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22/10/2007
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Columbus Blue Jackets 5 , Chicago Blackhawks 3
Shots: 33 - 19
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:70/84=83 %, Challenges:42/47=87 %
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:65/78=83 %, Challenges:40/45=87 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 627150 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:44 1-0
Nikolai Zherdev [6] (Sergei Fedorov, Vaclav Varada)
11:21 2-0
Patrice Brisebois [1] (Geoff Sanderson, Saku Koivu)
18:31 2-1
Kris Draper [1] (Duncan Keith)
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28:42 3-1
Saku Koivu [1] (Geoff Sanderson, Rostislav Klesla)
30:08 3-2
Tuomo Ruutu [4] (Jim Vandermeer, Colby Armstrong)
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42:22 3-3
Colby Armstrong [3] (Tuomo Ruutu, Scott Gomez)
45:57 4-3
Nikolai Zherdev [7] (Vaclav Varada, Sergei Fedorov)
48:16 5-3
Rob Niedermayer [2] (Fredrik Modin, David Vyborny)
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Penalty summary:
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03:45
Kris Draper (2 min for cross-checking)
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21:58
Rostislav Klesla (2 min for boarding)
24:04
Alexander Svitov (2 min for tripping)
32:22
Rostislav Klesla (2 min for hooking)
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48:41
Cam Barker (2 min for tripping)
51:37
Fredrik Modin (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fredrik Modin 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 7.20 7
R David Vyborny 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.00 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15.30 8
R Dany Heatley 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 20.10 8
C Rob Niedermayer 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 6
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 17.00 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 7
C Saku Koivu 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7.20 6
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 19.10 7
L Vaclav Varada 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 17.30 9
L Geoff Sanderson 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 16.00 8
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17.20 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Patrice Brisebois 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 24.40 8
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 12.20 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 5 0 2 4 3 26.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 16 0 0 60.00 5
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Denis Arkhipov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
R Jason Williams 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 19.50 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 18.10 7
C Scott Gomez 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -3 20.40 7
C Patrick Sharp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 4
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.50 6
C Robert Lang 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 14.00 6
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 16.10 6
R Jack Skille 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 7
C Kris Draper 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 14.10 7
L Colby Armstrong 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 1 18.00 9
L Martin Havlat 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 20.40 7
D Danny Richmond 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.50 4
D Jim Vandermeer 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 16.20 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 -3 28.50 8
D Duncan Keith 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Shea Weber 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.30 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 -3 27.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Philippe Blondin 5 0 28 0 0 60.00 5
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Vaclav Varada
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Geoff Sanderson scored the 700th point of his career.
-Ryan Malone had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Kris Draper ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Kris Draper ended his 8 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 29) , Norfolk Admirals 2( 22)
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1-0 SYR Ben Simon (Filip Novak, Steven Goertzen)
1-1 NOR Timofei Shishkanov (Bruno St. Jacques, Jonas Nordquist)
2-1 SYR Tim Konsorada (Ben Simon)
2-2 NOR Adam Burish (James Wisniewski, Colin Fraser)
3-2 SYR Erik Christensen (Joakim Lindström)
4-2 SYR Jonathan Hedström (Tim Konsorada)
Goalies: Tomas Popperle - Mike Brodeur