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Wednesday, December 28, 2005 · Continental Airlines Arena

Capitals 2 at Devils 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 85OVR Brian Rafalski Devils First Star 2G · 1A · 2 SOG R 98OVR Brian Gionta Devils Second Star 2G · 8 SOG C 95OVR Scott Gomez Devils Third Star 3A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 9:44 Alex Ovechkin (22) PPG Mathieu Biron (5), Matt Pettinger (6) · Wrist WSH 1 – 0 NJD
  2. 12:40 Sergei Brylin (9) Grant Marshall (8), Jamie Langenbrunner (15) · Snap WSH 1 – 1 NJD
  3. 12:53 Brian Rafalski (2) PPG Paul Martin (13), Zach Parise (5) · Slap WSH 1 – 2 NJD

2nd Period

  1. 13:18 Brian Gionta (20) Scott Gomez (17), Grant Marshall (9) · Wrist WSH 1 – 3 NJD

3rd Period

  1. 6:47 Jay Pandolfo (7) Jamie Langenbrunner (16), Colin White (4) · Backhand WSH 1 – 4 NJD
  2. 10:08 Brian Sutherby (8) Ivan Majesky (1) · Backhand WSH 2 – 4 NJD
  3. 12:03 Brian Gionta (21) PPG Scott Gomez (18), Tommy Albelin (1) · Tip-in WSH 2 – 5 NJD
  4. 13:03 John Madden (7) Brian Rafalski (17) · Backhand WSH 2 – 6 NJD
  5. 18:12 Brian Rafalski (3) PPG Paul Martin (14), Scott Gomez (19) · Slap WSH 2 – 7 NJD

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Matt Pettinger L 0 1 2 1 0 0 16:09 0.93
Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 2 2 0 -1 20:32 0.90
Brian Sutherby C 1 0 2 1 0 -1 14:23 0.75
Ivan Majesky D 0 1 1 0 1 0 14:31 0.70
Mathieu Biron D 0 1 1 1 2 -1 8:47 0.65
Jamie Heward D 0 0 4 1 3 -1 25:08 0.30
Brooks Laich C 0 0 2 0 0 0 10:40 0.20
Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:22 0.18
Brian Willsie R 0 0 2 0 1 -1 13:08 0.15
Andrew Cassels C 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:40 0.15
Ben Clymer R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10:05 0.08
Dainius Zubrus C 0 0 2 1 1 -1 17:46 0.00
Chris Clark R 0 0 0 1 2 -1 17:46 -0.20
Jeff Halpern C 0 0 1 0 1 -1 18:36 -0.22
Steve Eminger D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 20:00 -0.22
Bryan Muir D 0 0 2 1 0 -1 15:49 -0.25
Matt Bradley R 0 0 0 0 0 -2 11:18 -0.40
Brendan Witt D 0 0 1 0 1 -1 19:04 -0.65
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Brent Johnson — 17 15 2 .882 26:14 0.00
Olie Kolzig L 21 16 5 .762 33:46 -2.15

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Brian Rafalski D 2 1 2 2 1 +2 24:50 2.73
Brian Gionta R 2 0 8 0 0 0 21:11 2.15
Scott Gomez C 0 3 3 1 0 0 20:21 2.05
Paul Martin D 0 2 6 0 1 +1 24:05 1.90
Jamie Langenbrunner R 0 2 3 3 1 +2 17:57 1.88
Sergei Brylin L 1 0 6 1 2 +1 19:22 1.55
Jay Pandolfo L 1 0 2 0 0 +2 16:26 1.30
John Madden C 1 0 2 0 0 +2 19:27 1.15
Colin White D 0 1 0 1 1 +2 21:21 0.98
Grant Marshall R 0 2 0 3 0 0 12:18 0.83
Tommy Albelin D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 11:27 0.78
Zach Parise L 0 1 0 0 0 0 14:33 0.42
Viktor Kozlov C 0 0 2 1 2 +1 12:12 0.40
Richard Matvichuk D 0 0 0 2 1 +1 16:51 0.30
Cam Janssen R 0 0 0 1 1 +1 5:15 0.20
David Hale D 0 0 1 2 1 0 9:45 0.08
Sean Brown D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 10:08 0.05
Alexander Mogilny R 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:01 0.02
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Brodeur W 25 23 2 .920 59:33 0.80