2 Mars

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New Jersey Devils 2 , Carolina Hurricanes 1
Shots: 19 - 28
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/75=80 %, Challenges:31/52=58 %
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:76/91=83 %, Challenges:33/49=66 %
Attendance: 19009 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 574071 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:14 1-0 Bryan Smolinski [24] (Bates Battaglia, Alexei Zhitnik)
15:54 1-1 Sami Kapanen [24] (Tim Connolly, Anson Carter)PP
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38:28 2-1 Scott Niedermayer [7] (Dainius Zubrus, Paul Martin)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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14:45 Paul Martin (2 min for tripping)
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22:43 Nicklas Bergfors (5 min for fighting)
22:43 Bryan Miller (5 min for fighting)
33:02 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for roughing)
33:02 Milan Michalek (2 min for roughing)
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44:27 Bates Battaglia (2 min for holding the stick)
58:52 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for tripping)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 5
R Marek Svatos 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13.10 5
R Bates Battaglia 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 17.00 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 1 3 1 4 1 0 1 17.10 5
C Petr Vrana 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 8.50 5
C Brett McLean 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 14.30 5
C Scott Gomez 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 18.20 6
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 1 19.20 9
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 4
L Sergei Brylin 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 14.30 6
L Bryan Smolinski 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
L Dan LaCouture 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 20.50 6
D Bryan Miller 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 13.00 5
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 5
D Paul Martin 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 22.50 7
D Matt Corrente 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.50 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 1 3 2 1 4 1 21.50 6
D Scott Niedermayer 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 25.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 1 0 27 0 0 60.00 10
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 6.50 5
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 0 15.10 7
R Anson Carter 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 0 17.10 8
R Milan Michalek 0 0 5 7 0 6 2 -1 20.50 9
C Joe Barnes 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 7.30 5
C Nik Antropov 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 16.00 6
C Tim Connolly 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
C Brad Richards 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 20.40 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 -1 6.50 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 16.20 6
L Sami Kapanen 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -1 18.20 7
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 17.10 7
D Bret Hedican 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -2 24.40 6
D Glen Wesley 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 16.50 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 -2 23.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mathieu Garon
2nd star: Bryan Smolinski
3rd star: Scott Niedermayer

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Paul Martin finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Alexei Zhitnik ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Mark Eaton had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Nicklas Bergfors fought Bryan Miller in a fight.

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 2( 23) , Lowell Lock Monsters 0( 13)
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1-0 ALB Alexander Steen (Andy Greene, Chris Higgins)
2-0 ALB Alexander Steen (Chris Higgins)

Goalies: Tim Thomas - Craig Kowalski


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Atlanta Thrashers 3 , Florida Panthers 1
Shots: 24 - 16
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:83/92=90 %, Challenges:33/59=55 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/81=80 %, Challenges:24/42=55 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 501811 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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28:39 0-1 Todd Bertuzzi [30])
30:47 1-1 Brendan Shanahan [32] (Pierre Turgeon)
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49:59 2-1 Brendan Shanahan [33] (Boris Valabik, Braydon Coburn)
52:37 3-1 Jochen Hecht [25] (Jon Sim, Boris Valabik)
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Penalty summary:
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09:55 Sean Bergenheim (5 min for fighting)
09:55 Alexandre Picard (5 min for fighting)
11:14 Boris Valabik (5 min for fighting)
11:14 Bryan Allen (5 min for fighting)
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34:25 Greg de Vries (2 min for roughing)
34:25 Pavel Vorobiev (2 min for roughing)
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41:52 Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for roughing)
41:52 Niclas Hävelid (2 min for roughing)
42:11 Olli Jokinen (2 min for roughing)
42:11 Greg de Vries (2 min for roughing)
53:36 Kyle Wanvig (5 min for fighting)
53:36 Kenndal McArdle (5 min for fighting)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 7.00 7
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 -1 16.10 6
R Darren Haydar 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 2 19.50 6
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 8
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 -1 17.00 4
C Pierre Turgeon 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 19.50 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 16.40 7
L Jon Sim 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 17.00 5
L Brendan Shanahan 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 19.50 8
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 17.00 9
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 2 1 4 2 -1 17.20 7
D Boris Valabik 0 2 1 3 1 3 5 2 19.00 9
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 1 25.20 9
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -1 13.00 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 2 20.30 8
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Juraj Kolnik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -2 15.40 6
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 -1 18.10 7
R Nathan Horton 0 0 2 4 4 2 0 1 19.20 7
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 6.50 6
C Chris Gratton 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -2 15.40 8
C Travis Zajac 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 17.50 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 3 5 0 4 2 1 19.40 9
L Kenndal McArdle 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 6.10 5
L Patrick Anderson 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 -2 15.40 4
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 3 4 0 5 -1 19.10 6
L Todd Bertuzzi 1 0 5 5 4 5 2 1 19.00 7
D Ben Shutron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 17.20 4
D Bryan Allen 0 0 1 5 0 3 5 -1 17.50 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 24.50 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -2 18.00 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 18.50 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 23.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alex Auld 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Pierre Turgeon notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Braydon Coburn has marked a new career high in points with 36 points.
-Jochen Hecht scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Boris Valabik notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jon Sim finally ended his 12 game point drought.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Todd Bertuzzi scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Travis Zajac had his 10 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Alexandre Picard beat Sean Bergenheim in a fight.
-Boris Valabik beat Bryan Allen in a fight.
-Kyle Wanvig beat Kenndal McArdle in a fight.

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 5( 32) , Louisville Panthers 1( 12)
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0-1 LOU Jean-Michel Rizk (Jeremy Swanson)
1-1 CHW Brad Larsen (Owen Fussey, Glen Metropolit)
2-1 CHW Jimmy Sharrow (Ilkka Pikkarainen, Fred Brathwaite)
3-1 CHW Eric Boulton (Jim Slater, Ilya Nikulin)
4-1 CHW Jim Slater (Steve McCarthy)
5-1 CHW Eric Boulton (Stephen Baby)

Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Craig Anderson

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Pittsburgh Penguins 2 , New York Rangers 6
Shots: 32 - 25
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:64/75=85 %, Challenges:26/49=52 %
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:26/51=50 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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26:19 0-1 Matt Cullen [18] (Jarome Iginla, Hugh Jessiman)
26:43 1-1 Alexander Ovechkin [20] (Ryan Whitney, Evgeny Malkin)
32:02 1-2 Blahoslav Vopat [3] (Kyle Calder)
34:47 1-3 Frantisek Kaberle [7] (Karel Rachunek, Mikael Backlund)
36:56 2-3 Sidney Crosby [19] (Alexander Ovechkin, Colby Armstrong)
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40:32 2-4 Mikael Backlund [11] (Jason Ward, Karel Rachunek)PP
43:52 2-5 Sandis Ozolinsh [9] (Matt Cullen)
46:38 2-6 Matt Cullen [19] (Pascal Dupuis, Jarome Iginla)
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Penalty summary:
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01:11 Ethan Moreau (2 min for roughing)
01:11 Pascal Dupuis (2 min for roughing)
10:25 Hugh Jessiman (5 min for fighting)
10:25 Evgeny Malkin (5 min for fighting)
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31:41 Evgeny Malkin (2 min for roughing)
31:41 Mark Bell (2 min for roughing)
36:25 Evgeny Malkin (2 min for roughing)
36:25 Kyle Calder (2 min for roughing)
39:17 Erik Christensen (2 min for slashing)
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48:56 Bobby Sanguinetti (5 min for fighting)
48:56 Jarkko Ruutu (5 min for fighting)
56:58 Evgeny Malkin (2 min for roughing)
56:58 Mikael Backlund (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexandre Daigle 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 9.40 6
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 3 2 3 5 -1 14.30 7
R Tony Amonte 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 20.10 5
C Erik Christensen 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -1 8.10 6
C Kris Draper 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 -1 16.40 6
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 17.40 7
C Evgeny Malkin 0 1 1 7 3 7 11 0 16.10 8
L Ben Eager 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 8.10 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 16.40 5
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 6 1 0 1 2 -1 15.00 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 15.50 6
D Steve Staios 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 -1 19.30 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 24.40 6
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 17.20 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -2 17.20 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 2 5 4 4 0 0 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 6 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Marc-André Fleury 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Hugh Jessiman 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 -1 6.50 5
R Jason Ward 0 1 1 4 3 4 0 1 17.30 7
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 17.20 7
R Jarome Iginla 0 2 2 5 2 5 0 2 18.20 10
C Shane Endicott 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 7.50 5
C Blahoslav Vopat 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 16.20 6
C Mikael Backlund 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 17.30 7
C Matt Cullen 2 1 5 0 3 0 0 2 18.20 8
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 7.50 5
L Kyle Calder 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 16.30 6
L Mark Bell 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 1 16.20 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 19.20 7
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 5
D Karel Rachunek 0 2 0 3 2 2 0 1 19.10 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 23.40 6
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 2 2 4 5 1 17.10 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 18.20 7
D Sandis Ozolinsh 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 1 24.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Mike McKenna 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Matt Cullen
2nd star: Jarome Iginla
3rd star: Mikael Backlund

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Jarome Iginla notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Pascal Dupuis notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Frantisek Kaberle ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Hugh Jessiman fought Evgeny Malkin in a fight.
-Jarkko Ruutu beat Bobby Sanguinetti in a fight.

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 25) , Hartford Wolfpack 2( 28)
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1-0 WIL Masi Marjamäki (Matt Carkner)
1-1 HFD Ryan Callahan (Michael Sauer)
1-2 HFD Robin Big Snake (Marvin Degon)
2-2 WIL Jonathan Filewich

Goalies: Andrew Penner - Stephen Valiquette

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Vancouver Canucks 1 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 23 - 22
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:70/77=90 %, Challenges:28/55=50 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/81=81 %, Challenges:30/52=56 %
Attendance: 18422 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 539764 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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35:33 0-1 Darcy Tucker [15] (Kim Johnsson, Hal Gill)
35:58 0-2 Marian Gaborik [16] (Kim Johnsson, Brooks Orpik)
36:29 1-2 Alex Tanguay [21] (Willie Mitchell, Yannick Tremblay)
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50:28 1-3 Craig Rivet [5] (Mark Parrish, Manny Malhotra)
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Penalty summary:
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02:19 Saku Koivu (2 min for hooking)
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26:14 Marian Gaborik (2 min for roughing)
26:14 Mattias Öhlund (2 min for roughing)
30:59 Georges Laraque (5 min for fighting)
30:59 Ryan Kesler (5 min for fighting)
37:35 Saku Koivu (2 min for cross-checking)
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41:02 Brooks Orpik (5 min for fighting)
41:02 Ryan Kesler (5 min for fighting)
48:02 Ryan Kesler (2 min for roughing)
48:02 Samuel Påhlsson (2 min for roughing)
48:11 Brooks Orpik (5 min for fighting)
48:11 Alexandre Burrows (5 min for fighting)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Bouck 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.10 5
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 10.40 4
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -2 20.30 5
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.40 6
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 1 1 1 12 0 5.20 5
C Trevor Linden 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.40 6
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -2 20.30 6
C Mike Modano 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 22.30 7
L Dany Roussin 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 7.20 4
L Jan Bulis 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 13.20 6
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 20.40 5
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.40 4
D Yannick Tremblay 0 1 2 3 4 2 0 -1 23.00 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 5 7 1 5 0 -1 28.50 9
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 12.00 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 1 1 5 1 4 0 -2 17.40 8
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 26.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Sébastien Centomo 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jonas Johansson 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 10.00 7
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 4 2 4 5 0 15.20 7
R Mark Parrish 0 1 2 2 6 0 0 1 15.50 6
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 4 3 1 0 2 1 18.50 9
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 14.40 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 13.00 5
C Saku Koivu 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 14.30 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 1 17.50 8
L Boyd Devereaux 0 0 1 4 2 4 0 0 10.00 7
L Oleg Kvasha 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 13.00 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 14.30 7
L Darcy Tucker 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 17.50 7
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18.00 6
D Craig Rivet 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 21.20 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 1 2 0 2 10 1 20.40 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.30 6
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 22.50 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 22.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vesa Toskala
2nd star: Marian Gaborik
3rd star: Darcy Tucker

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Darcy Tucker scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Marian Gaborik ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Darcy Tucker ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Craig Rivet finally ended his 38 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Georges Laraque beat Ryan Kesler in a fight.
-Ryan Kesler beat Brooks Orpik in a fight.
-Brooks Orpik fought Alexandre Burrows in a fight.

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 1( 22) , Houston Aeros 0( 7)
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1-0 MAN Evgeny Gladskikh (Rick Rypien, Shaun Heshka)

Goalies: Drew MacIntyre - Dieter Kochan

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Phoenix Coyotes 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 25 - 27
PHO PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:64/82=78 %, Challenges:36/61=58 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:71/81=87 %, Challenges:24/47=50 %
Attendance: 16210 of 16210 (America West Arena)
Ticket income: 499268 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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16:08 0-1 Joni Pitkänen [10] (Anton Volchenkov, Ray Whitney)
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27:14 1-1 PHO Dave Scatchard [20] (Bryan Berard, Shane Doan)
37:35 1-2 Radek Bonk [14] (Anton Volchenkov, Nikolai Zherdev)SH
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46:54 2-2 PHO Shane Doan [32] (Ladislav Nagy, Patrick Fischer)
48:27 2-3 Lauri Tukonen [14] (Gilbert Brulé, Dan Fritsche)
59:13 2-4 Ray Whitney [14] (Andrej Meszaros, Joni Pitkänen) EN
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Penalty summary:
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11:38 PHO Oleg Saprykin (2 min for hooking)
19:21 PHO Patrick Fischer (2 min for tripping)
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27:42 PHO Owen Nolan (2 min for high-sticking)
37:03 Tomas Surovy (2 min for tripping)
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Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Enver Lisin 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5.50 4
R Steve Bernier 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 -2 15.50 7
R Owen Nolan 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 -2 18.40 6
R Shane Doan 1 1 5 5 6 5 0 2 19.00 9
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 6.50 5
C Mike Ricci 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 17.20 5
C Yanic Perreault 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -3 16.50 4
C Dave Scatchard 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 2 19.40 9
L Patrick Fischer 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 5.40 6
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -2 15.20 6
L Alexander Semin 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -2 15.50 5
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 17.10 7
D Jonas Ahnelöv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 22.00 5
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 22.50 7
D Bryan Helmer 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 -1 16.30 6
D Derek Morris 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -3 20.10 7
D Bryan Berard 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 2 23.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 4 0 23 0 0 59.20 5
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Comeau 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 6.50 6
R Lauri Tukonen 1 0 2 4 5 4 0 1 16.30 7
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 -1 19.00 8
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.20 6
C Gilbert Brulé 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 14.50 7
C Dan Fritsche 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 2 19.10 8
C Radek Bonk 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 19.00 8
L Tomas Surovy 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 5.20 5
L Martin Gélinas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14.50 4
L Ray Whitney 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 19.20 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 -2 18.30 5
D Dan McGillis 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 14.40 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 24.40 8
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 5 3 5 0 2 17.50 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 2 4 2 4 0 1 19.30 8
D Joni Pitkänen 1 1 2 4 2 3 0 -1 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Mike Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ray Whitney
2nd star: Joni Pitkänen
3rd star: Lauri Tukonen

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Dave Scatchard has marked a new career high in points with 46 points.
-Dave Scatchard scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Patrick Fischer finally ended his 14 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Joni Pitkänen scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Radek Bonk ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Ray Whitney finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
-Ray Whitney finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 3( 29) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 16)
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1-0 SPR Daniel Winnik (Joe Callahan, Kevin Cormier)
1-1 SYR Jody Shelley (Jamie Pushor)
2-1 SPR Bill Thomas (Yanick Lehoux)
3-1 SPR Konstantin Rudenko (Jakub Koreis)

Goalies: David LeNeveu - Fredrik Norrena

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Edmonton Oilers 2 , St. Louis Blues 4
Shots: 25 - 23
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/76=82 %, Challenges:31/51=59 %
PP: 0 of 2 (0 shots), Passing:58/76=76 %, Challenges:32/52=60 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 449730 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:01 0-1 Dallas Drake [15] (Alex Korolyuk)
16:29 1-1 Joey Mormina [9] (Ed Jovanovski)
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29:35 2-1 Marty Reasoner [3] (Alexei Smirnov, Daniel Alfredsson)
32:09 2-2 Todd Marchant [22] (Jan Hrdina, Vladimir Orszagh)
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49:32 2-3 Jan Hrdina [15] (Christian Bäckman, Eric Brewer)
55:22 2-4 Bryce Salvador [4] (Chris Kunitz, Jan Hrdina)
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Penalty summary:
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02:06 Barret Jackman (5 min for fighting)
02:06 Stephen Weiss (5 min for fighting)
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27:04 Ed Jovanovski (2 min for roughing)
27:04 Keith Tkachuk (2 min for roughing)
32:19 Daniel Alfredsson (2 min for tripping)
34:53 Jed Ortmeyer (2 min for high-sticking)
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59:58 Jeff Woywitka (5 min for fighting)
59:58 Tomás Kudelka (5 min for fighting)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 7.00 7
R Alexei Smirnov 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 13.00 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 -3 16.40 7
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 18.10 8
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 6.40 4
C Marty Reasoner 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 13.00 7
C Jason Allison 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -4 17.40 5
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.50 6
L Joey Mormina 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 11.40 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 13.00 6
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -4 17.10 5
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 20.30 7
D Tomás Kudelka 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 13.00 6
D Nick Boynton 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -4 20.10 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 1 5 2 4 2 1 26.50 8
D Tomas Kloucek 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 14.00 8
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 3 5 1 1 0 -4 18.20 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 27.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Cloutier 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Devan Dubnyk 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alex Korolyuk 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 10.20 7
R Niklas Sundström 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 13.50 7
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 15.30 6
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Kevyn Adams 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.00 5
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 13.50 7
C Todd Marchant 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 18.30 7
C Ryan Moore 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Dallas Drake 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 8.00 8
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 18.30 6
L Jan Hrdina 1 2 4 3 2 0 0 1 16.00 9
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17.20 6
D Jeff Woywitka 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 18.50 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 17.20 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 23.50 7
D Bryce Salvador 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.30 9
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 15.30 8
D Eric Brewer 0 1 3 4 0 3 0 1 26.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Jason Bacashihua 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jan Hrdina
2nd star: Bryce Salvador
3rd star: Todd Marchant

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Alexei Smirnov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Joey Mormina finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Miroslav Satan had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Dallas Drake scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jan Hrdina notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jan Hrdina scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Alex Korolyuk finally ended his 14 game point drought.
-Dallas Drake finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Bryce Salvador finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Barret Jackman beat Stephen Weiss in a fight.
-Jeff Woywitka beat Tomás Kudelka in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 0( 11) , Worcester Icecats 2( 17)
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0-1 WOR Trent Whitfield
0-2 WOR D.J. King (Janis Sprukts)

Goalies: Dominic Vicari - Robert Goepfert

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San Jose Sharks 4 , Dallas Stars 2
Shots: 25 - 24
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:70/88=79 %, Challenges:52/63=81 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:54/71=76 %, Challenges:29/43=65 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 484776 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:33 1-0 Nikita Alexeev [7] (Jarret Stoll, Christian Ehrhoff)
14:13 2-0 Jonathan Cheechoo [33] (Mike Leclerc, Daniel Brière)
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29:48 2-1 Mathias Tjärnqvist [4] (Vojtech Polak, Michal Barinka)
30:14 3-1 Jonathan Cheechoo [34] (Mike Leclerc, Garnet Exelby)
36:47 3-2 Stu Barnes [15] (Josh Langfeld, Jere Lehtinen)
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42:24 4-2 Ales Kotalik [13] (Michael Nylander, Ville Nieminen)
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Penalty summary:
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02:23 Steve Ott (2 min for slashing)
09:21 Jaroslav Modry (2 min for cross-checking)
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27:39 Scott Hannan (5 min for fighting)
27:39 Steve Ott (5 min for fighting)
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57:37 Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
57:37 Patrik Elias (2 min for roughing)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.00 7
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.30 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 17.20 9
R Glen Murray 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 -1 19.10 9
C Jarret Stoll 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8.00 6
C Michael Nylander 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 14.40 7
C Daniel Brière 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 17.40 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 8.00 6
L Ville Nieminen 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 14.40 7
L Mike Leclerc 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 17.40 8
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 19.40 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.10 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 20.40 8
D Scott Hannan 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 0 24.00 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 15.00 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 18.00 8
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 5 1 5 0 -1 27.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 2 0 22 0 0 60.00 8
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mathias Tjärnqvist 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 7
R Vojtech Polak 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.10 4
R Josh Langfeld 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 -2 17.40 8
R Jere Lehtinen 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 -1 20.20 7
C Johan Franzén 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 8.50 6
C Mike Fisher 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 16.00 6
C Stu Barnes 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 17.30 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 -1 20.30 8
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 5
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13.10 7
L Steve Ott 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 -1 17.00 6
L Patrik Elias 0 0 3 2 3 0 2 -2 19.00 6
D Michal Barinka 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 15.10 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 18.20 4
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 26.30 6
D Jaroslav Modry 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 13.50 6
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 -2 19.10 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 27.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Maxime Ouellet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jonathan Cheechoo
2nd star: Nikita Alexeev
3rd star: Ales Kotalik

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Christian Ehrhoff notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Stu Barnes scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Josh Langfeld notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mathias Tjärnqvist ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Scott Hannan beat Steve Ott in a fight.

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 0( 23) , Utah Grizzlies 1( 20)
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0-1 UTH Perttu Lindgren (Alexander Perezhogin, Niklas Grossman)

Goalies: Ty Conklin - Gabriel Bouthillette