23 Mars

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Carolina Hurricanes 4 , New York Rangers 3
Shots: 26 - 24
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:73/85=85 %, Challenges:38/56=66 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/70=85 %, Challenges:31/48=63 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:08 1-0 Trent Hunter [21] (Tim Connolly)
15:36 2-0 Trent Hunter [22] (Ruslan Fedotenko)
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25:09 2-1 Mark Bell [26] (Mikael Backlund)
31:02 3-1 Brad Richards [28] (Milan Michalek, Kristian Huselius)
36:56 4-1 Sami Kapanen [29] (Tim Connolly)
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49:33 4-2 Pascal Dupuis [18] (Niklas Hagman, Shane Endicott)
58:39 4-3 Mikael Backlund [15] (Mark Bell, Ales Hemsky)
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Penalty summary:
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04:29 Hugh Jessiman (2 min for high-sticking)
09:39 Chris Phillips (5 min for fighting)
09:39 Hugh Jessiman (5 min for fighting)
11:49 Ales Hemsky (2 min for hooking)
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42:28 Chris Phillips (5 min for fighting)
42:28 Matt Cullen (5 min for fighting)
51:47 David Hale (5 min for fighting)
51:47 Jarome Iginla (5 min for fighting)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7.20 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 12.40 6
R Trent Hunter 2 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 20.00 7
R Milan Michalek 0 1 5 2 0 2 0 -1 20.00 9
C Nik Antropov 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.20 6
C Denis Arkhipov 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 12.30 7
C Tim Connolly 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 21.00 7
C Brad Richards 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 19.10 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.20 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 13.40 7
L Sami Kapanen 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 19.50 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 27.50 5
D David Hale 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 1 22.10 7
D Glen Wesley 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 15.10 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 5 0 3 10 0 16.10 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Krahn 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 0 1 1 1 1 7 -1 8.00 5
R Jason Ward 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 -1 16.40 9
R Ales Hemsky 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 19.10 7
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 3 5 5 4 5 0 15.10 7
C Shane Endicott 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.10 6
C Blahoslav Vopat 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13.00 6
C Mikael Backlund 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 17.50 8
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 4 1 3 5 0 16.20 7
L Niklas Hagman 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.10 5
L Kyle Calder 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 13.00 6
L Mark Bell 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 18.10 9
L Pascal Dupuis 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18.30 4
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.20 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 23.30 6
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 13.00 5
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 17.50 7
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -1 25.50 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 22 0 0 59.50 5
G Mike McKenna 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Trent Hunter
2nd star: Milan Michalek
3rd star: Tim Connolly

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Sami Kapanen has marked a new career high in goals with 29 tallies.
-Milan Michalek had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Mikael Backlund notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mikael Backlund scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Ales Hemsky finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Jarome Iginla had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jarome Iginla had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Matt Cullen had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Niklas Hagman finally ended his 13 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Chris Phillips fought Hugh Jessiman in a fight.
-Chris Phillips fought Matt Cullen in a fight.
-Jarome Iginla beat David Hale in a fight.

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 24) , Hartford Wolfpack 1( 26)
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1-0 LOW Alexander Svitov
1-1 HFD Michael Sauer (Scott Nichol, Frantisek Skladany)
2-1 LOW Alexander Svitov (Jesse Boulerice)

Goalies: Craig Kowalski - Stephen Valiquette

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New Jersey Devils 1 , Edmonton Oilers 4
Shots: 20 - 26
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:59/70=84 %, Challenges:18/37=47 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:79/89=88 %, Challenges:37/51=71 %
Attendance: 19040 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 575008 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:54 0-1 Josef Vasicek [30] (Martin St. Louis, Jed Ortmeyer)
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23:53 0-2 Martin St. Louis [20] (Miroslav Satan, Ed Jovanovski)
25:45 0-3 Jason Allison [12] (Daniel Alfredsson, Josef Vasicek)
32:44 1-3 Bates Battaglia [11] (Jay Pandolfo, Jay Bouwmeester)
36:44 1-4 Daniel Alfredsson [31] (Tomas Kaberle, Rod Brind'Amour)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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05:38 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for high-sticking)
16:38 Joey Mormina (2 min for roughing)
16:38 Bates Battaglia (2 min for roughing)
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20:35 Joey Mormina (5 min for fighting)
20:35 Petr Vrana (5 min for fighting)
26:55 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for tripping)
30:22 Stephen Weiss (5 min for fighting)
30:22 Petr Vrana (5 min for fighting)
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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 4
R Marek Svatos 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 -1 14.30 4
R Bates Battaglia 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 -1 15.30 7
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 18.40 4
C Petr Vrana 0 0 3 1 0 0 10 0 7.20 5
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 14.30 6
C Scott Gomez 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 19.10 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 19.50 8
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 7.20 5
L Sergei Brylin 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 14.30 4
L Jay Pandolfo 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 6
L Dan LaCouture 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 19.20 6
D Bryan Miller 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 14.40 4
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -2 19.30 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 22.40 6
D Matt Corrente 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 15.50 5
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 2 3 1 1 4 -1 20.50 5
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -1 27.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 4 0 22 0 0 60.00 5
G Frank Doyle 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 7
R Alexei Smirnov 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 14.40 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 19.30 8
R Martin St. Louis 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 18.30 8
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 7.20 6
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.50 6
C Jason Allison 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 19.40 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 19.10 8
L Joey Mormina 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 7.20 4
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 2 4 3 4 0 1 15.30 7
L Josef Vasicek 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
L Miroslav Satan 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 18.30 7
D Tomás Kudelka 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15.10 4
D Nick Boynton 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 1 17.50 8
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 26.10 7
D Tomas Kloucek 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 13.50 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 18.40 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Cloutier 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Devan Dubnyk 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Alfredsson
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Josef Vasicek

Notes for New Jersey Devils:

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Josef Vasicek scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Martin St. Louis notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Martin St. Louis scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Josef Vasicek ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Joey Mormina fought Petr Vrana in a fight.
-Petr Vrana beat Stephen Weiss in a fight.

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 1( 18) , Hamilton Bulldogs 0( 13)
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1-0 ALB Mike Mottau (Garth Murray)

Goalies: Tim Thomas - Dominic Vicari

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Atlanta Thrashers 3 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 18 - 21
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/83=83 %, Challenges:24/48=49 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/83=78 %, Challenges:30/55=53 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 501811 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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29:38 0-1 Ryan Smyth [23] (Alexei Yashin, Kimmo Timonen)
32:11 1-1 Niko Kapanen [5] (Brendan Shanahan, Vitaly Vishnevski)
38:56 2-1 Kyle Wanvig [9] (Greg de Vries, Niko Kapanen)
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42:44 2-2 Alexei Yashin [25] (Ryan Smyth, Mikael Samuelsson)
59:23 3-2 Darren Haydar [16] (Pierre Turgeon)
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Penalty summary:
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01:12 Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
01:12 Andy Sutton (5 min for fighting)
16:42 Corey Perry (2 min for roughing)
16:42 Andy Sutton (2 min for roughing)
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26:57 Ryan Malone (5 min for fighting)
26:57 Kyle Wanvig (5 min for fighting)
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55:44 Chad Kilger (5 min for fighting)
55:44 Boris Valabik (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 1 1 0 1 0 -1 5.50 6
R Kyle Wanvig 1 0 3 1 1 1 5 1 17.10 8
R Darren Haydar 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.50 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 19.10 7
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4.20 4
C Niko Kapanen 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 17.50 7
C Pierre Turgeon 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 18.20 6
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
L Jon Sim 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 4
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 18.10 6
L Brendan Shanahan 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 16.50 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18.10 6
D Boris Valabik 0 0 1 5 0 4 5 0 17.00 9
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 24.50 7
D Greg de Vries 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 17.20 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 21.20 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 1 9 4 9 7 0 21.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marcus Kristoffersson 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 8.40 7
R Corey Perry 0 0 1 4 3 4 2 -3 16.00 6
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 0 18.40 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 2 18.20 6
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 4
C Brad Boyes 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 14.40 6
C David Legwand 0 0 2 5 1 4 0 0 17.30 8
C Alexei Yashin 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 17.30 8
L Rico Fata 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 4
L Ryan Malone 0 0 0 2 3 2 5 -2 14.50 5
L Chad Kilger 0 0 2 2 3 0 5 0 15.50 6
L Ryan Smyth 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 20.40 9
D Mark Popovic 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 16.50 5
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17.50 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 25.20 9
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 -3 16.50 6
D John Erskine 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 20.00 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 15 0 0 60.00 5
G Thomas Greiss 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Niko Kapanen
2nd star: Kyle Wanvig
3rd star: Darren Haydar

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Darren Haydar has marked a new career high in points with 45 points.
-Vitaly Vishnevski ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Kimmo Timonen notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Alexei Yashin scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Mikael Samuelsson notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alexei Yashin scored the 400th goal of his career.

Other notes:
-Andy Sutton beat Bill Guerin in a fight.
-Ryan Malone beat Kyle Wanvig in a fight.
-Boris Valabik beat Chad Kilger in a fight.

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 3( 19) , Portland Pirates 1( 14)
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0-1 POR Brett Engelhardt (Alexandre Giroux, Chad Wiseman)
1-1 CHW Brett Sterling (Jim Slater)
2-1 CHW Eric Boulton (Glen Metropolit, Ilya Nikulin)
3-1 CHW Justin Kurtz (Brett Sterling)

Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Kyle Moir

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Dallas Stars 3 , New York Islanders 1
Shots: 34 - 19
PP: 1 of 3 (10 shots), Passing:81/89=91 %, Challenges:37/57=63 %
PP: 0 of 1 (5 shots), Passing:55/73=75 %, Challenges:37/50=72 %
Attendance: 17001 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 516830 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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18:54 1-0 Jere Lehtinen [17] (Sergei Zubov, Joe Thornton)
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26:22 2-0 Patrik Elias [36] (Mike York, Jere Lehtinen)PP
33:02 2-1 Raffi Torres [8] (Aleksey Morozov, Ryan O'Marra)
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49:54 3-1 Mike York [11] (Dmitry Yushkevich, Sergei Zubov)
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Penalty summary:
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16:07 Petteri Nokelainen (5 min for fighting)
16:07 Michal Barinka (5 min for fighting)
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24:36 Joe Thornton (5 min for fighting)
24:36 Petteri Nokelainen (5 min for fighting)
25:38 Jeff Tambellini (2 min for high-sticking)
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43:07 Vojtech Polak (2 min for roughing)
53:11 Kris Vernarsky (2 min for hooking)
55:12 Tom Poti (2 min for hooking)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vojtech Polak 0 0 2 1 4 0 2 -1 11.10 5
R Mathias Tjärnqvist 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.00 6
R Josh Langfeld 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 12.40 5
R Jere Lehtinen 1 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 20.50 8
C Mike Fisher 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 10.50 5
C Stu Barnes 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 13.00 8
C Mike York 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
C Joe Thornton 0 1 3 1 0 1 5 1 20.30 9
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 8.30 5
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14.20 6
L Steve Ott 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 15.00 7
L Patrik Elias 1 0 6 2 3 1 0 1 21.10 8
D Michal Barinka 0 0 2 5 3 5 5 0 14.50 7
D Jaroslav Modry 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 24.00 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 14.10 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Maxime Ouellet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Aleksandr Vasyunov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.10 6
R Jesse Joensuu 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.50 5
R Aleksey Morozov 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 5
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 -1 21.10 8
C Kris Vernarsky 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 9.10 6
C Petteri Nokelainen 0 0 0 1 2 1 10 0 10.50 4
C Ryan O'Marra 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 14.40 5
C Zach Parisé 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 7
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 8.30 5
L Christoph Brandner 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.20 6
L Raffi Torres 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 13.30 5
L Marcel Hossa 0 0 6 3 2 2 0 -1 21.10 7
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 13.20 6
D Sean Hill 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 14.30 5
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 -1 26.40 4
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 23.10 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 6 0 6 0 -1 28.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Michael Garnett 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jere Lehtinen
2nd star: Mike York
3rd star: Joe Thornton

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Jere Lehtinen finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Mike York finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Patrik Elias finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Ryan O'Marra notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Raffi Torres finally ended his 18 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Petteri Nokelainen beat Michal Barinka in a fight.
-Joe Thornton fought Petteri Nokelainen in a fight.

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 7( 30) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 11)
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1-0 UTH Henrik Juntunen (Simon Ferguson, Vadim Khomitsky)
1-1 BRG Brandon Nolan (Joni Lindlöf, Peter Ferraro)
2-1 UTH Jamie Tardif (Henrik Juntunen)
3-1 UTH Yared Hagos (B.J. Crombeen)
3-2 BRG Steve Regier (Eric Boguniecki)
4-2 UTH B.J. Crombeen (Mark Fistric, Yared Hagos)
5-2 UTH Tomek Valtonen
6-2 UTH Yared Hagos (Mark Fistric)
7-2 UTH John Lammers (Mario Scalzo)

Goalies: Gabriel Bouthillette - Billy Thompson