21 Décembre 08

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Boston Bruins 5 , Nashville Predators 2
Shots: 21 - 16
PP: 4 of 8 (9 shots), Passing:68/78=87 %, Challenges:47/51=90 %
PP: 0 of 7 (6 shots), Passing:73/89=82 %, Challenges:28/35=77 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 772860 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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04:35 1-0 Phil Kessel [8] (Nikolai Zherdev, James Van Riemsdyk)PP
17:37 1-1 Mike Ribeiro [12] (Jason Arnott)
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26:25 2-1 Ryan Smyth [12] (Sergei Brylin)PP
30:47 2-2 Alexander Radulov [19] (Mike Ribeiro, David Legwand)
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48:07 3-2 Nikolai Zherdev [11] (Phil Kessel)PP
50:43 4-2 Zach Parisé [9] (Ryan Smyth, Sergei Brylin)PP
53:14 5-2 Ryan Smyth [13] (Todd Fedoruk, Matt Lashoff)
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Penalty summary:
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00:03 Dan Hamhuis (2 min for slashing)
02:59 Ahti Luukkonen (2 min for tripping)
05:24 Chuck Kobasew (2 min for elbowing)
08:56 Ahti Luukkonen (2 min for slashing)
13:17 Marek Zidlicky (2 min for cross-checking)
15:31 Filip Kuba (2 min for tripping)
19:54 Phil Kessel (2 min for boarding)
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24:59 Vernon Fiddler (2 min for tripping)
27:19 Matt Lashoff (2 min for high-sticking)
31:01 Josh Gorges (2 min for high-sticking)
34:52 Jason Arnott (2 min for tripping)
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40:23 Mark Mowers (2 min for hooking)
46:12 Alexander Radulov (2 min for tripping)
50:23 David Legwand (2 min for elbowing)
51:03 Stefan Ruzicka (2 min for hooking)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 9.40 7
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 9.40 7
R Sergei Brylin 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 -1 13.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 12.40 8
C Mark Mowers 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 9.40 6
C Bryan Little 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10.20 5
C Phil Kessel 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 -1 20.10 8
C Zach Parisé 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 8
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
L James Van Riemsdyk 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 -1 14.00 7
L Ryan Smyth 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 17.40 10
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 20.20 8
D Filip Kuba 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 -1 17.20 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 25.00 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 2 0 14 0 0 60.00 6
G Manny Legace 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 0 16.00 4
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.30 7
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
R Alexander Radulov 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 20.30 8
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 14.30 7
C Radek Bonk 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.00 6
C Jason Arnott 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 16.50 7
C David Legwand 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 20.40 7
L Ahti Luukkonen 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 8.40 7
L Mathias Tjärnqvist 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
L Mike Grier 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9.20 7
L Mike Ribeiro 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 17.30 9
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 24.40 9
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 15.10 7
D Ryan Suter 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 5 0 16 0 0 60.00 4
G Cédrick Desjardins 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Smyth
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Phil Kessel

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Matt Lashoff notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Nashville Predators:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 2( 22) , Milwaukee Admirals 0( 5)
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1-0 PRO Shawn Thornton (Nate Robinson, Wacey Rabbit)
2-0 PRO Nate Robinson (Wacey Rabbit, Dominic Vicari)

Goalies: Dominic Vicari - Pekka Rinne


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Buffalo Sabres 4 , Florida Panthers 5
Shots: 24 - 32
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:54/66=81 %, Challenges:27/46=57 %
PP: 1 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:65/76=85 %, Challenges:58/58=98 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 1050618 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:12 0-1 Richard Zednik [13] (Mike Fisher, Anthony Stewart)
17:21 0-2 Richard Zednik [14] (Tuomo Ruutu, Anthony Stewart)
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22:48 0-3 Tuomo Ruutu [9] (Anthony Stewart, Bryan Allen)
30:43 1-3 Guillaume Latendresse [23] (Shea Weber, Vincent Lecavalier)
32:26 2-3 Gilbert Brulé [15] (Jonathan Toews, Brent Burns)
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47:11 2-4 Tuomo Ruutu [10] (Ryan Craig, Mike Fisher)PP
49:24 3-4 Guillaume Latendresse [24] (Vincent Lecavalier, Benoit Pouliot)
50:23 4-4 Vincent Lecavalier [21] (Paul Stastny, Guillaume Latendresse)
51:19 4-5 Mike Fisher [11] (Jason Spezza, Anthony Stewart)
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Penalty summary:
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10:06 Shea Weber (2 min for cross-checking)
12:07 Scott Jackson (2 min for tripping)
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26:59 Evgeny Artyukhin (2 min for roughing)
34:24 Nicklas Bergfors (2 min for hooking)
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43:11 Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for hooking)
46:17 Claude Cadieux (2 min for slashing)
52:47 Mike Komisarek (2 min for high-sticking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Sillinger 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 5
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 13.50 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 -1 11.50 5
R Guillaume Latendresse 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 19.30 9
C Benoit Pouliot 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.30 8
C Dustin Boyd 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 14.30 4
C Jonathan Toews 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 1 20.20 8
L Marek Zagrapan 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7.30 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 11.20 6
L Gilbert Brulé 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 14.00 8
L Paul Stastny 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
D Claude Cadieux 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 14.40 7
D Scott Jackson 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 -1 28.00 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 28.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 12.10 7
D Brent Burns 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 -1 11.50 7
D Shea Weber 0 1 2 3 3 0 2 1 24.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 27 0 0 59.20 5
G Alexei Shmelev 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Kelly 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -3 17.10 5
R Trent Hunter 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 16.00 9
R Tuomo Ruutu 2 1 5 5 0 4 0 2 21.00 10
R Anthony Stewart 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 1 5.50 8
C Patrick Sharp 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -3 17.10 7
C Drew Larman 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
C Ryan Craig 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 21.10 8
C Jason Spezza 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 7.40 7
L Nick Foligno 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 -3 17.10 7
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 14.00 7
L Richard Zednik 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 8.50 8
L Mike Fisher 1 2 4 4 0 4 0 1 18.00 10
D Tobias Enström 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 24.20 7
D Bryan Allen 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 16.10 7
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Jussi Markkanen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tuomo Ruutu
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Anthony Stewart

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Gilbert Brulé scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Tuomo Ruutu notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Tuomo Ruutu scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Ryan Craig had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 16) , Louisville Panthers 0( 18)
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1-0 ROC Cal O'Reilly (Sergei Kostitsyn)
2-0 ROC Cal O'Reilly (Sergei Kostitsyn)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Craig Anderson

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Calgary Flames 4 , San Jose Sharks 5
Shots: 24 - 27
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:62/82=75 %, Challenges:36/45=78 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:58/75=77 %, Challenges:41/50=80 %
Attendance: 16152 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 783372 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:14 0-1 Steve Bernier [4] (Radoslav Suchy, Joe Pavelski)
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26:03 1-1 Markus Näslund [14] (David Moss, Arron Alphonso)
28:17 2-1 Stephane Yelle [8] (Kristian Huselius, Jarome Iginla)
28:56 3-1 Miroslav Satan [7] (David Hale, Stephane Yelle)
29:32 3-2 Joe Corvo [3] (Patrick Marleau, Curtis Brown)
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41:56 3-3 Joe Pavelski [6] (Chris Neil, Milan Michalek)
44:53 4-3 Kristian Huselius [11] (Miroslav Satan, Stephane Yelle)
45:59 4-4 Jeff O'Neill [8] (Patrick Marleau, Christian Ehrhoff)
54:58 4-5 Radoslav Suchy [2] (Joe Pavelski, Curtis Brown)
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Penalty summary:
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19:22 Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
19:22 Richie Regehr (5 min for fighting)
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23:02 Jeff O'Neill (2 min for hooking)
30:16 Joe Pavelski (2 min for elbowing)
39:22 Chris Neil (2 min for roughing)
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47:59 David Hlavac (2 min for boarding)
50:15 Mark Giordano (2 min for roughing)
50:15 Chris Neil (2 min for roughing)
55:54 Mark Giordano (2 min for cross-checking)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Alphonso 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
R David Hlavac 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 -2 15.40 5
R Kristian Huselius 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 8
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 21.10 6
C Aki Seitsonen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
C Perry Hoffman 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 15.40 4
C Stephane Yelle 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 9
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 19.50 5
L David Moss 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.40 6
L Chris Clark 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 15.40 7
L Miroslav Satan 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 15.30 7
L Markus Näslund 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 -1 20.10 7
D Richie Regehr 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 -1 14.50 6
D Mark Giordano 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 18.30 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 27.40 9
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -1 16.00 5
D David Hale 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 14.50 8
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 2 6 1 1 0 -1 27.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Leland Irving 5 0 22 0 0 58.00 4
G Jean-Christophe Blancha 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
R Steve Bernier 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 3 20.00 9
R Jeff O'Neill 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 11.40 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -3 21.10 7
C Logan Couture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Joe Pavelski 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 3 17.10 9
C Curtis Brown 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 10.40 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 20.40 7
L Garth Murray 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Chris Neil 0 1 3 1 1 0 9 3 16.00 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 14.40 8
L Milan Michalek 0 1 3 7 1 1 0 -3 19.40 9
D Radoslav Suchy 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 21.40 9
D Joe Corvo 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -2 20.30 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 22.10 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 16.20 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 23.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 4 0 20 0 0 60.00 5
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Pavelski
2nd star: Steve Bernier
3rd star: Stephane Yelle

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Stephane Yelle ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Stephane Yelle ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Steve Bernier ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Jeff O'Neill ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Milan Michalek had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Chris Neil beat Richie Regehr in a fight.

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 4( 43) , Cleveland Barons 0( 4)
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1-0 SJF Tyler McGregor (Brandon Prust)
2-0 SJF Andrei Taratukhin (Tim Ramholt)
3-0 SJF Eric Nystrom (Valeri Bure, Jason Allison)
4-0 SJF Adam Cracknell (Janne Lahti)

Goalies: Kevin Lalande - Alex Stalock


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Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Ottawa Senators 5
Shots: 32 - 25
PP: 2 of 8 (13 shots), Passing:78/88=88 %, Challenges:52/59=86 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:56/71=78 %, Challenges:31/42=72 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 867650 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:18 0-1 Rostislav Olesz [12] (Corey Perry, Alexei Ponikarovsky)
13:55 1-1 Alexandre Picard [2] (Stephen Weiss, Radek Martinek)
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25:47 2-1 David Vyborny [15] (Dan Fritsche, Alexander Ovechkin)PP
31:38 3-1 Alexander Ovechkin [26] (David Vyborny, Dan Fritsche)PP
39:35 3-2 Rostislav Olesz [13] (Alexei Ponikarovsky)
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47:07 4-2 Alexei Cherepanov [4] (Jay Bouwmeester, Radek Martinek)
49:13 4-3 Chris Higgins [17] (Keith Ballard)
53:06 4-4 Alex Bourret [5] (Dany Heatley, Dave Bolland)SH
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61:22 4-5 Dany Heatley [21] (Marian Gaborik, Eric Fehr)
Penalty summary:
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00:17 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
16:41 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for hooking)
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24:38 Milan Kucek (2 min for tripping)
29:48 Corey Perry (2 min for high-sticking)
32:18 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for slashing)
32:36 Mike Weber (2 min for hooking)
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52:09 Dale Mitchell (2 min for hooking)
53:54 Dany Heatley (2 min for boarding)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Cherepanov 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7.30 6
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 7
R Brad Richardson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 21.30 5
R David Vyborny 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 -1 21.00 9
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.00 6
C Stephen Weiss 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 11.30 5
C Dan Fritsche 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 -4 21.40 7
C Simon Gagné 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
L Derick Brassard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.30 7
L Alexandre Picard 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 8
L Martin Erat 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 21.00 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.00 7
D Johnny Boychuk 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 11.30 5
D Andre Benoit 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 22.30 7
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 -1 27.30 6
D Radek Martinek 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 14.30 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -3 19.30 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 0 27.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 5 0 20 0 0 61.30 4
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Milan Kucek 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 9.00 6
R Dale Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 9.20 6
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 2 1 3 3 1 0 1 21.00 7
R Dany Heatley 1 1 3 10 1 0 2 3 21.20 10
C Mathieu Aubin 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
C Dave Bolland 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
C Rostislav Olesz 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 19.20 8
C Chris Higgins 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 18.10 8
L Eric Fehr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
C Alex Bourret 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 7
C Corey Perry 0 1 3 5 1 3 2 1 19.40 10
L Marian Gaborik 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 19.30 7
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 13.20 7
D Keith Ballard 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 23.50 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 29.10 8
D Mike Weber 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 9.00 6
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 1 23.50 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 7 0 0 6 2 24.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 4 0 28 0 0 61.30 6
G Corey Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dany Heatley
2nd star: Rostislav Olesz
3rd star: Alexei Ponikarovsky

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-David Vyborny scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Dan Fritsche notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Stephen Weiss finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Alexandre Picard finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Alexandre Picard finally ended his 14 game point drought.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Alex Bourret finally ended his 21 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 5( 31) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 16)
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1-0 SYR Philippe Dupuis (Petr Pohl, Kevin Jarman)
1-1 GRD Will Weber (Yan Stastny, Brian Day)
2-1 SYR Bobby Nyholm (Trevor Hendrikx)
3-1 SYR Adrian Wichser (Joonas Vihko)
4-1 SYR Bobby Nyholm (Geoff Platt, Marc Methot)
4-2 GRD Shean Donovan (Jirí Tlustý)
5-2 SYR Bobby Nyholm (Geoff Platt)

Goalies: Adam Munro - Martin Gerber

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Detroit Red Wings 1 , Vancouver Canucks 4
Shots: 17 - 31
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:63/74=85 %, Challenges:30/44=66 %
PP: 1 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:67/94=71 %, Challenges:43/51=82 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 867263 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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16:23 1-0 Jaroslav Spacek [4])PP
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25:57 1-1 Mike Richards [11] (Matt Cooke)
33:46 1-2 Tomas Plekanec [5] (Glen Murray, Dennis Wideman)PP
37:01 1-3 Matt Cooke [6] (Jan Bulis, Willie Mitchell)
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45:09 1-4 Wyatt Kidd [3] (Angelo Esposito, Sami Salo)
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Penalty summary:
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09:15 Mattias Öhlund (2 min for slashing)
15:21 Mattias Öhlund (2 min for roughing)
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23:36 Dennis Wideman (2 min for tripping)
32:08 Jiri Hudler (2 min for roughing)
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40:48 Brian Rafalski (2 min for elbowing)
48:54 Kris Draper (2 min for hooking)
51:09 Dan Maas (2 min for high-sticking)
51:09 Dan Maas (10 min misconduct)
53:25 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
59:35 Jakub Kindl (2 min for high-sticking)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.00 6
R Tomas Kopecky 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 20.30 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 7
R Kris Draper 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 -2 14.50 7
C Jozef Balej 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Johan Franzén 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 20.20 7
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 13.30 7
C Peter Forsberg 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -3 16.50 6
L Dan Maas 0 0 1 1 1 0 12 0 7.20 5
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 11.20 6
L Daniel Cleary 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 6
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 18.40 7
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 14.20 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 21.30 6
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 -3 28.30 7
D Jakub Kindl 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 13.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 14.40 8
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -3 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 12.40 7
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 1 18.40 8
R Glen Murray 0 1 6 1 1 1 0 0 16.20 8
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
C Angelo Esposito 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 11.40 7
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 21.30 8
R Mike Comrie 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.00 4
C Mike Richards 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 18.50 7
L Wyatt Kidd 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11.40 6
C Matt Cooke 1 1 2 6 1 4 0 2 18.50 10
L Jan Bulis 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 16.20 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.10 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 1 4 1 1 0 2 1 29.00 7
D Sami Salo 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.10 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 2 5 0 0 4 0 18.40 7
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 23.10 8
D Willie Mitchell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Matt Cooke
2nd star: Glen Murray
3rd star: Tomas Plekanec

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Mikael Samuelsson had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Daniel Cleary had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Daniel Cleary had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Henrik Zetterberg had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Tomas Plekanec ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Matt Cooke ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 3( 27) , Manitoba Moose 0( 15)
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1-0 KCB Johan Ryno (Bobby Holik)
2-0 KCB Bobby Holik (Johan Ryno)
3-0 KCB Jordan Foote (Evan McGrath)

Goalies: Jocelyn Thibault - Cory Schneider



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Montreal Canadiens 6 , Toronto Maple Leafs 4
Shots: 33 - 27
PP: 1 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:77/88=87 %, Challenges:23/35=63 %
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:39/53=72 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:49 0-1 David Booth [3] (Nik Antropov, Ian White)
15:38 0-2 Nik Antropov [8] (Tomas Kaberle, David Booth)
18:51 0-3 Andy McDonald [6] (Darcy Tucker, Andrej Meszaros)PP
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25:42 1-3 Mathieu Roy [9] (Roman Hamrlik, Steve Bégin)
32:02 2-3 Dmitri Kalinin [5] (Saku Koivu, Scott Hartnell)PP
33:39 3-3 Saku Koivu [15] (Michael Ryder, Scott Hartnell)
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40:49 4-3 Jochen Hecht [9] (Alexander Semin)
47:52 5-3 Steve Bégin [10] (Mathieu Roy, Matt D'Agostini)
58:25 5-4 David Booth [4])
59:13 6-4 Alexander Semin [15] (Saku Koivu, Scott Hartnell) EN
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Penalty summary:
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01:34 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for high-sticking)
08:31 Bates Battaglia (2 min for high-sticking)
17:59 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for tripping)
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20:37 Bryan McCabe (2 min for holding the stick)
26:04 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for high-sticking)
30:41 David Booth (2 min for hooking)
33:56 Andy McDonald (2 min for hooking)
33:56 Andy McDonald (10 min misconduct)
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44:13 David Booth (2 min for holding the stick)
49:18 Alexander Steen (2 min for roughing)
51:42 Saku Koivu (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt D'Agostini 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 1 17.40 5
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12.00 5
R Michael Ryder 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 16.10 8
C Steve Bégin 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 20.10 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.40 7
C Alexander Semin 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 12.00 7
C Saku Koivu 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 18.20 8
L Mathieu Roy 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 6
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 8.40 7
L Scott Hartnell 0 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 19.20 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
D Brent Sopel 0 0 3 3 1 4 0 2 22.40 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 3 0 1 6 0 21.10 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 18.10 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 1 25.10 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 22.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bates Battaglia 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 8.00 5
L Darcy Tucker 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 15.30 7
R Andy McDonald 1 0 2 2 0 0 12 -1 7.10 6
R Alexander Steen 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 -1 20.20 7
C Johnny Pohl 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 8.00 6
C Nik Antropov 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 20.40 9
C Chad Kilger 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 6
C Eric Staal 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 -2 20.30 8
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 8.00 5
L David Booth 2 1 3 1 2 1 4 1 13.50 9
R Jason Blake 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6.00 5
L Olli Jokinen 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 -2 19.20 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 28.00 7
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
D Kyle Colchamiro 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 22.00 5
D Ian White 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 16.20 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 -1 20.10 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 2 3 2 1 2 -2 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 6 0 27 0 0 59.20 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Saku Koivu
2nd star: David Booth
3rd star: Steve Bégin

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Saku Koivu scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Steve Bégin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Mathieu Roy notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexander Semin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Dmitri Kalinin finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Darcy Tucker notched his 10th assist of the season.
-David Booth ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 0( 16) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 4( 12)
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0-1 SJM Jeremy Williams (Nikolai Kulemin)
0-2 SJM Kris Newbury (Alexander Ryabev)
0-3 SJM Nikolai Kulemin (Jeremy Williams)
0-4 SJM Wade Belak (Juraj Mikus, Jeremy Williams)

Goalies: Loïc LaCasse - James Reimer

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New York Islanders 9 , Dallas Stars 2
Shots: 28 - 26
PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:62/79=78 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
PP: 0 of 6 (14 shots), Passing:60/76=78 %, Challenges:34/42=79 %
Attendance: 9693 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 468172 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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04:48 1-0 Fernando Pisani [5] (Ruslan Fedotenko, Brendan Witt)
11:38 2-0 Jason Williams [2] (Ruslan Fedotenko)
12:06 2-1 Junior Lessard [3] (Mark Fistric, Jason Chimera)
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27:36 2-2 Jere Lehtinen [17] (Sergei Korostin, Stéphane Robidas)
34:26 3-2 Fernando Pisani [6] (Marco Sturm, Tim Connolly)PP
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43:58 4-2 Michael Frolík [1] (Ron Hainsey)
49:24 5-2 Michael Frolík [2] (Marc-André Bergeron, Brendan Witt)
50:28 6-2 Marco Sturm [13] (Tim Connolly, Ron Hainsey)
51:56 7-2 Jason Williams [3] (Ruslan Fedotenko, Fernando Pisani)
53:24 8-2 Tim Connolly [14] (Shawn Bates, Michael Frolík)
54:34 9-2 Fernando Pisani [7] (Sean Bergenheim, Tim Connolly)
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Penalty summary:
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00:02 Philippe Boucher (2 min for hooking)
05:22 Brendan Witt (2 min for hooking)
09:06 Michael Frolík (2 min for tripping)
13:18 Philippe Boucher (2 min for elbowing)
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20:08 Jeff Halpern (2 min for elbowing)
23:13 Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for diving)
31:12 Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for cross-checking)
33:49 Sergei Zubov (2 min for hooking)
38:45 Carl Söderberg (2 min for tripping)
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47:03 Brendan Witt (2 min for slashing)
57:43 Philippe Boucher (2 min for high-sticking)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michal Repík 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6.30 5
R Blake Comeau 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.30 7
R Fernando Pisani 3 1 4 2 0 0 0 3 18.40 10
R Sean Bergenheim 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 10.20 7
C Shawn Bates 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7.10 7
C Carl Söderberg 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 18.40 7
C Jason Williams 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 13.40 9
C Tim Connolly 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 18.20 8
L Michael Frolík 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 7.10 9
L Raffi Torres 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 17.10 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 20.00 7
L Marco Sturm 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 18.30 6
D Denis Bouchard 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
D Brendan Witt 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 5 14.00 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 27.50 8
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 14.30 6
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 23.50 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Holmqvist 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Jason Bacashihua 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Korostin 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.50 5
R Junior Lessard 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 9.20 6
R Vojtech Polak 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 16.40 6
R Jere Lehtinen 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 8
C Perttu Lindgren 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
C Jason Chimera 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 9.20 4
C Joel Lundqvist 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -4 19.10 5
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 17.30 7
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 7.40 4
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 -2 15.30 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -4 18.40 5
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 20.40 8
D Mark Fistric 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 -2 11.30 7
D Nolan Baumgartner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 21.50 4
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 -1 28.00 8
D Niklas Grossman 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 11.00 5
D Stéphane Robidas 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -3 19.10 6
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 -1 28.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 9 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Fernando Pisani
2nd star: Tim Connolly
3rd star: Michael Frolík

Notes for New York Islanders:

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Junior Lessard ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 4( 25) , Utah Grizzlies 0( 17)
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1-0 BRG Frans Nielsen (Robin Figren, Freddy Meyer)
2-0 BRG Frans Nielsen (Jesse Joensuu)
3-0 BRG Masi Marjamäki (Frans Nielsen)
4-0 BRG Freddy Meyer (Frans Nielsen, Al Montoya)

Goalies: Al Montoya - Tobias Stephan


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New York Rangers 4 , Los Angeles Kings 5
Shots: 22 - 33
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:50/68=73 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
LA PP: 0 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:80/93=86 %, Challenges:44/54=80 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 882700 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:04 1-0 Daniel Brière [16] (Jaromir Jagr, Kim Johnsson)PP
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22:32 1-1 LA Patrick O'Sullivan [13] (Alexander Frolov, Ladislav Nagy)
29:23 1-2 LA Ladislav Nagy [17] (Dustin Brown, Jonathan Bernier)
33:04 2-2 Jaromir Jagr [27] (Keith Tkachuk, Lauri Korpikoski)
33:32 2-3 LA Ladislav Nagy [18] (Dustin Brown, Jack Johnson)
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42:25 3-3 Adrian Aucoin [4] (Keith Tkachuk, Jaromir Jagr)
43:17 3-4 LA Alexander Frolov [11] (Jack Johnson, Rob Blake)SH
49:54 4-4 Daniel Brière [17] (Paul Mara)
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61:21 4-5 LA Jack Johnson [6] (Patrick O'Sullivan, Ladislav Nagy)
Penalty summary:
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01:29 Daniel Brière (2 min for slashing)
08:36 LA Dustin Brown (2 min for roughing)
08:36 Andrew Hutchinson (2 min for roughing)
14:57 Sean Avery (2 min for slashing)
17:22 LA Lauri Tukonen (2 min for cross-checking)
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32:02 Adrian Aucoin (2 min for roughing)
32:02 LA Lauri Tukonen (2 min for roughing)
34:14 LA Rob Blake (2 min for roughing)
38:53 Sean Avery (2 min for slashing)
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42:37 LA Oleg Saprykin (2 min for high-sticking)
45:38 Sean Avery (2 min for roughing)
56:05 Jaromir Jagr (2 min for tripping)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Backes 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 6.40 6
R Hugh Jessiman 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.50 7
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.00 7
R Jaromir Jagr 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 -1 22.40 8
C Joe Barnes 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6.40 7
C Marc Savard 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 11.00 6
C Chris Drury 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
C Daniel Brière 2 0 4 1 0 0 2 -1 22.40 8
L Lauri Korpikoski 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.40 7
L Marcel Hossa 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 11.00 6
L Sean Avery 0 0 2 2 1 1 6 -1 14.00 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.30 7
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13.40 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -1 16.20 7
D Adrian Aucoin 1 0 1 6 0 1 2 0 23.10 9
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 5
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 -2 24.20 8
D Paul Mara 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 30.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 5 0 28 0 0 61.30 5
G Joey MacDonald 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 1 1 0 4 0 6.20 5
R Marc-André Cliche 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Dustin Brown 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 1 18.40 8
C Dany Roussin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 14.40 6
C Patrick O'Sullivan 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
C Anze Kopitar 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 21.00 7
L Scott Thornton 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 14.40 7
L Alexander Frolov 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 9
L Ladislav Nagy 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 20.20 10
D A.J. Thelen 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 13.40 7
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 24.30 7
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 14.10 7
D Rob Blake 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 22.50 7
D Jack Johnson 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 28.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 4 1 18 0 0 61.30 5
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ladislav Nagy
2nd star: Jack Johnson
3rd star: Jaromir Jagr

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Jaromir Jagr notched the 900th assist of his career.
-Paul Mara notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Bill Guerin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Anze Kopitar had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Jack Johnson finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 2( 16) , Manchester Monarchs 1( 18)
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1-0 HFD Daniel Girardi (Sergei Zinovjev, Carl Corazzini)
1-1 MNC Joey Ryan (Marcel Müller, Wayne Simmonds)
2-1 HFD Dan Cavanaugh (Michael Sauer)

Goalies: Yann Danis - Danny Taylor

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Tampa Bay Lightning 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 5
Shots: 24 - 25
PP: 0 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:66/79=83 %, Challenges:37/40=90 %
PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:66/81=81 %, Challenges:44/52=83 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 871328 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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17:47 0-1 Ryan Whitney [7] (Petr Sykora, Matthew Lombardi)PP
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24:07 0-2 Mark Letestu [2] (Ryan Whitney, Brian Strait)
31:42 1-2 Maxime Boisclair [11] (Alex Picard, Kimmo Timonen)
38:44 2-2 Brett McLean [1] (Patrice Bergeron, Vaclav Prospal)
39:53 3-2 Michel Ouellet [2] (Michael Peca, Maxime Boisclair)
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48:32 3-3 Petr Sykora [14] (Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar)
48:53 3-4 Sidney Crosby [20] (Evgeny Malkin)
50:32 3-5 Jordan Staal [14] (Mark Eaton, Sergei Gonchar)
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Penalty summary:
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05:22 Mark Letestu (2 min for cross-checking)
08:07 Éric Perrin (2 min for holding the stick)
14:14 Lukas Krajicek (2 min for hooking)
16:35 Michael Peca (2 min for hooking)
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20:36 Kamil Kreps (2 min for hooking)
33:49 Evgeny Malkin (2 min for tripping)
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40:42 Sidney Crosby (2 min for high-sticking)
45:05 Dan Boyle (2 min for elbowing)
55:42 Ales Kotalik (2 min for elbowing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 6
R Michel Ouellet 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 18.00 8
R Michael Peca 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 15.40 6
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 18.00 6
R Nick Tarnasky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 6
C Éric Perrin 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18.00 6
C Brett McLean 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 8
C Patrice Bergeron 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 -1 20.40 8
C Karl Stewart 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 6.10 5
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.20 4
L Maxime Boisclair 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 17.20 8
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 19.10 7
D Alex Picard 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 16.50 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -2 23.50 7
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 20.30 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 13.30 5
D Dan Boyle 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 -2 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 5 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Letestu 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 10.10 8
R R.J. Umberger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 9.30 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10.40 7
R Petr Sykora 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 18.50 8
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 10.10 7
C Milan Kraft 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 17.40 6
C Jordan Staal 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.20 8
C Sidney Crosby 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 2 20.50 8
L Stanislav Strachota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.10 5
L Erik Christensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 9.30 6
L Matthew Lombardi 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
L Evgeny Malkin 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 20.20 8
D Paul Bissonnette 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 11.50 6
D Mark Eaton 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 25.00 9
D Brian Strait 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 -2 18.20 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
D Ryan Whitney 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Alexandre Vincent 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sidney Crosby scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Petr Sykora ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 2( 10) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 16)
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1-0 DTV Radek Smolenak (Mike Lundin)
2-0 DTV Kevin Croxton (Marek Kvapil, Jonathan Boutin)

Goalies: Jonathan Boutin - Dany Sabourin