February 23rd

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Atlanta Thrashers 2 , Washington Capitals 4
Shots: 23 - 29
PP: 0 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:57/71=80 %, Challenges:16/26=59 %
PP: 1 of 6 (6 shots), Passing:78/97=80 %, Challenges:37/46=78 %
Attendance: 14009 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 694847 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:13 0-1 Alexander Ovechkin [36] (Mike Green)PP
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30:05 1-1 Chris Thorburn [12] (Tobias Enström, Marty Reasoner)
31:05 1-2 Chris Clark [22] (Alexander Semin, Alexander Ovechkin)
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48:09 1-3 Viktor Kozlov [20] (Graham Mink, Shaone Morrisonn)
48:53 2-3 Niclas Hävelid [8] (Colby Armstrong, David Clarkson)
59:44 2-4 Brooks Laich [5] (Michael Nylander, Sergei Fedorov) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:26 Bryan Little (2 min for tripping)
04:27 Chris Thorburn (2 min for hooking)
06:08 Graham Mink (2 min for hooking)
09:11 Bryan Little (2 min for high-sticking)
16:36 Tom Poti (2 min for high-sticking)
19:18 Brett Sterling (2 min for high-sticking)
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24:13 Chris Clark (2 min for roughing)
24:13 Chris Thorburn (2 min for roughing)
26:12 Donald Brashear (2 min for tripping)
31:13 Sergei Fedorov (2 min for boarding)
37:08 Sergei Fedorov (2 min for hooking)
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43:24 Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
43:24 Boris Valabik (5 min for fighting)
43:47 Bryan Little (2 min for roughing)
43:47 Matt Bradley (2 min for roughing)
43:57 David Clarkson (2 min for high-sticking)
52:54 Niclas Hävelid (2 min for high-sticking)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Clarkson 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 12.30 8
R Bryan Little 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 -2 18.00 7
R Chris Thorburn 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 16.10 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 20.10 7
C Éric Perrin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 7
C Jim Slater 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -2 15.40 5
C Marty Reasoner 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 7
C Todd White 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 6
L Tomás Pospisil 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 5
L Brett Sterling 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -2 11.40 4
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
L Zach Parisé 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 7
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 11.30 5
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Niclas Hävelid 1 0 4 2 1 1 2 0 24.00 7
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 11.40 6
D Tobias Enström 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 23.30 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 6 2 5 0 1 28.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 25 0 0 59.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Graham Mink 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.50 6
R Matt Bradley 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 8.50 6
R Chris Clark 1 0 2 2 0 1 7 1 19.30 8
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 -1 20.00 6
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.50 5
C Michael Nylander 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 10.20 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.00 7
L Donald Brashear 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 13.40 7
L Brooks Laich 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8.50 7
L Alexander Semin 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 4 3 0 3 0 -1 21.00 10
D Josh Godfrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.30 5
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 23.10 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 24.30 7
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 17.20 8
D Mike Green 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 23.00 8
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 22.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Chris Clark
3rd star: Viktor Kozlov

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Marty Reasoner has marked a new career high in points with 35 points.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Viktor Kozlov scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Brooks Laich ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Chris Clark fought Boris Valabik in a fight.

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 6( 29) , Portland Pirates 0( 15)
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1-0 CHW Joe Motzko (Erik Christensen)
2-0 CHW Eric Boulton (Tony Romano, Angelo Esposito)
3-0 CHW Sami Sandell (Colin Stuart)
4-0 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Sami Sandell)
5-0 CHW Dmitri Zyuzin (Erik Christensen)
6-0 CHW Angelo Esposito (Tony Romano)

Goalies: Ondrej Pavelec - Daren Machesney
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Vancouver Canucks 5
Shots: 18 - 26
PP: 0 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:65/80=81 %, Challenges:34/43=77 %
PP: 1 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:68/87=78 %, Challenges:28/37=73 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 914874 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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03:15 0-1 Steve Bernier [18] (Mason Raymond, Henrik Sedin)PP
15:06 1-1 Andrej Sekera [1] (Drew Stafford, Craig Rivet)
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29:02 1-2 Pavol Demitra [24] (Daniel Sedin, Sami Salo)
39:05 2-2 Derek Roy [28] (Jochen Hecht, Maxim Afinogenov)
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44:27 3-2 Jochen Hecht [18] (Derek Roy, Adam Mair)
49:56 3-3 Mats Sundin [32] (Pavol Demitra, Sami Salo)
57:25 3-4 Pavol Demitra [25] (Daniel Sedin, Mattias Öhlund)
58:25 3-5 Henrik Sedin [21] (Alexander Edler, Sami Salo)
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Penalty summary:
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02:58 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for high-sticking)
09:08 Ales Kotalik (2 min for holding the stick)
10:23 Toni Lydman (2 min for high-sticking)
18:04 Jeff Cowan (2 min for roughing)
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24:57 Pavol Demitra (2 min for elbowing)
32:08 Mats Sundin (2 min for elbowing)
33:44 Ryan Kesler (2 min for slashing)
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46:29 Jeff Cowan (2 min for slashing)
50:37 Craig Rivet (2 min for slashing)
53:03 Jochen Hecht (2 min for hooking)
59:31 Jeff Cowan (2 min for tripping)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 13.50 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 10.40 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Adam Mair 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 10.00 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.30 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 14.10 6
C Derek Roy 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
L Patrick Kaleta 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 5
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.00 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 21.10 5
L Jochen Hecht 1 1 3 1 2 0 2 -1 20.30 8
D Andrej Sekera 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 13.00 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -1 16.10 8
D Toni Lydman 0 0 4 4 1 0 2 -1 23.10 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 21.20 6
D Craig Rivet 0 1 0 5 0 2 2 0 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Patrick Lalime 5 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Adam Dennis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 5
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.50 6
R Steve Bernier 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 8
R Pavol Demitra 2 1 4 0 2 0 2 1 21.40 9
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 13.30 7
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.50 6
C Henrik Sedin 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
C Mats Sundin 1 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 18.20 7
L Darcy Hordichuk 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 9.40 7
L Jeff Cowan 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 7.50 7
L Mason Raymond 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.30 7
L Daniel Sedin 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Nolan Baumgartner 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.30 5
D Alexander Edler 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
D Sami Salo 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 25.40 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 13.40 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 24.10 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 15 0 0 60.00 5
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pavol Demitra
2nd star: Henrik Sedin
3rd star: Sami Salo

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jochen Hecht notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Craig Rivet finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Pavol Demitra scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Daniel Sedin notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Henrik Sedin ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 29) , Manitoba Moose 5( 18)
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1-0 ROC Benoît Mondou
2-0 ROC Dylan Hunter (Benoît Mondou)
2-1 MAN Jason Jaffray (Mario Bliznak)
2-2 MAN Rob Davison (Michael Grabner, Rick Rypien)
2-3 MAN Stanislav Lascek (Francis Lemieux, Mark Cullen)
2-4 MAN Michael Grabner (Lawrence Nycholat)
2-5 MAN Michael Grabner (Jason Jaffray, Rick Rypien)

Goalies: Jhonas Enroth - Jason LaBarbera

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Calgary Flames 6 , Toronto Maple Leafs 2
Shots: 27 - 25
PP: 4 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:68/83=81 %, Challenges:51/66=76 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:61/75=81 %, Challenges:24/33=70 %
Attendance: 9861 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 468398 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:46 1-0 Dustin Boyd [1] (Jarome Iginla, Jim Vandermeer)
16:49 2-0 Dion Phaneuf [7] (Daymond Langkow)PP
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29:09 2-1 Sean Avery [18] (Marcel Goc)
32:25 3-1 Rene Bourque [21] (Darcy Tucker, Daymond Langkow)PP
33:58 4-1 Darcy Tucker [14] (Dion Phaneuf, Todd Bertuzzi)PP
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42:15 5-1 Jarome Iginla [37] (Dion Phaneuf, Ryan Smyth)PP
48:17 5-2 Alexei Ponikarovsky [17] (Jere Lehtinen, Jamal Mayers)
49:05 6-2 Ryan Smyth [20] (Dion Phaneuf, Matthew Lombardi)
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Penalty summary:
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15:35 Mark Bell (2 min for slashing)
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22:19 Mark Giordano (2 min for roughing)
22:19 Sami Kapanen (2 min for roughing)
26:11 Adam Foote (2 min for hooking)
29:23 Mark Giordano (2 min for high-sticking)
30:04 Dion Phaneuf (2 min for roughing)
30:04 Jere Lehtinen (2 min for roughing)
32:08 Oleg Saprykin (2 min for boarding)
33:38 Nik Antropov (2 min for boarding)
36:38 Dion Phaneuf (2 min for roughing)
36:38 Nik Antropov (2 min for roughing)
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41:44 Nik Antropov (2 min for hooking)
50:14 Mark Bell (2 min for tripping)
54:44 Nik Antropov (2 min for hooking)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Moss 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 5
R Wayne Primeau 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 19.00 5
C Dustin Boyd 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 10.20 8
R Jarome Iginla 1 1 4 2 3 1 0 0 22.00 8
C Jamie Lundmark 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 8.00 5
C Craig Conroy 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 16.40 7
C Daymond Langkow 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
C Matthew Lombardi 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
L Rene Bourque 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 8.40 8
L Darcy Tucker 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 -1 17.20 7
L Todd Bertuzzi 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
L Ryan Smyth 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 21.30 8
D Mark Giordano 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -1 17.10 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11.20 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 22.40 8
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 6
D Jim Vandermeer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 7
D Dion Phaneuf 1 3 3 3 1 2 4 0 27.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Curtis McElhinney 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 1 2 4 1 4 0 1 9.40 8
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7.20 6
R Nik Antropov 0 0 2 1 1 0 8 0 18.10 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 -1 22.00 7
C Marcel Goc 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 9.40 8
C Artem Chubarov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.30 6
C Mark Bell 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 18.10 5
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 20.30 5
L Sean Avery 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 9.40 6
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 10.00 7
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 18.00 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 6
D Jonas Frögren 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.40 5
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 20.00 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 29.30 9
D Anton Strålman 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 11.40 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21.00 5
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 4 0 10 0 0 34.00 4
G Antti Niemi 2 0 11 0 0 26.00 5

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dion Phaneuf
2nd star: Jarome Iginla
3rd star: Darcy Tucker

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Ryan Smyth scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Sean Avery finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 2( 32) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 1( 14)
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0-1 SJM Mikhail Grabovski (Kris Newbury)
1-1 SJF Hugo Carpentier (Juuso Puustinen, Eric Nystrom)
2-1 SJF Eric Nystrom (Hugo Carpentier)

Goalies: Leland Irving - Curtis Joseph
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Detroit Red Wings 3 , Phoenix Coyotes 2
Shots: 44 - 11
PP: 1 of 6 (13 shots), Passing:68/80=85 %, Challenges:62/64=95 %
PP: 1 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:52/70=74 %, Challenges:27/39=67 %
Attendance: 13824 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 653875 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:26 1-0 Mikael Samuelsson [7] (Brad Stuart, Nicklas Lidström)
15:17 2-0 Brad Stuart [5])PP
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26:42 3-0 Henrik Zetterberg [27] (Daniel Cleary, Marian Hossa)
27:53 3-1 Chad Kolarik [1] (Todd Fedoruk, Colten Teubert)
39:36 3-2 Zbynek Michalek [6] (Dustin Brown, Martin Hanzal)PP
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Penalty summary:
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15:09 David Schlemko (2 min for tripping)
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23:33 Darren Helm (2 min for high-sticking)
31:29 Chad Kolarik (2 min for elbowing)
36:46 Alex Bourret (2 min for holding the stick)
38:53 Pavel Datsyuk (2 min for slashing)
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41:45 Keith Yandle (2 min for hooking)
50:14 David Schlemko (2 min for slashing)
54:49 Zbynek Michalek (2 min for high-sticking)
59:37 Brad Stuart (2 min for boarding)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tomas Holmström 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 10.10 8
R Ian Laperriere 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 13.20 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 15.00 7
R Marian Hossa 0 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 21.40 8
C Darren Helm 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 10.10 7
C Kris Draper 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11.30 7
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
C Henrik Zetterberg 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 21.50 7
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
L Johan Franzén 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.30 7
L Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 20.40 7
R Daniel Cleary 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.30 7
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 11.40 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23.50 5
D Brett Lebda 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 13.10 7
D Brad Stuart 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 29.10 10
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ty Conklin 2 0 9 0 0 60.00 5
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Oscar Möller 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7.00 4
R Viktor Tikhonov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 5
R Daniel Winnik 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 13.50 7
R Kyle Turris 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14.20 5
C Alex Bourret 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 7.00 5
C Alexei Kaigorodov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 5
C James Neal 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 16.10 5
C Martin Hanzal 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 14.20 5
L Chad Kolarik 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 7.00 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 21.20 5
L Peter Mueller 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 19.30 5
L Dustin Brown 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 20.30 9
D David Schlemko 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -1 19.00 5
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15.00 4
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 26.00 5
D Colten Teubert 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 26.30 6
D Zbynek Michalek 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 18.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Scott Darling 3 0 41 0 0 59.00 10
G Joel Gistedt 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Daniel Cleary finally ended his 18 game point drought.
-Brad Stuart finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Martin Hanzal notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 2( 30) , Springfield Falcons 1( 17)
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1-0 KCB Shawn Bates (Mattias Trattnig)
2-0 KCB Darren Haydar (Victor Bartley)
2-1 SPR Kevin Jarman (Rafael Rotter)

Goalies: Dan Cloutier - Mikael Tellqvist

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Edmonton Oilers 8 , Colorado Avalanche 0
Shots: 35 - 29
PP: 2 of 4 (12 shots), Passing:58/70=82 %, Challenges:37/45=80 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:60/82=73 %, Challenges:42/49=84 %
Attendance: 6762 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 323224 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:23 1-0 Mark Parrish [5] (Sergei Samsonov, Shawn Horcoff)
07:18 2-0 Ethan Moreau [19] (Tom Gilbert, Bobby Holik)
09:54 3-0 Patrick Eaves [9] (Sergei Samsonov)PP
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27:46 4-0 Patrick Eaves [10] (Sergei Samsonov, Shawn Horcoff)PP
29:27 5-0 Sergei Samsonov [14] (Mark Parrish)
33:37 6-0 Ethan Moreau [20] (Shawn Horcoff, Tyler Arnason)
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42:44 7-0 Mark Parrish [6] (Sam Gagner, Steve Staios)
43:37 8-0 Tom Gilbert [5] (Bobby Holik)
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Penalty summary:
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01:54 Patrick Eaves (2 min for hooking)
08:23 Daniel Tjärnqvist (2 min for roughing)
17:54 Mark Parrish (2 min for hooking)
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25:54 Mikael Backlund (2 min for tripping)
35:13 Dainius Zubrus (2 min for roughing)
35:24 Cory Sarich (2 min for roughing)
35:24 Dustin Penner (2 min for roughing)
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45:23 Fernando Pisani (2 min for roughing)
45:23 John-Michael Liles (2 min for roughing)
52:19 Cory Sarich (2 min for roughing)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sam Gagner 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15.10 6
R Patrick Eaves 2 0 4 1 1 1 2 2 19.40 8
R Mark Parrish 2 1 6 1 1 0 2 4 16.40 10
C Tyler Arnason 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Andrew Cogliano 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
C Bobby Holik 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 17.20 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 4 18.30 8
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
L Dustin Penner 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 17.40 7
L Ethan Moreau 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 18.20 9
L Sergei Samsonov 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 3 18.40 9
D Colin White 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 18.30 5
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 15.40 6
D Steve Staios 0 1 1 5 0 3 0 4 22.10 8
D Jason Strudwick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
D Tom Gilbert 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 24.10 8
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 0 0 29 0 0 60.00 10
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
R David Jones 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 12.40 7
R Marek Svatos 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 16.00 7
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 17.30 8
C Ben Guite 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10.30 5
C Mikael Backlund 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 13.30 5
C T.J. Hensick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 15.30 5
C Paul Stastny 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 20.30 7
L Cody McLeod 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Matt Halischuk 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 14.30 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 18.50 6
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 -3 20.30 6
D Cory Sarich 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 -1 13.10 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 20.50 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -3 28.40 7
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 13.40 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 20.30 5
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 -3 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 4 0 10 0 0 27.40 4
G Peter Budaj 4 0 17 0 0 32.00 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick DiPietro
2nd star: Mark Parrish
3rd star: Sergei Samsonov

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Patrick Eaves scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Shawn Horcoff notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Ethan Moreau has marked a new career high in points with 33 points.
-Ethan Moreau scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Steve Staios notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Tom Gilbert finally ended his 20 game goal drought.

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 23) , Hershey Bears 1( 10)
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1-0 HAM Ryan O'Marra (Colin McDonald)
1-1 HER Gilbert Brulé (Wes O'Neill)
2-1 HAM Tim Sestito (Tyler Spurgeon)
3-1 HAM Robbie Schremp (Carl Corazzini, Josef Hrabal)

Goalies: Devan Dubnyk - Jason Bacashihua
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Minnesota Wild 5 , Los Angeles Kings 0
Shots: 40 - 17
PP: 4 of 10 (22 shots), Passing:83/94=88 %, Challenges:42/44=93 %
LA PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:51/78=65 %, Challenges:27/35=75 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 885360 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:29 1-0 James Sheppard [4] (Benoit Pouliot, Dan Fritsche)PP
11:51 2-0 Éric Bélanger [30] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Marian Gaborik)PP
15:42 3-0 Owen Nolan [21] (Marian Gaborik, Mikko Koivu)PP
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22:38 4-0 Éric Bélanger [31] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Marian Gaborik)PP
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47:08 5-0 Antti Miettinen [9] (Stéphane Veilleux, Nick Schultz)
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Penalty summary:
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01:46 LA Denis Gauthier (2 min for elbowing)
04:29 Krys Kolanos (2 min for high-sticking)
07:08 LA Jonathan Cheechoo (5 min for attempt to injury)
13:51 LA Derek Armstrong (2 min for hooking)
16:28 LA Robin Big Snake (2 min for hooking)
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21:16 LA Denis Gauthier (2 min for elbowing)
26:17 LA P.K. Subban (2 min for slashing)
31:01 LA Matt Moulson (2 min for tripping)
35:21 Owen Nolan (2 min for roughing)
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43:29 LA Robin Big Snake (2 min for slashing)
48:29 LA Richard Clune (2 min for hooking)
56:15 LA Logan Couture (2 min for elbowing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Fritsche 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.40 7
R Antti Miettinen 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 10.30 7
R Owen Nolan 1 0 5 0 0 1 2 0 17.20 8
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
C James Sheppard 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.40 7
C Krys Kolanos 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 12.10 6
C Éric Bélanger 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 8
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Benoit Pouliot 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 11.40 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Marian Gaborik 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
D Nick Schultz 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 12.00 8
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27.10 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 19.00 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 16.50 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 17 0 0 60.00 9
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Robin Big Snake 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 -1 6.30 7
L Liam Reddox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 5
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 3 3 0 0 5 0 20.40 8
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 6.30 4
C Derek Armstrong 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 5.30 5
C Logan Couture 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 17.00 7
C Anze Kopitar 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 20.30 7
R Wayne Simmonds 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 6.30 6
R Vladimir Dravecky 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 5
L Matt Moulson 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10.40 6
L Richard Clune 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 18.00 7
D Kyle Quincey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
D Tom Preissing 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 5
D Jack Johnson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 29.10 6
D P.K. Subban 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 9.20 4
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 18.30 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 4 0 9 0 0 22.40 4
G Ilya Bryzgalov 1 0 26 0 0 37.20 8

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Niklas Backstrom
2nd star: Éric Bélanger
3rd star: Marian Gaborik

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Éric Bélanger scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Mikko Koivu notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Marian Gaborik notched his 40th assist of the season.
-James Sheppard finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 1( 27) , Manchester Monarchs 3( 14)
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0-1 MNC David Meckler (Peter Harrold)
0-2 MNC Peter Harrold (Mike Hamilton)
1-2 HOU Cal Clutterbuck (Petr Kalus)
1-3 MNC Bud Holloway (Konstantin Zakharov)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Jeff Zatkoff

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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Boston Bruins 1
Shots: 29 - 22
PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:62/80=77 %, Challenges:46/54=83 %
PP: 0 of 2 (8 shots), Passing:57/79=72 %, Challenges:37/51=71 %
Attendance: 18928 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 887723 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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25:13 1-0 Alex Kovalev [27] (Andrei Markov, Roman Hamrlik)PP
29:18 2-0 Guillaume Latendresse [1] (Ladislav Nagy, Matt Greene)
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44:41 3-0 Alex Kovalev [28] (Alexander Frolov, Saku Koivu)
48:33 3-1 Phil Kessel [12] (Peter Schaefer, Stephane Yelle)
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Penalty summary:
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19:52 Zdeno Chara (2 min for hooking)
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24:59 Marc Savard (2 min for high-sticking)
33:18 Saku Koivu (2 min for roughing)
35:37 Georges Laraque (5 min for fighting)
35:37 Milan Lucic (5 min for fighting)
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42:32 Chuck Kobasew (2 min for boarding)
45:44 Chuck Kobasew (2 min for boarding)
50:53 Alex Kovalev (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 2 0 2 5 0 8.10 7
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 8
R Alex Kovalev 2 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 20.30 9
C Robert Lang 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
C Steve Bégin 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 20.10 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 11.00 5
C Saku Koivu 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 20.00 8
L Chris Higgins 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 15.40 5
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 8
L Alexander Frolov 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.50 6
D Matt Greene 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 18.30 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 25.30 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 0 16.20 9
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 17.00 7
D Andrei Markov 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5.30 4
R Phil Kessel 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 12.10 8
R Michael Ryder 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 16.30 7
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 2 3 0 4 0 18.30 6
C David Krejci 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Petteri Nokelainen 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 12.10 7
C Stephane Yelle 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 19.50 7
C Marc Savard 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 20.00 7
L Ned Lukacevic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
L Peter Schaefer 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 14.30 8
L Milan Lucic 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 -2 19.10 6
L Marco Sturm 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.10 5
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 16.30 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 28.30 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 12.10 5
D Aaron Ward 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 24.20 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 3 2 3 0 2 -1 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Saku Koivu

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Matt Greene ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Marco Sturm had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Georges Laraque fought Milan Lucic in a fight.

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 27) , Providence Bruins 2( 13)
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1-0 QUE Matt D'Agostini (Max Pacioretty)
1-1 PRO Carl Söderberg (Alexandre Picard, Johnny Boychuk)
1-2 PRO Shawn Thornton (Matt Kronk)
2-2 QUE Max Pacioretty (Matt D'Agostini)
3-2 QUE Andrew Conboy (Ryan Russell)

Goalies: Marc Denis - Tuukka Rask
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New York Islanders 1 , New Jersey Devils 3
Shots: 17 - 42
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:47/63=74 %, Challenges:24/31=75 %
PP: 1 of 6 (19 shots), Passing:81/86=94 %, Challenges:54/67=79 %
Attendance: 16297 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 710549 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:58 0-1 Brian Gionta [27] (Olli Jokinen, Travis Zajac)
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32:27 1-1 Blake Comeau [3] (Jesse Joensuu, Tomás Marcinko)
34:56 1-2 Milan Hejduk [21] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Ed Jovanovski)PP
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43:51 1-3 Olli Jokinen [22] (Brian Gionta, Brian Rolston)
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Penalty summary:
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12:58 Chris Culligan (2 min for roughing)
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23:14 Jason Pitton (2 min for hooking)
26:52 Kyle Okposo (2 min for hooking)
32:43 Tomás Marcinko (5 min for boarding)
39:02 Jamie Langenbrunner (2 min for boarding)
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41:11 Ladislav Smid (2 min for tripping)
45:37 Ondrej Fiala (2 min for slashing)
53:56 Brian Gionta (2 min for diving)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Robin Figren 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6.40 5
R Trent Hunter 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 17.30 7
R Jesse Joensuu 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.10 6
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 21.10 5
C Ondrej Fiala 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 8.40 6
C Chris Culligan 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 10.00 4
C Tomás Marcinko 0 1 2 0 1 0 5 1 15.00 6
C Corey Trivino 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
L Jason Pitton 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.40 4
L Sergei Ogorodnikov 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 9.40 5
L Blake Comeau 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.50 6
L Kirill Petrov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.20 5
D Blake Kessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.20 4
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 22.50 7
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 27.10 6
D Jared Spurgeon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.40 6
D Mark Katic 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 21.40 5
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Deslauriers 3 0 39 0 0 60.00 10
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.50 7
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 12.30 7
R Brian Gionta 1 1 3 2 4 1 2 2 16.50 7
R Milan Hejduk 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 8
C John Madden 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.10 7
C Travis Zajac 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 19.10 8
C Olli Jokinen 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 8
C Patrik Elias 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.50 6
L Kyle Calder 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 11.00 6
L Brian Rolston 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 18.10 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 -1 20.40 10
D Andy Greene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 21.10 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 23.20 7
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 23.10 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 -1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Gionta
2nd star: Olli Jokinen
3rd star: Milan Hejduk

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Tomás Marcinko ended his 6 game point drought.
-Blake Comeau finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Ed Jovanovski notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Brian Rolston notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Brian Rolston had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3( 18) , Albany River Rats 0( 9)
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1-0 BRG Junior Lessard (Danny Markov, Bill Guerin)
2-0 BRG Bill Guerin (Mike Comrie, Junior Lessard)
3-0 BRG Jack Hillen (Sean Bergenheim)

Goalies: Joey MacDonald - Jeff Frazee

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Pittsburgh Penguins 1 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 11 - 32
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:51/72=70 %, Challenges:25/40=61 %
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:78/96=81 %, Challenges:47/63=73 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 754631 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:02 0-1 Ales Hemsky [18] (Rod Brind'Amour, Ray Whitney)
13:41 0-2 Joni Pitkänen [13] (Joe Corvo, Eric Staal)PP
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46:44 0-3 Eric Staal [35] (Justin Williams, Joni Pitkänen)
49:33 1-3 Keven Veilleux [2] (Kris Beech, Hal Gill)
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Penalty summary:
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13:01 Hal Gill (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:59 Matt Cooke (2 min for slashing)
33:01 Sergei Gonchar (2 min for hooking)
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52:58 Milan Michalek (2 min for slashing)
57:31 Eric Godard (5 min for fighting)
57:31 Wade Brookbank (5 min for fighting)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 8.30 6
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.30 6
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 14.40 6
R Petr Sykora 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -1 16.30 7
C Keven Veilleux 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.30 8
C Kris Beech 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 13.30 7
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 20.10 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 11.10 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 18.40 6
L Milan Michalek 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -1 16.20 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 16.30 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 6 0 7 0 0 16.20 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 -1 17.10 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 27.00 6
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 19.00 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -1 18.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 -1 21.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Ryan Bayda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
R Wade Brookbank 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 12.00 5
R Ales Hemsky 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 16.20 7
R Justin Williams 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 20.50 8
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 12.50 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 21.10 7
C Eric Staal 1 1 5 3 0 3 0 1 20.20 10
L Chad LaRose 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.40 6
R Scott Walker 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 18.00 8
L Ray Whitney 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 21.10 7
L Erik Cole 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 20.20 9
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 13.20 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 19.40 7
D Joe Corvo 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 27.00 7
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Joni Pitkänen 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 26.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 1 0 10 0 0 60.00 7
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Staal
2nd star: Joni Pitkänen
3rd star: Ales Hemsky

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Petr Sykora had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Joni Pitkänen has marked a new career high in points with 47 points.
-Eric Staal scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Rod Brind'Amour had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Eric Godard beat Wade Brookbank in a fight.

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 17) , Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 11)
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1-0 WIL Jeff Taffe (Janne Pesonen, Bill Thomas)
1-1 LOW Drayson Bowman (Josef Melichar)
2-1 WIL Janne Pesonen (Jeff Taffe)
2-2 LOW Mathias Joggi (Bobby Hughes, Harrison Reed)
3-2 WIL Mike Zigomanis (Jonathan Filewich)

Goalies: John Curry - Justin Peters
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St. Louis Blues 2 , New York Rangers 4
Shots: 17 - 34
PP: 0 of 5 (4 shots), Passing:59/78=75 %, Challenges:20/30=64 %
PP: 1 of 6 (13 shots), Passing:79/102=77 %, Challenges:40/48=81 %
Attendance: 8312 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 387340 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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02:28 1-0 Keith Tkachuk [24] (Erik Johnson, Barret Jackman)
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21:49 1-1 Alexander Steen [15] (Patrick Rissmiller, Markus Näslund)
31:31 2-1 Paul Kariya [15] (Joe Sakic, Eric Brewer)
34:03 2-2 Chris Drury [22] (Markus Näslund, Paul Mara)PP
34:46 2-3 Chris Drury [23] (Brad Boyes, Markus Näslund)
37:08 2-4 Scott Gomez [26] (Alexander Steen, Markus Näslund)
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Penalty summary:
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05:28 T.J. Oshie (2 min for hooking)
08:13 Patrick Rissmiller (2 min for slashing)
10:55 Joe Sakic (2 min for hooking)
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27:26 Cam Janssen (2 min for holding the stick)
29:38 Lauri Korpikoski (2 min for roughing)
32:44 B.J. Crombeen (2 min for high-sticking)
36:37 Erik Johnson (2 min for roughing)
36:37 Patrick Rissmiller (2 min for roughing)
37:43 Alex Pietrangelo (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:22 Eric Brewer (2 min for hooking)
46:43 Matt Foy (2 min for tripping)
49:43 Lauri Korpikoski (2 min for tripping)
56:36 Matt Foy (2 min for roughing)
56:36 Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
59:49 Alexander Steen (2 min for hooking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R B.J. Crombeen 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 12.10 6
R Cam Janssen 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 20.50 4
R Matt Foy 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 10.50 7
R Dan Hinote 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -2 16.10 6
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.10 5
C Jay McClement 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
C Andy McDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 5
C Joe Sakic 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 19.50 7
L Steve Regier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.20 4
L David Perron 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 5
L Keith Tkachuk 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 19.40 7
L Paul Kariya 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 15.10 8
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 -1 14.10 4
D Erik Johnson 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 15.40 7
D Barret Jackman 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 -2 25.20 5
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22.10 5
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 20.50 6
D Eric Brewer 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 -1 21.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 4 0 30 0 0 60.00 7
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Petr Prucha 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 16.10 7
R Alexander Steen 1 1 4 3 0 0 2 1 13.10 9
R Brad Boyes 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 18.10 7
C T.J. Oshie 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 7.00 6
C Blair Betts 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 7
C Scott Gomez 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 21.40 8
C Chris Drury 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 8
L Lauri Korpikoski 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 7.00 7
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 14.00 7
L Markus Näslund 0 4 5 0 1 0 0 2 20.00 9
D Dan Girardi 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 10.30 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 18.00 6
D Paul Mara 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 26.00 8
D Marc Staal 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 16.10 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 21.20 8
D Wade Redden 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 2 0 15 0 0 60.00 6
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Markus Näslund
2nd star: Alexander Steen
3rd star: Chris Drury

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Paul Kariya scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Eric Brewer ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Alexander Steen scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 2( 13) , Hartford Wolfpack 0( 12)
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1-0 WOR Patrik Berglund (D.J. King, Roman Polak)
2-0 WOR Branislav Fabry (Julian Talbot)

Goalies: Marek Schwarz - Miika Wiikman