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Carolina Hurricanes 8 , Boston Bruins 2
Shots: 31 - 27
PP: 2 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:67/81=82 %, Challenges:40/49=80 %
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:71/77=92 %, Challenges:26/45=56 %
Attendance: 15466 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 725355 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:48 1-0 David Clarkson [8] (Marco Sturm, Valtteri Filppula)
09:45 2-0 Sergei Samsonov [18] (Anton Babchuk, Robert Scuderi)
10:51 2-1 Ray Whitney [10] (Henrik Zetterberg)PP
13:18 3-1 Scott Hannan [1] (Marc Savard)PP
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23:38 4-1 Marco Sturm [12] (Eric Staal, Brian Gionta)PP
24:24 5-1 Oleg Saprykin [3] (Ryan Kesler, Valtteri Filppula)
26:25 5-2 Rod Brind'Amour [18] (Bryan Berard, Zdeno Chara)
37:24 6-2 Oleg Saprykin [4] (Matt D'Agostini, Ryan Kesler)
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54:01 7-2 Tuomo Ruutu [6] (Patrick Eaves, Matt D'Agostini)
54:32 8-2 Patrick Eaves [7] (Tuomo Ruutu, Eric Staal)
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Penalty summary:
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03:42 David Clarkson (2 min for slashing)
10:23 David Clarkson (2 min for elbowing)
11:55 Michael Peca (2 min for roughing)
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22:36 Rod Brind'Amour (2 min for hooking)
29:17 Michael Peca (2 min for tripping)
34:29 Marc Savard (2 min for boarding)
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48:44 Scott Hannan (5 min for fighting)
48:44 Shawn Thornton (5 min for fighting)
54:55 Brian Gionta (2 min for high-sticking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt D'Agostini 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 8.10 7
R David Clarkson 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 11.40 8
R Brian Gionta 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 15.20 8
R Patrick Eaves 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.00 8
C Ryan Kesler 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 2 13.20 7
C Valtteri Filppula 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 13.40 8
C Marc Savard 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 17.50 8
C Eric Staal 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 7
L Oleg Saprykin 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 9.10 7
L Marco Sturm 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 15.20 8
L Sergei Samsonov 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 10.40 8
L Tuomo Ruutu 1 1 3 4 1 4 0 1 19.50 9
D Dennis Seidenberg 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 13.10 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 20.40 7
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 26.10 7
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 16.20 6
D Robert Scuderi 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 19.40 6
D Scott Hannan 1 0 5 4 0 2 5 0 24.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michael Leighton 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Cam Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 -1 5.40 6
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12.50 4
R Phil Kessel 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 16.30 6
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -3 20.40 5
C Petteri Nokelainen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.10 6
C Michael Peca 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 12.50 5
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 -2 20.00 7
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 -2 20.50 6
L Gregory Campbell 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 6.10 5
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 5
L Milan Lucic 0 0 2 7 1 1 0 0 20.30 9
L Ray Whitney 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 -4 20.40 7
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 13.00 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
D Bret Hedican 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -4 27.30 5
D Cory Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
D Bryan Berard 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 18.10 5
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 3 3 1 3 0 -5 26.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 4 0 9 0 0 23.40 4
G Patrick Lalime 4 0 14 0 0 36.20 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Eaves
2nd star: Oleg Saprykin
3rd star: Marco Sturm

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Eric Staal notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Tuomo Ruutu notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Oleg Saprykin finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Tuomo Ruutu finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Ray Whitney scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Rod Brind'Amour ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Ray Whitney ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Shawn Thornton beat Scott Hannan in a fight.

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 1( 20) , Providence Bruins 4( 24)
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0-1 PRO Vladimír Sobotka (Byron Bitz)
0-2 PRO Dustin Gazley (Brad Marchand)
0-3 PRO Vladimír Sobotka (Jeff Penner)
0-4 PRO Jeremy Reich (Wacey Rabbit)
1-4 LOW Pat Dwyer (Nicolas Blanchard)

Goalies: Justin Peters - Tuukka Rask


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New York Rangers 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 28 - 22
PP: 1 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:69/89=77 %, Challenges:31/50=60 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:69/88=78 %, Challenges:17/37=44 %
Attendance: 9121 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 452402 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:34 1-0 Peter Mueller [10] (Kyle Turris, Aaron Miller)
18:14 1-1 Steve Bernier [5])
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26:44 2-1 Nikolai Zherdev [15] (Anze Kopitar, Dmitri Kalinin)PP
36:52 3-1 Jarret Stoll [15] (Kyle Turris, Peter Mueller)
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44:07 3-2 Ales Kotalik [4])
50:09 4-2 Jarret Stoll [16] (Robyn Regehr, Mike Komisarek)
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Penalty summary:
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14:04 Donald Brashear (2 min for roughing)
14:04 Thomas Vanek (2 min for roughing)
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23:19 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
25:05 Ales Kotalik (2 min for hooking)
31:45 Mike Komisarek (2 min for hooking)
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45:45 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
51:26 Dan Fritsche (5 min for attempt to injury)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 7.10 5
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 10.40 5
R Kyle Turris 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 14.40 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
C Blair Betts 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 7.10 6
C Steve Bégin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
C Jarret Stoll 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 3 21.30 9
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 20.20 8
L Donald Brashear 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 -2 6.50 6
L Mike Knuble 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 15.40 7
L Peter Mueller 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 3 15.40 8
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 -1 22.10 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 18.20 8
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 2 5 2 5 2 -1 22.50 8
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -2 11.40 5
D Aaron Miller 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 19.10 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 5 3 1 2 0 0 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Bernier 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 7.20 6
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 2 1 3 1 2 1 19.20 8
R Jason Pominville 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 16.50 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 1 3 0 4 -1 20.10 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 9.20 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 16.10 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 16.30 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 20.00 7
L Jan Bulis 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 7.20 5
L Nils Ekman 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 15.30 5
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 -2 14.00 6
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 -1 20.20 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10.40 7
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 21.30 5
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 25.10 6
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 11.20 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 20.00 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 23.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jarret Stoll
2nd star: Peter Mueller
3rd star: Kyle Turris

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Aaron Miller has marked a new career high in assists with 15 assists.
-Peter Mueller scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jarret Stoll scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Peter Mueller notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Robyn Regehr notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Lubomir Visnovsky had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Steve Bernier finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Ales Kotalik finally ended his 18 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 2( 14) , Rochester Americans 2( 14)
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1-0 HFD Pierre Parenteau
1-1 ROC Clarke MacArthur (Nathan Gerbe, Daniel Paillé)
2-1 HFD Lauri Korpikoski (Bobby Sanguinetti)
2-2 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Mike Card)

Goalies: Miika Wiikman - Tim Thomas

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Ottawa Senators 4 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 29 - 16
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:70/91=76 %, Challenges:43/53=79 %
PP: 2 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:59/74=79 %, Challenges:23/43=52 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 810300 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:51 1-0 Jason Spezza [18] (Daniel Alfredsson)PP
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29:03 2-0 Daniel Alfredsson [22] (Antoine Vermette, Shawn Bates)
29:37 3-0 Chris Kunitz [16] (Jason Smith, John Madden)
33:37 3-1 Tomas Holmström [11] (Zach Parisé, Tom Poti)PP
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47:12 3-2 Tomas Holmström [12] (Zach Parisé, Michael Nylander)PP
59:43 4-2 Anton Volchenkov [3]) EN
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Penalty summary:
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19:24 Jeff Tambellini (2 min for elbowing)
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32:11 Jim McKenzie (2 min for boarding)
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45:55 Travis Green (2 min for tripping)
50:24 Adrian Aucoin (2 min for high-sticking)
59:54 Shawn Bates (2 min for boarding)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jim McKenzie 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.40 6
R Shean Donovan 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 16.50 7
C Jason Spezza 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 16.10 8
R Daniel Alfredsson 1 1 6 1 1 1 0 2 20.40 7
R Chris Neil 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.20 6
C Travis Green 0 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 16.30 6
C John Madden 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 17.10 8
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 16.50 6
L Chris Kunitz 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 7
L Shawn Bates 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 18.00 8
D Sean Hill 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16.50 6
D Jason Smith 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 16.00 8
D Anton Volchenkov 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 24.10 8
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 18.50 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 16.20 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 27.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alex Auld 2 0 14 0 0 60.00 6
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 10.10 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 14.30 5
R Glen Murray 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 15.10 5
R Tomas Holmström 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 -1 20.10 7
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 7.10 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 14.30 6
C Michael Nylander 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 16.10 6
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.30 5
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 7.10 5
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
L Cory Stillman 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 -2 17.20 6
L Zach Parisé 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 -1 21.00 7
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 18.50 5
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 27.10 5
D Dan McGillis 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 13.50 5
D Tom Poti 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 24.30 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 -1 21.40 4
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kevin Weekes 4 0 25 0 0 58.30 6
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Alfredsson
2nd star: Jason Spezza
3rd star: Tomas Holmström

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Jason Smith ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Tomas Holmström ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Cory Stillman had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 0( 17) , Portland Pirates 1( 17)
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0-1 POR Kyle Wilson (Keith Aucoin)

Goalies: Brian Elliott - Brent Johnson


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Philadelphia Flyers 1 , New York Islanders 3
Shots: 15 - 39
PP: 0 of 3 (1 shots), Passing:65/77=84 %, Challenges:22/45=47 %
PP: 2 of 4 (14 shots), Passing:78/92=84 %, Challenges:30/44=66 %
Attendance: 6593 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 320421 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:35 0-1 Bill Guerin [16] (Nicklas Lidström)PP
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29:05 0-2 Bill Guerin [17] (Nicklas Lidström, Joe Sakic)PP
31:41 0-3 Bill Guerin [18] (Todd Bertuzzi, Joe Sakic)
39:32 1-3 Simon Gagné [15] (Ryan Getzlaf)
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Penalty summary:
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02:23 Lasse Kukkonen (5 min for attempt to injury)
12:26 Ryan Stone (2 min for roughing)
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25:21 Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
25:21 Ryan Parent (2 min for roughing)
26:02 Mike Sillinger (2 min for hooking)
28:37 Simon Gagné (2 min for holding the stick)
39:43 Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for slashing)
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41:42 Simon Gagné (2 min for tripping)
56:12 Petr Nedved (2 min for tripping)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 5
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11.20 5
R Scott Hartnell 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 -1 14.30 4
R Claude Giroux 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 21.10 6
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 9.20 5
C Jeff Carter 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17.40 5
C Mike Richards 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 17.00 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 1 3 5 1 5 0 1 17.50 8
L Boyd Kane 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.10 4
C Ryan Stone 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 14.40 5
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 11.10 5
L Simon Gagné 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 1 19.00 6
D Danny Syvret 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.10 5
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -1 17.50 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 29.30 7
D Ryan Parent 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11.10 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 14.40 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 3 0 36 0 0 60.00 10
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 6.50 6
R Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 19.50 6
R Adam Hall 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 15.10 6
R Bill Guerin 3 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 17.10 10
C Petr Nedved 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6.50 5
C Mark Bell 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 16.30 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 -1 14.00 6
C Joe Sakic 0 2 5 0 1 1 0 1 18.10 7
L Boyd Devereaux 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 14.20 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 -1 19.20 7
L Todd Bertuzzi 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 1 19.30 8
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 12.50 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 21.10 8
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 25.10 8
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 14.50 8
D Danny Markov 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 19.30 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 2 4 2 0 2 0 1 25.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Bill Guerin
2nd star: Nicklas Lidström
3rd star: Joe Sakic

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Simon Gagné scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Claude Giroux had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Bill Guerin scored the 800th point of his career.
-Todd Bertuzzi notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 4( 17) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1(
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0-1 BRG Jamie Fraser (Chris Collins, Bates Battaglia)
1-1 PHL Jared Ross (Stefan Ruzicka)
2-1 PHL Patrik Hersley (Jonathan Matsumoto)
3-1 PHL Andrei Popov (Peter-James Corsi)
4-1 PHL Patrick Maroon (Josh Beaulieu)

Goalies: Michael-Lee Teslak - Joey MacDonald

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Montreal Canadiens 2 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 18 - 32
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:72/82=87 %, Challenges:26/42=60 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:81/103=78 %, Challenges:43/55=76 %
Attendance: 6389 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 293256 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:43 1-0 Andrew Hutchinson [2] (Radek Martinek, Niklas Sundström)
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25:57 1-1 Jason Williams [15] (Ryan Smyth, Brett Sterling)
30:28 1-2 Ryan Smyth [10] (Niclas Hävelid, Jason Williams)
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58:54 2-2 Ben Maxwell [4] (Michael Ryder, Alex Tanguay)PP WG
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Penalty summary:
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09:58 Brett Sterling (2 min for hooking)
15:57 Ken Klee (2 min for roughing)
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34:46 Alex Tanguay (2 min for hooking)
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56:14 Brett Sterling (2 min for slashing)
58:15 Colby Armstrong (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Richard Park 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
R Niklas Sundström 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 17.00 5
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 16.20 4
R Michael Ryder 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 -2 22.10 7
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
C Adam Mair 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 18.50 6
C Ben Maxwell 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Manny Malhotra 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -2 19.40 5
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.50 5
C Mike Comrie 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18.30 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 18.30 8
L Markus Näslund 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 20.20 7
D Randy Jones 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 18.20 5
D Andrew Hutchinson 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 13.40 6
D Shawn Belle 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -2 29.10 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 19.30 5
D Radek Martinek 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 21.20 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 -2 28.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 2 0 30 0 0 64.30 10
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Thorburn 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 7.50 5
R Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 15.40 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 3 1 3 1 2 -1 20.50 6
R Jason Williams 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 20.50 7
C Artem Chubarov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
C Todd White 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 16.30 5
C Paul Stastny 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 2 19.50 7
L Brett Sterling 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 7.50 5
L Ville Peltonen 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16.20 5
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 16.20 7
L Ryan Smyth 1 1 4 3 0 2 0 2 22.30 10
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 19.20 6
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 18.50 5
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 22.10 7
D Aaron Rome 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 20.00 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 21.10 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 2 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 2 0 16 0 0 65.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Smyth
2nd star: Jason Williams
3rd star: Henrik Lundqvist

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Ben Maxwell ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Radek Martinek ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Jason Williams scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Ryan Smyth scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jason Williams ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Brett Sterling finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Ryan Smyth ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 16) , Chicago Wolves 0( 13)
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1-0 QUE Petr Prucha (Josh Gorges)
2-0 QUE Petr Prucha (Dan Girardi)
3-0 QUE Janne Lahti (Yanick Lehoux)

Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Ondrej Pavelec


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Chicago Blackhawks 0 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 26 - 31
PP: 0 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:65/83=78 %, Challenges:26/38=66 %
PP: 3 of 9 (16 shots), Passing:71/81=87 %, Challenges:26/42=60 %
Attendance: 7246 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 358677 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:39 0-1 Antti Miettinen [15] (Sergei Gonchar, Michal Handzus)PP
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26:09 0-2 Marian Gaborik [17] (Antti Miettinen, Michal Handzus)PP
28:15 0-3 Antti Miettinen [16] (Marian Gaborik, Michal Handzus)PP
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Penalty summary:
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03:33 Andy Hilbert (2 min for tripping)
08:56 Jake Dowell (2 min for slashing)
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21:22 Kris Versteeg (2 min for cross-checking)
25:07 Jake Dowell (2 min for cross-checking)
27:03 Brian Campbell (2 min for holding the stick)
31:47 Chris Chelios (2 min for cross-checking)
39:42 Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for hooking)
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46:56 Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
48:26 Éric Bélanger (2 min for roughing)
48:26 Patrick Sharp (2 min for roughing)
50:05 Patrice Brisebois (2 min for high-sticking)
52:29 Michael Blunden (2 min for roughing)
58:37 Sheldon Souray (2 min for slashing)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Blunden 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 13.20 6
R Kris Versteeg 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 10.30 6
R Patrick Kane 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 7
R Martin Havlat 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 5
C Jake Dowell 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 7.10 5
C Bryan Bickell 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.30 7
C Robert Lang 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 20.30 7
L Andy Hilbert 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 11.50 5
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 19.20 6
L Chris Higgins 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 7
L Patrick Sharp 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 20.30 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 10.30 6
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 0 24.40 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 27.20 8
D Chris Chelios 0 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 22.20 8
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 22.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.20 5
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 5
R Antti Miettinen 2 1 8 3 1 3 0 0 21.10 10
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 6
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Krys Kolanos 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 11.30 5
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20.30 6
C Michal Handzus 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 7
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
L Marian Gaborik 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 8
L Mats Sundin 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 13.50 6
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15.10 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 28.50 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13.50 4
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 18.10 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 30.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 26 0 0 60.00 10
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Niklas Backstrom
2nd star: Antti Miettinen
3rd star: Michal Handzus

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Antti Miettinen scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Antti Miettinen has marked a new career high in goals with 16 tallies.
-Marian Gaborik notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Éric Bélanger had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 1( 15) , Houston Aeros 3( 15)
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1-0 NOR Niklas Hjalmarsson (Jack Skille)
1-1 HOU Tony Romano (Tomas Mojzis, Peter Olvecky)
1-2 HOU Derek Boogaard (Cal Clutterbuck)
1-3 HOU Petr Kalus (Peter Olvecky)

Goalies: Antti Niemi - Nolan Schaefer

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Colorado Avalanche 2 , Vancouver Canucks 4
Shots: 18 - 35
PP: 1 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:62/79=78 %, Challenges:19/33=55 %
PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:69/82=84 %, Challenges:50/62=79 %
Attendance: 10365 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 495448 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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03:39 0-1 Jannik Hansen [3])
10:46 0-2 Henrik Sedin [17] (Owen Nolan, Alexander Edler)PP
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24:52 1-2 Scott Gomez [14] (Nikita Alexeev, Darcy Tucker)PP
32:43 1-3 Tomas Plekanec [6] (Taylor Pyatt, Cory Sarich)
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41:05 2-3 Milan Hejduk [12] (Daniel Brière)
59:39 2-4 Steve Staios [4] (Henrik Sedin, Samuel Påhlsson) EN
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Penalty summary:
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09:26 Scottie Upshall (2 min for tripping)
18:38 Nikita Alexeev (2 min for hooking)
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21:52 Scottie Upshall (2 min for hooking)
24:07 Matt Pettinger (2 min for tripping)
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42:37 Scott Gomez (2 min for hooking)
55:57 Denis Tolpeko (2 min for holding the stick)
58:45 Darcy Tucker (5 min for fighting)
58:45 Cory Sarich (5 min for fighting)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 9.50 6
R Ian Laperriere 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -2 20.50 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 14.30 5
R Milan Hejduk 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 6
C Ben Guite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 4
C T.J. Hensick 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 -2 14.10 5
C Scott Gomez 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 14.30 6
C Daniel Brière 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 15.00 7
L Denis Tolpeko 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.10 5
L Cody McLeod 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.20 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 4
L Darcy Tucker 0 1 2 2 1 2 5 1 17.20 8
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 -2 22.00 6
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 20.10 6
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 24.30 4
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 18.30 5
D Brett Clark 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 5
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 4 0 31 0 0 59.00 7
G Andrew Raycroft 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.30 6
R Owen Nolan 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 19.30 6
R Michael Grabner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 5
R Pavol Demitra 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 9
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6.40 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 13.50 7
C Chris Drury 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 6
C Henrik Sedin 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 19.30 8
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 3 1 2 2 1 12.40 6
L Jannik Hansen 1 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 13.50 5
L Kyle Calder 0 0 6 2 2 1 0 -1 17.40 7
L Mason Raymond 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 15.00 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 20.40 5
D Cory Sarich 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 16.30 6
D Alexander Edler 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 22.50 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 23.30 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 16.50 4
D Steve Staios 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Henrik Sedin
2nd star: Tomas Plekanec
3rd star: Steve Staios

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Nikita Alexeev notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Alexander Edler has marked a new career high in assists with 13 assists.
-Tomas Plekanec finally ended his 23 game goal drought.
-Tomas Plekanec finally ended his 17 game point drought.
-Jannik Hansen finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Cory Sarich ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Darcy Tucker beat Cory Sarich in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 4( 20) , Manitoba Moose 2(
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0-1 MAN Erik Caladi (Jeff Cowan)
0-2 MAN Mark Cullen (Kirill Koltsov)
1-2 HER Philippe Dupuis (Wes O'Neill, Ryan Stoa)
2-2 HER David Jones (Wes O'Neill, Ryan Stoa)
3-2 HER Codey Burki (Chris Stewart)
4-2 HER David Jones (Ryan Stoa)

Goalies: Jason Bacashihua - Cory Schneider