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Minnesota Wild 2 , Boston Bruins 4
Shots: 18 - 26
MIN PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/77=77 %, Challenges:10/45=21 %
BOS PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:75/89=84 %, Challenges:27/51=51 %
Attendance: 9258 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 448087 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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25:57 0-1 BOS Marco Sturm [14] (Patrice Bergeron, Brent Burns)
26:27 1-1 MIN Marek Svatos [10] (Kurtis Foster, Mark Bell)
30:04 1-2 BOS Patrice Bergeron [14] (Marco Sturm)
37:18 2-2 MIN Chuck Kobasew [7] (Clarke MacArthur, Logan Couture)
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47:45 2-3 BOS Ryan Gibbons [1] (Nate Robinson, Valtteri Filppula)
59:26 2-4 BOS Jonathan Sigalet [3] (Martin Samuelsson, Steve Downie) EN
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Penalty summary:
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19:07 MIN Logan Couture (5 min for fighting)
19:07 BOS Martin Samuelsson (5 min for fighting)
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29:11 MIN Petr Kalus (5 min for fighting)
29:11 BOS Ryan Gibbons (5 min for fighting)
33:43 MIN Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
33:43 BOS Brent Burns (5 min for fighting)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joel Ward 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 9.10 5
R Graham Mink 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 15.50 4
R Chuck Kobasew 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 16.00 4
R Marek Svatos 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 19.00 7
C Ivan Khomutov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 10.30 5
C Petr Kalus 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 -1 15.10 5
C Logan Couture 0 1 2 0 1 0 5 0 15.20 5
C Dominic Moore 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.00 6
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 9.10 4
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 1 5 5 5 0 -1 14.20 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 7
L Mark Bell 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 19.00 7
D Paul Albers 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -2 17.20 4
D Mike Green 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 17.50 5
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 3 6 2 0 0 27.30 4
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 -1 13.40 6
D Shawn Belle 0 0 2 4 4 4 0 -1 18.10 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 1 8 2 8 0 0 27.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 22 0 0 59.00 5
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Gibbons 1 0 2 3 0 3 5 1 7.10 8
R Steve Downie 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 16.10 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -1 18.40 6
R Patrice Bergeron 1 1 5 1 5 1 0 1 18.10 7
C Valtteri Filppula 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 7.20 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 16.10 7
C Dustin Boyd 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 18.20 7
C Phil Kessel 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 18.10 7
L Nate Robinson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.10 5
L Martin Samuelsson 0 1 2 7 0 7 5 1 14.40 9
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 3 4 2 4 0 -2 18.50 8
L Marco Sturm 1 1 5 3 1 1 0 2 19.10 9
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 19.20 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -2 20.40 6
D Brent Burns 0 1 0 4 4 4 5 2 20.00 7
D Jonathan Sigalet 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.50 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrice Bergeron
2nd star: Marco Sturm
3rd star: Ryan Gibbons

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Marek Svatos scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Clarke MacArthur notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Chuck Kobasew finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Ryan Gibbons ended his 6 game point drought.
-Martin Samuelsson finally ended his 16 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Logan Couture fought Martin Samuelsson in a fight.
-Petr Kalus beat Ryan Gibbons in a fight.
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen beat Brent Burns in a fight.

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 17) , Providence Bruins 2( 21)
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0-1 PRO Adam McQuaid (Shawn Thornton, Carl Söderberg)
1-1 HOU Derek Boogaard (Tony Salmelainen, Cam Paddock)
2-1 HOU Clayton Stoner (Tony Salmelainen, Cam Paddock)
3-1 HOU Pierce Norton
3-2 PRO Chris Collins (Simon Skoog)

Goalies: Gabriel Bouthillette - Scott Munroe

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New York Rangers 0 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 13 - 21
NYR PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:9/49=18 %
BUF PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:76/93=81 %, Challenges:6/44=13 %
Attendance: 12992 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 630112 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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33:06 0-1 BUF Jonathan Cheechoo [15] (Petr Prucha, Ed Jovanovski)PP
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42:18 0-2 BUF Drew Stafford [4] (Nathan Paetsch)
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Penalty summary:
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00:04 NYR Nicklas Bergfors (2 min for holding the stick)
07:44 BUF Ales Kotalik (2 min for tripping)
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32:02 NYR Joe Barnes (2 min for roughing)
36:58 NYR Rick Kozak (2 min for high-sticking)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rick Kozak 0 0 1 4 1 4 2 0 8.50 7
R Colton Orr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 0 2 6 4 0 0 15.10 5
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 3 1 3 2 2 -1 18.40 7
C Joe Barnes 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 8.20 4
C Brad Boyes 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13.00 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 5 3 5 0 0 19.30 7
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 -1 16.50 6
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 4
L Sean Avery 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 15.00 6
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 19.50 6
L Ray Whitney 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 16.20 6
D Maxim Kondratiev 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 14.30 5
D Jeff Woywitka 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 17.40 6
D Paul Mara 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 -1 23.10 7
D Guillaume Comeau 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 19.10 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 20.00 6
D Jack Johnson 0 0 2 2 5 4 0 -1 25.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 7.00 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 17.00 6
R Drew Stafford 1 0 3 3 1 4 0 1 13.40 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 19.50 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.00 4
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 17.00 6
C Petr Prucha 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 19.30 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 1 2 4 3 0 0 18.30 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 5.00 6
L David Moss 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 17.00 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 1 19.20 5
L Jonathan Cheechoo 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 18.40 6
D Mike Card 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17.50 5
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 17.00 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 2 1 1 4 0 0 25.10 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 18.00 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 18.40 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 23.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 0 0 13 0 0 60.00 9
G Adam Dennis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Miller
2nd star: Drew Stafford
3rd star: Jonathan Cheechoo

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Alexander Frolov had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jonathan Cheechoo scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Petr Prucha notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 2( 34) , Rochester Americans 1( 16)
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1-0 HFD Greg Moore (Hannu Pikkarainen)
2-0 HFD Jarkko Immonen (Linus Persson, Hannu Pikkarainen)
2-1 ROC Dylan Hunter (Ryan Garlock, Marc-André Gragnani)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Matus Kostur

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Florida Panthers 4 , Toronto Maple Leafs 2
Shots: 25 - 19
FLA PP: 0 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:65/79=82 %, Challenges:44/62=69 %
TOR PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:53/70=75 %, Challenges:41/62=65 %
Attendance: 19252 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 843238 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:36 0-1 TOR Bates Battaglia [5] (Shea Weber, Ryan Suter)
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22:08 1-1 FLA Chad Kilger [11] (Anthony Stewart)
39:33 2-1 FLA Eric Staal [24] (Nathan Horton, Anze Kopitar)
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48:43 2-2 TOR Kyle Wellwood [13] (Alexander Steen, Carlo Colaiacovo)PP
50:59 3-2 FLA Nathan Horton [2] (Brent Seabrook, Steve Montador)
59:32 4-2 FLA Noah Welch [4] (Anthony Stewart, Richard Zednik) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:14 FLA Richard Zednik (2 min for high-sticking)
07:02 TOR Nigel Dawes (2 min for high-sticking)
16:17 TOR Ian White (2 min for hooking)
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28:43 TOR Dale Mitchell (2 min for high-sticking)
33:38 TOR Mathieu Roy (2 min for hooking)
35:38 FLA Stephen Weiss (2 min for elbowing)
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43:54 TOR Alexander Steen (2 min for boarding)
47:36 FLA Nathan Horton (2 min for tripping)
52:02 TOR Adam Pineault (2 min for elbowing)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R John Zeiler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
R Ryan Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
R Anthony Stewart 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
R Nathan Horton 1 1 5 2 3 1 2 2 20.00 8
C Mikhail Yakubov 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.20 6
C Eric Lindros 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 11.30 6
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 20.50 7
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 20.20 8
L David Booth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 4
L Richard Zednik 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 12.30 7
L Chad Kilger 1 0 5 3 3 2 0 0 22.00 7
L Eric Staal 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 20.10 9
D Steve Montador 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 11.50 6
D Noah Welch 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 18.30 8
D Brent Seabrook 0 1 1 5 3 5 0 2 29.40 8
D Andre Benoit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 17.40 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Craig Anderson 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 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 6
R Adam Pineault 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 11.40 7
R Bates Battaglia 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 12.30 6
R Alexander Steen 0 1 2 4 0 0 2 -1 18.00 8
C Jim Slater 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.10 4
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15.40 7
C Kyle Wellwood 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 18.20 8
C Jeff Carter 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 -2 21.00 6
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 7.10 6
L Boyd Devereaux 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 11.40 4
L Mathieu Roy 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 -2 16.10 5
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 6
D Ian White 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 11.40 6
D Ryan Suter 0 1 0 8 4 5 0 -1 25.00 9
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 -2 23.20 7
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 13.30 7
D Shea Weber 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 -1 22.50 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -2 23.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 21 0 0 58.30 4
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nathan Horton
2nd star: Eric Staal
3rd star: Anthony Stewart

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Anze Kopitar notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Anthony Stewart has marked a new career high in points with 40 points.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Alexander Steen notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Bryan McCabe had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 3( 10) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 0( 18)
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1-0 LOU Jean-Michel Rizk (Stefan Meyer)
2-0 LOU Milan Bartovic (Drew Larman)
3-0 LOU Rob Collins (Yuri Artemenkov, Bret Nasby)

Goalies: David Shantz - Marek Schwarz

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Pittsburgh Penguins 1 , Ottawa Senators 3
Shots: 20 - 32
PIT PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:52/67=77 %, Challenges:33/44=73 %
OTT PP: 2 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:80/94=85 %, Challenges:37/50=72 %
Attendance: 9745 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 463862 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:46 0-1 OTT Dany Heatley [19] (Tim Connolly, Andrej Meszaros)PP
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38:48 1-1 PIT Jarome Iginla [14] (Sergei Gonchar)
39:45 1-2 OTT Mike Fisher [15] (Chris Neil)
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47:58 1-3 OTT Mike Fisher [16] (Niko Dimitrakos, Dany Heatley)PP
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Penalty summary:
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06:45 PIT Brooks Orpik (2 min for roughing)
09:46 PIT Ryan Hamilton (5 min for fighting)
09:46 OTT Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
10:58 PIT Sergei Gonchar (2 min for high-sticking)
12:59 PIT Pascal Dupuis (2 min for roughing)
19:45 PIT Travis Moen (5 min for fighting)
19:45 OTT Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
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26:26 OTT Matt Carle (2 min for roughing)
26:26 PIT Ryan Hamilton (2 min for roughing)
30:09 OTT Mike Commodore (5 min for fighting)
30:09 PIT Ryan Hamilton (5 min for fighting)
34:51 PIT Mark Giordano (2 min for hooking)
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47:09 PIT Mark Giordano (2 min for slashing)
48:11 PIT Georges Laraque (2 min for roughing)
48:11 OTT Cory Stillman (2 min for roughing)
51:26 OTT Daniel Alfredsson (2 min for holding the stick)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 9.20 5
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 13.30 6
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 19.40 7
R Jarome Iginla 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 17.30 8
C Milan Kraft 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.30 6
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Ryan Hamilton 0 0 2 2 1 2 12 0 13.00 7
L Travis Moen 0 0 1 1 3 1 5 0 12.50 5
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.20 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 18.00 5
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 22.30 5
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23.30 6
D Mark Giordano 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 17.00 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 7 1 4 2 0 17.20 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 0 24.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Kelly 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 7.10 6
R Cory Stillman 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 9.40 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 4 4 1 0 2 1 20.40 7
R Dany Heatley 1 1 5 3 1 3 0 0 20.30 10
C Cody Bass 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 7.10 5
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 5
C Tim Connolly 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
C Mike Fisher 2 0 5 3 0 1 0 1 20.40 9
L Kevin Porter 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 7.10 6
L Arttu Luttinen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 5
L Chris Neil 0 1 3 5 1 4 10 1 19.40 9
L Niko Dimitrakos 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 8
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 27.50 6
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 11.00 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 23.10 6
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 26.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Glass 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dany Heatley
2nd star: Mike Fisher
3rd star: Jeff Glass

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Mike Fisher scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:
-Chris Neil beat Ryan Hamilton in a fight.
-Travis Moen beat Chris Neil in a fight.
-Ryan Hamilton beat Mike Commodore in a fight.

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 29) , Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 11)
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1-0 WIL Christian Berglund (Tomas Plihal, Tony Mårtensson)
2-0 WIL Jonathan Filewich (Joël Perrault, Andrei Mukhachev)
3-0 WIL Dennis Bonvie (Brian Maloney, Andre Deveaux)
3-1 GRD Michael Grenzy (David Lundbohm)

Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Mike Morrison

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Washington Capitals 2 , Philadelphia Flyers 5
Shots: 27 - 25
WSH PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:53/60=88 %, Challenges:27/39=67 %
PHI PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:45/65=68 %
Attendance: 11577 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 537173 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:57 0-1 PHI Dustin Penner [11] (Sidney Crosby, R.J. Umberger)
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29:39 1-1 WSH Steve Eminger [2] (Petr Cajanek, Tomas Fleischmann)
31:29 1-2 PHI Jason Smith [1] (Darryl Sydor, Jonathan Toews)
32:55 2-2 WSH Mike Johnson [5] (Sean Collins, Brooks Laich)
34:07 2-3 PHI Sidney Crosby [15] (Jussi Jokinen, Viktor Kozlov)PP
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44:11 2-4 PHI Jonathan Toews [9] (Dustin Penner)
48:27 2-5 PHI Sidney Crosby [16] (Jussi Jokinen)
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Penalty summary:
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33:15 WSH Petr Cajanek (2 min for slashing)
35:53 WSH Shane Doan (2 min for slashing)
39:01 PHI Mike Rathje (2 min for tripping)
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41:22 WSH Jakub Klepis (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Johnson 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 -2 14.40 7
R Dustin Brown 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.40 6
R Shane Doan 0 0 4 1 1 1 2 0 19.50 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7.50 7
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 -2 13.20 6
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.40 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 16.20 6
L Sean Collins 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7.50 7
L Brooks Laich 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 -2 13.20 4
L Erik Cole 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 -1 18.10 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 20.40 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 16.10 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 21.20 6
D Curtis Murphy 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 21.00 5
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 16.10 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 21.10 6
D Steve Eminger 1 0 4 5 1 5 0 1 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 5 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Gino Pisellini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.50 5
R Steve Bernier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 5
R Dustin Penner 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 2 18.40 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 19.30 7
C R.J. Umberger 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 6.50 5
C Corey Perry 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 15.00 7
C Jonathan Toews 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 17.30 8
C Sidney Crosby 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 10
L Ben Eager 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8.10 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 14.10 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 17.20 6
L Jussi Jokinen 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 19.30 7
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 16.40 6
D Jason Smith 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 17.30 8
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 24.00 8
D Tom Preissing 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 18.10 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 16.50 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 26.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Rejean Beauchemin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Brooks Laich had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Erik Cole had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Steve Eminger finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Sidney Crosby notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Sidney Crosby scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Dustin Penner notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 25) , Philadelphia Phantoms 0( 5)
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1-0 POR Matt Ellison (Chris Bourque)
2-0 POR Matt Bradley (Chris Bourque)
3-0 POR Matt Bradley (Chris Bourque, Matt Ellison)

Goalies: Daren Machesney - Martin Houle

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Carolina Hurricanes 4 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 27 - 16
CAR PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:51/66=76 %
MTL PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:61/66=92 %, Challenges:17/49=34 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 860890 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:17 1-0 CAR Erik Johnson [1] (Kurt Fink)
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27:16 2-0 CAR Markus Näslund [11] (Marian Hossa, Pavel Datsyuk)
27:46 2-1 MTL Robyn Regehr [3] (Ryan Whitney, Francis Lemieux)
31:46 2-2 MTL Matt Stajan [12] (Robyn Regehr)
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43:37 3-2 CAR Pavel Datsyuk [13] (Marian Hossa, Markus Näslund)
58:37 4-2 CAR Markus Näslund [12] (Pavel Datsyuk, Evgeny Malkin) EN
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Penalty summary:
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34:29 CAR Kurt Fink (2 min for roughing)
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45:19 MTL Alexander Semin (2 min for boarding)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andy McDonald 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 11.50 8
R Brian Gionta 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 17.20 7
R Marian Hossa 0 2 3 4 1 4 0 2 16.40 10
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 16.00 7
C Kurt Fink 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 9.40 6
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 17.20 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 14.50 8
C Evgeny Malkin 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 -1 16.00 8
L Maxim Mayorov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9.40 7
L Joey Mormina 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 5
L Markus Näslund 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 14.50 9
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 6
D Danny Syvret 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 19.40 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 17.00 6
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 23.20 8
D Erik Johnson 1 0 1 3 1 7 0 1 19.20 9
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 18.10 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 2 4 4 0 -1 22.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 2 0 14 0 0 60.00 6
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 8.30 5
R Michael Ryder 0 0 1 5 3 1 0 -2 13.50 6
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 18.30 7
C Francis Lemieux 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
C Alex Bourret 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -3 17.20 5
C Dave Bolland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.50 5
C Matt Stajan 1 0 3 2 4 2 0 1 22.20 8
L Mikhail Berestechko 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.30 5
L Ryan Craig 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 -2 13.50 5
L Milan Michalek 0 0 5 6 2 5 0 0 19.40 8
L Alexander Semin 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18.00 6
D P.K. Subban 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 14.30 5
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 22.00 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 0 4 2 4 0 0 23.30 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 14.20 5
D Brendan Bell 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 21.30 7
D Robyn Regehr 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 4 0 23 0 0 59.20 5
G Marek Benda 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Evgeny Malkin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Erik Johnson finally ended his 25 game goal drought.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Robyn Regehr finally ended his 26 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 15) , Quebec Citadelles 0( 18)
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1-0 LOW Matt Cullen (Mike Leclerc, Pat Dwyer)
2-0 LOW Mike Leclerc (Matt Cullen)

Goalies: Kevin Nastiuk - Robert Gherson

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Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 0
Shots: 32 - 15
CBS PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:63/81=77 %, Challenges:39/50=76 %
ANA PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:73/91=80 %, Challenges:19/39=47 %
Attendance: 10847 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 508725 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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25:07 1-0 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [9] (Rostislav Klesla, Ron Hainsey)
29:01 2-0 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [10] (Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla)
29:26 3-0 CBS Rostislav Klesla [4] (Rick Nash, Gilbert Brulé)
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51:26 4-0 CBS Gilbert Brulé [17] (Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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01:28 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
07:18 ANA Kris Draper (2 min for hooking)
16:48 CBS Duvie Westcott (2 min for hooking)
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36:39 ANA Aaron Rome (2 min for elbowing)
39:02 CBS Filip Novak (2 min for high-sticking)
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51:36 CBS Rick Nash (5 min for fighting)
51:36 ANA Aaron Rome (5 min for fighting)
53:36 CBS Duvie Westcott (2 min for slashing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 10.20 7
R David Vyborny 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 2 0 4 1 0 0 2 4 19.40 9
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 16.40 7
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
C Gilbert Brulé 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 4 19.10 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 5
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10.20 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 19.00 7
L Rick Nash 0 2 4 1 1 0 5 4 18.50 9
D Trevor Hendrikx 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 13.10 7
D Filip Novak 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 19.30 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 2 6 1 6 0 4 27.20 10
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.20 6
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 0 4 2 1 4 0 19.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 4 29.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 15 0 0 60.00 9
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chad LaRose 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 4
R Craig Adams 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 -1 14.00 7
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -3 16.20 5
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 17.50 7
C Stephen Dixon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 4
C Kris Draper 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1 15.10 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 16.30 5
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Drew Miller 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7.40 5
L Brad May 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -1 15.10 5
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -3 17.20 4
L Mike Knuble 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 19.50 7
D Aaron Rome 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 -1 15.00 6
D David Fischer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 9.20 5
D Derek Morris 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 25.20 6
D Clay Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 4
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 24.20 6
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 4 0 28 0 0 60.00 6
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Rick Nash notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Rick Nash had his 5 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:

Other notes:
-Aaron Rome beat Rick Nash in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 0( 12) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 4( 25)
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0-1 CIN Brett Skinner (Ryan Carter, Bryce Swan)
0-2 CIN Brian Salcido (Jason King, Fedor Fedorov)
0-3 CIN Lynn Loyns (Ryan Carter)
0-4 CIN Brett Skinner (Jason King)

Goalies: Tomas Popperle - Gerald Coleman

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San Jose Sharks 6 , Vancouver Canucks 2
Shots: 24 - 25
SJ PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:76/81=93 %, Challenges:7/55=12 %
VAN PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/69=86 %, Challenges:29/56=50 %
Attendance: 10277 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 515905 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:28 0-1 VAN Shawn Horcoff [7] (Hugh Jessiman)
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25:45 1-1 SJ Milan Hejduk [12] (Chris Higgins, Anton Volchenkov)
33:08 1-2 VAN Henrik Sedin [17] (Daniel Sedin, Maxim Yushkov)
33:27 2-2 SJ Milan Hejduk [13] (Keith Ballard, Chris Higgins)
35:37 3-2 SJ Kelly Dabrowski [1] (Adam Foote, Wacey Rabbit)
36:04 4-2 SJ Ryan Getzlaf [13])
36:39 5-2 SJ Chris Pronger [5] (Martin St. Louis, Ilya Kovalchuk)
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51:27 6-2 SJ Ilya Kovalchuk [15] (Martin St. Louis)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 6.10 5
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 -1 16.20 5
R Milan Hejduk 2 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 16.30 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 21.00 7
C Wacey Rabbit 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6.10 7
C Daniel Brière 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 -1 16.20 5
C Chris Higgins 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 16.30 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 1 0 2 9 10 8 0 2 21.00 7
L Kelly Dabrowski 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6.10 7
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 2 2 2 4 0 -1 16.20 6
L Simon Gagné 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 16.30 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 21.00 7
D Keith Ballard 0 1 1 2 4 3 0 1 23.30 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 6
D Adam Foote 0 1 1 5 1 3 0 3 27.40 9
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 5
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 17.50 7
D Chris Pronger 1 0 3 6 4 2 0 3 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jozef Balej 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.00 5
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 1 1 5 7 0 -2 16.00 4
R Hugh Jessiman 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -1 17.20 7
R Thomas Vanek 0 0 3 5 2 5 0 -1 19.40 10
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 7.00 5
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 4 2 3 4 0 -2 17.30 7
C Shawn Horcoff 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 10.40 8
C Henrik Sedin 1 0 3 5 4 5 0 -3 24.50 7
L Maxim Yushkov 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 7.00 7
L Jason Jaffray 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 -2 16.00 5
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 -1 17.20 5
L Daniel Sedin 0 1 3 2 1 3 0 -1 19.40 8
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 -2 18.40 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 16.30 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 24.50 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2 18.30 6
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -1 16.50 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 24.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 13 0 0 36.30 4
G Julien Ellis 1 0 5 0 0 23.10 5

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Milan Hejduk
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Martin St. Louis

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Anton Volchenkov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Kelly Dabrowski finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-Kelly Dabrowski finally ended his 24 game point drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Hugh Jessiman has marked a new career high in assists with 15 assists.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 6( 36) , Manitoba Moose 1( 17)
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1-0 CLE Marcel Goc (Michael Sauer, Ashton Rome)
2-0 CLE Derek Joslin (Marcel Goc, Michael Sauer)
3-0 CLE Brad Staubitz (Marcel Goc, Michael Sauer)
4-0 CLE P.J. Axelsson (Michael Sauer, Marcel Goc)
5-0 CLE Jonathan Tremblay (Aaron Power)
6-0 CLE Ken Roche (Jay Pandolfo)
6-1 MAN Shaun Heshka (Anson Carter, Rick Rypien)

Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Joseph Pearce