Scores for Dec 11, 2005
  • Final SO
    SO
     
    CHI
    WPG
    5
    4
    5
    4
    0
  • Final OT
    OT
     
    PHX
    BOS
    2
    1
    2
    1
    1
  • Final OT
    OT
     
    NJ
    CBJ
    2
    3
    2
    3
    2
  • Final
     
    BUF
    MIN
    3
    2
    3
    2
    3

Final OT

Series (Game 1 of 1)

Close

Columbus leads 1-0

Game 1: Sunday, December 11th
Devils2Final
OT
Blue Jackets3

Devils 2

(13-12-4, 30 pts)

Blue Jackets 3

(9-20-0, 18 pts)

5:00 PM ET, December 11, 2005

Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio

1 2 3 OT T
NJ 1 1 0 02
CBJ 0 1 1 13

N. Zherdev (Blue Jackets - RW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0

B. Berard (Blue Jackets - D): Goals: 1, Assists: 1

S. Fedorov (Blue Jackets - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 1

New Jersey (13-12-3) at Columbus (8-20-0) 5:00 pm EST

New Jersey (13-12-3) at Columbus (8-20-0) 5:00 pm EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ticker) -- After dropping three straight games against the Western Conference elite, the New Jersey Devils will attempt to find success against a team near the bottom of the conference.

The Devils will look to avoid matching their longest losing streak of the season Sunday when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets, who still are searching for offense.

New Jersey lost back-to-back games against first-place teams Detroit and Calgary before dropping a 4-3 shootout to Colorado on Friday. Jay Pandolfo, Brian Gionta and Scott Gomez scored in regulation for the Devils, who failed on all seven shootout attempts.

The Devils, who only have two goals in their last 40 power-play opportunities, last dropped four straight games November 1-8.

Columbus, which is last in the league with 54 goals, is coming off a 5-2 setback to Atlanta on Friday. Rookie Jaroslav Balastik and Nikolai Zherdev scored for the Blue Jackets, who lost for the second time in three games.

Columbus is 2-2 all-time at home against New Jersey, including a 4-3 loss on January 27, 2004 in the only meeting between the teams in the 2003-04 season.

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Regular Season Matchup

 
New Jersey
Columbus
W-L-OTL46-27-935-43-4
Home27-11-323-18-0
Road19-16-612-25-4
Division16-12-414-15-3
Conference40-25-730-38-4
Last 1010-0-06-3-1
Complete Standings

Team Stat Comparison

New Jersey
Columbus
2.84Goals Per Game2.62
2.74Goals Against Per Game3.37
29.21Shots on Goal Per Game27.44
29.3Shots Against Per Game33.68
11.56Penalty Minutes Per Game17.24
78Power Play Goals64
17.8%Power Play %14.2%
63Power Play Goals Allowed95
81.9%Penalty Kill %81.8%
3Shorthanded Goals10
6Shorthanded Goals Allowed8

Goalie Breakdown

New Jersey		 GP W L OTL GAA SO SV%
Martin Brodeur 73 43 23 7 2.57 5 .911
Scott Clemmensen 13 3 4 2 3.35 0 .881
Columbus		 GP W L OTL GAA SO SV%
Marc Denis 49 21 25 1 3.25 1 .900
Pascal Leclaire 33 11 15 3 3.23 0 .911
Martin Prusek 9 3 3 0 3.21 0 .879

Team Stat Leaders

 
New Jersey
Columbus
GBrian Gionta 48 Rick Nash 31
AScott Gomez 51 David Vyborny 43
PTSBrian Gionta 89 David Vyborny 65
PIMColin White 91 Jody Shelley 163
SOGBrian Gionta 291 Nikolay Zherdev 194