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Washington Capitals 8 , Pittsburgh Penguins 0
Shots: 25 - 14
WSH PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:73/84=86 %, Challenges:24/42=55 %
PIT PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:68/76=89 %, Challenges:22/44=48 %
Attendance: 10058 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 466691 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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02:36 1-0 WSH Michael Nylander [13] (Erik Cole, Tom Poti)
09:47 2-0 WSH Erik Cole [11] (Alexander Ovechkin, Petr Cajanek)
15:42 3-0 WSH Michael Nylander [14] (Brian Pothier, Steve Eminger)
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28:57 4-0 WSH Brian Pothier [4] (Dustin Brown, Erik Cole)
31:28 5-0 WSH Petr Cajanek [12] (Shane Doan, Mike Johnson)
33:13 6-0 WSH Dustin Brown [8])
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53:55 7-0 WSH Erik Cole [12] (Michael Nylander, Dustin Brown)
56:49 8-0 WSH Alexander Ovechkin [21] (Shane Doan, Steve Eminger)
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Penalty summary:
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20:53 PIT Ryan Hamilton (2 min for roughing)
20:53 WSH Tom Poti (2 min for roughing)
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43:22 WSH Shane Doan (2 min for cross-checking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Johnson 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 8.30 5
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 18.30 5
R Dustin Brown 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 6 13.50 9
R Shane Doan 0 2 4 0 1 1 2 2 17.10 7
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 8.30 5
C Michael Peca 0 0 2 3 2 4 0 0 20.10 7
C Michael Nylander 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 6 13.50 10
C Petr Cajanek 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 16.40 8
L Sean Collins 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.20 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 6
L Erik Cole 2 2 3 2 1 2 0 6 14.00 10
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 19.10 9
D Sasha Pokulok 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 19.20 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 6 16.30 7
D Curtis Murphy 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 22.30 8
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20.50 6
D Brian Pothier 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 6 16.10 9
D Steve Eminger 0 2 0 5 1 4 0 2 24.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 0 0 14 0 0 60.00 9
G Olaf Kölzig 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 14.00 6
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 -3 16.30 6
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -3 19.30 7
C Milan Kraft 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 9.00 5
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -2 14.10 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 -3 16.10 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 -3 19.20 8
L Ryan Hamilton 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 10.40 5
L Travis Moen 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 -2 14.00 4
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 16.00 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 -3 20.50 5
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 16.00 5
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -3 16.10 5
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 -3 27.50 7
D Mark Giordano 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 15.20 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 -3 18.40 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -3 26.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 10 0 0 29.00 4
G Ty Conklin 4 0 7 0 0 31.00 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Erik Cole
2nd star: Brent Johnson
3rd star: Michael Nylander

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Shane Doan notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Dustin Brown notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Michael Nylander finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Brian Pothier finally ended his 30 game goal drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 5( 28) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 13)
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1-0 POR Boyd Gordon (Chris Bourque, Joe Corvo)
2-0 POR Chris Bourque (Boyd Gordon, Jamie Hunt)
2-1 WIL Jonathan Filewich (Ryan Lannon)
3-1 POR Chris Bourque (Ben Clymer, Matt Ellison)
3-2 WIL Jani Rita (Tony Mårtensson)
4-2 POR Matt Ellison (Boyd Gordon, Chris Bourque)
5-2 POR Matt Keith (Viktor Bobrov, Josef Boumedienne)

Goalies: Daren Machesney - Dany Sabourin

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New York Islanders 3 , Dallas Stars 1
Shots: 25 - 21
NYI PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:67/88=76 %, Challenges:33/44=73 %
DAL PP: 0 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:60/74=81 %, Challenges:36/55=64 %
Attendance: 6329 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 305691 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:33 1-0 NYI Bill Guerin [12] (Steve Staios, Bryan Berard)
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32:08 2-0 NYI Josef Vasicek [9] (Sean Bergenheim, Steve Staios)
37:29 2-1 DAL Jere Lehtinen [8] (Vojtech Polak, Nick Schultz)
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49:25 3-1 NYI Bill Guerin [13] (Josef Vasicek, Mike Comrie)
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Penalty summary:
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05:38 NYI Josef Vasicek (2 min for elbowing)
13:36 NYI Brendan Witt (2 min for high-sticking)
15:58 NYI Chris Campoli (2 min for tripping)
19:58 DAL Andrew Brunette (2 min for high-sticking)
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27:48 DAL Kyle Quincey (5 min for fighting)
27:48 NYI Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
32:43 DAL Steve Ott (2 min for cross-checking)
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50:44 NYI Jason Allison (2 min for high-sticking)
55:37 NYI Mike Sillinger (2 min for tripping)
59:28 NYI Richard Park (2 min for high-sticking)
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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 6.40 6
R Sean Bergenheim 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 13.20 7
R Bill Guerin 2 0 3 2 0 0 5 2 13.40 8
R Richard Park 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 -1 19.30 7
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 6.40 7
C Jason Allison 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 12.10 6
C Mike Comrie 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 14.40 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 14.40 6
L Shean Donovan 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 14.30 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 18.30 7
L Josef Vasicek 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 3 14.30 10
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 19.20 6
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.00 6
D Steve Staios 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 17.10 8
D Bryan Berard 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 -1 25.30 5
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 17.20 6
D Aaron Johnson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 16.50 7
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 7 1 2 2 -1 29.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 1 0 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vojtech Polak 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.20 6
R Tomas Kopecky 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 11.00 6
R Glen Murray 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 18.10 6
R Jere Lehtinen 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.10 8
C Ryan Potulny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 4
C Curtis Brown 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 14.20 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 18.00 5
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6.20 6
L Steve Ott 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 14.20 6
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 -1 19.30 5
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 19.50 6
D Mark Fistric 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 11.50 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 -1 24.10 6
D Nick Schultz 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 24.00 4
D Kyle Quincey 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10.20 4
D Trevor Daley 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 24.30 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 -1 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Bill Guerin
2nd star: Josef Vasicek
3rd star: Steve Staios

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Bill Guerin finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Nick Schultz finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Bill Guerin beat Kyle Quincey in a fight.

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 38) , Utah Grizzlies 2( 13)
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0-1 UTH Mario Scalzo (János Vas)
1-1 BRG Jon Francisco
2-1 BRG Steve Regier (Evgeny Tunik, Vladimir Orszagh)
2-2 UTH Greg Hogeboom (Mikael Holmqvist)

Goalies: Joey MacDonald - Curtis McElhinney

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Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Philadelphia Flyers 2
Shots: 27 - 18
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:64/79=81 %, Challenges:44/61=71 %
PHI PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:68/85=80 %, Challenges:22/43=50 %
Attendance: 12331 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 578325 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:07 1-0 CBS Manny Malhotra [14] (David Vyborny)
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33:29 2-0 CBS Patrick Eaves [4] (Alexander Svitov, Kris Russell)
35:13 2-1 PHI Corey Perry [14])SH
37:11 2-2 PHI Jonathan Toews [11] (Dustin Penner, Sergei Samsonov)PP
39:53 3-2 CBS Gilbert Brulé [21] (Manny Malhotra, Nikolai Zherdev)
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Penalty summary:
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01:06 PHI Kimmo Timonen (2 min for roughing)
01:06 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
06:42 CBS Dan Fritsche (2 min for slashing)
10:19 PHI Gino Pisellini (2 min for hooking)
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25:39 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for high-sticking)
30:16 CBS Filip Novak (2 min for hooking)
34:15 PHI Gino Pisellini (2 min for slashing)
36:18 CBS Fredrik Modin (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:28 PHI Gino Pisellini (2 min for slashing)
50:53 CBS Kris Russell (5 min for fighting)
50:53 PHI Gino Pisellini (5 min for fighting)
58:06 PHI Steve Bernier (2 min for roughing)
58:06 CBS Trevor Hendrikx (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
R Patrick Eaves 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 11.20 7
R David Vyborny 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 12.30 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 20.00 10
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 11.40 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 1 3 5 1 5 0 1 16.00 8
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 1 12.30 7
C Gilbert Brulé 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 20.00 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8.40 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13.00 7
L Manny Malhotra 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 18.40 8
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 6
D Trevor Hendrikx 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 13.50 6
D Filip Novak 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 18.20 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 28.40 6
D Kris Russell 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 1 10.00 7
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 21.10 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 3 0 3 2 1 27.10 8
(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

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Gino Pisellini 0 0 1 1 1 0 11 0 5.00 6
R Steve Bernier 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 -1 13.00 5
R Dustin Penner 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 -1 16.40 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 19.40 6
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5.20 4
C Corey Perry 1 0 3 2 2 4 0 0 20.00 9
C Jonathan Toews 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 19.10 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 -1 20.00 5
L Ben Eager 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 6.30 6
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 -1 13.20 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.20 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 6
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 14.40 5
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 26.10 7
D Oskars Bartulis 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 -1 17.20 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 1 4 2 0 2 -1 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Rejean Beauchemin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Manny Malhotra
2nd star: Patrick Eaves
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Gilbert Brulé has marked a new career high in goals with 21 tallies.
-Manny Malhotra notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Rick Nash had his 10 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Corey Perry has marked a new career high in goals with 14 tallies.

Other notes:
-Gino Pisellini beat Kris Russell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 14) , Philadelphia Phantoms 0( 13)
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1-0 SYR Geoff Platt
2-0 SYR Patrik Valcak (Philippe Dupuis)
3-0 SYR Patrik Valcak (Philippe Dupuis, Steven Goertzen)

Goalies: Tomas Popperle - Martin Houle

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Vancouver Canucks 3 , Nashville Predators 1
Shots: 24 - 19
VAN PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:67/81=82 %, Challenges:35/53=64 %
NAS PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/76=88 %, Challenges:22/57=37 %
Attendance: 8986 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 434922 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:05 0-1 NAS Jason Blake [12] (Marek Zidlicky)
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31:59 1-1 VAN Hugh Jessiman [13] (Shawn Horcoff, Jay McKee)
34:15 2-1 VAN Thomas Vanek [16] (Daniel Sedin)
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49:48 3-1 VAN Daniel Sedin [10] (Henrik Sedin, Lukas Krajicek)PP
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Penalty summary:
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35:19 NAS Radek Bonk (2 min for cross-checking)
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48:47 NAS Martin Erat (2 min for holding the stick)
55:05 NAS Steve Sullivan (2 min for hooking)
57:24 NAS Tomi Mäki (5 min for fighting)
57:24 VAN Hugh Jessiman (5 min for fighting)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jozef Balej 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 7.40 6
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 14.40 5
R Hugh Jessiman 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 0 17.10 8
R Thomas Vanek 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 20.30 8
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 5
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13.40 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 3 6 1 6 0 1 21.30 10
L Maxim Yushkov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Jason Jaffray 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.40 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 18.10 4
L Daniel Sedin 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 20.30 8
D Alexander Edler 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 15.00 7
D Jay McKee 0 1 1 4 1 3 0 0 16.20 8
D Lukas Krajicek 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 28.40 8
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 8 1 8 0 0 16.20 10
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 16.00 8
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 1 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Julien Ellis 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 2 4 2 0 0 10.40 4
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 -1 14.20 5
R Jason Blake 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14.50 6
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 3 2 4 0 2 0 19.10 7
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 7.30 6
C Radek Bonk 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 -1 14.20 6
C Jason Arnott 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 16.40 5
C David Legwand 0 0 1 4 4 3 0 0 20.30 7
L Ned Havern 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 6
L Tomi Mäki 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 -1 13.50 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 15.20 6
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 21.10 7
D Wes O'Neill 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 -1 14.50 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 26.40 7
D Cody Franson 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 17.10 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 20.00 6
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Sedin
2nd star: Hugh Jessiman
3rd star: Thomas Vanek

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Daniel Sedin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jay McKee ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-David Legwand had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Martin Erat had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Kristopher Letang had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Dan Hamhuis had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Tomi Mäki fought Hugh Jessiman in a fight.

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 3( 16) , Milwaukee Admirals 2( 10)
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1-0 MAN Brandon Bochenski (Daniel Rahimi)
1-1 MIL Robert Snowball (Jamie Tardif)
2-1 MAN Brandon Bochenski
2-2 MIL Vladimir Gorbunov (Eric Johansson)
3-2 MAN Patric Blomdahl (Artem Vostrikov)

Goalies: Joseph Pearce - Cédrick Desjardins