1er Avril

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Ottawa Senators 3 , Carolina Hurricanes 2
Shots: 23 - 22
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:31/52=58 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:72/94=76 %, Challenges:32/43=72 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 629000 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:11 1-0 Chris Clark [44] (Filip Kuba)
12:36 1-1 Milan Michalek [31] (David Hale)
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31:14 2-1 Daniel Tjärnqvist [5] (Shawn Horcoff, Doug Weight)
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50:05 2-2 Kristian Huselius [13] (Brad Richards)
52:48 3-2 Fernando Pisani [13] (Mike Comrie, Dean McAmmond)
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Penalty summary:
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05:27 Denis Arkhipov (5 min for fighting)
05:27 Daniel Tjärnqvist (5 min for fighting)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Richard Park 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8.20 5
R Fernando Pisani 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 15.00 6
R Justin Williams 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20.50 5
R Chris Clark 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 15.50 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 8.20 7
C Mike Comrie 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
C Doug Weight 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 15.50 8
L Jeff Friesen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
L Dean McAmmond 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 15.00 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 15.50 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 1 0 1 3 2 3 5 0 19.10 8
D Ric Jackman 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 1 23.20 8
D Brian Pothier 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 28.20 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
D Filip Kuba 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 24.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tobias Stephan 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Martin Gerber 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 2 0 0 0 0 9.10 5
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 16.30 6
R Trent Hunter 0 0 5 6 2 5 0 0 16.40 8
R Milan Michalek 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 17.40 7
C Nik Antropov 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 9.10 5
C Denis Arkhipov 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 -2 15.40 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 16.40 6
C Brad Richards 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 9.10 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 16.30 6
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 5
L Kristian Huselius 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 17.00 6
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 18.40 5
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
D David Hale 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 1 23.30 9
D Glen Wesley 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 -2 18.40 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 23.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Fernando Pisani
2nd star: Chris Clark
3rd star: Doug Weight

Notes for Ottawa Senators:

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Kristian Huselius finally ended his 18 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Denis Arkhipov fought Daniel Tjärnqvist in a fight.

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 4( 26) , Lowell Lock Monsters 1( 17)
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1-0 GRD Denis Hamel (Chris Kelly, Shaone Morrisonn)
1-1 LOW Jesse Boulerice (Stephen Peat, Alexander Svitov)
2-1 GRD Niklas Nordgren (Mikko Koivu)
3-1 GRD Niklas Nordgren (Brendan Bell, Mikko Koivu)
4-1 GRD Serge Payer (Brian Maloney, Jeff Heerema)

Goalies: Adam Berkhoel - Craig Kowalski

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Chicago Blackhawks 1 , Vancouver Canucks 4
Shots: 22 - 29
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/72=86 %, Challenges:27/58=45 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/82=84 %, Challenges:31/56=54 %
Attendance: 20500 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 608850 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:01 0-1 Brendan Morrison [23] (Willie Mitchell)
19:11 0-2 Alex Tanguay [27] (Willie Mitchell)
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23:29 1-2 Nils Ekman [33] (Dave Bolland)
28:28 1-3 Trevor Linden [3] (Jan Bulis, Lukas Krajicek)
29:35 1-4 Mike Modano [29] (Jean-Pierre Dumont, Daniel Sedin)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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00:01 Mattias Öhlund (5 min for fighting)
00:01 Jeff O'Neill (5 min for fighting)
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39:53 Dany Roussin (5 min for fighting)
39:53 Dave Bolland (5 min for fighting)
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44:19 Mattias Öhlund (5 min for fighting)
44:19 Jeff O'Neill (5 min for fighting)
54:34 Ryan Kesler (5 min for fighting)
54:34 Sean Avery (5 min for fighting)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ivan Novoseltsev 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 7.00 4
R Dustin Brown 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 -1 16.00 5
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 -1 19.30 6
R Jeff O'Neill 0 0 2 3 3 0 10 -1 17.20 7
C Steven Reinprecht 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 7.00 5
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 18.10 6
C Dave Bolland 0 1 2 0 1 0 5 -1 15.40 7
C Robert Lang 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 -1 20.00 7
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 6.40 5
L Rene Bourque 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 -1 16.00 6
L Nils Ekman 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 -1 17.20 6
L Martin Havlat 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 20.00 6
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 -1 17.40 6
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Cam Barker 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 -1 25.40 7
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 -1 16.40 4
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 16.00 6
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 1 6 1 6 0 -1 26.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Bouck 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 5
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 0 3 2 6 0 1 15.20 7
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 16.20 6
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 19.10 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 0 8.30 7
C Trevor Linden 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 15.20 6
C Brendan Morrison 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 16.40 8
C Mike Modano 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 19.30 7
L Dany Roussin 0 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 7.00 7
L Jan Bulis 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 15.20 6
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 16.50 6
L Daniel Sedin 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 20.20 8
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 16.10 7
D Yannick Tremblay 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 5 3 4 0 1 26.30 7
D Lukas Krajicek 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 2 2 7 1 7 0 1 22.00 10
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 6 1 5 10 1 22.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Sébastien Centomo 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Willie Mitchell
2nd star: Roberto Luongo
3rd star: Trevor Linden

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Jeff O'Neill had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jeff O'Neill had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Trevor Linden ended his 9 game point drought.
-Brendan Morrison finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Mattias Öhlund beat Jeff O'Neill in a fight.
-Dany Roussin fought Dave Bolland in a fight.
-Mattias Öhlund beat Jeff O'Neill in a fight.
-Ryan Kesler fought Sean Avery in a fight.

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 1( 19) , Manitoba Moose 2( 12)
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1-0 NOR Bryan Bickell (David Koci)
1-1 MAN Brandon Reid (Jason Jaffray, Lee Goren)
1-2 MAN Nick Kuiper (Lee Goren, Brandon Reid)

Goalies: Patrick Lalime - Drew MacIntyre

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Florida Panthers 2 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 19 - 29
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:68/76=89 %, Challenges:11/45=23 %
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:79/95=83 %, Challenges:22/46=46 %
Attendance: 19252 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 508252 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:18 0-1 Colby Armstrong [22] (Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeny Malkin)
14:23 0-2 Scott Niedermayer [9] (Ryan Whitney, Sidney Crosby)
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20:23 1-2 Pavel Vorobiev [26] (Bryan Allen)
37:54 1-3 Alexander Ovechkin [23] (Tony Amonte)PP
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48:22 2-3 Olli Jokinen [19] (Nathan Horton, Todd Bertuzzi)
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Penalty summary:
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22:16 Tony Amonte (2 min for roughing)
27:04 Kenndal McArdle (2 min for tripping)
37:08 Juraj Kolnik (2 min for slashing)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Juraj Kolnik 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 4.50 5
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.20 5
R Pavel Vorobiev 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 18.50 8
R Nathan Horton 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 1 19.10 6
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.50 4
C Chris Gratton 0 0 0 4 5 4 0 -1 14.20 5
C Travis Zajac 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 1 18.50 7
C Olli Jokinen 1 0 4 4 2 4 0 1 21.00 9
L Kenndal McArdle 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 5.50 5
L Patrick Anderson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 14.20 4
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 20.00 6
L Todd Bertuzzi 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 20.30 6
D Ben Shutron 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -1 15.50 4
D Bryan Allen 0 1 0 5 2 4 0 1 18.50 8
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 22.50 5
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 15.20 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 20.00 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alex Auld 3 0 26 0 0 59.50 7
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 Daigle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 16.50 7
R Tony Amonte 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 17.20 7
R Colby Armstrong 1 0 2 3 4 3 0 0 19.20 7
C Stephen Dixon 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6.20 5
C Erik Christensen 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 16.40 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 6
C Evgeny Malkin 0 1 3 4 2 4 0 0 20.10 7
L Ben Eager 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 7.00 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 15.00 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 5 3 4 3 0 0 17.40 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 4 4 2 4 0 0 20.30 9
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Steve Staios 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 2 5 3 5 0 1 27.40 8
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 14.10 8
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
D Scott Niedermayer 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 27.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Colby Armstrong
3rd star: Ryan Whitney

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Bryan Allen has marked a new career high in assists with 26 assists.
-Olli Jokinen finally ended his 15 game goal drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Ryan Whitney has marked a new career high in assists with 33 assists.
-Sidney Crosby notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Ethan Moreau had his 8 game point streak snapped.
-Alexander Ovechkin ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Patrice Brisebois had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Scott Niedermayer ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 2( 25) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 5)
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1-0 LOU Armands Berzins (Maxim Yushkov)
2-0 LOU Sean McAslan

Goalies: Craig Anderson - Andrew Penner

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Tampa Bay Lightning 1 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 20 - 20
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:77/92=83 %, Challenges:34/56=59 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:65/85=76 %, Challenges:26/45=56 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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26:25 1-0 Eric Healey [8] (Steve Eminger, Jason Arnott)
28:03 1-1 Antoine Vermette [28] (Alyn McCauley, Dion Phaneuf)
38:09 1-2 Alyn McCauley [11] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Antoine Vermette)
38:39 1-3 Alexander Frolov [27] (Dion Phaneuf, Antoine Vermette)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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08:54 Andy Rogers (2 min for roughing)
08:54 Chuck Kobasew (2 min for roughing)
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33:17 Nigel Dawes (2 min for slashing)
36:43 Patrick Marleau (5 min for fighting)
36:43 Ryan Craig (5 min for fighting)
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41:51 Jiri Novotny (5 min for fighting)
41:51 Stanislav Lascek (5 min for fighting)
43:35 Bobby Ryan (5 min for fighting)
43:35 Ronald Petrovicky (5 min for fighting)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stanislav Lascek 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 7.00 4
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 18.50 7
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 13.20 7
R Marian Hossa 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 19.00 7
C Ryan Craig 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 7.30 6
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.30 6
C Jason Arnott 0 1 2 3 4 3 0 0 16.10 7
C Eric Staal 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 20.00 8
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.50 4
L Logan MacMillan 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 -1 17.50 6
L Eric Healey 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 14.20 7
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 -1 18.00 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 7 1 7 0 -1 21.40 8
D Steve Eminger 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 25.10 6
D Andy Rogers 0 0 2 3 0 3 2 -1 17.40 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 3 0 17 0 0 60.00 5
G Andrew Raycroft 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 4
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 14.10 7
R Alyn McCauley 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 3 18.50 8
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 -1 18.30 6
C Ivan Khomutov 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 10.30 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 2 1 2 5 0 12.00 7
C Antoine Vermette 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 3 17.10 10
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 1 6 1 4 5 -1 20.40 8
L James Sheppard 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8.10 5
L Chris Simon 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 14.30 6
L Alexander Frolov 1 0 3 1 5 1 0 2 18.10 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 0 19.30 8
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14.50 6
D Dion Phaneuf 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 18.10 9
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 27.00 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 18.10 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 24.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Antoine Vermette
2nd star: Alyn McCauley
3rd star: Dion Phaneuf

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Steve Eminger ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Antoine Vermette has marked a new career high in points with 64 points.
-Patrick Marleau had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Ilya Kovalchuk had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Patrick Marleau beat Ryan Craig in a fight.
-Stanislav Lascek beat Jiri Novotny in a fight.
-Bobby Ryan beat Ronald Petrovicky in a fight.

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 3( 27) , Rochester Americans 2( 20)
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0-1 ROC Michael Ryan (Jeff Szwez, Dylan Hunter)
1-1 DTV Norm Milley (Blair Jones)
1-2 ROC Andrej Sekera (Martin Kariya)
2-2 DTV Justin Keller (Blair Jones)
3-2 DTV Kevin Croxton (Ben Knopp)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Martin Prusek

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Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 22 - 23
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:68/79=86 %, Challenges:18/43=40 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:75/91=82 %, Challenges:35/57=60 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 627150 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:35 0-1 Alexei Yashin [29] (Chad Kilger)
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29:02 1-1 Anton Volchenkov [6])
36:53 2-1 Nikolai Zherdev [24] (Radek Bonk, Ryan Getzlaf)
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53:16 2-2 David Legwand [15] (Josef Melichar, Bill Guerin)
56:27 3-2 Joni Pitkänen [14] (Anton Volchenkov, Dan Fritsche)
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Penalty summary:
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01:49 Chad Kilger (5 min for fighting)
01:49 Anton Volchenkov (5 min for fighting)
03:41 Gilbert Brulé (2 min for roughing)
03:41 Brad Boyes (2 min for roughing)
09:22 Martin Gélinas (2 min for roughing)
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43:58 Mikael Samuelsson (5 min for fighting)
43:58 Dan Fritsche (5 min for fighting)
54:22 Marcus Kristoffersson (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Comeau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.50 5
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 16.40 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 18.00 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 19.50 8
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 5.30 6
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 15.30 5
C Dan Fritsche 0 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 18.50 7
C Radek Bonk 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 19.50 8
L Tomas Surovy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 5.30 4
L Martin Gélinas 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 14.50 4
L Ray Whitney 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 18.10 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 6
D Dan McGillis 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 15.20 6
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
D Anton Volchenkov 1 1 3 6 1 3 5 1 26.10 10
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 6 3 6 0 0 16.50 8
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 6
D Joni Pitkänen 1 0 2 6 2 6 0 1 26.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Mike Morrison 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 0 4 0 4 2 -1 9.50 7
R Corey Perry 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 0 15.10 7
R Bill Guerin 0 1 4 2 3 1 0 2 17.20 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 1 2 4 2 5 -1 15.40 6
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.50 4
C Brad Boyes 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 17.30 7
C David Legwand 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Alexei Yashin 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
L Rico Fata 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -1 9.50 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 -1 17.10 6
L Chad Kilger 0 1 3 0 2 0 5 2 16.00 7
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 -1 17.00 5
D Mark Popovic 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 18.20 6
D Josef Melichar 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 -1 22.30 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19.40 6
D John Erskine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 6
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -2 22.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 19 0 0 59.00 6
G Thomas Greiss 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Anton Volchenkov
2nd star: Joni Pitkänen
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Joni Pitkänen has marked a new career high in goals with 14 tallies.
-Anton Volchenkov notched his 30th assist of the season.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-David Legwand scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Bill Guerin notched his 30th assist of the season.

Other notes:
-Anton Volchenkov beat Chad Kilger in a fight.
-Mikael Samuelsson beat Dan Fritsche in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 15) , Portland Pirates 1( 13)
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1-0 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Konstantin Koltsov, Ben Simon)
2-0 SYR Jody Shelley (Scott Polaski, Derrick Walser)
2-1 POR Erkki Rajamäki (Stephen Werner)
3-1 SYR Scott Polaski (Jaroslav Balastik, Marc Methot)

Goalies: Fredrik Norrena - Kyle Moir

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Detroit Red Wings 4 , St. Louis Blues 3
Shots: 25 - 21
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/81=77 %, Challenges:35/54=63 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:71/86=82 %, Challenges:20/54=36 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 619473 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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18:16 1-0 Dustin Byfuglien [1] (Jeff May, Todd White)
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20:57 2-0 Vincent Lecavalier [24] (Brian Gionta, Mattias Norström)
27:57 2-1 Ryan Moore [22] (Keith Tkachuk, Jay McKee)
33:07 3-1 Brian Gionta [38] (Vincent Lecavalier, Erik Cole)
38:46 3-2 Alex Korolyuk [8] (Dallas Drake, Chris Kunitz)
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56:52 3-3 Chris Kunitz [10] (Jeff Woywitka, Barret Jackman)
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61:19 4-3 Erik Cole [18] (Brian Gionta, Vincent Lecavalier)
Penalty summary:
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01:02 Dustin Byfuglien (5 min for fighting)
01:02 Bryce Salvador (5 min for fighting)
06:27 Barret Jackman (2 min for roughing)
06:27 Mattias Weinhandl (2 min for roughing)
09:05 Jay McKee (2 min for roughing)
09:05 Rob Blake (2 min for roughing)
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28:56 Graham Mink (5 min for fighting)
28:56 Vladimir Orszagh (5 min for fighting)
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41:15 Marcel Goc (2 min for roughing)
41:15 Ryan Moore (2 min for roughing)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Graham Mink 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 5.30 5
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 16.10 6
R Jonathan Hedström 0 0 2 9 4 8 0 -3 19.20 8
R Brian Gionta 1 2 5 0 2 0 0 3 20.20 10
C Marcel Goc 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.10 6
C Todd White 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 16.10 7
C Patrik Stefan 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -3 19.20 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 2 5 4 1 4 0 3 20.40 10
L Serge Aubin 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 5.40 6
L Daniel Cleary 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16.50 6
L Mattias Weinhandl 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -3 18.40 6
L Erik Cole 1 1 5 1 1 1 0 3 20.10 8
D Jeff May 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.10 6
D Tom Preissing 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 21.30 4
D Mattias Norström 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 24.20 8
D Dustin Byfuglien 1 0 2 3 2 5 5 1 15.40 8
D Shawn Belle 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 -3 21.30 7
D Rob Blake 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 3 22.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jussi Markkanen 3 0 18 0 0 61.20 6
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alex Korolyuk 1 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 5.00 7
R Niklas Sundström 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 16.50 5
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 2 2 2 0 5 -1 19.40 6
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 -1 19.50 4
C Kevyn Adams 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5.00 4
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 16.50 4
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -3 20.00 5
C Ryan Moore 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 19.30 8
L Dallas Drake 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 5.00 6
L Chris Kunitz 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 16.50 8
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 19.10 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 20.20 6
D Jeff Woywitka 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 17.10 7
D Barret Jackman 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 21.10 5
D Jay McKee 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 23.00 7
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 3 3 3 5 0 16.20 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 2 6 3 2 0 -3 20.40 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 2 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 4 0 21 0 0 61.20 5
G Jason Bacashihua 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Gionta
2nd star: Vincent Lecavalier
3rd star: Erik Cole

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Vincent Lecavalier notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Brian Gionta scored the 200th goal of his career.
-Jeff May ended his 9 game point drought.
-Dustin Byfuglien finally ended his 40 game goal drought.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Chris Kunitz scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Barret Jackman notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:
-Bryce Salvador beat Dustin Byfuglien in a fight.
-Vladimir Orszagh beat Graham Mink in a fight.

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 1( 28) , Worcester Icecats 3( 14)
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0-1 WOR Peter Sejna (Tomas Mojzis)
0-2 WOR Roman Polak (Jason King, Trent Whitfield)
0-3 WOR Ramzi Abid (David Backes, D.J. King)
1-3 KCB Dan Smith (Lynn Loyns)

Goalies: Mikael Tellqvist - Robert Goepfert

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San Jose Sharks 4 , Edmonton Oilers 1
Shots: 23 - 22
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:69/80=86 %, Challenges:31/51=59 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:74/89=83 %, Challenges:15/41=35 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 484776 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:49 1-0 Ville Nieminen [22] (Garnet Exelby)
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25:07 2-0 Anze Kopitar [22] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Vaclav Prospal)
28:47 2-1 Daniel Alfredsson [33] (Josef Vasicek, Jason Allison)
31:47 3-1 Daniel Brière [22] (Glen Murray, Christian Ehrhoff)
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42:45 4-1 Glen Murray [27] (Ville Nieminen, Mike Leclerc)
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Penalty summary:
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02:23 Josef Vasicek (2 min for roughing)
02:23 Christoph Schubert (2 min for roughing)
04:56 Scott Hannan (2 min for roughing)
07:35 Stephen Weiss (2 min for high-sticking)
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26:54 Ed Jovanovski (5 min for fighting)
26:54 Ville Nieminen (5 min for fighting)
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40:19 Alexei Smirnov (5 min for fighting)
40:19 Garnet Exelby (5 min for fighting)
49:29 Daniel Alfredsson (2 min for high-sticking)
54:43 Lukas Kaspar (5 min for fighting)
54:43 Joey Mormina (5 min for fighting)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 8.10 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 15.10 6
R Glen Murray 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 16.10 9
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 20.30 6
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 5
C Michael Nylander 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
C Daniel Brière 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 13.10 7
C Anze Kopitar 1 0 5 4 0 4 0 1 16.00 10
L Lukas Kaspar 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 8.40 5
L Mike Leclerc 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 17.20 7
L Ville Nieminen 1 1 1 0 2 0 5 2 15.10 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 20.20 6
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 -1 15.00 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 3 16.20 9
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 22.30 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 19.00 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 18.50 8
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 3 7 2 7 0 1 27.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 9.20 5
R Alexei Smirnov 0 0 1 2 1 2 5 -1 12.20 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 1 0 2 4 4 0 2 0 17.20 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 16.50 5
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 9.20 6
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 14.20 4
C Jason Allison 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 19.00 6
L Joey Mormina 0 0 0 4 3 4 5 0 13.00 6
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 -1 12.50 7
L Josef Vasicek 0 1 1 4 2 0 2 0 16.50 7
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 3 4 2 1 0 -2 17.20 7
D Tomás Kudelka 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 -1 13.40 5
D Nick Boynton 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 -1 25.10 5
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 -1 22.00 8
D Tomas Kloucek 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 13.20 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Devan Dubnyk 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Glen Murray
2nd star: Anze Kopitar
3rd star: Ville Nieminen

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Daniel Brière has marked a new career high in points with 66 points.
-Glen Murray notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Mike Leclerc finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Jason Allison notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:
-Ed Jovanovski beat Ville Nieminen in a fight.
-Garnet Exelby beat Alexei Smirnov in a fight.
-Lukas Kaspar beat Joey Mormina in a fight.

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 4( 28) , Hamilton Bulldogs 0( 7)
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1-0 CLE Mike Morris (Rob Davison)
2-0 CLE Mark Smith (Mike Morris, Ty Conklin)
3-0 CLE Glenn Olson
4-0 CLE Tyler McGregor (Mike Iggulden)

Goalies: Ty Conklin - Dominic Vicari