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  FINAL
New Jersey 5, Boston 4
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE | SCORING

  1st 2nd 3rd OT TOTAL
Boston 1 1 2 0 4
New Jersey 2 0 2 1 5

First Period: Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Elias 8 (Arnott, Sykora), 5:36. 2, New Jersey, Holik 11 (Pandolfo, Mckay), 11:19. 3, Boston, Bourque 6 (power play) (Andreychuk, Carter), 15:49. Penalties: Sweeney, Bos (interference), 13:22; Holik, N.J. (Interference), 14:04.
Second Period: Scoring: 4, Boston, Savage 1 (power play) (Samsonov), 2:49. Penalties: Souray, N.J. (Slashing), 2:00; Heinze, Bos (interference), 3:29; Thornton, Bos (slashing), 7:05; Holik, N.J. (Interference), 7:05.
Third Period: Scoring: 5, New Jersey, Gomez 9 (power play) (Niedermayer, Holik), 3:59. 6, Boston, Andreychuk 17 (Thornton, Murphy), 9:07. 7, New Jersey, Sykora 11 (Madden, Arnott), 12:34. 8, Boston, Murphy 3 (Sweeney, Thornton), 17:49. Penalties: K Mclaren, Bos ( double high sticking minor), 3:10; Oliwa, N.J. (Roughing), 3:10; Morrison, N.J. (Ob holding the stick), 10:11.
Overtime: Scoring: 9, New Jersey, Elias 9 (Sykora, Stevens), 0:19. 

SHOTS ON GOAL
Boston 7 13 10 0 --30
New Jersey

11
11
11
1
--34

Power-play Conversions: Bos - 2 of 3, Njd - 1 of 3. Goalies: Boston, Dafoe (34 shots, 29 saves; record: 8-8-4). New Jersey, M Brodeur (30, 26; record: 20-9-4). A:17,366. Referee: P Devorski. Linesmen: Champoux, Sericolo.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
BostonNew Jersey
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Andreychuk
Axelsson
Bourque
Carter
Dimaio
Gill
Heinze
Hulbig
K Mclaren
Mcsorley
Murphy
Prpic
Samsonov
Savage
Sweeney
Thornton
Timander
Van Impe
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
+1
even
-2
-2
even
even
-1
-1
even
even
+1
-1
-2
even
-2
even
even
even
3
4
4
4
0
4
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
3
1
1
0
1
Arnott
Elias
Gomez
Holik
K Daneyko
Lemieux
Madden
Mckay
Morrison
Niedermayer
Odelein
Oliwa
Pandolfo
Pederson
Rafalski
Souray
Stevens
Sykora
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
+1
+1
even
even
even
even
+1
even
even
+1
+1
even
even
even
+1
+1
even
+2
3
4
4
2
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
2
1
2
3
0
3
5

 


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BOXSCORES
Washington 3
Pittsburgh 2

Ottawa 3
Montreal 2

New Jersey 5
Boston 4

Toronto 2
NY Islanders 1

Dallas 4
NY Rangers 3

Calgary 3
Anaheim 1

Colorado 4
Los Angeles 2

Philadelphia 3
Vancouver 2