3 Mars 08

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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 33 - 31
PP: 2 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:67/77=87 %, Challenges:28/38=71 %
PP: 1 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:57/77=74 %, Challenges:47/51=90 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 873965 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:07 0-1 Kyle Chipchura [2] (Brent Sopel, Roman Hamrlik)
13:13 1-1 Jason Pominville [27] (Andrei Kostitsyn)PP
15:51 2-1 Jonathan Toews [12] (Brent Burns)
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24:52 2-2 Michael Ryder [23] (Ryan Malone, Ryan Kesler)PP
29:12 3-2 Pierre-Marc Bouchard [14] (Mike Green)
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43:36 4-2 Nikolai Zherdev [27] (Thomas Vanek, Justin Pogge)PP
50:11 4-3 Pat Rissmiller [16] (Paul Gaustad, Steve Bégin)
59:34 5-3 Nikolai Zherdev [28] (Gilbert Brulé, Thomas Vanek) EN
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Penalty summary:
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00:07 Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for high-sticking)
06:11 Shawn Belle (2 min for hooking)
11:47 Steve Bégin (2 min for slashing)
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21:19 Alex Kovalev (2 min for high-sticking)
23:55 Jason Pominville (2 min for slashing)
29:26 Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for boarding)
33:45 Paul Gaustad (2 min for holding the stick)
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40:28 Shawn Belle (2 min for hooking)
42:45 Michael Ryder (2 min for hooking)
51:24 Dmitri Kalinin (2 min for holding the stick)
54:35 Steve Bégin (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.40 6
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 14.20 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 8
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 4 5 2 2 2 -1 16.30 7
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
C Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11.10 7
C Jason Pominville 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 19.10 8
C Jonathan Toews 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.20 7
L Jean-Simon Allard 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 15.10 7
L Gilbert Brulé 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 -1 19.10 8
D Mike Green 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 14.50 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13.40 7
D Brent Burns 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -1 24.30 7
D Shawn Belle 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 17.20 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 22.30 8
D Shea Weber 0 0 3 6 2 2 0 -2 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 3 1 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Martin Brodeur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pat Rissmiller 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
R Michael Ryder 1 0 5 3 1 3 2 0 20.30 9
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 11.20 4
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 17.00 7
C Kyle Chipchura 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 8
C Ryan Kesler 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 20.50 8
C Saku Koivu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 5
C Steve Bégin 0 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 17.10 9
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 5
L Ryan Malone 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 19.00 6
L Alexander Semin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 13.10 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 5
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 29.10 7
D Brent Sopel 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 20.10 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 16.00 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 25.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 28 0 0 58.50 5
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
3rd star: Michael Ryder

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Nikolai Zherdev has marked a new career high in goals with 28 tallies.
-Guillaume Latendresse had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Roman Hamrlik notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Kyle Chipchura ended his 7 game point drought.
-Roman Hamrlik finally ended his 15 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 12) , Quebec Citadelles 4( 26)
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0-1 QUE Mathieu Aubin (Tom Kostopoulos, Filip Novak)
0-2 QUE Mathieu Aubin (Filip Novak)
0-3 QUE Mikhail Grabovski (Mathieu Aubin, Tom Kostopoulos)
1-3 ROC Olivier Legault (Patrick Kaleta, Trevor Daley)
2-3 ROC Vyacheslav Buravchikov (Benoit Pouliot)
2-4 QUE Matt D'Agostini (Aaron Foster)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Yann Danis




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Calgary Flames 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 31 - 25
PP: 1 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:67/80=83 %, Challenges:36/46=76 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:71/88=80 %, Challenges:37/49=74 %
Attendance: 17139 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 831241 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:33 0-1 Petr Sykora [33] (Sidney Crosby, Evgeny Malkin)
16:17 1-1 Jason Allison [5] (Chris Clark, Mark Giordano)
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27:33 2-1 Markus Näslund [25] (Daymond Langkow, Jarome Iginla)
33:27 2-2 Ales Kotalik [9] (Milan Kraft, Alain Nasreddine)
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41:31 3-2 Daymond Langkow [32] (Jarome Iginla, Dion Phaneuf)PP
49:37 3-3 Evgeny Malkin [34] (Sergei Gonchar)
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61:23 4-3 Marcus Nilson [6] (Owen Nolan, Jan Hrdina)
Penalty summary:
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03:14 Miroslav Satan (2 min for cross-checking)
09:21 Gary Roberts (2 min for holding the stick)
18:27 Darryl Sydor (2 min for tripping)
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38:22 Sergei Gonchar (2 min for holding the stick)
39:24 Darryl Sydor (2 min for slashing)
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43:11 Mark Giordano (2 min for elbowing)
52:11 Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
52:11 Daymond Langkow (2 min for roughing)
55:06 Valeri Bure (2 min for high-sticking)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Owen Nolan 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 6.30 6
R Valeri Bure 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 -2 18.30 5
R Chris Clark 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.20 7
R Jarome Iginla 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 8
C Marcus Nilson 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 7
C Jason Allison 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 16.40 5
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.00 7
C Daymond Langkow 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 17.00 8
C Jan Hrdina 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 6
R Kristian Huselius 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 -2 14.30 5
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16.20 5
L Markus Näslund 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 17.20 8
D Richie Regehr 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -2 17.00 6
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 19.00 6
D David Hale 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 21.50 6
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 15.10 6
D Mark Giordano 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 21.20 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 1 5 7 1 5 0 2 28.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 3 0 22 0 0 61.30 6
G Leland Irving 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 7.40 6
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 11.30 8
R Mark Recchi 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 15.20 6
R Petr Sykora 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 19.30 8
C Erik Christensen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.40 6
C Milan Kraft 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 10.40 8
C Jordan Staal 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 22.50 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7.10 5
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.20 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -1 19.40 6
L Evgeny Malkin 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
D Alain Nasreddine 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 11.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 -1 18.30 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 27.30 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 12.30 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23.10 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 -1 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 27 0 0 61.30 6
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daymond Langkow
2nd star: Jarome Iginla
3rd star: Marcus Nilson

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Markus Näslund scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Owen Nolan finally ended his 14 game point drought.
-Marcus Nilson finally ended his 29 game goal drought.
-Marcus Nilson finally ended his 14 game point drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Ales Kotalik finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 4( 25) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 18)
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1-0 SJF Eric Nystrom (Grant Stevenson)
2-0 SJF Vladimir Orszagh (Tim Ramholt, Grant Stevenson)
3-0 SJF Grant Stevenson (Eric Nystrom, Cory Sarich)
4-0 SJF Brett Palin (Ryan Donally)

Goalies: David McKee - Dany Sabourin

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Edmonton Oilers 3 , Colorado Avalanche 1
Shots: 19 - 36
PP: 0 of 5 (2 shots), Passing:51/65=78 %, Challenges:31/36=83 %
PP: 0 of 8 (16 shots), Passing:81/100=81 %, Challenges:36/42=83 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 449730 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:43 0-1 Nathan Paetsch [4] (Alexandre Picard, Ian Laperriere)
14:47 1-1 Patrick Thoresen [8])
16:35 2-1 Steve Staios [3] (Matt Greene, Joni Pitkänen)
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50:02 3-1 Zack Stortini [6] (Robert Nilsson, Patrick Thoresen)
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Penalty summary:
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12:35 Andrew Brunette (2 min for tripping)
17:22 Andrew Brunette (2 min for tripping)
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21:02 Zdeno Chara (2 min for tripping)
23:15 Ian Laperriere (2 min for hooking)
29:45 Denis Grebeshkov (2 min for hooking)
31:46 Steve Staios (2 min for diving)
34:32 Joni Pitkänen (2 min for tripping)
37:35 Denis Grebeshkov (2 min for tripping)
39:58 Steve Staios (2 min for slashing)
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43:07 Zdeno Chara (2 min for hooking)
52:01 Raffi Torres (2 min for slashing)
55:43 Zack Stortini (2 min for high-sticking)
57:51 Raffi Torres (2 min for hooking)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Robert Nilsson 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 16.10 8
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
C Robbie Schremp 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 7
L Vyacheslav Trukhno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.20 6
R Zack Stortini 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 16.10 8
R Sam Gagner 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.20 4
R Patrick Thoresen 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 7
L Raffi Torres 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 13.10 5
L Ales Hemsky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.10 7
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.10 5
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 19.20 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 3 4 2 1 4 0 28.00 8
D Steve Staios 1 0 2 4 0 0 4 1 19.30 7
D Matt Greene 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 2 4 0 2 2 1 23.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Deslauriers 1 0 35 0 0 60.00 10
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Rycroft 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 14.40 6
R Brad Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 5
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
R Marek Svatos 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
C Patrik Stefan 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 14.10 5
C Ian Laperriere 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 14.20 7
C Dustin Penner 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 -1 19.10 7
C Paul Stastny 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
L Eric Healey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 14.40 6
L Alexandre Picard 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 4 3 1 1 4 -1 19.00 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 19.40 7
D Kurt Sauer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20.10 6
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
D Scott Hannan 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 -2 25.50 7
D Nathan Paetsch 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 7
D Bryan Berard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 16.30 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 3 3 1 2 4 -1 19.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 3 0 16 0 0 60.00 5
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Thoresen
2nd star: Robert Nilsson
3rd star: Zack Stortini

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Steve Staios ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Ian Laperriere has marked a new career high in assists with 25 assists.
-Nathan Paetsch finally ended his 19 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 1( 9) , Hershey Bears 4( 26)
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1-0 HAM Clarke MacArthur (Ryan Flinn, Danny Syvret)
1-1 HER Jeff Jillson (Linus Persson, Jeff Szwez)
1-2 HER Jeff Szwez (Matt Hussey)
1-3 HER Matt Hussey (Michael Vernace)
1-4 HER Gino Guyer (Ben Guite, Jeff Finger)

Goalies: Devan Dubnyk - Michael Wall

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Philadelphia Flyers 3 , Detroit Red Wings 4
Shots: 22 - 32
PP: 1 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:68/83=81 %, Challenges:43/46=91 %
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:69/87=79 %, Challenges:48/59=80 %
Attendance: 19519 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 880307 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:26 0-1 Vaclav Varada [4] (Valtteri Filppula, Chris Chelios)
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21:37 0-2 Kris Draper [10] (Alexei Yashin, Henrik Zetterberg)
29:13 1-2 Ryan Potulny [6] (Shane O'Brien, Braydon Coburn)
32:32 2-2 Daniel Brière [23] (Simon Gagné, Joffrey Lupul)PP
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47:49 2-3 Teemu Selänne [36] (Henrik Zetterberg, Peter Forsberg)
58:22 3-3 Simon Gagné [24] (Daniel Brière) WG
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64:38 3-4 Alexei Yashin [3] (Kris Draper, Peter Forsberg)
Penalty summary:
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02:36 Chris Chelios (2 min for boarding)
13:06 Niklas Kronwall (2 min for elbowing)
16:13 Ryan Potulny (2 min for cross-checking)
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30:59 Nicklas Lidström (2 min for high-sticking)
33:16 Adam Mair (2 min for hooking)
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43:08 Steve Downie (2 min for hooking)
51:17 Jason Smith (2 min for high-sticking)
53:31 Mikael Samuelsson (2 min for hooking)
59:15 Derian Hatcher (2 min for cross-checking)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Downie 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6.30 5
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 12.50 7
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 20.30 6
R Joffrey Lupul 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 6
R Ryan Potulny 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 6.30 8
C Jeff Carter 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 -2 19.10 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
C Daniel Brière 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 -1 17.30 8
L Mike Knuble 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 15.20 7
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -2 19.10 7
L Tim Connolly 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.50 5
L Simon Gagné 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.50 8
D Randy Jones 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 -2 17.30 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 4
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 25.30 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 -2 19.10 8
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 25.00 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 1 0 7 1 1 0 0 27.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 4 0 28 0 0 64.30 6
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Valtteri Filppula 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5.30 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 -1 14.20 7
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 17.30 7
R Teemu Selänne 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 24.00 7
C Adam Mair 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 18.00 7
L Daniel Cleary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.10 7
C Kris Draper 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 14.10 8
C Peter Forsberg 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 24.10 7
L Vaclav Varada 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
R Martin Rucinsky 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 10.10 5
C Alexei Yashin 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 11.20 8
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 22.40 7
D Aaron Rome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.10 6
D Chris Chelios 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 3 19.00 7
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 32.10 7
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 5
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 3 24.40 8
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jocelyn Thibault 3 0 19 0 0 64.40 6
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kris Draper
2nd star: Alexei Yashin
3rd star: Teemu Selänne

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Kris Draper scored his 10th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 5( 21) , Kansas City Blades 4( 26)
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0-1 KCB Tomas Kopecky (Mathieu Roy, Bobby Holik)
1-1 PHL Darren Reid (Frédérik Cabana, John Slaney)
2-1 PHL Triston Grant (Ryan Cuthbert)
2-2 KCB Mathieu Roy (Bobby Holik, Tomas Kopecky)
3-2 PHL Ben Eager (Jussi Timonen)
3-3 KCB Evan McGrath (Derek Meech, Jiri Hudler)
4-3 PHL Boyd Kane
4-4 KCB Kirk Maltby (Mathieu Roy)
5-4 PHL B.J. Abel

Goalies: Martin Houle - Jimmy Howard

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Washington Capitals 5 , Florida Panthers 3
Shots: 26 - 23
PP: 1 of 7 (7 shots), Passing:60/78=76 %, Challenges:37/42=86 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:65/80=81 %, Challenges:33/43=75 %
Attendance: 16061 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 745230 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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18:12 1-0 Ben Clymer [3] (Steve Eminger, Michael Nylander)PP
19:49 1-1 Patrick Sharp [6] (Jakub Voracek, Duncan Keith)
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36:07 2-1 Matt Bradley [6] (Tomas Fleischmann, Brian Pothier)
38:18 3-1 Viktor Kozlov [20] (Tom Poti, Steve Eminger)
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49:31 3-2 Marian Hossa [27] (Jason Williams, Rostislav Olesz)
50:31 3-3 Patrick Sharp [7] (Michael Frolík, Marian Hossa)
55:34 4-3 Alexander Ovechkin [18] (Matt Pettinger, Antoine Vermette)
58:37 5-3 Alexander Ovechkin [19] (Antoine Vermette, Michael Nylander) EN
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Penalty summary:
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08:34 Jozef Stumpel (2 min for hooking)
10:42 Anthony Stewart (2 min for tripping)
12:16 Marian Hossa (2 min for hooking)
15:16 Chris Bourque (2 min for hooking)
17:41 Ville Peltonen (2 min for tripping)
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24:54 Chris Bourque (2 min for slashing)
30:44 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for tripping)
33:16 Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for boarding)
39:08 Olli Jokinen (2 min for slashing)
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59:44 Lukas Krajicek (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 13.00 6
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 8
R Alexander Ovechkin 2 0 3 4 0 0 2 1 18.20 9
C Chris Bourque 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 9.00 7
C Michael Nylander 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 -1 19.10 8
C Dustin Boyd 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
C Antoine Vermette 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 7
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 19.10 7
L Brian Sutherby 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 16.40 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 17.00 5
D Ben Clymer 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 24.30 8
D Tom Poti 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
D Steve Eminger 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 22.30 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Brian Pothier 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 16.50 8
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 19.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Frolík 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 8.30 6
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 17.00 6
R Marian Hossa 1 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 21.00 9
C Patrick Sharp 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 16.30 8
C Jason Williams 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 13.00 7
C Rostislav Olesz 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 -1 17.10 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 9.50 6
L Jakub Voracek 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 5
L Ville Peltonen 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 10.30 6
L Richard Zednik 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 9.20 4
L Jozef Stumpel 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 13.10 5
D Duncan Keith 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 19.40 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 16.50 5
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 -1 21.40 8
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14.40 5
D Cam Barker 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 -3 20.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 4 0 0 2 1 26.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 5 0 21 0 0 59.30 4
G Jussi Markkanen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Patrick Sharp
3rd star: Viktor Kozlov

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Steve Eminger notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Viktor Kozlov scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Matt Bradley ended his 6 game point drought.
-Ben Clymer finally ended his 26 game goal drought.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Patrick Sharp ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 13) , Louisville Panthers 6( 29)
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1-0 POR Matt Stafanishion (Jamie Hunt)
1-1 LOU Jens Karlsson (Alex Bourret)
1-2 LOU Alex Bourret (David Booth)
2-2 POR Jame Pollock (Jamie Hunt)
2-3 LOU Martin Lojek (Kamil Kreps, Mikhail Yakubov)
2-4 LOU Mikhail Yakubov (Drew Larman, Martin Lojek)
2-5 LOU Martin Lojek
2-6 LOU Drew Larman (Rob Globke, Jordan LaVallee)

Goalies: Brent Krahn - Mike Morrison