February 24th

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
24/2/2009
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Nashville Predators 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 30 - 28
NAS PP: 1 of 8 (10 shots), Passing:73/81=90 %, Challenges:35/45=76 %
PP: 0 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:71/89=79 %, Challenges:39/49=78 %
Attendance: 9400 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 470000 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
------------------------------------------------------------
09:25 0-1 Rick Nash [33] (Christian Bäckman, Mike York)
12:19 1-1 NAS Vernon Fiddler [4] (Kevin Klein)
14:25 2-1 NAS Alexander Radulov [18] (David Legwand, Martin Erat)PP
------------------------------------------------------------
27:54 2-2 Rick Nash [34] (Kristian Huselius)
29:37 2-3 Manny Malhotra [3] (Raffi Torres, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
33:55 3-3 NAS Jean-Pierre Dumont [33] (Steve Sullivan, Jed Ortmeyer)
------------------------------------------------------------
no scoring
------------------------------------------------------------
64:27 4-3 NAS Ville Koistinen [2] (Dan Ellis)
Penalty summary:
-----------------
09:37 Kristian Huselius (2 min for hooking)
13:22 Rick Nash (2 min for hooking)
19:09 Jakub Voracek (2 min for hooking)
------------------------------------------------------------
20:48 Michael Peca (2 min for cross-checking)
24:27 NAS Greg de Vries (2 min for holding the stick)
30:31 Raffi Torres (2 min for diving)
------------------------------------------------------------
41:19 Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
41:19 NAS Jordin Tootoo (5 min for fighting)
41:38 Derek MacKenzie (2 min for high-sticking)
46:28 Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
46:28 NAS Shea Weber (5 min for fighting)
46:31 Michael Peca (2 min for slashing)
47:06 NAS Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for roughing)
47:06 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
48:55 NAS Greg de Vries (2 min for boarding)
52:18 NAS Radek Bonk (2 min for hooking)
------------------------------------------------------------
61:36 Mike Commodore (2 min for diving)

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jerred Smithson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 5
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 2 2 0 1 5 1 17.50 7
R Alexander Radulov 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 20.40 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 20.30 8
C Scott Nichol 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.00 5
C Radek Bonk 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 13.00 7
C David Legwand 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 23.50 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 21.30 6
L Jed Ortmeyer 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Vernon Fiddler 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 13.00 6
L Martin Erat 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 7
L Steve Sullivan 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 22.20 8
D Ville Koistinen 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 12.00 6
D Shea Weber 0 0 4 2 0 2 5 -1 14.30 8
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 30.00 8
D Kevin Klein 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 1 21.00 8
D Ryan Suter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
D Greg de Vries 0 0 2 5 0 1 4 -1 32.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Ellis 3 1 25 0 0 64.30 7
G Jeremy Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 -2 7.30 6
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 10.30 6
R Jason Williams 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 7
R Kristian Huselius 0 1 4 0 3 0 2 1 20.00 6
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 -2 14.50 7
C Manny Malhotra 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
C Michael Peca 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 18.40 8
C Mike York 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 12.50 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 7.30 5
L Raffi Torres 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 18.10 8
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 20.40 9
L Rick Nash 2 0 6 3 0 2 2 1 20.10 10
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 1 0 2 1 2 10 1 18.40 7
D Mike Commodore 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19.50 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 29.00 6
D Jan Hejda 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 11.40 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 -1 29.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 26 0 0 64.30 6
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Alexander Radulov
3rd star: Jean-Pierre Dumont

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Jed Ortmeyer notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Kevin Klein ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:
-Jordin Tootoo beat Ole-Kristian Tollefsen in a fight.
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen beat Shea Weber in a fight.

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 2( 22) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 17)
------------------------------------------------------------
0-1 SYR Jeff Szwez (Kirill Starkov)
1-1 MIL Peter Sejna (Rich Peverly)
2-1 MIL Joel Ward (Jamie Johnson)
2-2 SYR Jiri Novotny (Andy Inderieden, Nick Holden)

Goalies: Pekka Rinne - Fredrik Norrena
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
24/2/2009
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

San Jose Sharks 3 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1
Shots: 25 - 22
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:35/47=72 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/87=77 %, Challenges:42/58=71 %
Attendance: 16620 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 759534 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
------------------------------------------------------------
06:22 1-0 Tomas Kaberle [8] (Jarret Stoll, Patrick Sharp)PP
08:57 2-0 Patrick Kane [19] (Jarret Stoll, Torrey Mitchell)
18:29 2-1 Ryan Getzlaf [24] (Corey Perry, George Parros)
------------------------------------------------------------
no scoring
------------------------------------------------------------
49:09 3-1 Jordan Staal [14] (Rob Blake, Duncan Keith)
------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty summary:
-----------------
05:56 Jason Blake (2 min for boarding)
------------------------------------------------------------
23:16 George Parros (2 min for hooking)
29:57 Derek Morris (2 min for roughing)
29:57 François Beauchemin (2 min for roughing)
37:49 Jason Blake (2 min for cross-checking)
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ed Purcell 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 10.10 5
R Ryane Clowe 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.10 8
R Kris Versteeg 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 6
R Patrick Kane 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
C Torrey Mitchell 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 -1 10.10 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 15.20 6
C Jordan Staal 1 0 4 4 1 2 0 1 14.50 9
C Jarret Stoll 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 17.50 8
L Jeremy Roenick 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 -1 10.10 7
R Richard Park 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 15.20 6
C Matt Stajan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 6
L Patrick Sharp 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 17.10 7
D Derek Morris 0 0 0 3 2 4 2 0 18.50 7
D Rob Blake 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 19.50 8
D Duncan Keith 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 18.30 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 6
D Tomas Kaberle 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 23.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R George Parros 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 7.40 6
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 16.00 8
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 -1 15.30 6
R Corey Perry 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
C Ryan Carter 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
C Dominic Moore 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 14.40 5
C Peter Forsberg 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 18.50 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 1 0 3 2 3 2 0 0 18.50 8
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 10.20 6
L Travis Moen 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 18.50 8
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -2 15.20 7
L Jason Blake 0 0 1 3 2 0 4 1 15.30 7
D Kent Huskins 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Ian White 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 21.10 5
D François Beauchemin 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 21.00 7
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 6
D Chris Pronger 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 21.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Jonas Hiller 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jordan Staal
2nd star: Patrick Kane
3rd star: Jarret Stoll

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Rob Blake notched the 500th assist of his career.
-Torrey Mitchell finally ended his 18 game point drought.
-Tomas Kaberle finally ended his 20 game goal drought.

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-George Parros ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 2( 16) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 3( 20)
------------------------------------------------------------
1-0 CLE Doug Murray (Mike Morris, Marc-André Cliche)
1-1 CIN Mathieu Melanson (Daryl Boyle)
1-2 CIN Stu Bickel (Andrew Ebbett)
1-3 CIN Stu Bickel (Jason Bailey)
2-3 CLE Igor Musatov (Esa Pirnes)

Goalies: Thomas Greiss - David LeNeveu

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
24/2/2009
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tampa Bay Lightning 3 , Florida Panthers 3
Shots: 28 - 28
PP: 1 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:65/78=83 %, Challenges:36/52=67 %
PP: 2 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:72/98=73 %, Challenges:43/55=76 %
Attendance: 15508 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 783154 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
------------------------------------------------------------
no scoring
------------------------------------------------------------
25:13 0-1 Cory Stillman [33] (Jay Bouwmeester, Stephen Weiss)PP
28:43 1-1 Steven Stamkos [3] (Vaclav Prospal, Andrej Meszaros)PP
30:06 1-2 Nathan Horton [32] (Cory Stillman, Stephen Weiss)PP
35:46 2-2 Mark Recchi [22] (Chris Gratton, Jeff Halpern)
36:51 3-2 Vaclav Prospal [25] (Martin St. Louis, Steve Eminger)
------------------------------------------------------------
50:13 3-3 Nick Tarnasky [4] (Andreas Nödl, Radek Dvorak)
------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty summary:
-----------------
03:35 Andreas Nödl (2 min for slashing)
11:39 Andreas Nödl (2 min for tripping)
14:55 Bryan McCabe (2 min for boarding)
------------------------------------------------------------
24:49 Mark Recchi (2 min for roughing)
27:17 Stephen Weiss (2 min for slashing)
29:42 Lauri Tukonen (2 min for hooking)
------------------------------------------------------------
40:32 Richard Zednik (2 min for boarding)
43:18 Anthony Stewart (2 min for high-sticking)
------------------------------------------------------------

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
R Mark Recchi 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 16.50 7
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 17.30 6
R Martin St. Louis 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 22.40 8
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11.20 6
C Chris Gratton 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 17.40 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 7
C Steven Stamkos 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 22.30 8
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
L Gary Roberts 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 16.50 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 17.00 6
L Vaclav Prospal 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 22.40 7
D Cory Murphy 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 27.20 7
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 12.40 6
D Steve Eminger 0 1 0 4 4 2 0 1 25.00 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 17.30 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 -1 17.30 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 1 7 1 4 0 1 30.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 25 0 0 65.00 7
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brett McLean 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 9.30 6
R Radek Dvorak 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 20.20 6
R Richard Zednik 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 13.40 6
R Nathan Horton 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18.10 6
C Anthony Stewart 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 9.30 6
C Nick Tarnasky 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 13.40 7
C Stephen Weiss 0 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 18.00 8
L David Booth 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
L Andreas Nödl 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 14.20 6
L Chad Kilger 0 0 2 5 1 5 0 -1 17.10 8
L Cory Stillman 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 8
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 23.10 6
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 17.30 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 26.40 8
D Keith Ballard 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 24.30 6
D Nick Boynton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 29.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 25 0 0 65.00 7
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vaclav Prospal
2nd star: Cory Stillman
3rd star: Mark Recchi

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Vaclav Prospal scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Steve Eminger notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Nathan Horton has marked a new career high in goals with 32 tallies.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 2( 10) , Louisville Panthers 3( 19)
------------------------------------------------------------
0-1 LOU Tanner Glass (Ondrej Otcenas)
0-2 LOU Vladimir Nikiforov (Mike Duco)
0-3 LOU Michal Repík (Michael Frolík, Kamil Kreps)
1-3 DTV Adam Hall (Zenon Konopka)
2-3 DTV Zenon Konopka (Mike Lundin)

Goalies: Karri Rämö - Chris Beckford-Tseu