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Boston Bruins 6 , Tampa Bay Lightning 1
Shots: 26 - 27
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:56/66=84 %, Challenges:44/59=73 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:33/46=70 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 772860 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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16:21 1-0 Peter Schaefer [5] (David Krejci, Henrik Zetterberg)
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20:48 2-0 Zdeno Chara [9] (Dennis Wideman, Pavel Datsyuk)
31:15 3-0 Sergei Samsonov [11] (Aaron Ward, Zdeno Chara)
33:35 4-0 Zdeno Chara [10] (Pavel Datsyuk, Marco Sturm)
34:14 5-0 Marco Sturm [23] (Zdeno Chara)
36:09 5-1 Jaromir Jagr [24] (Dion Phaneuf, Lukas Krajicek)
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50:56 6-1 Marco Sturm [24] (Dennis Wideman, Pavel Datsyuk)
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Penalty summary:
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09:46 Blake Wheeler (2 min for tripping)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Recchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 13.10 7
L Sergei Samsonov 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 7
L Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 19.00 8
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 9.30 6
C David Krejci 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 13.20 7
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.20 8
L Pavel Datsyuk 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 19.00 9
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.20 6
L Peter Schaefer 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 8
R Martin Havlat 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 15.50 7
L Marco Sturm 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 4 19.00 9
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 15.30 7
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 18.30 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 26.10 9
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 14.20 5
D Aaron Ward 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 19.30 7
D Zdeno Chara 2 2 3 2 2 1 0 4 26.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 1 0 26 0 0 60.00 10
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 2 4 2 2 0 -1 8.50 5
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 17.10 8
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -4 17.10 6
R Jaromir Jagr 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 15.20 8
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -1 8.50 6
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 18.10 7
L Markus Näslund 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -4 18.40 5
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 15.20 7
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -1 10.20 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -3 17.10 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -1 15.40 6
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 20.30 7
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 16.30 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 22.00 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -3 16.20 5
D Dion Phaneuf 0 1 2 5 1 3 0 -2 22.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 5 0 13 0 0 34.20 4
G Fredrik Norrena 1 0 7 0 0 25.40 6

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Zdeno Chara
2nd star: Marco Sturm
3rd star: Pavel Datsyuk

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Zdeno Chara scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Zdeno Chara notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Pavel Datsyuk notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Marian Gaborik had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Henrik Zetterberg had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Zdeno Chara finally ended his 17 game goal drought.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 1( 17) , Detroit Vipers 5( 19)
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0-1 DTV Blair Jones (Jason Ward, Matt Smaby)
0-2 DTV Mattias Hellström (Lauri Tukonen)
1-2 PRO Johnny Boychuk (Matt Marquardt)
1-3 DTV Lauri Tukonen (Mattias Hellström)
1-4 DTV Lauri Tukonen (Mattias Hellström)
1-5 DTV Paul Szczechura (Mike Lundin)

Goalies: Adam Courchaine - Karri Rämö

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Toronto Maple Leafs 2 , Dallas Stars 0
Shots: 39 - 29
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:61/68=89 %, Challenges:38/38=97 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:53/62=85 %, Challenges:60/63=93 %
Attendance: 6903 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 332724 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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15:04 1-0 Ian White [3] (Ryan Hollweg)
16:13 2-0 Ryan Hollweg [13] (Lee Stempniak, Jamie Heward)
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no scoring
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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09:03 Zach Boychuk (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 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 6
R Niklas Hagman 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
R Lee Stempniak 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 18.30 8
R Jussi Jokinen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
C Kris Newbury 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 7
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
C Ryan Hollweg 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 18.00 8
C Matt Stajan 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.10 8
L Boyd Devereaux 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
L Chad LaRose 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 17.40 7
L Jason Blake 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 18.40 7
D Luke Schenn 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Jamie Heward 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 17.40 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 23.50 6
D Andy Rogers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.40 6
D Ian White 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 20.10 8
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 25.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 29 0 0 60.00 10
G Olaf Kölzig 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.30 6
R Mike Modano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 19.40 8
C Zach Boychuk 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8.20 6
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 15.50 6
C Brad Richards 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.50 5
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 5
L Michael Neal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
L Jamie Benn 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 15.30 5
L Eric Tangradi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 8
D Alex Grant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 16.20 4
D Mark Fistric 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17.40 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 26.20 8
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 18.30 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 5
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 26.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 2 0 37 0 0 60.00 10
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vesa Toskala
2nd star: Ryan Hollweg
3rd star: Lee Stempniak

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Ian White finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for Dallas Stars:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 2( 20) , Utah Grizzlies 0( 12)
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1-0 SJM Ben Ondrus (Darryl Boyce, Vladimir Nikiforov)
2-0 SJM Brad May (Kyle Rogers)

Goalies: Martin Gerber - Matt Climie

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Washington Capitals 3 , Ottawa Senators 5
Shots: 27 - 26
PP: 1 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:68/82=82 %, Challenges:33/39=82 %
PP: 3 of 4 (12 shots), Passing:58/76=76 %, Challenges:31/47=64 %
Attendance: 11374 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 527754 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:42 0-1 Jesse Winchester [2] (Josh Hennessy, Andy McDonald)
13:52 1-1 Alexander Ovechkin [32] (T.J. Oshie, Chris Clark)
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30:12 1-2 Jarkko Ruutu [14] (Dany Heatley, Pascal Leclaire)
36:06 1-3 Dany Heatley [20] (Daniel Alfredsson, Brendan Bell)PP
38:12 2-3 Viktor Kozlov [17] (Adrian Aucoin, T.J. Oshie)
39:43 3-3 Viktor Kozlov [18] (Alexander Ovechkin, T.J. Oshie)PP
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43:38 3-4 Dany Heatley [21] (Jason Spezza, Chris Campoli)PP
50:49 3-5 Andy McDonald [11] (Chris Kelly, Nick Foligno)PP
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Penalty summary:
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15:47 Alexander Semin (2 min for high-sticking)
17:53 Nick Foligno (2 min for boarding)
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24:24 Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for tripping)
34:26 Dick Tärnström (2 min for boarding)
39:27 Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for hooking)
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41:41 Brian Rafalski (2 min for hooking)
46:33 Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for tripping)
49:06 Tom Poti (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.10 5
C David Steckel 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 12.10 7
L Alexander Semin 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 12.50 5
R Viktor Kozlov 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 9
R Chris Clark 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 16.40 6
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 12.10 6
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 7
C T.J. Oshie 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 2 21.30 7
L Donald Brashear 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.30 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 -1 12.10 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 9
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1 14.50 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 -1 11.40 6
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 22.50 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 16.30 7
D Adrian Aucoin 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 25.30 7
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 5 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8.40 6
R Shean Donovan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.10 6
R Chris Kelly 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 0 20.30 8
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 -1 20.40 7
C Josh Hennessy 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 5
C Andy McDonald 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 8
C Mike Fisher 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 19.30 8
C Jason Spezza 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -2 19.30 7
L Jesse Winchester 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 6
L Nick Foligno 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 13.00 6
L Jarkko Ruutu 1 0 2 2 1 0 6 1 15.20 8
L Dany Heatley 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 -2 20.00 9
D Brendan Bell 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 17.20 6
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 18.10 6
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -2 23.10 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 5
D Chris Campoli 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -1 28.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 1 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dany Heatley
2nd star: Viktor Kozlov
3rd star: Andy McDonald

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Viktor Kozlov finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Dany Heatley notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Dany Heatley scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Josh Hennessy finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Andy McDonald finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Andy McDonald finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Nick Foligno finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Brendan Bell finally ended his 12 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 21) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 20)
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0-1 GRD Cody Bass (Brian Lee)
1-1 POR Keith Aucoin
2-1 POR Jay Beagle (Steve Pinizzotto, Jeff Schultz)
2-2 GRD Marek Bartánus (Alexander Mereskin)

Goalies: Brent Johnson - Brian Elliott

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New York Islanders 1 , Carolina Hurricanes 4
Shots: 12 - 32
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:56/69=81 %, Challenges:29/38=74 %
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:77/92=83 %, Challenges:44/54=80 %
Attendance: 6804 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 328633 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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31:55 0-1 Joni Pitkänen [11] (Wade Redden, Eric Staal)PP
34:17 0-2 Michael Ryder [24] (Brent Seabrook, Teppo Numminen)
37:33 1-2 Mike Sillinger [16] (Kyle Okposo, Brendan Witt)
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42:25 1-3 Tuomo Ruutu [15] (Eric Staal, Joe Sakic)
43:23 1-4 Michael Ryder [25] (Mike Ribeiro, Erik Cole)
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Penalty summary:
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01:31 Andy Sutton (2 min for slashing)
06:02 Ryan Bayda (2 min for hooking)
10:24 Ryan Bayda (2 min for slashing)
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31:38 Alexei Zhitnik (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 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 4
R Mark Streit 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 14.40 5
R Trent Hunter 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
R Kyle Okposo 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.20 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 11.10 4
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 12.00 5
C Doug Weight 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 5
C Mike Sillinger 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 6
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 8.10 5
R Glen Murray 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
L Nils Ekman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 5
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.30 5
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 23.10 7
D Brendan Witt 0 1 0 6 3 4 0 -2 23.20 6
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.30 5
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 18.10 4
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 23.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 4 0 28 0 0 60.00 6
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Bayda 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 9.30 6
R Mark Parrish 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 13.20 7
R Erik Cole 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 2 16.00 10
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
R Adam Hall 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 9.30 5
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 18.00 8
C Eric Staal 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 17.30 8
R Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 9.30 7
C Ray Whitney 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.20 7
L Michael Ryder 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 14.00 8
L Joe Sakic 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 18.40 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 18.30 7
D Joni Pitkänen 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 23.50 9
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 16.10 6
D Brent Seabrook 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 19.10 8
D Wade Redden 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 1 0 11 0 0 60.00 7
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Ryder
2nd star: Eric Staal
3rd star: Erik Cole

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Brendan Witt has marked a new career high in assists with 14 assists.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Tuomo Ruutu scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Michael Ryder scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Erik Cole notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 13) , Lowell Lock Monsters 1( 12)
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1-0 BRG Mike Iggulden (Jack Hillen)
2-0 BRG Sergei Ogorodnikov (Tim Jackman)
2-1 LOW Joe Jensen (Jamie McBain)

Goalies: Joey MacDonald - Justin Peters

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Philadelphia Flyers 5 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 33 - 24
PP: 1 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:60/70=85 %, Challenges:41/57=70 %
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:55/76=72 %, Challenges:43/54=78 %
Attendance: 17587 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 793173 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:24 1-0 Scott Hartnell [20] (Simon Gagné)
11:08 2-0 Scott Hartnell [21] (Kimmo Timonen, Lasse Kukkonen)
12:39 3-0 Alexandre Burrows [23] (Steve Staios)
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26:12 3-1 Marek Zidlicky [7] (Kristian Huselius, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
32:03 4-1 Kimmo Timonen [9] (Ryan Parent, Daniel Brière)PP
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41:02 5-1 Simon Gagné [18] (Alexandre Burrows)
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Penalty summary:
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07:52 Lasse Kukkonen (2 min for holding the stick)
14:19 Jason Krog (2 min for tripping)
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25:16 Patrick Thoresen (2 min for hooking)
30:19 Tim Connolly (5 min for cross-checking)
37:54 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
37:54 Kimmo Timonen (2 min for roughing)
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52:24 Marek Zidlicky (2 min for boarding)
54:45 Brenden Morrow (2 min for tripping)
56:55 Patrick Thoresen (2 min for hooking)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Asham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
R Alexander Steen 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 13.50 8
R Alexandre Burrows 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 15.30 7
R Scott Hartnell 2 0 7 1 2 1 0 2 20.20 9
C Patrick Thoresen 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 0 9.10 6
C Fernando Pisani 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 15.10 8
C Mike Richards 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 20.10 7
C Daniel Brière 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 19.20 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 5
L Mike Knuble 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 10.00 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 4 3 2 0 2 1 18.10 8
L Simon Gagné 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 18.40 8
D Sami Kapanen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.00 5
D Steve Staios 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 3 23.30 8
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 15.40 7
D Ryan Parent 0 1 0 3 4 1 0 1 21.30 7
D Kimmo Timonen 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 3 26.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Jason Krog 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 5.40 7
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 11.10 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 11.30 5
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -2 19.00 6
L Ben Eager 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.30 7
C James Sheppard 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 11.10 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 -2 16.10 7
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 18.50 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8.10 5
C Dominic Moore 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 16.30 5
R Kristian Huselius 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 -1 19.40 5
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 6 2 5 0 -2 20.30 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.40 6
D Niklas Hjalmarsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 21.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 -2 25.10 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.00 5
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 18.10 4
D Marek Zidlicky 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 -2 24.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jhonas Enroth 5 0 28 0 0 60.00 5
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Hartnell
2nd star: Alexandre Burrows
3rd star: Simon Gagné

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Scott Hartnell scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 3( 15) , Rochester Americans 1( 22)
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1-0 PHL Matthew Clackson (Pier-Alexandre Poulin)
2-0 PHL Jared Ross (Patrick Maroon)
2-1 ROC Mark Mancari
3-1 PHL Pier-Alexandre Poulin (Kevin Marshall)

Goalies: Michael-Lee Teslak - Patrick Lalime

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St. Louis Blues 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 34 - 15
PP: 1 of 3 (10 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:39/57=67 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:73/90=81 %, Challenges:22/42=51 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 822402 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:03 1-0 Dustin Brown [19] (Paul Kariya, Olli Jokinen)PP
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22:06 2-0 David Backes [3] (Oleg Saprykin, Mike Comrie)
29:24 3-0 Olli Jokinen [33] (Paul Kariya, Dustin Brown)
32:19 3-1 Nik Antropov [7] (Jason Williams, Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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05:16 Jason Chimera (2 min for holding the stick)
12:05 Joffrey Lupul (2 min for roughing)
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27:11 Nik Antropov (2 min for boarding)
35:06 Jakub Voracek (2 min for elbowing)
39:52 Cam Barker (2 min for cross-checking)
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55:47 Oleg Saprykin (2 min for slashing)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Backes 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 9.10 6
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 2 3 1 3 2 0 14.00 7
R Dustin Brown 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 8
R Shane Doan 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 20.50 7
C Oleg Saprykin 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 9.10 7
C Mike Comrie 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 7
C Olli Jokinen 1 1 5 1 1 1 0 1 14.20 8
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 17.10 8
L Jan Bulis 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 10.30 8
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 14.40 7
L Paul Kariya 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 7
L David Perron 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 16.20 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 16.30 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 2 5 1 2 2 1 18.10 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 25.50 7
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 18.50 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 12.30 8
D Eric Brewer 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 1 28.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 6.10 5
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 12.00 6
R Nik Antropov 1 0 3 4 2 1 2 0 16.20 6
R Jason Williams 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 20.20 5
C Mike York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 4
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.50 6
C Derick Brassard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 5
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.40 6
L Raffi Torres 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 -1 14.40 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18.50 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 20.40 7
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 1 5 1 4 0 0 14.20 8
D Kris Russell 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 18.40 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 6 3 6 0 -1 27.00 8
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 -1 26.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dustin Brown
2nd star: Olli Jokinen
3rd star: David Backes

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Shane Doan had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Patrik Berglund had his 8 game point streak snapped.
-David Perron had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Jason Williams notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Nik Antropov ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 2( 29) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 10)
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0-1 SYR David Laliberté (Kyle Bailey)
1-1 WOR Yan Stastny (Alexander Hellstrom, Dan Hinote)
2-1 WOR Nick Drazenovic (Jonas Junland)

Goalies: Simeon Varlamov - Yutaka Fukufuji

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Chicago Blackhawks 1 , Los Angeles Kings 1
Shots: 17 - 19
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:83/100=83 %, Challenges:7/48=14 %
LA PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:85/99=85 %, Challenges:14/58=23 %
Attendance: 11511 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 543319 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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27:14 0-1 LA Alexander Frolov [16] (Justin Williams, Jack Johnson)
32:55 1-1 Patrick Kane [24] (Milan Lucic, Jay McKee)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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29:12 Jakub Vojta (2 min for roughing)
29:12 LA Brad Richardson (2 min for roughing)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.10 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 15.10 7
R Kris Versteeg 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 18.20 6
R Patrick Kane 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 22.30 7
C David Bolland 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 9.10 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 18.40 4
R Jack Skille 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 1 28.10 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 9.10 5
L Craig Adams 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.10 5
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 15.10 6
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 19.40 4
L Milan Lucic 0 1 1 3 4 3 0 0 21.50 6
D Jakub Vojta 0 0 0 1 0 9 2 0 17.00 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.20 7
D Jay McKee 0 1 0 8 2 9 0 0 29.10 9
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 16.40 5
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 21.40 6
D Duncan Keith 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 26.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 1 0 18 0 0 65.00 9
G Cristobal Huet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Gabe Gauthier 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.30 6
R Trevor Lewis 0 0 2 1 1 5 0 0 18.10 7
R Ed Purcell 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 -1 20.30 4
R Justin Williams 0 1 2 1 2 4 0 1 19.00 7
C Derek Armstrong 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.30 5
C Michal Handzus 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 18.10 5
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 -1 20.30 6
C Anze Kopitar 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 19.00 6
L Matt Moulson 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.30 5
L Brad Richardson 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 0 17.30 4
L Kyle Calder 0 0 2 2 5 3 0 -1 20.30 6
L Alexander Frolov 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 19.40 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18.50 5
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 20.50 6
D Erik Johnson 0 0 2 5 4 5 0 1 25.30 7
D Tom Preissing 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 18.10 6
D Drew Doughty 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 22.10 5
D Jack Johnson 0 1 1 4 3 5 0 1 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 1 0 16 0 0 65.00 8
G Erik Ersberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Kane
2nd star: Alexander Frolov
3rd star: Jay McKee

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Anze Kopitar had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 18) , Manchester Monarchs 4( 14)
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1-0 NOR Jean-Claude Sawyer (Adam Pineault)
1-1 MNC Brady Murray (Paul Crosty, John Zeiler)
1-2 MNC Francis Lemieux (Matt Ellis)
1-3 MNC Chris Collins (Francis Lemieux, Matt Ellis)
2-3 NOR Pascal Pelletier (Adam Berti)
2-4 MNC Raitis Ivanans (Marc-André Cliche)

Goalies: Corey Crawford - Jeff Zatkoff

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Vancouver Canucks 2 , Minnesota Wild 4
Shots: 21 - 23
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:51/72=70 %, Challenges:29/40=70 %
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:74/81=91 %, Challenges:47/66=70 %
Attendance: 6592 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 319053 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:17 0-1 Colton Gillies [3] (Patrick Sharp, Toni Lydman)
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32:38 0-2 Brian Campbell [5] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Derek Roy)
34:09 1-2 Ladislav Nagy [13] (Mats Sundin, Henrik Sedin)
36:44 1-3 Ilya Kovalchuk [21] (Jason Pominville)PP
39:44 2-3 Mats Sundin [25] (Ladislav Nagy, Pavol Demitra)
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43:27 2-4 Ilya Kovalchuk [22] (Derek Roy)
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Penalty summary:
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11:15 Ethan Moreau (2 min for roughing)
11:15 Bryan Little (2 min for roughing)
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23:48 Mason Raymond (2 min for tripping)
27:39 Mason Raymond (2 min for high-sticking)
35:07 Ladislav Nagy (2 min for high-sticking)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Cody Hodgson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 5
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
R Pavol Demitra 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.00 8
C Jeff Carter 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.40 7
C Logan MacMillan 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 7.50 4
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 15.20 6
C Mats Sundin 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 16.40 9
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Mason Raymond 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 -1 8.50 6
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 14.20 7
L Ladislav Nagy 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 13.30 7
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.20 7
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 18.40 7
D Alexander Edler 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15.30 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 2 5 2 3 0 -1 25.50 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 0 19.40 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 5
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 -1 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Owen Nolan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
L Sean Avery 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 16.40 7
L Patrick Sharp 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 -1 16.40 5
R Jason Pominville 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 19.20 5
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 16.40 6
C Colton Gillies 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 16.40 7
C Derek Roy 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 19.20 9
R Antti Miettinen 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 5.30 4
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 18.30 8
R Bryan Little 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 18.30 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 19.20 8
D Derek Morris 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 19.00 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 21.40 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 19.20 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16.40 5
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -1 19.10 7
D Brian Campbell 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Derek Roy
3rd star: Mats Sundin

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Mats Sundin scored his 25th goal of the season.

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Toni Lydman notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 2( 19) , Houston Aeros 1( 15)
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1-0 MAN Shaun Heshka (Michel Ouellet)
2-0 MAN Patrick White (Nolan Baumgartner)
2-1 HOU Craig Weller (Tomas Kollar, Miika Lahti)

Goalies: Jason LaBarbera - Josh Harding