1 Avril 09

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Ottawa Senators 6 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 31 - 21
PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:64/74=86 %, Challenges:38/42=88 %
PP: 2 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:60/76=78 %, Challenges:49/54=89 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 1128500 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:37 1-0 Eric Fehr [8] (Mathieu Aubin)
14:15 2-0 Mathieu Aubin [10] (Zbynek Michalek)
19:41 2-1 Jeff Hamilton [28] (Cory Stillman, Matt Cullen)PP
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30:59 2-2 Mike Knuble [15] (Erik Cole, Cam Ward)
33:58 3-2 Alexei Ponikarovsky [41] (Dany Heatley, Rostislav Klesla)SH
35:28 4-2 James Sheppard [7] (Dany Heatley, Rostislav Klesla)
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42:56 5-2 Alexei Ponikarovsky [42] (Derick Brassard, Simon Gagné)
48:41 5-3 Jeff Hamilton [29] (Frantisek Kaberle, Cory Stillman)PP
49:47 6-3 James Sheppard [8] (Corey Perry, Jirí Tlustý)
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Penalty summary:
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01:55 Eric Fehr (2 min for tripping)
04:23 Cory Stillman (2 min for tripping)
18:15 Dale Mitchell (2 min for slashing)
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21:53 James Sheppard (2 min for high-sticking)
32:05 Dale Mitchell (2 min for tripping)
38:17 Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for hooking)
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40:34 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
47:09 Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for hooking)
52:11 Mike Weber (2 min for roughing)
57:14 Erik Cole (2 min for hooking)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 2 10.30 9
R Dale Mitchell 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 15.20 7
R Corey Perry 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 20.10 7
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 19.00 8
C Simon Gagné 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7.30 6
C Mathieu Aubin 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 13.40 8
C Jirí Tlustý 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 7
R Dany Heatley 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 8
L Derick Brassard 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.40 6
L Eric Fehr 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 14.10 7
L James Sheppard 2 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 17.20 10
D Mike Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3.50 5
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 7 0 4 0 3 25.20 9
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 28.00 8
D Zbynek Michalek 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8.20 6
D Keith Ballard 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 29.20 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 2 4 4 0 0 2 1 27.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Schwarz 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Miikka Kiprusoff 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 0 0 1 0 0 -3 10.30 4
R Craig Adams 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 12.10 7
L Marco Sturm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.50 5
R Cory Stillman 0 2 4 3 1 0 2 0 16.10 8
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -3 10.50 6
C Jeff Hamilton 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 9
C Matt Stajan 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 19.20 7
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 9.30 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -3 10.50 4
L Matt Cullen 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 -1 19.40 6
R Mike Knuble 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 14.50 10
L Erik Cole 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 -2 12.40 6
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 23.40 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17.20 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -3 19.40 6
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 16.30 5
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 24.00 8
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -4 19.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 6 1 25 0 0 60.00 4
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexei Ponikarovsky
2nd star: James Sheppard
3rd star: Jeff Hamilton

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Mathieu Aubin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Rostislav Klesla notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Derick Brassard notched his 10th assist of the season.
-James Sheppard has marked a new career high in goals with 8 tallies.
-Marian Gaborik had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Mike Knuble scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Matt Stajan had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 14) , Lowell Lock Monsters 0( 4)
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1-0 GRD Brian Day (Jason Jaffray)
2-0 GRD Brian Day (Jason Jaffray)

Goalies: Corey Crawford - Michael Leighton


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Detroit Red Wings 3 , Edmonton Oilers 6
Shots: 34 - 28
PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:65/69=94 %, Challenges:42/49=84 %
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:62/75=82 %, Challenges:39/45=84 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 867263 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:59 0-1 Jean-François Jacques [25] (Robert Nilsson, Sheldon Souray)
09:33 0-2 Ryan O'Marra [13] (Shawn Horcoff, Denis Grebeshkov)
13:17 1-2 Glen Murray [22] (Jaroslav Spacek, Alexei Yashin)
15:42 1-3 Clarke MacArthur [17] (Sergei Samsonov, Ryan O'Marra)PP
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26:02 2-3 Mikael Samuelsson [34] (Jaroslav Spacek, Alexei Yashin)
31:26 2-4 Sheldon Souray [13] (Matt Greene, Robbie Schremp)
35:31 3-4 Daniel Cleary [31] (Henrik Zetterberg, Peter Forsberg)
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44:03 3-5 Sam Gagner [16] (Robert Nilsson, Robbie Schremp)
45:51 3-6 Vyacheslav Trukhno [15] (Patrick Thoresen, Clarke MacArthur)
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Penalty summary:
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03:59 Kris Draper (2 min for high-sticking)
11:07 Jean-François Jacques (2 min for hooking)
15:29 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
16:37 Ladislav Smid (2 min for tripping)
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20:25 Jean-François Jacques (2 min for high-sticking)
35:41 Ray Whitney (2 min for roughing)
38:49 Jozef Balej (2 min for holding the stick)
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55:27 Shawn Horcoff (2 min for tripping)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tomas Kopecky 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 7.20 5
R Kris Draper 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 9.50 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
L Daniel Cleary 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 19.10 8
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 12.10 7
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 9.50 7
C Alexei Yashin 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
C Peter Forsberg 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 -1 20.20 9
C Jozef Balej 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 10.40 6
L Jan Bulis 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12.30 6
R Glen Murray 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 8
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 18.30 8
D Mark Streit 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 29.20 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 17.30 8
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -3 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 6 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sam Gagner 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.50 8
R Patrick Thoresen 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 13.50 7
R Clarke MacArthur 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 17.20 9
R Jarret Stoll 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.00 7
C Robert Nilsson 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 17.30 7
C Robbie Schremp 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 13.50 8
C Ryan O'Marra 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 21.40 8
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 4.50 5
L Jean-François Jacques 1 0 4 3 0 0 4 1 17.30 9
L Vyacheslav Trukhno 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 13.50 8
L Sergei Samsonov 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Ray Whitney 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 7.10 5
D Matt Greene 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 22.40 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 12.40 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 -1 24.40 8
D Sheldon Souray 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 22.50 8
D Danny Syvret 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 14.50 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -2 22.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jason LaBarbera 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Clarke MacArthur
2nd star: Ryan O'Marra
3rd star: Sheldon Souray

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Jaroslav Spacek notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Alexei Yashin notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Peter Forsberg scored the 1000th point of his career.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Jean-François Jacques scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Vyacheslav Trukhno scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Matt Greene ended his 5 game point drought.
-Sheldon Souray ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 5( 28) , Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 16)
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1-0 KCB Will Engasser (Valtteri Filppula)
2-0 KCB Will Engasser (Jakub Kindl, Evan McGrath)
2-1 HAM Mathieu Melanson (Riley Nash)
3-1 KCB Evan McGrath (Will Engasser, Michal Barinka)
3-2 HAM Adam Pineault (Andrew Cogliano)
4-2 KCB Jakub Kindl (Will Engasser, Michal Barinka)
5-2 KCB Jordan Foote (Johan Eneqvist)

Goalies: Jimmy Howard - Devan Dubnyk

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Atlanta Thrashers 3 , Philadelphia Flyers 4
Shots: 26 - 28
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:68/83=81 %, Challenges:44/52=83 %
PP: 1 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:73/80=91 %, Challenges:29/36=78 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 875855 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:14 1-0 Vyacheslav Kozlov [25] (Andrew Ference, Todd White)
15:32 1-1 Fedor Tyutin [7] (Scottie Upshall)PP
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27:49 1-2 Ryane Clowe [16] (Scottie Upshall, Antoine Vermette)
30:45 1-3 Drew Stafford [35] (Nicklas Bäckström, Braydon Coburn)
31:44 2-3 Ilya Kovalchuk [44] (Nathan Horton, Boris Valabik)
32:13 2-4 Ryane Clowe [17] (Colby Armstrong, Shane O'Brien)
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47:07 3-4 Nathan Horton [40] (Brad Richards)
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Penalty summary:
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05:36 Jeff Tambellini (2 min for hooking)
13:42 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for hooking)
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33:55 Jeff Tambellini (2 min for hooking)
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42:04 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for slashing)
49:48 Jim Slater (2 min for tripping)
57:17 Brad Larsen (2 min for holding the stick)
59:45 Mikko Koivu (2 min for tripping)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 5
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
R Patrick Kane 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 7
R Nathan Horton 1 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 20.50 9
C Brad Larsen 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 6.50 5
C Jim Slater 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 -1 15.30 6
C Todd White 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 8
C Brad Richards 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 22.10 8
L Brett Sterling 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.50 4
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 12.10 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.00 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 21.40 8
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 13.20 6
D Andrew Ference 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 6
D Mark Popovic 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 25.10 7
D Wes O'Neill 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 14.50 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 2 3 1 0 4 1 17.00 8
D Boris Valabik 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 29.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Ondrej Pavelec 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Downie 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 2 17.10 9
R Claude Giroux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 7
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 21.50 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
C Scottie Upshall 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 14.10 8
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15.10 7
C Drew Stafford 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 -1 21.50 7
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 0 6.50 5
L Ryane Clowe 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 13.50 9
L Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 -1 21.40 6
L Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 14.40 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 19.50 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 -1 17.40 8
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 17.50 6
D Fedor Tyutin 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 25.20 8
D Ryan Parent 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 12.40 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 -1 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Ilya Bryzgalov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryane Clowe
2nd star: Colby Armstrong
3rd star: Nathan Horton

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Vyacheslav Kozlov scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Brad Richards has marked a new career high in assists with 69 assists.
-Nathan Horton scored his 40th goal of the season.
-Mark Popovic had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Fedor Tyutin has marked a new career high in goals with 7 tallies.
-Drew Stafford scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Fedor Tyutin ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 2( 24) , Philadelphia Phantoms 0( 14)
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1-0 CHW Janne Jokila (Chad Painchaud, David Liffiton)
2-0 CHW Scott Lehman (Brian Boyle)

Goalies: Danny Turple - Rejean Beauchemin



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Tampa Bay Lightning 3 , Buffalo Sabres 5
Shots: 29 - 33
PP: 1 of 7 (17 shots), Passing:61/73=83 %, Challenges:39/43=88 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:70/81=86 %, Challenges:41/46=87 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 871328 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:48 0-1 Nicklas Bergfors [17] (Gilbert Brulé)
18:03 1-1 Kimmo Timonen [11] (Patrice Bergeron)PP
19:47 1-2 Felix Schütz [2] (Dustin Boyd, Marek Zagrapan)
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20:26 2-2 Michael Peca [12] (Patrice Bergeron, Vaclav Prospal)
28:52 2-3 Guillaume Latendresse [59] (Shea Weber)
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41:57 3-3 Éric Perrin [17] (Michel Ouellet, Lukas Krajicek)
42:44 3-4 Jonathan Toews [36] (Gilbert Brulé, Brent Burns)
59:06 3-5 Brent Burns [5] (Scott Jackson, Guillaume Latendresse) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:35 John-Michael Liles (2 min for roughing)
10:09 Gilbert Brulé (2 min for tripping)
16:38 Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for hooking)
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22:05 Kimmo Timonen (2 min for roughing)
24:34 Jason Pominville (2 min for hooking)
30:24 Scott Jackson (2 min for hooking)
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41:08 Vincent Lecavalier (5 min for fighting)
41:08 Karl Stewart (5 min for fighting)
45:31 Felix Schütz (2 min for slashing)
55:09 Dustin Boyd (2 min for slashing)
56:52 Kristopher Letang (2 min for hooking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nick Tarnasky 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 8.10 5
R Jason Ward 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 5
R Michel Ouellet 0 1 9 0 1 0 0 -1 21.00 7
R Michael Peca 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 6
C Brett McLean 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 8.10 6
C Éric Perrin 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 17.20 6
C Karl Stewart 0 0 3 2 0 0 5 -1 14.10 5
C Patrice Bergeron 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
L Patrick Leahy 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 8.10 6
L Maxime Boisclair 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 14.40 5
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 4
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 6
D Brett Clark 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 12.30 5
D Kimmo Timonen 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 -2 26.10 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 -1 29.20 6
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 12.40 5
D Lukas Krajicek 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -2 16.30 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 5 0 28 0 0 58.50 5
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 9.50 6
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6.30 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 14.30 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.00 7
C Felix Schütz 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 9.50 7
C Benoit Pouliot 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 7
C Jonathan Toews 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.20 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 5 2 0 1 5 1 22.30 8
L Dustin Boyd 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 10.10 6
L Marek Zagrapan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
L Gilbert Brulé 0 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 18.50 8
L Paul Stastny 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Claude Cadieux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
D Scott Jackson 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 19.50 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 27.50 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 12.20 7
D Brent Burns 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 20.00 8
D Shea Weber 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 31.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alexei Shmelev 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Danny Battochio 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Brent Burns
3rd star: Nicklas Bergfors

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Michael Peca finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Guillaume Latendresse notched his 50th assist of the season.
-Felix Schütz finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Paul Stastny had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Vincent Lecavalier beat Karl Stewart in a fight.

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 1( 10) , Rochester Americans 4( 25)
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0-1 ROC Olivier Latendresse (Branislav Fabry)
0-2 ROC Vitaly Anikeenko (Branislav Fabry, Olivier Latendresse)
1-2 DTV Radek Smolenak (Lasse Kukkonen)
1-3 ROC Marc-Antoine Pouliot (Dylan Hunter, Cody Franson)
1-4 ROC Vitaly Anikeenko (Trevor Kell, Olivier Latendresse)

Goalies: Jonathan Boutin - Chris Beckford-Tseu

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Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1 , Vancouver Canucks 3
Shots: 10 - 31
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:58/70=82 %, Challenges:22/40=53 %
PP: 1 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:79/96=82 %, Challenges:47/55=83 %
Attendance: 17174 of 17174 (Arrowhead Pond)
Ticket income: 814048 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:02 0-1 Luc Bourdon [7] (Mike Richards, Aleksey Morozov)PP
16:07 0-2 Wyatt Kidd [9] (Alex Tanguay, Mike Richards)
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26:33 0-3 Rico Fata [15] (Aleksey Morozov, Taylor Pyatt)
34:16 1-3 Brendan Mikkelson [8] (Markus Kink, Stanislav Chistov)
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Penalty summary:
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02:18 Nathan Saunders (2 min for tripping)
04:16 Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for tripping)
11:57 Nathan Saunders (2 min for tripping)
13:37 Todd Marchant (2 min for slashing)
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27:59 Chris Pronger (2 min for tripping)
35:09 Brad May (2 min for tripping)
39:56 Juraj Simek (2 min for hooking)
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54:01 Sami Salo (2 min for boarding)
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brad May 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 -1 16.50 4
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 12.30 4
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 20.20 5
R Mike Modano 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 4
C Anson Carter 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 20.50 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 13.50 5
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 4
L Markus Kink 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 6
L Stanislav Chistov 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.10 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13.50 5
L Marian Hossa 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.40 4
D Nathan Saunders 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16.20 5
D Brian Salcido 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 -1 19.10 7
D Brendan Mikkelson 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Brett Festerling 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18.20 5
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 23.30 6
D Chris Pronger 0 0 1 7 0 1 2 -1 22.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Manny Fernandez 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 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
R Maxim Lapierre 0 0 3 6 2 5 0 0 21.00 10
R Aleksey Morozov 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 10.00 8
R Taylor Pyatt 0 1 3 3 1 3 0 0 19.00 8
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 20.20 7
C Mike Comrie 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.10 7
C Mike Richards 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.30 7
L Juraj Simek 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 10.00 6
L Wyatt Kidd 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 6
L Rico Fata 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 12.00 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 17.10 8
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28.00 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 13.30 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 25.40 7
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 22.10 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9.50 6
D Luc Bourdon 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 20.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 1 0 9 0 0 60.00 7
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Aleksey Morozov
2nd star: Taylor Pyatt
3rd star: Mike Richards

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Mike Richards notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Rico Fata scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Mike Comrie had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Wyatt Kidd finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 4( 28) , Manitoba Moose 0( 12)
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1-0 CIN Dmitri Utkin (Petteri Wirtanen)
2-0 CIN Trevor Gillies (Ryan Carter)
3-0 CIN Jarkko A. Immonen (Oskari Korpikari)
4-0 CIN Jason King (Ryan Carter)

Goalies: Gerald Coleman - Cory Schneider

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Chicago Blackhawks 4 , Florida Panthers 3
Shots: 32 - 22
PP: 2 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:58/70=82 %, Challenges:48/54=87 %
PP: 0 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:66/75=88 %, Challenges:32/37=84 %
Attendance: 20500 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 967600 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:16 1-0 Vojtech Polak [19] (Bryan Bickell, Wade Redden)
13:47 2-0 Brian Campbell [11] (Brendan Morrison, Chris Drury)PP
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32:19 2-1 Trent Hunter [19] (Evgeny Artyukhin, Drew Larman)
32:36 2-2 Trent Hunter [20] (Evgeny Artyukhin, Drew Larman)
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41:19 2-3 Patrick Sharp [19] (Chris Kelly, Bryan Allen)
47:32 3-3 Vojtech Polak [20] (Brent Seabrook, Wade Redden)
48:23 4-3 Marek Svatos [15] (Marc Savard, Lee Stempniak)PP
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Penalty summary:
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00:16 Chris Drury (2 min for hooking)
13:16 Ruslan Salei (2 min for high-sticking)
19:47 Dustin Byfuglien (2 min for roughing)
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22:25 Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for hooking)
25:18 Brent Seabrook (2 min for roughing)
27:48 Bryan Bickell (2 min for boarding)
29:48 Ryan Craig (2 min for holding the stick)
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43:34 Alexandre Daigle (2 min for cross-checking)
46:35 Evgeny Artyukhin (5 min for fighting)
46:35 Dustin Byfuglien (5 min for fighting)
48:01 Andrei Zyuzin (2 min for tripping)
54:51 Evgeny Artyukhin (2 min for high-sticking)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vojtech Polak 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 8
R Darren Haydar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 7
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 6
R Marek Svatos 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 9
C Dan Paillé 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
C Alexandre Daigle 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 10.50 6
C Brendan Morrison 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.30 8
C Lee Stempniak 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
L Bryan Bickell 0 1 5 4 3 0 2 1 19.40 8
L Rene Bourque 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 14.10 7
L Marc Savard 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 13.20 7
L Chris Drury 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 -1 20.50 8
D Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 -2 13.10 6
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
D Wade Redden 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 25.30 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 7
D Brian Campbell 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 25.00 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 22.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Kelly 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 12.50 6
R Trent Hunter 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.10 8
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -1 17.50 7
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 12.10 7
C Patrick Sharp 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 8
C Drew Larman 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 14.20 7
C Ryan Craig 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 -1 18.40 7
C Jason Spezza 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 6
L Nick Foligno 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 12.40 7
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 2 3 1 0 0 7 2 13.00 8
L Richard Zednik 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 18.00 8
L Mike Fisher 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 9.10 5
D Tobias Enström 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 16.50 7
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 1 6 1 1 2 -1 24.30 7
D Bryan Allen 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 26.00 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 9.50 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 23.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 28 0 0 60.00 6
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vojtech Polak
2nd star: Trent Hunter
3rd star: Marek Svatos

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Vojtech Polak scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Marek Svatos scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Darren Haydar had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Dan Paillé had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Trent Hunter scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Jason Spezza had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Dustin Byfuglien beat Evgeny Artyukhin in a fight.

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 21) , Louisville Panthers 0( 13)
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1-0 NOR Kevyn Adams (Adam Berti)
2-0 NOR P.J. Axelsson (Vaclav Nedorost)

Goalies: Mike Brodeur - David Shantz

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Columbus Blue Jackets 5 , St. Louis Blues 1
Shots: 33 - 16
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:70/82=85 %, Challenges:35/41=83 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:65/81=80 %, Challenges:27/42=62 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 867650 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:08 1-0 Evgeni Chemerkin [3] (Stephen Weiss)
18:24 2-0 Martin Erat [20] (Brad Richardson, David Vyborny)
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28:49 2-1 Marc Staal [7] (Ryan Callahan, Enver Lisin)
29:07 3-1 Chris Higgins [36] (Alexander Ovechkin)
29:51 4-1 Dan Fritsche [33] (Brad Richardson, Andre Benoit)
32:04 5-1 Alexander Ovechkin [51] (Jay Bouwmeester, David Vyborny)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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09:26 Brad Malone (2 min for boarding)
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32:21 Jiri Fischer (2 min for hooking)
37:56 Dan Fritsche (2 min for tripping)
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40:46 Ryan Callahan (2 min for boarding)
53:03 Andrew Ladd (2 min for elbowing)
55:41 David Vyborny (2 min for cross-checking)
57:54 Patrick Eaves (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 0 6.20 6
R Bobby Nyholm 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11.40 6
R Brad Richardson 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 7
R David Vyborny 0 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 19.40 7
C Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.20 6
C Stephen Weiss 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 13.00 7
C Dan Fritsche 1 0 4 3 1 0 2 2 17.50 9
C Chris Higgins 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.40 9
L Brad Malone 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.20 5
L Evgeni Chemerkin 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 11.40 7
L Martin Erat 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 20.10 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 20.50 8
D Johnny Boychuk 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 14.40 6
D Andre Benoit 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 15.40 7
D Chris Campoli 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 25.20 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 12.50 7
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 23.30 8
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 28.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 7
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Callahan 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6.40 6
R Enver Lisin 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 -2 10.30 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 3 3 4 0 2 -1 15.30 6
R Shane Doan 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 20.40 6
C Ryan Ramsay 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 7
C Kyle Turris 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 9.50 5
C Dave Bolland 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
C Jeff Carter 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -3 18.40 7
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 12.30 6
L Jay McClement 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 16.10 6
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 20.20 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -3 13.40 5
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 17.30 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 13.30 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 24.30 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 -1 16.50 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Marc Staal 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 28 0 0 60.00 5
G Ben Bishop 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Martin Erat scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Evgeni Chemerkin finally ended his 23 game goal drought.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Ryan Callahan finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Dave Bolland had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Marc Staal ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 31) , Worcester Icecats 5( 17)
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0-1 WOR Timofei Shishkanov (Zack FitzGerald)
0-2 WOR Timofei Shishkanov (Zack FitzGerald)
0-3 WOR Karol Sloboda (Josh Robertson)
1-3 SYR Nick Sucharski
2-3 SYR Eric Neilson (Vladislav Evseev, Jekabs Redlihs)
3-3 SYR Louis-Philippe Martin (Kirill Starkov)
3-4 WOR Martin Kariya (Scott Dobben)
3-5 WOR Bobby Robins (Jamal Mayers)

Goalies: Adam Munro - Matt Zaba