Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Statistical Info

April 8, 2008   ·   Derek Felix   ·   Jump to comments

With the postseason set to begin tomorrow, the Eastern Conference Statistical Previews are up courtesy of the nhlmedia site. Probably the most media friendly site you’ll find. They also have storylines available and is where you can find interviews with players, coaches and even broadcasters. 

2007-08 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS STATISTICAL PREVIEW
EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS

SERIES A – #1 MONTREAL CANADIENS vs. #8 BOSTON BRUINS
REGULAR SEASON RECAP
- MONTREAL – - BOSTON -
Overall Record 47-25-10 — 104    41-29-12 — 94
Games 1-20 11- 6- 3 — 25 11- 7- 2 — 24
Games 21-40 9- 7- 4 — 22 9- 9- 2 — 20
Games 41-60 12- 6- 2 — 26 11- 7- 2 — 24
Games 61-82 15- 6- 1 — 31 10- 6- 6 — 26
Home Record 22-13- 6 — 50 21-16- 4 — 46
Road Record 25-12- 4 — 54 20-13- 8 — 48
Overtime Record 10- 0-10 — 30 9- 0-12 — 30
Goals For/Against (+/-) 262/222 (+40) 212/222 (-10)
Power Play % 24.2% ( 90/372) 17.6% ( 56/319)
Penalty Killing % 82.5% ( 60/342) 78.6% ( 71/332)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Goals ALEX KOVALEV…….. 35 MARCO STURM……… 27
Assists ALEX KOVALEV…….. 49 MARC SAVARD……… 63
MARK STREIT……… 49
Points ALEX KOVALEV…….. 84 MARC SAVARD……… 78
Game-Winning Goals TOMAS PLEKANEC…… 6 GLEN METROPOLIT….. 5
MARCO STURM……… 5
Power-Play Goals ALEX KOVALEV…….. 17 MARCO STURM……… 10
Short-Handed Goals TOM KOSTOPOULOS….. 3 CHUCK KOBASEW……. 3
Plus/Minus ALEX KOVALEV……..+18 ZDENO CHARA………+14

RESULTS OF 2007-2008 REGULAR SEASON MEETINGS
DATE SCORE GOALTENDERS
OCT. 22 BOSTON 1 AT MONTREAL 6 FERNANDEZ(L)-HUET(W)
NOV. 8 MONTREAL 2 AT BOSTON 1 PRICE(W)-THOMAS(L)
NOV. 17 BOSTON 4 AT MONTREAL 7 THOMAS(L)-PRICE(W)
DEC. 6 MONTREAL 4 AT BOSTON 2 PRICE(W)-RASK(L)
JAN. 10 MONTREAL 5 AT BOSTON 2 HUET(W)-THOMAS(L)
JAN. 22 BOSTON 2 AT MONTREAL 8 THOMAS,AULD(L)-HUET(W)
MAR. 20 MONTREAL 4 AT BOSTON 2 PRICE(W)-THOMAS(L)
MAR. 22 BOSTON 2 AT MONTREAL 3 THOMAS(O)-PRICE(W)

-POWER PLAY- —SHORT HANDED—
GP W L OTL GF GA PTS PP GF PP% TS GA PK% GF GA
MONTREAL 8 8 0 0 39 16 16 34 10 29.4% 31 3 90.3% 1 0
BOSTON 8 0 7 1 16 39 1 31 3 9.7% 34 10 70.6% 0 1

2007-08 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS STATISTICAL PREVIEW
EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
SERIES A – #1 MONTREAL CANADIENS vs. #8 BOSTON BRUINS

REGULAR SEASON RECAP
MONTREAL CANADIENS BOSTON BRUINS
GP G A TP PM +/- GP G A TP PM +/-
A KOSTITSYN 7 5 6 11 7 +8 M SAVARD 8 1 8 9 12 -1
A KOVALEV 8 7 4 11 14 +9 D WIDEMAN 8 2 4 6 2 -1
M STREIT 8 0 11 11 2 +8 G MURRAY 6 2 2 4 6 +2
T PLEKANEC 8 3 7 10 2 +8 P KESSEL 8 1 3 4 2 -11
S KOIVU 8 1 5 6 14 +2 Z CHARA 8 1 3 4 31 -6
M RYDER 7 2 3 5 0 +3 P NOKELAINEN 7 2 1 3 4 +1
A MARKOV 8 2 3 5 0 +5 P AXELSSON 7 1 2 3 5 -2
C HIGGINS 8 2 3 5 0 +2 M STURM 8 3 0 3 10 E
M DANDENAULT 5 3 1 4 2 +2 P SCHAEFER 6 0 2 2 4 -7
M KOMISAREK 7 2 2 4 4 +4 M STUART 8 1 1 2 14 -2
T KOSTOPOULOS 7 2 2 4 50 +4 M LUCIC 8 1 1 2 4 -4
B SMOLINSKI 7 1 3 4 2 +3 C KOBASEW 8 0 2 2 11 -7
R HAMRLIK 8 1 3 4 4 +6 S HNIDY 4 0 1 1 10 -5
K CHIPCHURA 4 1 2 3 0 +3 D KREJCI 5 0 1 1 0 -1
S BEGIN 6 1 2 3 16 +2 A WARD 7 1 0 1 2 -6
R O’BYRNE 3 0 2 2 0 E A AULD 1 0 0 0 0 E
S KOSTITSYN 4 0 2 2 13 -1 M FERNANDEZ 1 0 0 0 0 E
M LAPIERRE 5 2 0 2 5 +2 P PELLETIER 1 0 0 0 0 -1
J GORGES 5 0 2 2 2 +1 P BERGERON 1 0 0 0 0 E
G LATENDRESS 6 1 1 2 6 E T RASK 1 0 0 0 0 E
P BRISEBOIS 3 1 0 1 0 +2 V SOBOTKA 1 0 0 0 0 -2
M GRABOVSKI 4 1 0 1 0 -3 B ALLEN 2 0 0 0 0 +1
C PRICE 5 0 0 0 0 E M HUNWICK 2 0 0 0 0 -3
F BOUILLON 8 0 0 0 15 +5 A ALBERTS 4 0 0 0 7 -4
S THORNTON 4 0 0 0 4 +1
A FERENCE 5 0 0 0 6 -4
T THOMAS 6 0 0 0 0 E
J REICH 7 0 0 0 29 -2
G METROPOLIT 8 0 0 0 0 -8

GOALTENDERS GP W L MINS GA GAA GOALTENDERS GP W L MINS GA GAA
C PRICE 5 5 0 305 11 2.16 A AULD 1 0 1 20 4 2.00
M FERNANDEZ 1 0 1 59 6 6.10
T THOMAS 6 0 4 343 24 4.19
T RASK 1 0 1 60 4 4.00

2007-08 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS STATISTICAL PREVIEW
EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
SERIES A – #1 MONTREAL CANADIENS vs. #8 BOSTON BRUINS
ALL-TIME PLAYOFF MEETINGS RECAP
Series W L GP W L GF GA
Boston 30 7 23 152 57 95 371 469
Montreal 30 23 7 152 95 57 469 371
Year Series Result
1929 SF Boston won best-of-five series 3-0, outscoring Montreal 5-2.
1930 F Montreal won best-of-three series 2-0, outscoring Boston 7-3.
1931 SF Montreal won best-of-five series 3-2, teams tied in scoring 13-13.
1943 SF Boston won best-of-seven series 4-1, outscoring Montreal 18-17.
1946 F Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-1, outscoring Boston 19-13.
1947 SF Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-1, outscoring Boston 16-10.
1952 SF Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-3, outscoring Boston 18-12.
1953 F Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-1, outscoring Boston 16-9.
1954 SF Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-0, outscoring Boston 16-4.
1955 SF Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-1, outscoring Boston 16-9.
1957 F Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-1, outscoring Boston 15-6.
1958 F Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-2, outscoring Boston 16-14.
1968 QF Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-0, outscoring Boston 15-8.
1969 SF Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-2, outscored by Boston 16-15.
1971 QF Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-3, outscoring Boston 28-26.
1977 F Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-0, outscoring Boston 16-6.
1978 F Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-2, outscoring Boston 18-13.
1979 SF Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-3, outscoring Boston 25-20.
1984 DSF Montreal won best-of-five series 3-0, outscoring Boston 10-2.
1985 DSF Montreal won best-of-five series 3-2, outscoring Boston 19-17.
1986 DSF Montreal won best-of-five series 3-0, outscoring Boston 10-6.
1987 DSF Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-0, outscoring Boston 19-11.
1988 DF Boston won best-of-seven series 4-1, outscoring Montreal 15-10.
1989 DF Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-1, outscoring Boston 16-13.
1990 DF Boston won best-of-seven series 4-1, outscoring Montreal 16-12.
1991 DF Boston won best-of-seven series 4-3, teams tied in scoring 18-18.
1992 DF Boston won best-of-seven series 4-0, outscoring Montreal 14-8.
1994 CQF Boston won best-of-seven series 4-3, outscoring Montreal 22-20.
2002 CQF Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-2, outscoring Boston 20-18.
2004 CQF Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-3, outscoring Boston 19-14.

2008 CQF will be 31st meeting between the Original Six franchises.

MONTREAL CANADIENS CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS
OVERALL AGAINST BOSTON
SCORERS GP G A PTS GP G A PTS
Alexei Kovalev 100 37 47 84 7 5 3 8
Bryan Smolinski 111 22 27 49 – - – -
Saku Koivu 43 13 23 36 13 4 13 17
Patrice Brisebois 87 8 18 26 24 2 6 8
Roman Hamrlik 55 1 20 21 – - – -
Mathieu Dandenault 70 3 8 11 – - – -
Andrei Markov 29 2 8 10 13 1 4 5
Michael Ryder 17 3 5 8 7 0 2 2
Chris Higgins 6 1 3 4 – - – -
Tomas Plekanec 6 0 4 4 – - – -
Francis Bouillon 17 1 2 3 7 0 0 0
Steve Begin 11 0 1 1 5 0 1 1
Josh Gorges 11 0 1 1 – - – -
Mark Streit 1 0 0 0 – - – -
Mike Komisarek 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Kyle Chipchura – - – - – - – -
Matt D’Agostini – - – - – - – -
Mikhail Grabovski – - – - – - – -
Andrei Kostitsyn – - – - – - – -
Sergei Kostitsyn – - – - – - – -
Tom Kostopoulos – - – - – - – -
Maxim Lapierre – - – - – - – -
Guillaume Latendresse – - – - – - – -
Corey Locke – - – - – - – -
Ryan O’Byrne – - – - – - – -
Gregory Stewart – - – - – - – -
GP Mins W L GAA SO GP Mins W L GA GAA
Carey Price – - – - – - – - – - – -
Jaroslav Halak – - – - – - – - – - – -

BOSTON BRUINS CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS
OVERALL AGAINST MONTREAL
SCORERS GP G A PTS GP G A PTS
Glen Murray 87 20 22 42 24 7 7 14
Peter Schaefer 56 5 15 20 – - – -
Andrew Ference 51 3 14 17 – - – -
Marco Sturm 38 6 9 15 – - – -
Zdeno Chara 45 3 11 14 – - – -
Aaron Ward 78 3 5 8 12 1 0 1
P.J. Axelsson 36 4 2 6 13 2 1 3
Patrice Bergeron 7 1 3 4 7 1 3 4
Shane Hnidy 23 2 1 3 – - – -
Chuck Kobasew 33 1 1 2 – - – -
Glen Metropolit 3 0 0 0 – - – -
Shawn Thornton 15 0 0 0 – - – -
Andrew Alberts – - – - – - – -
Bobby Allen – - – - – - – -
Jeff Hoggan – - – - – - – -
Matt Hunwick – - – - – - – -
Phil Kessel – - – - – - – -
David Krejci – - – - – - – -
Matt Lashoff – - – - – - – -
Milan Lucic – - – - – - – -
Petteri Nokelainen – - – - – - – -
Pascal Pelletier – - – - – - – -
Jeremy Reich – - – - – - – -
Marc Savard – - – - – - – -
Vladimir Sobotka – - – - – - – -
Mark Stuart – - – - – - – -
Dennis Wideman – - – - – - – -

GP Mins W L GAA SO GP Mins W L GA GAA
Manny Fernandez 11 571 3 4 2.00 0 – - – - – -
Alex Auld 4 242 1 2 2.48 0 – - – - – -
Tuukka Rask – - – - – - – - – - – -
Tim Thomas – - – - – - – - – - – -

2007-08 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS STATISTICAL PREVIEW
EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
SERIES B – #2 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS vs. #7 OTTAWA SENATORS
- PITTSBURGH – - OTTAWA -
Overall Record 47-27- 8 — 102 43-31- 8 — 94
Games 1-20 8-10- 2 — 18 16- 4- 0 — 32
Games 21-40 14- 6- 0 — 28 10- 6- 4 — 24
Games 41-60 12- 5- 3 — 27 9-10- 1 — 19
Games 61-82 13- 6- 3 — 29 8-11- 3 — 19
Home Record 26-10- 5 — 57 22-15- 4 — 48
Road Record 21-17- 3 — 45 21-16- 4 — 46
Overtime Record 8- 0- 8 — 24 6- 0- 8 — 20
Goals For/Against (+/-) 247/216 (+31) 261/247 (+14)
Power Play % 20.4% ( 77/378) 18.3% ( 60/328)
Penalty Killing % 81.0% ( 68/357) 81.1% ( 72/380)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Goals EVGENI MALKIN……. 47 DANY HEATLEY…….. 41
Assists EVGENI MALKIN……. 59 JASON SPEZZA…….. 58
Points EVGENI MALKIN…….106 JASON SPEZZA…….. 92
Game-Winning Goals RYAN MALONE……… 6 DANY HEATLEY…….. 8
Power-Play Goals EVGENI MALKIN……. 17 DANY HEATLEY…….. 13
Short-Handed Goals PASCAL DUPUIS……. 3 DANIEL ALFREDSSON… 7
Plus/Minus SIDNEY CROSBY…….+18 DANY HEATLEY……..+33

RESULTS OF 2007-2008 REGULAR SEASON MEETINGS
DATE SCORE GOALTENDERS
NOV. 22 PITTSBURGH 6 AT OTTAWA 5 SABOURIN(W),FLEURY-GERBER(O)
DEC. 13 OTTAWA 4 AT PITTSBURGH 1 GERBER(W)-SABOURIN(L)
FEB. 23 OTTAWA 4 AT PITTSBURGH 3 EMERY(W)-CONKLIN(O)
MAR. 1 PITTSBURGH 4 AT OTTAWA 5 CONKLIN(L)-GERBER(W)

-POWER PLAY- —SHORT HANDED—
GP W L OTL GF GA PTS PP GF PP% TS GA PK% GF GA
PITTSBURGH 4 1 2 1 14 18 3 22 3 13.6% 13 6 53.8% 0 1
OTTAWA 4 3 0 1 18 14 7 13 6 46.2% 22 3 86.4% 1 0

2007-08 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS STATISTICAL PREVIEW
EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
SERIES B – #2 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS vs. #7 OTTAWA SENATORS
REGULAR SEASON RECAP
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS OTTAWA SENATORS
GP G A TP PM +/- GP G A TP PM +/-
R MALONE 4 4 2 6 2 E J SPEZZA 4 4 4 8 2 +4
E MALKIN 4 2 3 5 4 E D ALFREDSSON 4 3 5 8 2 -1
P SYKORA 4 2 2 4 4 -1 D HEATLEY 4 6 0 6 4 +5
M HOSSA (ATL) 3 0 3 3 2 -3 W REDDEN 4 0 5 5 0 +3
S GONCHAR 4 1 2 3 8 -1 C STILLMAN (CAR) 2 0 0 0 0 -1
J STAAL 4 0 3 3 0 -1 (OTT) 2 1 3 4 0 +2
R WHITNEY 3 0 2 2 0 +1 (TOTAL) 4 1 3 4 0 +1
T KENNEDY 4 2 0 2 0 -1 A MESZAROS 4 0 4 4 0 +4
H GILL (TOR) 5 0 2 2 2 +1 A VERMETTE 4 1 2 3 9 E
(PIT) 1 0 0 0 4 -1 C SCHUBERT 4 1 1 2 4 +2
(TOTAL) 6 0 2 2 6 E C KELLY 4 0 2 2 0 +1
A GOLIGOSKI 1 0 1 1 0 +1 M LAPOINTE 1 1 0 1 6 -2
J TAFFE 2 1 0 1 0 +2 C NEIL 2 0 1 1 4 E
M TALBOT 2 0 1 1 5 -1 A VOLCHENKOV 3 0 1 1 2 -3
S CROSBY 2 0 1 1 2 E R ROBITAILLE 3 0 1 1 0 +1
D SYDOR 3 0 1 1 0 +3 C PHILLIPS 4 1 0 1 8 -2
R SCUDERI 3 0 1 1 2 -1 L RICHARDSON 4 0 1 1 2 +1
K LETANG 4 0 1 1 0 -5 M FISHER 4 0 1 1 0 -4
M FLEURY 1 0 0 0 0 E A NIKULIN 1 0 0 0 0 -2
A HALL 2 0 0 0 0 -1 R EMERY 1 0 0 0 0 E
C MINARD 2 0 0 0 0 E N FOLIGNO 2 0 0 0 4 -2
C JAMES 2 0 0 0 0 -1 B MCGRATTAN 3 0 0 0 10 E
D SABOURIN 2 0 0 0 0 E D MCAMMOND 3 0 0 0 2 +1
G ROBERTS 2 0 0 0 0 E M GERBER 3 0 0 0 0 E
M EATON 2 0 0 0 0 E S DONOVAN 4 0 0 0 6 E
T CONKLIN 2 0 0 0 0 E M COMMODORE (CAR) 3 0 0 0 11 E
B ORPIK 4 0 0 0 0 -1 (OTT) 2 0 0 0 0 E
G LARAQUE 4 0 0 0 10 E (TOTAL) 5 0 0 0 11 E
J RUUTU 4 0 0 0 4 -2
P DUPUIS (ATL) 4 0 0 0 2 -1
(PIT) 1 0 0 0 0 E
(TOTAL) 5 0 0 0 2 -1

GOALTENDERS GP W L MINS GA GAA GOALTENDERS GP W L MINS GA GAA
D SABOURIN 2 1 1 114 6 3.15 M GERBER 3 2 0 185 10 3.24
M FLEURY 1 0 0 11 2 .90 R EMERY 1 1 0 65 3 2.76
T CONKLIN 2 0 1 124 9 4.35

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS
OVERALL AGAINST OTTAWA
SCORERS GP G A PTS GP G A PTS
Gary Roberts 119 30 59 89 23 12 9 21
Petr Sykora 88 26 33 59 2 0 0 0
Darryl Sydor 151 9 47 56 5 0 1 1
Sergei Gonchar 63 15 25 40 10 4 5 9
Marian Hossa 55 13 22 35 – - – -
Pascal Dupuis 20 5 6 11 – - – -
Georges Laraque 38 3 6 9 2 0 0 0
Sidney Crosby 5 3 2 5 5 3 2 5
Adam Hall 14 3 1 4 – - – -
Jarkko Ruutu 29 1 3 4 5 0 0 0
Evgeni Malkin 5 0 4 4 5 0 4 4
Jordan Staal 5 3 0 3 5 3 0 3
Ryan Whitney 5 1 1 2 5 1 1 2
Hal Gill 36 0 2 2 – - – -
Maxime Talbot 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1
Nathan Smith 4 0 0 0 – - – -
Ryan Malone 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Brooks Orpik 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Rob Scuderi 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Mark Eaton 23 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Kris Beech – - – - – - – -
Tim Brent – - – - – - – -
Jonathan Filewich – - – - – - – -
Alex Goligoski – - – - – - – -
Connor James – - – - – - – -
Kris Letang – - – - – - – -
Tyler Kennedy – - – - – - – -
Chris Minard – - – - – - – -
Alain Nasreddine – - – - – - – -
Ryan Stone – - – - – - – -
Jeff Taffe – - – - – - – -

GP Mins W L GAA SO GP Mins W L GA GAA
Marc-A. Fleury 5 287 1 4 3.76 0 5 287 1 4 18 3.77
Dany Sabourin 2 14 0 0 4.29 0 – - – - – -
Ty Conklin 1 6 0 1 10.00 0 – - – - – -

OTTAWA SENATORS CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS
OVERALL AGAINST PITTSBURGH
SCORERS GP G A PTS GP G A PTS
Daniel Alfredsson 99 43 37 80 5 3 3 6
Cory Stillman 78 17 32 49 – - – -
Wade Redden 90 12 32 44 5 0 3 3
Martin Lapointe 104 19 24 43 – - – -
Jason Spezza 36 13 25 38 5 2 2 4
Dany Heatley 30 10 24 34 5 2 2 4
Mike Fisher 69 12 11 23 5 0 2 2
Dean McAmmond 37 6 7 13 5 1 2 3
Chris Phillips 87 6 7 13 5 0 0 0
Anton Volchenkov 51 3 9 12 5 1 3 4
Shean Donovan 43 5 6 11 – - – -
Antoine Vermette 34 4 4 8 5 1 1 2
Andrej Meszaros 30 2 6 8 5 1 1 2
Luke Richardson 69 0 8 8 6 0 1 1
Chris Neil 64 4 3 7 5 1 2 3
Chris Kelly 30 3 4 7 5 3 1 4
Mike Commodore 45 2 4 6 – - – -
Randy Robitaille 11 1 3 4 – - – -
Christoph Schubert 27 0 2 2 5 0 0 0
Cody Bass – - – - – - – -
Nick Foligno – - – - – - – -
Josh Hennessy – - – - – - – -
Brian Lee – - – - – - – -
Brian McGrattan – - – - – - – -
Alexander Nikulin – - – - – - – -
Lawrence Nycholat – - – - – - – -
Jesse Winchester – - – - – - – -
Ilja Zubov – - – - – - – -

GP Mins W L GAA SO GP Mins W L GA GAA
Ray Emery 30 1853 18 12 2.46 3 5 299 4 1 10 2.01
Martin Gerber 8 242 1 1 3.47 1 – - – - – -
Brian Elliott – - – - – - – - – - – -

Series Note: This will be the second year in a row they’ll meet in the first round.

2007 Conf. Qtrs        Senators def. Penguins 4-1

2008 Conf. Qtrs     ???

2007-08 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS STATISTICAL PREVIEW
EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
SERIES C – #3 WASHINGTON CAPITALS vs. #6 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
REGULAR SEASON RECAP
- WASHINGTON – - PHILADELPHIA -
Overall Record 43-31- 8 — 94 42-29-11 — 95
Games 1-20 6-13- 1 — 13 12- 7- 1 — 25
Games 21-40 10- 6- 4 — 24 9- 8- 3 — 21
Games 41-60 12- 7- 1 — 25 9- 9- 2 — 20
Games 61-82 15- 5- 2 — 32 12- 5- 5 — 29
Home Record 23-15- 3 — 49 21-14- 6 — 48
Road Record 20-16- 5 — 45 21-15- 5 — 47
Overtime Record 11- 0- 8 — 30 6- 0-11 — 23
Goals For/Against (+/-) 242/231 (+11) 248/233 (+15)
Power Play % 18.8% ( 65/346) 21.8% ( 84/385)
Penalty Killing % 80.5% ( 68/349) 83.2% ( 65/388)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Goals ALEX OVECHKIN……. 65 VACLAV PROSPAL…… 33
Assists NICKLAS BACKSTROM… 55 MIKE RICHARDS……. 47
Points ALEX OVECHKIN…….112 MIKE RICHARDS……. 75
Game-Winning Goals ALEX OVECHKIN……. 11 SCOTT HARTNELL…… 6
MIKE RICHARDS……. 6
Power-Play Goals ALEX OVECHKIN……. 22 MIKE KNUBLE……… 15
Short-Handed Goals BROOKS LAICH…….. 2 MIKE RICHARDS……. 5
Plus/Minus VIKTOR KOZLOV…….+28 BRAYDON COBURN……+17
ALEX OVECHKIN…….+28

RESULTS OF 2007-2008 REGULAR SEASON MEETINGS
DATE SCORE GOALTENDERS
NOV. 2 PHILADELPHIA 3 AT WASHINGTON 2 NIITTYMAKI(W)-KOLZIG(L)
NOV. 23 WASHINGTON 4 AT PHILADELPHIA 3 KOLZIG(W)-BIRON(O)
JAN. 13 PHILADELPHIA 6 AT WASHINGTON 4 BIRON(W)-KOLZIG,JOHNSON(L)
FEB. 6 WASHINGTON 4 AT PHILADELPHIA 3 KOLZIG(W)-BIRON(L)

-POWER PLAY- —SHORT HANDED—
GP W L OTL GF GA PTS PP GF PP% TS GA PK% GF GA
WASHINGTON 4 2 2 0 14 15 4 11 2 18.2% 22 5 77.3% 0 1
PHILADELPHIA 4 2 1 1 15 14 5 22 5 22.7% 11 2 81.8% 1 0

2007-08 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS STATISTICAL PREVIEW
EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
SERIES C – #3 WASHINGTON CAPITALS vs. #6 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
REGULAR SEASON RECAP
WASHINGTON CAPITALS PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
GP G A TP PM +/- GP G A TP PM +/-
N BACKSTROM 4 1 5 6 2 +4 V PROSPAL (T.B) 6 2 6 8 0 -1
A OVECHKIN 4 3 2 5 2 +2 M RICHARDS 4 3 2 5 5 +2
M GREEN 4 2 3 5 4 +7 R UMBERGER 4 2 3 5 2 +3
M NYLANDER 3 1 3 4 2 -1 M KNUBLE 4 3 1 4 2 +2
T POTI 3 0 3 3 2 -2 J CARTER 4 1 3 4 2 -1
V KOZLOV 4 1 2 3 0 +1 D BRIERE 4 2 1 3 0 -3
C CLARK 2 1 1 2 19 +1 K TIMONEN 4 1 2 3 2 -1
T FLEISCHMANN 3 1 1 2 0 E J LUPUL 2 0 2 2 2 +1
A SEMIN 2 1 0 1 0 +1 S GAGNE 2 0 2 2 2 -3
Q LAING 2 0 1 1 2 +1 R JONES 3 1 1 2 0 E
B LAICH 4 1 0 1 7 E B COBURN 4 0 2 2 0 -4
D BRASHEAR 4 1 0 1 11 -1 L KUKKONEN 2 0 1 1 0 +3
M BRADLEY 4 1 0 1 7 +1 S DOWNIE 2 0 1 1 0 E
B GORDON 4 0 1 1 2 -2 M BIRON 3 0 1 1 0 E
M JURCINA 4 0 1 1 0 -3 J DOWD 4 1 0 1 2 -1
S MORRISONN 4 0 1 1 2 +5 S KAPANEN 4 1 0 1 0 -3
B JOHNSON 1 0 0 0 0 E S HARTNELL 4 0 1 1 9 E
C HUET (MTL) 1 0 0 0 0 E S UPSHALL 4 0 1 1 4 E
E FEHR 1 0 0 0 0 E A NIITTYMAKI 1 0 0 0 0 E
M COOKE (VAN) 1 0 0 0 2 -1 N GUENIN 1 0 0 0 0 +2
B POTHIER 2 0 0 0 4 E D HATCHER 2 0 0 0 0 -3
J ERSKINE 3 0 0 0 12 E R FITZPATRICK 2 0 0 0 0 -1
D STECKEL 4 0 0 0 0 -1 J SMITH 4 0 0 0 19 -1
J SCHULTZ 4 0 0 0 2 -4 R COTE 4 0 0 0 7 -1
O KOLZIG 4 0 0 0 2 E

GOALTENDERS GP W L MINS GA GAA GOALTENDERS GP W L MINS GA GAA
B JOHNSON 1 0 1 33 1 1.81 A NIITTYMAKI 1 1 0 59 2 2.03
C HUET (MTL) 1 1 0 60 2 1.99 M BIRON 3 1 1 181 12 3.97
O KOLZIG 4 2 1 207 13 3.76

WASHINGTON CAPITALS CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS
OVERALL AGAINST PHILADELPHIA
SCORERS GP G A PTS GP G A PTS
Sergei Fedorov 162 50 113 163 4 3 3 6
Michael Nylander 44 12 22 34 – - – -
Matt Cooke 32 8 4 12 – - – -
Donald Brashear 49 2 5 7 – - – -
Tom Poti 24 0 7 7 – - – -
Chris Clark 26 3 3 6 – - – -
Brian Pothier 16 2 1 3 – - – -
Viktor Kozlov 14 0 3 3 2 0 0 0
Matt Bradley 10 0 0 0 – - – -
Nicklas Backstrom – - – - – - – -
Chris Bourque – - – - – - – -
Steve Eminger – - – - – - – -
John Erskine – - – - – - – -
Eric Fehr – - – - – - – -
Tomas Fleischmann – - – - – - – -
Boyd Gordon – - – - – - – -
Mike Green – - – - – - – -
Milan Jurcina – - – - – - – -
Brooks Laich – - – - – - – -
Quintin Laing – - – - – - – -
Sami Lepisto – - – - – - – -
Shaone Morrisonn – - – - – - – -
Alex Ovechkin – - – - – - – -
Jeff Schultz – - – - – - – -
Alexander Semin – - – - – - – -
David Steckel – - – - – - – -

GP Mins W L GAA SO GP Mins W L GA GAA
Olaf Kolzig 45 2799 20 24 2.14 6 – - – - – -
Brent Johnson 12 652 5 6 1.84 3 – - – - – -
Cristobal Huet 6 386 2 4 2.33 0 – - – - – -

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS
OVERALL AGAINST WASHINGTON
SCORERS GP G A PTS GP G A PTS
Daniel Briere 40 13 24 37 – - – -
Sami Kapanen 71 11 22 33 – - – -
Simon Gagne 65 20 11 31 – - – -
Derian Hatcher 118 6 24 30 – - – -
Jim Dowd 82 8 15 23 – - – -
Vaclav Prospal 43 6 15 21 7 3 2 5
Joffrey Lupul 16 9 2 11 – - – -
Mike Knuble 23 3 6 9 – - – -
Jason Smith 51 1 8 9 – - – -
Scott Hartnell 16 3 3 6 – - – -
Kimmo Timonen 16 1 5 6 – - – -
Jaroslav Modry 19 1 2 3 – - – -
R.J. Umberger 5 1 0 1 – - – -
Mike Richards 6 0 1 1 – - – -
Scottie Upshall 2 0 0 0 – - – -
Jeff Carter 6 0 0 0 – - – -
Jesse Boulerice – - – - – - – -
Braydon Coburn – - – - – - – -
Riley Cote – - – - – - – -
Steve Downie – - – - – - – -
Rory Fitzpatrick – - – - – - – -
Claude Giroux – - – - – - – -
Kyle Greentree – - – - – - – -
Nathan Guenin – - – - – - – -
Randy Jones – - – - – - – -
Lasse Kukkonen – - – - – - – -
Ryan Parent – - – - – - – -
Ryan Potulny – - – - – - – -
Stefan Ruzicka – - – - – - – -
Patrick Thoresen – - – - – - – -
Denis Tolpeko – - – - – - – -
GP Mins W L GAA SO GP Mins W L GA GAA
Antero Niittymaki 2 73 0 0 4.11 0 – - – - – -
Martin Biron – - – - – - – - – - – -

Series Note: This will be the first meeting between the clubs since 1989.

1989 Patrick Div. Semis  Flyers def. Capitals 4-2

2008 Conf. Qtrs             ???  

2007-08 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS STATISTICAL PREVIEW
EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
SERIES D – #4 NEW JERSEY DEVILS vs. #5 NEW YORK RANGERS
REGULAR SEASON RECAP
- NEW JERSEY – - NY RANGERS -
Overall Record 46-29- 7 — 99 42-27-13 — 97
Games 1-20 8-10- 2 — 18 12- 7- 1 — 25
Games 21-40 15- 4- 1 — 31 8- 9- 3 — 19
Games 41-60 11- 7- 2 — 24 9- 8- 3 — 21
Games 61-82 12- 8- 2 — 26 13- 3- 6 — 32
Home Record 25-14- 2 — 52 25-13- 3 — 53
Road Record 21-15- 5 — 47 17-14-10 — 44
Overtime Record 15- 0- 7 — 37 12- 0-13 — 37
Goals For/Against (+/-) 206/197 (+9) 213/199 (+14)
Power Play % 15.6% ( 50/320) 16.5% ( 61/370)
Penalty Killing % 82.8% ( 54/314) 84.5% ( 53/343)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Goals ZACH PARISE……… 32 JAROMIR JAGR…….. 25
CHRIS DRURY……… 25
Assists PATRIK ELIAS…….. 35 SCOTT GOMEZ……… 54
Points ZACH PARISE……… 65 JAROMIR JAGR…….. 71
Game-Winning Goals PATRIK ELIAS…….. 8 CHRIS DRURY……… 7
ZACH PARISE……… 8
Power-Play Goals ZACH PARISE……… 10 CHRIS DRURY……… 12
Short-Handed Goals JOHN MADDEN……… 3 MICHAL ROZSIVAL….. 2
FREDRIK SJOSTROM…. 2
Plus/Minus JOHN ODUYA……….+27 NIGEL DAWES………+11

RESULTS OF 2007-2008 REGULAR SEASON MEETINGS
DATE SCORE GOALTENDERS
OCT. 25 NEW JERSEY 0 AT NY RANGERS 2 BRODEUR(L)-LUNDQVIST(W)
NOV. 3 NEW JERSEY 1 AT NY RANGERS 2 BRODEUR(O)-LUNDQVIST(W)
NOV. 14 NY RANGERS 4 AT NEW JERSEY 2 LUNDQVIST(W)-BRODEUR(L)
DEC. 9 NEW JERSEY 0 AT NY RANGERS 1 BRODEUR(O)-LUNDQVIST(W)
FEB. 1 NY RANGERS 3 AT NEW JERSEY 1 LUNDQVIST(W)-BRODEUR(L)
MAR. 19 NY RANGERS 2 AT NEW JERSEY 1 LUNDQVIST(W)-BRODEUR(O)
MAR. 27 NEW JERSEY 2 AT NY RANGERS 3 BRODEUR(L)-LUNDQVIST(W)
APR. 6 NY RANGERS 2 AT NEW JERSEY 3 LUNDQVIST(O)-BRODEUR(W)

-POWER PLAY- —SHORT HANDED—
GP W L OTL GF GA PTS PP GF PP% TS GA PK% GF GA
NEW JERSEY 8 1 4 3 10 19 5 27 1 3.7% 30 6 80.0% 0 0
NY RANGERS 8 7 0 1 19 10 15 30 6 20.0% 27 1 96.3% 0 0

2007-08 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS STATISTICAL PREVIEW
EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
SERIES D – #4 NEW JERSEY DEVILS vs. #5 NEW YORK RANGERS

REGULAR SEASON RECAP
NEW JERSEY DEVILS NEW YORK RANGERS
GP G A TP PM +/- GP G A TP PM +/-
J LANGENBRUNNER 6 2 1 3 4 E C DRURY 8 4 4 8 2 +5
J ODUYA 7 0 3 3 4 +4 S GOMEZ 8 1 6 7 6 E
Z PARISE 8 2 1 3 0 -1 N DAWES 7 4 1 5 2 +4
D ZUBRUS 8 1 2 3 8 -1 B SHANAHAN 8 2 2 4 2 +1
M RUPP 8 1 1 2 7 +1 F SJOSTROM (PHX) 1 2 1 3 0 +2
S BRYLIN 8 1 1 2 2 -1 (NYR) 3 0 0 0 0 -1
P MARTIN 8 0 2 2 2 +1 (TOTAL) 4 2 1 3 0 +1
K RACHUNEK 4 0 1 1 0 +1 R CALLAHAN 4 0 3 3 0 +3
M MOTTAU 6 0 1 1 4 -1 B DUBINSKY 8 2 1 3 2 -1
P ELIAS 7 1 0 1 2 E J JAGR 8 2 1 3 6 E
J MADDEN 8 1 0 1 4 -2 C BACKMAN 3 1 1 2 0 +1
B GIONTA 8 0 1 1 4 -1 P PRUCHA 6 0 2 2 0 E
T ZAJAC 8 0 1 1 2 -3 F TYUTIN 8 0 2 2 2 +5
A GREENE 5 0 0 0 0 -5 M STRAKA 5 0 1 1 4 -1
C WHITE 5 0 0 0 8 -3 S AVERY 6 0 1 1 7 -1
J PANDOLFO 6 0 0 0 0 E B BETTS 7 0 1 1 0 E
R PELLEY 6 0 0 0 0 E M STAAL 8 1 0 1 6 +1
S BROOKBANK 6 0 0 0 2 -3 D GIRARDI 8 0 1 1 0 +5
D CLARKSON 7 0 0 0 11 +2 M ROZSIVAL 8 0 1 1 8 -3
V VISHNEVSKI 7 0 0 0 8 E M MALIK 3 0 0 0 4 -2
A ASHAM 8 0 0 0 4 -1 J STRUDWICK 5 0 0 0 0 E
M BRODEUR 8 0 0 0 2 E P MARA 6 0 0 0 6 -1
R HOLLWEG 6 0 0 0 6 -1
C ORR 7 0 0 0 7 -1
H LUNDQVIST 8 0 0 0 0 E

GOALTENDERS GP W L MINS GA GAA GOALTENDERS GP W L MINS GA GAA
M BRODEUR 8 1 4 491 16 1.95 H LUNDQVIST 8 7 0 494 9 1.09

NEW JERSEY DEVILS CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS
OVERALL AGAINST NY RANGERS
SCORERS GP G A PTS GP G A PTS
Patrik Elias 121 35 69 104 7 5 7 12
Jamie Langenbrunner 123 31 47 78 4 2 6 8
John Madden 100 18 19 37 4 3 0 3
Brian Gionta 55 16 18 34 4 2 4 6
Sergei Brylin 104 14 19 33 4 0 0 0
Jay Pandolfo 119 10 22 32 5 0 3 3
Dainius Zubrus 51 7 15 22 11 1 5 6
Colin White 94 1 13 14 1 0 0 0
Zach Parise 20 8 5 13 4 1 0 1
Paul Martin 25 1 8 9 4 0 3 3
Karel Rachunek 26 1 7 8 – - – -
Travis Zajac 11 1 4 5 – - – -
Michael Rupp 13 1 4 5 – - – -
Vitaly Vishnevski 37 0 5 5 – - – -
Andy Greene 11 2 1 3 – - – -
Bryce Salvador 36 2 1 3 – - – -
Arron Asham 18 1 2 3 – - – -
Johnny Oduya 6 0 1 1 – - – -
David Clarkson 3 0 0 0 – - – -
Nicklas Bergfors – - – - – - – -
Sheldon Brookbank – - – - – - – -
Noah Clarke – - – - – - – -
Olli Malmivaara – - – - – - – -
Mike Mottau – - – - – - – -
Rod Pelley – - – - – - – -
Barry Tallackson – - – - – - – -

GP Mins W L GAA SO GP Mins W L GA GAA
Martin Brodeur 164 10220 94 70 1.93 22 17 1082 8 9 32 1.77
Kevin Weekes 9 467 3 3 1.93 2 – - – - – -

NEW YORK RANGERS CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS
OVERALL AGAINST NEW JERSEY
SCORERS GP G A PTS GP G A PTS
Jaromir Jagr 159 72 94 166 28 9 9 18
Brendan Shanahan 167 58 68 126 – - – -
Chris Drury 114 43 38 81 7 3 1 4
Scott Gomez 97 21 44 65 – - – -
Martin Straka 96 23 37 60 21 8 7 15
Marek Malik 65 2 8 10 13 0 2 2
Michal Rozsival 16 3 5 8 4 0 1 1
Fedor Tyutin 14 0 6 6 4 0 1 1
Sean Avery 10 1 4 5 – - – -
Paul Mara 15 2 2 4 – - – -
Ryan Callahan 10 2 1 3 – - – -
Blair Betts 14 1 1 2 4 1 1 2
Petr Prucha 14 1 1 2 4 1 0 1
Christian Backman 5 0 2 2 – - – -
Ryan Hollweg 6 0 1 1 4 0 1 1
Nigel Dawes 1 0 0 0 – - – -
Colton Orr 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jason Strudwick 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Daniel Girardi 10 0 0 0 – - – -
Ivan Baranka – - – - – - – -
Dane Byers – - – - – - – -
Brandon Dubinsky – - – - – - – -
Greg Moore – - – - – - – -
Thomas Pock – - – - – - – -
Fredrik Sjostrom – - – - – - – -
Marc Staal – - – - – - – -

GP Mins W L GAA SO GP Mins W L GA GAA
Henrik Lundqvist 13 815 6 7 2.58 1 3 177 0 3 13 4.40
Steve Valiquette – - – - – - – - – - – -

Battle of Hudson Note: This will be the fifth series between the teams.

1992     Conf. Qtrs         Rangers def. Devils 4-3

1994     Conf. Final        Rangers def. Devils 4-3

1997     Conf. Semis       Rangers def. Devils 4-1

2006    Conf. Qtrs         Devils def. Rangers 4-0

2008    Conf. Qtrs       ???