New Jersey Devils at Columbus Blue Jackets

Tuesday, January 27, 2004, 7:00 PM ET Nationwide Arena, Columbus Regular Season Final

Final score

The New Jersey Devils beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 on the road.

Final score, New Jersey Devils at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	Goals	2003-2004 record
New Jersey Devils	4	43-25-12-2
at Columbus Blue Jackets	3	25-45-8-4

Goals by period, New Jersey Devils at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New Jersey Devils	3	0	1	4
Columbus Blue Jackets	0	1	2	3

Shots on goal by period, New Jersey Devils at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New Jersey Devils	17	11	11	39
Columbus Blue Jackets	10	11	10	31

Scoring summary

Every goal, New Jersey Devils at Columbus Blue Jackets. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	11:02	New Jersey Devils	Grant Marshall (6)	Patrik Elias (22), Brian Rafalski (23)	Power play	NJD 1, CBJ 0
1st	12:18	New Jersey Devils	Patrik Elias (18)	Scott Niedermayer (21)	Shorthanded	NJD 2, CBJ 0
1st	14:10	New Jersey Devils	Sergei Brylin (9)	Turner Stevenson (8), Sean Brown (1)	Even strength	NJD 3, CBJ 0
2nd	04:29	Columbus Blue Jackets	Rick Nash (31)	David Vyborny (18), Brad Moran (1)	Power play	NJD 3, CBJ 1
3rd	17:43	Columbus Blue Jackets	Tyler Wright (5)	Trevor Letowski (12), Rostislav Klesla (9)	Even strength	NJD 3, CBJ 2
3rd	18:44	New Jersey Devils	Brian Gionta (9)	John Madden (13)	Even strength, Empty net	NJD 4, CBJ 2
3rd	19:37	Columbus Blue Jackets	Brad Moran (1)	Rick Nash (7), David Vyborny (19)	Even strength	NJD 4, CBJ 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

New Jersey Devils skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 I. Larionov	C	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	50%	07:11
Number 10 E. Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100%	10:48
Number 11 J. Madden	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	0	38.5%	16:56
Number 12 J. Friesen	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0		15:38
Number 14 B. Gionta	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0	0		12:30
Number 16 M. Rupp	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	28.6%	10:24
Number 18 S. Brylin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	2	0	25%	17:05
Number 20 J. Pandolfo	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	0		16:27
Number 23 S. Gomez	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0	63.6%	16:30
Number 24 T. Stevenson	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0		13:59
Number 26 P. Elias	C	1	1	2	-1	0	6	0	1	0		20:11
Number 29 G. Marshall	R	1	0	1	-1	0	4	1	0	1		14:09
Number 2 S. Brown	D	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	0		11:57
Number 5 C. White	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	6	0		24:48
Number 6 T. Albelin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:50
Number 25 D. Hale	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		19:25
Number 27 S. Niedermayer	D	0	1	1	+2	2	3	0	1	0		28:46
Number 28 B. Rafalski	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	0		21:14

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. Brodeur	31	28	3	.903	60:00	Win

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 G. Sanderson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	0		18:12
Number 9 D. Vyborny	R	0	2	2	-2	2	4	1	0	0	100%	17:27
Number 10 T. Letowski	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	0	50%	13:12
Number 13 N. Zherdev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0		17:03
Number 20 L. Pirjeta	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	71.4%	08:46
Number 26 T. Marchant	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0	61.1%	23:05
Number 27 M. Malhotra	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	0	50%	13:18
Number 28 T. Wright	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0		15:40
Number 33 J. Reich	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		06:56
Number 41 B. Moran	C	1	1	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	66.7%	15:08
Number 45 J. Shelley	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	0		07:30
Number 61 R. Nash	L	1	1	2	-2	0	2	0	0	1		18:52
Number 2 A. Eriksson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0		21:45
Number 3 J. Spacek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0		23:50
Number 7 S. Lachance	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		18:13
Number 15 D. Westcott	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		19:56
Number 22 L. Richardson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	0		18:27
Number 44 R. Klesla	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0		17:42

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. Denis	38	35	3	.921	59:25	Loss

Penalties, New Jersey Devils at Columbus Blue Jackets
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	09:29	Columbus Blue Jackets	David Vyborny	Interference	2
1st	11:30	New Jersey Devils	Igor Larionov	Interference	2
1st	14:58	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jody Shelley	Fighting (major)	5
1st	14:58	New Jersey Devils	Sean Brown	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	01:52	New Jersey Devils	Igor Larionov	Holding obstruction	2
2nd	04:17	New Jersey Devils	Scott Niedermayer	Tripping	2
2nd	07:14	New Jersey Devils	Mike Rupp	Slashing	2
2nd	07:21	Columbus Blue Jackets	Brad Moran	Holding	2
2nd	08:21	Columbus Blue Jackets	Luke Richardson	Roughing	2
3rd	03:42	New Jersey Devils	Scott Gomez	Roughing	2

New Jersey Devils head coach: Pat Burns
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: Gerard Gallant
Referees: Chris Rooney, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Danny McCourt, Brad Kovachik
New Jersey Devils scratches: Scott Stevens, Corey Schwab, Craig Darby, Jamie Langenbrunner, Raymond Giroux, Rob Skrlac, Jiri Bicek, Christian Berglund, Ari Ahonen, Aleksander Suglobov, Paul Martin, Tuomas Pihlman
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Andrew Cassels, Espen Knutsen, David Ling, Donald MacLean, Zenith Komarniski, Kent McDonell, Derrick Walser, Darrel Scoville, Mike Pandolfo, Andrej Nedorost, Pascal Leclaire, Tim Jackman, Aaron Johnson, Mark Hartigan, Dan Fritsche

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