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Washington Capitals 5 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 32 - 28
PP: 3 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:56/69=81 %, Challenges:46/56=80 %
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:67/79=84 %, Challenges:37/45=80 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:27 1-0 Steve Eminger [2] (Tom Poti, Vincent Lecavalier)
08:08 2-0 Ian Laperriere [6] (Simon Gagné)PP
14:35 2-1 Jonathan Cheechoo [18] (Joe Thornton, Dan Hamhuis)
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25:45 2-2 Joe Thornton [15] (Raffi Torres)
30:19 3-2 Ian Laperriere [7] (Simon Gagné, Vincent Lecavalier)PP
35:54 4-2 Vincent Lecavalier [15] (Simon Gagné, Ian Laperriere)PP
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47:37 4-3 Daymond Langkow [14] (Milan Hejduk, Matt Carle)
59:15 5-3 Brian Pothier [3] (Sergei Gonchar) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:43 Milan Jurcina (2 min for elbowing)
06:51 Matt Carle (2 min for high-sticking)
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29:52 Jed Ortmeyer (2 min for high-sticking)
31:26 Sergei Gonchar (2 min for slashing)
33:53 Craig Rivet (2 min for roughing)
33:53 Chris Clark (2 min for roughing)
35:19 Martin Gélinas (2 min for holding the stick)
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51:51 Brian Sutherby (2 min for roughing)
51:51 Raffi Torres (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ian Laperriere 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 -1 11.50 8
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 16.50 6
R Cory Stillman 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.30 7
R Brian Gionta 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15.50 6
C Kris Beech 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 9.20 5
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 -1 14.10 6
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 18.30 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 18.00 8
C Johan Franzén 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 9.20 5
L Mike Johnson 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 13.10 6
L Patrik Elias 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.30 6
L Simon Gagné 0 3 5 3 1 1 0 0 18.00 9
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 -1 14.20 7
D Steve Eminger 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 27.10 7
D Mike Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 6
D Brian Pothier 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 23.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Semen Varlamov 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Maxime Daigneault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 2 5 0 1 2 0 9.20 6
R Mike Grier 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14.30 6
R Milan Hejduk 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 18.20 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 17.50 8
C Petr Nedved 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 9.40 5
C Curtis Brown 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 13.40 7
C Daymond Langkow 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
C Joe Thornton 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 16.30 8
L Martin Gélinas 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 8.50 6
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 14.30 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 17.10 6
L Raffi Torres 0 1 6 2 0 0 2 -1 19.30 8
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 17.10 5
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 6
D Dan Hamhuis 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 26.20 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 18.10 6
D Matt Carle 0 1 0 5 1 0 2 1 15.30 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 5 0 27 0 0 59.20 4
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ian Laperriere
2nd star: Vincent Lecavalier
3rd star: Simon Gagné

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Vincent Lecavalier scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Brian Gionta had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jarret Stoll had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Steve Eminger finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Joe Thornton scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 4( 22) , Cleveland Barons 3( 20)
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1-0 POR Jonas Johansson (Josef Boumedienne)
1-1 CLE Mark Smith (Derek Joslin, Brad Staubitz)
1-2 CLE John Laliberte (Mike Iggulden, Aaron Power)
1-3 CLE Tyler McGregor (John Laliberte)
2-3 POR Tomas Fleischmann (Jamie Hunt)
3-3 POR David Steckel (Jonas Johansson, Josef Boumedienne)
4-3 POR Tomas Fleischmann (Stephen Werner, Chad Wiseman)

Goalies: Davis Parley - Dmitri Pätzold

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New York Rangers 1 , Atlanta Thrashers 5
Shots: 23 - 27
PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:68/79=86 %, Challenges:30/38=76 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:70/86=81 %, Challenges:43/49=86 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 560560 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:36 0-1 Eric Fehr [2] (Todd White, Bobby Holik)
11:47 0-2 Vaclav Prospal [18] (Alexei Zhitnik, Darren Haydar)PP
15:24 1-2 Ivan Novoseltsev [9] (Paul Mara)
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26:16 1-3 Andrei Nikolishin [8] (Vaclav Prospal, Pascal Dupuis)
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49:28 1-4 Darren Haydar [7] (Pascal Dupuis, Garnet Exelby)
53:26 1-5 Vaclav Prospal [19] (Niclas Hävelid, Andy Sutton)
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Penalty summary:
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11:16 Chris Drury (2 min for hooking)
13:24 Andy Sutton (2 min for high-sticking)
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33:51 Chris Drury (2 min for hooking)
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44:47 Darren Haydar (2 min for tripping)
45:17 Andy Sutton (2 min for roughing)
50:52 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for roughing)
52:17 Bobby Holik (2 min for roughing)
52:17 Fedor Tyutin (2 min for roughing)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 6
R Ivan Novoseltsev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
R Hugh Jessiman 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.00 5
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 8
C Artem Chubarov 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 10.20 5
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
C Petr Prucha 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -2 16.00 6
C Chris Drury 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 20.40 6
L Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Jocelyn Buzzer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.10 4
L Martin Straka 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 18.40 5
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13.00 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 -3 22.30 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 24.00 8
D Hannu Pikkarainen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 -3 18.10 5
D Paul Mara 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 29.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Stephen Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.10 7
R Darren Haydar 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 13.50 8
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 18.10 6
R Marian Hossa 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 19.50 7
C Todd White 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.10 5
C Bobby Holik 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 14.10 6
C Andrei Nikolishin 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 15.00 8
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 21.00 7
L Jordan LaVallee 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7.10 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 13.20 7
L Vaclav Prospal 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 15.30 10
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 17.40 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22.40 5
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 17.40 7
D Filip Kuba 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Andy Sutton 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 1 18.30 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 15.50 8
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 25.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vaclav Prospal
2nd star: Darren Haydar
3rd star: Kari Lehtonen

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Paul Mara notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jaromir Jagr had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Petr Prucha had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Martin Straka had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Darren Haydar notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Eric Fehr finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
-Eric Fehr finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Darren Haydar ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 6( 35) , Chicago Wolves 1( 15)
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1-0 HFD Ivan Baranka (Greg Moore)
2-0 HFD Colton Orr (Lauri Korpikoski, Darius Kasparaitis)
3-0 HFD Colton Orr (Lauri Korpikoski, Alex Bourret)
3-1 CHW Boris Valabik (Guillaume Desbiens)
4-1 HFD Greg Moore (Nigel Dawes, Bryce Lampman)
5-1 HFD Jarkko Immonen (Greg Moore)
6-1 HFD Kristofer Persson (Lee Falardeau)

Goalies: Al Montoya - Michael Garnett

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Chicago Blackhawks 3 , Colorado Avalanche 5
Shots: 25 - 25
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:72/89=80 %, Challenges:42/49=84 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:55/75=73 %, Challenges:38/45=82 %
Attendance: 20500 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 608850 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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15:51 1-0 Tuomo Ruutu [20] (Jim Vandermeer, Danny Richmond)
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25:31 1-1 Paul Stastny [13] (Marek Svatos, Wojtek Wolski)
35:13 2-1 Scott Gomez [16] (Martin Havlat, Kim Johnsson)
37:48 2-2 Ryan Smyth [14] (Milan Michalek, Mark Rycroft)
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46:02 2-3 Andrew Brunette [8] (Tyler Arnason, Paul Stastny)
48:13 3-3 Robert Lang [11] (Scott Gomez, Denis Arkhipov)
48:53 3-4 Jack Johnson [4] (Wojtek Wolski, Paul Stastny)
55:59 3-5 Ryan Smyth [15] (Konstantin Koltsov, Scott Hannan)
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Penalty summary:
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01:45 Paul Stastny (2 min for hooking)
06:47 Karlis Skrastins (2 min for high-sticking)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Denis Arkhipov 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -2 10.10 7
R Jason Williams 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 17.50 8
C Scott Gomez 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.30 9
C Kris Draper 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 8.20 5
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 6
C Robert Lang 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 6
R Jack Skille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 8.20 5
L Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 17.40 7
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 16.20 6
L Martin Havlat 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.40 7
D Danny Richmond 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 18.20 7
D Jim Vandermeer 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.40 5
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 -1 23.20 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18.50 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 6
D Cam Barker 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Philippe Blondin 5 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Rycroft 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 5
C Cody McCormick 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 14.10 8
R Marek Svatos 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 16.40 6
R Milan Michalek 0 1 3 5 0 1 0 1 20.10 9
C Brad Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Tyler Arnason 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.10 8
C Paul Stastny 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 14.40 8
C Marc Savard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 7
R Konstantin Koltsov 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
L Andrew Brunette 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 14.10 8
L Wojtek Wolski 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 18.10 7
L Ryan Smyth 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 20.10 8
D Johnny Boychuk 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15.50 6
D Jack Johnson 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 18.50 7
D Scott Hannan 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 28.00 8
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 14.10 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Paul Stastny
2nd star: Ryan Smyth
3rd star: Scott Gomez

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Tuomo Ruutu scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Martin Havlat notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Danny Richmond finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Cam Barker had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Ryan Smyth scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jack Johnson finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 24) , Hershey Bears 1( 10)
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1-0 NOR Dave Bolland (Craig MacDonald)
2-0 NOR Martin St. Pierre
2-1 HER Ryan Steeves (Jakub Klepis)

Goalies: Mike Brodeur - Michael Wall

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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 18 - 36
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:56/63=88 %, Challenges:25/36=67 %
PP: 2 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:76/88=86 %, Challenges:50/56=87 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:09 1-0 Derick Brassard [3] (Sean Avery, Steve Bégin)
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26:43 2-0 Andrei Markov [7] (Zbynek Michalek)
27:23 2-1 Rostislav Klesla [3] (Dany Heatley)
34:05 2-2 Rob Niedermayer [4] (Vaclav Varada, Patrice Brisebois)
34:46 3-2 Andrei Markov [8] (Zbynek Michalek, Chris Higgins)
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40:25 3-3 Dany Heatley [23] (Bryan Berard, Patrice Brisebois)PP
40:57 3-4 Saku Koivu [18] (Bryan Berard, Patrice Brisebois)PP
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Penalty summary:
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00:02 Saku Koivu (2 min for boarding)
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21:56 Sean Avery (2 min for roughing)
24:11 Bryan Berard (2 min for hooking)
36:16 Andrei Markov (5 min for spearing)
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43:27 Jean-Philippe Fortin (2 min for tripping)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Steve Bégin 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 12.00 7
R Bill Guerin 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 11.40 6
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Glen Murray 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 19.20 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 7.40 5
C Jean-Philippe Fortin 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 13.00 6
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 5
C Chris Higgins 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.40 6
L Sean Avery 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 -1 12.40 5
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 18.30 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 7
C Derick Brassard 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 15.40 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 17.20 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 4
D Zbynek Michalek 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 29.00 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 5
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 4
D Andrei Markov 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 1 23.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Yann Danis 4 0 32 0 0 59.20 7
G Rick DiPietro 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Vaclav Varada 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 6
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 12.30 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 20.10 7
C Rob Niedermayer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.30 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 14.20 8
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
R Dany Heatley 1 1 6 2 0 1 0 -1 20.40 9
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 13.40 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 12.30 5
L Ray Whitney 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
C Saku Koivu 1 0 6 0 0 0 2 -1 19.50 8
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 16.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 23.50 8
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 6
D Bryan Berard 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 -1 20.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 24.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 15 0 0 60.00 5
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dany Heatley
2nd star: Patrice Brisebois
3rd star: Rostislav Klesla

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Zbynek Michalek has marked a new career high in assists with 19 assists.
-Sean Avery finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Patrice Brisebois scored the 400th point of his career.
-Nikolai Zherdev had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Rob Niedermayer finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
-Sergei Fedorov had his 11 game point streak snapped.
-Rostislav Klesla finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 19) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 20)
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1-0 QUE Duncan Milroy (Michaël Lambert)
1-1 SYR Jonathan Hedström (Erik Christensen, Joakim Lindström)
2-1 QUE Travis Fuller (Tom Kostopoulos, Garth Murray)

Goalies: Cédrick Desjardins - Tomas Popperle