
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 09:43 | MTL | Mathieu Darche (11) Tip-In - Assists: B. Gionta (16) & H. Gill (7) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 00:29 | MTL | PPG - P.K. Subban (13) Slap Shot - Assists: T. Plekanec (35) & M. Cammalleri (27) |
| 03:34 | MTL | Mathieu Darche (12) Tip-In - Assists: B. Gionta (17) & S. Gomez (30) |
| 14:01 | NJD | Ilya Kovalchuk (29) Wrist Shot - Assists: P. Elias (39) & D. Zubrus (17) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 04:48 | MTL | Hal Gill : PS - Hooking on breakaway - 0 min |
| 14:47 | MTL | Lars Eller : Hooking - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 08:26 | NJD | Brian Rolston : Hooking - 2 min |
| 18:58 | NJD | Jay Leach : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 05:20 | NJD | Adam Mair : Roughing - 2 min |
| 05:20 | MTL | Ryan White : Roughing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
MTL |
9 | 14 | 6 | 29 |
NJD |
3 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MTL |
31 C. Price (W) | 20 - 21 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 20 - 21 | 0.952 | 60:00 |
NJD |
30 M. Brodeur (L) | 20 - 22 | 4 - 5 | 2 - 2 | 26 - 29 | 0.897 | 59:52 |
| Skater Stats |
MTL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 23 S. Gomez | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:27 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 16:29 |
| 13 M. Cammalleri | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16:05 | 2:29 | 0:31 | 19:05 |
| 14 T. Plekanec | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:47 | 2:29 | 1:09 | 18:25 |
| 21 J. Wisniewski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:38 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 24:24 |
| 21 B. Gionta | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:34 | 1:02 | 0:20 | 16:56 |
| 22 P. Mara | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:46 | 0:00 | 0:43 | 13:29 |
| 32 T. Moen | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 15:00 | 0:00 | 1:09 | 16:09 |
| 40 R. Hamrlik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:00 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 22:07 |
| 46 A. Kostitsyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 | 2:29 | 0:00 | 17:04 |
| 52 M. Darche | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14:27 | 0:09 | 0:00 | 14:36 |
| 53 R. White | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:15 |
| 55 B. Sopel | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 | 0:00 | 1:11 | 14:29 |
| 67 B. Pouliot | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:35 |
| 51 D. Desharnais | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 13:09 | 0:53 | 0:20 | 14:22 |
| 75 H. Gill | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:54 | 0:00 | 1:17 | 21:11 |
| 76 P. Subban | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:22 | 3:09 | 0:49 | 24:20 |
| 81 L. Eller | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:29 |
| 11 T. Pyatt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:04 | 0:00 | 0:31 | 10:35 |
NJD |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 45 M. Fraser | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:03 | 0:00 | 1:03 | 11:06 |
| 6 A. Greene | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 27:28 | 0:31 | 1:03 | 29:02 |
| 7 H. Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:27 | 0:00 | 2:28 | 27:55 |
| 8 D. Zubrus | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:29 | 0:59 | 0:46 | 18:14 |
| 11 Z. Parise | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:04 | 1:01 | 0:00 | 16:05 |
| 11 A. Mair | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:54 |
| 12 B. Rolston | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:03 | 0:59 | 1:31 | 17:33 |
| 9 J. Josefson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 | 0:46 | 0:00 | 11:57 |
| 17 I. Kovalchuk | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:52 | 1:29 | 0:00 | 22:21 |
| 19 T. Zajac | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 | 0:43 | 1:14 | 19:45 |
| 21 M. Tedenby | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:02 |
| 23 D. Clarkson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:39 |
| 20 D. Steckel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:59 | 0:00 | 1:14 | 11:13 |
| 26 P. Elias | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 | 0:59 | 2:17 | 18:33 |
| 29 A. Salmela | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 | 0:31 | 0:00 | 15:23 |
| N. Palmieri | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 9:19 | 1:01 | 0:00 | 10:20 |
| 33 J. Leach | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:50 | 0:00 | 0:57 | 14:47 |
| 29 M. Fayne | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 17:16 | 1:01 | 1:31 | 19:48 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 17625 |
| Referees | Kevin Pollock, Francois StLaurent |
| Linesmen | Greg Devorski, Thor Nelson |