 0:36; A
Alberts, Bos (double minor high sticking), 12:30; Z Chara, Bos
(slashing), 13:55.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Boston, Marc Savard 8 (power play) (Zdeno
Chara, Dennis Wideman), 1:31. 4, New Jersey, Jamie Langenbrunner 4
(empty net) (Unassisted), 19:45. Penalties: B Gionta, Njd (tripping),
1:10; K Rachunek, Njd (holding), 7:32.

Shots on goal:
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New Jersey 7 10 11 --28
Boston 8 7 5 --20
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Power-play Conversions: New Jersey - 1 of 4, Boston - 1 of 3. Goalies
: New Jersey, Martin Brodeur (20 shots, 19 saves; record: 15-10-2).
Boston, Alex Auld (27 shots, 25 saves; record: 6-7-0). A: 12,064.
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Tim Teel. Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Vaughan
Rody.</div>

 

BOSTON (Ticker) -- Martin Brodeur continues to make lifebetween the pipes look easy.


Brodeur posted his 10th win in 11 games and captain JamieLangenbrunner scored twice as the New Jersey Devils posted a 3-1victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday.


Brian Gionta also scored for New Jersey, which ended a two-gameskid that followed nine consecutive wins.


Brodeur is a main reason the Devils have won 10 of 12 as thethree-time Vezina Trophy winner has gone 10-0-1 in that span.

In this contest, the 15-year veteran turned aside eight shots inthe first period and seven in the second before surrendering apower-play goal 91 seconds into the third, when Marc Savardbanged in a rebound as the netminder was sitting on the ice.

It was one of the few trying moments for Brodeur as histeammates gave him a 2-0 lead with which to work.


Gionta put the Devils in front when he grabbed the puck in hisown zone, raced down the ice and wristed a shot between the padsof netminder Alex Auld with 9:03 left in the middle session.

During a two-man advantage less than four minutes later,Langenbrunner received a quick pass from Zach Parise beforeburying a shot from the right faceoff circle to make it 2-0 with5:26 left in the period. It was the Devils' fifth 5-on-3 goalof the season.


Langenbrunner completed his second two-goal effort of the seasonwhen he scored an empty-netter with 15 seconds remaining.

Brodeur stopped four more shots in the third to finish with 19saves.


Auld made 25 saves for the Bruins, who have dropped eight oftheir last 10 meetings with the Devils. The goalie suffered hisfirst loss in four games with Boston after being acquired fromPhoenix on December 6.

 

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New Jersey 0 2 1 --3
Boston 0 0 1 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: D Wideman, Bos (hooking), 9:43; D Clarkson,
Njd (major fighting), 19:16; M Lucic, Bos (major fighting), 19:16.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Brian Gionta 10 (Johnny Oduya),
10:57. 2, New Jersey, Jamie Langenbrunner 3 (power play) (Zach Parise,
Mike Mottau), 14:34. Penalties: M Mottau, Njd (hooking), 0:36; A
Alberts, Bos (double minor high sticking), 12:30; Z Chara, Bos
(slashing), 13:55.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Boston, Marc Savard 8 (power play) (Zdeno
Chara, Dennis Wideman), 1:31. 4, New Jersey, Jamie Langenbrunner 4
(empty net) (Unassisted), 19:45. Penalties: B Gionta, Njd (tripping),
1:10; K Rachunek, Njd (holding), 7:32.

Shots on goal:
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New Jersey 7 10 11 --28
Boston 8 7 5 --20
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Power-play Conversions: New Jersey - 1 of 4, Boston - 1 of 3. Goalies
: New Jersey, Martin Brodeur (20 shots, 19 saves; record: 15-10-2).
Boston, Alex Auld (27 shots, 25 saves; record: 6-7-0). A: 12,064.
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Tim Teel. Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Vaughan
Rody.</div>

 

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NEW JERSEY 0 2 1 --3
BOSTON 0 0 1 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: D Wideman, Bos (hooking), 9:43; D Clarkson,
Njd (major fighting), 19:16; M Lucic, Bos (major fighting), 19:16.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Brian Gionta 10 (Johnny Oduya),
10:57. 2, New Jersey, Jamie Langenbrunner 3 (power play) (Zach Parise,
Mike Mottau), 14:34. Penalties: M Mottau, Njd (hooking), 0:36; A
Alberts, Bos (double minor high sticking), 12:30; Z Chara, Bos
(slashing), 13:55.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Boston, Marc Savard 8 (power play) (Zdeno
Chara, Dennis Wideman), 1:31. 4, New Jersey, Jamie Langenbrunner 4
(empty net) (Unassisted), 19:45. Penalties: B Gionta, Njd (tripping),
1:10; K Rachunek, Njd (holding), 7:32.

Shots on goal:
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NEW JERSEY 7 10 11 --28
BOSTON 8 7 5 --20
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Power-play Conversions: NJD - 1 of 4, BOS - 1 of 3. Goalies : New
Jersey, Martin Brodeur (20 shots, 19 saves; record: 15-10-2). Boston,
Alex Auld (27 shots, 25 saves; record: 6-7-0). A: 12,064. Referees:
Dan O'Halloran, Tim Teel. Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Vaughan Rody.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

NEW JERSEY BOSTON
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
R Pelley 0 0 even 3 P Axelsson 0 0 -1 0
J Madden 0 0 +1 2 C Kobasew 0 0 -1 1
B Gionta 1 0 +1 5 G Metropolit 0 0 even 1
J Langenbrunner2 0 +1 5 V Sobotka 0 0 even 0
D Zubrus 0 0 +1 3 M Sturm 0 0 -1 3
S Brylin 0 0 +1 3 M Lucic 0 0 even 0
T Zajac 0 0 even 0 A Ference 0 0 -1 1
V Vishnevski 0 0 even 0 G Murray 0 0 -1 2
A Asham 0 0 even 0 Z Chara 0 1 -2 2
D Clarkson 0 0 even 2 A Alberts 0 0 even 1
P Elias 0 0 even 1 A Ward 0 0 even 1
M Mottau 0 1 +1 0 M Stuart 0 0 even 0
K Rachunek 0 0 even 0 J Reich 0 0 even 2
J Oduya 0 1 +1 0 P Nokelainen 0 0 even 0
C White 0 0 +2 0 D Wideman 0 1 -1 2
A Greene 0 0 even 2 P Schaefer 0 0 even 1
P Martin 0 0 even 1 P Kessel 0 0 -1 1
Z Parise 0 1 +1 1 M Savard 1 0 -2 2
J Pandolfo GROIN B Allen BACK SPASMS
S Brookbank HEALTHY B Bochenski HEALTHY
M Rupp HEALTHY M Hunwick HEALTHY</div>

 

NHL: NEW JERSEY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
NEW JERSEY 3
BOSTON 1</div>

 

BOSTON (Ticker) -- Martin Brodeur continues to make lifebetween the pipes look easy.


Brodeur posted his 10th win in 11 games and captain JamieLangenbrunner scored twice as the New Jersey Devils posted a 3-1victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday.


Brian Gionta also scored for New Jersey, which ended a two-gameskid that followed nine consecutive wins.


"You have to get back to doing things right, and the longer youlet things go on like the past two, three, four games, theharder it is to get out of it," Devils coach Brent Sutter said."You have to nail it right off the bat, and that's what we havebeen working on and stressing in the last 48 hours, where weneed to get back to our game and the things we do well.Tonight, we did that."


Brodeur is a main reason the Devils have won 10 of 12 as thethree-time Vezina Trophy winner has gone 10-0-1 in that span.

In this contest, the 15-year veteran turned aside eight shots inthe first period and seven in the second before surrendering apower-play goal 91 seconds into the third, when Marc Savardbanged in a rebound as the netminder was sitting on the ice.

"A shot from the point. (Boston captain Zdeno) Chara hit itreally hard and I couldn't control it," Brodeur said. "It hitmy pants, I think, or my glove, and guys are battling and thepuck squirted out to Savard. He made a good shot and I turnedaround. I had my pad low and he still made the shot."

It was one of the few trying moments for Brodeur as histeammates gave him a 2-0 lead with which to work.


"I think today, for 60 minutes, all three periods, we werepaying attention," Brodeur said. "We were not undisciplinedtaking penalties, but within our system. We kept it reallysimple, and it paid off."


Gionta put the Devils in front when he grabbed the puck in hisown zone, raced down the ice and wristed a shot between the padsof netminder Alex Auld with 9:03 left in the middle session.

"I had him beat to the outside," Gionta said. "I knew I had himbetween the blue line and the red line. I knew I had a goodbead on him, and I saw the other D coming over. So at thatpoint, I tried to get to the center as much as possible and geta shot off."


During a two-man advantage less than four minutes later,Langenbrunner received a quick pass from Zach Parise beforeburying a shot from the right faceoff circle to make it 2-0 with5:26 left in the period. It was the Devils' fifth 5-on-3 goalof the season.


Langenbrunner completed his second two-goal effort of the seasonwhen he scored an empty-netter with 15 seconds remaining.

"Great play by (Mike) Mottau to buy some time and bring itacross for me," Langenbrunner said. "I saw the wide side of thenet and tried to hit it, and finally hit the net."

Brodeur stopped four more shots in the third to finish with 19saves.


Auld made 25 saves for the Bruins, who have dropped eight oftheir last 10 meetings with the Devils. The goalie suffered hisfirst loss in four games with Boston after being acquired fromPhoenix on December 6.


"Tonight, the way they scored, those were mental mistakes," saidBoston coach Claude Julien, whose team posted a win in Atlantaon Wednesday. "We did what we could to give these guys somerest and stayed away from the ice this morning, but these guysare not robots. We just didn't seem to have enough tonight tomake a difference."