November 13th, 2004
The
Montreal Canadiens (12-9-1) travel to the Prudential Center to play the
New Jersey Devils (9-11-1) Montreal lost 2 games to open the season this year, 3-0 and 1-0 in the only 2 times these teams have met this year.
The New Jersey Devils open the scoring at 14:59 of the 1st period as LW
Cade Powell gets his 5th of the season.
Powell's wrister from down low on the left side beats G
Bill Wolfenbarger. Montreal ties it 1-1 at 19:09 with C
Patrick Atkins 13 goals of the year.
Atkins snap shot off the feed from LW
Eric Brenner from in tight beats the Devils goalie. The period ends tied 1-1 and the shots are 7-6 for the Devils.
The Devils go up 2-1 at 8:07 with RD
Eric Moser's 3rd goal of the year.
Moser, a defenseman gets the rare defenseman breakway and he roofs it. New Jersey goes up 3-1 at 13:53 as LD
Michael Rigo wrists one in from the high slot. The period ends with the Devils in full control, the shots are now 20-11 for the Devils.
New Jersey extends the lead to 4-1 at 1:49 with LW
Cade Powell's 2nd of the game and 6th of the year.
Powell's tip from the slot beats
Wolfenbarger. The Devils are now up 5-1 at 5:19 with a goal from RW
Kamil Nemackay.
Nemackay's tip from the in tight is his 2nd of the year. The Devils add another at 19:26 when RW
Magnus Sundstrom snaps his 4th of the year from the left face off circle. The game ends with the shots 33-16 for the Devils.
New Jersey 6
Montreal 1
New Jersey RW
Magnus Sundstrom was the 1st star with his 1 goal and 3 assists. The 32 year old now has 4 goals and 17 points with 12 PIMs and a +7 rating. Last year Sundstrom had 22 goals and 46 points in 71 games with the Devils.