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Boston Bruins 0 , Detroit Red Wings 3
Shots: 15 - 28
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:32/58=54 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/80=83 %, Challenges:39/60=63 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 772860 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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29:05 0-1 Michael Peca [5] (Valtteri Filppula, Mikael Samuelsson)
35:24 0-2 Artem Chubarov [2] (Daniel Cleary, Mikael Samuelsson)
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46:12 0-3 Valtteri Filppula [4] (Michael Peca, Mikael Samuelsson)
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Penalty summary:
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03:28 Artem Chubarov (2 min for cross-checking)
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35:57 Jim Vandermeer (2 min for roughing)
35:57 Jiri Hudler (2 min for roughing)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Recchi 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 9.30 4
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 16.20 6
L Marian Gaborik 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 16.20 5
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 17.50 6
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 -1 7.30 5
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 16.10 6
C David Krejci 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 16.20 4
L Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 9.30 4
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 -1 16.20 5
R Martin Havlat 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 17.40 5
L Marco Sturm 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 19.00 6
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 -1 18.20 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 18.30 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 22.50 6
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 16.40 7
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 -1 18.00 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 7 4 5 0 -1 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Daniel Cleary 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 7.20 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 14.00 7
R Marian Hossa 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 17.50 6
R Phil Kessel 0 0 3 5 4 5 0 0 18.10 9
C Artem Chubarov 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 7.20 7
C Michael Peca 1 1 3 2 1 3 0 2 14.00 8
C Patrice Bergeron 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17.50 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 10.00 5
L Valtteri Filppula 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 15.40 8
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 17.20 6
D François Beauchemin 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 15.20 7
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 21.20 6
D Tyler Myers 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 23.20 6
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 3 18.10 7
D Mike Green 0 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 21.00 9
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 0 0 15 0 0 60.00 9
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jean-Sébastien Giguère
2nd star: Mikael Samuelsson
3rd star: Michael Peca

Notes for Boston Bruins:

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Ryan Getzlaf had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Valtteri Filppula finally ended his 20 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 2( 13) , Kansas City Blades 1( 15)
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0-1 KCB Blake Gallagher (Dick Axelsson, Kyle Quincey)
1-1 PRO Brad Marchand (Blake Wheeler)
2-1 PRO Blake Wheeler (Johnny Boychuk)

Goalies: Adam Courchaine - Thomas McCollum

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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Dallas Stars 1
Shots: 22 - 24
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:68/89=76 %, Challenges:39/43=88 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/71=87 %, Challenges:30/50=58 %
Attendance: 6526 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 306722 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:43 0-1 Sergei Zubov [5] (Stéphane Robidas, Rod Brind'Amour)
18:21 1-1 Thomas Vanek [10] (Jason Pominville, Jaroslav Spacek)
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no scoring
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41:41 2-1 Thomas Vanek [11] (Jason Pominville)
49:23 3-1 Tim Connolly [7] (Scottie Upshall, Niklas Kronwall)
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Penalty summary:
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Dominic Moore 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 7.40 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 5
R Scottie Upshall 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 17.10 8
R Jason Pominville 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 16.30 8
C Tyler Ennis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Ben Eager 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 18.40 7
C Tim Connolly 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 16.30 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 4
C Jason Krog 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 18.40 8
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 6
L Thomas Vanek 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 16.30 9
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 19.10 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 16.50 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 24.00 8
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 18.40 8
D Niklas Hjalmarsson 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 16.30 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 24.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Jhonas Enroth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 9.30 5
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -2 14.10 4
R Mike Modano 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.50 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 7
C Zach Boychuk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.30 6
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 14.10 4
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16.40 5
C Brad Richards 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Michael Neal 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.30 5
L Jamie Benn 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -2 14.10 4
L Eric Tangradi 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 16.00 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 3 4 2 1 0 0 20.20 6
D Alex Grant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 15.10 5
D Mark Fistric 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 16.50 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 28.00 8
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 14.30 5
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 7
D Sergei Zubov 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 26.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Jason Pominville
3rd star: Tim Connolly

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Thomas Vanek scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Dallas Stars:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 3( 23) , Utah Grizzlies 2( 11)
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1-0 ROC Adam Mair
1-1 UTH John Lammers (Chris Conner)
2-1 ROC Patrick Kaleta (Marek Zagrapan)
2-2 UTH Raymond Sawada (Linus Persson)
3-2 ROC Tomás Rod (Fredrik Pettersson)

Goalies: Patrick Lalime - Matt Climie

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Colorado Avalanche 0 , Calgary Flames 3
Shots: 11 - 24
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:56/69=81 %, Challenges:27/53=50 %
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:81/90=90 %, Challenges:35/59=58 %
Attendance: 14165 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 610512 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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31:28 0-1 Vincent Lecavalier [15] (Todd Bertuzzi, Paul Ranger)
32:25 0-2 Jarome Iginla [15] (Todd Bertuzzi, Nicklas Bäckström)
33:49 0-3 Todd Bertuzzi [10] (Vincent Lecavalier, Rhett Warrener)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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17:43 Ben Guite (2 min for diving)
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32:45 Ruslan Salei (2 min for slashing)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brian Willsie 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 8.10 4
R Marek Svatos 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 6
R Ian Laperriere 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 16.50 7
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.20 5
C Ben Guite 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 8.10 5
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 5
C Paul Stastny 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 7
C Joe Sakic 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 20.00 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 4
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 4
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 16.00 5
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 20.40 6
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 18.40 7
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 1 3 2 2 2 -1 17.00 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 6 5 7 0 -1 26.20 7
D Brett Clark 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 15.40 8
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 17.30 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 25.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Andrew Raycroft 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wayne Primeau 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 5.50 6
R Anson Carter 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 15.40 7
R Jarome Iginla 1 0 3 4 3 4 0 1 19.50 9
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 18.40 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.50 6
C Craig Conroy 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 15.40 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 19.50 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 18.30 9
L Curtis Glencross 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 5.50 6
C Chris Gratton 0 0 2 3 5 4 0 0 14.20 5
L Johan Franzén 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 20.00 7
L Todd Bertuzzi 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 20.00 8
D Cory Sarich 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 15.30 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 21.30 6
D Paul Ranger 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 23.00 7
D Rhett Warrener 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.40 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20.30 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 22.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 0 0 11 0 0 60.00 8
G Curtis McElhinney 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc-André Fleury
2nd star: Todd Bertuzzi
3rd star: Vincent Lecavalier

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Vincent Lecavalier scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jarome Iginla scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jarome Iginla scored the 300th goal of his career.
-Todd Bertuzzi scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Vincent Lecavalier notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Rhett Warrener ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 20) , Saint John Flames 1( 16)
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0-1 SJF Mark Giordano (David Moss, Andrei Taratukhin)
1-1 HER Chris Stewart (Wes O'Neill, Michael Wall)
2-1 HER Cody McCormick (Raymond Macias, Chris Stewart)

Goalies: Michael Wall - Leland Irving

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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Ottawa Senators 1
Shots: 24 - 15
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:42/64=64 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/75=80 %, Challenges:26/55=46 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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22:15 1-0 Alex Tanguay [17] (Peter Forsberg, Matt D'Agostini)
26:19 2-0 Saku Koivu [10] (Alex Tanguay, Alex Kovalev)PP
34:01 3-0 Peter Forsberg [11] (Andrei Markov, Shawn Belle)
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47:19 3-1 Josh Hennessy [3] (Chris Neil, Shean Donovan)
49:05 4-1 Saku Koivu [11] (Mathieu Schneider, Andrei Markov)
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Penalty summary:
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09:33 Nick Foligno (2 min for high-sticking)
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24:44 Mike Comrie (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 10.00 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 18.30 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 15.00 7
R Matt D'Agostini 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 16.00 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 9.10 6
L Gregory Stewart 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 18.30 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 16.30 8
C Peter Forsberg 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 14.50 10
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 8.00 5
L Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 18.30 6
C Saku Koivu 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 18.10 9
L Alex Tanguay 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 16.50 7
D Shawn Belle 0 1 1 5 1 7 0 0 22.40 9
D Mathieu Schneider 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 17.40 6
D Andrei Markov 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 22.10 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 20.50 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 14.00 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 2 5 3 5 0 1 22.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 9.30 6
R Shean Donovan 0 1 0 2 4 6 0 0 13.40 5
R Chris Kelly 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 1 3 5 2 0 -3 19.40 6
C Josh Hennessy 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7.00 7
C Mike Comrie 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13.40 6
C Mike Fisher 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 18.40 7
C Jason Spezza 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -3 19.00 7
L Jesse Winchester 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 7.00 4
L Nick Foligno 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 13.40 5
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
L Dany Heatley 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -3 19.40 6
D Brendan Bell 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15.50 6
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 18.10 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 -2 26.00 7
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 19.00 6
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 12.00 6
D Filip Kuba 0 0 0 4 4 2 0 -3 29.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 20 0 0 60.00 5
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Peter Forsberg
2nd star: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Alex Tanguay

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Saku Koivu scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 4( 34) , Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 18)
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1-0 QUE Max Pacioretty (Robert Lang)
2-0 QUE Sergei Kostitsyn (Robert Lang)
3-0 QUE Ryan O'Byrne (Glen Metropolit)
3-1 GRD Brian Lee (Alexander Mereskin)
4-1 QUE Sergei Kostitsyn (Robert Lang)

Goalies: Cédrick Desjardins - Brian Elliott

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Nashville Predators 4 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 2
Shots: 25 - 22
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:71/87=81 %, Challenges:35/50=68 %
PP: 1 of 1 (7 shots), Passing:68/86=79 %, Challenges:22/39=55 %
Attendance: 9431 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 436655 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:21 1-0 Steve Sullivan [9] (Jean-Pierre Dumont, Ryan Suter)
13:47 2-0 Matt Ellison [2] (Jed Ortmeyer, Greg Zanon)
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25:38 2-1 Mike Cammalleri [13] (Petr Nedved, Scott Niedermayer)
34:23 2-2 Mike Cammalleri [14] (Corey Perry, Rene Bourque)PP
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42:53 3-2 Martin Erat [10] (David Legwand, Kevin Klein)
54:07 4-2 Alexander Radulov [9] (Martin Erat, Kevin Klein)
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Penalty summary:
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15:16 Kris Draper (2 min for roughing)
15:16 Shea Weber (2 min for roughing)
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33:42 Ryan Suter (5 min for attempt to injury)
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40:36 Jason Arnott (2 min for roughing)
40:36 Todd Marchant (2 min for roughing)
45:27 Eric Boguniecki (2 min for tripping)
48:26 Petteri Nokelainen (2 min for hooking)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Belak 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 8.00 7
R Jerred Smithson 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14.40 5
R Alexander Radulov 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 15.10 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.40 6
C Scott Nichol 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 8.00 6
C Radek Bonk 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 11.50 4
C David Legwand 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 20.50 7
L Matt Ellison 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.00 6
L Jed Ortmeyer 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 6
L Martin Erat 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 8
L Steve Sullivan 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.50 7
D Tim Ramholt 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 12.00 5
D Kevin Klein 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 6
D Ryan Suter 0 1 0 3 0 2 5 2 23.50 8
D Greg Zanon 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 15.10 5
D Shea Weber 0 0 4 3 2 3 2 1 24.40 8
D Greg de Vries 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pekka Rinne 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Dan Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Boguniecki 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.30 4
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 18.30 5
R Mike Cammalleri 2 0 4 4 2 3 0 -1 19.20 7
R Teemu Selänne 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 15.40 6
C Petteri Nokelainen 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 6.30 6
C Kris Draper 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 12.00 7
C Petr Nedved 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -2 17.20 5
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 -1 20.00 7
L Josh Green 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 4
L Drew Miller 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 9.00 6
L Rene Bourque 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 19.50 6
R Corey Perry 0 1 4 0 3 1 0 -1 23.20 7
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 5
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 21.20 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 24.10 6
D James Wisniewski 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.40 4
D Scott Niedermayer 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.40 6
D Chris Pronger 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Erat
2nd star: Alexander Radulov
3rd star: Mike Cammalleri

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Martin Erat scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Martin Erat notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Arnott had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Jed Ortmeyer ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Mike Cammalleri ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 0( 23) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 3( 13)
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0-1 CIN Jason King (Ryan Carter)
0-2 CIN Sheldon Brookbank (Andrew Ebbett, Jason King)
0-3 CIN Andrew Ebbett (Ryan Carter, Brian Salcido)

Goalies: Drew MacIntyre - David LeNeveu

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New York Islanders 0 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 22 - 23
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:77/89=86 %, Challenges:26/44=57 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/87=79 %, Challenges:33/48=67 %
Attendance: 7493 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 361912 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:55 0-1 Rostislav Klesla [3])
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33:58 0-2 Rick Nash [15] (Antoine Vermette, Derick Brassard)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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08:19 Derek MacKenzie (2 min for hooking)
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48:35 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for hooking)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Richard Park 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 5
R Mark Streit 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 15.30 7
R Trent Hunter 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 20.00 7
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 18.30 7
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10.40 5
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 12.20 7
C Doug Weight 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18.30 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 18.30 7
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 4
R Glen Murray 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.20 6
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 20.50 6
L Nils Ekman 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12.20 5
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 23.00 7
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 -2 24.40 7
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 17.50 7
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17.20 5
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 24.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Blunden 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 1 7.30 7
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 13.00 7
R Jason Williams 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 14.20 6
R Kristian Huselius 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Derick Brassard 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 7.30 6
C Mike York 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 13.00 7
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 18.50 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7.30 5
L Raffi Torres 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 17.00 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 8
L Rick Nash 1 0 5 3 0 2 0 1 20.00 9
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 27.40 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 17.20 6
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 2 4 1 2 2 2 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 0 0 22 0 0 60.00 10
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for New York Islanders:

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3( 14) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 19)
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0-1 SYR Sami Sandell (David Laliberté, Kyle Bailey)
1-1 BRG Jeremy Colliton (Dusty Jamieson)
2-1 BRG Dusty Jamieson (Sean Bentivoglio, Jeremy Colliton)
3-1 BRG Rob Hennigar (Trevor Smith)

Goalies: Joey MacDonald - Yutaka Fukufuji

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New York Rangers 1 , San Jose Sharks 4
Shots: 20 - 28
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:56/66=84 %, Challenges:27/48=55 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/79=75 %, Challenges:50/70=70 %
Attendance: 7471 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 362344 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:32 0-1 Doug Murray [2] (Milan Michalek, Mike Grier)
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29:46 0-2 Joe Thornton [14] (Jonathan Cheechoo)
38:35 1-2 Dustin Boyd [5] (Mark Bell, Jochen Hecht)
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49:44 1-3 Rob Blake [2] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Lukas Kaspar)
56:02 1-4 Jonathan Cheechoo [11] (Christian Ehrhoff)
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Penalty summary:
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46:44 Lukas Kaspar (2 min for cross-checking)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colton Orr 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 6.00 6
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 -1 15.10 4
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17.00 7
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.50 6
C Blair Betts 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 -1 9.00 6
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 -1 15.10 4
C Dustin Boyd 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Chris Drury 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -2 20.40 6
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 7
R Nik Antropov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 6
C Mark Bell 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 -1 19.30 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 -2 20.30 7
D Derek Morris 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 14.20 5
D Paul Mara 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 22.00 4
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 -2 26.40 6
D Dan Girardi 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 14.00 4
D Marc Staal 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 19.00 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 -1 24.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lukas Kaspar 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 5.50 7
R Ryane Clowe 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 14.40 6
R Mike Grier 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 19.50 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 2 4 3 3 2 0 3 21.40 10
C Torrey Mitchell 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.50 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 14.40 6
C Marcel Goc 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 18.20 6
C Joe Thornton 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 19.10 10
L Jeremy Roenick 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 4
L Devin Setoguchi 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 14.40 7
L Milan Michalek 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 18.20 6
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 19.10 7
D Grant Clitsome 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15.10 5
D Doug Murray 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 18.10 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 26.40 9
D Kent Huskins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 19.20 7
D Rob Blake 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 3 25.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jonathan Cheechoo
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Evgeni Nabokov

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Chris Drury had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Lukas Kaspar ended his 8 game point drought.
-Mike Grier finally ended his 27 game point drought.
-Rob Blake finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Rob Blake finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 2( 18) , Cleveland Barons 1( 13)
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1-0 HFD Sean Avery (Tom Pyatt)
1-1 CLE Daniel Sparre (David MacDonald, Steven Zalewski)
2-1 HFD Tom Pyatt (Sean Avery)

Goalies: Miika Wiikman - Thomas Greiss

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Philadelphia Flyers 3 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 26 - 29
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:38/67=55 %
PP: 1 of 2 (10 shots), Passing:76/87=87 %, Challenges:30/60=49 %
Attendance: 16155 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 728590 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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18:59 1-0 Simon Gagné [10] (Scott Hartnell, Daniel Brière)
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25:59 1-1 Wade Redden [5] (Joni Pitkänen, Cam Ward)
32:17 2-1 Simon Gagné [11] (Sami Kapanen, Braydon Coburn)
35:09 2-2 Ray Whitney [3] (Joni Pitkänen, Wade Redden)PP
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48:45 3-2 Claude Giroux [8] (Lasse Kukkonen, Ryan Parent)
58:03 3-3 Mikhail Grabovski [8] (Scott Walker, Mike Ribeiro) WG
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Penalty summary:
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06:28 Alexandre Burrows (2 min for roughing)
06:28 Joe Corvo (2 min for roughing)
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23:29 Lasse Kukkonen (2 min for tripping)
33:47 Kimmo Timonen (2 min for boarding)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Asham 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.50 5
R Alexander Steen 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 16.50 6
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 16.20 6
R Scott Hartnell 0 1 3 2 4 2 0 1 20.30 7
C Daniel Carcillo 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 8.40 6
C Fernando Pisani 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19.40 6
C Mike Richards 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.10 6
C Daniel Brière 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 19.30 7
L Sami Kapanen 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 7
L Claude Giroux 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 16.50 8
L Mike Knuble 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 16.20 7
L Simon Gagné 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 19.20 8
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 17.20 6
D Steve Staios 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 23.10 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 28.30 7
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 1 0 2 3 6 2 1 16.50 7
D Ryan Parent 0 1 0 7 1 6 0 1 19.50 9
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 3 3 5 3 2 0 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 3 0 26 0 0 65.00 7
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Ryan Bayda 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 8.40 8
R Adam Hall 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14.10 4
L Scott Walker 0 1 3 4 4 3 0 0 20.50 8
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 5 5 5 0 -2 20.50 7
C Ray Whitney 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10.00 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 14.10 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 21.10 8
C Eric Staal 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 -2 21.50 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.40 5
R Mark Parrish 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 14.10 6
R Mikhail Grabovski 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 19.20 6
L Michael Ryder 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -2 21.50 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 5
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Joni Pitkänen 0 2 3 2 1 1 0 -1 31.10 8
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 14.20 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18.50 6
D Wade Redden 1 1 2 3 4 3 0 -1 32.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 1 23 0 0 65.00 6
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Simon Gagné
2nd star: Wade Redden
3rd star: Scott Walker

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Simon Gagné scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Braydon Coburn notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Lasse Kukkonen finally ended his 13 game point drought.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Ray Whitney finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Mikhail Grabovski ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 4( 26) , Lowell Lock Monsters 3( 16)
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0-1 LOW Mike Angelidis (Brandon Nolan, Jakub Vojta)
0-2 LOW Brandon Nolan (Jerome Samson, Jakub Vojta)
1-2 PHL Matthew Clackson (Riley Cote, Jared Ross)
2-2 PHL Jared Ross (Riley Cote)
3-2 PHL Josh Gratton (Frédérik Cabana)
4-2 PHL Matthew Clackson (James Van Riemsdyk)
4-3 LOW Pat Dwyer (Drayson Bowman, Dennis Seidenberg)

Goalies: Michael-Lee Teslak - Justin Peters

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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , St. Louis Blues 1
Shots: 21 - 25
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/83=74 %, Challenges:35/54=63 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:63/73=86 %, Challenges:26/52=49 %
Attendance: 6345 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 302022 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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16:05 1-0 Sidney Crosby [12] (Sergei Gonchar, Kristopher Letang)
19:59 1-1 Olli Jokinen [15] (Shane Doan, David Perron)
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38:43 2-1 Sidney Crosby [13] (Evgeny Malkin)
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51:08 3-1 Sergei Gonchar [2] (Sidney Crosby, Petr Sykora)
55:34 4-1 Kristopher Letang [5] (Sidney Crosby, Brenden Morrow)
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Penalty summary:
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51:29 Philippe Boucher (2 min for cross-checking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.20 6
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 -1 18.20 8
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 17.00 6
R Petr Sykora 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 18.10 8
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 -1 18.20 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 15.10 7
C Sidney Crosby 2 2 3 1 1 1 0 4 17.30 10
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 5
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 -1 18.20 6
R Brenden Morrow 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 16.00 7
C Evgeny Malkin 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 19.10 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 -1 22.50 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 16.10 7
D Kristopher Letang 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 4 23.40 9
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 -1 18.50 5
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 15.50 5
D Sergei Gonchar 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 23.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Jan Bulis 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.30 5
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 3 4 2 5 0 0 13.10 8
L Dustin Brown 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 18.50 7
R Shane Doan 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 -3 20.30 7
C Lars Eller 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.30 4
C Andy McDonald 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 4
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 6
C Olli Jokinen 1 0 6 1 2 0 0 -2 20.50 7
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.30 4
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 13.20 6
L Paul Kariya 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 18.50 7
L David Perron 0 1 1 4 3 2 0 -3 20.30 6
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 14.20 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 18.50 7
D Matt Carle 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 -2 26.50 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13.30 4
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 17.20 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 3 4 3 3 0 -2 29.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 4 0 17 0 0 60.00 4
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sidney Crosby
2nd star: Kristopher Letang
3rd star: Sergei Gonchar

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Kristopher Letang has marked a new career high in points with 18 points.
-Brenden Morrow notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Olli Jokinen scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 9) , Worcester Icecats 0( 28)
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1-0 WIL Eric Godard (Chris Minard, Nick Johnson)

Goalies: John Curry - Marek Schwarz

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Tampa Bay Lightning 2 , New Jersey Devils 1
Shots: 24 - 24
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:66/83=79 %, Challenges:34/46=72 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:72/88=81 %, Challenges:22/46=46 %
Attendance: 15127 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 667101 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:15 1-0 Andrej Meszaros [3] (Dion Phaneuf, Daymond Langkow)PP
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24:47 1-1 Zach Parisé [11] (Paul Martin)
34:17 2-1 Dion Phaneuf [4] (Bobby Sanguinetti, Matt Pettinger)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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10:26 Nicklas Bergfors (2 min for hooking)
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36:08 Bobby Sanguinetti (2 min for roughing)
36:16 Gary Roberts (2 min for cross-checking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.10 6
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 13.50 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 17.40 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Daymond Langkow 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 14.50 8
L Markus Näslund 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 5
L Gary Roberts 0 0 3 2 1 3 2 0 16.40 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.50 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 20.30 8
D Alex Picard 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 16.10 7
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 17.20 6
D Andrej Meszaros 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 28.00 8
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.10 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 16.20 7
D Dion Phaneuf 1 1 2 5 0 5 0 0 27.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 3 3 2 3 0 0 7.30 5
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 18.30 6
R Brian Gionta 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 -1 18.50 6
R Alexander Vasyunov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 15.10 6
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 7.30 5
C Travis Zajac 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 17.40 6
C John Madden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 6
C Patrik Elias 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18.00 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 6.50 7
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 16.10 7
L Brian Rolston 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 19.30 7
L Zach Parisé 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 16.40 7
D Mike Mottau 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16.30 6
D Andy Greene 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -1 20.20 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 22.20 5
D Colin White 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 17.50 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.50 6
D Paul Martin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 0 22 0 0 60.00 8
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dion Phaneuf
2nd star: Andrej Meszaros
3rd star: Mike Smith

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Jaromir Jagr had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Bobby Sanguinetti ended his 8 game point drought.
-Andrej Meszaros finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Dion Phaneuf finally ended his 20 game goal drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Brian Gionta had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 1( 19) , Albany River Rats 1( 19)
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1-0 DTV Janne Niskala (Chris Lawrence, Mike Lundin)
1-1 ALB David Clarkson (Fedor Fedorov)

Goalies: Karri Rämö - Scott Clemmensen

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Toronto Maple Leafs 3 , Chicago Blackhawks 3
Shots: 34 - 30
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/75=92 %, Challenges:30/44=66 %
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:79/86=91 %, Challenges:50/68=72 %
Attendance: 6220 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 299804 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:27 1-0 Lee Stempniak [4] (Mike Van Ryn, Pavel Kubina)
16:19 1-1 David Bolland [4] (Craig Adams)
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25:53 2-1 Lee Stempniak [5] (Ryan Hollweg)
35:37 2-2 Jonathan Toews [9] (Milan Lucic, Patrick Kane)PP
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46:28 2-3 Alex Pietrangelo [2] (Jack Skille, Kris Versteeg)
49:45 3-3 Alexei Ponikarovsky [10] (Ryan Hollweg, Lee Stempniak)
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Penalty summary:
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30:39 Ian White (2 min for tripping)
34:01 Jamal Mayers (2 min for tripping)
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Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 3 2 3 2 2 0 10.20 5
R Niklas Hagman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 14.50 4
R Lee Stempniak 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 3 17.50 9
R Jussi Jokinen 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 19.20 7
C Kris Newbury 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 9.50 7
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 14.50 5
C Ryan Hollweg 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 3 21.00 8
C Matt Stajan 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.50 6
L Boyd Devereaux 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.50 6
L Chad LaRose 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 16.10 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 6 2 1 2 0 3 19.40 9
L Jason Blake 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 19.30 6
D Andy Rogers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 14.50 5
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 22.30 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 29.10 7
D Jamie Heward 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -2 16.50 7
D Ian White 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 3 19.10 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 3 0 27 0 0 65.00 8
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Craig Adams 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 10.40 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 0 14.50 6
R Kris Versteeg 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 18.10 9
R Patrick Kane 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -2 21.10 7
C David Bolland 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 9.20 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 6
R Jack Skille 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 18.10 6
C Jonathan Toews 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 21.40 6
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 9.20 5
R Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 14.40 5
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 6
L Milan Lucic 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 -2 22.00 8
D Aaron Johnson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 -1 27.10 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 18.10 7
D Alex Pietrangelo 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 -1 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 31 0 0 65.00 9
G Cristobal Huet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Lee Stempniak
2nd star: Ryan Miller
3rd star: Kris Versteeg

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Pavel Kubina notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexei Ponikarovsky scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Patrick Kane notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 3( 22) , Norfolk Admirals 0( 10)
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1-0 SJM Bates Battaglia (Tim Stapleton, Curtis Joseph)
2-0 SJM Ben Ondrus (Alex Foster, Jeff Finger)
3-0 SJM Andre Deveaux (Stefano Giliati, Matt Frattin)

Goalies: Curtis Joseph - Corey Crawford

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Washington Capitals 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 28 - 17
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:70/87=80 %, Challenges:30/43=68 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:13/43=29 %
Attendance: 12424 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 576474 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:59 1-0 Viktor Kozlov [8] (T.J. Oshie, David Steckel)
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34:33 1-1 Boris Valabik [1] (Kyle McLaren, Marc Savard)
36:12 2-1 Brooks Laich [5] (Tomas Fleischmann, Shaone Morrisonn)
38:49 3-1 T.J. Oshie [5] (Brian Rafalski)
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40:33 4-1 Viktor Kozlov [9] (Michael Nylander, Sergei Fedorov)
50:28 5-1 Alexander Ovechkin [17] (T.J. Oshie)
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Penalty summary:
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.30 4
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 1 16.30 7
R Viktor Kozlov 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 16.20 8
L Alexander Semin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.50 7
C David Steckel 0 1 2 5 0 5 0 0 9.30 8
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 16.20 7
C Michael Nylander 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.00 7
C T.J. Oshie 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 18.00 9
L Donald Brashear 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 9.30 6
L Brooks Laich 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 16.20 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 16.20 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 1 4 1 4 0 1 17.50 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 16.20 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 18.20 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 25.20 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 18.30 7
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 6
D Brian Rafalski 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Vyborny 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 8.00 4
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 16.00 5
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 -2 19.00 5
R Slava Kozlov 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 -2 17.40 5
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Todd White 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 14.40 6
C Rich Peverly 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 -2 19.00 5
C Marc Savard 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -2 17.40 5
L Sami Sandell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
L Daultan Leveille 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.20 5
L Carl Söderberg 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -2 19.50 6
L Darroll Powe 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 -2 17.40 6
D Yuri Alexandrov 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18.40 5
D Nathan Oystrick 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -2 19.50 5
D Kyle McLaren 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 -2 21.30 7
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 16.10 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -2 18.20 5
D Boris Valabik 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 -2 25.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: T.J. Oshie
2nd star: Viktor Kozlov
3rd star: David Steckel

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-T.J. Oshie finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Boris Valabik finally ended his 34 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 18) , Chicago Wolves 1( 19)
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1-0 POR Keith Aucoin (Quintin Laing)
2-0 POR Quintin Laing (Andrew Joudrey, Steve Pinizzotto)
3-0 POR Alexandre Giroux (Craig MacDonald, Jeff Schultz)
3-1 CHW Grant Lewis (Riley Holzapfel)

Goalies: Daren Machesney - Ondrej Pavelec