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New York Islanders 1 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 12 - 26
NYI PP: 0 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:64/78=82 %, Challenges:21/47=43 %
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:74/95=77 %, Challenges:41/51=78 %
Attendance: 6987 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 337472 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:32 1-0 NYI Josef Vasicek [7] (Aaron Johnson)
19:01 1-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [6] (Dan Fritsche)
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32:19 1-2 CBS Rick Nash [16] (Nikolai Zherdev, Nikita Alexeev)
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58:58 1-3 CBS Dan Fritsche [4] (Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla) EN
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Penalty summary:
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15:01 NYI Mike Comrie (2 min for high-sticking)
19:18 NYI Josef Vasicek (2 min for hooking)
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25:58 CBS Manny Malhotra (5 min for attempt to injury)
33:19 CBS Manny Malhotra (5 min for fighting)
33:19 NYI Brendan Witt (5 min for fighting)
34:16 CBS David Vyborny (2 min for tripping)
37:13 NYI Steve Staios (2 min for hooking)
39:14 NYI Richard Park (2 min for tripping)
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45:26 CBS Kris Russell (5 min for fighting)
45:26 NYI Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
51:24 CBS Trevor Hendrikx (5 min for fighting)
51:24 NYI Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Simon Ferguson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 14.20 5
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 0 1 0 10 0 16.50 5
R Richard Park 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 18.00 6
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 4
C Jason Allison 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 11.10 5
C Mike Comrie 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 20.00 5
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -2 15.20 5
L Shean Donovan 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.10 4
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17.10 6
L Josef Vasicek 1 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 19.50 5
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 -3 20.20 4
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 11.30 4
D Steve Staios 0 0 1 5 1 0 2 1 16.40 7
D Bryan Berard 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 -3 25.00 5
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 17.30 7
D Aaron Johnson 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 23.30 8
D Chris Campoli 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 -3 25.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 3 0 23 0 0 59.00 6
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -1 6.20 7
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 12.40 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 13.30 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 4 2 3 0 0 3 20.10 9
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 13.40 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 17.10 9
C Dan Fritsche 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 15.30 8
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 6.20 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 13.20 8
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 5 1 5 10 1 13.00 8
L Rick Nash 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 2 20.40 8
D Kris Russell 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 10.40 6
D Filip Novak 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22.10 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 26.30 7
D Trevor Hendrikx 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 10.30 6
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 20.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 0 29.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 1 0 11 0 0 60.00 7
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Dan Fritsche
3rd star: Rick Nash

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Aaron Johnson notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Miroslav Satan had his 9 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikita Alexeev finally ended his 13 game point drought.
-Dan Fritsche ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Gilbert Brulé had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Manny Malhotra beat Brendan Witt in a fight.
-Kris Russell fought Bill Guerin in a fight.
-Trevor Hendrikx fought Bill Guerin in a fight.

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1( 16) , Syracuse Crunch 5( 16)
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0-1 SYR Cam Janssen (Garrett Stafford, Mikko Maenpaa)
0-2 SYR Tim Konsorada (Cam Janssen)
0-3 SYR Philippe Dupuis (Patrik Valcak)
0-4 SYR Pat Jarrett (Justin Vienneau)
0-5 SYR Philippe Dupuis (Steven Goertzen, Henrik Juntunen)
1-5 BRG Vladimir Orszagh (Evgeny Tunik)

Goalies: Joey MacDonald - Tomas Popperle

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Toronto Maple Leafs 4 , Nashville Predators 2
Shots: 28 - 17
TOR PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:66/77=85 %, Challenges:28/49=56 %
NAS PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:63/82=76 %, Challenges:29/49=58 %
Attendance: 12622 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 579350 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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27:36 1-0 TOR Bryan McCabe [5] (Alexander Radulov)
29:15 2-0 TOR Mathieu Roy [1] (Jim Slater, Jirí Tlustý)
32:42 3-0 TOR Alexander Steen [10] (Andrew Ladd, Milan Michalek)
33:19 3-1 NAS David Legwand [7] (Jason Blake, Henrik Zetterberg)
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48:46 3-2 NAS Radek Bonk [7] (Wes O'Neill)
59:07 4-2 TOR Mathieu Roy [2] (Thomas Hickey, Bryan McCabe) EN
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Penalty summary:
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08:54 TOR Thomas Hickey (2 min for hooking)
11:11 NAS Jason Arnott (2 min for high-sticking)
18:24 NAS Robert Snowball (2 min for tripping)
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43:26 NAS Jason Arnott (2 min for hooking)
46:06 TOR Jim Slater (2 min for hooking)
51:07 NAS Jason Arnott (2 min for hooking)
53:46 TOR Jirí Tlustý (2 min for elbowing)
59:13 TOR Alexander Steen (2 min for boarding)
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Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dale Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.10 6
R Bates Battaglia 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.40 7
R Alexander Steen 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 19.20 7
R Alexander Radulov 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 20.00 7
C Jeremy Williams 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
C Jim Slater 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 12.50 5
C Jirí Tlustý 0 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 15.40 7
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.40 8
L Boyd Devereaux 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 5
L Mathieu Roy 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 8
L Andrew Ladd 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 20.50 6
L Milan Michalek 0 1 3 4 1 4 0 1 21.00 9
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 0 14.30 8
D Ian White 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 7
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 29.40 7
D Filip Kuba 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 13.10 6
D Thomas Hickey 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 17.10 7
D Bryan McCabe 1 1 4 7 0 5 0 1 30.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 2 0 15 0 0 60.00 6
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 12.20 5
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2.40 4
R Jason Blake 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 19.50 7
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 22.20 6
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 9.20 5
C Radek Bonk 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 6
C Jason Arnott 0 0 4 5 1 3 6 0 20.40 8
C David Legwand 1 0 3 5 4 5 0 -1 21.40 9
L Robert Snowball 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 6.30 5
L Ned Havern 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9.10 4
L Martin Erat 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.20 6
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 20.20 7
D Wes O'Neill 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.30 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 20.00 5
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 7 1 7 0 0 25.10 9
D Cody Franson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 12.40 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 21.30 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 -1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 4 0 24 0 0 59.20 6
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mathieu Roy
2nd star: Bryan McCabe
3rd star: Alexander Steen

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Alexander Steen scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Kyle Wellwood had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Mathieu Roy finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Radek Bonk finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 4( 20) , Milwaukee Admirals 3( 10)
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1-0 SJM Nigel Dawes (Roman Cervenka, David Backes)
2-0 SJM Robbie Earl (Adam Pineault)
2-1 MIL Carl Corazzini (Vladimir Gorbunov)
3-1 SJM Wade Belak (Mattias Trattnig, Martin Sagat)
3-2 MIL Carl Corazzini (Pierre-Luc Leblond-Létourneau, Jamie Tardif)
4-2 SJM Robbie Earl (David Backes)
4-3 MIL Pierre-Luc Leblond-Létourneau (Jamie Tardif)

Goalies: Marek Schwarz - Cédrick Desjardins

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Washington Capitals 2 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 21 - 28
WSH PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:65/79=82 %, Challenges:17/37=44 %
BUF PP: 0 of 7 (14 shots), Passing:75/86=87 %, Challenges:29/52=54 %
Attendance: 10857 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 503765 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:48 1-0 WSH Jason Pominville [9] (Michael Nylander)PP
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21:45 1-1 BUF Dmitri Kalinin [2] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Lee Stempniak)
23:16 2-1 WSH Mike Johnson [3])
35:18 2-2 BUF Paul Gaustad [6] (David Moss, Ales Kotalik)
39:26 2-3 BUF Jochen Hecht [9] (Nathan Paetsch, Ed Jovanovski)
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58:36 2-4 BUF Maxim Afinogenov [9]) EN
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Penalty summary:
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06:01 WSH Shane Doan (2 min for hooking)
09:32 WSH Joe Corvo (2 min for hooking)
13:12 BUF Derek Roy (2 min for roughing)
17:46 WSH Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for high-sticking)
19:28 WSH Dustin Brown (2 min for elbowing)
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28:33 WSH Shane Doan (2 min for hooking)
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41:55 BUF Mike Card (5 min for attempt to injury)
49:44 WSH Dustin Brown (2 min for hooking)
52:04 WSH Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for holding the stick)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Johnson 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 1 5.40 5
R Jason Pominville 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 -1 15.30 6
R Dustin Brown 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 -2 18.30 6
R Shane Doan 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 -1 20.20 6
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 5.40 6
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 -1 12.30 7
C Michael Nylander 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -2 12.50 7
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
L Donald Brashear 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3.40 4
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 -2 14.50 4
L Erik Cole 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 -2 20.00 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 2 2 3 2 0 21.30 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 -1 17.40 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 14.00 5
D Curtis Murphy 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 29.00 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 -2 18.00 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 14.30 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 1 26.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 4 0 24 0 0 59.30 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lee Stempniak 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 14.00 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7.20 5
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 15.10 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 20.00 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 -1 8.30 5
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 12.00 7
C Petr Prucha 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 19.30 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 20.00 7
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 8.50 6
L David Moss 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 7.20 7
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 19.40 8
L Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 20.50 9
D Mike Card 0 0 1 2 0 3 5 1 11.20 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 16.50 6
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 28.00 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 11.20 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 23.00 8
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Adam Dennis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Paul Gaustad
3rd star: Jochen Hecht

Notes for Washington Capitals:

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Paul Gaustad finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Dmitri Kalinin finally ended his 29 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 7) , Rochester Americans 0( 15)
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1-0 POR Chris Bourque (Jeff Schultz)
2-0 POR Matt Bradley (Sean Collins, Jeff Schultz)
3-0 POR Matt Ellison (Kris Newbury, Ben Clymer)

Goalies: Daren Machesney - Matus Kostur

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Detroit Red Wings 4 , San Jose Sharks 1
Shots: 25 - 15
DET PP: 2 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:62/84=73 %, Challenges:34/46=72 %
SJ PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:77/88=87 %, Challenges:12/51=23 %
Attendance: 15681 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 680555 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:12 1-0 DET Jarret Stoll [7] (Philippe Boucher, Todd Bertuzzi)
11:12 2-0 DET Martin Havlat [9] (Jarret Stoll, Brent Sopel)PP
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31:02 3-0 DET Martin Havlat [10] (Todd Bertuzzi, Jarret Stoll)PP
38:54 3-1 SJ Ilya Kovalchuk [14] (Daniel Brière, Chris Pronger)
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53:55 4-1 DET Nik Antropov [12])
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Penalty summary:
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06:42 DET Brent Sopel (2 min for slashing)
10:28 SJ Ashton Rome (2 min for roughing)
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22:39 SJ Chris Pronger (2 min for roughing)
22:39 DET Derek Armstrong (2 min for roughing)
27:24 SJ Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for tripping)
30:01 SJ Kelly Dabrowski (2 min for hooking)
33:42 SJ Simon Gagné (2 min for slashing)
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51:54 DET Martin Havlat (2 min for roughing)
51:54 SJ Richard Matvichuk (2 min for roughing)
59:26 SJ Adam Foote (2 min for roughing)
59:26 DET Derek Armstrong (2 min for roughing)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Korostin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
R Derek Armstrong 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 15.20 6
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 16.20 7
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 18.10 7
C Artem Chubarov 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 6.30 7
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 18.40 6
C Nik Antropov 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 16.00 8
C Jarret Stoll 1 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 18.10 7
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 5
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 16.50 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 19.00 7
L Martin Havlat 2 0 5 1 0 1 2 0 17.40 9
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 20.10 7
D Brett Lebda 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 13.30 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 20.30 7
D Jakub Kindl 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 20.20 8
D Brent Sopel 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 20.40 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 24.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Stefan Liv 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ashton Rome 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 7.20 5
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.00 6
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 13.20 5
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 20.20 6
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.30 5
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 19.50 6
C Daniel Brière 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 14.30 6
C Chris Higgins 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 -2 19.10 4
L Kelly Dabrowski 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 8.00 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 14.20 5
L Simon Gagné 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 13.50 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 3 3 4 1 2 -1 19.50 8
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13.00 6
D Keith Ballard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 27.50 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 17.50 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 19.40 7
D Chris Pronger 0 1 2 3 2 2 2 -1 25.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Havlat
2nd star: Jarret Stoll
3rd star: Todd Bertuzzi

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Martin Havlat scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Ilya Kovalchuk ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 3( 31) , Cleveland Barons 2( 24)
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1-0 KCB Evan McGrath (Hnat Domenichelli)
2-0 KCB Johnny Pohl (Evan McGrath, Mark Streit)
2-1 CLE Wacey Rabbit (P.J. Axelsson)
2-2 CLE Ken Roche (Jonathan Tremblay)
3-2 KCB Ryan Jones (Janne Jokila, Ryan Oulahen)

Goalies: Dov Grumet-Morris - Thomas Greiss

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Florida Panthers 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Shots: 23 - 22
FLA PP: 4 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:38/61=61 %
PIT PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:65/79=82 %, Challenges:32/46=68 %
Attendance: 15361 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 672812 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:27 1-0 FLA Brent Seabrook [2] (Anze Kopitar)PP
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27:03 2-0 FLA Jay Bouwmeester [6] (Brent Seabrook, Anze Kopitar)PP
29:51 2-1 PIT Vincent Lecavalier [17] (Jarome Iginla)
31:16 3-1 FLA Anthony Stewart [14] (Eric Staal, Anze Kopitar)PP
33:51 4-1 FLA Noah Welch [2] (Karlis Skrastins, Stephen Weiss)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:46 PIT Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for tripping)
10:15 PIT Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for high-sticking)
11:13 FLA Eric Staal (2 min for roughing)
11:13 PIT Milan Kraft (2 min for roughing)
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26:49 PIT James Van Riemsdyk (2 min for boarding)
30:52 PIT Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
33:44 PIT Sergei Gonchar (2 min for slashing)
34:15 PIT Georges Laraque (2 min for roughing)
34:15 FLA Franklin MacDonald (2 min for roughing)
34:42 FLA John Zeiler (2 min for high-sticking)
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52:19 PIT Scottie Upshall (2 min for slashing)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R John Zeiler 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.20 7
R Ryan Murphy 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 -1 17.20 4
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 15.00 4
R Anthony Stewart 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 7
C Mikhail Yakubov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Eric Lindros 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 -1 14.50 5
C Stephen Weiss 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 6
C Anze Kopitar 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 19.10 9
L David Booth 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 5
L Richard Zednik 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -1 14.50 5
L Chad Kilger 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 18.30 7
L Eric Staal 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 19.20 8
D Franklin MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1 15.10 5
D Noah Welch 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 19.10 7
D Brent Seabrook 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 25.40 8
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 14.10 6
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 1 0 4 4 3 2 0 0 26.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 9.10 6
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10.30 5
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 4 7 1 4 0 0 17.40 9
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 19.50 7
C Milan Kraft 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 10.50 6
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 9.40 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 3 5 2 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 20.20 8
L Ryan Hamilton 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 10.30 6
L Travis Moen 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 0 14.10 6
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 14.00 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 19.20 5
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.10 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 6 0 5 0 1 29.20 9
D Mark Giordano 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 17.00 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 21.00 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 22.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Anze Kopitar
2nd star: Brent Seabrook
3rd star: Jay Bouwmeester

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Anthony Stewart has marked a new career high in goals with 14 tallies.
-Eric Staal had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Noah Welch finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Brent Seabrook finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Brent Seabrook finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Jarome Iginla notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 4( 26) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 21)
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1-0 LOU Drew Larman (Aaron Foster)
2-0 LOU Brett McLean (Rob Collins)
3-0 LOU Tomek Valtonen (Glenn Olson)
4-0 LOU Stefan Meyer (Igor Valeev)

Goalies: David Shantz - Dany Sabourin

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New Jersey Devils 1 , Dallas Stars 4
Shots: 26 - 21
NJ PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:72/88=81 %, Challenges:56/70=78 %
DAL PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:57/73=78 %, Challenges:24/39=60 %
Attendance: 7288 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 330875 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:35 0-1 DAL Niklas Hagman [5] (Sergei Zubov, Kyle Quincey)
16:47 1-1 NJ Adam Hall [4] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Travis Zajac)
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24:11 1-2 DAL Alexei Yashin [9] (Glen Murray)PP
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55:56 1-3 DAL Tomas Kopecky [1] (Steve Ott, Ryan Malone)
57:43 1-4 DAL Niklas Hagman [6] (Dennis Wideman, Ryan Potulny)
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Penalty summary:
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18:29 DAL Kyle Quincey (5 min for fighting)
18:29 NJ David Clarkson (5 min for fighting)
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22:59 NJ Scott Hartnell (2 min for hooking)
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51:23 NJ Jason Ryznar (5 min for fighting)
51:23 DAL Trevor Daley (5 min for fighting)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 10.40 5
R David Clarkson 0 0 2 1 0 2 5 -1 14.10 6
R Adam Hall 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 15.50 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.00 4
C Ryan O'Marra 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 -1 14.50 5
C Travis Zajac 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 19.20 6
C Mike Richards 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 -1 17.10 7
L Jason Ryznar 0 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 9.20 7
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 3 1 2 2 2 -1 13.50 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
L Alex Korolyuk 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 17.30 7
D Zigmund Hnis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.50 5
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Colin White 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 27.10 7
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.50 4
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 4
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kevin Weekes 4 0 17 0 0 60.00 4
G Loïc LaCasse 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vojtech Polak 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 7.30 6
R Tomas Kopecky 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 1 14.20 9
R Glen Murray 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.20 8
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
C Ryan Potulny 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 7.30 7
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 14.20 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 6
C Alexei Yashin 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 6
L Niklas Hagman 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7.30 7
L Steve Ott 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 14.20 6
L Ryan Malone 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 -1 18.00 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Mark Fistric 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 14.40 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 19.30 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 2 5 3 1 0 0 25.50 6
D Kyle Quincey 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 1 13.20 7
D Trevor Daley 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 17.30 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 0 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marty Turco
2nd star: Niklas Hagman
3rd star: Tomas Kopecky

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Scott Hartnell had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Dennis Wideman notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ryan Potulny finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Niklas Hagman ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Kyle Quincey ended his 8 game point drought.

Other notes:
-David Clarkson beat Kyle Quincey in a fight.
-Jason Ryznar beat Trevor Daley in a fight.

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 5( 20) , Utah Grizzlies 3( 15)
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0-1 UTH Mikael Holmqvist (Greg Hogeboom, Perttu Lindgren)
1-1 ALB Steve Crampton (Andrew Cogliano)
2-1 ALB Alexander Suglobov (Yan Stastny, Simon Gamache)
2-2 UTH Stéphane Robidas (Mikael Holmqvist, Greg Hogeboom)
3-2 ALB Toni Koivisto (Brad Zancanaro)
4-2 ALB Petr Vrana (Jens Karlsson, Raitis Ivanans)
5-2 ALB Simon Gamache (Alexander Suglobov)
5-3 UTH János Vas (Kevin Doell, Mario Scalzo)

Goalies: Jordan Parisé - Curtis McElhinney

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Edmonton Oilers 4 , Ottawa Senators 4
Shots: 22 - 34
EDM PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:57/76=75 %, Challenges:32/50=62 %
OTT PP: 2 of 7 (12 shots), Passing:78/95=82 %, Challenges:36/56=63 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 449730 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:08 1-0 EDM Trent Hunter [8] (Zach Parisé)
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26:58 1-1 OTT Matt Carle [4] (Andrej Meszaros, Jason Spezza)PP
33:01 2-1 EDM Trent Hunter [9] (Sam Gagner, Robbie Schremp)
35:36 3-1 EDM Dainius Zubrus [5] (Trent Hunter)
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48:27 3-2 OTT Peter Schaefer [8] (Dany Heatley, Matt Carle)PP
49:24 3-3 OTT Jeff O'Neill [2] (Arttu Luttinen, Chris Neil)
50:52 3-4 OTT Chris Neil [3] (Jason Spezza, Peter Schaefer)
57:29 4-4 EDM Dainius Zubrus [6] (Sam Gagner, Denis Grebeshkov)
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Penalty summary:
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06:48 EDM Marty Reasoner (2 min for boarding)
19:56 OTT Jeff O'Neill (2 min for hooking)
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22:03 EDM Sheldon Souray (2 min for hooking)
26:39 EDM Roman Hamrlik (2 min for holding the stick)
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46:52 EDM Marty Reasoner (2 min for high-sticking)
51:44 EDM Dainius Zubrus (2 min for slashing)
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60:01 OTT Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
60:01 EDM Patrick Thoresen (5 min for fighting)
61:31 EDM Raffi Torres (2 min for roughing)
61:31 OTT Peter Schaefer (2 min for roughing)
61:55 EDM Ethan Moreau (2 min for roughing)
63:55 EDM Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Robbie Schremp 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
R Dainius Zubrus 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 3 16.30 8
C Sam Gagner 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
C Patrick Thoresen 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 7.10 5
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16.00 6
C Zach Parisé 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 23.50 8
R Stéphane Goulet 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 23.20 6
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 7.30 6
L Raffi Torres 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 13.00 6
R Trent Hunter 2 1 5 3 1 3 0 4 19.10 10
C Joe Thornton 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 22.20 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 16.10 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 3 19.30 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 -1 28.30 6
D Matt Greene 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 16.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 3 4 0 4 2 33.10 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 6 4 6 0 0 17.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 4 0 30 0 0 65.00 7
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff O'Neill 1 0 1 3 1 2 2 1 8.10 7
R Cory Stillman 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 11.10 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 -2 21.50 7
R Dany Heatley 0 1 6 6 4 6 0 -1 23.40 9
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 8.10 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 10.30 5
C Mike Fisher 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -2 22.50 7
C Jason Spezza 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 23.40 8
L Arttu Luttinen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8.10 5
L Chris Neil 1 1 2 2 1 2 5 0 10.10 7
L Niko Dimitrakos 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 -1 21.30 6
L Peter Schaefer 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 -1 23.40 8
D Mike Commodore 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 -1 11.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 -1 23.00 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 29.10 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 5
D Matt Carle 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 -2 22.50 8
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 30.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Glass 4 0 18 0 0 65.00 5
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Trent Hunter
2nd star: Dainius Zubrus
3rd star: Chris Neil

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Robbie Schremp finally ended his 14 game point drought.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Jeff O'Neill finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
-Jeff O'Neill finally ended his 18 game point drought.
-Chris Neil finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Chris Neil beat Patrick Thoresen in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 0( 6) , Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 26)
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0-1 GRD Kevin Porter (Zenon Konopka, Michael Grenzy)

Goalies: Dwayne Roloson - Mike Morrison

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Phoenix Coyotes 2 , Atlanta Thrashers 0
Shots: 14 - 15
PHO PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:71/81=87 %, Challenges:37/56=64 %
ATL PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:72/91=79 %, Challenges:35/48=71 %
Attendance: 6587 of 16210 (America West Arena)
Ticket income: 342523 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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35:49 1-0 PHO Kyle Turris [3] (Erik Christensen, Olli Jokinen)
37:45 2-0 PHO Tomas Surovy [5] (Travis Roche)
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Penalty summary:
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06:07 ATL Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
06:07 PHO Scott Walker (5 min for fighting)
07:16 PHO Bryan Helmer (2 min for tripping)
09:22 ATL Oleg Tverdovsky (2 min for hooking)
14:48 PHO Bryan Helmer (2 min for hooking)
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21:17 PHO Logan Stephenson (5 min for fighting)
21:17 ATL Chad Painchaud (5 min for fighting)
26:31 ATL Fernando Pisani (2 min for tripping)
33:03 PHO Alexei Emelin (2 min for slashing)
38:29 PHO Stefan Ruzicka (2 min for roughing)
38:29 ATL Daniel Tjärnqvist (2 min for roughing)
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46:33 ATL Trevor Kell (5 min for fighting)
46:33 PHO Erik Christensen (5 min for fighting)
49:07 ATL Boris Valabik (5 min for attempt to injury)
52:33 ATL Mike Komisarek (2 min for roughing)
52:33 PHO Stefan Ruzicka (2 min for roughing)
55:04 ATL Patrick Barnaby (2 min for elbowing)
59:42 ATL Boris Valabik (2 min for roughing)
59:42 PHO Erik Christensen (2 min for roughing)
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Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Claude Giroux 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8.40 5
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11.20 4
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 17.10 7
R Scott Walker 0 0 2 2 1 2 5 1 20.20 7
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
C Kyle Turris 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 11.00 7
C Mike York 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 5
C Olli Jokinen 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 21.00 8
L Matt Murley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
L Erik Christensen 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 1 14.10 6
L Tomas Surovy 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 14.00 8
L Patrik Elias 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 6
D Alexei Emelin 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 14.50 6
D Bryan Helmer 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 14.30 7
D Logan Stephenson 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 24.50 5
D Reid Cashman 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 22.30 8
D Andy Greene 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 20.00 6
D Travis Roche 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 24.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 0 0 15 0 0 60.00 9
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chad Painchaud 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 7.30 6
R Trevor Kell 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 9.20 5
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 19.10 6
R Konstantin Koltsov 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 16.10 7
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
C Bobby Holik 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 16.00 6
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 3 4 0 4 0 -1 20.20 8
C Todd White 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 -1 17.40 5
L Patrick Barnaby 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 8.10 6
L Vasilii Goncharenko 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 10.00 5
L Mike Angelidis 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 -1 15.50 7
L Jordan LaVallee 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 -1 20.00 6
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 0 15.10 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 22.30 6
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 21.10 5
D Mark Popovic 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.00 4
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -1 20.10 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 -1 26.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 2 0 12 0 0 60.00 6
G Danny Turple 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Bryzgalov
2nd star: Kyle Turris
3rd star: Olli Jokinen

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Travis Roche finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Other notes:
-Mike Komisarek fought Scott Walker in a fight.
-Logan Stephenson fought Chad Painchaud in a fight.
-Trevor Kell beat Erik Christensen in a fight.

Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 3( 13) , Chicago Wolves 2( 14)
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1-0 SPR Mathias Tjärnqvist (Karl Stewart, Mike Zigomanis)
1-1 CHW Lasse Kukkonen (Denis Arkhipov)
1-2 CHW Jon DiSalvatore (Lasse Kukkonen)
2-2 SPR Stephen Gionta (Mike Zigomanis)
3-2 SPR Dan Carcillo (Martin Hanzal)

Goalies: Mikael Tellqvist - Sébastien Caron

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New Jersey Devils 1 , Dallas Stars 4
Shots: 26 - 21
NJ PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:72/88=81 %, Challenges:56/70=78 %
DAL PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:57/73=78 %, Challenges:24/39=60 %
Attendance: 7288 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 330875 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:35 0-1 DAL Niklas Hagman [5] (Sergei Zubov, Kyle Quincey)
16:47 1-1 NJ Adam Hall [4] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Travis Zajac)
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24:11 1-2 DAL Alexei Yashin [9] (Glen Murray)PP
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55:56 1-3 DAL Tomas Kopecky [1] (Steve Ott, Ryan Malone)
57:43 1-4 DAL Niklas Hagman [6] (Dennis Wideman, Ryan Potulny)
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Penalty summary:
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18:29 DAL Kyle Quincey (5 min for fighting)
18:29 NJ David Clarkson (5 min for fighting)
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22:59 NJ Scott Hartnell (2 min for hooking)
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51:23 NJ Jason Ryznar (5 min for fighting)
51:23 DAL Trevor Daley (5 min for fighting)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 10.40 5
R David Clarkson 0 0 2 1 0 2 5 -1 14.10 6
R Adam Hall 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 15.50 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.00 4
C Ryan O'Marra 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 -1 14.50 5
C Travis Zajac 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 19.20 6
C Mike Richards 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 -1 17.10 7
L Jason Ryznar 0 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 9.20 7
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 3 1 2 2 2 -1 13.50 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
L Alex Korolyuk 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 17.30 7
D Zigmund Hnis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.50 5
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Colin White 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 27.10 7
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.50 4
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 4
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kevin Weekes 4 0 17 0 0 60.00 4
G Loïc LaCasse 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vojtech Polak 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 7.30 6
R Tomas Kopecky 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 1 14.20 9
R Glen Murray 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.20 8
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
C Ryan Potulny 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 7.30 7
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 14.20 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 6
C Alexei Yashin 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 6
L Niklas Hagman 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7.30 7
L Steve Ott 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 14.20 6
L Ryan Malone 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 -1 18.00 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Mark Fistric 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 14.40 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 19.30 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 2 5 3 1 0 0 25.50 6
D Kyle Quincey 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 1 13.20 7
D Trevor Daley 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 17.30 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 0 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marty Turco
2nd star: Niklas Hagman
3rd star: Tomas Kopecky

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Scott Hartnell had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Dennis Wideman notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ryan Potulny finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Niklas Hagman ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Kyle Quincey ended his 8 game point drought.

Other notes:
-David Clarkson beat Kyle Quincey in a fight.
-Jason Ryznar beat Trevor Daley in a fight.

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 5( 20) , Utah Grizzlies 3( 15)
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0-1 UTH Mikael Holmqvist (Greg Hogeboom, Perttu Lindgren)
1-1 ALB Steve Crampton (Andrew Cogliano)
2-1 ALB Alexander Suglobov (Yan Stastny, Simon Gamache)
2-2 UTH Stéphane Robidas (Mikael Holmqvist, Greg Hogeboom)
3-2 ALB Toni Koivisto (Brad Zancanaro)
4-2 ALB Petr Vrana (Jens Karlsson, Raitis Ivanans)
5-2 ALB Simon Gamache (Alexander Suglobov)
5-3 UTH János Vas (Kevin Doell, Mario Scalzo)

Goalies: Jordan Parisé - Curtis McElhinney

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Minnesota Wild 0 , Vancouver Canucks 3
Shots: 15 - 24
MIN PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:51/70=72 %, Challenges:16/42=37 %
VAN PP: 1 of 7 (9 shots), Passing:84/101=83 %, Challenges:24/46=51 %
Attendance: 11297 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 546776 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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35:06 0-1 VAN Shawn Horcoff [5] (Matt Pettinger, Kari Lehtonen)
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49:07 0-2 VAN Henrik Sedin [14] (Daniel Sedin, Thomas Vanek)PP
57:08 0-3 VAN Thomas Vanek [13] (Matt Pettinger)
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Penalty summary:
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02:59 MIN Mike Green (2 min for holding the stick)
09:58 MIN Petr Kalus (5 min for fighting)
09:58 VAN Hugh Jessiman (5 min for fighting)
11:29 MIN Marek Svatos (2 min for high-sticking)
17:08 VAN Brendan Morrison (2 min for high-sticking)
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35:37 MIN Clarke MacArthur (2 min for hooking)
37:57 VAN Matt Pettinger (2 min for boarding)
39:56 MIN Dominic Moore (2 min for hooking)
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41:49 MIN Martin Skoula (2 min for hooking)
43:59 MIN Mark Bell (2 min for hooking)
47:12 MIN Stanislav Chistov (2 min for tripping)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joel Ward 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.40 6
R Graham Mink 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 16.20 5
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 5
R Marek Svatos 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 -1 20.00 6
C Ivan Khomutov 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6.50 7
C Petr Kalus 0 0 0 2 4 4 5 0 14.10 6
C Logan Couture 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 8.10 5
C Dominic Moore 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 16.50 5
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10.40 5
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 20.40 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 -1 17.20 6
L Mark Bell 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 -1 20.50 6
D Paul Albers 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 16.20 6
D Mike Green 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 -2 17.20 5
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 4 5 4 0 -1 34.50 5
D Shawn Belle 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 8.20 4
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 -1 32.40 5
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 10.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 7.20 6
R Jozef Balej 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 11.30 7
R Hugh Jessiman 0 0 2 4 3 4 5 1 19.10 8
R Thomas Vanek 1 1 4 3 0 2 0 1 22.00 9
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 4
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 9.50 6
C Shawn Horcoff 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 8
C Henrik Sedin 1 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 20.40 7
L Maxim Yushkov 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 7.20 6
L Jason Jaffray 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 5
L Matt Pettinger 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 20.10 7
L Daniel Sedin 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 21.20 7
D Alexander Edler 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 14.20 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 13.50 7
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 23.10 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 18.20 7
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 21.50 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 0 1 15 0 0 60.00 9
G Julien Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kari Lehtonen
2nd star: Thomas Vanek
3rd star: Shawn Horcoff

Notes for Minnesota Wild:

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Matt Pettinger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Shawn Horcoff scored the 100th goal of his career.
-Henrik Sedin scored the 100th goal of his career.

Other notes:
-Petr Kalus fought Hugh Jessiman in a fight.

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 4( 22) , Manitoba Moose 8( 25)
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0-1 MAN Chris Durno
0-2 MAN Anson Carter (Frantisek Skladany, François-Pierre Guénette)
0-3 MAN François-Pierre Guénette (Ryan Barnes, Daniel Rahimi)
1-3 HOU Riley Emmerson (Cam Paddock, Danny Irmen)
1-4 MAN François-Pierre Guénette (Frantisek Skladany, Anson Carter)
1-5 MAN Mike Knoepfli (Shaun Heshka)
1-6 MAN Marek Malik (Chris Durno)
2-6 HOU Peter Olvecky (Konstantin Panov, Steven Zalewski)
3-6 HOU Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (Tony Salmelainen)
4-6 HOU Danny Irmen (Cam Paddock)
4-7 MAN Nathan McIver (Anson Carter, François-Pierre Guénette)
4-8 MAN Alexandre Bolduc (Brandon Segal)

Goalies: Gabriel Bouthillette - Joseph Pearce

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Anaheim Mighty Ducks 2 , Calgary Flames 1
Shots: 18 - 28
ANA PP: 1 of 7 (7 shots), Passing:59/68=86 %, Challenges:25/48=51 %
CGY PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:66/79=83 %, Challenges:63/76=81 %
Attendance: 6733 of 17174 (Arrowhead Pond)
Ticket income: 319145 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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17:59 0-1 CGY Craig Conroy [6] (Alex Tanguay, Dion Phaneuf)
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27:02 1-1 ANA Brian Rafalski [4] (Fedor Tyutin, Patrick Marleau)PP
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48:41 2-1 ANA Patrick Marleau [8] (Vaclav Prospal, Brian Rafalski)
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Penalty summary:
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01:28 CGY Owen Nolan (2 min for hooking)
05:19 ANA Chad LaRose (2 min for roughing)
05:19 CGY Max Pacioretty (2 min for roughing)
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26:13 CGY Max Pacioretty (5 min for fighting)
26:13 ANA Aaron Rome (5 min for fighting)
26:42 CGY Owen Nolan (2 min for boarding)
30:16 CGY Owen Nolan (2 min for high-sticking)
36:06 CGY Owen Nolan (2 min for hooking)
36:21 ANA Brenden Morrow (2 min for roughing)
36:21 CGY Cam Barker (2 min for roughing)
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43:12 ANA Michal Handzus (2 min for slashing)
46:45 CGY Daniel Cleary (2 min for cross-checking)
55:03 CGY Kristian Huselius (2 min for hooking)
59:14 CGY Owen Nolan (2 min for hooking)
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chad LaRose 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 5.50 5
R Craig Adams 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13.30 5
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 19.10 6
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 4 3 4 0 0 -1 19.30 6
C Stephen Dixon 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.50 5
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 13.10 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 -1 19.00 7
C Patrick Marleau 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 22.00 8
L Brad May 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5.50 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 17.20 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 20.50 5
L Mike Knuble 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 -1 16.40 5
D Aaron Rome 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 12.20 6
D David Fischer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Derek Morris 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 -1 23.50 7
D Clay Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 5
D Fedor Tyutin 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 27.20 7
D Brian Rafalski 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 28.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1 0 27 0 0 60.00 10
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Max Pacioretty 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 8.20 5
R Kris Chucko 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 11.30 5
R Owen Nolan 0 0 3 1 1 0 10 1 14.20 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 5 3 1 3 0 -1 20.40 9
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.50 5
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 3 1 1 3 0 -1 20.50 7
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
C Craig Conroy 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 7
L Daniel Cleary 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 8.40 7
L Eric Nystrom 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 11.30 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 11.20 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 21.10 7
D David Hale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18.00 5
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 29.50 10
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 15.50 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 30.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 2 0 16 0 0 58.50 6
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Marleau
2nd star: Brian Rafalski
3rd star: Jean-Sébastien Giguère

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Brian Rafalski notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Calgary Flames:

Other notes:
-Max Pacioretty beat Aaron Rome in a fight.

Farm game result:
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 5( 35) , Saint John Flames 4( 24)
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0-1 SJF Derek Couture (Tim Ramholt)
0-2 SJF Cam Cunning (Brandon Prust)
0-3 SJF Andrei Taratukhin (Cam Cunning)
1-3 CIN Ryan Carter (Jason King, Fedor Fedorov)
2-3 CIN Shane Hynes (Gianni Ehrensperger, Andrew Sertich)
2-4 SJF Grant Stevenson (Ryan Donally, Cory Sarich)
3-4 CIN Shane Hynes (Brett Festerling)
4-4 CIN Jason King
5-4 CIN Jason King (Tom Cavanagh, Gerald Coleman)

Goalies: Gerald Coleman - Robert Goepfert