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Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , St. Louis Blues 1
Shots: 33 - 12
PP: 0 of 7 (14 shots), Passing:71/87=81 %, Challenges:48/55=85 %
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:57/82=69 %, Challenges:29/32=87 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 627150 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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18:54 1-0 Brent Burns [3] (Phil Kessel)
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28:45 1-1 Dan Hinote [3] (Lee Stempniak, Barret Jackman)
31:56 2-1 Sergei Fedorov [14] (Patrik Elias, Nikolai Zherdev)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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08:45 Peter Bondra (2 min for holding the stick)
11:34 Bryan Berard (2 min for hooking)
13:59 Peter Bondra (2 min for boarding)
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26:26 Peter Bondra (2 min for tripping)
33:06 Phil Kessel (2 min for elbowing)
35:16 Peter Bondra (2 min for hooking)
39:02 Alex Korolyuk (2 min for slashing)
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43:18 Vladimir Orszagh (2 min for holding the stick)
52:14 Peter Bondra (2 min for elbowing)
57:15 Dan Hinote (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8.40 5
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 20.00 8
C Rob Niedermayer 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 8.30 6
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 17.20 7
C Phil Kessel 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 8.20 7
C Sergei Fedorov 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 14.40 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.40 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 21.50 7
L Patrik Elias 0 1 6 0 1 1 0 1 19.40 7
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
D Brent Burns 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 15.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 27.50 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 6
D Josef Melichar 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.00 7
D Bryan Berard 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 1 28.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 1 0 11 0 0 60.00 7
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 6.00 5
R Peter Bondra 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 19.00 7
R Lee Stempniak 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 -2 15.00 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 7
C Jay McClement 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.10 7
C Doug Weight 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 9.40 5
C T.J. Oshie 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 6
R Dan Hinote 1 0 2 5 0 2 2 1 11.10 8
L Dallas Drake 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12.10 6
C Brad Boyes 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 15.00 6
L Paul Kariya 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 6
D Barret Jackman 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 -2 15.40 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 15.30 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 22.40 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 20.20 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 2 0 31 0 0 60.00 10
G Manny Legace 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Sergei Fedorov
3rd star: Brent Burns

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Patrik Elias notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev had his 4 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Brad Boyes had his 13 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 22) , Worcester Icecats 3( 12)
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0-1 WOR Trent Whitfield (Jamal Mayers, Jeff Woywitka)
0-2 WOR Mike Stuart (Jamal Mayers)
1-2 SYR Gino Guyer (Ben Simon, Tim Konsorada)
1-3 WOR Konstantin Zakharov (Yan Stastny, Jon DiSalvatore)

Goalies: Tomas Popperle - Jason Bacashihua

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Dallas Stars 3 , Colorado Avalanche 5
Shots: 29 - 32
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:50/60=83 %, Challenges:39/45=84 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:69/77=89 %, Challenges:49/56=86 %
Attendance: 17001 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 516830 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:21 0-1 Wojtek Wolski [6] (Eric Lindros, Paul Stastny)
16:24 0-2 Antti Laaksonen [1] (John-Michael Liles, Jack Johnson)
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23:34 1-2 Philippe Boucher [5] (Ivan Vishnevsky, Matthew Barnaby)
31:06 2-2 Mike Modano [17] (Patrik Stefan, Matthew Barnaby)
32:27 2-3 Eric Lindros [7] (Brett Clark, Jordan Leopold)
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42:13 2-4 Marc Savard [13] (Ryan Smyth, Scott Hannan)
48:24 2-5 Milan Michalek [20] (Karlis Skrastins, John-Michael Liles)
49:18 3-5 Brenden Morrow [13] (Mike Ribeiro)
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Penalty summary:
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04:37 Cody McCormick (2 min for elbowing)
10:43 Stéphane Robidas (5 min for fighting)
10:43 Cody McCormick (5 min for fighting)
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27:37 Patrik Stefan (2 min for high-sticking)
28:12 Mattias Norström (2 min for roughing)
28:12 Milan Michalek (2 min for roughing)
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49:53 Brenden Morrow (2 min for roughing)
53:05 Matthew Barnaby (2 min for high-sticking)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Loui Eriksson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 6
C Stu Barnes 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 11.40 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 21.20 6
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Patrik Stefan 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 7.00 6
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
C Mike Modano 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 -1 19.40 9
L Matthew Barnaby 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 7.00 6
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.40 5
L Brenden Morrow 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 -1 19.00 8
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.40 5
D Jon Klemm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 5
D Mattias Norström 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 -1 21.30 7
D Ivan Vishnevsky 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 25.20 7
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 12.20 6
D Philippe Boucher 1 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 19.20 8
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 5 0 27 0 0 60.00 5
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Rycroft 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 8.20 6
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.00 5
R Milan Michalek 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 20.00 8
R Marek Svatos 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 18.40 9
C Cody McCormick 0 0 1 8 0 1 7 1 7.50 7
C Eric Lindros 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 15.40 8
C Paul Stastny 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
C Marc Savard 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 21.30 8
L Antti Laaksonen 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 8.20 8
L Wojtek Wolski 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 9
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Ryan Smyth 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
D Brett Clark 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 15.40 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
D Scott Hannan 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 27.10 7
D Jack Johnson 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 17.50 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 26.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Lindros
2nd star: Wojtek Wolski
3rd star: Milan Michalek

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Mike Ribeiro notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Eric Lindros notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Milan Michalek scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Eric Lindros ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Antti Laaksonen finally ended his 35 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Cody McCormick beat Stéphane Robidas in a fight.

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 3( 20) , Hershey Bears 1( 16)
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0-1 HER Dusty Jamieson (Ryan Steeves, Jeff Szwez)
1-1 UTH Trevor Daley (Vojtech Polak)
2-1 UTH Steve Ott (Marty Wilford)
3-1 UTH Jamie Johnson (Krys Barch)

Goalies: Tobias Stephan - Michael Wall

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Vancouver Canucks 3 , Philadelphia Flyers 5
Shots: 26 - 30
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:32/39=80 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:64/81=79 %, Challenges:43/53=79 %
Attendance: 18422 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 539764 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:04 0-1 Simon Gagné [21] (Scott Hartnell, Denis Gauthier)
15:19 0-2 Scottie Upshall [12] (Braydon Coburn, Jeff Carter)
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23:05 0-3 Braydon Coburn [1] (Jeff Carter, Mike Knuble)
25:03 1-3 Brendan Morrison [13] (Nathan Horton)
26:08 2-3 Jan Bulis [11] (Alexandre Burrows, Jordan Staal)
33:18 2-4 Sami Kapanen [5] (Mike Richards, Ryan Parent)
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41:17 2-5 Stefan Ruzicka [4] (R.J. Umberger, Mike Richards)
42:38 3-5 Markus Näslund [17] (Nathan Horton)
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Penalty summary:
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Keane 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 9.30 6
R Tyler Bouck 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -2 14.20 5
R Alexandre Burrows 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 19.30 7
R Nathan Horton 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 16.40 9
C Trevor Linden 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 9.30 5
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 15.30 6
C Jordan Staal 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 -1 18.40 8
C Brendan Morrison 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 16.10 8
L Brad Isbister 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 9.30 5
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 14.20 7
L Jan Bulis 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 8
L Markus Näslund 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 16.40 8
D Yannick Tremblay 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 17.20 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
D Aaron Miller 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 23.10 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 -1 16.20 8
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Rob Blake 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7.30 7
R Dmitry Afanasenkov 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 15.00 7
R Scottie Upshall 1 0 4 4 1 0 0 3 19.30 8
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -3 17.20 6
C R.J. Umberger 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.30 5
C Mike Richards 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 1 15.40 8
C Jeff Carter 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 18.20 7
C Daniel Brière 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 16.50 6
L Scott Hartnell 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9.50 6
L Sami Kapanen 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 15.40 8
L Mike Knuble 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 9
L Simon Gagné 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 18.30 8
D Ryan Parent 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 6
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 -1 24.10 8
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 6
D Braydon Coburn 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 4 20.30 8
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -3 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Richards
2nd star: Braydon Coburn
3rd star: Stefan Ruzicka

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Alexandre Burrows notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Jeff Carter has marked a new career high in assists with 20 assists.
-Jeff Carter notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mike Richards notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Sami Kapanen finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Sami Kapanen finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 5( 13) , Philadelphia Phantoms 3( 25)
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0-1 PHL Ryan Potulny (Derian Hatcher)
1-1 MAN Taylor Pyatt (Jannik Hansen, Marc Chouinard)
1-2 PHL Jonathan Hedström (Ryan Potulny)
2-2 MAN Mike S. Brown (Rick Rypien)
2-3 PHL Ben Eager (Ryan Potulny)
3-3 MAN Lukas Krajicek (Rick Rypien)
4-3 MAN Taylor Pyatt (Jannik Hansen, Lukas Krajicek)
5-3 MAN Josh Green (Tommi Santala)

Goalies: Sébastien Centomo - Robert Esche