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New York Islanders 2 , Nashville Predators 1
Shots: 23 - 26
NYI PP: 0 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:67/80=83 %, Challenges:33/50=64 %
NAS PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:66/92=71 %, Challenges:43/56=75 %
Attendance: 6953 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 335830 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:07 0-1 NAS Jason Blake [10] (Kristopher Letang, Paul Ranger)
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no scoring
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48:12 1-1 NYI Miroslav Satan [15] (Mike Comrie, Bill Guerin)
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64:54 2-1 NYI Bryan Berard [4] (Mike Comrie, Miroslav Satan)
Penalty summary:
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02:01 NYI Bill Guerin (2 min for hooking)
08:36 NAS Jason Blake (2 min for roughing)
14:03 NYI Sean Bergenheim (2 min for hooking)
17:29 NAS Robert Snowball (2 min for boarding)
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41:49 NYI Richard Park (2 min for tripping)
46:07 NAS Marek Zidlicky (2 min for hooking)
50:58 NYI Josef Vasicek (2 min for tripping)
53:31 NAS Robert Snowball (2 min for hooking)
59:48 NAS Jason Arnott (2 min for slashing)
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62:43 NAS Radek Bonk (2 min for hooking)

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Simon Ferguson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 6
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 15.50 6
R Bill Guerin 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 21.40 6
R Richard Park 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 17.00 8
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.10 5
C Mike Comrie 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 21.30 7
C Jason Allison 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 13.00 5
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 16.30 5
L Oleg Kvasha 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 7.20 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 22.50 7
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 14.30 6
L Miroslav Satan 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 22.40 7
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 14.40 6
D Aaron Johnson 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 -1 20.50 7
D Bryan Berard 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 28.30 9
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 18.50 7
D Steve Staios 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 19.00 7
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 28.30 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 1 0 25 0 0 65.00 10
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 6.50 7
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 -2 24.20 5
R Jason Blake 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 24.20 8
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.50 4
C Radek Bonk 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 11.00 6
C Jason Arnott 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 19.40 8
C David Legwand 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2 22.40 6
L Robert Snowball 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 6.50 6
L Ned Havern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 5
L Martin Erat 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 6
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 4 3 2 2 0 0 22.10 7
D Wes O'Neill 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.30 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 -1 23.10 6
D Paul Ranger 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 30.10 7
D Cody Franson 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 14.40 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 17.00 8
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 30.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 2 0 21 0 0 65.00 8
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Miroslav Satan
2nd star: Bryan Berard
3rd star: Rick DiPietro

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Miroslav Satan scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Jason Blake scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Paul Ranger ended his 9 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3( 30) , Milwaukee Admirals 2( 12)
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1-0 BRG Evgeny Tunik (Steve Regier, Vladimir Orszagh)
1-1 MIL Dan Glover (Randall Gelech)
2-1 BRG Steve Regier (Nick Martens)
2-2 MIL Paul Brown (Carsen Germyn)
3-2 BRG Nick Martens

Goalies: Joey MacDonald - Cédrick Desjardins

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Buffalo Sabres 2 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 23 - 24
BUF PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:66/80=82 %, Challenges:45/63=70 %
SJ PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:79/100=79 %, Challenges:30/49=60 %
Attendance: 16483 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 774701 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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27:07 0-1 SJ Chris Higgins [9] (Ryan Getzlaf)
30:11 1-1 BUF Petr Prucha [8] (Dmitri Kalinin)
33:48 1-2 SJ Chris Higgins [10] (Anton Volchenkov, Richard Matvichuk)
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58:08 2-2 BUF Jonathan Cheechoo [13] (Maxim Afinogenov, Petr Prucha)PP WG
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64:14 2-3 SJ Milan Hejduk [11] (Keith Ballard, Anton Volchenkov)
Penalty summary:
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02:23 SJ Ryan Getzlaf (5 min for fighting)
02:23 BUF Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
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24:56 SJ Ashton Rome (2 min for high-sticking)
35:16 SJ Daniel Brière (2 min for slashing)
37:41 SJ Chris Higgins (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:57 BUF Andrew Peters (2 min for holding the stick)
57:18 SJ Ashton Rome (2 min for holding the stick)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.30 4
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 13.20 5
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 -1 22.50 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -1 20.30 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 7.30 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 14.40 8
C Petr Prucha 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 22.50 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 18.50 7
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 2 1 2 7 0 7.20 6
L David Moss 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13.30 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
L Jonathan Cheechoo 1 0 4 3 2 3 0 -1 22.20 8
D Mike Card 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.30 5
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 -2 32.00 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.40 5
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 18.10 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -2 30.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 21 0 0 64.10 6
G Adam Dennis 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 1 3 0 2 4 0 6.20 7
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 18.30 7
R Milan Hejduk 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 12.20 6
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 21.40 7
C Marcel Goc 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6.10 4
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 1 2 3 1 3 5 1 20.30 8
C Daniel Brière 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20.50 6
C Chris Higgins 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 21.30 8
L Kelly Dabrowski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 16.20 7
L Simon Gagné 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 14.30 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
D Richard Matvichuk 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 18.40 5
D Keith Ballard 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 16.50 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 30.50 9
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 18.40 6
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 20.50 6
D Chris Pronger 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 22.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 2 0 21 0 0 64.10 8
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Higgins
2nd star: Anton Volchenkov
3rd star: Milan Hejduk

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Chris Higgins scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Keith Ballard notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Chris Higgins finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Richard Matvichuk ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Ryan Getzlaf fought Andrew Peters in a fight.

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 22) , Cleveland Barons 1( 14)
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1-0 ROC Patrick Kaleta (Ryan Garlock)
2-0 ROC Chris Porter (Byron Bitz)
2-1 CLE Alexander Buturlin (Dan Baum)

Goalies: Matus Kostur - Thomas Greiss

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New York Rangers 6 , St. Louis Blues 2
Shots: 32 - 19
NYR PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:70/81=86 %, Challenges:25/48=51 %
STL PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:72/89=80 %, Challenges:23/46=48 %
Attendance: 12409 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 601836 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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03:54 1-0 NYR Ryan Callahan [3] (Henrik Lundqvist)
11:16 2-0 NYR Nicklas Bergfors [9] (Christian Bäckman, Jack Johnson)
16:48 2-1 STL Mark Parrish [8] (Timofei Shishkanov, Vaclav Nedorost)
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32:26 2-2 STL Faro Halupa [5] (Danny Markov, Niclas Wallin)
34:11 3-2 NYR Ray Whitney [18] (Paul Mara)
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40:44 4-2 NYR Mikko Koivu [8] (Alexander Frolov)
42:29 5-2 NYR Jack Johnson [7] (Guillaume Comeau)
45:09 6-2 NYR Ray Whitney [19] (Scott Gomez, Nicklas Bergfors)PP
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Penalty summary:
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21:23 STL Chris Gratton (2 min for hooking)
23:59 NYR Brad Boyes (2 min for hooking)
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44:19 STL Scott Dobben (2 min for hooking)
58:39 NYR Guillaume Comeau (2 min for high-sticking)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colton Orr 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6.50 6
R Ryan Callahan 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 14.50 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
R Justin Williams 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
C Jeremy Colliton 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7.50 6
C Brad Boyes 0 0 2 3 1 4 2 0 16.30 8
C Mikko Koivu 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 17.00 8
C Scott Gomez 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 1 16.40 7
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6.50 4
L Sean Avery 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 17.30 5
L Alexander Frolov 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 19.00 8
L Ray Whitney 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 16.40 8
D Maxim Kondratiev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15.40 6
D Jeff Woywitka 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 19.10 7
D Paul Mara 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 24.00 7
D Guillaume Comeau 0 1 1 6 2 7 2 1 22.30 9
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 14.50 7
D Jack Johnson 1 1 3 7 0 5 0 2 23.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 2 1 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alyn McCauley 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 9.40 6
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 3 3 6 4 0 0 17.10 6
R Mark Parrish 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 -1 13.20 6
R Faro Halupa 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 19.50 8
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 7.30 4
C Petr Taticek 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 17.10 5
C Vaclav Nedorost 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 -1 15.20 4
C Chris Gratton 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 -1 17.00 5
L Scott Dobben 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 7.30 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 20.40 6
L Timofei Shishkanov 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -1 13.20 7
L Jan Bulis 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 -1 18.30 6
D Niclas Wallin 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 16.40 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 17.20 6
D Danny Markov 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 -2 23.20 5
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 19.10 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 17.20 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 26.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 6 0 26 0 0 60.00 4
G Jusso Riksman 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jack Johnson
2nd star: Nicklas Bergfors
3rd star: Ray Whitney

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Christian Bäckman notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nicklas Bergfors notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Mark Parrish ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Faro Halupa finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Niclas Wallin ended his 9 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 3( 21) , Worcester Icecats 1( 11)
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1-0 HFD Cam McCaffrey (Martin Grenier)
1-1 WOR Andrew Hutchinson (Niklas Eckerblom)
2-1 HFD Dane Byers (Daniel Girardi)
3-1 HFD Riley Armstrong (Dane Byers)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Kyle Moir

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Carolina Hurricanes 5 , New Jersey Devils 1
Shots: 29 - 22
CAR PP: 0 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:73/80=91 %, Challenges:29/46=61 %
NJ PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:44/50=86 %
Attendance: 14153 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 651038 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:44 1-0 CAR Marian Hossa [13] (Anton Babchuk, Pavel Datsyuk)
12:51 2-0 CAR Kenny Jönsson [2] (Brandon Sutter, Evgeny Malkin)
18:25 2-1 NJ Dick Tärnström [2] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Adam Hall)PP
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32:04 3-1 CAR Pavel Datsyuk [11] (Evgeny Malkin, Brandon Sutter)
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54:52 4-1 CAR Kenny Jönsson [3] (Marian Hossa, Cam Ward)
56:12 5-1 CAR Marian Hossa [14] (Anton Babchuk, Kenny Jönsson)
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Penalty summary:
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03:59 NJ Zigmund Hnis (2 min for tripping)
14:56 CAR Ladislav Smid (2 min for boarding)
16:05 CAR Andy McDonald (2 min for hooking)
19:05 NJ Alexei Cherepanov (2 min for roughing)
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27:46 NJ David Clarkson (2 min for roughing)
39:52 NJ Alexei Cherepanov (2 min for boarding)
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45:57 NJ Travis Zajac (2 min for high-sticking)
57:53 NJ Jason Ryznar (2 min for cross-checking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andy McDonald 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8.30 6
R Brian Gionta 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 11.00 6
R Marian Hossa 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 3 20.20 9
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 20.10 7
C Kurt Fink 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 11.20 5
C Pavel Datsyuk 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 19.30 8
C Evgeny Malkin 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 20.10 7
L Maxim Mayorov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9.00 6
L Joey Mormina 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 11.20 6
L Markus Näslund 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 17.30 7
C Brandon Sutter 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 20.20 7
D Danny Syvret 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 19.50 7
D Kenny Jönsson 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 26.30 9
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 12.20 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 19.40 8
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 28.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 1 1 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 2 3 0 0 4 0 7.10 6
R David Clarkson 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 19.50 6
R Adam Hall 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -3 11.30 5
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 16.00 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 4
C Ryan O'Marra 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 18.20 6
C Travis Zajac 0 0 5 3 1 2 2 -4 18.20 7
C Mike Richards 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 -1 20.10 6
L Jason Ryznar 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 7.10 5
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 14.20 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -3 12.40 6
L Alex Korolyuk 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -2 14.40 8
D Zigmund Hnis 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.00 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 20.00 7
D Colin White 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 26.10 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 22.40 4
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -3 17.50 6
D Dick Tärnström 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 19.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kevin Weekes 5 0 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Loïc LaCasse 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Hossa
2nd star: Kenny Jönsson
3rd star: Pavel Datsyuk

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Anton Babchuk has marked a new career high in points with 11 points.
-Pavel Datsyuk finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Dick Tärnström ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( , Albany River Rats 0( 12)
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1-0 LOW Matt Cullen (François Beauchemin)
2-0 LOW Pat Dwyer

Goalies: Kevin Nastiuk - Mike McKenna

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Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Phoenix Coyotes 2
Shots: 42 - 18
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:62/74=83 %, Challenges:44/50=86 %
PHO PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/75=81 %, Challenges:25/49=50 %
Attendance: 9435 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 442502 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:17 0-1 PHO Blake Wheeler [5] (Kyle Turris)
10:05 1-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [7] (Gilbert Brulé, Rick Nash)
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21:46 2-1 CBS Rick Nash [17] (Duvie Westcott)
29:29 3-1 CBS Rostislav Klesla [3] (Jiri Novotny)
35:19 3-2 PHO Andy Greene [1] (Olli Jokinen)
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59:35 4-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [8] (Ron Hainsey) EN
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Penalty summary:
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19:28 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
19:28 PHO Scott Walker (2 min for roughing)
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22:28 CBS Kris Russell (5 min for fighting)
22:28 PHO Logan Stephenson (5 min for fighting)
30:58 PHO Bryan Helmer (2 min for hooking)
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40:28 CBS Trevor Hendrikx (5 min for fighting)
40:28 PHO Logan Stephenson (5 min for fighting)
47:27 PHO Reid Cashman (2 min for tripping)
56:17 PHO Kyle Turris (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 6.50 7
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 12.50 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 21.20 8
C Jiri Novotny 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 6.50 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 0 7 2 7 0 -1 12.50 9
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
C Gilbert Brulé 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 20.50 7
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 6.50 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 13.00 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 8
L Rick Nash 1 1 6 2 0 1 0 2 20.50 9
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 15.20 6
D Filip Novak 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 23.40 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 3 7 1 5 0 4 22.30 10
D Trevor Hendrikx 0 0 0 2 1 3 5 -1 14.00 6
D Duvie Westcott 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 18.00 8
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 4 3 0 3 2 3 27.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Claude Giroux 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 8.00 6
R Blake Wheeler 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 16.00 5
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 22.30 6
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 -2 8.30 5
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Kyle Turris 0 1 0 2 5 2 2 1 14.20 6
C Mike York 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 17.40 6
C Olli Jokinen 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 -2 20.30 6
L Patrick Fischer 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.00 7
L Matt Murley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 8
L Erik Christensen 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16.10 5
L Patrik Elias 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 -3 20.20 6
D Alexei Emelin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 6
D Bryan Helmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 16.30 6
D Andy Greene 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 21.40 7
D Reid Cashman 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 16.30 6
D Logan Stephenson 0 0 1 2 1 0 10 0 19.40 6
D Travis Roche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 29.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 4 0 38 0 0 59.30 9
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Ron Hainsey notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Rostislav Klesla finally ended his 19 game goal drought.

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Blake Wheeler finally ended his 15 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Kris Russell fought Logan Stephenson in a fight.
-Trevor Hendrikx fought Logan Stephenson in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 0( 11) , Springfield Falcons 7( 37)
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0-1 SPR Mike Zigomanis
0-2 SPR Mathias Tjärnqvist (Mike Zigomanis)
0-3 SPR Mathias Tjärnqvist (Karl Stewart, Mike Zigomanis)
0-4 SPR Mike Zigomanis (Mathias Tjärnqvist)
0-5 SPR Steven Reinprecht
0-6 SPR Mathias Tjärnqvist (Mike Zigomanis)
0-7 SPR Severin Blindenbacher (Lance Monych)

Goalies: Tomas Popperle - Mikael Tellqvist

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Colorado Avalanche 4 , Vancouver Canucks 0
Shots: 23 - 17
COL PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:65/76=85 %, Challenges:28/43=63 %
VAN PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:36/50=70 %
Attendance: 18129 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 781360 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:18 1-0 COL Mikael Samuelsson [10] (Tyler Arnason, Ryan Smyth)
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22:08 2-0 COL John-Michael Liles [4] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Paul Stastny)
32:42 3-0 COL Mikael Samuelsson [11] (Ryan Smyth, Tyler Arnason)
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44:11 4-0 COL Ruslan Salei [1] (Brad Richardson)
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Penalty summary:
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14:43 VAN Willie Mitchell (2 min for slashing)
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37:05 COL Wojtek Wolski (2 min for hooking)
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56:35 VAN Mattias Öhlund (2 min for roughing)
56:35 COL Wojtek Wolski (2 min for roughing)
59:31 COL Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for slashing)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Brad Malone 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 6
R Scott Polaski 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 15.10 5
R Mikael Samuelsson 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 15.50 8
R Petr Sykora 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 17.00 5
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 10.20 6
C Brad Richardson 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 17.10 7
C Tyler Arnason 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 15.50 8
C Paul Stastny 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 18.40 8
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 15.20 6
L Ryan Smyth 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 15.40 8
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 4 2 0 0 4 1 17.20 8
D Ruslan Salei 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 17.50 8
D Brett Clark 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 18.10 6
D John-Michael Liles 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 24.00 9
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 18.40 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 17.10 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 0 0 17 0 0 60.00 9
G José Theodore 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 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 6
R Jozef Balej 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 -1 13.30 7
R Hugh Jessiman 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -3 18.20 6
R Thomas Vanek 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 20.30 6
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 5
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 13.30 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 18.50 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 19.40 6
L Maxim Yushkov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Jason Jaffray 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 13.30 4
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -3 16.40 6
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 20.30 8
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 16.30 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -3 31.20 6
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.50 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 15.00 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 20.20 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Julien Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Peter Budaj
2nd star: Mikael Samuelsson
3rd star: Tyler Arnason

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Mikael Samuelsson scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Paul Stastny notched his 20th assist of the season.
-John-Michael Liles finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Thomas Vanek had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Shawn Horcoff had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 24) , Manitoba Moose 0( 12)
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1-0 HER Maxim Rybin (Cam Keith, Kim Hirschovits)
2-0 HER Craig Valette

Goalies: Michael Wall - Joseph Pearce

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Pittsburgh Penguins 7 , Dallas Stars 1
Shots: 32 - 25
PIT PP: 2 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:70/79=88 %, Challenges:35/56=61 %
DAL PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:30/46=63 %
Attendance: 7417 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 353049 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:56 1-0 PIT Jarome Iginla [13] (Georges Laraque, Milan Kraft)
18:26 1-1 DAL Glen Murray [10])
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20:22 2-1 PIT Sergei Gonchar [4] (Brad Stuart, Pascal Dupuis)PP
27:28 3-1 PIT Alexei Ponikarovsky [10] (Hal Gill, Brad Stuart)
31:22 4-1 PIT Ryan Hamilton [1] (Hal Gill)PP
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40:34 5-1 PIT Hal Gill [1] (Brooks Orpik, Maxime Talbot)
41:25 6-1 PIT Maxime Talbot [10] (Jarkko Ruutu, Brooks Orpik)
44:09 7-1 PIT Sergei Gonchar [5] (Pascal Dupuis, Jarome Iginla)
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Penalty summary:
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02:31 PIT Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
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20:19 DAL Nick Schultz (2 min for elbowing)
20:41 PIT James Van Riemsdyk (2 min for boarding)
29:57 DAL Vojtech Polak (2 min for slashing)
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45:51 PIT Maxime Talbot (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 14.20 6
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 20.20 9
R Jarome Iginla 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 17.10 8
C Milan Kraft 0 1 1 4 1 4 0 0 8.10 7
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 14.00 7
C Maxime Talbot 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 2 16.50 9
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 21.00 9
L Ryan Hamilton 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 9.00 6
L Travis Moen 0 0 2 3 4 2 0 0 13.10 5
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 13.00 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 16.10 6
D Hal Gill 1 2 2 1 3 1 0 3 23.00 8
D Brad Stuart 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 20.50 7
D Mark Giordano 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 23.10 8
D Sergei Gonchar 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 22.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Ty Conklin 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 2 1 0 1 2 0 10.20 7
R Tomas Kopecky 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 11.10 6
R Glen Murray 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -3 21.00 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
C Ryan Potulny 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 10.20 4
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.00 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 17.40 7
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 19.10 6
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 10.20 7
L Steve Ott 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 12.00 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 -4 21.00 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 16.40 7
D Mark Fistric 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 12.50 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 24.40 6
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 -1 22.30 6
D Kyle Quincey 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 13.20 5
D Trevor Daley 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -3 22.00 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 24.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 7 0 25 0 0 60.00 4
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Hal Gill
2nd star: Sergei Gonchar
3rd star: Jarome Iginla

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Alexei Ponikarovsky scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Maxime Talbot scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Pascal Dupuis notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexei Ponikarovsky finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Ryan Hamilton ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Brooks Orpik ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Glen Murray scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Sergei Zubov had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 28) , Utah Grizzlies 2( 21)
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0-1 UTH Perttu Lindgren (Greg Hogeboom)
0-2 UTH Greg Hogeboom (Mike Iggulden)
1-2 WIL Tomas Plihal (Tony Mårtensson)
2-2 WIL Tomas Plihal (Christian Berglund)
3-2 WIL Nick Deschenes (Kurtis McLean)

Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Curtis McElhinney

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Washington Capitals 3 , Florida Panthers 4
Shots: 27 - 33
WSH PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:57/67=85 %, Challenges:25/42=58 %
FLA PP: 2 of 5 (15 shots), Passing:67/82=81 %, Challenges:59/73=79 %
Attendance: 14630 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 678832 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:12 0-1 FLA Richard Zednik [6] (Eric Lindros)
13:05 1-1 WSH Dustin Brown [5])
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28:27 1-2 FLA Nathan Horton [1] (Eric Staal, Jay Bouwmeester)PP
35:39 1-3 FLA Jamal Mayers [8] (Chad Kilger, Stephen Weiss)PP
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48:08 2-3 WSH Brooks Laich [6] (Jason Pominville, Joe Corvo)
55:28 3-3 WSH Petr Cajanek [8] (Erik Cole, Dustin Brown)
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62:12 3-4 FLA Eric Staal [22] (Jay Bouwmeester, Brent Seabrook)SH
Penalty summary:
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01:05 WSH Shane Doan (2 min for holding the stick)
02:12 FLA Chad Kilger (2 min for roughing)
02:12 WSH Brian Pothier (2 min for roughing)
16:46 FLA Mikhail Yakubov (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:25 WSH Shane Doan (2 min for high-sticking)
25:53 WSH Curtis Murphy (2 min for cross-checking)
26:57 WSH Shane Doan (2 min for tripping)
34:27 WSH Mike Johnson (2 min for roughing)
35:15 WSH Tom Poti (2 min for roughing)
35:15 FLA Anthony Stewart (2 min for roughing)
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42:21 FLA David Booth (2 min for slashing)
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60:33 FLA Karlis Skrastins (2 min for tripping)

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Johnson 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 6.20 4
R Jason Pominville 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 13.00 5
R Dustin Brown 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 19.50 7
R Shane Doan 0 0 2 2 1 0 6 -1 23.10 6
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 12.30 7
C Michael Nylander 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
C Petr Cajanek 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 23.00 6
L Sean Collins 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Brooks Laich 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 5
L Erik Cole 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 19.20 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 23.10 6
D Joe Corvo 0 1 0 5 0 3 0 -1 21.30 8
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 11.10 7
D Curtis Murphy 0 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 29.00 8
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21.00 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14.20 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 8 2 4 0 1 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 4 0 29 0 0 62.20 6
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Murphy 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
R Jamal Mayers 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 13.10 7
R Nathan Horton 1 0 5 2 1 0 0 -3 19.30 8
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 5 1 3 1 2 0 19.10 8
C Mikhail Yakubov 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 6.50 7
C Eric Lindros 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 12.50 6
C Stephen Weiss 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -3 19.00 7
C Anze Kopitar 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 21.40 8
L David Booth 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6.50 5
L Richard Zednik 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 12.50 8
L Chad Kilger 0 1 2 4 1 1 2 -3 20.50 7
L Eric Staal 1 1 7 2 0 1 0 1 21.50 10
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14.00 6
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -3 17.30 6
D Brent Seabrook 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 30.50 7
D Andre Benoit 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13.20 5
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 -3 19.10 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 2 5 2 0 1 0 1 29.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 24 0 0 62.20 7
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Staal
2nd star: Jay Bouwmeester
3rd star: Jamal Mayers

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Erik Cole notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brooks Laich finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Richard Zednik finally ended his 25 game goal drought.
-Richard Zednik finally ended his 18 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 19) , Louisville Panthers 0( 13)
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1-0 POR Viktor Bobrov (Jamie Hunt)
2-0 POR Chris Bourque (Matt Ellison, Jeff Schultz)

Goalies: Daren Machesney - David Shantz

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Philadelphia Flyers 3 , Tampa Bay Lightning 1
Shots: 25 - 23
PHI PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:63/80=78 %, Challenges:35/48=71 %
TB PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:19/42=44 %
Attendance: 14642 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 660354 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:46 0-1 TB Pavol Demitra [8] (Dan Boyle)
08:18 1-1 PHI Dustin Penner [10] (Jason Smith, Jonathan Toews)
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27:38 2-1 PHI Jonathan Toews [7] (Dustin Penner, Jason Smith)
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43:01 3-1 PHI Jonathan Toews [8] (Dustin Penner, Sergei Samsonov)
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Penalty summary:
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00:04 TB Joffrey Lupul (2 min for roughing)
03:14 TB Chris Drury (2 min for tripping)
15:23 TB Jeff Halpern (2 min for tripping)
18:05 TB Jaroslav Balastik (2 min for holding the stick)
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25:09 PHI Gino Pisellini (5 min for fighting)
25:09 TB Corey Locke (5 min for fighting)
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53:54 PHI Steve Bernier (2 min for elbowing)
56:16 TB Corey Locke (5 min for fighting)
56:16 PHI Ben Eager (5 min for fighting)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Gino Pisellini 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 5.10 5
R Steve Bernier 0 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 16.40 7
R Dustin Penner 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 18.50 10
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 -1 20.00 7
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.40 7
C Corey Perry 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 15.00 7
C Jonathan Toews 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 3 16.40 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 18.20 6
L Ben Eager 0 0 1 2 0 2 5 0 10.30 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.30 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 15.20 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 18.10 7
D Mike Rathje 0 0 1 6 0 6 0 0 19.50 9
D Jason Smith 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 12.40 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 -1 24.20 8
D Tom Preissing 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 21.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15.40 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Rejean Beauchemin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 12.00 7
R Jason Williams 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 14.00 7
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 14.40 5
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 15.00 7
C Corey Locke 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 9.00 6
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 -1 15.40 6
C Saku Koivu 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 -1 16.00 6
C Pavol Demitra 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 7
L Jaroslav Balastik 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 8.50 5
L Lauri Korpikoski 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 14.10 6
L John Madden 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 18.50 6
L Chris Drury 0 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 19.20 7
D Bryce Lampman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 5
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 -1 23.10 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 18.30 6
D Nick Boynton 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 21.30 7
D Dan Boyle 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 21.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Cristobal Huet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dustin Penner
2nd star: Jonathan Toews
3rd star: Jason Smith

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Dustin Penner scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jonathan Toews notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Viktor Kozlov had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Sidney Crosby had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Jussi Jokinen had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Joffrey Lupul had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Pavol Demitra ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Gino Pisellini fought Corey Locke in a fight.
-Ben Eager beat Corey Locke in a fight.

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 1( 21) , Detroit Vipers 5( 18)
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0-1 DTV Darren Haydar (Mike Lundin)
1-1 PHL Randy Jones (Jiri Cetkovsky, Tuomas Pihlman)
1-2 DTV Blair Jones (Justin Keller)
1-3 DTV Brady Murray (Kyle Wanvig, Andy Rogers)
1-4 DTV Darren Haydar (Mike Lundin)
1-5 DTV Staffan Kronwall (Blair Jones)

Goalies: Martin Houle - Marc Denis

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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Detroit Red Wings 2
Shots: 21 - 22
MTL PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:61/74=82 %, Challenges:17/49=34 %
DET PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:66/87=75 %, Challenges:27/42=62 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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21:57 1-0 MTL Alexander Semin [8] (Jeff Carter, Ales Hemsky)
30:13 1-1 DET Tuomo Ruutu [6] (Keith Tkachuk, Nik Antropov)PP
31:46 2-1 MTL Ryan Whitney [5] (Ales Hemsky, Alexander Semin)PP
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49:14 3-1 MTL Jeff Carter [13] (Ales Hemsky, Shea Weber)
59:33 3-2 DET Nik Antropov [13] (Keith Tkachuk, Martin Havlat)
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Penalty summary:
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05:25 MTL Ryan Whitney (2 min for cross-checking)
14:18 DET Sergei Korostin (2 min for holding the stick)
17:37 MTL Braydon Coburn (2 min for hooking)
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29:15 MTL Braydon Coburn (2 min for holding the stick)
31:13 DET Sergei Korostin (2 min for holding the stick)
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55:05 MTL Andrej Sekera (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.20 5
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.40 6
R Ales Hemsky 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 19.10 7
C Alex Bourret 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Dave Bolland 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 12.40 6
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 16.20 6
C Jeff Carter 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 20.40 7
L Joe Madden 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.30 6
L Mikhail Berestechko 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
L Ryan Craig 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 16.50 7
L Alexander Semin 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 13.30 6
D Brendan Bell 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 18.00 6
D Shea Weber 0 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 28.30 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.50 6
D Ryan Suter 0 0 2 4 5 4 0 0 20.50 7
D Ryan Whitney 1 0 3 4 4 4 2 1 24.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Marek Benda 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Korostin 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 5.50 4
R Derek Armstrong 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 15.20 5
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 19.10 7
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 4 5 1 6 0 -2 20.00 9
C Artem Chubarov 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5.50 5
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 16.40 5
C Nik Antropov 1 1 1 5 1 5 0 1 17.30 10
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 20.30 6
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.50 5
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 16.10 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 13.30 8
L Martin Havlat 0 1 3 2 1 3 0 -2 21.00 8
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17.10 6
D Brett Lebda 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 18.40 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 -2 22.50 6
D Jakub Kindl 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 18.00 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 26.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Stefan Liv 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ales Hemsky
2nd star: Nik Antropov
3rd star: Jeff Carter

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Ryan Whitney finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Nik Antropov notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 18) , Kansas City Blades 4( 23)
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0-1 KCB Hnat Domenichelli (Doug O'Brien, Evan McGrath)
1-1 QUE Mike Rupp (Ben Ondrus, Mathieu Carle)
1-2 KCB Andreas Lilja (Darren Helm, Pascal Morency)
1-3 KCB Johnny Pohl (Evan McGrath, Hnat Domenichelli)
1-4 KCB Hnat Domenichelli (Mark Streit)
2-4 QUE Garth Murray (Jonathan Ferland)

Goalies: Peter Hirsch - Dov Grumet-Morris

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Ottawa Senators 0 , Chicago Blackhawks 3
Shots: 21 - 28
OTT PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:77/88=87 %, Challenges:27/45=58 %
CHI PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/88=78 %, Challenges:28/45=60 %
Attendance: 9754 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 490626 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:41 0-1 CHI Patrick Sharp [5] (Mike Modano)
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29:56 0-2 CHI Peter Forsberg [14] (Jaromir Jagr, Rene Bourque)
31:21 0-3 CHI Mike Modano [11] (Duncan Keith, Nicklas Lidström)
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Penalty summary:
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17:01 CHI Steve Marr (2 min for boarding)
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21:08 OTT Mike Fisher (5 min for fighting)
21:08 CHI Martin St. Pierre (5 min for fighting)
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47:01 CHI Mike Modano (2 min for hooking)
49:58 CHI Radim Vrbata (2 min for high-sticking)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff O'Neill 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 5
R Cory Stillman 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -1 15.20 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 -1 18.30 7
R Dany Heatley 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 -1 20.20 7
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 16.50 6
C Mike Fisher 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 -1 17.00 7
C Jason Spezza 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -1 20.20 7
L Arttu Luttinen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.50 4
L Chris Neil 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 -1 15.00 6
L Niko Dimitrakos 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.50 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 20.20 5
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 -1 16.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.30 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 24.10 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 -1 15.40 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 -1 18.30 6
D Wade Redden 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -1 25.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Glass 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.30 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 4 4 4 2 0 14.00 6
R Mike Modano 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 16.40 9
R Jaromir Jagr 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 8
C Martin St. Pierre 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 6.10 5
C Colin Fraser 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 17.00 5
C Patrick Sharp 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 17.00 7
C Peter Forsberg 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 16.50 8
L Jonas Nordquist 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 6.30 6
L Bryan Bickell 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 17.00 5
L Gregory Campbell 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 19.00 7
L Rene Bourque 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 20.30 8
D Steve Marr 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.40 6
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 2 21.30 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23.50 7
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 19.00 5
D Duncan Keith 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 16.00 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Corey Crawford 0 0 21 0 0 60.00 10
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Corey Crawford
2nd star: Mike Modano
3rd star: Jaromir Jagr

Notes for Ottawa Senators:

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Nicklas Lidström notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Patrick Sharp ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Peter Forsberg ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Mike Fisher beat Martin St. Pierre in a fight.

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 6( 39) , Norfolk Admirals 0( 18)
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1-0 GRD Zenon Konopka (Tomás Kudelka, Martin Lapointe)
2-0 GRD Dusty Jamieson (Brett Hemingway, Peter Tsimikalis)
3-0 GRD Martin Lapointe (Zenon Konopka, Tomás Kudelka)
4-0 GRD Brian McGrattan (Robin Big Snake)
5-0 GRD Vitali Atyushov (Jake Riddle)
6-0 GRD Robin Big Snake (Jesse Niinimäki)

Goalies: Mike Morrison - Mike Brodeur

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Boston Bruins 2 , Toronto Maple Leafs 4
Shots: 23 - 26
BOS PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:64/78=82 %, Challenges:30/46=63 %
TOR PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:76/83=91 %, Challenges:29/55=51 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 772860 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:12 1-0 BOS Jonathan Sigalet [2] (Dustin Boyd)PP
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22:05 2-0 BOS Marco Sturm [13] (Matt Lashoff)
27:52 2-1 TOR Kyle Wellwood [11] (Milan Michalek)
36:18 2-2 TOR Alexander Steen [12] (Thomas Hickey, Matt Stajan)
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46:36 2-3 TOR Kyle Wellwood [12] (Milan Michalek)
59:05 2-4 TOR Milan Michalek [10] (Kyle Wellwood, Bryan McCabe) EN
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Penalty summary:
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07:57 TOR Filip Kuba (2 min for holding the stick)
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39:31 BOS Mark Stuart (2 min for tripping)
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47:56 BOS Mark Stuart (2 min for hooking)
56:16 TOR Alexander Radulov (2 min for tripping)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Gibbons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Steve Downie 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -2 19.40 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -2 15.20 7
R Patrice Bergeron 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 20.00 7
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 15.50 7
C Dustin Boyd 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 -2 17.10 7
C Phil Kessel 0 0 2 6 1 1 0 1 18.00 9
L Nate Robinson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
L Martin Samuelsson 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 -2 15.50 7
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 -2 15.10 5
L Marco Sturm 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 18.00 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -2 16.10 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 19.40 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 5 2 5 0 1 26.10 7
D Jonathan Sigalet 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 -2 18.00 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 -2 15.00 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 25.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 4 0 22 0 0 59.00 5
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dale Mitchell 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 7
R Bates Battaglia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
R Alexander Steen 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 4 2 0 2 2 20.00 7
C Jim Slater 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 10.50 6
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 12.50 7
C Matt Stajan 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 17.40 8
C Kyle Wellwood 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 9
L Boyd Devereaux 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 10.50 6
L Mathieu Roy 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 10.30 6
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 16.50 6
L Milan Michalek 1 2 3 4 3 4 0 2 20.40 9
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 13.00 6
D Filip Kuba 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 16.10 6
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 28.20 7
D Ian White 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.20 6
D Thomas Hickey 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 22.10 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 2 25.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kyle Wellwood
2nd star: Milan Michalek
3rd star: Alexander Steen

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Jonathan Sigalet ended his 6 game goal drought.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Thomas Hickey has marked a new career high in points with 16 points.
-Milan Michalek scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Bryan McCabe notched the 300th assist of his career.
-Milan Michalek ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 4( 19) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 5( 19)
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1-0 PRO Shawn Thornton (Libor Pivko, Carl Söderberg)
1-1 SJM Roman Cervenka (Adam Pineault)
2-1 PRO Shawn Thornton (Carl Söderberg, Libor Pivko)
3-1 PRO David Svagrovsky (Ilya Solarev)
3-2 SJM Brett Engelhardt (Sam Paolini, Mattias Trattnig)
3-3 SJM Nigel Dawes (Jeremy Williams)
3-4 SJM Colin Stuart (Martin Sagat, Wade Belak)
4-4 PRO Nate Thompson (David Svagrovsky)
4-5 SJM Robbie Earl (Steve Chabbert)

Goalies: Scott Munroe - Marek Schwarz

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Colorado Avalanche 4 , Vancouver Canucks 0
Shots: 23 - 17
COL PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:65/76=85 %, Challenges:28/43=63 %
VAN PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:36/50=70 %
Attendance: 18129 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 781360 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:18 1-0 COL Mikael Samuelsson [10] (Tyler Arnason, Ryan Smyth)
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22:08 2-0 COL John-Michael Liles [4] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Paul Stastny)
32:42 3-0 COL Mikael Samuelsson [11] (Ryan Smyth, Tyler Arnason)
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44:11 4-0 COL Ruslan Salei [1] (Brad Richardson)
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Penalty summary:
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14:43 VAN Willie Mitchell (2 min for slashing)
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37:05 COL Wojtek Wolski (2 min for hooking)
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56:35 VAN Mattias Öhlund (2 min for roughing)
56:35 COL Wojtek Wolski (2 min for roughing)
59:31 COL Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for slashing)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Brad Malone 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 6
R Scott Polaski 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 15.10 5
R Mikael Samuelsson 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 15.50 8
R Petr Sykora 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 17.00 5
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 10.20 6
C Brad Richardson 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 17.10 7
C Tyler Arnason 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 15.50 8
C Paul Stastny 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 18.40 8
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 15.20 6
L Ryan Smyth 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 15.40 8
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 4 2 0 0 4 1 17.20 8
D Ruslan Salei 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 17.50 8
D Brett Clark 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 18.10 6
D John-Michael Liles 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 24.00 9
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 18.40 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 17.10 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 0 0 17 0 0 60.00 9
G José Theodore 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 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 6
R Jozef Balej 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 -1 13.30 7
R Hugh Jessiman 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -3 18.20 6
R Thomas Vanek 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 20.30 6
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 5
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 13.30 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 18.50 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 19.40 6
L Maxim Yushkov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Jason Jaffray 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 13.30 4
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -3 16.40 6
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 20.30 8
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 16.30 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -3 31.20 6
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.50 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 15.00 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 20.20 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Julien Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Peter Budaj
2nd star: Mikael Samuelsson
3rd star: Tyler Arnason

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Mikael Samuelsson scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Paul Stastny notched his 20th assist of the season.
-John-Michael Liles finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Thomas Vanek had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Shawn Horcoff had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 24) , Manitoba Moose 0( 12)
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1-0 HER Maxim Rybin (Cam Keith, Kim Hirschovits)
2-0 HER Craig Valette

Goalies: Michael Wall - Joseph Pearce

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Pittsburgh Penguins 7 , Dallas Stars 1
Shots: 32 - 25
PIT PP: 2 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:70/79=88 %, Challenges:35/56=61 %
DAL PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:30/46=63 %
Attendance: 7417 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 353049 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:56 1-0 PIT Jarome Iginla [13] (Georges Laraque, Milan Kraft)
18:26 1-1 DAL Glen Murray [10])
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20:22 2-1 PIT Sergei Gonchar [4] (Brad Stuart, Pascal Dupuis)PP
27:28 3-1 PIT Alexei Ponikarovsky [10] (Hal Gill, Brad Stuart)
31:22 4-1 PIT Ryan Hamilton [1] (Hal Gill)PP
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40:34 5-1 PIT Hal Gill [1] (Brooks Orpik, Maxime Talbot)
41:25 6-1 PIT Maxime Talbot [10] (Jarkko Ruutu, Brooks Orpik)
44:09 7-1 PIT Sergei Gonchar [5] (Pascal Dupuis, Jarome Iginla)
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Penalty summary:
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02:31 PIT Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
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20:19 DAL Nick Schultz (2 min for elbowing)
20:41 PIT James Van Riemsdyk (2 min for boarding)
29:57 DAL Vojtech Polak (2 min for slashing)
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45:51 PIT Maxime Talbot (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 14.20 6
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 20.20 9
R Jarome Iginla 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 17.10 8
C Milan Kraft 0 1 1 4 1 4 0 0 8.10 7
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 14.00 7
C Maxime Talbot 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 2 16.50 9
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 21.00 9
L Ryan Hamilton 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 9.00 6
L Travis Moen 0 0 2 3 4 2 0 0 13.10 5
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 13.00 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 16.10 6
D Hal Gill 1 2 2 1 3 1 0 3 23.00 8
D Brad Stuart 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 20.50 7
D Mark Giordano 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 23.10 8
D Sergei Gonchar 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 22.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Ty Conklin 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 2 1 0 1 2 0 10.20 7
R Tomas Kopecky 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 11.10 6
R Glen Murray 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -3 21.00 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
C Ryan Potulny 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 10.20 4
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.00 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 17.40 7
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 19.10 6
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 10.20 7
L Steve Ott 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 12.00 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 -4 21.00 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 16.40 7
D Mark Fistric 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 12.50 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 24.40 6
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 -1 22.30 6
D Kyle Quincey 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 13.20 5
D Trevor Daley 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -3 22.00 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 24.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 7 0 25 0 0 60.00 4
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Hal Gill
2nd star: Sergei Gonchar
3rd star: Jarome Iginla

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Alexei Ponikarovsky scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Maxime Talbot scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Pascal Dupuis notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexei Ponikarovsky finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Ryan Hamilton ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Brooks Orpik ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Glen Murray scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Sergei Zubov had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 28) , Utah Grizzlies 2( 21)
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0-1 UTH Perttu Lindgren (Greg Hogeboom)
0-2 UTH Greg Hogeboom (Mike Iggulden)
1-2 WIL Tomas Plihal (Tony Mårtensson)
2-2 WIL Tomas Plihal (Christian Berglund)
3-2 WIL Nick Deschenes (Kurtis McLean)

Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Curtis McElhinney