| The Devils came back to Florida up three games to one and finished off the Panthers in impressive style. New Jersey out shot Florida 43-24 and scored twice on the power play in their incredible 5-1 romping of the Panthers. Florida scored first at the 2:47 mark of the first period. Fredrik Modin scored his first goal of the playoffs assisted by Stephen Weiss and Eric Brewer. It would be the only Panthers goal of the evening. New Jersey then scored five unanswered goals starting with Marek Malik at the 7:47 mark of the first period. Keith Tkachuk broke the 1-1 tie less than two minutes later to give the Devils a 2-1 lead. Patrik Elias scored on the power play at 11:41 of the second period to increase New Jersey's lead to 3-1. Three minutes later Marek Malik scored his second goal of the game and the playoffs to give the Devils a 4-1 lead. Late in the third period Keith Tkachuk scored on the power play to finish of the game and give the series to New Jersey. |
New Jersey Devils at Florida Panthers
DATE : 01/05/2008
GOALS 1 2 3 OT F
New Jersey Devils 2 2 1 0 5
Florida Panthers 1 0 0 0 1
SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F
New Jersey Devils 11 17 15 0 43
Florida Panthers 13 3 8 0 24
G O A L S U M M A R Y
1. FLA. FREDRIK MODIN(1)( STEPHEN WEISS, ERIC BREWER ): 1st 2:47
2. NJD. MAREK MALIK(1)( JAMIE LANGENBRUNNER, PATRIK ELIAS ): 1st 7:46
3. NJD. KEITH TKACHUK(1)( PETER FORSBERG, BRIAN GIONTA ): 1st 9:37
4. NJD. PATRIK ELIAS(2)( SCOTT GOMEZ, JAMIE LANGENBRUNNER ) (PP) : 2nd 11:41
5. NJD. MAREK MALIK(2)( CHRIS NEIL, MARTIN BRODEUR ): 2nd 14:17
6. NJD. KEITH TKACHUK(2)( BRIAN RAFALSKI ) (PP) : 3rd 18:04
P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y
1. FLA. SHELDON SOURAY - 2 Minutes: 1st 0:24
2. FLA. JAY BOUWMEESTER - 2 Minutes: 1st 12:29
3. NJD. MAREK MALIK - 4 Minutes: 1st 14:50
EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY CHRIS NEIL
5. FLA. ERIC BREWER - 2 Minutes: 1st 14:50
6. FLA. SHELDON SOURAY - 2 Minutes: 2nd 11:24
7. FLA. NATHAN HORTON - 2 Minutes: 3rd 5:38
8. NJD. SCOTT NIEDERMAYER - 2 Minutes: 3rd 7:48
9. FLA. SHELDON SOURAY - 2 Minutes: 3rd 7:48
10. NJD. COLIN WHITE - 2 Minutes: 3rd 10:46
11. FLA. LUKAS KRAJICEK - 2 Minutes: 3rd 16:27
I N J U R I E S
NONE
Player Stats For New Jersey Devils
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
PETER FORSBERG 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6-3 26 15:47 0 0 0 0
YANIC PERREAULT 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6-3 28 15:26 0 0 0 1
BRIAN GIONTA 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 38 21:42 0 0 0 2
MARK PARRISH 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 25 14:23 2 0 0 1
PATRIK ELIAS 1 6 1 1 0 1 0 0-0 31 16:27 2 0 0 0
JAMIE LANGENBRUNNER 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 37 19:37 0 1 0 1
SERGEI BRYLIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 13 7:53 0 0 0 0
SCOTT GOMEZ 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 11-5 31 16:27 0 0 0 0
KEITH TKACHUK 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 0-0 32 18:39 0 0 0 2
SCOTT NIEDERMAYER 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 48 26:37 3 2 0 1
VIKTOR KOZLOV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 25 14:23 0 0 0 0
JAY PANDOLFO 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3-1 17 10:23 0 0 0 0
CHRIS NEIL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 11 7:13 0 0 0 0
BRIAN RAFALSKI 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 38 22:48 0 1 0 1
MAREK MALIK 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 0-0 41 24:16 1 0 0 0
JOHNNY ODUYA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 10:27 1 2 0 0
JASON SMITH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 10:27 0 1 0 0
COLIN WHITE 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 37 21:26 1 1 0 0
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TOTAL 10 43 5 8 8 2 0 28-13 10 8 0 9
Player Stats For Florida Panthers
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
OLLI JOKINEN -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 11-7 35 18:46 0 0 1 1
KRISTIAN HUSELIUS -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 29 15:54 1 1 1 1
NATHAN HORTON -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 29 15:54 0 0 0 1
BRENDEN MORROW 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 25 14:23 0 0 0 1
SHELDON SOURAY 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0-0 43 24:08 1 2 0 1
STEPHEN WEISS 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5-2 26 15:47 0 0 0 0
KYLE CALDER -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 11 7:13 0 0 0 0
NIKLAS HAGMAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 25 14:23 2 0 0 0
FREDRIK MODIN 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 26 15:47 3 0 1 0
JAY BOUWMEESTER 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 48 26:37 0 0 0 1
TRAVIS MOEN -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 19 10:56 0 1 0 0
BOYD GORDON 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6-3 30 16:17 1 0 0 0
MIKE Van RYN -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 10:27 0 0 0 0
ROSTISLAV OLESZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 32 18:39 1 0 0 0
ERIC BREWER -1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 38 22:48 0 0 0 0
GREGORY CAMPBELL -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 11 7:13 0 0 0 0
LUKAS KRAJICEK -1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 37 22:25 2 0 0 0
ANDERS ERIKSSON -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 25 13:19 0 1 0 0
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TOTAL -10 24 1 2 14 0 0 28-15 11 5 3 6
Goalie Stats For New Jersey Devils
PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS
MARTIN BRODEUR 60 24 1 0 4 4 105
SCOTT CLEMMENSEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalie Stats For Florida Panthers
PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS
PETER BUDAJ 26 21 1 0 4 3 45
ROBERTO LUONGO 34 22 4 0 4 3 60
POWER PLAY OPP GOALS
New Jersey Devils 5 2
Florida Panthers 2 0
STARS OF THE GAME
1st star - MARTIN BRODEUR from New Jersey
2nd star - PATRIK ELIAS from New Jersey
3rd star - MAREK MALIK from New Jersey

