23 Mars

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Carolina Hurricanes 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 5
Shots: 21 - 28
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:67/84=79 %, Challenges:30/51=57 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:75/88=85 %, Challenges:24/48=49 %
Attendance: 14296 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 670482 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:42 1-0 Brian Gionta [25] (Dustin Brown, Joni Pitkänen)
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25:49 1-1 Sidney Crosby [28] (Chris Kunitz, Bill Thomas)
30:14 1-2 Chris Kunitz [21] (Petr Sykora, Sidney Crosby)
30:45 2-2 Joffrey Lupul [17] (Dustin Brown, Olli Jokinen)
38:15 3-2 Dustin Brown [22] (Valtteri Filppula, Joffrey Lupul)PP
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49:06 3-3 Chris Kunitz [22] (Kim Johnsson, Sidney Crosby)
54:12 3-4 Kim Johnsson [11])
59:33 3-5 Petr Sykora [24] (Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz) EN
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Penalty summary:
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10:34 Marc Savard (2 min for holding the stick)
18:18 Dustin Brown (2 min for hooking)
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22:09 Denis Tolpeko (2 min for hooking)
37:27 Jeff Taffe (2 min for hooking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Clarkson 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8.50 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 11.30 7
R Joffrey Lupul 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 14.10 6
R Brian Gionta 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 -2 18.20 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 11.20 7
C Valtteri Filppula 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 -1 13.00 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 19.00 6
C Marc Savard 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -2 17.20 5
L Denis Tolpeko 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 8.50 6
L Chad LaRose 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 11.30 5
L Dustin Brown 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 19.00 9
L Simon Gagné 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -3 20.40 5
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 -1 15.50 7
D Tobias Enström 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 1 8 0 6 0 -2 23.30 10
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 15.20 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 24.30 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -3 25.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 5 0 23 0 0 59.00 4
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 7.20 5
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 16.00 6
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Petr Sykora 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 18.40 8
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 6.50 7
C Jordan Staal 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 16.00 6
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 17.50 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 3 6 0 2 0 0 2 19.20 9
L Bill Thomas 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 6
L Curtis Glencross 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 16.00 5
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 0 16.50 7
L Chris Kunitz 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 19.00 8
D Adam Foote 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 18.30 6
D Steve Staios 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 16.10 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 22.00 8
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 18.40 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Kim Johnsson 1 1 3 3 1 2 0 3 24.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sidney Crosby
2nd star: Chris Kunitz
3rd star: Petr Sykora

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Brian Gionta scored his 25th goal of the season.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Bill Thomas finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Kim Johnsson finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 0( 23) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 9)
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0-1 WIL Jonathan Filewich (Dustin Jeffrey)

Goalies: Justin Peters - John Curry


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New York Islanders 1 , Vancouver Canucks 2
Shots: 22 - 20
PP: 0 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:61/77=79 %, Challenges:29/54=52 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:58/79=73 %, Challenges:30/47=62 %
Attendance: 6965 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 330141 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:28 0-1 Alexander Edler [5] (Kevin Bieksa, Antoine Vermette)
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25:36 1-1 Ruslan Fedotenko [14] (Paul Martin, Jay Bouwmeester)
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48:46 1-2 Pavol Demitra [28] (Chris Drury, Tomas Plekanec)
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Penalty summary:
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05:28 Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
05:28 Arron Asham (2 min for roughing)
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36:52 Martin Havlat (2 min for holding the stick)
38:48 Antoine Vermette (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:04 Ethan Moreau (2 min for high-sticking)
43:14 Mark Bell (2 min for tripping)
50:18 Erik Cole (2 min for tripping)
58:32 Mike Sillinger (2 min for roughing)
58:32 Pavol Demitra (2 min for roughing)
59:35 Martin Havlat (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 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
R Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 -1 19.00 8
R Adam Hall 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 14.00 5
R Bill Guerin 0 0 4 3 2 1 2 0 16.40 7
C Petr Nedved 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Mark Bell 0 0 3 1 2 2 2 -1 21.00 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 12.30 5
C Joe Sakic 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Jon Sim 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
L Boyd Devereaux 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -1 19.10 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 16.50 7
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 20.40 6
D Paul Martin 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 18.50 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 1 5 6 5 0 0 21.10 8
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 18.20 5
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Grabner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Arron Asham 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 12.10 6
R Martin Havlat 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 1 17.00 6
R Pavol Demitra 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 16.30 8
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.00 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 17.10 5
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 20.50 8
C Chris Drury 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 7.00 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 12.20 6
L Erik Cole 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 18.40 5
L Kyle Calder 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 20.10 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 1 20.00 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 2 5 0 4 0 0 22.40 8
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 13.20 6
D Alexander Edler 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 17.40 8
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 0 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Roberto Luongo
2nd star: Pavol Demitra
3rd star: Antoine Vermette

Notes for New York Islanders:

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Pavol Demitra ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Tomas Plekanec finally ended his 27 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 6( 39) , Manitoba Moose 2( 13)
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1-0 BRG Chris Collins (Sergei Ogorodnikov, Tyrell Mason)
2-0 BRG Bates Battaglia
2-1 MAN Juraj Simek (Darcy Hordichuk, Rick Rypien)
3-1 BRG Mike Iggulden
4-1 BRG Mike Iggulden (Rob Hennigar)
5-1 BRG Sergei Ogorodnikov (Jakub Klepis)
5-2 MAN Mike S. Brown (Matt Butcher)
6-2 BRG Mathias Joggi (Sasha Golin)

Goalies: Joey MacDonald - Cory Schneider

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Florida Panthers 3 , Washington Capitals 1
Shots: 27 - 23
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:71/82=86 %, Challenges:47/64=72 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:62/82=75 %, Challenges:23/37=60 %
Attendance: 7251 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 351673 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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17:12 0-1 Nicklas Bäckström [15] (Cory Stillman, Tom Poti)
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27:22 1-1 Jozef Stumpel [15] (Noah Welch, Mike Van Ryn)
29:48 2-1 Nick Boynton [6] (Keith Ballard, Darcy Tucker)
33:58 3-1 Marek Svatos [20] (Rostislav Olesz)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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15:02 Steve Sullivan (2 min for hooking)
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20:08 Nicklas Bergfors (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:47 Daniel Brière (2 min for elbowing)
46:58 Fedor Fedorov (2 min for high-sticking)
51:14 Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
51:14 Matt Greene (5 min for fighting)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brett McLean 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.20 5
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 17.50 6
R Mark Parrish 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 8
R Marek Svatos 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 17.10 6
C Anthony Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.40 4
C Jozef Stumpel 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 14.30 7
C Rostislav Olesz 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 15.30 8
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 19.10 7
L Michal Repík 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 14.30 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 14.50 9
L Steve Sullivan 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 19.20 6
D Noah Welch 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 15.10 8
D Nick Boynton 1 0 3 1 3 1 0 1 20.10 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 26.50 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 15.20 6
D Keith Ballard 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 19.50 7
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 2 3 2 5 1 22.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 6.50 6
R Tomas Holmström 0 0 2 5 3 7 0 0 17.10 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 5 2 2 2 5 -2 20.30 8
R Glen Murray 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 6
C Alexandre Giroux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 6
C Fedor Fedorov 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 17.10 6
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 13.00 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 15.20 8
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 6.50 5
L Cory Stillman 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 19.40 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 5
L Zach Parisé 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 14.30 6
D Josh Godfrey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
D Tom Poti 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 -1 22.00 7
D Sasha Pokulok 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 18.00 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 23.30 7
D Greg de Vries 0 0 2 5 1 2 0 -1 24.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marek Svatos
2nd star: Jozef Stumpel
3rd star: Rostislav Olesz

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Jozef Stumpel scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Keith Ballard notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marek Svatos scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Mike Van Ryn finally ended his 14 game point drought.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Nicklas Bäckström has marked a new career high in goals with 15 tallies.
-Nicklas Bäckström scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Glen Murray had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Chris Clark fought Matt Greene in a fight.

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 3( 12) , Portland Pirates 2( 32)
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0-1 POR Michael Nylander (Graham Mink, Oskar Osala)
0-2 POR Chris Bourque (Michael Nylander, Adrian Aucoin)
1-2 LOU David Brine (Brady Calla, Jason Garrison)
2-2 LOU Janis Sprukts (Wade Belak, Martin Lojek)
3-2 LOU Rory Fitzpatrick (Drew Larman)

Goalies: Chris Beckford-Tseu - Brent Johnson

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Dallas Stars 4 , New Jersey Devils 3
Shots: 33 - 30
PP: 1 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:77/87=88 %, Challenges:22/37=57 %
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:75/89=84 %, Challenges:21/39=52 %
Attendance: 13551 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 673484 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:17 1-0 Dick Tärnström [7] (Brad Richards, Jere Lehtinen)PP
14:24 2-0 Philippe Boucher [7] (Sean Avery)
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27:44 3-0 Jere Lehtinen [26] (Brad Richards, Philippe Boucher)
31:14 3-1 Alexander Ovechkin [34] (Trent Hunter, Sergei Zubov)
35:58 3-2 Tuomas Pihlman [1] (Sergei Zubov, Vitaly Vishnevski)
38:58 3-3 Scott Walker [14] (Markus Näslund, Brendan Morrison)
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62:06 4-3 Fabian Brunnström [6] (James Neal, Joel Lundqvist)
Penalty summary:
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05:25 Dominic Moore (2 min for roughing)
09:22 Sergei Zubov (2 min for boarding)
17:59 Brenden Morrow (2 min for high-sticking)
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39:49 Patrick Sharp (2 min for tripping)
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40:46 Eric Staal (2 min for roughing)
46:18 Sergei Zubov (2 min for boarding)
53:28 Vojtech Polak (2 min for tripping)
55:36 Philippe Boucher (2 min for hooking)
59:28 Sean Avery (2 min for hooking)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joel Lundqvist 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 5
R Vojtech Polak 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 -1 13.20 6
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
R Jere Lehtinen 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 21.20 7
C James Neal 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 6
C Steven Reinprecht 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 15.10 6
C Patrik Elias 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 19.50 8
C Brad Richards 0 2 8 3 2 0 0 0 20.40 8
L Fabian Brunnström 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 6.30 5
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 21.30 5
L Sean Avery 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 12.50 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 21.10 7
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 16.20 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 20.40 6
D Dick Tärnström 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 25.10 7
D Trevor Daley 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 -1 15.20 7
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Philippe Boucher 1 1 5 1 0 1 2 1 29.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 3 0 27 0 0 62.00 8
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tuomas Pihlman 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6.30 7
R Barry Tallackson 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10.50 6
R Scott Walker 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 20.40 8
R Trent Hunter 0 1 3 4 1 2 0 -1 22.20 8
C Dominic Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5.30 6
C Travis Zajac 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 16.20 7
C Brendan Morrison 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 20.00 7
C Eric Staal 0 0 2 5 0 2 2 -1 22.10 7
L Mike Rupp 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 6.30 7
L Patrick Sharp 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 -1 12.30 5
L Markus Näslund 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 16.40 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 -2 20.40 8
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.20 6
D Colin White 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16.30 5
D Sami Salo 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 25.30 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.50 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 22.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Frazee 4 0 29 0 0 62.00 6
G Martin Brodeur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jere Lehtinen
2nd star: Philippe Boucher
3rd star: Brad Richards

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Sean Avery notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Joel Lundqvist finally ended his 29 game point drought.
-Patrik Elias had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Patrik Elias had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Fabian Brunnström finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Fabian Brunnström finally ended his 13 game point drought.
-Philippe Boucher finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Tuomas Pihlman ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Tuomas Pihlman ended his 9 game point drought.
-Alexander Ovechkin finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 4( 38) , Albany River Rats 2( 11)
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1-0 UTH Krys Barch (Garrett Stafford)
2-0 UTH Daniel Sparre (Konstantin Pushkarev, Garrett Stafford)
3-0 UTH Konstantin Pushkarev (Krys Barch)
4-0 UTH Francis Wathier (Lukas Vantuch)
4-1 ALB Pierre-Luc Leblond (Dennis Seidenberg)
4-2 ALB Brad Mills (Ivan Khomutov)

Goalies: Matt Climie - Jason J. Smith