29 Décembre 08

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Colorado Avalanche 4 , Vancouver Canucks 6
Shots: 24 - 29
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:60/73=82 %, Challenges:21/34=60 %
PP: 2 of 8 (12 shots), Passing:79/100=79 %, Challenges:42/45=91 %
Attendance: 18129 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 781360 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:16 1-0 Lee Stempniak [4] (Wojtek Wolski, Rick Nash)
19:36 1-1 Luc Bourdon [3] (Alex Tanguay, Mike Richards)PP
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30:09 1-2 Glen Murray [15] (Sami Salo, Tomas Plekanec)PP
31:15 1-3 Wyatt Kidd [4] (Maxim Lapierre, Taylor Pyatt)
37:01 2-3 Pavol Demitra [15] (Nathan Paetsch)
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40:38 3-3 Dustin Penner [20] (Marek Svatos, Karlis Skrastins)
41:59 3-4 Aleksey Morozov [12] (Mattias Öhlund)
46:15 3-5 Maxim Lapierre [12] (Wyatt Kidd, Matt Cooke)
47:32 4-5 Wojtek Wolski [15] (Pavol Demitra, Nathan Paetsch)PP
48:54 4-6 Glen Murray [16] (Aleksey Morozov, Luc Bourdon)
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Penalty summary:
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02:45 Misha Joukov (2 min for slashing)
05:07 Zdeno Chara (2 min for slashing)
17:47 Derek Boogaard (2 min for slashing)
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20:04 Rick Nash (2 min for slashing)
29:33 Andrew Alberts (5 min for fighting)
29:33 Linus Persson (5 min for fighting)
29:47 Derek Boogaard (2 min for tripping)
34:53 Aleksey Morozov (2 min for high-sticking)
38:11 Zdeno Chara (2 min for cross-checking)
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42:32 Scott Hannan (2 min for hooking)
47:03 Mattias Öhlund (2 min for tripping)
49:08 Derek Boogaard (2 min for hooking)
54:11 Jan Bulis (2 min for roughing)
58:52 Willie Mitchell (2 min for high-sticking)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Linus Persson 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 -3 15.30 6
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 11.40 5
R Marek Svatos 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 19.50 7
R Pavol Demitra 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 7
C Misha Joukov 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -4 17.10 5
C Patrik Stefan 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 10.20 5
C Lee Stempniak 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 9.10 6
C Dustin Penner 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 21.30 8
L Derek Boogaard 0 0 2 2 1 0 6 -3 16.10 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 7
L Wojtek Wolski 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 12.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 -1 10.10 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 25.10 7
D Bryan Berard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 5
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 -1 27.20 8
D Mark Stuart 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12.50 5
D Nathan Paetsch 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 15.30 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 -3 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 6 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Vitaly Kolesnik 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Maxim Lapierre 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 14.40 10
R Taylor Pyatt 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 14.00 7
R Glen Murray 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 8
R Aleksey Morozov 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 10.50 8
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9.50 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 -1 20.20 7
R Mike Comrie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 5
C Mike Richards 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 17.40 8
L Wyatt Kidd 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 9.50 7
C Matt Cooke 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 15.00 7
L Jan Bulis 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 20.20 8
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 27.00 7
D Sami Salo 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 22.00 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 0 22.50 8
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 16.00 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 14.50 7
D Luc Bourdon 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 4 0 20 0 0 60.00 5
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Lapierre
2nd star: Glen Murray
3rd star: Aleksey Morozov

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Pavol Demitra scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Dustin Penner scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Wojtek Wolski scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Glen Murray scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Aleksey Morozov ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Andrew Alberts fought Linus Persson in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 11) , Manitoba Moose 1( 29)
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1-0 HER Cody McCormick
1-1 MAN Ivan Baranka (Tommi Santala, Tyler Bouck)
2-1 HER Landon Bathe (Jaroslav Hlinka)

Goalies: Michael Wall - Cory Schneider

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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Ottawa Senators 4
Shots: 31 - 29
PP: 2 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:58/67=86 %, Challenges:42/48=85 %
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:68/80=85 %, Challenges:31/38=79 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 1050618 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:16 1-0 Paul Stastny [19] (Guillaume Latendresse)
16:08 2-0 Jason Pominville [12] (Jonathan Toews, Vincent Lecavalier)PP
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26:44 2-1 Christoph Schubert [4] (Rostislav Olesz, Corey Perry)
28:19 3-1 Nicklas Bergfors [8] (Paul Stastny, Guillaume Latendresse)PP
30:27 4-1 Vincent Lecavalier [22] (Kristopher Letang, Shea Weber)
35:25 4-2 Mathieu Aubin [1] (Milan Kucek, Dale Mitchell)
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46:09 4-3 Dale Mitchell [3] (Mike Weber, Karl Alzner)
46:35 5-3 Guillaume Latendresse [26] (Paul Stastny, Kristopher Letang)
48:51 5-4 Alexei Ponikarovsky [21] (Christoph Schubert, Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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15:49 Alex Bourret (2 min for boarding)
17:42 Mike Sillinger (2 min for hooking)
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21:24 Eric Fehr (2 min for slashing)
26:57 Dale Mitchell (2 min for roughing)
32:03 Mike Weber (2 min for slashing)
35:52 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for cross-checking)
37:51 Rostislav Olesz (2 min for hooking)
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40:46 Gilbert Brulé (2 min for hooking)
43:43 Marek Zagrapan (2 min for high-sticking)
52:57 Scott Jackson (2 min for slashing)
58:06 Corey Perry (2 min for roughing)
58:06 Dustin Boyd (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Sillinger 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 8.00 5
R Jason Pominville 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 8
R Nicklas Bergfors 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 22.10 8
C Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.30 5
C Dustin Boyd 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -1 10.50 5
C Jonathan Toews 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 22.20 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 2 20.50 10
L Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 6.50 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.10 6
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -1 16.30 8
L Paul Stastny 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 19.50 9
D Claude Cadieux 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 17.10 5
D Scott Jackson 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -1 19.50 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 27.50 8
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 -1 13.00 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 9.40 5
D Shea Weber 0 1 5 5 0 3 0 2 26.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Alexei Shmelev 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Dale Mitchell 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 8.10 7
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 20.50 8
R Dany Heatley 0 0 3 7 0 2 0 -2 21.40 9
C Mathieu Aubin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Dave Bolland 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 6
C Rostislav Olesz 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 15.50 9
C Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 20.10 7
L Eric Fehr 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.00 6
C Alex Bourret 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 10.40 6
C Corey Perry 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 16.20 9
L Marian Gaborik 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -2 18.40 7
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10.40 5
D Keith Ballard 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 26.50 7
D Karl Alzner 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 -1 29.50 7
D Mike Weber 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 5.10 7
D Christoph Schubert 1 1 5 2 0 2 0 1 23.40 9
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 -1 23.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 5 0 26 0 0 58.20 5
G Corey Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Vincent Lecavalier
3rd star: Paul Stastny

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jonathan Toews notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Kristopher Letang has marked a new career high in points with 20 points.
-Kristopher Letang notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Mathieu Aubin finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Mike Weber ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 1( 32) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 19)
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1-0 ROC Cal O'Reilly (Vitaly Anikeenko)
1-1 GRD Scott Sheppard (James Sheppard, Yan Stastny)
1-2 GRD Yan Stastny (James Sheppard)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Martin Gerber

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Calgary Flames 2 , Nashville Predators 3
Shots: 21 - 28
PP: 0 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:71/80=88 %, Challenges:20/28=69 %
PP: 1 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:71/91=78 %, Challenges:50/56=87 %
Attendance: 16667 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 808349 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:01 0-1 Alexander Radulov [25] (Mike Ribeiro, Dan Hamhuis)
13:12 0-2 Toni Lydman [3] (Marek Zidlicky, Radek Bonk)PP
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26:02 1-2 Daymond Langkow [17] (David Hale)
30:06 1-3 Alexander Radulov [26] (Ryan Suter)
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48:37 2-3 Chris Clark [7] (Aki Seitsonen, Arron Alphonso)
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Penalty summary:
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00:42 Alexander Radulov (2 min for high-sticking)
10:23 Daymond Langkow (2 min for hooking)
11:32 Jarome Iginla (2 min for slashing)
13:43 Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for cross-checking)
18:29 Mike Ribeiro (2 min for tripping)
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32:21 Kristian Huselius (2 min for elbowing)
39:04 David Ruzicka (2 min for slashing)
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41:28 Mike Ribeiro (2 min for hooking)
45:38 David Ruzicka (2 min for tripping)
56:08 Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for roughing)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Alphonso 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 5
R David Hlavac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.50 4
R Kristian Huselius 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 15.20 7
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 1 4 2 0 2 1 19.40 8
C Aki Seitsonen 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.00 5
C Perry Hoffman 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 6
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 5
C Daymond Langkow 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 19.50 7
L Chris Clark 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 9.00 7
L David Moss 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 6
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 15.10 6
L Markus Näslund 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 6
D David Ruzicka 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -1 10.50 6
D Richie Regehr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D David Hale 0 1 0 6 0 2 0 2 29.10 9
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -2 13.30 6
D Mark Giordano 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 21.40 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 2 6 1 2 0 2 28.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Leland Irving 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Jean-Christophe Blancha 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 17.20 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 14.20 6
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 7
R Alexander Radulov 2 0 4 2 1 1 2 0 18.40 8
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.20 6
C Radek Bonk 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 12.40 7
C David Legwand 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 21.30 9
L Ahti Luukkonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Mathias Tjärnqvist 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
L Mike Grier 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
L Mike Ribeiro 0 1 2 3 2 0 4 -1 14.30 8
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 6
D Toni Lydman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 8
D Dan Hamhuis 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 26.40 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 17.30 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
D Ryan Suter 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Cédrick Desjardins 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Radulov
2nd star: Mike Ribeiro
3rd star: Toni Lydman

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Kristian Huselius had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Stephane Yelle had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Alexander Radulov scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Alexander Radulov has marked a new career high in goals with 26 tallies.
-Toni Lydman finally ended his 26 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 6( 25) , Milwaukee Admirals 0( 13)
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1-0 SJF Kris Chucko (Andrei Taratukhin)
2-0 SJF Brandon Prust (Derek Couture)
3-0 SJF Jason Allison (Valeri Bure, Eric Nystrom)
4-0 SJF Adam Pardy (Brandon Prust, Kevin Lalande)
5-0 SJF Brandon Rogers (Yuri Artemenkov)
6-0 SJF Valeri Bure (Jason Allison)

Goalies: Kevin Lalande - Pekka Rinne

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Columbus Blue Jackets 6 , Carolina Hurricanes 2
Shots: 32 - 20
PP: 3 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:65/75=86 %, Challenges:52/58=88 %
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:57/72=79 %, Challenges:38/42=88 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 867650 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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17:45 1-0 Pavel Vorobiev [6] (Dan Fritsche, Andre Benoit)
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20:46 2-0 Alexander Ovechkin [27] (Dan Fritsche, Chris Campoli)PP
28:25 3-0 Jay Bouwmeester [7] (Dan Fritsche)
29:16 3-1 Matt Cullen [12] (Craig Adams, Cory Stillman)
30:12 4-1 Alexander Ovechkin [28] (David Vyborny)
37:56 4-2 Cory Stillman [18] (Ray Whitney, Erik Cole)
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40:21 5-2 Simon Gagné [22] (Chris Campoli, Jay Bouwmeester)PP
48:14 6-2 Alexander Ovechkin [29] (David Vyborny, Martin Biron)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:09 Martin Erat (2 min for hooking)
13:07 Matt Stajan (2 min for tripping)
19:21 Chad LaRose (2 min for tripping)
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26:23 Erik Cole (2 min for cross-checking)
33:57 Radek Martinek (2 min for cross-checking)
39:18 Chad LaRose (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:27 Andre Benoit (2 min for holding the stick)
47:17 Craig Adams (2 min for slashing)
50:44 Brad Richardson (2 min for high-sticking)
53:14 Cory Stillman (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 6
R Pavel Vorobiev 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.20 7
R Brad Richardson 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 17.40 7
R David Vyborny 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 13.40 6
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.00 7
C Dan Fritsche 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 9
C Simon Gagné 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 9
L Derick Brassard 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.10 6
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 7
L Martin Erat 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 0 16.00 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 20.40 10
D Johnny Boychuk 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 15.30 5
D Andre Benoit 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 19.40 7
D Chris Campoli 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 28.10 9
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 10.00 5
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 18.00 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 1 1 4 5 0 1 0 0 28.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 2 1 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chad LaRose 0 0 4 0 1 0 4 0 15.30 7
R Craig Adams 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16.20 7
R Cory Stillman 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 17.10 8
R Justin Williams 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 15.00 7
C Pat Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 5
C Bobby Hughes 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 5
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.30 6
C Matt Stajan 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 10.00 6
L Mike Angelidis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
L Matt Cullen 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 8
L Ray Whitney 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.40 5
L Erik Cole 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 12.20 5
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.10 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 -1 21.50 6
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25.30 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 18.00 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 23.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 6 0 26 0 0 60.00 4
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Jay Bouwmeester
3rd star: Dan Fritsche

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Chris Campoli notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Pavel Vorobiev finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-Pavel Vorobiev finally ended his 13 game point drought.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Craig Adams notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 27) , Lowell Lock Monsters 0( 17)
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1-0 SYR Shawn Matthias (Jiri Novotny)
2-0 SYR Kevin Doell (Vladislav Evseev)

Goalies: Adam Munro - Michael Leighton

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Dallas Stars 3 , San Jose Sharks 0
Shots: 22 - 27
PP: 0 of 7 (9 shots), Passing:72/83=86 %, Challenges:30/42=69 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:66/86=76 %, Challenges:51/54=92 %
Attendance: 17001 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 756545 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:28 1-0 Joel Lundqvist [12] (Vojtech Polak, Stéphane Robidas)
17:19 2-0 Junior Lessard [4])
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38:06 3-0 Vojtech Polak [9] (Brenden Morrow, Jeff Halpern)
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Penalty summary:
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04:22 Joe Pavelski (2 min for holding the stick)
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20:48 Garth Murray (2 min for roughing)
23:02 Philippe Boucher (2 min for slashing)
25:13 Brenden Morrow (2 min for cross-checking)
33:53 Garth Murray (2 min for cross-checking)
35:35 Milan Michalek (2 min for hooking)
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40:29 Sergei Korostin (2 min for high-sticking)
43:02 Chris Neil (5 min for attempt to injury)
53:57 Jeff Halpern (2 min for roughing)
53:57 Joe Pavelski (2 min for roughing)
54:14 Garth Murray (2 min for hooking)
58:54 Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for boarding)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Korostin 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6.50 6
R Junior Lessard 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10.00 7
R Vojtech Polak 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 19.40 8
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 6
C Perttu Lindgren 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Jason Chimera 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 11.40 5
C Joel Lundqvist 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
C Jeff Halpern 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 17.50 7
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 14.20 6
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 1 2 6 0 0 2 1 22.50 8
D Mark Fistric 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7.50 6
D Nolan Baumgartner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 28.10 8
D Niklas Grossman 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 13.00 8
D Stéphane Robidas 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 16.40 8
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 29.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 0 0 27 0 0 60.00 10
G Tim Thomas 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
R Steve Bernier 0 0 2 7 2 7 0 -1 19.50 9
R Jeff O'Neill 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 11.20 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 20.50 8
C Logan Couture 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 15.20 8
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 8.10 5
C Joe Thornton 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.20 7
L Garth Murray 0 0 2 5 0 0 6 0 6.50 7
L Chris Neil 0 0 1 3 0 3 5 0 12.40 6
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 13.10 7
L Milan Michalek 0 0 5 3 0 1 2 0 20.40 8
D Radoslav Suchy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 5
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.00 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 20.50 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 28.10 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 -1 25.20 8
D Matt Carle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marty Turco
2nd star: Vojtech Polak
3rd star: Junior Lessard

Notes for Dallas Stars:

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Joe Pavelski had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 2( 23) , Cleveland Barons 0( 19)
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1-0 UTH Alex Foster (Ville Koistinen, Marty Sertich)
2-0 UTH Steve Ott (Andy Greene)

Goalies: Tobias Stephan - Alex Stalock

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Detroit Red Wings 6 , Chicago Blackhawks 2
Shots: 32 - 25
PP: 2 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:66/83=79 %, Challenges:46/51=88 %
PP: 0 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:64/75=85 %, Challenges:37/43=84 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 867263 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:21 1-0 Mikael Samuelsson [16] (Jaroslav Spacek, Alexei Yashin)
02:07 2-0 Alexei Yashin [15] (Jaroslav Spacek, Niklas Kronwall)
04:19 3-0 Nicklas Lidström [11] (Peter Forsberg)PP
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22:44 3-1 Akim Aliu [5] (Geoff Sanderson, Kevyn Adams)
24:16 3-2 Darren Haydar [20] (Radim Vrbata, Adam Foote)
28:55 4-2 Kris Draper [4] (Henrik Zetterberg, Jakub Kindl)SH
37:59 5-2 Peter Forsberg [13] (Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Zetterberg)PP
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43:01 6-2 Brian Rafalski [6] (Henrik Zetterberg)
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Penalty summary:
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02:57 Kyle Wellwood (2 min for roughing)
04:25 Dan Maas (2 min for elbowing)
11:55 Rene Bourque (2 min for high-sticking)
18:58 Dan Maas (2 min for hooking)
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28:07 Peter Forsberg (2 min for slashing)
31:47 Daniel Cleary (2 min for holding the stick)
36:44 Wade Redden (2 min for holding the stick)
39:05 Brett Lebda (2 min for hooking)
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48:38 Rene Bourque (2 min for tripping)
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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 0 -1 6.10 5
R Tomas Kopecky 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 21.00 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 16.40 8
R Kris Draper 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.10 7
C Jozef Balej 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.00 6
C Johan Franzén 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 20.30 7
C Alexei Yashin 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 12.20 9
C Peter Forsberg 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 17.50 8
L Dan Maas 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -1 5.10 5
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 14.40 8
L Daniel Cleary 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 14.00 8
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 19.30 9
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -1 16.30 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 19.50 7
D Brian Rafalski 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 28.00 8
D Jakub Kindl 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 12.20 7
D Nicklas Lidström 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 25.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kevyn Adams 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 7
R Darren Haydar 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 8
R Radim Vrbata 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
C Akim Aliu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 7
C Alexandre Daigle 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 5
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 18.10 7
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -1 7.20 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 6
L Rene Bourque 0 0 2 5 1 0 4 0 15.40 8
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 10.30 7
L Martin Havlat 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 15.00 7
D Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 20.10 7
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -3 16.50 6
D Marek Malik 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 5
D Adam Foote 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 -1 27.20 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 22.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 6 0 26 0 0 60.00 4
G Rick DiPietro 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Henrik Zetterberg
2nd star: Mikael Samuelsson
3rd star: Alexei Yashin

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Alexei Yashin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Mikael Samuelsson notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Henrik Zetterberg notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jakub Kindl finally ended his 13 game point drought.

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Darren Haydar scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Radim Vrbata notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Martin Havlat had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 2( 31) , Norfolk Admirals 1( 16)
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1-0 KCB Bobby Holik (Michal Barinka)
1-1 NOR Martin St. Pierre (Steve Marr, Pierre Parenteau)
2-1 KCB Dick Axelsson (Bobby Holik)

Goalies: Jocelyn Thibault - Patrick Lalime

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Minnesota Wild 0 , Phoenix Coyotes 3
Shots: 14 - 32
PP: 0 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:56/70=80 %, Challenges:34/41=81 %
PP: 1 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:71/92=77 %, Challenges:50/56=87 %
Attendance: 12482 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 604129 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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06:55 0-1 Niko Dimitrakos [5] (Derek Morris, Mike York)SH
15:32 0-2 Steven Reinprecht [17] (Niko Kapanen, Nick Boynton)PP
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24:42 0-3 Peter Mueller [3] (Enver Lisin, Niko Dimitrakos)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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06:31 Enver Lisin (2 min for cross-checking)
12:47 Peter Olvecky (2 min for roughing)
12:47 Patrick Eaves (2 min for roughing)
14:39 Scott Gomez (2 min for tripping)
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25:58 Mike York (2 min for high-sticking)
37:54 Patrick Eaves (2 min for slashing)
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41:31 Enver Lisin (2 min for hooking)
54:01 Tomas Surovy (2 min for hooking)
56:06 Derek Morris (2 min for slashing)
58:17 Kyle Bailey (2 min for cross-checking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 6
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 21.50 7
R Mark Parrish 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 5
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 12.40 7
C Chris Hickey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 5
C Kyle Bailey 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 12.00 5
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 5
C Scott Gomez 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 10.00 6
L Peter Olvecky 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 19.30 6
L Kelly Dabrowski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.00 5
L Steve Kelly 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 4
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 -1 15.50 5
D Kyle Medvec 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.00 4
D Paul Albers 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 21.40 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 27.00 7
D Harri Ilvonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 5
D Nick Schultz 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 19.00 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 8 1 2 0 0 26.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Enver Lisin 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 9.00 7
R Niko Dimitrakos 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 20.10 9
R Steven Reinprecht 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 8
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 13.30 7
C Peter Mueller 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.00 8
C Alexei Kaigorodov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
C Niko Kapanen 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
C Mike Zigomanis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Matt Murley 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 9.00 6
L Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 20.30 7
L Tomas Surovy 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 13.10 7
L Mike York 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 1 17.40 8
D Travis Roche 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21.00 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Brendan Bell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 20.00 7
D Nick Boynton 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 26.30 8
D Derek Morris 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 21.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 0 0 14 0 0 60.00 9
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Aebischer
2nd star: Niko Dimitrakos
3rd star: Steven Reinprecht

Notes for Minnesota Wild:

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Niko Kapanen notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Peter Mueller ended his 8 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 5( 22) , Springfield Falcons 2( 10)
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0-1 SPR Jakub Koreis (Matt Jones, Ryan Turek)
1-1 HOU Ryan Hamilton (Roman Voloshenko, Dan Paillé)
2-1 HOU Dominic Moore (Mike Madill, Matt Foy)
2-2 SPR Ryan Turek (Matt Jones)
3-2 HOU Mika Hannula (Roman Voloshenko)
4-2 HOU Aaron Voros (Éric Bélanger, Mark Rooneem)
5-2 HOU Ryan Stokes (Dan Paillé)

Goalies: Adam Dennis - Scott Munroe

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New Jersey Devils 2 , Florida Panthers 4
Shots: 15 - 43
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:48/66=72 %, Challenges:35/42=81 %
PP: 0 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:74/85=87 %, Challenges:53/60=86 %
Attendance: 19040 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 864416 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:45 0-1 Mike Fisher [12] (Bryan Allen, Jason Spezza)
11:17 0-2 Anton Volchenkov [6] (Mike Fisher, Nick Foligno)
12:56 1-2 Kurt Fink [4] (Grant Marshall, Paul Martin)
15:47 1-3 Mike Fisher [13] (Jason Spezza, Anthony Stewart)
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36:03 1-4 Richard Zednik [15])
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54:52 2-4 Brian Gionta [15] (John Madden, Patrik Elias)
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Penalty summary:
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01:04 Ruslan Salei (2 min for slashing)
04:19 Grant Marshall (2 min for roughing)
19:56 Karel Rachunek (2 min for diving)
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21:17 Henrik Sedin (2 min for boarding)
23:52 Daniel Sedin (2 min for hooking)
37:45 Ruslan Salei (2 min for slashing)
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40:14 Richard Matvichuk (2 min for hooking)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 8.30 5
R Brian Gionta 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 8
R Daniel Sedin 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 14.40 7
C Kurt Fink 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
C Mike Rupp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.00 4
C Travis Zajac 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 19.50 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 0 8.30 6
L Grant Marshall 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 16.20 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 16.10 4
L John Madden 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
L Patrik Elias 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
D Colin White 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 -1 21.00 7
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 1 11 2 3 0 0 23.20 9
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 -1 16.30 6
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 17.10 5
D Paul Martin 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 4 0 39 0 0 60.00 9
G Jordan Parisé 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 1 0 0 0 13.50 6
R Trent Hunter 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 -2 17.00 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 8
R Anthony Stewart 0 1 4 3 0 3 0 3 12.00 7
C Patrick Sharp 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 7
C Drew Larman 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -2 14.50 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 18.20 6
C Jason Spezza 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 3 13.10 8
L Nick Foligno 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.40 7
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 12.50 6
L Richard Zednik 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 7.20 6
L Mike Fisher 2 1 5 5 0 3 0 3 19.30 10
D Tobias Enström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 14.30 5
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21.50 6
D Bryan Allen 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 3 23.30 10
D Duncan Keith 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 16.10 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 15.30 7
D Anton Volchenkov 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 3 28.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 2 0 13 0 0 60.00 4
G Jussi Markkanen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Fisher
2nd star: Jason Spezza
3rd star: Richard Zednik

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Brian Gionta scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Patrik Elias notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Richard Zednik scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Anton Volchenkov finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 2( 15) , Louisville Panthers 1( 17)
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1-0 ALB David Clarkson (Petr Vrana)
2-0 ALB Tuomas Pihlman (Jari Viuhkola)
2-1 LOU Yannic Seidenberg (Jordan LaVallee, Martin Lojek)

Goalies: Mike Morrison - Craig Anderson

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New York Islanders 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 28 - 32
PP: 2 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:75/89=84 %, Challenges:34/39=85 %
PP: 1 of 4 (12 shots), Passing:53/69=76 %, Challenges:42/48=85 %
Attendance: 16297 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 787146 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:02 1-0 Carl Söderberg [10] (Pavel Kubina, Ron Hainsey)
13:41 2-0 Marc-André Bergeron [7] (Carl Söderberg)PP
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22:44 2-1 Nathan Horton [18] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Brad Richards)
24:07 3-1 Sean Bergenheim [13] (Denis Bouchard, Ron Hainsey)PP
31:35 3-2 Brad Richards [18] (Nathan Horton, Ilya Kovalchuk)PP
33:26 4-2 Fernando Pisani [8] (Sergey Bukin, Denis Bouchard)
33:58 5-2 Tim Connolly [17] (Michael Frolík, Marc-André Bergeron)
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42:58 6-2 Sean Bergenheim [14] (Carl Söderberg, Ron Hainsey)
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Penalty summary:
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12:47 Brett Sterling (2 min for cross-checking)
13:38 Nathan Horton (2 min for slashing)
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23:42 Andrew Ference (2 min for high-sticking)
29:43 Noah Welch (2 min for tripping)
36:47 Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for tripping)
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44:29 Ken Klee (2 min for hooking)
47:23 Brad Larsen (2 min for boarding)
49:46 Jason Williams (2 min for cross-checking)
52:34 Michael Frolík (2 min for cross-checking)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fernando Pisani 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 12.40 7
R Raffi Torres 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
R Sean Bergenheim 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 9
R Michael Frolík 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 14.10 6
C Jeremy Colliton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.00 6
C Jason Williams 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 13.10 6
C Carl Söderberg 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 8
C Tim Connolly 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 19.00 7
L Sergey Bukin 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9.00 7
L Michal Repík 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18.10 6
L Marco Sturm 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 18.50 6
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 11.00 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 25.40 9
D Denis Bouchard 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 22.30 8
D Jason Smith 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 12.30 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 29.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Holmqvist 2 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Jason Bacashihua 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 0 0 8.10 5
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
R Patrick Kane 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 13.30 6
R Nathan Horton 1 1 6 3 1 0 2 -1 21.00 9
C Brad Larsen 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 8.10 5
C Jim Slater 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 13.10 5
C Todd White 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 17.40 6
C Brad Richards 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 -2 21.00 8
L Brett Sterling 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8.10 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 10.30 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 2 4 3 2 0 0 -2 22.50 8
D Wes O'Neill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2 18.20 5
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 28.50 7
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10.30 4
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 20.20 5
D Boris Valabik 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 5 0 14 0 0 34.00 4
G Ondrej Pavelec 1 0 8 0 0 26.00 6

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sean Bergenheim
2nd star: Carl Söderberg
3rd star: Marc-André Bergeron

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Carl Söderberg scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Ron Hainsey has marked a new career high in assists with 16 assists.
-Ron Hainsey has marked a new career high in points with 18 points.
-Jason Williams had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Marco Sturm had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ilya Kovalchuk notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Brad Richards ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1( 25) , Chicago Wolves 2(
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0-1 CHW Benoît Mondou (Ned Havern)
0-2 CHW Ryan Murphy (Alexandre Giroux, Joe Motzko)
1-2 BRG Luciano Aquino (Rhett Rakhshani)

Goalies: Al Montoya - Danny Turple


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Washington Capitals 4 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 37 - 22
PP: 1 of 8 (20 shots), Passing:60/72=83 %, Challenges:53/62=84 %
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:66/84=78 %, Challenges:36/42=83 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 915936 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:12 1-0 Petr Prucha [12] (Viktor Kozlov, Andrej Sekera)
11:42 2-0 Boyd Gordon [4] (Matt Pettinger, Chris Bourque)
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27:26 3-0 Ryan Getzlaf [25] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Thomas Vanek)
30:21 3-1 Roman Hamrlik [1] (Brooks Orpik, Steve Bégin)
31:22 4-1 Ryan Getzlaf [26] (Andrej Sekera, Mike Green)PP
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56:41 4-2 Jochen Hecht [10] (Maxim Afinogenov, Dmitri Kalinin)
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Penalty summary:
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00:17 Michael Ryder (2 min for hooking)
05:53 Mike Green (2 min for tripping)
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20:57 Steve Bégin (2 min for roughing)
22:27 Matt D'Agostini (2 min for slashing)
30:36 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for high-sticking)
31:48 Andrei Markov (2 min for hooking)
35:07 Steve Bégin (2 min for tripping)
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41:28 Jochen Hecht (2 min for tripping)
44:41 Chris Bourque (2 min for hooking)
49:01 Mathieu Roy (2 min for high-sticking)
58:18 Jeff Schultz (2 min for elbowing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stephen Werner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.00 4
R Boyd Gordon 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 10.50 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
R Thomas Vanek 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 21.50 9
C Michael Nylander 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.00 6
C Chris Bourque 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 9.00 6
C Petr Prucha 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 2 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 21.40 9
L Brian Sutherby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 5
L Matt Pettinger 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 7
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 12.20 7
D Shawn Belle 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 1 17.40 9
D Mike Green 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 27.10 8
D Andrej Sekera 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 26.10 9
D Cam Barker 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 16.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alex Auld 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 18.30 6
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 11.20 7
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 8 1 2 2 0 17.00 8
C Steve Bégin 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 1 18.50 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -1 11.40 7
C Alexander Semin 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 17.10 5
C Saku Koivu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
L Mathieu Roy 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 17.50 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 7.00 4
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 11.50 9
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.40 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 12.40 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18.40 6
D Roman Hamrlik 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 22.40 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 0 8 0 3 0 0 26.20 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -1 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 4 0 33 0 0 60.00 7
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Getzlaf
2nd star: Andrej Sekera
3rd star: Boyd Gordon

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Ryan Getzlaf scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Brooks Laich had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Brooks Orpik notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jochen Hecht scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Maxim Afinogenov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Saku Koivu had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Scott Hartnell had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Roman Hamrlik finally ended his 36 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 20) , Quebec Citadelles 3( 29)
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1-0 POR Mike Sullivan (Josef Boumedienne)
1-1 QUE Tom Kostopoulos (Mathieu Dandenault, Grant Stevenson)
1-2 QUE Daniel Sparre (Krys Barch)
1-3 QUE Tom Kostopoulos (Marcus Jonasén, Grant Stevenson)

Goalies: Olaf Kölzig - Loïc LaCasse