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31/12/2007
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Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , New Jersey Devils 2
Shots: 31 - 27
PP: 0 of 2 (9 shots), Passing:74/88=84 %, Challenges:36/57=62 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:62/74=83 %, Challenges:27/42=62 %
Attendance: 14001 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 620245 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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26:42 0-1
Brian Rolston [13] (Jarret Stoll, Vitaly Vishnevski)
33:23 1-1
Manny Malhotra [4] (Rick Nash)SH
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41:26 1-2
Alex Korolyuk [5] (Josef Vasicek, John Madden)
49:47 2-2
Rick Nash [15] (Jason Chimera, Michal Rozsival)
50:25 3-2
Kristian Huselius [19] (Michal Rozsival, Rick Nash)
59:37 4-2
Aaron Voros [4] (R.J. Umberger, Alexander Svitov) EN
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Penalty summary:
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12:46
Steven Goertzen (5 min for fighting)
12:46
Colin White (5 min for fighting)
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31:48
Raffi Torres (2 min for tripping)
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42:01
Fedor Tyutin (2 min for roughing)
42:01
Nicklas Bergfors (2 min for roughing)
42:13
Barret Jackman (2 min for roughing)
42:13
Jamie Langenbrunner (2 min for roughing)
45:33
John Madden (2 min for high-sticking)
52:28
Nicklas Bergfors (2 min for tripping)
58:29
Mike Commodore (5 min for fighting)
58:29
Colin White (5 min for fighting)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steven Goertzen 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 6.10 6
R Aaron Voros 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 14.00 7
R Raffi Torres 0 0 3 3 1 2 2 -1 16.20 7
R Kristian Huselius 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 21.10 7
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
C R.J. Umberger 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 16.10 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 21.00 7
L Jason Chimera 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.10 4
L Manny Malhotra 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 15.50 7
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.20 6
L Rick Nash 1 2 4 2 0 1 0 3 21.10 10
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 3 1 4 5 0 13.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 28.40 8
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 15.10 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 14.10 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 9.40 7
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 0 11.20 7
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -2 18.40 7
R Jarret Stoll 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.10 5
C Josef Vasicek 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 11.20 6
C John Madden 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 -1 15.10 7
C Brian Rolston 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 15.30 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 9.50 7
L Alex Korolyuk 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 14.00 7
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 15.20 6
L Patrick Kane 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 18.40 4
D Andy Greene 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12.40 6
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 17.40 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 1 4 2 4 0 -1 28.40 9
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.50 6
D Colin White 0 0 0 2 1 2 10 -2 23.50 6
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 23.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 0 27 0 0 58.20 6
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Michal Rozsival
3rd star: Aaron Voros
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Michal Rozsival notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Vitaly Vishnevski has marked a new career high in points with 17 points.
-Josef Vasicek finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Alex Korolyuk ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Vitaly Vishnevski ended his 6 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Colin White beat Steven Goertzen in a fight.
-Colin White beat Mike Commodore in a fight.
Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 22) , Lowell Devils 2( 13)
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0-1 LOW David Clarkson (Barry Tallackson, Ian Moran)
1-1 SYR Petr Pohl (Zenon Konopka)
2-1 SYR Brandon Sugden (Kyle Wharton)
2-2 LOW Patrick Davis (Ivan Khomutov)
3-2 SYR Jonathan Sigalet (Petr Pohl, Zenon Konopka)
Goalies: Rejean Beauchemin - Frank Doyle