January 18th, 2005
The
New Jersey Devils (17-21-5) are at the Bell Center to take on the
Montreal Canadiens (23-18-6) New Jersey has won 4 of the 5 meetings so far this year.
The first period ends scoreless, the shots are 6-5 for the Devils.
Montreal takes the 1-0 lead at 2:11 of the 2nd period with RW
Joey Mariani's 7th goal of the year.
Mariani's shot from the left face off circle is assisted by C
Dean Casey and LD
Dominick Heatherington. Montreal goes up 2-0 at 3:59 with D
Colton Knoll's 3rd goal of the season.
Knoll's shot from the right point is assisted by RW
Joey Mariani and C
Dean Casey. The Devils make it 2-1 at 18:54 of the 2nd period with RW
Billy Aschim's 13th goal of the year.
Aschim beat's G
Bill Wolfenbarger on the rebound shot from the slot. The period ends with the shots 25-16 for the Devils.
The Devils tie it up 2-2 at 5:08 of the 3rd period with LD
Don O'Rourke's 3rd goal of the season.
O'Rourke's tip beats G
Wolfenbarger. The Devils take a 3-2 lead at 15:18 with LW
Michal Sin's 10th of the year.
Sin used the wrap around to break the tie. It took just a faceoff and a shot as New Jersey makes it 4-2 on the PP. RW
Billy Aschim beats G
Wolfenbarger from the right dot at 16:43. Montreal does make it interesting, C
Dean Casey scored his 17th of the season at 18:24 to make it 4-3.
Casey's shot from the right circle is assisted by LW
Emile Boudreau and RD
Sinat Sadriyev. The Canadiens comeback in a game again, this time its RW
Zach Broderick scoring at 19:30 to tie the score 4-4.
Broderick is sent in all alone by LD
Dominick Heatherington for his 6th goal of the year. LW
Randolph Lott got the 2nd assist. The game end's tied. The final shots were 40-24 for the Devils.
Montreal 4 New Jersey 4
Montreal RW
Joey Mariani had a goal and an assist as the 1st star. The 22 year old now has 7 goals and 22 points with 12 PIMs and a +11 rating in 48 games. For his career, Mariani has 54 goals and 164 points in 261 NHL games.
New York Rangers LW
Francois Roy had a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win over the Predators. The 30 year old now has 20 goals and 54 points with 20 PIMs and a +15 rating in 44 games. For his career, Roy has 84 goals and 195 points in 330 NHL games.