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New Jersey Devils Playoff Game Notes Tue, Apr 17, 2012 Round 1 Game 3 New Jersey Devils Team Game: 3 Home Game: 1 1 - 1 - 0 (0 pts) 0 - 0 - 0 (Home) 1 - 1 - 0 (Road) Florida Panthers Team Game: 3 Road Game: 1 1 - 1 - 0 (0 pts) 1 - 1 - 0 (Home) 0 - 0 - 0 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 1 Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 30 Martin Brodeur 2 1 1 0 2.53 .898 # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 30 Scott Clemmensen 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 60 Jose Theodore 2 1 1 0 2.53 .921 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Marek Zidlicky 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 D Adam Larsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 D Andy Greene 2 0 1 1 1 2 8 R Dainius Zubrus 2 1 1 2 0 0 9 L Zach Parise (C) 2 0 0 0 -2 0 10 D Peter Harrold 2 0 0 0 -1 0 11 R Stephen Gionta 2 0 0 0 1 2 12 L Alexei Ponikarovsky 2 0 1 1 1 2 14 C Adam Henrique 2 0 1 1 1 0 15 R Petr Sykora 2 0 0 0 1 0 16 C Jacob Josefson 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 L Ilya Kovalchuk (A) 2 1 0 1 -2 0 18 R Steve Bernier 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 C Travis Zajac 2 1 0 1 -1 0 20 C Ryan Carter 2 1 0 1 1 2 22 L Eric Boulton 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 R David Clarkson 2 0 1 1 1 2 24 D Bryce Salvador 2 0 1 1 2 0 25 R Cam Janssen 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 C Patrik Elias (A) 2 1 0 1 0 2 28 D Anton Volchenkov 2 0 0 0 -1 2 29 D Mark Fayne 2 0 0 0 1 0 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 4 D Keaton Ellerby 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 D Dmitry Kulikov 2 0 0 0 -2 2 8 L Wojtek Wolski 2 0 0 0 -1 4 9 C Stephen Weiss (A) 2 2 0 2 0 2 10 C John Madden 2 0 0 0 -1 0 13 C Mike Santorelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 L Tomas Fleischmann 2 1 1 2 1 2 16 L Marco Sturm 2 0 0 0 -1 0 18 C Shawn Matthias 2 0 0 0 -1 4 19 L Scottie Upshall 2 0 0 0 -1 0 20 L Sean Bergenheim 2 1 1 2 0 0 21 R Krystofer Barch 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 R Jerred Smithson 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 R Mikael Samuelsson 2 0 3 3 0 2 32 R Kris Versteeg 2 1 1 2 1 2 43 D Mike Weaver 2 0 0 0 0 0 44 D Erik Gudbranson 2 0 0 0 -1 0 51 D Brian Campbell (A) 2 0 1 1 1 0 52 D Jason Garrison 2 0 1 1 1 0 55 D Ed Jovanovski (A) 2 0 0 0 -1 0 57 C Marcel Goc 2 1 2 3 1 0 82 R Tomas Kopecky (A) 2 0 0 0 -1 0 Pres./CEO/General Manager Lou Lamoriello Head Coach Peter DeBoer Assistant Coaches Larry Robinson, Adam Oates, Dave Barr Goaltending Coach Chris Terreri Executive Vice President/General Manager Dale Tallon Assistant General Manager Michael Santos Alternate Governor William A. Torrey Head Coach Kevin Dineen Assistant Coaches Craig Ramsay, Gord Murphy, Robb Tallas Tonight's Officials Referees Tim Peel (20), Steve Kozari (40) Linesmen Steve Miller (89), David Brisebois (96) Supervisor Kevin Collins Video Judge Ntl. Anthem Standby Don VanMassenhoven (21) Today's Schedule FLA @ NJD : 7:00 NSH @ DET : 7:30 PHX @ CHI : 8:00

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Page 1: New Jersey Devils Playoff Game Notes - NHL.companthers.nhl.com/v2/ext/Game Notes/gn-2011030133.pdf · 2012-04-17 · 17 Ilya Kovalchuk L 6' 3" 230 Apr 15, 1983 Tver, RUS 18 Steve

New Jersey DevilsPlayoff Game Notes

Tue, Apr 17, 2012 Round 1 Game 3

New Jersey DevilsTeam Game: 3Home Game: 1

1 - 1 - 0 (0 pts)0 - 0 - 0 (Home)1 - 1 - 0 (Road)

Florida PanthersTeam Game: 3Road Game: 1

1 - 1 - 0 (0 pts)1 - 1 - 0 (Home)0 - 0 - 0 (Road)

# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV%1 Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000

30 Martin Brodeur 2 1 1 0 2.53 .898

# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV%30 Scott Clemmensen 0 0 0 0 0.00 .00060 Jose Theodore 2 1 1 0 2.53 .921

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM2 D Marek Zidlicky 2 0 0 0 1 25 D Adam Larsson 0 0 0 0 0 06 D Andy Greene 2 0 1 1 1 28 R Dainius Zubrus 2 1 1 2 0 09 L Zach Parise (C) 2 0 0 0 -2 0

10 D Peter Harrold 2 0 0 0 -1 011 R Stephen Gionta 2 0 0 0 1 212 L Alexei Ponikarovsky 2 0 1 1 1 214 C Adam Henrique 2 0 1 1 1 015 R Petr Sykora 2 0 0 0 1 016 C Jacob Josefson 0 0 0 0 0 017 L Ilya Kovalchuk (A) 2 1 0 1 -2 018 R Steve Bernier 2 0 0 0 0 019 C Travis Zajac 2 1 0 1 -1 020 C Ryan Carter 2 1 0 1 1 222 L Eric Boulton 0 0 0 0 0 023 R David Clarkson 2 0 1 1 1 224 D Bryce Salvador 2 0 1 1 2 025 R Cam Janssen 0 0 0 0 0 026 C Patrik Elias (A) 2 1 0 1 0 228 D Anton Volchenkov 2 0 0 0 -1 229 D Mark Fayne 2 0 0 0 1 0

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM4 D Keaton Ellerby 0 0 0 0 0 07 D Dmitry Kulikov 2 0 0 0 -2 28 L Wojtek Wolski 2 0 0 0 -1 49 C Stephen Weiss (A) 2 2 0 2 0 2

10 C John Madden 2 0 0 0 -1 013 C Mike Santorelli 0 0 0 0 0 014 L Tomas Fleischmann 2 1 1 2 1 216 L Marco Sturm 2 0 0 0 -1 018 C Shawn Matthias 2 0 0 0 -1 419 L Scottie Upshall 2 0 0 0 -1 020 L Sean Bergenheim 2 1 1 2 0 021 R Krystofer Barch 0 0 0 0 0 025 R Jerred Smithson 0 0 0 0 0 026 R Mikael Samuelsson 2 0 3 3 0 232 R Kris Versteeg 2 1 1 2 1 243 D Mike Weaver 2 0 0 0 0 044 D Erik Gudbranson 2 0 0 0 -1 051 D Brian Campbell (A) 2 0 1 1 1 052 D Jason Garrison 2 0 1 1 1 055 D Ed Jovanovski (A) 2 0 0 0 -1 057 C Marcel Goc 2 1 2 3 1 082 R Tomas Kopecky (A) 2 0 0 0 -1 0

Pres./CEO/General Manager Lou LamorielloHead Coach Peter DeBoerAssistant Coaches Larry Robinson, Adam Oates,

Dave BarrGoaltending Coach Chris Terreri

Executive Vice President/GeneralManager

Dale Tallon

Assistant General Manager Michael SantosAlternate Governor William A. TorreyHead Coach Kevin DineenAssistant Coaches Craig Ramsay, Gord Murphy,

Robb Tallas

Tonight's Officials

Referees Tim Peel (20), Steve Kozari (40) Linesmen Steve Miller (89), David Brisebois (96)

Supervisor Kevin Collins Video JudgeNtl. Anthem Standby Don VanMassenhoven (21)

Today's ScheduleFLA @ NJD : 7:00 NSH @ DET : 7:30 PHX @ CHI : 8:00

Page 2: New Jersey Devils Playoff Game Notes - NHL.companthers.nhl.com/v2/ext/Game Notes/gn-2011030133.pdf · 2012-04-17 · 17 Ilya Kovalchuk L 6' 3" 230 Apr 15, 1983 Tver, RUS 18 Steve

New Jersey Devils: RosterActive (24 Players)# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place1 Johan Hedberg G 6' 0" 190 May 5, 1973 Leksand, SWE2 Marek Zidlicky D 5' 11" 190 Feb 3, 1977 Most, CZE5 Adam Larsson D 6' 3" 200 Nov 12, 1992 Skelleftea, SWE6 Andy Greene D 5' 11" 190 Oct 30, 1982 Trenton, MI, USA8 Dainius Zubrus R 6' 5" 225 Jun 16, 1978 Elektrenai, LTU9 Zach Parise L 5' 11" 195 Jul 28, 1984 Minneapolis, MN, USA10 Peter Harrold D 6' 0" 190 Jun 8, 1983 Kirtland Hills, OH, USA11 Stephen Gionta R 5' 7" 185 Oct 9, 1983 Rochester, NY, USA12 Alexei Ponikarovsky L 6' 4" 225 Apr 9, 1980 Kiev, UKR14 Adam Henrique C 6' 0" 195 Feb 6, 1990 Brantford, ON, CAN15 Petr Sykora R 6' 0" 190 Nov 19, 1976 Plzen, CZE16 Jacob Josefson C 6' 1" 190 Mar 2, 1991 Stockholm, SWE17 Ilya Kovalchuk L 6' 3" 230 Apr 15, 1983 Tver, RUS18 Steve Bernier R 6' 3" 220 Mar 31, 1985 Quebec City, QC, CAN19 Travis Zajac C 6' 3" 200 May 13, 1985 Winnipeg, MB, CAN20 Ryan Carter C 6' 1" 200 Aug 3, 1983 White Bear Lake, MN, USA22 Eric Boulton L 6' 1" 225 Aug 17, 1976 Halifax, NS, CAN23 David Clarkson R 6' 1" 200 Mar 31, 1984 Toronto, ON, CAN24 Bryce Salvador D 6' 3" 215 Feb 11, 1976 Brandon, MB, CAN25 Cam Janssen R 6' 0" 215 Apr 15, 1984 St. Louis, MO, USA26 Patrik Elias C 6' 1" 195 Apr 13, 1976 Trebic, CZE28 Anton Volchenkov D 6' 1" 225 Feb 25, 1982 Moscow, RUS29 Mark Fayne D 6' 3" 215 May 15, 1987 Nashua, NH, USA30 Martin Brodeur G 6' 2" 220 May 6, 1972 Montreal, QC, CAN

24 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 205 Age: 30.1

Injured Reserve List (1 Players)7 Henrik Tallinder D 6' 4" 210 Jan 10, 1979 Stockholm, SWE

Goal StreaksNo active streaks

Assist StreaksNo active streaks

Point StreaksNo active streaks

Florida Panthers: RosterActive (24 Players)# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place4 Keaton Ellerby D 6' 5" 217 Nov 5, 1988 Strathmore, AB, CAN7 Dmitry Kulikov D 6' 1" 205 Oct 29, 1990 Lipetsk, RUS8 Wojtek Wolski L 6' 3" 215 Feb 24, 1986 Zabrze, POL9 Stephen Weiss C 5' 11" 190 Apr 3, 1983 Toronto, ON, CAN10 John Madden C 5' 11" 190 May 4, 1973 Toronto, ON, CAN13 Mike Santorelli C 6' 0" 189 Dec 14, 1985 Vancouver, BC, CAN14 Tomas Fleischmann L 6' 1" 192 May 16, 1984 Koprivnice, CZE16 Marco Sturm L 6' 0" 196 Sep 8, 1978 Dingolfing, DEU18 Shawn Matthias C 6' 4" 220 Feb 19, 1988 Missisauga, ON, CAN19 Scottie Upshall L 6' 0" 200 Oct 7, 1983 Fort McMurray, AB, CAN20 Sean Bergenheim L 5' 10" 205 Feb 8, 1984 Helsinki, FIN21 Krystofer Barch R 6' 1" 237 Mar 26, 1980 Hamilton, ON, CAN25 Jerred Smithson R 6' 3" 209 Feb 4, 1979 Vernon, BC, CAN26 Mikael Samuelsson R 6' 2" 218 Dec 23, 1976 Mariefred, SWE30 Scott Clemmensen G 6' 2" 201 Jul 23, 1977 Des Moines, IA, USA32 Kris Versteeg R 5' 11" 183 May 13, 1986 Lethbridge, AB, CAN43 Mike Weaver D 5' 10" 180 May 2, 1978 Bramalea, ON, CAN44 Erik Gudbranson D 6' 5" 210 Jan 7, 1992 Ottawa, ON, CAN51 Brian Campbell D 5' 10" 190 May 23, 1979 Strathroy, ON, CAN52 Jason Garrison D 6' 2" 218 Nov 13, 1984 White Rock, BC, CAN55 Ed Jovanovski D 6' 3" 220 Jun 26, 1976 Windsor, ON, CAN57 Marcel Goc C 6' 1" 197 Aug 24, 1983 Calw, DEU60 Jose Theodore G 5' 11" 172 Sep 13, 1976 Laval, QC, CAN82 Tomas Kopecky R 6' 3" 203 Feb 5, 1982 Ilava, SVK

24 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 202 Age: 29.7

Injured Reserve List (2 Players)12 Jack Skille R 6' 1" 219 May 19, 1987 Madison, WI, USA22 Matt Bradley R 6' 3" 200 Jun 13, 1978 Stittsville, ON, CAN

Goal StreaksNo active streaks

Assist StreaksMIKAEL SAMUELSSON (3 / 2 Games)MARCEL GOC (2 / 2 Games)

Point StreaksMARCEL GOC (1-2-3 / 2 Games)MIKAEL SAMUELSSON (0-3-3 / 2 Games)TOMAS FLEISCHMANN (1-1-2 / 2 Games)SEAN BERGENHEIM (1-1-2 / 2 Games)KRIS VERSTEEG (1-1-2 / 2 Games)

Page 3: New Jersey Devils Playoff Game Notes - NHL.companthers.nhl.com/v2/ext/Game Notes/gn-2011030133.pdf · 2012-04-17 · 17 Ilya Kovalchuk L 6' 3" 230 Apr 15, 1983 Tver, RUS 18 Steve

New Jersey Devils: Playoff StatisticsPos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks

R 8 Dainius Zubrus 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 14.3 15:46 33.3 11 1C 19 Travis Zajac 2 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 8 12.5 20:29 65.6 6 0L 17 Ilya Kovalchuk 2 1 0 1 -2 0 0 0 0 4 25.0 26:15 0.0 1 0C 20 Ryan Carter 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 33.3 7:00 66.7 1 1C 26 Patrik Elias 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 33.3 16:57 21.7 5 0L 12 Alexei Ponikarovsky 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0.0 12:29 0.0 10 1D 24 Bryce Salvador 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 20:01 0.0 9 3D 6 Andy Greene 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 0.0 22:08 0.0 8 2R 23 David Clarkson 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 0.0 15:31 20.0 7 0C 14 Adam Henrique 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 15:37 38.9 3 0R 11 Stephen Gionta 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0.0 6:49 40.0 3 1D 10 Peter Harrold 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 14:54 0.0 2 0D 29 Mark Fayne 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 19:57 0.0 2 2L 9 Zach Parise 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 12 0.0 21:32 0.0 7 1R 18 Steve Bernier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 8:35 0.0 8 0D 2 Marek Zidlicky 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 0.0 24:33 0.0 6 2D 28 Anton Volchenkov 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 11:50 0.0 4 4R 15 Petr Sykora 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 14:21 0.0 3 0

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM30 Martin Brodeur 2 118 2.53 1 1 0 0 5 44 .898 0 1 0

Florida Panthers: Playoff StatisticsPos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks

C 57 Marcel Goc 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 33.3 16:09 72.4 2 2R 26 Mikael Samuelsson 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.0 14:08 0.0 7 0C 9 Stephen Weiss 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 100.0 19:29 40.0 2 2L 14 Tomas Fleischmann 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 4 25.0 18:31 0.0 2 1R 32 Kris Versteeg 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 6 16.7 18:47 85.7 6 1L 20 Sean Bergenheim 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 20.0 13:57 0.0 11 0D 52 Jason Garrison 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 23:20 0.0 9 1D 51 Brian Campbell 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 25:41 0.0 1 2D 7 Dmitry Kulikov 2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 4 0.0 18:30 0.0 8 0L 8 Wojtek Wolski 2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 4 0.0 10:24 0.0 5 0C 18 Shawn Matthias 2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 1 0.0 9:52 44.4 2 3L 19 Scottie Upshall 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 11:05 50.0 6 1D 55 Ed Jovanovski 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 15:51 0.0 9 3R 82 Tomas Kopecky 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 13:52 50.0 2 1D 43 Mike Weaver 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 20:34 0.0 8 4C 10 John Madden 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 14:49 52.2 4 2L 16 Marco Sturm 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 11:55 0.0 5 0D 44 Erik Gudbranson 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 14:45 0.0 10 1

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM60 Jose Theodore 2 119 2.53 1 1 0 0 5 58 .921 0 0 0

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Florida Panthers @ New Jersey DevilsTeam Records

Florida Panthers New Jersey DevilsLast game: Sunday VS NEW JERSEY (4-2 W) Sunday AT FLORIDA (4-2 L)Next game: Thursday AT NEW JERSEY Thursday VS FLORIDA

Overall record/streak: 1 - 1 - 0 / Win 1 / Undef 1 1 - 1 - 0 / Lost 1Home record/streak: 1 - 1 - 0 / Win 1 / Undef 1 0 - 0 - 0 / Lost 0Road record/streak: 0 - 0 - 0 / Lost 0 1 - 1 - 0 / Lost 1

1-Goal Games: 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 02-Goal Games 1 - 0 0 - 13-Goal Games 0 - 0 0 - 0

Scoring first 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0Opponent scoring first 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0Leading after 1 period 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0Trailing after 1 period 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0

Tied after 1 period 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0Leading after 2 periods 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0Trailing after 2 periods 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0

Tied after 2 periods 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0OT Record - Playoffs: 0 - 0 0 - 0

Outshooting opponent: 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 1 - 0Outshot by opponent: 1 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

Even shots: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

Month by Month RecordFlorida Panthers New Jersey Devils

W-L-OT Points W-L-OT PointsOctober: 6-4-1 13 4-4-1 9

November: 7-3-3 17 8-6-0 16December: 7-5-3 17 9-5-0 18

January: 2-3-4 8 6-4-2 14February: 8-5-1 17 8-4-1 17

March: 7-5-4 18 10-5-2 22April: 1-1-2 4 3-0-0 6

Totals: 38-26-18 94 48-28-6 102

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Florida Panthers @ New Jersey DevilsSituations

Goals by Period1 2 3 OT T Avg

Florida Panthers: 1 4 1 0 6 ( 3.0 avg.)Opponents: 3 0 2 0 5 ( 2.5 avg.)

New Jersey Devils: 3 0 2 0 5 ( 2.5 avg.)Opponents: 1 4 1 0 6 ( 3.0 avg.)

Shots by Period1 2 3 OT T Avg

Florida Panthers: 12 22 16 0 50 (25.0 avg.)Opponents: 30 15 18 0 63 (31.5 avg.)

New Jersey Devils: 30 15 18 0 63 (31.5 avg.)Opponents: 12 22 16 0 50 (25.0 avg.)

Power PlayFlorida Panthers New Jersey Devils

G Att % G Att %Overall: 3 7 42.9 (2nd NHL) 1 8 12.5 (10th NHL)Home: 3 7 42.9 (2nd NHL) 0 0 0.0Road: 0 0 0.0 1 8 12.5 (10th NHL)

0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-1st NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-1st NHL)

Penalty KillingFlorida Panthers New Jersey Devils

G Att % G Att %Overall: 1 8 87.5 (7th NHL) 3 7 57.1 (15th NHL)Home: 1 8 87.5 (5th NHL) 0 0 0.0Road: 0 0 0.0 3 7 57.1 (13th NHL)

0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-3rd NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-3rd NHL)

PenaltiesFlorida Panthers New Jersey Devils

GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank2 18 9.0 (4th NHL) 2 16 8.0 (T-1st NHL)

Goal SituationsFlorida Panthers New Jersey Devils

For Against For Against5 on 5: 2 4 4 25 on 4: 2 0 1 05 on 3: 1 0 0 04 on 4: 0 0 0 04 on 3: 0 0 0 03 on 3: 0 0 0 03 on 4: 0 0 0 03 on 5: 0 0 0 14 on 5: 0 1 0 2

Empty Net: 1 0 0 1Penalty Shots: 0 0 0 0

Total: 6 5 5 6

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Florida Panthers @ New Jersey DevilsSituations

Individual LeadersFlorida Panthers New Jersey Devils

Points: M. GOC (3),M. SAMUELSSON (3),S. WEISS (2) D. ZUBRUS (2),P. ELIAS (1),I. KOVALCHUK (1)Goals: S. WEISS (2),M. GOC (1),T. FLEISCHMANN (1) P. ELIAS (1),D. ZUBRUS (1),I. KOVALCHUK (1)

Assists: M. SAMUELSSON (3),M. GOC (2),B. CAMPBELL (1) M. BRODEUR (1),B. SALVADOR (1),D. ZUBRUS (1)PP Goals: S. WEISS (2),K. VERSTEEG (1) D. ZUBRUS (1)SH Goals:

GW Goals: M. GOC (1) R. CARTER (1)3+ Goals:

PIM: W. WOLSKI (4),S. MATTHIAS (4),M. SAMUELSSON (2) P. ELIAS (2),A. PONIKAROVSKY (2),A. VOLCHENKOV (2)Shots: M. SAMUELSSON (6),K. VERSTEEG (6),S. BERGENHEIM (5) Z. PARISE (12),T. ZAJAC (8),D. ZUBRUS (7)

+/-: B. CAMPBELL (+1),M. GOC (+1),T. FLEISCHMANN (+1) B. SALVADOR (+2),P. SYKORA (+1),A. PONIKAROVSKY (+1)

Power PlayFlorida Panthers New Jersey Devils

Player G A PStephen Weiss 2 0 2Kris Versteeg 1 1 2Mikael Samuelsson 0 2 2Marcel Goc 0 1 1Tomas Fleischmann 0 1 1Jason Garrison 0 1 1

Player G A PDainius Zubrus 1 0 1David Clarkson 0 1 1

Short HandedFlorida Panthers New Jersey Devils

Player G A P Player G A P

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Florida Panthers (1-1) @ New Jersey Devils (1-1)Season Series

Florida Devils Panthers Attend Goaltenders W. GoalApr 13, 2012 3 2 19,119 Martin Brodeur / Jose Theodore Ryan CarterApr 15, 2012 2 4 19,248 Jose Theodore / Martin Brodeur Marcel Goc

Panthers Head To Head StatsPlayer GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S %Marcel Goc 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 33.3Mikael Samuelsson 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0Stephen Weiss 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 100.0Kris Versteeg 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 6 16.7Sean Bergenheim 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20.0Tomas Fleischmann 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 25.0Brian Campbell 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0Jason Garrison 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0Tomas Kopecky 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0Mike Weaver 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0John Madden 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Marco Sturm 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0Erik Gudbranson 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0Ed Jovanovski 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0Dmitry Kulikov 2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0Shawn Matthias 2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0Wojtek Wolski 2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.0Scottie Upshall 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV%Jose Theodore 2 118 5 2.53 0 1 1 0 63 .921

Power play 3 - 7 (42.9%) Penalty Killing 7 - 8 (87.5%)

Devils Head To Head StatsPlayer GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S %Dainius Zubrus 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 14.3Ilya Kovalchuk 2 1 0 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 4 25.0Patrik Elias 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 33.3Ryan Carter 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 33.3Travis Zajac 2 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 8 12.5Alexei Ponikarovsky 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0Bryce Salvador 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0Adam Henrique 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0Andy Greene 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0David Clarkson 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0Marek Zidlicky 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0Anton Volchenkov 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Petr Sykora 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0Stephen Gionta 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0Peter Harrold 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Mark Fayne 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0Zach Parise 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.0Steve Bernier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV%Martin Brodeur 2 118 5 2.53 0 1 1 0 49 .898

Power play 1 - 8 (12.5%) Penalty Killing 4 - 7 (57.1%)

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Sun., Apr. 15;  New Jersey 2 at Florida 4     The Devils allowed the game’s first three goals as the Panthers tied up the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series atone win apiece.  The victory snapped the club’s seven-game winning streak dating back to Mar. 25 at Pittsburgh.  New Jersey out shotFlorida for the second straight contest 25-24 overall.     With the Devils trailing 3-0, Travis Zajac (1) and Ilya Kovalchuk (1) scored over a 1:14 span early in the third period.  AndyGreene and Alexei Ponikarovsky assisted on Zajac’s goal. Ponikarovsky’s assist was his first of the post-season/with the club. AdamHenrique picked up the lone assist on Kovalchuk’s goal for his first career playoff point. Martin Brodeur (20 saves + ENG) started his172nd consecutive post-season game for New Jersey.      Injuries     C Jacob Josefson (fractured l. wrist, suffered Apr. 3 vs. NYI, 2 regular-season & 2 playoff gms missed) is out 4-6 weeks.  D HenrikTallinder (acute thrombophlebitis of lower l. leg, 37 + 2) is out six-eight weeks.  He was placed on the club’s I.R. List Feb. 6, retroactiveto Jan. 17. Total regular-season man-game lost to injury/illness:  245 regular-season and four playoff. Player moves     On Apr. 6, the Devils recalled C Stephen Gionta from Albany (AHL).  On Apr 4, he was re-assigned/called up under emergencyconditions.  On Mar. 31, D Matt Taormina was assigned to Albany.  On Mar. 26, D Peter Harrold was recalled from Albany.  On Mar.25, C Travis Zajac was activated off of the club's I.R. List.  On Mar. 6, C Brad Mills was assigned to Albany, after being recalled earlierthat evening.  On Feb. 24, D Marek Zidlicky was acquired from Minnesota in exchange for D Kurtis Foster, RW Nick Palmieri, LWStephane Veilleux, Washington’s second-round choice in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft (previously acquired), and a conditional choice inthe 2013 Entry Draft.  On Jan. 30, RW Steve Bernier was recalled from Albany and signed to a two-way contract.  Also Jan. 30, DHenrik Tallinder was placed on I.R., retroactive to Jan. 17.  On Jan. 20, LW Alexei Ponikarovsky was acquired from Carolina for DJoe Sova and a fourth-round selection in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Coming into tonight     The Devils returned to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2010, the 14th time over the past 15 seasons and the 21sttime overall.  The club closed out its regular-season schedule with a season-high six straight wins, the longest current stretch in theleague, and tied for its second-longest winning streak ever to close out a season (also ’01-02).  New Jersey completed the 2005-06campaign with an NHL-record 11 straight victories Mar. 28-Apr. 18, 2006.     The Devils finished their 30th National Hockey League season 48-28-6=102pts overall, surpassing their win (38) and point totals(81) from all of last season.  The club’s 48 victories/102 points are its most since 2009-10 (48 wins/103pts).  The team went 12-4-1 in itslast 17 outings, and 22-10-2 since the All-Star break.  New Jersey reached the 40-win mark for the 16th time, 100-point mark for the13th time, and .500-plus mark for the 21st time.     The Devils are 22-17 (.564) all-time in their previous 39 playoff series and looking for their first series win since the 2007 EasternConference Quarterfinals vs. Tampa Bay. New Jersey started a series on the road for the first time since the 2006 Eastern ConferenceSemifinals at Carolina.     The Devils are 22-17 in previous game three situations, including 9-9 at home. The club is 12-11 in their previous 23 series in whichthey split the first two games.  New Jersey has gone into overtime eight times (3-5) in game threes.     The remainder of the series is as follows:  Thu. at New Jersey (7:00 PM, MSG Plus, SportsRadio 66 WFAN);  Sat., Apr. 21 at Fla.(6:30 PM, MSG Plus, WFAN);  Tue., Apr. 24 at NJ (TBA, MSG Plus, Bloomberg 1130 AM, if nec.);  and Thu., Apr. 26 at Fla. (TBA,MSG Plus, WFAN, if nec.). Season’s series     The Devils went 2-2-0 in the regular-season’s series following 3-1 loss Feb. 6 (also, 3-2 SO win Dec. 13), outscoring Florida 12-11,while holding a 116-106 edge in shots. Ilya Kovalchuk (3g-2a) and Patrik Elias (2g-3a) led the Devils with five points each, whileKovalchuk also added the game-determining goal Dec. 13.  Kris Versteeg had 5g-1a-6pts to lead the Panthers.  Martin Brodeur (1-2-0,.901 save % & 2.63 GAA) and Johan Hedberg (1-0-0, .917 save % & 2.01 GAA) both saw action in goal for New Jersey, while JoseTheodore (1-0-1, .915 save % & 2.40 GAA), Scott Clemmensen (1-0-0, .964 save % & 1.00 GAA) and Jacob Markstrom (0-1-0, .889save % & 3.03 GAA) have been in goal for Florida.     The Devils lead the all-time regular-season series 45-23-9, including a 21-13-5 mark in their previous 39 road games.     The two teams are meeting in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second time.  New Jersey defeated Florida 4-0 in the 2000 EasternConference Quarterfinals.  Scott Stevens (2g-2a) and Elias (1g-3a) led the Devils with four points each, while Pavel Bure led thePanthers with 1g-3a-4pts.  New Jersey’s Brodeur/Florida’s Mike Vernon started all four games in goal. Special teams story     The Devils allowed a league-low 27 power play goals, with an NHL-leading 89.6 percentage.  The team’s 27 goals allowed whileplaying shorthanded is a franchise record (28, ’96-97 &’94-95), while its 89.6% success rate is a modern-day NHL record (Dal., 89.3%,’99-00).     The club scored a shorthanded goal in a franchise-record four consecutive games Jan. 6-11.  The franchise’s previous record ofthree games was accomplished three times (including Col.), last time Mar. 24-28, 1992.

New Jersey Devils: Media Notes

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     On Mar. 29 vs. Tampa Bay, the squad scored its league-leading 15th shorthanded goal of the season, tying its most since 1991-92and after scoring just five last year.  The franchise record for shorthanded goals in a single-season is 18, set in 1987-88.  On Feb. 2 vs.Montreal, New Jersey allowed its NHL-leading 13th shorthanded goal (franchise record, 19, '92-93). Brodeur notches 100th post-season win     On Fri. at Florida, G Martin Brodeur extended his own NHL record by starting his 171st consecutive game. He stopped all 24 shotshe faced in a 3-2 victory to reach the 100-win mark in his NHL post-season career. Brodeur’s win-total is second only to P.Roy (151,Mtl. & Col.) among all goaltenders. Brodeur records NHL-record 14th 30-win season     With a 2-1 victory Apr. 5 at Detroit, G Martin Brodeur improved to 30-21-4, reaching the 30-win mark for an NHL-record 14th time,surpassing P. Roy (Mtl. & Col.).  Parise records fifth 30-goal season     LW Zach Parise recorded his 30th goal of the season Mar. 25 at Pittsburgh to become just the second player in team history torecord five 30-goal campaigns.  J. MacLean posted five 30-goal seasons over a seven-year span from 1988-89 to 1993-94.  Parisereached the mark during five of the last six seasons, including a career-high 45 goals in 2008-09. New Year's contributions      LW Ilya Kovalchuk, C Patrik Elias and LW Zach Parise were among the NHL's leading scorers since the start of 2012.  Kovalchuk(25g-28a-53pts) was third, behind Pittsburgh’s E. Malkin (35g-31a-66pts) and S. Stamkos (34g-20a-54pts) for the league scoring leadsince Jan. 1. Elias (13g-31a-44pts) was tied for 10th and Parise (18g-21a-39pts) was tied for 20th. Kovalchuk hat trick notes     LW Ilya Kovalchuk recorded his second hat trick of the season on Mar. 8 vs. NY Islanders, becoming the first Devil to do so sincePatrik Elias in 2001-02.  Elias ('01-02), J. MacLean ('88-89) and K. Muller ('87-88) are the only Devils to record three hat tricks in asingle-season.  It was also the 13th hat trick of Kovalchuk's career, tying M. Gaborik for the third most among active players.  Only T.Selanne (22) and J. Jagr (14) have more.  Parise passes Driver;  reaches 400pts     LW Zach Parise recorded one assist Apr. 7 vs. Ottawa and now has 194g-216a-410pts in his seven-year NHL career.  With twoassists Mar. 8 at NY Islanders, he reached 400 career points and passed B. Driver (83-316-399) for ninth place on the club's all-timescoring list.  A. Broten (147-283-430) and S. Stevens (93-337-430) are tied for seventh place. Henrique takes place among Devils' rookies     With an assist Apr. 7 vs. Ottawa, C Adam Henrique completed the regular-season with 16g-35a-51pts, and previously passed P.Verbeek (20-27-47, '83-84) for fourth place on the Devils’ all-time rookie scoring list.  S. Gomez holds the team's all-time rookie scoringrecord with 19-51-70pts in 1999-00. Kovalchuk named Second Star twice     LW Ilya Kovalchuk was named the NHL’s Second Star of the Week twice, for the periods ending Feb. 5 and Mar. 11.     He notched 3g-7a-10pts for the week beginning Jan. 30, including three assists Feb. 2 vs. Montreal, 1g-2a-3pts Feb. 4 atPhiladelphia and 1g-2a-3pts Feb. 5 vs. Pittsburgh.     Kovalchuk led all skaters with 5g-9a-14pts for the week ending Mar. 1, including 1g-1a-2pts Mar. 6 vs. NY Rangers, 13th career hattrick Mar. 8 vs. NY Islanders and 1g-2a-3pts Mar. 11 vs. Philadelphia. Kovy’s game-deciding goals     On Mar. 15 vs. Colorado, LW Ilya Kovalchuk recorded his seventh game-determining goal of 2011-12, establishing the NHL’ssingle-season record (6, A. Aucoin, Phx., ’09-10).  He now has 11 career game-determining goals (NHL record, 13, E. Christensen, S.Crosby & P. Kessel).  V. Kozlov held the previous New Jersey record by posting five game-determining goals during the 2005-06season. Henrique named Rookie of the Month     C Adam Henrique, who led all rookies in scoring with 5g-8a-13pts, while posting a plus-nine mark in 14 games, was named NHLRookie of the Month for December.

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New Jersey Devils: Game By Game Summary* = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout

# Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend.1 04/13/2012 @ Florida Panthers W 01-00-00 3-2 26,8p,20 20 1-6 2-3 38-26 30 / 60 19119+2 04/15/2012 @ Florida Panthers L 01-01-00 2-4 19,17 57 0-2 2-4 25-24 60 / 30 19248+3 04/17/2012 Florida Panthers4 04/19/2012 Florida Panthers5 04/21/2012 @ Florida Panthers6 04/24/2012 Florida Panthers7 04/26/2012 @ Florida Panthers

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New Jersey Devils: Player Game By Game SummarySkaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. ZIDLICKY #2

LARSSON #

GREENE #6

TALLINDER #

ZUBRUS #8

PARISE #9

HARROLD #10

Apr 13 @ FLA 0-0 4/1 24:07 DND 0-0 2/0 21:09 INJ 1-1 4/1 16:34 0-0 6/-1 21:15 0-0 0/0 15:01Apr 15 @ FLA 0-0 2/0 24:59 DND 0-1 1/1 23:08 INJ 0-0 3/-1 14:58 0-0 6/-1 21:49 0-0 0/-1 14:47

Date Opp. GIONTA #11

PONIKAROVSKY #12

HENRIQUE #14

SYKORA #15

JOSEFSON #

KOVALCHUK #17

BERNIER #18

Apr 13 @ FLA 0-0 2/1 6:50 0-0 2/0 11:43 0-0 0/0 14:18 0-0 1/1 15:08 DND 0-0 2/-1 27:16 0-0 1/0 8:36Apr 15 @ FLA 0-0 0/0 6:49 0-1 0/1 13:16 0-1 1/1 16:57 0-0 2/0 13:34 DND 1-0 2/-1 25:15 0-0 3/0 8:34

Date Opp. ZAJAC #19

CARTER #20

BOULTON #

CLARKSON #23

SALVADOR #24

JANSSEN #

ELIAS #26

Apr 13 @ FLA 0-0 5/-1 20:21 1-0 (W) 3/1 6:56 DND 0-1 2/1 16:49 0-1 0/1 18:23 DND 1-0 3/1 17:20Apr 15 @ FLA 1-0 3/0 20:38 0-0 0/0 7:04 DND 0-0 1/0 14:14 0-0 1/1 21:40 DND 0-0 0/-1 16:35

Date Opp. VOLCHENKOV #28

FAYNE #29

HEDBERG #1

BRODEUR #30

Apr 13 @ FLA 0-0 0/0 11:54 0-0 1/0 20:22 DNP 2/26W 60Apr 15 @ FLA 0-0 0/-1 11:46 0-0 0/1 19:32 DNP 3/23L 59

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Made NHL playoff debut/posted 1st win in game 1...Posted 1st NJD win Oct. 10 vs. Car...Introduced as coach July 19…Spent 3 seasons withFla. after named to position June 13, '08…Compiled 103-107-36 mark behind Panthers’ bench & led team to 2nd-best finish ever at 41-30-11=93pts in '08-09…Served as head coach for 16 straight seasons, including 13 years in OHL with Kit. ('01-08), Ply. ('97-01) & Det. ('95-97)…During 7 seasons with OHL Rangers, led the club to '03 Memorial Cup & '08 OHL Championship…OHL’s Coach of Year in '99 & '00;  alsoCHL Coach of Year in '00…Began coaching career in '94-95 as an asst. with Det. (OHL)…Served as asst. for Canada at '10 WorldChampionships…Member of coaching staff for Gold Medal-winning Canada at '05 World Juniors & asst. coach at '98 World Juniors…Born June13, '68 in Dunnville, Ont. & played 4 seasons at Win. (OHL)…He & his wife Susan, have 1 daughter, Abigail, & 2 sons, Jack & Matthew.

New Jersey Devils: Head Coach and Player BiosHead Coach: Peter DeBoer

#1: Johan Hedberg (G) 6' 0", 190 lbs. / May 5, 1973 (38 years and 11 months)

Drafted: Philadelphia's 8th choice (9th round), 218th overall, in 1994 Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, July 1, 2010.10th NHL / 2nd NJD SeasonLast Win: APR 3, 2012 vs NY ISLANDERSLast SO: MAR 20, 2012 @ OTTAWA (1)

GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV%Playoffs 0 0-0 0

Career Playoffs 22 10-12 2 2.33 .914Season 27 17-7-2 4 2.22 .918Career 354 155-133-33 21 2.83 .902

Career vs. Opp 19 9-7-1 0 2.67 .908

Playoff Highs: Shots Saves- -

Looking to make his NJD playoff debut...2011-12:  Appeared in 27 games, including 23 starts & 4 in relief…Recorded 6-0-1 mark in last 7decisions Jan. 11-Apr. 3;  totals show 2 ShO, .948 save % & 1.41 GAA during stretch…Posted season-high 4-game win streak Mar. 2-Apr. 3 (2ShO, .980 save % & 0.50 GAA)…Only G in team history other than M. Brodeur to post 4 ShO in a season;  tied for 2nd with 7 career ShO (C.Terreri)…Posted 4th ShO of season/21st career Mar. 20 at Ott. (34 saves);  stopped E. Condra's PS shot attempt…Stopped 3 of the 4 PSfaced this season;  no other G in team history has ever faced more than 2 in a season...Posted 2nd ShO of season Nov. 25 at NYI (23 saves); stopped M. Grabner’s PS attempt...Faced PS (M. Talbot, score) Nov. 3 at Phi...Stopped S. Kostitsyn's PS attempt Oct. 15 at Nsh...Career .770save % (87/113) in SO is tops (tie, A. Niemi) in NHL history (75 shots).

#30: Martin Brodeur (G) 6' 2", 220 lbs. / May 6, 1972 (39 years and 11 months)

broh-DOOR, MAHR-tainDrafted: New Jersey's 1st choice, 20th overall, in 1990 Entry Draft.18th NHL / 18th NJD SeasonLast Win: APR 7, 2012 vs OTTAWALast SO: MAR 31, 2012 @ CAROLINA (2)

GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV%Playoffs 2 1-1 0 2.53 .898

Career Playoffs 183 100-83 23 2.01 .919Season 59 31-21-4 3 2.41 .908Career 1191 656-371-141 119 2.23 .913

Career vs. Opp 61 37-16-8 6 2.03 .916

Playoff Highs: Shots Saves26

4/13 vs. FLA24

4/13 vs. FLA

Took 4-2 loss in game 2 of ECQF at Fla. (20 saves+EN)...Picked up 100th career post-season win in game 1 (24 saves);  recorded 9th careerplayoff assist...2011-12:  Started in 59 contests;  posted 31-21-4 mark, with 3 ShO, .908 save % &2.41 GAA...Posted season-high 5-gamewinning streak to close-out regular season Mar. 27-Apr. 7 (1 ShO, .942 save % &1.57 GAA)…Reached 30-win mark for NHL-record 14th time(P. Roy, Mtl. &Col., 13) Apr. 5 at Det. (23 saves)…Recorded 3rd ShO of season/119th of NHL career Mar. 31 at Car. (22 saves)…Replaced byJ. Hedberg Jan. 10 at Cgy.;  is 19-11-3 with 3 ShO, .920 save % &2.01 GAA since...Earned victory &made season-high 41 saves Jan. 7 atPit...Extended own NHL record by starting 17th straight season-opener for same team...1st all-time with 65 OT wins…Missed 6 contests Oct.15-29 due to shoulder injury;  also missed contest Feb. 9 vs. StL. (ankle)...Posted last point with assist Feb. 5 vs. Pit.;  now has 40 assists inNHL career.

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#2: Marek Zidlicky (D) 5' 11", 190 lbs. / Feb 3, 1977 (35 years and 2 months)

Drafted: NY Rangers' 6th choice, 176th overall, in 2001 Entry Draft.Acquired: Traded to DEVILS by Minnesota for Kurtis Foster, Nick Palmieri, StephaneVeilleux, Washingtonâs second-round choice in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft (previouslyacquired), and a conditional choice in the 2013 Entry Draft, February 24, 2012.8th NHL / 1st NJD SeasonLast Goal: MAR 29, 2012 vs TAMPA BAY (4)Last Assist: MAR 20, 2012 @ OTTAWA (8)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 1 2

Career Playoffs 16 0-6-6 -2 16Season 63 2-20-22 -6 34Career 570 62-244-306 -45 506

Career vs. Opp 5 0-2-2 -2 6

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - 2

4/13 vs. FLA24:59

4/15 vs. FLA4

4/13 vs. FLA4

4/15 vs. FLA+1

4/13 vs. FLA

Made his NJD playoff debut in game 1 of ECQF at Fla...2011-12:  GP total (63) was most since ‘09-10;  includes 41 with Min. (14a) & 22 withNJ (2g-6a-8pts)…Stats show 2 season-high 3-game point-streaks:  Mar. 8-11 (1g-4a-5pts) & Nov. 8-12 (3a)…Also had points in back-to-backgames 3 times, most recently Mar. 19-20 (2a)…Recorded 3 multi-point games, including season-high 3a Dec. 29 vs. Edm…Recorded 2a/1stpoints as a Devil/reached 300pt mark Mar. 8 vs. NYI…Notched 1st goal with squad/GW tally Mar. 10 at NYI…Made NJ debut Feb. 26 vs. TB; acquired 2 nights earlier…At time of trade, totaled 60g (40 PPG) & 238a for 298pts & 494 PIM in 547 career games over 8 seasons with Nsh.& Min.…Made NHL debut by recording a career-high 53pts with Preds in ‘03-04…Spent 4 seasons, ’99-03 with HIFK Helsinki (Fin.) & 5seasons, ‘94-‘99, with Kladno (Czech Rep.)…Represented Czech Rep. at ‘20/’10 Winter Olympic, 5 World Championships, ‘04 World Cup & 2World Juniors.

#5: Adam Larsson (D) 6' 3", 200 lbs. / Nov 12, 1992 (19 years and 5 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's 1st choice, 4th overall, in 2011 Entry Draft.1st NHL / 1st NJD SeasonLast Goal: NOV 26, 2011 vs NY ISLANDERS (43)Last Assist: MAR 23, 2012 vs TORONTO (2)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0Season 65 2-16-18 -7 20Career 65 2-16-18 -7 20

Career vs. Opp 3 0-1-1 1 0

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - - - - -

Looking to make his NHL playoff debut...2011-12:  Tied for 2nd among NHL rookie d-men with 16a (D. Orlov, Wsh.);  5th with 18pts…Tiedfranchise record among 1st-year d-men (S. Niedermayer & B. Driver) with points in 5 straight Nov. 19-26 (1g-4a-5pts)...Also had points in back-to-back games Dec. 16-17 (3a)…Posted 1st/lone multi-point effort with 2a Dec. 16 vs. Dal...Notched 1st career NHL goal Nov. 11 vs. Wsh. (vs.T. Vokoun);  posted 1st point with PPA Nov. 2 vs. Tor...Made NHL debut Oct. 8 vs. Phi.;  became 7th-youngest player in NJD history at 18 yrs.,10 mos. & 26 days...Selected to participate as rookie at NHL All-Star Weekend (injured)...Returned to lineup/activated from I.R. Feb. 26 vs. TBafter missing 10 contests Feb. 4-24 with bruised lower back...Also missed 2 games Dec. 23-26 due to personal reasons & was a “scratch” for 5games Mar. 27-Apr. 5...Signed 1st NHL contract July 15 after spending 2 seasons with Skelleftea (Swe.).

#6: Andy Greene (D) 5' 11", 190 lbs. / Oct 30, 1982 (29 years and 5 months)

Drafted: Not drafted.Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, April 4, 2006.5th NHL / 5th NJD SeasonLast Goal: MAR 17, 2012 vs PITTSBURGH (10)Last Assist: MAR 23, 2012 vs TORONTO (7)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-1-1 1 2

Career Playoffs 23 3-4-7 4 10Season 56 1-15-16 3 16Career 347 16-85-101 -9 102

Career vs. Opp 16 1-5-6 -5 8

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- 1

4/15 vs. FLA1

4/15 vs. FLA2

4/15 vs. FLA23:08

4/15 vs. FLA2

4/13 vs. FLA5

4/13 vs. FLA+1

4/15 vs. FLA

Posted 1a in game 2 of ECQF at Fla...2011-12:  4th among NJD d-men with 16pts after finishing 1st during each of the previous 2 seasons; was 3rd with 15a…Totals show 3 2pt games:  1g-1a Mar. 17 vs. Pit., 2a Nov. 21 at Fla. &2a Oct. 25 at LA…Reached 100pt mark in NHLcareer Mar. 17…Posted assists/points in back-to-backgames Nov. 15-16 (2a)…Appeared in his 300th career NHL contest Oct. 29 atDal…Returned to lineup/activated from I.R. List Jan. 31 vs. NYR after missing 22 contests Dec. 8-Jan. 24 with non-displaced toefracture…Appeared in career-high 94 consecutive games Apr. 10, ’10-Nov. 2, ‘11;  missed 2 games Nov. 3-5 with lower body injury...MissedMar. 4 contest at NYI with back spasms &Nov. 30 game at Col. with lower body injury.

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#7: Henrik Tallinder (D) (*Injured) 6' 4", 210 lbs. / Jan 10, 1979 (33 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Buffalo's 2nd choice, 48th overall, in 1997 Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, July 1, 2010.9th NHL / 2nd NJD SeasonLast Goal: APR 6, 2011 vs TORONTO (41)Last Assist: JAN 17, 2012 vs WINNIPEG

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 36 2-10-12 12 28Season 39 0-6-6 -11 16Career 589 25-105-130 29 334

Career vs. Opp 29 2-12-14 12 22

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - - - - -

Injured (acute thrombophlebitis in his lower l. leg); missed 37 games Jan. 19-Apr. 7 &games 1-2 of ECQF...2011-12:  Appeared in career-high217 straight contests Feb. 21, ’09-Dec. 13, ‘11;  totals included final 106 games with Buf. & 1st 111 matches with NJD…Recorded 6a/ptsoverall, including assists/points in back-to-back games Dec. 12-13 (2a)…Reached the 100 GP mark with squad Nov. 19 at TB;  posted his100th career NHL assist/1st point of campaign Oct. 15 at Nsh…Saw action in just 39 contests overall...Also missed 6 games Dec. 16-28 withback spasms.

#8: Dainius Zubrus (R) 6' 5", 225 lbs. / Jun 16, 1978 (33 years and 10 months)

Drafted: Philadelphia's 1st choice, 15th overall, in 1996 Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, July 3, 2007.15th NHL / 5th NJD SeasonLast Goal: MAR 29, 2012 vs TAMPA BAY (4)Last Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs OTTAWA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 1-1-2 0 0

Career Playoffs 70 9-18-27 0 54Season 82 17-27-44 7 34Career 1065 206-333-539 8 671

Career vs. Opp 68 16-23-39 10 39

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-1

4/13 vs. FLA1

4/13 vs. FLA2

4/13 vs. FLA- 16:34

4/13 vs. FLA4

4/13 vs. FLA7

4/13 vs. FLA+1

4/13 vs. FLA

Leads NJD with 2pts;  posted 1st multi-point post-season game with club in 1g-1a effort in game 1 of ECQF at Fla...2011-12: 1 of 5 players inNJD lineup –& 1 of just 3 F’s –to appear in 82 games;  played in every game for 3rd time in 5 seasons…17g, 27a & 44pts are his most in 5seasons with squad…Recorded assists/points in season-high 5 straight games Nov. 5-15 (1g-5a-6pts);  points in 4 straight Jan. 31-Feb. 5 (3g-4a-7pts);  & points in 3 straight 3 times, most recently Feb. 17-21 (3a)…Posted 6 multiple-point games, including season-high 1g-2a-3pts Feb.2 vs. Mtl…2pt games include 2g Oct. 25 at LA…Reached 200g mark in NHL career Jan. 2 at Ott.;  played in NHL Milestone 1,000th careercontest Nov. 16 at Buf.;  & reached/surpassed 500pt mark with 1g-1a-2pts Nov. 8 vs. Car...Notched career-high 3 SHG goals;  enteredcampaign with 2 SHG (last time, Nov. 4, 2003 at TB).

#9: Zach Parise (L) 5' 11", 195 lbs. / Jul 28, 1984 (27 years and 8 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's 1st choice, 17th overall, in 2003 Entry Draft.7th NHL / 7th NJD SeasonLast Goal: MAR 31, 2012 @ CAROLINA (3)Last Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs OTTAWA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 -2 0

Career Playoffs 39 13-15-28 -1 14Season 82 31-38-69 -5 32Career 502 194-216-410 57 177

Career vs. Opp 24 7-10-17 -1 6

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - 21:49

4/15 vs. FLA62x

54/15 vs. FLA

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Looking for 1st point of post-season...2011-12:  1 of 5 players in NJD lineup to appear in all 82 games;  2nd on squad with 31g (I. Kovalchuk,37) & 3rd with 38a/69pts...2nd player in team history to record 5 30g campaigns (J. MacLean)…Recorded 15 multi-point games;  matchedcareer-high/team season-high with 1g-3a-4pts Dec. 16 vs. Dal. (Kovalchuk)...Posted 2 3pt games, including 2nd career hat trick Mar. 2 atWsh…Recorded 2g Feb. 2 vs. Mtl. & Oct. 10 vs. Car...Posted points in team season-high (tie, 4 other times) 7 straight Jan. 24-Feb. 9 (6g-3a-9pts);  6 straight Nov. 26-Dec. 8 (2g-6a-8pts) & 5 straight Jan. 4-11 (2g-6a-8pts)…Appeared in 500th game Apr. 3 vs. NYI;  posted 400thpoint/moved into 9th on team's all-time scoring list Mar. 8 vs. NYI;  & recorded 200th assist Jan. 10 at Cgy...Notched 7th career OT goal Jan. 11at Edm…Successful on 1st career PS shot attempt Oct. 21 vs. SJ (A. Niemi);  unsuccessful Dec. 10 vs. Mtl. (C. Price)...Named team's 9thcaptain.

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#10: Peter Harrold (D) 6' 0", 190 lbs. / Jun 8, 1983 (28 years and 10 months)

Drafted: Not drafted.Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, August 12, 2011.5th NHL / 1st NJD SeasonLast Goal: DEC 2, 2010 vs FLORIDA (20)Last Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs OTTAWA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0

Career Playoffs 4 0-0-0 -1 0Season 11 0-2-2 0 0Career 175 8-20-28 -9 50

Career vs. Opp 3 1-1-2 1 0

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - 15:01

4/13 vs. FLA- 1

2x-

Made NJD playoff debut in game 1 of ECQF at Fla…2011-12:  Saw action with both AHL & NHL Devils during 6th pro season…Recorded 5g-21a-26pts & 36 PIM in 61 AHL appearances…Total includes 3 season-high 2a efforts, most recently Mar. 16 at Bng. & season-high 4-gamepoint-streak Feb. 26-Mar. 4 (2g-2a-4pts)…Recalled by NJD on 4 occasions, most recently Mar. 26…Posted only NHL points of season in back-to-back games Apr. 5-7 (2a)…Made NHL Devils’ debut Jan. 24 vs. Buf…Entered campaign with 8g-18a-26pts & 50 PIM in 164 career NHLappearances…Spent each of the previous 5 seasons with Kings’ organization…Appeared in 19 games in ‘10-11, recording 1g-3a-4pts & 4PIM…Split the ‘06-07 & ‘07-08 seasons between LA & Man. (AHL)…Spent 4 seasons, ‘02-03 to ‘05-06 at Bos. Coll. (HE) & was a member ofthe Eagles’ regular-season championship teams in ‘03, ‘04 & ‘05…Also spent 3 seasons with Cle. (NAHL).

#11: Stephen Gionta (R) 5' 7", 185 lbs. / Oct 9, 1983 (28 years and 6 months)

Drafted: Not drafted.Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, Aug. 26, 2010.1st NHL / 1st NJD SeasonLast Goal: APR 7, 2012 vs OTTAWALast Assist:

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 1 2

Career Playoffs 2 0-0-0 1 2Season 1 1-0-1 1 0Career 13 1-0-1 -2 6

Career vs. Opp - ----- - -

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - 2

4/13 vs. FLA6:50

4/13 vs. FLA2

4/13 vs. FLA2

4/13 vs. FLA+1

4/13 vs. FLA

Made NHL playoff debut in game 1 of ECQF at Fla…2011-12: In 6th season with Devils' organization;  scored 1st career NHL goal/GWG inonly NHL game of ‘11-12 in season finale Apr. 7 vs. Ott…Appearance was 1st since Dec. 4, ‘10...Recalled from Alb. (AHL) Apr. 6 for 2nd timein 3 days;  AHL totals show 6g-10a-16pts in 56 matches...Split ‘10-11 campaign between Alb. (54 games) & NJD (12)...1st in AHL Devils'history with 360 GP, 56g, 79a & 135pts...Played against older brother, Brian, for 1st time in NHL career Dec. 2, ‘10 vs. Mtl...The 2 became 5thset of brothers in team history (Broten, Lemieux, Niedermayer & Sundstrom).

#12: Alexei Ponikarovsky (L) 6' 4", 225 lbs. / Apr 9, 1980 (32 years)

Drafted: Traded to DEVILS by Carolina for Joe Sova and DEVILS' fourth-round pick in2012 Entry Draft, January 20, 2012.Acquired: Toronto's 4th choice, 87th overall, in 1998 Entry Draft.11th NHL / 1st NJD SeasonLast Goal: APR 5, 2012 @ DETROIT (1)Last Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs OTTAWA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-1-1 1 2

Career Playoffs 40 3-8-11 1 18Season 82 14-19-33 -3 34Career 636 135-179-314 48 405

Career vs. Opp 24 5-10-15 9 18

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- 1

4/15 vs. FLA1

4/15 vs. FLA2

4/15 vs. FLA13:16

4/15 vs. FLA2

4/13 vs. FLA6

4/15 vs. FLA+1

4/15 vs. FLA

Posted 1st post-season point with NJD with assist in game 2 of ECQF at Fla.;  made playoff debut with club in game 1…2011-12…Appeared inall 49 games with Car. & 33 of 36 games with NJD…Recorded 14g-19a-33pts, including 4 multi-point games…Notched season-high 2g-1a-3ptsNov. 21 at Phi;  added 1g-1a-2pts Mar. 29 vs. TB & Feb. 4 at Phi. & 2a Feb. 2 at Mtl…Posted season-high 3-game point-streak Feb. 2-5 (1g-4a-5pts)…Had points in back-to-back games 5 times, most recently Apr. 5-7 (1g-1a-2pts)…Reached/surpassed 300pt mark in NHL Feb.4...Made Devils’ debut/recorded goal Jan. 21 vs. Phi.;  acquired from Canes previous night…Missed 3 games Mar. 2-6 with lower bodyinjury…Scored 20+ goals 4 times in NHL career…Signed with Car. as free agent, July 1, ‘11…Spent his 1st 9 N. American seasons with Leafs’organization…Traded to Pit. Mar. 2, ‘10;  spent entire ‘10-11 season with LA…Early pro career included minor-league action with St. John’s(AHL)…Represented Ukr. at ‘02 Olympics.

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#14: Adam Henrique (C) 6' 0", 195 lbs. / Feb 6, 1990 (22 years and 2 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's fourth choice (3rd round), 82nd overall, in 2008 Entry Draft.1st NHL / 1st NJD SeasonLast Goal: MAR 23, 2012 vs TORONTO (7)Last Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs OTTAWA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-1-1 1 0

Career Playoffs 2 0-1-1 1 0Season 74 16-35-51 8 7Career 75 16-35-51 9 7

Career vs. Opp 4 1-1-2 1 0

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- 1

4/15 vs. FLA1

4/15 vs. FLA- 16:57

4/15 vs. FLA1

4/15 vs. FLA2

4/13 vs. FLA+1

4/15 vs. FLA

Picked up 1st career post-season point with 1a in game 2 of ECQF at Fla.;  made NHL playoff debut in game 1…2011-12:  NHL's top rookie forDec.;  led 1st-year players 13pts...3rd among league's rookies/4th on squad with 51pts;  1st among rookies/4th on club with 35a;  & 6th amongrookies/7th on team with 16g…Point-total was 4th among 1st-year players in team history;  passed P. Verbeek (47, ‘83-84)…Recorded points inteam season-high (tie, 4 other times) 7 straight Nov. 25-Dec. 8 (2g-7a-9pts)…Notched 14 multi-point games, including season-high 1g-2a-3ptsDec. 12 at TB & lone 2g game Nov. 5 vs. Wpg. (OT)…Selected to participate as rookie at All-Star Weekend (injured)...Tied for 1st in NHL with 4SHG/7 SHP…Missed 5 of 8 contests Jan. 14-Feb. 4 (groin)...Added GDG in 1st career attempt Dec. 8 vs. Ott...Saw action in 3 games during 8-day AHL assignment Oct. 14-22…Member of Spitfires' back-to-back Memorial Cups.

#15: Petr Sykora (R) 6' 0", 190 lbs. / Nov 19, 1976 (35 years and 4 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's 1st choice, 18th overall, in 1995 Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, October 5, 201115th NHL / 8th NJD SeasonLast Goal: APR 7, 2012 vs OTTAWALast Assist: APR 3, 2012 vs NY ISLANDERS (2)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 1 0

Career Playoffs 117 32-37-69 20 56Season 82 21-23-44 4 40Career 1017 323-398-721 58 455

Career vs. Opp 36 11-8-19 2 6

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - 15:08

4/13 vs. FLA2

4/15 vs. FLA2

4/13 vs. FLA+1

4/13 vs. FLA

Made 1st NJD playoff appearance since Apr. 27, ’02 in game 1 of ECQF at Fla…2011-12: 1 of 5 players in NJD lineup to play in all 82 games;appeared in every game for 1st time since ‘06-07…Totaled 21g-23a-44pts;  reached 20g mark for 11th time…Recorded 2 season-high 4-gamepoint-streaks:  Mar. 31-Apr. 7 (3g-2a-5pts) & Feb. 19-26 (2g-3a-5pts)...Had 3 3-game streaks, most recently Jan. 14-19 (2g-2a-4pts)…Notched8 multi-point games, including 2g Dec. 28 vs. Buf...With goal Mar. 17 vs. Pit., passed J. Langenbrunner for 11th on team's all-time scoringlist...Appeared in 1,000th game Mar. 4 at NYI;  played in 500th match with NJ Feb. 11 vs. Fla.;  & reached 700pt mark Jan. 14 at Wpg...Postedassist Oct. 10 vs. Car. for 1st point with club since Apr. 12, ‘02...Became 21st player to be re-acquired & see action for Devils;  earned spot onroster after attending camp as tryout...Split ‘10-11 campaign between HC Plzen (Czech Rep.) & Dynamo Minsk (KHL).

#16: Jacob Josefson (C) 6' 1", 190 lbs. / Mar 2, 1991 (21 years and 1 month)

Drafted: New Jersey's 1st choice, 20th overall, in 2009 Entry Draft.2nd NHL / 2nd NJD SeasonLast Goal: MAR 29, 2012 vs TAMPA BAY (2)Last Assist: MAR 31, 2012 @ CAROLINA (1)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0Season 41 2-7-9 10 6Career 69 5-14-19 15 12

Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 0 2

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - - - - -

Injured (fractured l. wrist, suffered Apr. 3 vs. NYI)…2011-12:  Totaled 2g-7a-9pts & career-high +10 mark…Goal Mar. 23 vs. Tor. was 1st sinceMar. 30, ‘11 vs. NYI…Matched career high with points in 3 straight Mar. 6-10 (3a);  had points in back-to-back games Mar. 29-31 (1g-1a-2pts)...Injuries limited playing time to 41 GP, including career-high 36 straight Jan. 17-Apr. 3;  missed 2 contests Apr. 5-7 with fractured l.wrist...Returned to NHL lineup Jan. 17 vs. Wpg.;  recalled from Alb. (AHL) that morning following Jan. 10 assignment ...Returned from injuryJan. 14 vs. Syr.;  posted goal in next match Jan. 16 vs. Adk…Missed 37 games with broken r. clavicle suffered Oct. 21 vs. SJ;  injured againstSharks for 2nd straight season...Picked up his 1st NHL point of season with assist Oct. 10 vs. Car...Also recalled from Alb. Jan. 30 followingJan. 26 assignment;  had 1g-1a-2pts in 2 AHL appearances during NHL All-Star break.

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#17: Ilya Kovalchuk (L) 6' 3", 230 lbs. / Apr 15, 1983 (29 years)

Drafted: Atlanta's 1st choice, 1st overall, in 2001 Entry Draft.Acquired: Traded to DEVILS by Atlanta with Anssi Salmela and Atlanta's second-round choice (Jonathon Merrill) in 2010 Entry Draft for Niclas Bergfors, JohnnyOduya, Patrice Cormier, and DEVILS' first (later traded to Chicago-Kevin Hayes) andsecond-round (later traded to Chicago-Justin Holl) choices in 2010 Entry Draft,February 4, 2010.10th NHL / 3rd NJD SeasonLast Goal: APR 7, 2012 vs OTTAWALast Assist: MAR 31, 2012 @ CAROLINA (3)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 1-0-1 -2 0

Career Playoffs 11 4-5-9 -3 25Season 77 37-46-83 -9 33Career 779 406-379-785 -110 498

Career vs. Opp 57 35-33-68 3 39

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-1

4/15 vs. FLA- 1

4/15 vs. FLA- 27:16

4/13 vs. FLA22x

14/15 vs. FLA

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Recorded 1g in game 2 of ECQF at Fla...2011-12:  Led NJD with 37g, 83pts & 10 PPG;  83pts were 5th in NHL…2nd on club with 46a (P.Elias, 52)...Reached NHL milestone 400th goal Mar. 20 at Ott...3rd in NHL in ‘12 with 24g-28a-52pts...Notched points in season-high 6 straightNov. 26-Dec. 8 (4g-3a-7pts);  as well as 4 straight 5 times, most recently Mar. 6-11 (5g-4a-9pts)…Led team with 24 multi-point games,including team season-high 3g-1a-4pts (tie, Z. Parise) Feb. 14 at Buf...Recorded 8 3pt efforts, including 3g/13th career hat trick Mar. 8 vs.NYI…Team’s 1st player since ‘01-02 (Elias) to record more than one hat trick in a season…Posted 15 2pt games, including 2g Apr. 7 vs. Ott.,Jan. 17 vs. Wpg. & Jan. 6 vs. Fla...Recorded 2nd career PS goal in 3rd attempt Dec. 31 vs. Pit.’s M.A. Fleury...Set NHL record with 7 GDG; was 11-14 in SO...Missed 5 games Nov. 5-15 with lower body injury...13 career OT goals are 3rd most among active players.

#18: Steve Bernier (R) 6' 3", 220 lbs. / Mar 31, 1985 (27 years)

Drafted: San Jose's first choice, 16th overall, in 2003 Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, January 30, 2012.7th NHL / 1st NJD SeasonLast Goal: FEB 11, 2012 vs FLORIDA (25)Last Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs OTTAWA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 46 7-9-16 4 17Season 32 1-5-6 6 16Career 417 77-88-165 4 213

Career vs. Opp 4 1-0-1 1 0

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - 8:36

4/13 vs. FLA3

4/15 vs. FLA5

4/15 vs. FLA-

Made NJD playoff debut in game 1 of ECQF at Fla...2011-12:  Split campaign between Alb., AHL (17 games) & NJ (32)…NHL totals show 1g-5a-6pts & career-high +6 mark…Appeared in 400th career game Mar. 1 at Bos…Recorded 1st goal in a Devils’ sweater Feb. 11 vs. Fla.’s S.Clemmensen...Posted points in back-to-back games Feb. 4-5 (2a), including 1st NHL point of season with assist Feb. 4 at Phi...Played inseason-high 20 straight after making NJ debut Jan. 31 vs. NYR…Recalled from Alb./signed 2-way contract Jan. 30...AHL totals show 3g-3a-6pts & 8 PIM...Missed 18 contests Dec. 9-Jan. 21 with broken thumb...Signed AHL free-agent contract Oct. 27 after attending camp as atryout…Previously saw NHL action with SJ, Buf., Van. & Fla.;  played ‘10-11 season for P. DeBoer...Also had AHL stints with Cle. ('05-06)& Wor. ('06-07)...Played 4 seasons with Mon. (QMJHL);  named to league's All-Rookie Team ('02), 2nd All-Star Team ('03 & ' 04) & CHL 2ndAll-Star Team ('03).

#19: Travis Zajac (C) 6' 3", 200 lbs. / May 13, 1985 (26 years and 11 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's 1st choice, 20th overall, in 2004 Entry Draft.6th NHL / 6th NJD SeasonLast Goal: APR 3, 2012 vs NY ISLANDERS (2)Last Assist: MAR 31, 2012 @ CAROLINA (3)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 1-0-1 -1 0

Career Playoffs 30 4-9-13 4 16Season 15 2-4-6 -3 4Career 423 91-164-255 36 128

Career vs. Opp 20 6-7-13 6 6

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-1

4/15 vs. FLA- 1

4/15 vs. FLA- 20:38

4/15 vs. FLA5

4/13 vs. FLA32x

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Posted 1g in game 2 of ECQF at Fla...2011-12:  NJD’s all-time ironman, having appeared in career-high/franchise-record 401 straight gamesOct. 26, ’06-Apr. 10, ‘11…Entered ‘11-12 campaign as an injured, non-roster player with l. Achilles tendon injury suffered during Aug. 17 off-iceworkout;  underwent surgery the following day…Recorded points in back-to-back games Mar. 31-Apr. 3 (1g-1a-2pts)…Notched 4th career GDGMar. 27 vs. Chi…Returned to lineup/posted assist Mar. 25 at Pit.;  activated/removed from I.R. that evening after missing 37 games Jan. 4-Mar.23 with soreness...Played in 8 straight contests through Jan. 2 after making season-debut Dec. 16 vs. Dal.;  activated off I.R. that day…Postedpoints in back-to-back games Dec. 20-23 (1g-1a-2pts)…Represented Canada at ‘11 World Championships;  served as alternate captain.

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#20: Ryan Carter (C) 6' 1", 200 lbs. / Aug 3, 1983 (28 years and 8 months)

Drafted: Not drafted.Acquired: Claimed off waivers by DEVILS from Florida, October 26, 2011.5th NHL / 1st NJD SeasonLast Goal: MAR 31, 2012 @ CAROLINA (3)Last Assist: MAR 29, 2012 vs TAMPA BAY (4)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 1-0-1 1 2

Career Playoffs 22 3-3-6 -2 8Season 72 4-4-8 -13 90Career 254 18-25-43 -13 275

Career vs. Opp 7 0-0-0 0 0

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-1

4/13 vs. FLA- 1

4/13 vs. FLA2

4/15 vs. FLA7:04

4/15 vs. FLA3

4/13 vs. FLA1

4/15 vs. FLA+1

4/13 vs. FLA

Made NJD playoff debut for 1st post-season appearance since ‘09/notched GWG in game 1…2011-12:  Saw action in 72 games, including 7with Fla. & 65 with NJD;  stats show 4g-4a-8pts…Recorded points in back-to-back contests Mar. 29-31 (1g-1a-2pts) & Mar. 6-8 (1g-1a-2pts)…Posted season-high 1g-1a-2pts in 200th career game Nov. 19 at TB…Returned to lineup Feb. 24 vs. Van.;  activated/removed from I.R.that day…Missed 9 games Feb. 4-21 with non-displaced finger fracture;  was a “scratch” Dec. 28 vs. Buf...Recorded 1st point in a Devils’sweater/of season with goal Nov. 12 at Wsh...Made NJ debut Oct. 27 at Phx.;  claimed off waivers from Fla. the previous day...Scoreless with 6PIM with Panthers this season;  had 14g-21a-35pts & 191 PIM in 189 career games with Ana., Car. & Fla…Member of Ducks’ ’07 Stanley CupChampionship team…Made pro debut with Por. (AHL) in 2006-07…Spent 2 seasons at Min. St.-Mankato (WCHA) & 2 years with GB (USHL).

#22: Eric Boulton (L) 6' 1", 225 lbs. / Aug 17, 1976 (35 years and 8 months)

Drafted: NY Rangers' 12th choice (9th round), 234th overall, in 1994 Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, July 15, 2011.11th NHL / 1st NJD SeasonLast Goal: APR 7, 2011 @ NY RANGERS (52)Last Assist: MAR 29, 2011 @ MONTREAL (56)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 4 0-0-0 -1 24Season 51 0-0-0 -12 115Career 600 27-46-73 -30 1265

Career vs. Opp 44 1-8-9 4 87

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - - - - -

Looking to make NJD playoff debut...2011-12:  Played in 51 games during 1st season in NJ;  total includes season-high 14 straightappearances Feb. 27-Mar. 23...Played in 600th career game Apr. 5 at Det…Finished 2nd on club with 115 PIM (D. Clarkson, 138), includingseason-high 15 PIM Jan. 21 vs. Phi. (maj. & misc.)…Total includes 15 min., 9 maj. &4 misc…Cleared waivers Feb. 27;  placed on waivers 2days earlier...Returned to lineup/removed from I.R. Nov. 30 at Col.;  missed 14 contests Oct. 22-Nov. 21 with hand injury...Recalled from Alb.(AHL) Nov. 28;  appeared in 2 games following Nov. 22 conditioning assignment...Made Devils' debut in season-opener Oct. 8 vs. Phi.

#23: David Clarkson (R) 6' 1", 200 lbs. / Mar 31, 1984 (28 years)

Drafted: Not drafted.Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, August 12, 2005.5th NHL / 5th NJD SeasonLast Goal: MAR 31, 2012 @ CAROLINA (1)Last Assist: APR 5, 2012 @ DETROIT

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-1-1 1 2

Career Playoffs 22 2-1-3 -4 49Season 80 30-16-46 -8 138Career 378 82-64-146 -26 692

Career vs. Opp 19 6-5-11 -3 26

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- 1

4/13 vs. FLA1

4/13 vs. FLA2

4/15 vs. FLA16:49

4/13 vs. FLA2

4/13 vs. FLA4

4/13 vs. FLA+1

4/13 vs. FLA

Posted PPA in game 1 of ECQF at Fla…2011-12:  Was club’s ironman after playing in a career-high 181 consecutive games Mar. 2, ‘10-Mar.31, ‘12…Finished 3rd on squad with career-high 30g;  was 5th with career-high 46pts…Led team with career-high 7 GWG;  tied for 2nd withcareer-high 8 PP tallies (P. Elias)…Also led squad with 138 PIM;  is 10th on franchise’s all-time list with 692…Matched career-high with 5-gamepoint-streak Jan. 31-Feb. 7 (5g-3a-8pts);  also had 4-game streak Mar. 6-11 (3g-1a-4pts);  & 3 3-game streaks, most recently Feb. 19-24(3g)…Recorded 9 multi-point games, including career-high 2g-1a-3pts Feb. 2 vs. Mtl…8 2pt games show 2g Dec. 6 at Tor., including 1st careerOT goal…Recorded 2nd career GDG goal Nov. 12 at Wsh...Appeared in his 300th career game Oct. 10 vs. Car…Missed 2 of last 3 games withlower body injury.

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#24: Bryce Salvador (D) 6' 3", 215 lbs. / Feb 11, 1976 (36 years and 2 months)

Drafted: Tampa Bay's 6th choice, 138th overall, in 1994 Entry Draft.Acquired: Traded to DEVILS by St. Louis for Cam Janssen, February 26, 2008.10th NHL / 4th NJD SeasonLast Goal: MAR 10, 2010 vs NY RANGERS (99)Last Assist: MAR 29, 2012 vs TAMPA BAY (4)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-1-1 2 0

Career Playoffs 52 3-2-5 -9 38Season 82 0-9-9 18 66Career 692 23-79-102 10 625

Career vs. Opp 20 0-3-3 1 23

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- 1

4/13 vs. FLA1

4/13 vs. FLA- 21:40

4/15 vs. FLA1

4/15 vs. FLA6

4/15 vs. FLA+12x

Notched 1a in game 1 of ECQF at Fla…2011-12:  1 of 5 players in NJD lineup –& 1 of just 2 d-men (M. Fayne) –to play in all 82 games; appeared in every game for 1st time in NHL career…Led squad with career-high +18 mark…Reached 100pt mark in NHL career with assistMar. 6 vs. NYR…Had points in back-to-back games Dec. 12-13 (2a)...Picked up 1st point of campaign with assist Nov. 5 vs. Wpg. for 1stassist/point since Apr. 6, ‘10 at Atl...Returned to lineup for season-opener Oct. 8 vs. Phi.;  missed entire ‘10-11 campaign with concussionsuffered during pre-season contest…Placed on Long Term I.R. just prior to start of ‘10-11 regular-season sked;  playing time was limited to just3 pre-season contests.

#25: Cam Janssen (R) 6' 0", 215 lbs. / Apr 15, 1984 (28 years)

Drafted: June 23, 2002 - NJ Devils fourth round selection, 117th overallAcquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, July 14, 2011.7th NHL / 5th NJD SeasonLast Goal: MAR 30, 2011 @ DETROIT (52)Last Assist: DEC 16, 2011 vs DALLAS (24)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 10 0-0-0 0 26Season 48 0-1-1 -8 75Career 308 3-8-11 -28 750

Career vs. Opp 12 0-0-0 -2 28

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - - - - -

Looking to make his ’12 playoff debut & 1st post-season appearance since ’09…2011-12: Saw action in 48 games;  appeared in his 300thcareer NHL game Feb. 14 at Buf…Posted assist Dec. 16 vs. Dal. for 1st point since Mar. 30, ‘11 (1g-1a-2pts at Det.), 1st assist ever with team& 1st point with Devils since Feb. 24, ‘07 (goal vs. Wsh.)...Activated/removed from I.R. Dec. 12;  missed 3 games Dec. 6-10 with chestcontusion...Appeared in his 100th game with NJD Oct. 27 at Phx…Made season-debut Oct. 13 vs. LA;  became 22nd player to be re-acquired& see action with club, joining T. Albelin, J. Arnott, S. Clemmensen, J. Dowd, B. Holik, J. Leach, C. Lemieux, V. Malakhov, G. McAdam, A.Mogilny, K. Oliwa, P. Rheaume, S. Richer, B. Rolston, M. Rupp, A. Salmela, C. Schwab, B. Shanahan, K. Sutton, P. Sykora & C. Terreri...3rdon squad with 75 PIM;  total includes 5 min., 9 maj. & 2 misc.

#26: Patrik Elias (C) 6' 1", 195 lbs. / Apr 13, 1976 (36 years)

EH-lih-ahshDrafted: New Jersey's 2nd choice, 51st overall, in 1994 Entry Draft.14th NHL / 14th NJD SeasonLast Goal: APR 3, 2012 vs NY ISLANDERS (2)Last Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs OTTAWA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 1-0-1 0 2

Career Playoffs 140 41-77-118 19 81Season 81 26-52-78 -8 16Career 1042 361-533-894 186 475

Career vs. Opp 51 22-23-45 5 18

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-1

4/13 vs. FLA- 1

4/13 vs. FLA2

4/13 vs. FLA17:20

4/13 vs. FLA3

4/13 vs. FLA4

4/15 vs. FLA+1

4/13 vs. FLA

Posted NJD’s 1st goal in game 1 of ECQF at Fla.;  club’s all-time leader with 41g-77a-118pts…2011-12:  Led Devils/7th in NHL with 52a;  2ndon team/tied for 10th in league with 78pts & 4th on club with 26g...Reached 25g mark for 7th time/50a mark for 2nd time…Tied for 10th in NHLwith 13g-31a-44pts in ‘12...Recorded points in team season-high (tie, 2 others) 7 straight 3 times, most recently Jan. 24-Feb. 9 (2g-6a-8pts)…Posted 17 multi-point games, including 2 season-high 1g-2a-3pt efforts:  Jan. 17 vs. Wpg. & Jan. 6 vs. Fla...Became 3rd player toappear in 1,000 games for NJD Jan. 6 (K. Daneyko, 1,283 & M. Brodeur, 1,184)…Set franchise goal mark (J. MacLean, 347) with 2g Dec. 17 atMtl…Reached 500a mark Dec. 28 vs. Buf…Became team's all-time PPG leader Nov. 2 vs. Tor. (MacLean, 92)...Scored GDG Feb. 17 vs. Ana.& Nov. 3 at Phi…Unsuccessful on PS attempt Jan. 14 at Wpg. (O. Pavelec).

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#28: Anton Volchenkov (D) 6' 1", 225 lbs. / Feb 25, 1982 (30 years and 1 month)

Drafted: Ottawa's 1st choice, 21st overall, in 2000 Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as a free agent by DEVILS, July 1, 2010.9th NHL / 2nd NJD SeasonLast Goal: MAR 11, 2012 vs PHILADELPHIA (10)Last Assist: MAR 1, 2012 @ BOSTON (16)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 2

Career Playoffs 63 3-12-15 -1 50Season 72 2-9-11 3 34Career 557 18-95-113 67 367

Career vs. Opp 29 0-5-5 1 27

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - 2

4/13 vs. FLA11:54

4/13 vs. FLA- 3

4/15 vs. FLA-

Made NJD playoff debut in game 1 of ECQF at Fla…2011-12: Saw action in 72 games to surpass last year’s 57 appearances;  recorded 2g-9a-11pts to surpass previous season’s 8a/pts…Posted goal Mar. 11 vs. Phi. for 1st GW tally since Oct. 17, ‘08 vs. Phx...Totals show points inback-to-back games twice:  Feb. 4-5 (1g-1a-2pts) & Dec. 26-28 (3a)…Notched 1st goal with club in 102nd game Feb. 5 vs. Pit., markinglongest stretch to 1st goal in team history…Returned to lineup/activated from I.R. Jan. 10 at Cgy.; missed 4 contests Jan. 2-7 with lower bodyinjury...Recorded 2a Dec. 26 at Car. for his 1st multi-point game since Jan. 3, ‘10 vs. Phi. (3a)...Appeared in his 500th career NHL game Nov.12 at Wsh…Returned to lineup/activated Dec. 16 after missing 3 games Dec. 10-13 with hand injury;  was placed on I.R. Dec. 12...Missed 2contests Mar. 25-27 with lower body injury & season finale Apr. 7 with the flu.

#29: Mark Fayne (D) 6' 3", 215 lbs. / May 15, 1987 (24 years and 11 months)

Drafted: New Jersey's fifth choice, 155th overall in 2005 Entry Draft.2nd NHL / 2nd NJD SeasonLast Goal: FEB 21, 2012 @ TORONTO (23)Last Assist: APR 3, 2012 vs NY ISLANDERS (2)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 1 0

Career Playoffs 2 0-0-0 1 0Season 82 4-13-17 -4 26Career 139 8-23-31 6 53

Career vs. Opp 8 1-2-3 3 2

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - 20:22

4/13 vs. FLA1

4/13 vs. FLA2

4/13 vs. FLA+1

4/15 vs. FLA

Made NHL playoff debut in game 1 of ECQF at Fla…2011-12: 1 of 5 players in NJD lineup –& 1 of just 2 d-men –(B. Salvador) to play in all 82games;  appeared in career-high 113 consecutive games overall…Recorded 4g-13a-17pts to surpass last season’s 4g-10a-14pts;  1st amongthe club’s d-men with 4g...Recorded 1st career OT goal Feb. 21 at Tor.;  was team's first d-man to score in extra session since Mar. 12, ‘11 vs.NYI (A. Salmela)...Posted points in back-to-back games twice:  Feb. 19-21 (1g-1a-2pts) & Oct. 25-27 (1g-1a-2pts).

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EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINAL SCHEDULE –SERIES C –SERIES TIED 1-1Game 1: Friday, April 13 vs. New Jersey –Devils 3, Panthers 2Game 2: Sunday, April 15 vs. New Jersey –Panthers 4, Devils 2Game 3: Tuesday, April 17 at New Jersey, 7 p.m. (Sun Sports Florida, NHL Network, TSN)Game 4: Thursday, April 19 at New Jersey, 7 p.m. (FS Florida, NHL Network, TSN)Game 5: Saturday, April 21 vs. New Jersey 6:30 p.m. (NHL Network, TSN)*Game 6: Tuesday, April 24 at New Jersey TBD (TBD)*Game 7: Thursday, April 26 vs. New Jersey TBD (TBD)*If necessary POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDEA complete review of the Panthers’ 2011-12 regular season, along with team and player postseason statistics can be accessed at:www.floridapanthers.com/seasonreviewThe Panthers’ 2011-12 regular-season guide can be accessed at www.floridapanthers.com/mediaguide

GAME 2 RECAP: FLORIDA 4, NEW JERSEY 2A sellout crowd of 19,248 watched Florida’s first playoff win at BankAtlantic Center, as the Panthers evened the series, 1-1. StephenWeiss notched two power-play goals, while Marcel Goc totaled a goal and assist for Florida. Jose Theodore made 23 saves to earn hisfirst playoff win since April 19, 2008.

POSTSEASON INJURY REPORTRW Matt Bradley (IR) –2 games (upper body)RW Jack Skille (IR) –2 games (upper body)*340 man games lost to injury during the regular season

THE DROUGHT IS OVERThe Panthers’ victory Sunday was their first playoff victory since a 3-0 win vs. the New York Rangers in Game 1 of the 1997 EasternConference Quarterfinals on April 17, 1997.

RECORD-SETTING STARTStephen Weiss’ goal :23 into the opening period Sunday set a Panthers franchise playoff record for fastest goal to start a game and aperiod. (:30 Jody Hull at BOS, 4/24/96 and :29 Ray Sheppard 3rd period at PIT 5/20/96). According to Elias Sports Bureau, it was thefastest power-play goal in NHL playoffs history since Montreal’s Mats Naslund scored :18 into the game at Quebec on April 26, 1987. SUNRISE STEPHENIn just his second career playoff game Sunday, Stephen Weiss notched his first playoff point with the opening goal, then became thefirst Panther in franchise history to score two power-play goals in a playoff game. He made his NHL playoff debut Friday after skating10 seasons with the Panthers, totaling 390 points (144-246-390) in 637 games. This season, he became the franchise leader in assistswith his 232nd on Jan. 16 and the franchise leader for most games played with his 614th game on Feb. 23. He also ranks second infranchise history in points and fourth in goals.

POSTSEASON PERFORMERSean Bergenheim tallied an assist Sunday for his second point in as many games after opening up Florida’s playoff scoring Friday. Henow has 13 points (10-3-13) in 18 career playoff games. He totaled a career-high 17 goals in 62 regular-season games and his 15points (9-6-15) in 27 regular-season games against New Jersey are his most against any NHL opponent.

IN NETJose Theodore stopped 23-of-25 shots Sunday and earned his first playoff win in 10 appearances, since stopping 34-of-35 shots forColorado vs. Minnesota on April 19, 2008. He’s stopped 58-of-63 shots this postseason, posting a 2.52 GAA and a .921 SV%.

SPECIAL TEAMS SUCCESSFlorida ranks second in the NHL with a 42.9% (3-of-7) success rate on the power play and is among the NHL’s best this postseason,stopping 7-of-8 penalty kills.

RIGHT WHERE HE LEFT OFFKris Versteeg netted an assist Sunday and now has two points (1-1-2) in two playoff games, totaling 34 points (12-22-34) in 52 careerplayoff games. Versteeg started the regular season by setting a franchise record for most points in the first 20 games of the season (11-

Florida Panthers: Media Notes

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14-25) and, despite missing 11 games (including nine late in the season with a lower-body injury) totaled career highs in points andgoals, while matching his assist high (23-31-54).

HELPING HANDSMikael Samuelsson notched an assist on Sunday after leading all players in Game 1 with two assists Friday. He now has 56 points (22-34-56) in 94 career playoff games. The Stanley Cup winner totaled 28 points (13-15-28) in 48 games with Florida during the regular-season after registering a goal and two assists in three games with Vancouver to start the season.

OMGocMarcel Goc tied his career high with two points (1-1-2) Sunday and now has three points (1-2-3) in two playoff games. He has 12 points(4-8-12) in 45 playoff games.

G-52 BOMBERIn his second career playoff game, Jason Garrison netted his first playoff point with an assist Sunday. Heading into the year, he hadtotaled 26 points (7-19-26) in 113 career games spanning three seasons. He shattered that total by netting 33 points (16-17-33) in 77games. His 16th goal on March 23 set a Panthers franchise record for most goals by a defenseman in a single season and he tied afranchise record for most power-play goals by a defenseman with 9 –just one second away from breaking the mark on March 13. Hisfirst 13 goals of the season were all slapshots from the point, with his defensive partner, Brian Campbell, earning an assist on most ofthem. PLENTY OF SOUP FOR YOUBrian Campbell notched his first point of the postseason with an assist Sunday. He now has 39 points (8-31-39) in 92 career playoffgames. After coming to Florida in a trade during the 2011 NHL Entry Draft –a move which many say most-influenced the changeoveron the Panthers’ roster –Brian Campbell had an All-Star season, totaling an assist and leading all skaters with a +7 rating and 21:40TOI at the mid-season classic. He T-1st in the NHL with Duncan Keith for TOI/game (26:53) while totaling only 6 PIM  (his first penaltycoming after accidentally shooting the puck out of play). He ranked T-2nd among all NHL defensemen with 53 points (4-49-53) in 82games. He set a franchise record for defensemen with 30 power-play assists and tied a franchise record for defensemen with 49helpers.

GAME 3Florida is looking for its third win in its seventh Game 3, having not won the third game of a series since taking a 5-2 win vs. Pittsburghon May 24 in the 1996 Eastern Conference Finals.

CAREER SEASONSSeven Panthers had offensive career-best seasons in 2011-12.Points, Goals and Assists: Tomas Fleischmann (27-34-61); Jason Garrison (16-17-33); Shawn Matthias (10-14-24)Points and Goals:Kris Versteeg (23-31-54) *matched career assist highPoints and Assists: Dmitry Kulikov (4-24-28); Mike Weaver (0-16-16)Goals: Sean Bergenheim (17-6-23)

PLAYOFF RETURNFlorida opened up play in the 2012 postseason exactly 12 years to the day it started its last playoff series, a four-game sweep by NewJersey in the 2000 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Florida finished the 2011-12 season 38-26-18 and its 94 points were its mostsince totaling 98 in 1999-2000 (43-27-6-6).

PLAYOFF EXPERIENCEEntering this postseason, Florida’s 26-player roster consisted of 18 guys who combined for 348 games of NHL playoff experience andeight Stanley Cup titles: Barch, Bergenheim, Bradley, Campbell (1), Clemmensen, Fleischmann, Goc, Kopecky (2), Jovanovski,Madden (3), Samuelsson (1), Skille, Smithson, Theodore, Upshall, Versteeg (1), Weaver and Wolski. Former Devil John Madden ledFlorida, having appeared in 134 postseason games for New Jersey (1999-2009) and Chicago (2010), earning three Stanley Cupchampionships and totaling 43 points (21-22-43).

ROSTER CHANGESOf the 26 players currently on Florida’s lineup, only nine were on the Panthers roster for the final game of last season on April 9, 2011.A staggering 20 of those players have joined the Panthers lineup since Dale Tallon was hired as General Manager in May 2010.

FRESH FACES

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Since the start of the season, Florida acquired six veteran players to its roster –Samuelsson, Sturm, Barch, Madden, Smithson andWolski –without giving up a high draft pick or any of its current top prospects.

FLORIDA VS. NEW JERSEY –2011-12 REGULAR-SEASON RECAPFlorida went 2-1-1 against New Jersey this season, claiming a 4-3, comeback win in the series opener on Nov. 21 (see below) and a 3-1 victory in New Jersey during the final meeting on Feb. 11. The Panthers have an all-time regular-season record of 25-39-7-6 againstNew Jersey, but are now 1-5 against the Devils in the playoffs.

COMEBACK CATSTrailing 3-0 in the second period, Florida scored twice in the second and added two more goals in the third period to complete aregulation comeback win vs. New Jersey Nov. 21 in Sunrise. It was the largest regulation comeback victory in franchise history, comingfrom three goals behind for just the second time in the team’s existence (overtime previously).

FORMER DEVILIn five career games vs. New Jersey, Scott Clemmensen is 4-0-0, stopping 134-of-143shots for a .937 SV% and a 2.05 GAA. He wonhis only game against his former team this season, stopping 27-of-28 shots in a 3-1 victory Feb. 11 in New Jersey. He was selected bythe Devils in the eighth round (215th overall) of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft and played in 65 regular-season games with New Jersey, andseven minutes in his only postseason appearance.

IRON MENOnly three Panthers –winger Tomas Fleischmann and defensemen Brian Campbell and Mike Weaver –played in all 82 games forFlorida during the regular season. Florida lost a total of 340 man games to injury during the regular season, as both Matt Bradley andJack Skille start the playoffs on injured reserve with upper-body injuries.

DIVISION CHAMPSWith a 4-1 victory vs. Carolina in its final game of the regular season, Florida clinched the Southeast Division title - its first-ever divisionchampionship in the 19-year, 18-season history of the franchise. Florida finished the season sitting atop the division for 128 days,including a run of 43 straight days to end the regular season.

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Florida Panthers: Game By Game Summary* = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout

# Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend.1 04/13/2012 New Jersey Devils L 00-01-00 2-3 20,32p 20 1-3 5-6 26-38 30 / 60 19119+2 04/15/2012 New Jersey Devils W 01-01-00 4-2 9p,9p,57,14 57 2-4 2-2 24-25 60 / 30 19248+3 04/17/2012 @ New Jersey Devils4 04/19/2012 @ New Jersey Devils5 04/21/2012 New Jersey Devils6 04/24/2012 @ New Jersey Devils7 04/26/2012 New Jersey Devils

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Florida Panthers: Player Game By Game SummarySkaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played

Date Opp. ELLERBY #

KULIKOV #7

WOLSKI #8

WEISS #9

MADDEN #10

SKILLE #

SANTORELLI #

Apr 13 Vs N.J DND 0-0 2/-1 19:43 0-0 3/0 10:45 0-0 0/-1 19:44 0-0 0/0 13:41 DND DNDApr 15 Vs N.J DND 0-0 2/-1 17:18 0-0 1/-1 10:04 2-0 2/1 19:15 0-0 0/-1 15:57 DND DND

Date Opp. FLEISCHMANN #14

STURM #16

MATTHIAS #18

UPSHALL #19

BERGENHEIM #20

BARCH #

BRADLEY #

Apr 13 Vs N.J 0-1 2/0 17:40 0-0 2/0 11:44 0-0 0/0 9:04 0-0 1/0 9:35 1-0 4/-1 14:02 DND INJApr 15 Vs N.J 1-0 2/1 19:23 0-0 0/-1 12:06 0-0 1/-1 10:40 0-0 1/-1 12:35 0-1 1/1 13:53 DND INJ

Date Opp. SMITHSON #

SAMUELSSON #26

VERSTEEG #32

WEAVER #43

GUDBRANSON #44

CAMPBELL #51

GARRISON #52

Apr 13 Vs N.J DND 0-2 3/-1 14:15 1-0 2/0 18:07 0-0 0/0 21:27 0-0 0/0 14:49 0-0 1/0 25:48 0-0 3/0 22:38Apr 15 Vs N.J DND 0-1 3/1 14:02 0-1 4/1 19:27 0-0 1/0 19:42 0-0 1/-1 14:42 0-1 0/1 25:34 0-1 2/1 24:02

Date Opp. JOVANOVSKI #55

GOC #57

KOPECKY #82

CLEMMENSEN #30

THEODORE #60

Apr 13 Vs N.J 0-0 0/-1 13:49 0-1 1/0 16:51 0-0 2/0 13:34 DNP 3/38L 59Apr 15 Vs N.J 0-0 1/0 17:54 1-1 (W) 2/1 15:28 0-0 0/-1 14:10 DNP 2/25W 60

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Kevin Dineen enters his first year as the head coach of the Florida Panthers after being named to the position on June 1, 2011.  Dineen spent the last six seasons as head coach of the Portland Pirates (AHL), where he compiled a record of 266-155-59 with a .616 winningpercentage, the best in the franchise’s history. During this tenure with Portland, his teams won at least 40 games in four of out six seasons, wona pair of division titles (2005-06 &2010-11) and advanced to the AHL’s Eastern Conference Finals twice (2005-06 &2007-08).A third round draft pick of the Hartford Whalers in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, Dineen played in 1,188 career National Hockey League gameswith Hartford (1984-91, 1995-97), Philadelphia (1991-95), Carolina (1997-99), Ottawa (1999-2000) and Columbus (2000-03). Throughout his19-year NHL playing career, he scored 355 goals with 405 assists, while adding 2,229 PIM. He also served as team captain while playing forPhiladelphia, Hartford and Carolina.

Florida Panthers: Head Coach and Player BiosHead Coach: Kevin Dineen

#30: Scott Clemmensen (G) 6' 2", 201 lbs. / Jul 23, 1977 (34 years and 8 months)

SKAWT KLEH-mehn-sehnDrafted: Selected by the New Jersey Devils in the eighth round (215th overall) ofthe 1997 NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 1, 2009.10th NHL / 3rd FLA SeasonLast Win: APR 7, 2012 vs CAROLINALast SO: NOV 15, 2011 @ DALLAS (29)

GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV%Playoffs 0 0-0 0

Career Playoffs 1 0-0 0 0.00 1.000Season 30 14-6-6 1 2.57 .913Career 152 64-45-20 7 2.64 .910

Career vs. Opp 5 4-0-0 0 2.05 .937

Playoff Highs: Shots Saves- -

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 1-2: Did not play2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- 3-0-1 in last 3 games- Assist and 18 saves in win 2/26 vs. MTL- Season-high 41 saves on season-high 44 shots in win 1/21 at WPG- Recorded a shutout in 1st appearance of the season, stopping all 25 shots he faced 11/15 at DAL- Missed first 13 games of the season with a knee injury

#60: Jose Theodore (G) 5' 11", 172 lbs. / Sep 13, 1976 (35 years and 7 months)

joh-SAY THEE-uh-dohrDrafted: Selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round (44th overall)of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2011.16th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Win: MAR 17, 2012 vs BUFFALO (7)Last SO: MAR 11, 2012 vs CAROLINA (10)

GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV%Playoffs 2 1-1 0 2.53 .921

Career Playoffs 53 20-29 1 2.81 .912Season 53 22-16-11 3 2.46 .917Career 633 282-248-66 33 2.67 .909

Career vs. Opp 25 8-14-3 1 2.64 .909

Playoff Highs: Shots Saves38

4/13 vs. NJD35

4/13 vs. NJD

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: Saved 23-of-25 for first playoff win since 4/19/08- Game 1: Stopped 35-of-38 shots in loss2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:-34-save shutout 3/11 vs. CAR- Saved 39-of-41 2/17 vs. WSH- Missed 4 games (knee) 2/1-2/7- Stopped 40 of season-high 44 shots 1/18 at COL- Missed 5 games (lower body) 1/5-1/16- 40-save shutout in 600th career game, 12/8 at BOS- Stopped 39-of-41 shots for win 11/19 vs. PIT- Stopped 27 shots to register a shutout in his 1st game with Florida, becoming the first goalie to do so in a Panthers debut, 10/8 at NYI

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#4: Keaton Ellerby (D) 6' 5", 217 lbs. / Nov 5, 1988 (23 years and 5 months)

KEE-tuhn EHL-uhr-beeDrafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the first round (10th overall) of the 2007NHL Entry Draft.3rd NHL / 3rd FLA SeasonLast Goal: MAR 17, 2011 vs TORONTO (51)Last Assist: MAR 13, 2012 vs TORONTO (1)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0Season 40 0-5-5 -3 10Career 116 2-15-17 -19 34

Career vs. Opp 6 0-1-1 -2 2

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - - - - -

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 1-2: Healthy Scratch- Making his NHL Playoffs Debut2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Matched career high with 2-game assist streak (2/25-26)- Career-high 23:31 TOI 2/19 vs. ANA- Skated in 100th NHL game, totaling 2 shots and +1 rating 2/9 vs. LAK

#7: Dmitry Kulikov (D) 6' 1", 205 lbs. / Oct 29, 1990 (21 years and 5 months)

dih-MEE-tree kool-YIH-kawfDrafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the first round (14th overall) of the 2009NHL Entry Draft.3rd NHL / 3rd FLA SeasonLast Goal: JAN 9, 2012 vs VANCOUVER (17)Last Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs CAROLINA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 -2 2

Career Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -2 2Season 58 4-24-28 -5 36Career 198 13-57-70 -15 113

Career vs. Opp 9 1-3-4 2 6

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - 2

4/15 vs. NJD19:43

4/13 vs. NJD22x

54/13 vs. NJD

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2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: 2 PIM, 3 hits and 2 shots in 17:18 TOI- Game 1: 5 hits and 2 shots in 19:43 TOI- Making his NHL Playoffs Debut2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Assist set career high 27 pts (4-23-27) in 56 games 4/3 vs. WPG- Scored game-winning SO goal and named 1st star in return to lineup 3/17 vs. BUF- Missed 23 games (knee) 1/24-3/15.- +2 and scored on his 1st career shootout attempt 12/16 vs. CGY- Career-high in points (2-1-3) 12/5 vs. WSH- Career-high and Panthers season high 5-game assist streak (0-6-6, 10/31-11/10)

#8: Wojtek Wolski (L) 6' 3", 215 lbs. / Feb 24, 1986 (26 years and 1 month)

VOI-tehk VOHL-skeeDrafted: Selected by the Colorado Avalanche in the first round (21st overall) of the2004 NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Acquired from the New York Rangers in exchange for D Mike Vernace anda third-round selection in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Feb. 25, 2012.7th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: MAR 27, 2012 @ MONTREAL (6)Last Assist: MAR 13, 2012 vs TORONTO (12)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 4

Career Playoffs 29 8-9-17 -4 8Season 31 4-8-12 -5 2Career 424 95-163-258 16 107

Career vs. Opp 7 2-1-3 0 0

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - 4

4/13 vs. NJD10:45

4/13 vs. NJD3

4/13 vs. NJD3

4/15 vs. NJD-

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: 3 shots and 1 hits in 10:04 TOI- Game 1: 3 shots, 2 hits, 2 PIM in 10:45 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Goal and SO winner 3/27 at MTL- Season-high 4-game point streak (1-4-5, 3/9-3/15)- Game-tying goal, 4 shots in 15:43 TOI in comeback win, 2/25 at CAR- Acquired by Florida from the New York Rangers in exchange for D Mike Vernace and a third-round selection in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft 2/25- Totaled 3 points (0-3-3) in 9 games with New York; Totaled 5 points (3-2-5) in 6 games with Connecticut (AHL).

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#9: Stephen Weiss (C) 5' 11", 190 lbs. / Apr 3, 1983 (29 years)

STEE-vehn WIGHSDrafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2001NHL Entry Draft.10th NHL / 10th FLA SeasonLast Goal: APR 7, 2012 vs CAROLINALast Assist: APR 1, 2012 @ DETROIT (3)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 2-0-2 0 2

Career Playoffs 2 2-0-2 0 2Season 80 20-37-57 5 60Career 637 144-246-390 -4 288

Career vs. Opp 32 6-15-21 1 14

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-2

4/15 vs. NJD- 2

4/15 vs. NJD2

4/13 vs. NJD19:44

4/13 vs. NJD2

4/15 vs. NJD2

4/15 vs. NJD+1

4/15 vs. NJD

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: 2 PPG in 19:15 TOI - became first Panther to score 2 PPG; goal :23 in was fastest goal in franchise history.- Game 1: 2 PIM in 19:44 TOI- Making his NHL Playoffs Debut2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Finished 2nd on team in assists (37) and points (57)- Season-high 6-game point streak (3-4-7, 3/15-3/25)- Season-high 24:43 TOI and assist in franchise-record 614th game 2/23 vs. MIN- Goal in 600th career game 1/18 at COL- FLA franchise assist leader with 232nd helper 1/16 vs BOS- (1-2-3) with a +4 rating 11/21 vs. NJD- (1-2-3) and career-high +5 rating 11/15 at DAL- Tied career high with 4 points (2-2-4) on season-high 6 shots 10/17 at TBL

#10: John Madden (C) 5' 11", 190 lbs. / May 4, 1973 (38 years and 11 months)

Drafted: UndraftedAcquired: Signed as a free agent on Jan. 4, 201212th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: APR 7, 2012 vs CAROLINALast Assist: MAR 31, 2011 vs EDMONTON (32)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0

Career Playoffs 136 21-22-43 0 26Season 31 3-0-3 -4 4Career 898 165-183-348 20 219

Career vs. Opp 5 1-0-1 1 0

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - 15:57

4/15 vs. NJD- 2

2x-

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: 2 hits in 15:57 TOI- Game 1: 2 hits in 13:41 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Goal for 1st point with FLA 3/15 vs. BOS- Missed 4 games (lower body) 2/17-25- 2 shots in 12:18 TOI during his Panthers debut 1/6 at NJD- Signed as a free agent 12/4; Recorded 345 points (162-183-345) in 867 career games prior to joining Florida.

 

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#12: Jack Skille (R) (*Injured) 6' 1", 219 lbs. / May 19, 1987 (24 years and 10 months)

JAK SKIH-leeDrafted: Selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round (seventh overall) ofthe 2005 NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Traded from Chicago along with Hugh Jessiman and David Pacan forMichael Frolik and Alexander Salak on Feb. 9, 2011.6th NHL / 2nd FLA SeasonLast Goal: MAR 4, 2012 vs OTTAWA (2)Last Assist: MAR 4, 2012 vs OTTAWA (2)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0Season 46 4-6-10 -9 28Career 138 17-20-37 -23 62

Career vs. Opp 3 0-1-1 -2 4

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - - - - -

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 1-2: Missed with an upper-body injury; currently on IR- Making his NHL Playoffs Debut2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Missed final 15 games of the season with upper-body injury (3/11-4/7)- Shoulder surgery 3/19- Missed 7 games (upper body) 1/24-2/11- Missed 13 games (upper body) 12/18-1/18- Scored 1st career shorthanded and GWG goal 12/3 at SJS- Missed 1st game of season with a lower-body injury 11/15 at DAL- (1-1-2) and totaled career highs in plus/minus (+2) and TOI (16:37) and had a team-high 5 shots 11/8 at TOR 

#13: Mike Santorelli (C) 6' 0", 189 lbs. / Dec 14, 1985 (26 years and 4 months)

MIGHK san-toh-REHL-eeDrafted: Selected by the Nashville Predators in the sixth round (178th overall) of the2004 NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Acquired from Nashville in exchange for a conditional fifth round draft pickin the 2011 NHL Entry Draft on Aug. 5, 20104th NHL / 2nd FLA SeasonLast Goal: FEB 28, 2012 @ TORONTO (7)Last Assist: DEC 22, 2011 @ OTTAWA (33)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0Season 60 9-2-11 -10 18Career 174 31-24-55 -40 48

Career vs. Opp 9 1-2-3 -3 4

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - - - - -

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 1-2: Healthy Scratch- Making his NHL Playoffs Debut2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Tied career high with two goals 2/28 at TOR- First GWG of season 2/9 vs. LAK- Missed the first seven games of the season with a shoulder injury.

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#14: Tomas Fleischmann (L) 6' 1", 192 lbs. / May 16, 1984 (27 years and 11 months)

TAW-mahs FLIGHSH-muhnDrafted: Selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the second round (63rd overall) of the2002 NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2011.7th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: APR 3, 2012 vs WINNIPEG (2)Last Assist: APR 3, 2012 vs WINNIPEG (2)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 1-1-2 1 2

Career Playoffs 24 4-3-7 -2 12Season 82 27-34-61 -7 26Career 387 95-125-220 -19 118

Career vs. Opp 21 7-2-9 -7 8

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-1

4/15 vs. NJD1

4/13 vs. NJD12x

24/13 vs. NJD

19:234/15 vs. NJD

22x

12x

+14/15 vs. NJD

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: Empty-net goal and 2 shots in 19:23 TOI- Game 1: Assist and 2 shots in 17:40 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Led FLA in goals (27) and points (61)- Nominated for Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy after having last season cut short with blood clots in lungs- Only forward and 1 of 3 players to skate in all 82 games- Career-high 24th goal, assist 3/25 vs. NYI- Assist 3/17 vs. BUF set career high with 52 points (22-30-52)- 5-game point streak (2-4-6, 2/9-2/17)- 200th point (goal) and added assist 2/12 at NYI- Career-high 24:03 TOI 12/22 at OTT- (1-2-3) on career-high 9 shots 12/3 at SJS- GWG completed a 4-goal comeback 11/21 vs. NJD- 100th career assist with 2nd helper and was season-high +3 11/10 at WPG- Panthers season-high 7-game point streak (4-5-9, 10/22-11/6)

#16: Marco Sturm (L) 6' 0", 196 lbs. / Sep 8, 1978 (33 years and 7 months)

MAHR-koh STUHRMDrafted: San Jose's First Round pick (21st overall) in 1996 NHL Entry DraftAcquired: Acquired from Vancouver along with RW Mikael Samuelsson for LW DavidBooth, C Steve Reinprecht and a 2013 third-round pick on October 22, 2011.13th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: APR 3, 2012 vs WINNIPEG (2)Last Assist: APR 3, 2012 vs WINNIPEG (2)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0

Career Playoffs 63 9-13-22 -5 26Season 48 3-2-5 -13 25Career 938 242-245-487 59 446

Career vs. Opp 27 4-9-13 -2 0

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - 12:06

4/15 vs. NJD2

4/13 vs. NJD3

4/13 vs. NJD-

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: 2 hits in 12:06 TOI- Game 1: 3 hits and 2 shots in 11:44 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Leads all German-born NHL players in games played (938), goals (242) and points (487)- Currently 47th among active players for most NHL games played- (1-1-2) 4/3 vs. WPG- Missed 12 games (lower body) 2/3-2/26- Underwent minor knee surgery 2/6- Missed 14 games (upper body, 12/22-1/24)- Became the first German-born player to reach 900 games played 10/31 vs. WPG- Acquired by Florida along with RW Mikael Samuelsson from Vancouver in exchange for RW David Booth, C Steven Reinprecht and a third-round pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft (previously acquired from Vancouver in Feb. 2011 along with D Evan Oberg and LW Chris Higgins) on10/22

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#18: Shawn Matthias (C) 6' 4", 220 lbs. / Feb 19, 1988 (24 years and 1 month)

SHAWN muh-THIGH-uhsDrafted: Selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the secound round (47th overall) of the2006 NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Traded from Detroit along with a second round selection in the 2007 NHLEntry Draft in exchange for Todd Bertuzzi on Feb. 27, 2007.5th NHL / 5th FLA SeasonLast Goal: FEB 15, 2012 vs OTTAWA (24)Last Assist: MAR 4, 2012 vs OTTAWA (15)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 4

Career Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 4Season 79 10-14-24 -2 49Career 205 25-35-60 -10 79

Career vs. Opp 11 2-1-3 -1 7

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - 4

4/13 vs. NJD10:40

4/15 vs. NJD1

4/15 vs. NJD12x

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2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: 3 blocked shots and 1 hit in 10:40 TOI- Game 1: 4 PIM in 9:04 TOI- Making his NHL Playoffs Debut2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Skated in 200th NHL game and won 12-of-15 faceoffs 3/27 at MTL- Two assists to set new career high (11) 2/9 vs LAK- Set new career highs in goals (8) and points (17) with game-tying goal 1/16 vs. BOS- Returned from illness and set a career high with three points (1-2-3) in 14:41 TOI 10/22 vs. NYI 

#19: Scottie Upshall (L) 6' 0", 200 lbs. / Oct 7, 1983 (28 years and 6 months)

SKAW-tee UHP-shulDrafted: Selected by the Nashville Predators in the first round (sixth overall) of the2002 NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2011.9th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: MAR 29, 2012 @ MINNESOTA (5)Last Assist: APR 3, 2012 vs WINNIPEG (2)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0

Career Playoffs 21 3-4-7 0 44Season 26 2-3-5 -3 29Career 387 88-89-177 21 354

Career vs. Opp 19 5-6-11 -1 20

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - 12:35

4/15 vs. NJD12x

44/15 vs. NJD

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2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: 4 hits and 1 shot in 12:35 TOI- Game 1: 2 hits and 1 shot in 9:35 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Missed 24 games with sports hernia 2/1-3/20- Abdominal surgery on 2/2- Missed 30 games (hip) 11/13-1/18- Scored his 1st goal as a Panther with the game winner and had 3 shots and 3 hits 10/24 at MTL 

#20: Sean Bergenheim (L) 5' 10", 205 lbs. / Feb 8, 1984 (28 years and 2 months)

SHAWN BUHR-gehn-highmDrafted: Selected by the New York Islanders in the first round (22nd overall) of the2002 NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2011.7th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: MAR 20, 2012 @ PHILADELPHIA (10)Last Assist: APR 5, 2012 @ WASHINGTON (1)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 1-1-2 0 0

Career Playoffs 18 10-3-13 2 8Season 62 17-6-23 -5 48Career 388 71-61-132 -24 299

Career vs. Opp 27 9-6-15 5 12

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-1

4/13 vs. NJD1

4/15 vs. NJD12x

- 14:024/13 vs. NJD

44/13 vs. NJD

74/13 vs. NJD

+14/15 vs. NJD

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: Assist, 4 hits and 1 shot in 13:53 TOI- Game 1: Scored 10th playoff goal with career-high 7 hits in 14:02 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Finished season with career-high 17 goals- Set career high (16) on 2nd goal 3/13 vs. TOR- Matched career high with season-high (1-2-3) 2/26 vs. MTL- Missed 12 games (lower body) 12/20-1/18- Missed 7 games with a lower-body injury 10/18-10/31- Scored 1st goal as a Panther, Florida's 1st shorthanded goal of season 10/17 at TBL

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#21: Krystofer Barch (R) 6' 1", 237 lbs. / Mar 26, 1980 (32 years)

KRIHS BAHRCHDrafted: Selected by the Washington Capitals in the fourth round (106th overall) of the1998 NHL Entry DraftAcquired: Acquired with a sixth-round selection in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft fromDallas in exchange for F Jake Hauswirth and a fifth round selection in the 2012 NHLEntry Draft, Dec. 7, 2011.5th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: MAR 4, 2012 vs OTTAWA (7)Last Assist: MAR 15, 2012 vs BOSTON (3)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 3 0-0-0 0 2Season 51 2-3-5 0 114Career 304 12-19-31 -7 669

Career vs. Opp 9 1-1-2 1 15

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - - - - -

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 1-2: Healthy Scratch2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Led FLA with 89 PIM- Scored game-tying goal 3/4 vs OTT- Skated in career-high 14:52 TOI and had a fight 12/23 at BOS- Totaled 3 fights in his first 4 games with Florida- Acquired by Florida along with a sixth round selection in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft from Dallas in exchange for F Jake Hauswirth and a fifthround pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft on 12/7; Totaled 23 PIM in 10 games with Dallas this season.

#22: Matt Bradley (R) (*Injured) 6' 3", 200 lbs. / Jun 13, 1978 (33 years and 10 months)

MAT BRAD-leeDrafted: Selected by the San Jose Sharks in the fourth round (102nd overall) of the1996 NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 2, 2011.11th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: FEB 9, 2012 vs LOS ANGELES (5)Last Assist: JAN 16, 2012 vs BOSTON (13)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 47 3-8-11 -1 8Season 45 3-5-8 -3 31Career 675 59-90-149 -19 562

Career vs. Opp 31 4-5-9 3 16

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - - - - -

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 1-2: Missed with an upper-body injury; currently on IR2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Missed the final 24 games with an upper-body injury 2/23-4/7- Goal and team season-high 9 hits 12/30 vs. NYR- Returned from injury after missing 12 games (11/17-12/9, upper body) and recorded a team-high 4 shots 12/11 at NYR- Scored 1st goal as a Panther, registered season highs in plus/minus (+2) and shots (4) and dropped the gloves for the 2nd straight game (M.Martin) 10/22 vs. NYI

#25: Jerred Smithson (R) 6' 3", 209 lbs. / Feb 4, 1979 (33 years and 2 months)

JEHR-rehd SMIHTH-suhnAcquired: Acquired from Nashville in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2012 NHLEntry Draft (previously acquired from Dallas).9th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: OCT 15, 2011 vs NEW JERSEY (65)Last Assist: MAR 15, 2012 vs BOSTON (6)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 0 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 31 2-1-3 -1 37Season 69 1-5-6 -5 34Career 543 36-54-90 -34 342

Career vs. Opp 6 1-0-1 -1 8

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - - - - -

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 1-2: Healthy Scratch2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Assist for 1st point with FLA 3/15 vs. BOS- Won 6-of-7 faceoffs 3/11 vs. CAR- Acquired by Florida from Nashville in exchange for a 6th-round selection in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft (previously acquired with Krys Barchfrom Dallas on Jan. 7) 2/25; Totaled 5 points (1-4-5) and 30 PIM in 53 games with Nashville

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#26: Mikael Samuelsson (R) 6' 2", 218 lbs. / Dec 23, 1976 (35 years and 3 months)

MIH-kigh-ehl SAM-yuhl-suhnDrafted: San Jose's 5th round choice, 145th overall, in the 1998 NHL Entry DraftAcquired: Acquired from Vancouver along with LW Marco Sturm for LW David Booth,C Steve Reinprecht and a 2013 third-round pick on October 22, 2011.10th NHL / 2nd FLA SeasonLast Goal: APR 7, 2012 vs CAROLINALast Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs CAROLINA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-3-3 0 2

Career Playoffs 94 22-34-56 19 60Season 54 14-17-31 1 20Career 669 148-194-342 57 364

Career vs. Opp 20 4-3-7 5 10

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- 2

4/13 vs. NJD2

4/13 vs. NJD2

4/15 vs. NJD14:15

4/13 vs. NJD32x

54/15 vs. NJD

+14/15 vs. NJD

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: Assist, 5 hits, 3 shots, 2 PIM in 14:02 TOI- Game 1: Matched career high with 2 assists adding 3 hits in 14:15 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- (1-2-3) 4/7 vs. CAR- 4-game point streak (3-3-6, 3/13-3/20)- (1-1-2) on season-high 8 shots 2/23 vs. MIN- 4-game point sreak (1/24-2/4, 4-1-5)- Winning SO goal in 7th round 1/21 at WPG- Missed 5 games (upper body) 12/22-31- Missed 20 games (lower body) Oct. 24-Dec. 5- Acquired by Florida along with LW Marco Sturm from Vancouver in exchange for RW David Booth, C Steven Reinprecht and a third-roundpick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft (previously acquired from Vancouver in Feb. 2011 along with D Evan Oberg and LW Chris Higgins) on 10/22

#32: Kris Versteeg (R) 5' 11", 183 lbs. / May 13, 1986 (25 years and 11 months)

KRIHS vuhr-STEEGDrafted: Selected by the Boston Bruins in the fifth Round (134th overall) of the 2004NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Acquired from Philadelphia in exchange for a conditional second-round.5th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: APR 3, 2012 vs WINNIPEG (2)Last Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs CAROLINA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 1-1-2 1 2

Career Playoffs 52 12-22-34 1 50Season 71 23-31-54 4 49Career 321 88-113-201 17 198

Career vs. Opp 12 8-4-12 2 12

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-1

4/13 vs. NJD1

4/15 vs. NJD12x

24/13 vs. NJD

19:274/15 vs. NJD

44/15 vs. NJD

44/13 vs. NJD

+14/15 vs. NJD

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: Assist, 4 shots and won 4-of-5 faceoffs in 19:27 TOI- Game 1: Goal, 4 hits and 2 PIM in 18:07 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Career-high 54th point with assist 4/7 vs. CAR- Career-high 23rd goal 4/3 vs WPG 4/3- Missed 9 games (lower body) 2/28-3/15- 300th game 2/7 at WSH- Scored Panthers only OT GWG of the season 12/18 vs. CAR- 4-game point streak (3-2-5, 12/8-13)- Set franchise record with 25 points (11-14-25) in first 20 games of season- (2-1-3) and tied career high +3 11/21 vs. NJD- 1st career hat trick, added assist to tie a career high 4 points and a season-high +3 11/10 at WPG- 4-game point streak to start FLA career (3-4-7, 10/8-17)- Tied career high (2-2-4) 10/17 at TBL

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#43: Mike Weaver (D) 5' 10", 180 lbs. / May 2, 1978 (33 years and 11 months)

MIGHK WE-vuhrDrafted: Undrafted. Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Thrashers on June 15,2000.Acquired: Signed as a free agent on Aug. 3, 2010.10th NHL / 2nd FLA SeasonLast Goal: JAN 25, 2011 @ NY RANGERS (116)Last Assist: MAR 4, 2012 vs OTTAWA (17)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 0 0

Career Playoffs 6 0-0-0 1 0Season 82 0-16-16 -2 14Career 503 6-65-71 -6 182

Career vs. Opp 10 0-2-2 3 6

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - 21:27

4/13 vs. NJD1

4/15 vs. NJD5

4/13 vs. NJD-

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: 3 hits and 2 blocked shots in 19:42 TOI- Game 1: 5 hits in 21:27 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Led team with 137 blocked shots- One of 3 Panthers to skate in every game this season- Skated in 500th NHL game 4/1 at DET- Career-high 27:22 TOI 3/9 at PIT- Set career high with 14th point (assist) 2/15 vs. OTT- New career high with 12th assist of season 2/9 vs. LAK- Signed 2-year contract extension 12/30 

#44: Erik Gudbranson (D) 6' 5", 210 lbs. / Jan 7, 1992 (20 years and 3 months)

Drafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the first round (third overall) of the 2010NHL Entry Draft.1st NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: DEC 27, 2011 vs TORONTO (44)Last Assist: MAR 27, 2012 @ MONTREAL (6)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0

Career Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0Season 72 2-6-8 -19 78Career 72 2-6-8 -19 78

Career vs. Opp 2 0-1-1 0 0

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - 14:49

4/13 vs. NJD1

4/15 vs. NJD6

4/15 vs. NJD-

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: 6 hits and 1 shot in 14:42 TOI- Game 1: 4 hits in 14:49 TOI- Making his NHL Playoffs Debut2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Led team in hits (154)- Career-high +2 and assist 2/28 at TOR- Career-high 7 hits 2/23 vs. MIN- Missed 2 games (lower body) 12/13-12/16- Recorded 1st NHL goal 12/11 at NYR- Earned 1st career NHL point and tied career high with +1 rating 12/1 at LAK

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#51: Brian Campbell (D) 5' 10", 190 lbs. / May 23, 1979 (32 years and 10 months)

BRIGH-uhn KAM-behlDrafted: Selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the sixth round (156th overall) of the 1997NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Acquired from Chicago in exchange for Rostislav Olesz on June 24, 2011.12th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: FEB 26, 2012 vs MONTREAL (21)Last Assist: APR 5, 2012 @ WASHINGTON (1)

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-1-1 1 0

Career Playoffs 92 8-31-39 12 38Season 82 4-49-53 -9 6Career 708 58-307-365 44 173

Career vs. Opp 27 2-5-7 -14 10

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- 1

4/15 vs. NJD1

4/15 vs. NJD- 25:48

4/13 vs. NJD1

4/13 vs. NJD1

4/15 vs. NJD+1

4/15 vs. NJD

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: Assist and led all players with 25:34 TOI- Game 1: Led Florida with 25:48 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- T-1st in NHL with 26:53 TOI/game- T-2nd in NHL dmen with 53 points- One of 3 Panthers to skate in all 82 games- Tied FLA record for dman with 49th assist 4/5 at WSH- 30th PPA 4/3 vs WPG- (0-2-2) in 700th NHL game and 31:59 TOI 3/23 vs. EDM- Career-high 32:51 TOI and assist 2/23 vs. MIN- 3-game assist streak (3, 2/12-2/17)- Assist, +7 and 21:40 TOI led all skaters as lone Panther in NHL All-Star Game 1/29- 3-game point streak (1-2-3, 12/18-22)- Tied career high and a franchise record for defenseman with 4 assists 10/17 at TBL

#52: Jason Garrison (D) 6' 2", 218 lbs. / Nov 13, 1984 (27 years and 5 months)

JAY-son GAHR-i-sonDrafted: Undrafted. Signed as a free agent with the Florida Panthers on April 2, 2008.Acquired: Signed as a free agent with the Florida Panthers on April 2, 2008.4th NHL / 4th FLA SeasonLast Goal: MAR 23, 2012 vs EDMONTON (8)Last Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs CAROLINA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-1-1 1 0

Career Playoffs 2 0-1-1 1 0Season 77 16-17-33 6 32Career 190 23-36-59 9 81

Career vs. Opp 11 0-3-3 -4 2

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- 1

4/15 vs. NJD1

4/15 vs. NJD- 24:02

4/15 vs. NJD3

4/13 vs. NJD6

4/13 vs. NJD+1

4/15 vs. NJD

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: Assist for first career point, 3 hits and 2 shots in 24:02 TOI- Game 1: 6 hits and 3 shots in 22:38 TOI- Making his NHL Playoffs Debut2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- 3rd among NHL d-men in goals (16)- Franchise-record 16th goal for dman 3/23 vs. EDM- Career-high 7 shots, assist and +1 in return 2/25 at CAR- Missed 5 games (lower body) 2/12-2/23- Goal and tied career-high with +3 rating 11/15 at DAL- GWG set a new career high as 6th goal of the year 11/10 at WPG- Career high and Panthers season high 3-game goal streak (3-1-4, 10/27-31)

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#55: Ed Jovanovski (D) 6' 3", 220 lbs. / Jun 26, 1976 (35 years and 9 months)

EHD joh-van-OHV-skeeDrafted: Selected by the Florida Panthers in the first round (first overall) of the 1994NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2011.16th NHL / 5th FLA SeasonLast Goal: APR 5, 2012 @ WASHINGTON (1)Last Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs CAROLINA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0

Career Playoffs 71 11-19-30 -19 98Season 66 3-10-13 -11 31Career 1085 136-358-494 -76 1452

Career vs. Opp 30 2-5-7 -6 38

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - 17:54

4/15 vs. NJD1

4/15 vs. NJD7

4/15 vs. NJD-

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: Game-high 7 hits and three blocked shots in 17:54 TOI- Game 1: 2 hits in 13:49 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Missed 14 games (hand) 1/18-2/19- Underwent hand surgery 1/20- Missed 1st game of season with a lower-body injury 10/20 vs. BUF- 350th career assist on his 2nd helper 10/17 at TBL- Panthers 1st home goal of the season and 2 hits in 18:46 TOI 10/15 vs. TBL; goal marked a span of 4,670 days or 12 years, nine months and14 days since his last marker in a Panthers jersey (1/1/99 vs. CAR)

#57: Marcel Goc (C) 6' 1", 197 lbs. / Aug 24, 1983 (28 years and 7 months)

MAHR-sehl GAWCHDrafted: Selected by the San Jose Sharks in the first round (20th overall) of the 2001NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2011.7th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: APR 7, 2012 vs CAROLINALast Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs CAROLINA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 1-2-3 1 0

Career Playoffs 45 4-8-12 2 10Season 57 11-16-27 5 10Career 446 52-83-135 -5 106

Career vs. Opp 6 0-3-3 -1 0

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-1

4/15 vs. NJD12x

24/15 vs. NJD

- 16:514/13 vs. NJD

24/15 vs. NJD

12x

+14/15 vs. NJD

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: Tied career high with 2 points (1-1-2), winning 10-of-15 faceoffs in 15:28 TOI- Game 1: Assist was 10th career playoff point in 16:51 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- (1-1-2) 4/7 vs. CAR- 3-game goal streak (3, 3/11-3/15)- 50th career goal, assist, +2 3/13 vs. TOR- Missed 3 games (lower body) 2/23-26- Matched career high with 3-game assist streak (4, 2/9-2/12)- 3-game point streak (2-2-4, 1/5-1/9)- Missed 22 games (upper body) 11/17-12/31- 400th NHL game 10/31 vs. WPG

#82: Tomas Kopecky (R) 6' 3", 203 lbs. / Feb 5, 1982 (30 years and 2 months)

TAW-mahsh koh-PEHTS-keeDrafted: Selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the second round (38th overall) of the2000 NHL Entry Draft.Acquired: Acquired from Chicago in exchange for a conditional seventh-round.7th NHL / 1st FLA SeasonLast Goal: APR 3, 2012 vs WINNIPEG (2)Last Assist: APR 7, 2012 vs CAROLINA

GP G-A-P +/- PIMPlayoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0

Career Playoffs 32 4-3-7 0 21Season 80 10-22-32 -8 32Career 418 47-80-127 -27 233

Career vs. Opp 8 0-3-3 -4 0

Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/-- - - - 14:10

4/15 vs. NJD2

4/13 vs. NJD2

4/13 vs. NJD-

2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs- Game 2: 1 blocked shot in 14:10 TOI- Game 1: 2 hits and 2 shots in 13:34 TOI2011-12 Regular-Season Highlights:- Goal, 4 shots 3/30 at CBJ- Matched career high with 2-game goal streak (2, 3/13-3/15)- Missed 1 game (lower body) 2/28 at TOR- 3-game point streak (1-2-3, 1/16-1/20)- Tied career high with 3 assists, including his 100th NHL point with 2nd assist, and +2 10/29 at BUF