26 Décembre

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Buffalo Sabres 2 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 24 - 28
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:70/88=79 %, Challenges:24/47=50 %
PP: 1 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:73/87=83 %, Challenges:32/54=58 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:54 0-1 Erik Christensen [6] (Alexander Ovechkin, Ryan Whitney)PP
15:53 1-1 Ilya Kovalchuk [12] (Antoine Vermette, Lubomir Visnovsky)
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38:12 1-2 Jaromir Jagr [11] (Ethan Moreau)
39:43 2-2 Brian Campbell [2] (Dion Phaneuf, Antoine Vermette)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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09:13 Pat Rissmiller (2 min for tripping)
12:03 Alexandre Daigle (2 min for slashing)
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30:41 Dion Phaneuf (5 min for fighting)
30:41 Ben Eager (5 min for fighting)
33:32 Ronald Petrovicky (5 min for fighting)
33:32 Jean-Pierre Dumont (5 min for fighting)
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41:04 Scott Niedermayer (2 min for cross-checking)
44:19 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for slashing)
49:08 Ben Eager (5 min for fighting)
49:08 Jiri Novotny (5 min for fighting)
51:11 Alexandre Daigle (2 min for hooking)
55:02 Ivan Khomutov (5 min for fighting)
55:02 Sidney Crosby (5 min for fighting)
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61:51 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 8.00 5
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15.40 6
R Alyn McCauley 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 18.00 7
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 1 19.30 7
C Ivan Khomutov 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 -1 9.30 5
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 6 1 6 5 0 17.40 8
C Antoine Vermette 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 2 20.10 8
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 0 21.50 7
L James Sheppard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.40 5
L Chris Simon 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 14.30 7
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 20.40 4
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 16.30 8
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 22.00 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 14.00 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 27.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 21.20 5
D Brian Campbell 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 21.30 9
D Danny Markov 0 0 1 5 0 3 0 -1 24.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 0 26 0 0 65.00 9
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexandre Daigle 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 6.30 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 0 17.50 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 -1 18.10 7
R Jaromir Jagr 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 22.10 8
C Erik Christensen 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 14.10 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 1 4 0 5 1 13.00 6
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -2 22.00 7
L Ben Eager 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 0 5.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 6
L Ethan Moreau 0 1 2 6 0 6 0 1 21.50 10
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 -2 22.10 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21.10 4
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 -1 30.10 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 13.00 7
D Steve Staios 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 21.20 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 4 2 2 1 2 -1 30.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 22 0 0 65.00 8
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Brodeur
2nd star: Jaromir Jagr
3rd star: Erik Christensen

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Alyn McCauley had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Erik Christensen finally ended his 17 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Dion Phaneuf beat Ben Eager in a fight.
-Jean-Pierre Dumont beat Ronald Petrovicky in a fight.
-Jiri Novotny beat Ben Eager in a fight.
-Sidney Crosby beat Ivan Khomutov in a fight.

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 6( 43) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 22)
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1-0 ROC Michael Ryan (Dylan Hunter, Andrej Sekera)
2-0 ROC Michal Vondrka (Martin Kariya)
2-1 WIL Bobby Hughes (Masi Marjamäki, Micki Dupont)
3-1 ROC Jeff Corey
3-2 WIL Rod Pelley (Masi Marjamäki)
4-2 ROC Roman Kukumberg
5-2 ROC Michael Ryan (Jeff Szwez)
5-3 WIL Micki Dupont (Bobby Hughes)
6-3 ROC Greg Mauldin (Martin Kariya)

Goalies: Martin Prusek - Andrew Penner

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Tampa Bay Lightning 1 , Florida Panthers 4
Shots: 19 - 23
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:57/76=75 %, Challenges:26/46=55 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:78/95=82 %, Challenges:30/57=51 %
Attendance: 19138 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 572227 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:45 1-0 Tomas Holmström [11] (Nicklas Lidström, Wade Redden)
18:09 1-1 Nathan Horton [7] (Todd Bertuzzi, Barry Tallackson)
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29:08 1-2 Pavel Vorobiev [3] (Nathan Horton)
31:13 1-3 Travis Zajac [16] (Bryan Allen)
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48:53 1-4 Travis Zajac [17] (Alexandre Picard, Mike Van Ryn)
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Penalty summary:
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22:31 Jason Allison (2 min for roughing)
22:31 Pavel Vorobiev (2 min for roughing)
25:33 Travis Zajac (2 min for roughing)
25:33 Jason Arnott (2 min for roughing)
25:56 Juraj Kolnik (2 min for hooking)
25:56 Juraj Kolnik (10 min misconduct)
38:02 Nicklas Lidström (2 min for high-sticking)
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40:42 Bobby Holik (2 min for hooking)
51:27 Wade Redden (5 min for fighting)
51:27 Todd Bertuzzi (5 min for fighting)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Polushin 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 6.20 5
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 16.10 5
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 -3 17.10 5
R Marian Hossa 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
C Petr Nedved 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.20 5
C Bobby Holik 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 17.10 7
C Jason Allison 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -3 17.00 4
C Jason Arnott 0 0 3 7 3 7 2 1 17.40 8
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 7.10 5
L Eric Healey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 5
L Zdenek Blatny 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 15.30 5
L Tomas Holmström 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 16.20 7
D Andy Rogers 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 -2 18.20 5
D Wade Redden 0 1 0 3 0 3 5 -1 22.10 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 18.00 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -3 20.20 5
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 1 4 1 2 2 0 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Riku Helenius 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pavel Vorobiev 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 7.50 7
R Juraj Kolnik 0 0 0 2 2 0 12 -1 15.40 5
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 14.50 7
R Nathan Horton 1 1 5 3 4 3 0 1 20.30 9
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 7.10 5
C Chris Gratton 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 -1 16.00 5
C Travis Zajac 2 0 5 2 5 1 2 2 15.40 8
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 21.10 7
L Barry Tallackson 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7.10 7
L Patrick Anderson 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -1 19.50 4
L Alexandre Picard 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 16.10 7
L Todd Bertuzzi 0 1 0 3 2 3 5 1 16.00 7
D Ben Shutron 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 15.10 4
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 20.50 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 23.00 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 20.40 8
D Bryan Allen 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 16.40 8
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 23.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alex Auld 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Travis Zajac
2nd star: Nathan Horton
3rd star: Pavel Vorobiev

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Pavel Vorobiev ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Nathan Horton finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Wade Redden fought Todd Bertuzzi in a fight.

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 4( 23) , Louisville Panthers 1( 13)
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1-0 DTV Anton But (Andreas Karlsson)
2-0 DTV Justin Keller (Ryan Craig)
2-1 LOU Rob Globke (Maxim Yushkov, Jeremy Swanson)
3-1 DTV Ben Knopp (Lukas Vantuch)
4-1 DTV Andre Roy (Daniel Corso)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Craig Anderson

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Atlanta Thrashers 2 , Toronto Maple Leafs 2
Shots: 24 - 22
PP: 1 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:53/70=75 %, Challenges:38/60=62 %
PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:86/106=81 %, Challenges:19/41=45 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 501811 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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19:05 0-1 Darren McCarty [10] (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Michael Holmqvist)
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31:16 1-1 Brendan Shanahan [14] (Pierre Turgeon, Boris Valabik)
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41:29 2-1 Andy Sutton [5] (Jochen Hecht)PP
59:43 2-2 Darren McCarty [11] (Michael Peca, Cory Sarich) WG
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Penalty summary:
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15:51 Fedor Tyutin (2 min for tripping)
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23:04 Jason Williams (2 min for hooking)
26:25 Jon Sim (2 min for hooking)
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41:14 Mats Sundin (2 min for slashing)
44:19 Éric Dazé (2 min for tripping)
49:12 Braydon Coburn (5 min for attempt to injury)
54:45 Jochen Hecht (2 min for roughing)
57:55 Andy Sutton (2 min for roughing)
57:55 Vaclav Varada (2 min for roughing)
59:56 Braydon Coburn (5 min for fighting)
59:56 Jirí Tlustý (5 min for fighting)
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63:11 Ian White (2 min for roughing)
63:11 Kyle Wanvig (2 min for roughing)

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.40 6
R Brent Nordin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 6
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 9.50 6
R Darren Haydar 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 7.40 5
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 14.40 6
C Pierre Turgeon 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 21.30 8
L Jon Sim 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 12.30 4
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
L Brendan Shanahan 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 22.30 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 17.10 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 5 2 5 2 -1 25.10 8
D Boris Valabik 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 26.20 8
D Andy Sutton 1 0 4 4 4 3 2 0 26.40 8
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 -1 15.20 8
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 16.20 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 2 3 0 3 10 0 21.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 2 0 20 0 0 65.00 8
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Valeri Bure 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.30 4
R Jason Williams 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 21.00 4
R Darren McCarty 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 16.10 7
R Petr Sykora 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 -1 17.00 4
C Colin Murphy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 4
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 12.00 7
C Michael Peca 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 21.20 6
C Mats Sundin 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 -1 22.40 7
L Michael Holmqvist 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 8.50 5
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 1 6 3 7 2 0 15.30 8
L Éric Dazé 0 0 4 2 3 1 2 1 21.40 5
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 21.30 6
D Phil Oreskovic 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 15.00 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 24.20 6
D Adam Foote 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 25.00 7
D Ian White 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 16.10 5
D Cory Sarich 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 18.40 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 3 6 0 5 0 0 31.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jocelyn Thibault 2 0 22 0 0 63.20 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Darren McCarty
2nd star: Brendan Shanahan
3rd star: Boris Valabik

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Pierre Turgeon notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Boris Valabik notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Darren McCarty scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Michael Holmqvist finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Bryan McCabe had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Braydon Coburn fought Jirí Tlustý in a fight.

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 9( 31) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 1( 9)
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1-0 CHW Brad Larsen (Owen Fussey, Jimmy Sharrow)
2-0 CHW Jim Slater (Justin Kurtz)
3-0 CHW Glen Metropolit (Jimmy Sharrow, Eric Boulton)
4-0 CHW Jimmy Sharrow (Glen Metropolit, Owen Fussey)
5-0 CHW Stephen Baby (Marcus Jonasén)
6-0 CHW Jim Slater (Ilkka Pikkarainen, Brian Sipotz)
7-0 CHW Owen Fussey (Ilya Nikulin)
8-0 CHW Marcus Jonasén (Jim Slater)
8-1 SJM Chris St. Jacques (Staffan Kronwall)
9-1 CHW Stephen Baby (Brad Larsen)

Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Todd Ford

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St. Louis Blues 2 , Nashville Predators 1
Shots: 19 - 19
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:74/89=83 %, Challenges:18/47=37 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/80=76 %, Challenges:20/42=46 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 525798 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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32:13 0-1 Steve Sullivan [10] (Jason Spezza, Martin Erat)
32:45 1-1 Jan Hrdina [8] (Vladimir Orszagh, Eric Brewer)
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41:31 2-1 Alex Korolyuk [4] (Kevyn Adams, Jay McKee)
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Penalty summary:
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23:11 Chris Kunitz (5 min for fighting)
23:11 Derek Roy (5 min for fighting)
23:49 Shea Weber (5 min for fighting)
23:49 Jeff Woywitka (5 min for fighting)
27:14 Marek Zidlicky (2 min for hooking)
37:15 Jason Chimera (2 min for roughing)
37:15 Martin Rucinsky (2 min for roughing)
39:42 Chris Kunitz (5 min for fighting)
39:42 Jason Chimera (5 min for fighting)
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44:05 Radovan Somik (2 min for roughing)
44:05 Bryce Salvador (2 min for roughing)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alex Korolyuk 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Niklas Sundström 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 16.00 6
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 19.10 5
C Kevyn Adams 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 7.30 4
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 16.00 4
C Todd Marchant 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18.00 4
C Ryan Moore 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 18.30 8
L Martin Rucinsky 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 12.30 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 13.40 6
L Dallas Drake 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15.20 7
L Jan Hrdina 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 19.10 8
D Jeff Woywitka 0 0 0 3 1 2 5 0 17.00 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 -1 18.50 6
D Jay McKee 0 1 1 6 2 6 0 2 22.50 9
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 1 3 2 3 2 0 17.50 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 18.00 6
D Eric Brewer 0 1 2 3 2 3 0 1 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Jason Bacashihua 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dustin Penner 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7.50 6
R Radovan Somik 0 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 15.30 6
R Mike Johnson 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 -1 17.10 6
R Steve Sullivan 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.30 6
C Jens Bergsjö 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 4
C John Madden 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 17.10 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 -1 17.20 7
C Jason Spezza 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 17.40 8
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Brian Savage 0 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 17.10 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 2 8 0 6 7 0 14.50 10
L Martin Erat 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 -1 18.00 6
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 19.20 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -1 20.00 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 20.40 5
D Shea Weber 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 0 16.10 4
D Ryan Suter 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 2 0 17 0 0 58.20 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Korolyuk
2nd star: Jan Hrdina
3rd star: Jay McKee

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Vladimir Orszagh notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jay McKee notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Steve Sullivan scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Steve Sullivan ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Chris Kunitz beat Derek Roy in a fight.
-Shea Weber fought Jeff Woywitka in a fight.
-Chris Kunitz fought Jason Chimera in a fight.

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 3( 16) , Milwaukee Admirals 0( 16)
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1-0 WOR Trent Whitfield (Ramzi Abid)
2-0 WOR Alexei Shkotov (Ryan Shannon)
3-0 WOR Peter Sejna (Ryan Shannon, Alexei Shkotov)

Goalies: Robert Goepfert - Pekka Rinne

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Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Vancouver Canucks 3
Shots: 13 - 19
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:67/84=79 %, Challenges:23/47=47 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:68/80=85 %, Challenges:28/53=51 %
Attendance: 18059 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 612201 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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18:23 1-0 Tomas Surovy [1] (Ron Hainsey, Andrej Meszaros)
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25:47 1-1 Mike Modano [10] (Tony Amonte, Jed Ortmeyer)
30:37 1-2 Brad Stuart [5] (Tony Amonte, Jed Ortmeyer)
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46:03 1-3 Alex Tanguay [12] (Jason Blake, Tony Amonte)
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Penalty summary:
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00:34 Tony Amonte (2 min for hooking)
12:42 Lauri Tukonen (2 min for roughing)
12:42 Yannick Tremblay (2 min for roughing)
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41:43 Dan Fritsche (5 min for fighting)
41:43 Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
51:47 Jarkko Ruutu (5 min for fighting)
51:47 Radim Vrbata (5 min for fighting)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Comeau 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 10.10 4
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 14.30 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 0 1 3 0 5 -1 15.00 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -2 20.20 7
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.40 5
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 15.30 6
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 4 3 0 3 5 -1 15.00 8
C Radek Bonk 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 -2 19.50 5
L Ray Whitney 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 5
L Tomas Surovy 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 12.00 5
L Martin Gélinas 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -1 16.00 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -2 19.50 5
D Dan McGillis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 5
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 18.00 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 8 2 7 0 -2 26.20 9
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 15.40 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 -1 19.00 8
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 2 6 1 4 0 -2 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 3 0 16 0 0 60.00 5
G Mike Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 9.20 6
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 0 4 0 4 5 0 13.00 7
R Jason Blake 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 16.20 7
R Tony Amonte 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 21.20 8
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.20 7
C Trevor Linden 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.00 4
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 17.10 6
C Mike Modano 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 20.30 7
L Mason Raymond 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 9.20 6
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 13.00 4
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.10 6
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 20.30 5
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 14.50 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 3 0 3 5 -1 16.40 7
D Brad Stuart 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 28.30 10
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 15.50 7
D Yannick Tremblay 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 15.40 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 4 3 3 0 2 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 1 0 12 0 0 60.00 8
G Sébastien Centomo 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tony Amonte
2nd star: Brad Stuart
3rd star: Jed Ortmeyer

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Tomas Surovy finally ended his 35 game goal drought.
-Tomas Surovy finally ended his 12 game point drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Mike Modano scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jed Ortmeyer notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Blake notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alex Tanguay scored the 600th point of his career.
-Tony Amonte had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Brad Stuart ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Mike Komisarek beat Dan Fritsche in a fight.
-Jarkko Ruutu fought Radim Vrbata in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 20) , Manitoba Moose 1( 30)
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1-0 SYR Erik Rasmussen (Pavel Trnka, Ben Simon)
2-0 SYR Geoff Platt (Konstantin Koltsov)
3-0 SYR Jody Shelley (Philippe Dupuis)
4-0 SYR Philippe Dupuis (Scott Polaski, Marc Methot)
4-1 MAN Brandon Reid (Joé Rullier)

Goalies: Fredrik Norrena - Drew MacIntyre


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Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3 , San Jose Sharks 1
Shots: 24 - 18
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:28/52=52 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:23/47=47 %
Attendance: 17174 of 17174 (Arrowhead Pond)
Ticket income: 535829 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:14 1-0 Scott Hartnell [6] (Mike Sillinger, Jack Johnson)
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34:02 2-0 Brad Isbister [6] (Ladislav Smid, Jack Johnson)
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46:07 2-1 Glen Murray [17] (Anze Kopitar, Vaclav Prospal)
48:46 3-1 Andrew Ladd [8])SH
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Penalty summary:
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03:13 Robyn Regehr (2 min for roughing)
03:13 Ales Kotalik (2 min for roughing)
16:32 Mike Sillinger (2 min for boarding)
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25:06 Kyle McLaren (2 min for roughing)
25:06 Dany Heatley (2 min for roughing)
28:51 Kyle McLaren (5 min for fighting)
28:51 George Parros (5 min for fighting)
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42:01 Jack Johnson (5 min for fighting)
42:01 Christian Ehrhoff (5 min for fighting)
44:48 Scott Hartnell (5 min for fighting)
44:48 Jonathan Cheechoo (5 min for fighting)
48:25 Zdeno Chara (2 min for cross-checking)
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R George Parros 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 6.40 5
R Aleksander Suglobov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.00 7
R Justin Williams 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 -1 18.00 6
R Dany Heatley 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 1 19.10 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 8.10 6
C Mike Sillinger 0 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 13.00 5
C Phil Kessel 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -1 17.00 7
C Chris Drury 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Brad Isbister 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 9.20 6
L Scott Hartnell 1 0 2 1 4 0 5 1 14.00 6
L Andrew Ladd 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 20.00 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 21.00 8
D Jack Johnson 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 1 15.30 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 -1 16.40 8
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 0 5 1 4 0 1 23.40 8
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 14.20 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 6 1 5 2 1 22.30 8
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 0 5 2 5 2 1 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Steve Passmore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 14.10 5
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 -1 19.10 6
R Glen Murray 1 0 4 5 4 0 0 -1 20.10 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 6.40 6
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 7
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 17.50 6
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 19.20 8
L Lukas Kaspar 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.40 4
L Ville Nieminen 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 15.10 7
L Mike Leclerc 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 -1 16.50 5
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 5
D José Delorme 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14.10 6
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 2 4 2 4 0 -1 16.50 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 28.00 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 6 1 6 5 -2 21.20 8
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 2 4 2 4 7 0 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brad Isbister
2nd star: Andrew Ladd
3rd star: Jack Johnson

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Jack Johnson notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Aleksander Suglobov had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:

Other notes:
-Kyle McLaren beat George Parros in a fight.
-Christian Ehrhoff beat Jack Johnson in a fight.
-Jonathan Cheechoo beat Scott Hartnell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 3( 20) , Cleveland Barons 1( 7)
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1-0 CIN Tim Taylor
2-0 CIN Travis Moen (Tuomas Pihlman, Brett Festerling)
3-0 CIN Charles Linglet (Tuomas Pihlman)
3-1 CLE Mike Morris (Mark Smith)

Goalies: Michael Tobler - Ty Conklin