HABS FALL 5-3 IN CUNNEYWORTHS COACHING DEBUT

GOAL SCORERS

NJD:   P. Sykora (07:05 - 1st) , P. Elias (PPG, 05:05 - 2nd) , D. Clarkson (18:26 - 2nd) , P. Elias (01:31 - 3rd) , D. Zubrus (PPG, 10:18 - 3rd)

MTL:   P. Subban (PPG, 02:21 - 2nd) , C. Campoli (06:33 - 2nd) , L. Eller (08:57 - 2nd)

GOALIES

NJD: M. Brodeur (W)

 MTL: C. Price (L)

                    Earlier tonight in Montreal, Randy Cunneyworth made his coaching debut against the Canadiens. 7 minutes in, Zubrus took a shot and it was stopped, but Sykora was there to put home the rebound to make it 1-0 Devils lead. 3 minutes into the second, Kaberle played the puck to Subban and he one-timed a shot past Brodeur to tie the game at 1-1. It's a powerplay goal. 2 minutes later, Kovalchuk played the puck across the ice right to Ellias and he scored to give the Devils a 2-1 lead. 1 minute later, Campoli took a slap shot from the point and scored to tie the game at 2-2. 3 minutes later, Eller got the puck in the slot and ripped a shot past Brodeur to give the Habs a 3-2 lead.

        Then with under 2 minutes to play in the second, Clarkson came in on the right side and took a wrist shot and scored to tie the game at 3-3. 1 minute into the third, Sykora played the puck to Ellias and he scored to give the Devils a 4-3 lead. Zubrus would add another goal as the Devils win 5-3. Randy Cunneyworths Canadiens were using their speed more in this game but it ended in a loss. Price made 30 saves in the loss. In Brodeurs 40th career win against the Canadiens, he made 23 saves."Offensively, the power play, I think we did a lot of good stuff again," Brodeur said. "Defensively, it's still a battle. (Friday) night we had a lot of quality chances and again tonight, but I think we have to expect that a little bit for the way we play. It's been good. We've got to keep it going."

        After the loss, Cunneyworth talked about how enjoyable his first game was. "I would have enjoyed it more if we won," Cunneyworth said.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo