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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 19 - 34
MTL PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:60/69=86 %, Challenges:18/49=36 %
BUF PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:72/90=80 %, Challenges:64/75=84 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:08 1-0 MTL Vincent Lecavalier [13] (Jarome Iginla, Henrik Zetterberg)PP
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26:16 1-1 BUF Ed Jovanovski [5] (Andrew Peters, Kevin Bieksa)
30:49 1-2 BUF Maxim Afinogenov [8] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Andrew Peters)
33:51 1-3 BUF Jochen Hecht [7] (Drew Stafford, Dmitri Kalinin)
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49:09 2-3 MTL Jussi Jokinen [6] (Olli Jokinen)
54:49 3-3 MTL Jussi Jokinen [7] (Andrej Sekera)
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64:04 4-3 MTL Vincent Lecavalier [14] (Brendan Bell)
Penalty summary:
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10:36 BUF Jochen Hecht (2 min for hooking)
16:26 MTL P.K. Subban (2 min for cross-checking)
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29:54 BUF Kevin Bieksa (5 min for fighting)
29:54 MTL Mark Giordano (5 min for fighting)
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42:38 BUF Kevin Bieksa (5 min for fighting)
42:38 MTL Lauri Korpikoski (5 min for fighting)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 11.10 5
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 -2 18.20 6
R Michael Ryder 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 16.10 7
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 18.30 7
C Corey Locke 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 9.50 5
C Dave Bolland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 16.40 6
C Olli Jokinen 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 16.00 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 20.00 8
L Joe Madden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
L Lauri Korpikoski 0 0 1 5 2 0 5 -2 17.30 7
L Jussi Jokinen 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 16.10 8
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 19.50 7
D P.K. Subban 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -2 17.30 4
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 20.50 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 28.10 8
D Mark Giordano 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 -1 14.30 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 19.50 7
D Brendan Bell 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 26.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 31 0 0 64.10 9
G Marek Benda 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6.10 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 -1 15.40 5
R Drew Stafford 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 -1 17.10 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 23.10 9
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 5.50 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 15.40 7
C Petr Prucha 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 17.50 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 24.10 7
L Andrew Peters 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 5.50 7
L David Moss 0 0 2 2 1 5 0 -1 15.40 8
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 -1 19.40 7
L Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 23.00 9
D Mike Card 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 16.00 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 19.40 8
D Ed Jovanovski 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 30.30 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1 16.10 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 23.20 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 1 0 2 0 3 10 1 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 15 0 0 64.10 4
G Adam Dennis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vincent Lecavalier
2nd star: Jussi Jokinen
3rd star: Maxim Afinogenov

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Vincent Lecavalier scored the 500th point of his career.
-Olli Jokinen notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Henrik Zetterberg had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Other notes:
-Kevin Bieksa beat Mark Giordano in a fight.
-Kevin Bieksa beat Lauri Korpikoski in a fight.

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 1( 23) , Rochester Americans 1( 21)
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0-1 ROC Patrick Kaleta (Marc-André Gragnani)
1-1 QUE Garth Murray (Shaun Landolt, Scott McCulloch)

Goalies: Peter Hirsch - Matus Kostur

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New York Rangers 3 , Washington Capitals 0
Shots: 22 - 29
NYR PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:59/81=72 %, Challenges:23/39=57 %
WSH PP: 0 of 4 (15 shots), Passing:77/87=88 %, Challenges:26/48=53 %
Attendance: 16336 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 792296 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:59 1-0 NYR Mikko Koivu [6] (Maxim Kondratiev)
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39:37 2-0 NYR Nicklas Bergfors [8] (Justin Williams, Scott Gomez)
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59:11 3-0 NYR Alexander Frolov [10] (Ryan Callahan, Mikko Koivu)
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Penalty summary:
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00:14 WSH Shane Doan (2 min for tripping)
02:13 NYR Nicklas Bergfors (2 min for boarding)
05:42 NYR Jeff Tambellini (2 min for slashing)
09:13 WSH Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for hooking)
18:01 WSH Donald Brashear (2 min for high-sticking)
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30:54 NYR Justin Williams (5 min for high-sticking)
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46:32 NYR Sean Avery (2 min for slashing)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colton Orr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
R Ryan Callahan 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 15.00 7
R Nicklas Bergfors 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 13.00 8
R Justin Williams 0 1 2 1 1 1 5 0 18.20 7
C Jeremy Colliton 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5.50 5
C Brad Boyes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
C Mikko Koivu 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 18.20 10
C Scott Gomez 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.50 5
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 18.20 7
L Alexander Frolov 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 19.40 9
L Ray Whitney 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
D Ivan Baranka 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 12.50 5
D Maxim Kondratiev 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 16.40 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 2 8 0 6 0 0 22.40 10
D Guillaume Comeau 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 0 17.00 7
D Jeff Woywitka 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 23.40 7
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 27.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 0 0 29 0 0 60.00 10
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 4
R Jason Pominville 0 0 3 2 5 3 0 -1 17.10 6
R Dustin Brown 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 -1 17.10 6
R Shane Doan 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1 20.20 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.20 6
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 -1 14.50 6
C Michael Nylander 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 17.50 7
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 15.30 8
L Donald Brashear 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 5.20 4
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 16.40 5
L Erik Cole 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.10 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 20.50 8
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 23.30 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 14.10 5
D Curtis Murphy 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 -1 25.40 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 20.20 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 17.50 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 18.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Henrik Lundqvist
2nd star: Mikko Koivu
3rd star: Nicklas Bergfors

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Alexander Frolov scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Ray Whitney had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Washington Capitals:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 4( 25) , Portland Pirates 2( 11)
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1-0 HFD Riley Armstrong
2-0 HFD Linus Persson (Steven MacIntyre)
3-0 HFD Cam McCaffrey (Petr Dvorak)
3-1 POR Sean Collins (Chris Bourque)
3-2 POR Matt Ellison (Kris Newbury)
4-2 HFD Greg Moore (Brandon Dubinsky)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Daren Machesney

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Nashville Predators 3 , Philadelphia Flyers 1
Shots: 26 - 22
NAS PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:63/83=75 %, Challenges:30/53=55 %
PHI PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:57/70=81 %, Challenges:28/50=54 %
Attendance: 13371 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 619077 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:03 1-0 NAS Jason Arnott [10] (Jean-Pierre Dumont, Marek Zidlicky)
19:19 2-0 NAS Marek Zidlicky [5] (Shea Weber, Steve Sullivan)PP
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28:12 3-0 NAS Ned Havern [1] (Steve Sullivan, Cody Franson)
36:45 3-1 PHI Ben Eager [2])
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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02:29 PHI Sergei Samsonov (2 min for high-sticking)
08:37 PHI Ben Eager (5 min for fighting)
08:37 NAS Ned Havern (5 min for fighting)
19:07 PHI Kimmo Timonen (2 min for boarding)
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23:17 PHI Jason Smith (2 min for holding the stick)
32:01 NAS Jason Arnott (2 min for cross-checking)
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45:01 NAS Jason Arnott (2 min for tripping)
58:58 PHI Kimmo Timonen (2 min for boarding)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 12.00 6
C Erik Christensen 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 13.50 6
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 12.00 7
R Jason Blake 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 16.20 6
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.40 5
C Radek Bonk 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 13.50 5
C Jason Arnott 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 15.20 7
C David Legwand 0 0 3 5 3 3 0 -1 20.50 7
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.20 6
L Ned Havern 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 13.20 7
R Steve Sullivan 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.10 7
L Martin Erat 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21.00 6
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 15.30 7
D Marek Zidlicky 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 18.40 9
D Ryan Suter 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -1 25.50 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 14.10 7
D Cody Franson 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 16.30 8
D Shea Weber 0 1 3 6 5 5 0 0 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Bernier 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 -1 8.00 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 18.00 6
R Dustin Penner 0 0 4 3 2 2 0 0 18.00 6
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 16.10 7
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 4
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 12.50 7
C Jeff Carter 0 0 1 5 2 5 0 0 18.40 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 6
L Ben Eager 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 1 7.00 6
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 12.50 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 -1 13.40 6
L Alexander Semin 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 20.20 7
D Tom Preissing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 4
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 28.40 7
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 16.20 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 5 1 0 1 4 -1 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Rejean Beauchemin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marek Zidlicky
2nd star: Jason Arnott
3rd star: Ned Havern

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Jason Arnott scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Shea Weber notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Steve Sullivan notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Ben Eager ended his 9 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Ned Havern beat Ben Eager in a fight.

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 2( 26) , Philadelphia Phantoms 1( 10)
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0-1 PHL Denis Tolpeko (Nate Guenin, Tuomas Pihlman)
1-1 MIL Paul Brown (Carsen Germyn)
2-1 MIL Robert Snowball (Aaron Voros, Wes O'Neill)

Goalies: Cédrick Desjardins - Martin Houle

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San Jose Sharks 2 , New York Islanders 1
Shots: 18 - 22
SJ PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:65/80=81 %, Challenges:19/55=33 %
NYI PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:62/79=78 %, Challenges:30/56=52 %
Attendance: 9836 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 493768 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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18:31 1-0 SJ Ryan Getzlaf [10] (Simon Gagné, Devin Setoguchi)PP
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31:51 2-0 SJ Darcy Tucker [5] (Devin Setoguchi, Richard Matvichuk)
35:56 2-1 NYI Miroslav Satan [13] (Chris Campoli, Aaron Johnson)
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Penalty summary:
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05:12 SJ Ashton Rome (2 min for boarding)
15:57 SJ Adam Foote (2 min for hooking)
17:54 NYI Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
19:01 SJ Ashton Rome (2 min for roughing)
19:01 NYI Freddy Meyer (2 min for roughing)
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48:11 SJ Milan Hejduk (2 min for high-sticking)
55:22 SJ Ashton Rome (2 min for hooking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ashton Rome 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 0 6.30 6
R Devin Setoguchi 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.40 6
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 3 0 5 0 2 -1 17.40 4
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 20.10 6
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 6.30 5
C Ryan Getzlaf 1 0 1 4 3 4 0 1 17.20 8
C Daniel Brière 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 16.20 7
C Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 21.00 6
L Kelly Dabrowski 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.30 6
L Darcy Tucker 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 11.50 7
L Simon Gagné 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 -1 16.30 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Richard Matvichuk 0 1 0 4 2 5 0 1 12.50 7
D Keith Ballard 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 -1 21.10 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 0 28.20 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 12.40 5
D Adam Foote 0 0 1 5 3 3 2 -1 20.10 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 24.30 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 8.20 5
R Richard Park 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 15.50 7
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 1 3 2 2 0 19.50 5
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 16.10 8
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
C Mike Comrie 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 21.10 7
C Jason Allison 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 5
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.50 5
L Shean Donovan 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 9.00 4
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 18.30 7
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 0 12.00 6
L Miroslav Satan 1 0 3 2 4 2 0 0 21.10 6
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 17.40 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 12.20 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 28.00 7
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 17.50 5
D Aaron Johnson 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 17.40 7
D Chris Campoli 0 1 4 2 3 3 0 0 26.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 2 0 16 0 0 59.00 6
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Devin Setoguchi
2nd star: Ryan Getzlaf
3rd star: Darcy Tucker

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Ryan Getzlaf scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for New York Islanders:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 4( 28) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1( 18)
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1-0 CLE P.J. Axelsson (Michael Sauer, Toni Dahlman)
2-0 CLE Wacey Rabbit (Doug Murray, P.J. Axelsson)
3-0 CLE Jay Pandolfo (Wacey Rabbit)
4-0 CLE Petr Preucil (Jiri Jakes, Mark McCutcheon)
4-1 BRG Jordan Foote (Jon Francisco)

Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Joey MacDonald