The Devils had a rough start against the Kings getting out chanced 7-1 in the first 13 minutes of the game. Martin Broduer saw the first chance go by him but did some fantastic work stopping the others. When Brodeur left after the first period the Devils where getting out chanced 7-5. Johan Hedberg came in and didn't see his first chance against until about 7 minutes into the 3rd. Meanwhile the Devils had 9 chances in the last two period and added 1 more in OT.
The top line against the Kings was Parise-Elias-Sykora. Patrik Elias led the team with a +8 while Zach Parise and Petr Sykora each were at +7. The only other positive forward for the Devils was Kovalchuk at +1. All four of those forwards tied for the team lead with 3 chances each. Elias and Kovalchuk put all 3 of their chances on net; Parise and Sykora got 2 on net. Zach Parise also led the team with 5 chance assists.
The dominate defensive pair for the Devils was Greene-Larsson. Adam Larsson finished the night at +7 while Andy Greene went +6. Tallinder-Fayne struggled going -2, while the Salvador-Volchenkov pairing was able to finish the night at +1.
Continue after the jump for all the tables and graphs.
Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20037
| Team | Period | Time | Note | NJD | Opponent | |||||||||||
| NJD | 1 | 18:44 | Parise, Miss | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 5v5 |
| LAK | 1 | 18:14 | Gagne from Williams, Goal | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 32 | 5v5 |
| LAK | 1 | 13:19 | Williams from Kopitar | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| LAK | 1 | 10:02 | Kopitar, Post | 9 | 15 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 5v5 |
| LAK | 1 | 9:06 | Penner from Richards | 7 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 29 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| LAK | 1 | 8:40 | Penner from Brown | 7 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 29 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| LAK | 1 | 8:38 | Brown off Penner rebound | 7 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 29 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| LAK | 1 | 8:33 | Hunter off Greene rebound | 8 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 2 | 15 | 27 | 28 | 32 | 47 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 1 | 7:00 | Parise wraparound | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 1 | 6:59 | Sykora off Parise rebound | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 1 | 6:58 | Elias off Sykora rebound, Goal | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 1 | 0:35 | Parise from Elias | 7 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 2 | 9:32 | Clarkson | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 32 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 2 | 2:31 | Clarkson from Kovalchuk | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 32 | 33 | 5v4 | |
| NJD | 2 | 0:06 | Kovalchuk | 1 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 3 | 19:05 | Kovalchuk | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 3 | 18:37 | Sykora from Parise | 1 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 32 | 47 | 5v5 |
| LAK | 3 | 12:57 | Penner, Miss | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 3 | 12:14 | Sykora from Parise, Miss | 1 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 3 | 8:01 | Palmieri from Kovalchuk | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 3 | 7:07 | Kovalchuk from Larsson | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 3 | 1:50 | Elias from Parise | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 32 | 33 | 5v5 |
| NJD | 4 | 0:08 | Elias from Parise | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 4v4 | ||
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 1 | J. HEDBERG | 41:00 | 9 | 1 | 4:00 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | A. LARSSON | 21:16 | 9 | 2 | 3:43 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | A. GREENE | 20:21 | 8 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:41 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | H. TALLINDER | 20:03 | 2 | 4 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:41 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | D. ZUBRUS | 15:19 | 2 | 2 | 1:40 | 0 | 0 | 0:27 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Z. PARISE | 17:28 | 9 | 2 | 2:20 | 1 | 0 | 1:05 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | R. PELLEY | 7:23 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | B. MILLS | 7:43 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:28 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | N. PALMIERI | 16:40 | 3 | 4 | 1:31 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | P. SYKORA | 16:56 | 9 | 2 | 0:45 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | J. JOSEFSON | 16:57 | 2 | 4 | 0:55 | 0 | 0 | 0:27 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | I. KOVALCHUK | 25:09 | 5 | 4 | 4:00 | 1 | 0 | 0:28 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | M. TEDENBY | 12:10 | 1 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | D. CLARKSON | 15:41 | 1 | 2 | 2:13 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | B. SALVADOR | 17:18 | 3 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:19 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | C. JANSSEN | 3:35 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | P. ELIAS | 17:59 | 10 | 2 | 2:20 | 1 | 0 | 1:05 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | A. VOLCHENKOV | 17:57 | 3 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:19 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | M. FAYNE | 20:21 | 2 | 4 | 0:17 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | M. BRODEUR | 18:00 | 5 | 7 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 |
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Player | Chances | Chance On Goal | Chance Assist |
| 5 | Larsson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Greene | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Tallinder | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Zubrus | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Parise | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Pelley | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Mills | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Palmieri | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Sykora | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Josefson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Kovalchuk | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Tedenby | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Clarkson | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Janssen | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Salvador | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Elias | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | Volchenkov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Fayne | 0 | 0 | 0 |
