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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Vancouver Canucks 1
Shots: 21 - 18
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:79/82=96 %, Challenges:0/55=0 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:71/95=74 %, Challenges:19/53=35 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 1050618 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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27:54 1-0 Andrei Kostitsyn [16] (Marek Zagrapan)
32:38 1-1 Mike Richards [28] (Mattias Öhlund)
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50:53 2-1 Jonathan Toews [32] (Brent Burns)
59:31 3-1 Gilbert Brulé [32] (Brent Burns) EN
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Penalty summary:
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34:35 Alex Tanguay (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.40 5
R Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 15.20 7
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 16.20 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 20.40 6
C Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 7.40 5
C Felix Schütz 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 15.10 5
C Jonathan Toews 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 1 15.00 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 2 1 5 3 0 0 19.30 5
L Dustin Boyd 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 7.50 5
L Marek Zagrapan 0 1 1 1 6 0 0 1 15.20 4
L Gilbert Brulé 1 0 2 1 5 1 0 1 18.50 6
L Paul Stastny 0 0 3 3 7 4 0 0 20.40 6
D Claude Cadieux 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16.30 5
D Scott Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 24.30 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 7 3 7 0 1 19.20 8
D Brent Burns 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 1 15.00 8
D Shea Weber 0 0 3 2 5 3 0 0 25.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Danny Battochio 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Alexei Shmelev 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Maas 0 0 2 0 1 6 0 0 11.20 6
R Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 4 5 4 0 -2 20.30 6
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.40 5
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 3 5 5 5 0 0 19.30 7
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 12.00 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 -2 20.40 6
C Mike Comrie 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.40 6
C Mike Richards 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 18.40 6
L Juraj Simek 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12.00 6
L Wyatt Kidd 0 0 1 0 2 9 0 -2 19.50 5
L Rico Fata 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 10.50 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 17.20 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 -2 26.50 4
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 10.00 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 1 2 6 1 7 0 0 23.10 9
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -2 25.50 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 5
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 20.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 18 0 0 59.30 6
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brent Burns
2nd star: Andrei Kostitsyn
3rd star: Jonathan Toews

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Andrei Kostitsyn finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Guillaume Latendresse had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Paul Stastny had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Taylor Pyatt had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Mike Comrie had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 1( 15) , Manitoba Moose 2( 14)
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0-1 MAN Mason Raymond (Michael Grabner, Ryan Shannon)
0-2 MAN Mason Raymond (Michael Grabner, Alexander Edler)
1-2 ROC Jeff Corey (Trevor Kell)

Goalies: Chris Beckford-Tseu - Cory Schneider


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Ottawa Senators 5 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1
Shots: 33 - 19
PP: 1 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:65/70=92 %, Challenges:37/41=88 %
PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:71/86=82 %, Challenges:29/39=72 %
Attendance: 10840 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 661240 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:45 1-0 Rostislav Olesz [29])SH
10:39 2-0 Karl Alzner [6] (Simon Gagné)
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28:25 3-0 Alexei Ponikarovsky [37] (Rostislav Olesz)
29:59 4-0 Dany Heatley [41] (Simon Gagné)
39:44 4-1 Marian Hossa [18] (Mike Modano, Shane Hnidy)PP
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42:22 5-1 Marian Gaborik [46] (Dany Heatley, Simon Gagné)PP
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Penalty summary:
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07:32 Jirí Tlustý (2 min for elbowing)
14:02 Samuel Påhlsson (2 min for hooking)
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21:24 Drew Miller (2 min for diving)
23:54 Zbynek Michalek (2 min for high-sticking)
26:21 Marian Hossa (2 min for tripping)
37:19 Rostislav Olesz (2 min for roughing)
37:53 Karl Alzner (2 min for tripping)
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40:32 Stephen Dixon (2 min for roughing)
45:14 Nathan Saunders (2 min for slashing)
50:14 Chris Pronger (2 min for slashing)
53:57 Chris Kunitz (2 min for tripping)
56:26 Christoph Schubert (2 min for hooking)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dale Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 6
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 20.50 8
L James Sheppard 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 14.50 8
R Dany Heatley 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 21.20 9
C Mathieu Aubin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 5
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 11.10 5
C Rostislav Olesz 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 2 22.00 8
C Simon Gagné 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 20.20 8
L Derick Brassard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 7
L Eric Fehr 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.10 6
R Corey Perry 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 20.10 7
L Marian Gaborik 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 2 19.10 8
D Mike Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 2 6 0 4 2 1 29.00 10
D Karl Alzner 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 3 21.50 9
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 9.10 6
D Keith Ballard 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 1 26.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Schwarz 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Miikka Kiprusoff 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brad May 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 16.40 4
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 4
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 19.50 7
R Mike Modano 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
C Stephen Dixon 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 16.30 5
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 -1 18.50 8
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 10.20 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.50 5
L Drew Miller 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 -2 12.20 4
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 5 3 0 0 2 -1 16.40 7
L Marian Hossa 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 16.00 8
D Nathan Saunders 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 11.30 5
D Brian Salcido 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 25.00 4
D Brendan Mikkelson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 25.40 6
D Brett Festerling 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.00 5
D Shane Hnidy 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 -1 22.20 6
D Chris Pronger 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 -2 22.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 5 0 28 0 0 60.00 5
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Simon Gagné has marked a new career high in points with 80 points.

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 3( 23) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 2( 16)
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1-0 GRD Alexei Smirnov (Mark Bell, Alex Bourret)
1-1 CIN Ryan Carter (Bobby Ryan)
2-1 GRD Brian Day (Alex Bourret)
2-2 CIN Ryan Carter (Bobby Ryan)
3-2 GRD Yan Stastny (Jason Jaffray)

Goalies: Corey Crawford - Gerald Coleman

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Atlanta Thrashers 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 28 - 32
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:67/79=84 %, Challenges:32/36=86 %
PP: 1 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:68/79=86 %, Challenges:37/44=82 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 875855 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:26 0-1 Alexander Ovechkin [46] (Chris Campoli, Chris Higgins)
10:28 1-1 Mark Popovic [6] (Nathan Horton, Boris Valabik)
17:42 2-1 Mark Popovic [7] (Nathan Horton, Boris Valabik)
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22:54 3-1 Nathan Horton [37] (Brad Richards, Brad Larsen)
31:08 3-2 Alexander Ovechkin [47] (David Vyborny, Jay Bouwmeester)PP
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42:37 4-2 Vyacheslav Kozlov [21] (Alexei Zhitnik, Boris Valabik)
53:34 5-2 Patrick Kane [18] (Tomas Vokoun)
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Penalty summary:
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05:51 David Vyborny (2 min for hooking)
13:13 Joey Crabb (2 min for roughing)
13:13 Joey Crabb (10 min misconduct)
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29:59 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for tripping)
36:31 Alexei Cherepanov (2 min for tripping)
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44:48 Brad Larsen (2 min for slashing)
50:47 Patrick Kane (2 min for hooking)
56:33 Brett Sterling (2 min for diving)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 7.30 6
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.40 7
R Patrick Kane 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 15.50 7
R Nathan Horton 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 20.20 8
C Brad Larsen 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 10.10 7
C Jim Slater 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 15.00 6
C Todd White 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 12.10 7
C Brad Richards 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 22.40 8
L Brett Sterling 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 8.50 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.40 6
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 13.50 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 21.00 9
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 12.40 5
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 22.40 6
D Mark Popovic 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 4 24.40 10
D Wes O'Neill 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 14.00 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 4 1 1 2 2 16.10 8
D Boris Valabik 0 3 1 4 0 3 0 3 29.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 2 1 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Ondrej Pavelec 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6.20 7
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 15.10 5
R Brad Richardson 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
R David Vyborny 0 1 4 1 3 0 2 -2 21.10 6
C Alexandre Picard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 7
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -2 16.00 6
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
C Chris Higgins 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 -2 21.10 7
L Brad Malone 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
L Evgeni Chemerkin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 16.00 4
L Martin Erat 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 -2 22.30 8
D Johnny Boychuk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.40 4
D Andre Benoit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 6
D Chris Campoli 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 27.40 6
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2 17.30 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -2 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 5 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nathan Horton
2nd star: Mark Popovic
3rd star: Boris Valabik

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Nathan Horton notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Mark Popovic has marked a new career high in points with 22 points.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Jay Bouwmeester notched his 60th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 1( 16) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 24)
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0-1 SYR Curtis Glencross (Eric Neilson)
1-1 CHW Joe Motzko (Bruno Gervais, Alexandre Giroux)
1-2 SYR Bobby Nyholm (Curtis Glencross, Rory Rawlyk)
1-3 SYR Marc Methot (Joakim Lindström, Shawn Matthias)

Goalies: Danny Turple - Tomas Popperle



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Dallas Stars 4 , Phoenix Coyotes 1
Shots: 28 - 25
PP: 2 of 7 (10 shots), Passing:60/73=82 %, Challenges:39/44=86 %
PP: 0 of 5 (13 shots), Passing:72/84=85 %, Challenges:32/42=74 %
Attendance: 13835 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 615657 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:54 1-0 Jason Chimera [12] (Jere Lehtinen)
17:08 2-0 Antti Miettinen [13] (Junior Lessard, Marty Turco)PP
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30:19 2-1 Mike York [21] (Bryan Berard, Chris Phillips)
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55:59 3-1 Jeff Halpern [19] (Jere Lehtinen, Antti Miettinen)PP
59:42 4-1 Antti Miettinen [14] (Daniel Alfredsson, Mark Fistric)
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Penalty summary:
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04:57 Jeff Halpern (2 min for tripping)
07:51 Mark Fistric (2 min for hooking)
13:33 Derek Morris (2 min for hooking)
16:04 Mike Sillinger (2 min for hooking)
17:53 Matt Murley (2 min for high-sticking)
19:04 Fredrik Sjöström (2 min for tripping)
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24:05 Perttu Lindgren (2 min for high-sticking)
33:22 Jussi Jokinen (2 min for holding the stick)
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43:41 Niko Kapanen (2 min for cross-checking)
50:37 Nick Boynton (2 min for roughing)
50:37 B.J. Crombeen (2 min for roughing)
52:08 Jeff Halpern (2 min for boarding)
54:08 Bryan Berard (2 min for slashing)
57:12 Peter Mueller (2 min for hooking)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R B.J. Crombeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.00 6
R Junior Lessard 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 15.30 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 21.20 8
C Perttu Lindgren 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.20 6
C Joel Lundqvist 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 19.40 6
C Jason Chimera 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 7
C Jeff Halpern 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 19.20 7
L Sergei Korostin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 12.20 7
L Antti Miettinen 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 15.20 9
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 20.30 7
D Mark Fistric 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 16.40 7
D Niklas Grossman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 16.50 6
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 26.30 7
D Nolan Baumgartner 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.20 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 27.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 1 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Fischer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 5
R Niko Dimitrakos 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11.00 7
R Steven Reinprecht 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 18.30 7
R Mike Sillinger 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 16.40 7
C Peter Mueller 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.00 6
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11.00 5
C Mike Zigomanis 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 16.30 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 7
L Matt Murley 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.00 5
L Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 20.20 6
L Tomas Surovy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 5
L Mike York 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 19.00 6
D Chris Phillips 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 22.20 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 26.10 7
D Bryan Berard 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 18.20 7
D Nick Boynton 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 -1 14.40 5
D Brendan Bell 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 22.10 7
D Derek Morris 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Antti Miettinen
2nd star: Jere Lehtinen
3rd star: Daniel Alfredsson

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Jere Lehtinen notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Antti Miettinen has marked a new career high in points with 32 points.
-Mark Fistric ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Mike York ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Chris Phillips ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 1( 18) , Springfield Falcons 4( 22)
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0-1 SPR Logan Stephenson (Roman Cervenka, Nick Ross)
0-2 SPR Roman Cervenka (Lance Monych)
0-3 SPR Tyler Redenbach (Lance Monych)
0-4 SPR Roman Cervenka (Jonathan Ferland, Nick Ross)
1-4 UTH Jon Francisco (Andy Greene)

Goalies: Tobias Stephan - Scott Munroe

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Washington Capitals 5 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 32 - 26
PP: 0 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:57/72=79 %, Challenges:64/66=95 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:57/77=74 %, Challenges:37/45=80 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 915936 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:22 0-1 Jordan Staal [32] (Matthew Lombardi, Ryan Whitney)
12:52 1-1 Andrej Sekera [7] (Brooks Laich, Thomas Vanek)
15:42 2-1 Viktor Kozlov [39] (Cam Barker, Ryan Getzlaf)
17:39 2-2 Ales Kotalik [27] (Ryan Whitney, Jordan Staal)
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25:54 3-2 Thomas Vanek [40] (Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Barker)
34:37 3-3 Matthew Lombardi [20] (Ryan Whitney, Darryl Sydor)
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42:35 4-3 Thomas Vanek [41] (Ryan Getzlaf, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
48:52 4-4 Sergei Gonchar [11] (Mike Van Ryn, Petr Sykora)
51:32 5-4 Pierre-Marc Bouchard [24] (Thomas Vanek, Steve Eminger)
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Penalty summary:
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03:25 Brian Strait (2 min for tripping)
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20:09 Stanislav Strachota (2 min for hooking)
21:24 Jordan Staal (2 min for tripping)
36:47 Shawn Belle (2 min for slashing)
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46:14 Petr Sykora (2 min for elbowing)
54:15 Sidney Crosby (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stephen Werner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 -1 13.40 7
L Brooks Laich 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -1 19.10 7
R Thomas Vanek 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 3 21.00 10
C Michael Nylander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 4
C Chris Bourque 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 11.50 6
C Petr Prucha 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 13.50 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 3 21.00 8
L Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 7
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.50 10
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 7
D Shawn Belle 0 0 2 5 0 1 2 -1 19.30 7
D Steve Eminger 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 28.50 7
D Mike Green 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 19.30 7
D Andrej Sekera 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 16.20 8
D Cam Barker 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 2 22.50 10
(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 Ryan Flynn 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.00 7
R R.J. Umberger 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 11.50 6
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 8
R Petr Sykora 0 1 3 2 1 0 2 -2 18.10 8
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Milan Kraft 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 18.20 8
C Jordan Staal 1 1 2 4 1 0 2 -1 21.30 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 20.30 6
L Stanislav Strachota 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6.00 5
L Erik Christensen 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11.50 6
L Matthew Lombardi 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
L Evgeny Malkin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 21.20 6
D Carl Sneep 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 19.10 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 13.20 5
D Sergei Gonchar 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 -2 22.40 8
D Brian Strait 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 18.00 5
D Ryan Whitney 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 20.00 10
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -2 26.50 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 27 0 0 59.30 5
G Alexandre Vincent 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
3rd star: Ryan Getzlaf

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Thomas Vanek scored his 40th goal of the season.
-Steve Eminger notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Andrej Sekera finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Jordan Staal notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Matthew Lombardi scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Sergei Gonchar ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 18) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 11)
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0-1 WIL Jeff Taffe
1-1 POR John Zeiler (Jean-François Plourde)
1-2 WIL Peter Sejna (Jeff Taffe, Jarkko Ruutu)
2-2 POR Donald Brashear (Shaone Morrisonn)
3-2 POR Donald Brashear (Darin Olver)

Goalies: Olaf Kölzig - Dany Sabourin