20 Décembre 08

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Anaheim Mighty Ducks 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 36 - 32
PP: 2 of 8 (15 shots), Passing:58/65=89 %, Challenges:37/42=86 %
PP: 1 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:72/95=75 %, Challenges:34/38=87 %
Attendance: 17174 of 17174 (Arrowhead Pond)
Ticket income: 814048 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:32 1-0 Mike Modano [14] (Marian Hossa, Chris Pronger)PP
12:46 1-1 Nathan Horton [15] (Pascal Dupuis, Jim Slater)PP
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22:29 1-2 Nathan Horton [16] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Boris Valabik)
26:26 2-2 Todd Bertuzzi [10] (Mike Modano, Marian Hossa)
32:04 3-2 Chris Kunitz [12] (Pavel Datsyuk, Chris Pronger)PP
36:15 3-3 Vyacheslav Kozlov [5] (Jim Slater, Garnet Exelby)SH
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41:48 4-3 Mike Modano [15] (Brad May, Drew Miller)
42:47 5-3 Brett Festerling [3] (Rob Niedermayer, Todd Bertuzzi)
48:38 6-3 Drew Miller [3] (Brian Salcido)
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Penalty summary:
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02:28 Garnet Exelby (2 min for slashing)
04:02 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for hooking)
07:16 Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for high-sticking)
09:35 Brian Salcido (2 min for boarding)
11:34 Samuel Påhlsson (2 min for slashing)
16:33 Drew Miller (2 min for roughing)
19:07 Nathan Saunders (2 min for tripping)
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27:17 Vyacheslav Kozlov (5 min for boarding)
34:51 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for tripping)
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45:22 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for boarding)
52:56 Joey Crabb (2 min for hooking)
54:54 Samuel Påhlsson (2 min for hooking)
57:44 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for elbowing)
59:18 Jim Slater (2 min for tripping)
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brad May 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 7
R Rob Niedermayer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.20 6
R Todd Bertuzzi 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 1 20.50 8
R Mike Modano 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 14.00 9
C Stephen Dixon 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 1 19.40 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 15.20 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 14.20 8
L Drew Miller 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 13.30 8
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.20 6
L Chris Kunitz 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
L Marian Hossa 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
D Nathan Saunders 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 7.00 6
D Brian Salcido 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 24.10 8
D Brendan Mikkelson 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 30.00 8
D Brett Festerling 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.10 8
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 23.50 7
D Chris Pronger 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 27.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5.20 5
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 13.40 6
R Patrick Kane 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 8.00 7
R Nathan Horton 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 21.00 9
C Brad Larsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 5
C Jim Slater 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 20.20 6
C Todd White 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 13.50 5
C Brad Richards 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -1 21.20 7
L Brett Sterling 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.20 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.40 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 1 0 5 1 0 0 5 -1 15.30 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 4 4 1 0 4 -1 20.40 8
D Wes O'Neill 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 26.10 4
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 -1 28.00 7
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.20 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 16.40 6
D Boris Valabik 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -1 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 6 0 30 0 0 60.00 5
G Ondrej Pavelec 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Modano
2nd star: Todd Bertuzzi
3rd star: Nathan Horton

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Marian Hossa notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Todd Bertuzzi scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Mike Modano scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Stephen Dixon had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Stanislav Chistov had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Nathan Horton scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Pascal Dupuis notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 2( 39) , Chicago Wolves 3( 16)
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0-1 CHW Chad Painchaud (Greg Black, Ned Havern)
0-2 CHW Jimmy Sharrow (Benoît Mondou, Nathan Oystrick)
0-3 CHW Greg Black (Chad Painchaud, Ned Havern)
1-3 CIN Jason King
2-3 CIN Dmitri Utkin (Ryan Carter)

Goalies: Gerald Coleman - Danny Turple


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Chicago Blackhawks 1 , Los Angeles Kings 4
Shots: 25 - 31
PP: 1 of 8 (19 shots), Passing:62/70=88 %, Challenges:34/42=79 %
LA PP: 3 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:70/80=87 %, Challenges:40/52=75 %
Attendance: 20500 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 967600 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:21 0-1 LA Dustin Brown [11] (Ladislav Nagy, Anze Kopitar)PP
09:19 1-1 Martin Havlat [12] (Darren Haydar, Kyle Wellwood)PP
17:51 1-2 LA Mike Cammalleri [9] (Alexander Frolov, Rob Blake)PP
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24:48 1-3 LA Dustin Brown [12] (Ladislav Nagy)
36:21 1-4 LA Mike Cammalleri [10] (Ladislav Nagy, Patrick O'Sullivan)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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03:02 Adam Foote (2 min for elbowing)
06:06 Geoff Sanderson (2 min for high-sticking)
08:37 LA Oleg Saprykin (2 min for diving)
12:47 LA Rob Blake (2 min for tripping)
16:49 Kyle Wellwood (2 min for slashing)
19:06 LA Brad Stuart (2 min for tripping)
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21:11 LA Oleg Tverdovsky (2 min for high-sticking)
25:26 LA Ladislav Nagy (2 min for cross-checking)
35:04 Geoff Sanderson (2 min for hooking)
39:55 Wade Redden (2 min for cross-checking)
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42:01 LA Mike Cammalleri (2 min for tripping)
51:07 LA Dany Roussin (2 min for hooking)
53:16 LA Oleg Tverdovsky (2 min for tripping)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kevyn Adams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 6
R Darren Haydar 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.40 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
C Akim Aliu 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 7
C Alexandre Daigle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.40 5
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 20.00 9
C Kyle Wellwood 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 -1 21.10 6
L Rene Bourque 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 16.10 6
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.10 6
L Martin Havlat 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 20.20 7
D Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11.00 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 24.00 8
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 -1 23.40 7
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 10.40 5
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 27.50 8
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 23.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Rick DiPietro 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Marc-André Cliche 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
R Mike Cammalleri 2 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 15.10 8
R Dustin Brown 2 0 5 3 1 0 0 1 21.10 9
C Dany Roussin 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7.00 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.50 8
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 11.40 8
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
L Scott Thornton 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 8.40 6
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 10.50 7
L Alexander Frolov 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 15.00 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 18.20 8
D A.J. Thelen 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 12.00 7
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 18.10 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 29.50 8
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 21.50 7
D Rob Blake 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 12.20 6
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 25.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Cammalleri
2nd star: Dustin Brown
3rd star: Ladislav Nagy

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Radim Vrbata had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Anze Kopitar notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Mike Cammalleri scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Anze Kopitar had his 6 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 3( 11) , Manchester Monarchs 0( 7)
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1-0 NOR Adam Berti (James Wisniewski)
2-0 NOR Pierre Parenteau (Bryan Bickell, James Wisniewski)
3-0 NOR Jim Fahey (Bryan Bickell, Danny Richmond)

Goalies: Patrick Lalime - Danny Taylor

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Edmonton Oilers 3 , Vancouver Canucks 2
Shots: 22 - 18
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:66/80=82 %, Challenges:33/50=64 %
PP: 0 of 5 (2 shots), Passing:65/80=81 %, Challenges:33/51=63 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 449730 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:52 1-0 Jarret Stoll [6] (Matt Greene)SH
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22:44 2-0 Sergei Samsonov [8] (Danny Syvret, Sheldon Souray)PP
35:21 3-0 Sheldon Souray [6])
39:38 3-1 Angelo Esposito [5] (Wyatt Kidd)
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42:19 3-2 Maxim Lapierre [11] (Angelo Esposito)
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Penalty summary:
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04:06 Shawn Horcoff (2 min for hooking)
15:04 Robbie Schremp (2 min for cross-checking)
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22:08 Angelo Esposito (2 min for cross-checking)
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42:31 Mike Richards (2 min for hooking)
47:04 Andrew Alberts (5 min for fighting)
47:04 Zack Stortini (5 min for fighting)
48:28 Robbie Schremp (2 min for high-sticking)
55:16 Robbie Schremp (2 min for high-sticking)
58:04 Shawn Horcoff (2 min for hooking)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sam Gagner 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.20 5
R Zack Stortini 0 0 2 3 0 2 5 0 17.00 7
R Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 17.40 7
R Patrick Thoresen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Robbie Schremp 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 -1 14.30 6
C Robert Nilsson 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 16.00 4
C Jarret Stoll 1 0 1 3 3 4 0 1 21.00 8
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4.40 4
L Jean-François Jacques 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 14.50 6
L Vyacheslav Trukhno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 6
L Sergei Samsonov 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 13.50 7
L Ales Hemsky 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 7.40 7
D Sheldon Souray 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 23.30 8
D Matt Greene 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 20.30 8
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -2 16.00 7
D Danny Syvret 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 30.20 8
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 14.50 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 -2 14.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Wade Dubielewicz 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Maxim Lapierre 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 14.10 8
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 5 5 4 0 0 18.40 7
R Glen Murray 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 17.00 7
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
C Angelo Esposito 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 10.10 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 2 2 4 0 -1 20.20 7
R Mike Comrie 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 -1 9.50 7
C Mike Richards 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 16.10 7
L Wyatt Kidd 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 11.30 4
C Matt Cooke 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 19.00 6
L Jan Bulis 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 -2 17.20 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 12.10 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 30.30 6
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -2 18.10 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 7
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 20.10 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 16.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 19 0 0 58.50 6
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sheldon Souray
2nd star: Angelo Esposito
3rd star: Jarret Stoll

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Matt Greene notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Vyacheslav Trukhno had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Angelo Esposito ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Zack Stortini beat Andrew Alberts in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 1( 16) , Manitoba Moose 3( 15)
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0-1 MAN Ivan Tkachenko (Michael Grabner, Kirill Koltsov)
0-2 MAN Rick Rypien
0-3 MAN Ivan Tkachenko (Nathan McIver, Michael Grabner)
1-3 HAM Mathieu Melanson (Ryan O'Marra)

Goalies: Devan Dubnyk - Cory Schneider

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Florida Panthers 3 , Buffalo Sabres 5
Shots: 29 - 35
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:42/55=76 %, Challenges:44/45=95 %
PP: 3 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:71/78=91 %, Challenges:39/60=63 %
Attendance: 19252 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 843238 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:08 0-1 Jason Pominville [9] (Dustin Boyd)
12:03 0-2 Paul Stastny [15] (Guillaume Latendresse, Kristopher Letang)
14:58 0-3 Shea Weber [8] (Nicklas Bergfors, Guillaume Latendresse)PP
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25:48 1-3 Richard Zednik [12] (Ruslan Salei, Ryan Craig)
28:06 1-4 Jason Pominville [10] (Vincent Lecavalier, Jonathan Toews)PP
35:02 2-4 Ryan Craig [11] (Jason Spezza, Mike Fisher)
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47:12 3-4 Anthony Stewart [12] (Jason Spezza, Patrick Sharp)
57:21 3-5 Paul Stastny [16] (Gilbert Brulé, Nicklas Bergfors)PP
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Penalty summary:
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08:09 Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for tripping)
14:42 Evgeny Artyukhin (2 min for high-sticking)
19:56 Claude Cadieux (2 min for slashing)
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26:53 Kristopher Letang (2 min for roughing)
26:53 Evgeny Artyukhin (2 min for roughing)
27:34 Ruslan Salei (2 min for slashing)
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42:41 Benoit Pouliot (2 min for elbowing)
44:56 Shea Weber (2 min for roughing)
44:56 Chris Kelly (2 min for roughing)
55:41 Duncan Keith (2 min for hooking)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 14.10 5
R Trent Hunter 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 -1 18.20 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 4 3 0 3 2 2 13.20 8
R Anthony Stewart 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 14.10 6
C Patrick Sharp 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15.30 6
C Drew Larman 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 15.50 6
C Ryan Craig 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 15.50 9
C Jason Spezza 0 2 4 4 0 5 0 1 12.50 10
L Nick Foligno 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 7
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 -1 13.10 7
L Richard Zednik 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 14.00 7
L Mike Fisher 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 13.20 8
D Tobias Enström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 6
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 20.20 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 4 5 0 4 0 0 22.50 9
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -1 19.10 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 15.10 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 30 0 0 60.00 5
G Jussi Markkanen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Sillinger 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.40 5
R Jason Pominville 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 14.30 9
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 20.00 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 -1 20.50 7
C Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.40 6
C Dustin Boyd 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 15.00 6
C Jonathan Toews 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 1 19.00 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 -2 21.00 8
L Marek Zagrapan 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 4.40 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 13.00 6
L Gilbert Brulé 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 6
L Paul Stastny 2 0 6 4 0 0 0 -1 22.30 10
D Claude Cadieux 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16.30 6
D Scott Jackson 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 -1 22.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.20 6
D Shea Weber 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alexei Shmelev 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 5
G Ryan Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Pominville
2nd star: Paul Stastny
3rd star: Nicklas Bergfors

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Richard Zednik scored the 200th goal of his career.
-Jason Spezza notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Anthony Stewart has marked a new career high in goals with 12 tallies.
-Richard Zednik finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Paul Stastny scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Guillaume Latendresse notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jonathan Toews has marked a new career high in assists with 17 assists.
-Jonathan Toews has marked a new career high in points with 31 points.
-Jason Pominville scored his 10th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 2( 12) , Rochester Americans 2( 18)
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1-0 LOU Kenndal McArdle (Brady Calla, Franklin MacDonald)
1-1 ROC Michal Kazatel (Cal O'Reilly, Mike Funk)
2-1 LOU Zach Bearson (Ryan Cuthbert)
2-2 ROC Branislav Fabry (Olivier Latendresse)

Goalies: Craig Anderson - Danny Battochio

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Minnesota Wild 1 , Ottawa Senators 3
Shots: 16 - 47
PP: 1 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:42/58=72 %, Challenges:32/37=84 %
PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:83/87=95 %, Challenges:59/60=96 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 900240 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:13 0-1 Chris Higgins [16] (Dany Heatley, Milan Kucek)
11:18 0-2 Corey Perry [11] (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Keith Ballard)
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32:41 1-2 Tyler Arnason [6] (Nick Schultz, Paul Albers)PP
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48:21 1-3 Alexei Ponikarovsky [19] (Chris Higgins, Dave Bolland)
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Penalty summary:
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11:34 Dale Mitchell (2 min for boarding)
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28:51 Dave Bolland (2 min for tripping)
32:26 Eric Fehr (2 min for tripping)
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44:08 Kyle Medvec (2 min for elbowing)
46:18 Alexander Perezhogin (2 min for hooking)
49:37 Branko Radivojevic (2 min for hooking)
56:04 Milan Kucek (2 min for hooking)
58:37 Nick Schultz (2 min for slashing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 -1 17.20 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20.00 6
R Mark Parrish 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 9.20 5
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 7
C Chris Hickey 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 17.20 5
C Kyle Bailey 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.10 6
C Tyler Arnason 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 5
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 17.30 7
L Peter Olvecky 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 17.20 4
L Kelly Dabrowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Steve Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 16.00 7
D Kyle Medvec 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11.30 4
D Paul Albers 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -2 26.30 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -2 29.10 6
D Harri Ilvonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 5
D Nick Schultz 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 -1 18.30 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 21.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 3 0 44 0 0 60.00 10
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Milan Kucek 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 6.10 7
R Dale Mitchell 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 9.20 6
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 1 6 2 0 1 0 2 22.40 9
R Dany Heatley 0 1 6 2 1 1 0 1 20.40 9
C Mathieu Aubin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
C Dave Bolland 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 16.40 7
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 17.10 8
C Chris Higgins 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 22.30 9
L Eric Fehr 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6.50 6
C Alex Bourret 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 7
C Corey Perry 1 0 5 2 0 1 0 1 18.00 9
L Marian Gaborik 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 7
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Keith Ballard 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 22.00 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 29.20 7
D Mike Weber 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 20.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Corey Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexei Ponikarovsky
2nd star: Chris Higgins
3rd star: Corey Perry

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Steve Kelly had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Alexei Ponikarovsky notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Keith Ballard notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Chris Higgins notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Milan Kucek finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Rostislav Olesz had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Corey Perry ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 14) , Grand Rapids Griffins 3( 16)
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0-1 GRD Mark Bell (Will Weber)
0-2 GRD Craig Conroy (Mark Bell, Brian McGrattan)
1-2 HOU Dominic Moore (Ryan Hamilton)
2-2 HOU Dan Paillé (Mike Madill, Roman Voloshenko)
2-3 GRD Brian Day (Shean Donovan, Yan Stastny)

Goalies: Adam Dennis - Martin Gerber

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New Jersey Devils 4 , Dallas Stars 2
Shots: 35 - 16
PP: 0 of 5 (15 shots), Passing:76/89=85 %, Challenges:51/58=86 %
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:57/74=77 %, Challenges:26/34=74 %
Attendance: 19040 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 864416 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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25:53 1-0 Brian Gionta [14] (Daniel Sedin, Patrik Elias)
30:25 1-1 Philippe Boucher [2] (Jere Lehtinen)PP
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41:23 2-1 Jay Pandolfo [10] (Colin White, Dainius Zubrus)
42:54 2-2 Jussi Jokinen [16] (Joel Lundqvist)
46:24 3-2 Kurt Fink [2] (Vitaly Vishnevski, Colin White)
48:38 4-2 Travis Zajac [8] (Brian Gionta)
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Penalty summary:
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02:31 Grant Marshall (2 min for tripping)
06:52 Sergei Korostin (2 min for tripping)
09:53 Sergei Zubov (2 min for boarding)
18:35 Jason Chimera (2 min for cross-checking)
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27:05 Grant Marshall (2 min for high-sticking)
29:48 Paul Martin (2 min for roughing)
32:12 Brenden Morrow (2 min for hooking)
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49:47 Philippe Boucher (2 min for boarding)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 8.30 5
R Brian Gionta 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 15.20 9
R Daniel Sedin 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 15.20 8
C Kurt Fink 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 7
C Mike Rupp 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 6
C Travis Zajac 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 9
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 18.30 9
L Grant Marshall 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 15.40 6
L Jay Pandolfo 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 8.30 8
L John Madden 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 17.50 6
L Patrik Elias 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
D Colin White 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 22.00 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 27.30 7
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 11.30 7
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 2 20.50 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 2 0 14 0 0 60.00 6
G Jordan Parisé 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Korostin 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 8.20 5
R Junior Lessard 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 14.00 7
R Vojtech Polak 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.40 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 -2 19.50 8
C Perttu Lindgren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
C Jason Chimera 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -1 14.00 5
C Joel Lundqvist 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 13.40 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 -2 20.20 7
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 5
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
L Jussi Jokinen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2 18.30 5
D Mark Fistric 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 15.10 6
D Nolan Baumgartner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 5
D Philippe Boucher 1 0 2 3 1 1 2 -2 26.40 8
D Niklas Grossman 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 -1 21.50 7
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15.00 5
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 -2 27.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 4 0 31 0 0 60.00 7
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Gionta
2nd star: Kurt Fink
3rd star: Travis Zajac

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Jay Pandolfo scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Brian Gionta notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jay Pandolfo ended his 6 game goal drought.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Brenden Morrow had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 4( 35) , Utah Grizzlies 3( 25)
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1-0 ALB David Clarkson (Petr Vrana)
2-0 ALB Jason Ryznar (David Clarkson)
2-1 UTH B.J. Crombeen (Matt Nickerson)
2-2 UTH Alex Foster (Reid Cashman, Marty Sertich)
3-2 ALB Petr Vrana (Jason Ryznar)
3-3 UTH Loui Eriksson (Steve Ott, Konstantin Pushkarev)
4-3 ALB Jason Ryznar (Petr Vrana)

Goalies: Mike Morrison - Tobias Stephan

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Philadelphia Flyers 6 , St. Louis Blues 3
Shots: 25 - 21
PP: 1 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:69/89=77 %, Challenges:38/44=84 %
PP: 0 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:64/80=80 %, Challenges:20/40=48 %
Attendance: 19519 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 880307 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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03:39 1-0 Mikko Koivu [16] (Drew Stafford, Braydon Coburn)PP
05:44 2-0 Nicklas Bäckström [5] (Joffrey Lupul)
17:46 2-1 Richard Park [7] (Jay McClement)
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30:36 2-2 Jeff Carter [11] (Josef Vasicek, Andrew Ladd)
31:01 3-2 Joffrey Lupul [16] (Nicklas Bäckström, Drew Stafford)
35:44 4-2 Colby Armstrong [19] (Nicklas Bäckström, Antoine Vermette)
36:07 5-2 Marc-Édouard Vlasic [3] (Braydon Coburn, Antoine Vermette)
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46:01 5-3 Shane Doan [13] (Manny Malhotra)
49:41 6-3 Nicklas Bäckström [6] (Joffrey Lupul)
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Penalty summary:
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01:44 Petr Cajanek (2 min for elbowing)
11:45 Petr Cajanek (2 min for tripping)
14:29 Fedor Tyutin (2 min for holding the stick)
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22:19 Kyle Chipchura (2 min for high-sticking)
27:04 Shane Doan (2 min for tripping)
39:12 Jeff Tambellini (2 min for slashing)
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59:33 Braydon Coburn (2 min for slashing)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Downie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 6.40 4
C Scottie Upshall 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 14.10 8
R Colby Armstrong 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 16.10 8
R Joffrey Lupul 1 2 4 3 1 3 0 3 17.30 10
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 6.40 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 16.40 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 8
C Drew Stafford 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 17.20 8
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 -2 6.40 4
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 17.00 7
L Mikko Koivu 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 19.10 6
L Nicklas Bäckström 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 15.40 8
D Paul Ranger 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 -2 23.40 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 13.10 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 5 20.40 8
D Jussi Timonen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 15.00 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 20.10 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 2 1 5 1 2 2 3 27.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Ilya Bryzgalov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.10 5
R Richard Park 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 12.20 7
R Shane Doan 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 20.30 8
R Paul Kariya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 14.30 6
C Kyle Turris 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 5
C Brad Boyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 -1 16.30 7
C Jeff Carter 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 -2 20.40 7
L Andrew Ladd 0 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 14.10 5
L Jay McClement 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.20 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 -1 17.30 7
L Josef Vasicek 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 -2 18.00 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 12.50 6
D Marc Staal 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 26.00 7
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 13.00 6
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 21.00 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 -2 27.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 13 0 0 36.00 4
G Marek Schwarz 1 0 6 0 0 23.40 6

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nicklas Bäckström
2nd star: Joffrey Lupul
3rd star: Braydon Coburn

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Antoine Vermette notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marc-Édouard Vlasic finally ended his 18 game goal drought.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Christian Bäckman had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 3( 35) , Worcester Icecats 2( 16)
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1-0 PHL Ryan Parent (Jamie Tardif)
2-0 PHL Gino Pisellini (Denis Tolpeko)
2-1 WOR Zack FitzGerald (Josh Robertson, Martin Kariya)
2-2 WOR Martin Kariya (Jeff Woywitka)
3-2 PHL Dave Spina (Jamie Tardif, Randy Jones)

Goalies: Martin Houle - Matt Zaba


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Phoenix Coyotes 2 , Colorado Avalanche 6
Shots: 26 - 30
PP: 1 of 10 (9 shots), Passing:69/75=92 %, Challenges:35/37=92 %
PP: 2 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:68/78=87 %, Challenges:43/45=93 %
Attendance: 14373 of 16210 (America West Arena)
Ticket income: 747397 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:39 0-1 Dustin Penner [19] (Bryan Berard, Rick Nash)PP
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21:06 1-1 Fredrik Sjöström [7] (Alexei Kaigorodov, Niko Kapanen)
28:54 2-1 Mike Zigomanis [10] (Derek Morris)PP
31:57 2-2 Linus Persson [3] (Wojtek Wolski, Peter Budaj)
34:38 2-3 Pavol Demitra [13] (Dustin Penner, Scott Hannan)PP
38:48 2-4 Marek Svatos [6] (Derek Boogaard, Scott Hannan)
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41:27 2-5 Linus Persson [4] (Karlis Skrastins, Bryan Berard)
44:39 2-6 Wojtek Wolski [12] (Dustin Penner)SH
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Penalty summary:
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00:37 Rick Nash (2 min for tripping)
03:14 Pavol Demitra (2 min for tripping)
12:05 Travis Roche (2 min for diving)
13:46 Nick Boynton (2 min for hooking)
16:54 Derek Boogaard (2 min for roughing)
16:54 Hal Gill (2 min for roughing)
18:23 Mark Stuart (2 min for roughing)
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27:04 Misha Joukov (2 min for cross-checking)
29:35 Derek Boogaard (2 min for hooking)
33:38 Enver Lisin (2 min for slashing)
34:56 Milan Hejduk (2 min for holding the stick)
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42:48 Derek Boogaard (2 min for high-sticking)
43:48 Marek Svatos (2 min for slashing)
50:04 Pavol Demitra (2 min for hooking)
52:15 Hal Gill (2 min for elbowing)
56:17 Derek Boogaard (2 min for elbowing)
59:26 Steven Reinprecht (2 min for hooking)
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Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Enver Lisin 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5.30 7
R Niko Dimitrakos 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 16.00 7
R Steven Reinprecht 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 19.10 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 19.00 7
C Peter Mueller 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
C Alexei Kaigorodov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
C Niko Kapanen 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 19.00 6
C Mike Zigomanis 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 18.40 7
L Matt Murley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.20 6
L Fredrik Sjöström 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 6
L Tomas Surovy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 10.50 7
L Mike York 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 21.10 7
D Travis Roche 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 19.40 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 -1 12.40 6
D Brendan Bell 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 27.00 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.10 6
D Nick Boynton 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2 28.00 6
D Derek Morris 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -2 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 6 0 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Linus Persson 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 9
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 9.20 6
R Marek Svatos 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 14.10 8
R Pavol Demitra 1 0 3 3 0 0 4 0 13.00 8
C Misha Joukov 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 17.10 7
C Patrik Stefan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.10 6
C Lee Stempniak 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 5
C Dustin Penner 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.40 9
L Derek Boogaard 0 1 3 3 0 0 8 1 14.30 8
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 9.20 6
L Wojtek Wolski 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 19.50 9
L Rick Nash 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 8.40 8
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 23.40 8
D Bryan Berard 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
D Scott Hannan 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 29.40 10
D Mark Stuart 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 14.20 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.10 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 2 1 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Vitaly Kolesnik 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Linus Persson
2nd star: Dustin Penner
3rd star: Wojtek Wolski

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Mike Zigomanis scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Karlis Skrastins notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Linus Persson ended his 7 game point drought.
-Marek Svatos ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Scott Hannan ended his 9 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 0( 12) , Hershey Bears 1( 11)
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0-1 HER Dmitri Levinsky (Michael Vernace)

Goalies: Scott Munroe - Michael Wall

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Toronto Maple Leafs 3 , Nashville Predators 5
Shots: 18 - 31
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:60/65=92 %, Challenges:19/49=38 %
PP: 1 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:78/92=84 %, Challenges:39/49=78 %
Attendance: 18819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 863792 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:57 0-1 Mike Grier [9] (Steve Sullivan, Dan Hamhuis)PP
15:07 1-1 Jason Blake [6] (Andrej Meszaros)
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34:34 2-1 Tomas Kaberle [5] (Kyle Colchamiro, Chad Kilger)PP
37:15 3-1 Johnny Pohl [4] (Fredrik Modin, Carlo Colaiacovo)
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48:33 3-2 Mike Grier [10] (Steve Sullivan, Alexander Radulov)
48:57 3-3 Jean-Pierre Dumont [8] (Kevin Klein, Henrik Tallinder)
49:22 3-4 Radek Bonk [6] (Jean-Pierre Dumont, Henrik Tallinder)
59:18 3-5 David Legwand [16])SH EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:35 Alexander Steen (2 min for elbowing)
12:09 Johnny Pohl (2 min for slashing)
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22:38 Kyle Colchamiro (2 min for boarding)
31:37 Eric Staal (2 min for high-sticking)
34:18 Steve Sullivan (2 min for tripping)
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43:51 Bryan McCabe (2 min for hooking)
54:27 Kyle Colchamiro (2 min for tripping)
55:47 Chad Kilger (2 min for roughing)
55:47 Alexander Radulov (2 min for roughing)
57:24 Mathias Tjärnqvist (2 min for tripping)
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Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bates Battaglia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.10 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -3 14.50 4
R Andy McDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
R Alexander Steen 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 20.40 7
C Johnny Pohl 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 10.40 7
C Nik Antropov 0 0 2 3 4 3 0 -2 21.30 6
C Chad Kilger 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 13.50 6
C Eric Staal 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 -1 21.10 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 11.10 5
L David Booth 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 14.50 5
R Jason Blake 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4.00 6
L Olli Jokinen 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 -1 17.00 6
D Tomas Kaberle 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 -4 23.20 8
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 13.10 7
D Kyle Colchamiro 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 23.50 6
D Ian White 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 -3 16.10 5
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 15.10 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 0 7 5 1 2 -1 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 5 0 26 0 0 58.50 5
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10.40 5
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 1 1 2 4 0 5 0 1 15.50 9
R Steve Sullivan 0 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 15.20 8
R Alexander Radulov 0 1 2 4 0 4 2 0 18.10 9
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Radek Bonk 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 15.50 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 14.30 7
C David Legwand 1 0 4 5 1 5 0 1 21.20 10
L Ahti Luukkonen 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8.20 6
L Mathias Tjärnqvist 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15.50 7
L Mike Grier 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 14.10 9
L Mike Ribeiro 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 19.20 7
D Kevin Klein 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 15.50 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.40 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 26.00 9
D Henrik Tallinder 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 17.40 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 18.10 7
D Ryan Suter 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 3 0 15 0 0 60.00 5
G Cédrick Desjardins 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Grier
2nd star: Jean-Pierre Dumont
3rd star: David Legwand

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Fredrik Modin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Carlo Colaiacovo finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Steve Sullivan notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike Grier scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Henrik Tallinder notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jean-Pierre Dumont ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Henrik Tallinder ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 2( 18) , Milwaukee Admirals 1( 17)
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1-0 SJM Anton Strålman (Jeremy Williams, Brett Engelhardt)
2-0 SJM Kris Newbury (Alexander Ryabev)
2-1 MIL Graham Belak (Richard Stehlik)

Goalies: James Reimer - Pekka Rinne


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Washington Capitals 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 26 - 26
PP: 2 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:67/76=88 %, Challenges:47/55=83 %
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:64/75=85 %, Challenges:40/52=75 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 915936 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:24 1-0 Petr Prucha [11] (Brooks Laich, Andrej Sekera)
13:45 1-1 Matthew Lombardi [9] (Evgeny Malkin, Marc-André Fleury)
16:58 2-1 Chris Bourque [2] (Matt Pettinger, Boyd Gordon)
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28:37 2-2 Sidney Crosby [19] (Petr Sykora, Ryan Whitney)PP
32:18 3-2 Mike Green [4] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Viktor Kozlov)PP
35:22 3-3 Jordan Staal [13] (Ales Kotalik, Matthew Lombardi)
38:22 3-4 Evgeny Malkin [23] (Sergei Gonchar)
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46:24 4-4 Thomas Vanek [19] (Mike Green, Ryan Getzlaf)PP
53:17 5-4 Viktor Kozlov [15] (Shawn Belle, Petr Prucha)
59:52 6-4 Matt Pettinger [12] (Boyd Gordon, Jeff Schultz) EN
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Penalty summary:
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01:26 Ales Kotalik (2 min for tripping)
14:24 Mike Green (2 min for tripping)
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26:46 Shawn Belle (2 min for tripping)
29:04 Stephen Werner (2 min for boarding)
31:19 Evgeny Malkin (2 min for roughing)
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42:11 Ales Kotalik (2 min for hooking)
45:38 Sidney Crosby (2 min for boarding)
46:37 Mark Letestu (2 min for cross-checking)
54:55 Mark Letestu (2 min for high-sticking)
57:16 Michael Nylander (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stephen Werner 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 7.50 5
R Boyd Gordon 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 10.30 6
L Brooks Laich 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
R Thomas Vanek 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 21.40 8
C Michael Nylander 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7.50 7
C Chris Bourque 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 10.30 7
C Petr Prucha 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 13.10 8
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 21.40 8
L Brian Sutherby 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 11.30 7
L Matt Pettinger 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.50 7
R Viktor Kozlov 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 13.20 9
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11.30 7
D Shawn Belle 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 16.00 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 21.20 8
D Mike Green 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 24.40 9
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 7 1 0 3 0 0 25.50 8
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alex Auld 4 0 22 0 0 60.00 5
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Letestu 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -1 6.00 6
R R.J. Umberger 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.00 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 16.40 7
R Petr Sykora 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 8
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 6.00 5
C Milan Kraft 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 20.40 7
C Jordan Staal 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 21.40 8
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 20.40 8
L Stanislav Strachota 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 6.00 4
L Erik Christensen 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 12.00 8
L Matthew Lombardi 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.40 8
L Evgeny Malkin 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 16.20 8
D Paul Bissonnette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 21.40 6
D Brian Strait 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 -1 25.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 20.10 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 2 4 0 3 0 1 27.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 6 1 20 0 0 59.20 4
G Alexandre Vincent 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Petr Prucha
2nd star: Matt Pettinger
3rd star: Viktor Kozlov

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Brooks Laich notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Viktor Kozlov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Viktor Kozlov scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 20) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 7( 34)
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0-1 WIL Ryan Stone (Aaron Boogaard)
0-2 WIL Jonathan Filewich (Kurtis McLean)
0-3 WIL Carl Sneep (Alexandre Bolduc)
0-4 WIL Aaron Boogaard (Jaroslav Balastik)
1-4 POR John Zeiler (Kevin Porter)
1-5 WIL Jaroslav Balastik (Andrei Mukhachev)
1-6 WIL Aaron Boogaard (Jaroslav Balastik)
2-6 POR Donald Brashear (Colin McDonald, Darin Olver)
3-6 POR Paul Brown (John Vigilante)
3-7 WIL Kurtis McLean (Dylan Reese)

Goalies: Olaf Kölzig - Dany Sabourin