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Tampa Bay Lightning 2 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 29 - 32
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:67/76=88 %, Challenges:56/67=82 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:52/64=81 %, Challenges:42/49=84 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:53 1-0 Adam Henrich [2] (Stanislav Lascek, Marc-André Bergeron)
18:12 1-1 Maxim Afinogenov [13] (Thomas Vanek, Anze Kopitar)
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25:47 1-2 Nathan Paetsch [3] (Kyle Calder, Alexander Perezhogin)PP
26:43 1-3 Alexander Perezhogin [7] (Jiri Hudler, Mike Leclerc)
27:46 2-3 Derek Roy [10] (Alyn McCauley, Mark Bell)
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59:11 2-4 Valtteri Filppula [9]) EN
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Penalty summary:
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12:31 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
12:31 Nolan Pratt (2 min for roughing)
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24:33 Adam Henrich (2 min for cross-checking)
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45:34 Alexander Perezhogin (2 min for high-sticking)
49:24 Jeff Woywitka (2 min for hooking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stanislav Lascek 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.30 7
R Alexandre Daigle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 5
R Jason Ward 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 -1 12.50 7
R Alyn McCauley 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 20.30 5
C Jay McClement 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -1 17.40 8
C Brian Rolston 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
C Derek Roy 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Adam Henrich 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 10.10 8
L Guy Boisvert 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 14.40 6
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 17.30 6
L Mark Bell 0 1 2 4 2 3 0 0 20.30 9
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -2 19.00 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 25.20 8
D Nolan Pratt 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 -1 15.10 6
D Jeff Woywitka 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 18.50 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 28 0 0 58.30 6
G Morgan Cey 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 8.30 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 14.10 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
C Felix Schütz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 5
C Valtteri Filppula 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14.50 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 -1 17.10 7
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Jiri Hudler 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 7.40 6
L Mike Leclerc 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 16.20 8
L Kyle Calder 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 18.20 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 14.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 18.20 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 25.00 5
D Nathan Paetsch 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 14.50 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 20.50 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jocelyn Thibault 2 0 27 0 0 60.00 9
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Perezhogin
2nd star: Jocelyn Thibault
3rd star: Maxim Afinogenov

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Derek Roy scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Vyacheslav Kozlov had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Thomas Vanek notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Nathan Paetsch has marked a new career high in points with 15 points.
-Alexander Perezhogin finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Nathan Paetsch finally ended his 27 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 5( 28) , Rochester Americans 1( 5)
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0-1 ROC Andrej Sekera (Drew Stafford, Mike Funk)
1-1 DTV Donald Brashear (Marc-Antoine Pouliot)
2-1 DTV Daniel Corso (Dave Spina)
3-1 DTV Donald Brashear (Brad Lukowich, Radovan Somik)
4-1 DTV Doug Janik (Marc-Antoine Pouliot)
5-1 DTV Norm Milley (Nick Tarnasky)

Goalies: Jonathan Boutin - Adam Dennis

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Minnesota Wild 1 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 5
Shots: 30 - 26
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:40/48=81 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:60/72=83 %, Challenges:38/48=77 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 483600 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:17 0-1 Steve Sullivan [13] (Miroslav Satan, Scott Niedermayer)
13:02 0-2 Miroslav Satan [17] (Todd Bertuzzi, Scott Niedermayer)PP
17:04 1-2 Mattias Weinhandl [10] (Kurtis Foster)
18:37 1-3 Andy McDonald [11] (Eric Lindros, Sergei Samsonov)
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21:18 1-4 Miroslav Satan [18] (Joe Sakic, Janne Niinimaa)
38:54 1-5 Steve Sullivan [14] (Miroslav Satan, Janne Niinimaa)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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12:15 Éric Bélanger (2 min for high-sticking)
14:53 Corey Perry (2 min for slashing)
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33:38 Janne Niinimaa (2 min for elbowing)
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53:42 Niclas Lucenius (2 min for tripping)
57:51 Janne Niinimaa (2 min for roughing)
57:51 Mattias Weinhandl (2 min for roughing)
58:41 Ruslan Salei (2 min for high-sticking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 4
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 14.00 8
R Mark Parrish 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
R Petr Sykora 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 17.50 5
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 10.30 7
C Wes Walz 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 16.00 7
C Jozef Stumpel 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -3 18.40 7
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 7.50 6
L Mattias Weinhandl 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 18.10 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.50 6
L Mikko Koivu 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -3 19.10 7
D Petteri Nummelin 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 22.00 7
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 17.10 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -3 23.00 7
D Jean-Michel Hebert 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 -4 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 4 0 10 0 0 21.10 4
G Nicklas Backstrom 1 0 11 0 0 38.30 6

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Corey Perry 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 10.00 5
R Andy McDonald 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 15.40 8
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 8
R Steve Sullivan 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 3 14.30 9
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 14.10 6
C Eric Lindros 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.40 6
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 17.50 6
C Joe Sakic 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 14.30 7
C Niclas Lucenius 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 10.00 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 1 4 1 0 2 0 1 17.40 8
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 7
L Miroslav Satan 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 3 16.30 9
D Joe DiPenta 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 19.30 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 19.00 6
D Janne Niinimaa 0 2 0 3 0 0 4 3 21.30 8
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 16.20 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 1 0 29 0 0 60.00 10
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Miroslav Satan
2nd star: Steve Sullivan
3rd star: Olaf Kölzig

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mattias Weinhandl scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Pavol Demitra had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Mikko Koivu had his 14 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Sergei Samsonov finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Janne Niinimaa ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 18) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 5( 19)
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0-1 CIN Petteri Wirtanen (Ric Jackman)
0-2 CIN Stephen Dixon (Shane Hynes, Doug O'Brien)
0-3 CIN Matt Keith (Petteri Wirtanen)
1-3 HOU Branko Radivojevic (Kristopher Letang)
1-4 CIN Colby Genoway (Doug O'Brien)
1-5 CIN Matt Keith (Petteri Wirtanen)
2-5 HOU Ryan Stone (Derek Boogaard, Curtis Murphy)

Goalies: Matt Zaba - Gerald Coleman

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Chicago Blackhawks 3 , Dallas Stars 4
Shots: 25 - 32
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:64/73=87 %, Challenges:50/57=86 %
PP: 2 of 6 (13 shots), Passing:80/91=87 %, Challenges:42/53=77 %
Attendance: 20500 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 608850 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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06:21 0-1 Jere Lehtinen [16] (Alex Tanguay, Mike Modano)PP
11:11 0-2 Jere Lehtinen [17] (Alex Tanguay, Philippe Boucher)PP
18:14 1-2 Danny Richmond [1] (Jason Williams, Ladislav Smid)
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35:49 1-3 Brenden Morrow [21] (Trevor Daley, Stéphane Robidas)
37:07 2-3 Robert Lang [13] (Jason Williams, Kim Johnsson)PP
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49:38 3-3 Jack Skille [3] (Jason Williams, Duncan Keith)
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64:23 3-4 Jere Lehtinen [18] (Mike Modano, Patrik Stefan)
Penalty summary:
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04:56 Kris Draper (2 min for tripping)
08:01 Sergei Zubov (2 min for cross-checking)
10:28 Robert Lang (2 min for high-sticking)
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31:34 Loui Eriksson (2 min for tripping)
32:41 Brenden Morrow (2 min for elbowing)
35:51 Niklas Hagman (2 min for boarding)
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40:28 Kris Draper (2 min for high-sticking)
43:05 Ladislav Smid (2 min for hooking)
50:52 Kris Draper (2 min for hooking)
53:59 Scott Gomez (2 min for hooking)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 12.00 5
R Jason Williams 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 15.20 6
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 21.10 7
C Scott Gomez 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 -1 18.30 8
C Kris Draper 0 0 2 2 1 0 6 0 14.00 6
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 10.40 6
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 5
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 15.40 7
L Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 23.20 7
R Jack Skille 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 10.40 6
C Robert Lang 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 14.20 6
L Martin Havlat 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 18.50 6
D Duncan Keith 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.40 5
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 22.50 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 27.40 7
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 25.10 6
D Danny Richmond 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9.10 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 3 5 0 2 0 -1 29.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Philippe Blondin 4 0 28 0 0 64.30 5
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Loui Eriksson 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 8.00 6
C Stu Barnes 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 13.40 5
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -1 16.00 8
R Jere Lehtinen 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 21.40 9
C Patrik Stefan 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.50 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 18.40 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 13.40 5
C Mike Modano 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 21.40 8
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8.00 5
R Vojtech Polak 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 6
L Brenden Morrow 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 17.30 8
L Alex Tanguay 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 21.40 7
D Stéphane Robidas 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 19.30 7
D Mattias Norström 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 15.30 6
D Ivan Vishnevsky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Trevor Daley 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 18.50 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 -1 26.40 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 3 0 22 0 0 64.30 6
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jere Lehtinen
2nd star: Mike Modano
3rd star: Brenden Morrow

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Jason Williams notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Kim Johnsson notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Duncan Keith notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jack Skille finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
-Danny Richmond finally ended his 40 game goal drought.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Mike Modano notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Brenden Morrow ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Stéphane Robidas ended his 6 game point drought.
-Trevor Daley finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 23) , Utah Grizzlies 3( 25)
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1-0 NOR Michael Blunden (Timofei Shishkanov, Dave Bolland)
1-1 UTH Mark Fistric (Shane Endicott)
1-2 UTH Nolan Baumgartner
2-2 NOR Kris Versteeg (James Wisniewski)
2-3 UTH Todd Fedoruk (Shane Endicott, Mario Scalzo)

Goalies: Kevin Weekes - Dan Ellis

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Carolina Hurricanes 5 , Detroit Red Wings 4
Shots: 28 - 23
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:86/102=84 %, Challenges:36/43=81 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:55/68=80 %, Challenges:35/50=68 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:22 0-1 Mark Cullen [5] (Ed Jovanovski, Brett Lebda)
12:51 1-1 Dustin Penner [11])
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29:42 2-1 Chris Kelly [7] (Michael Bossé, Dustin Penner)
33:53 3-1 Rostislav Olesz [18] (Gilbert Brulé, Anton Babchuk)
37:26 3-2 Tomas Holmström [16] (Nicklas Lidström, Danny Markov)
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40:25 4-2 Sidney Crosby [20] (Anton Babchuk, Tim Gleason)
48:27 4-3 Mikael Samuelsson [15] (Tim Connolly, Pavel Datsyuk)
58:48 4-4 Josh Langfeld [6] (Rico Fata, Tim Connolly) WG
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60:56 5-4 Erik Cole [14] (Peter Schaefer, Dustin Penner)
Penalty summary:
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04:25 Mark Cullen (2 min for high-sticking)
05:37 Erik Cole (2 min for roughing)
05:37 Danny Markov (2 min for roughing)
07:31 Brad Ference (2 min for hooking)
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35:11 Brad Ference (2 min for holding the stick)
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51:56 Daniel Cleary (2 min for tripping)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 8.30 5
R Chris Kelly 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 18.10 7
R Erik Cole 1 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 19.50 9
C Rostislav Olesz 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.10 7
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 8.30 4
C Michael Bossé 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 14.30 6
C Dustin Penner 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 16.50 9
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 20.30 8
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 8.30 5
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 14.30 7
L Peter Schaefer 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 17.30 6
L Gilbert Brulé 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 20.30 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 18.20 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 25.50 8
D Anton Babchuk 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 -2 25.50 7
D Colin White 0 0 0 7 1 6 0 1 16.30 8
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 16.00 7
D Tim Gleason 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 -1 19.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Frazee 4 0 19 0 0 61.00 5
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darryl Bootland 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 8.20 5
R Josh Langfeld 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.00 5
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 12.10 7
R Teemu Selänne 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 17.00 5
C Mark Cullen 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 8.20 7
L Rico Fata 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 15.00 6
C Tim Connolly 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 -2 12.10 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -2 17.00 6
L Daniel Cleary 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 14.30 6
L Matt Ellis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 15.00 5
L Tomas Holmström 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 19.40 9
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 18.20 6
D Brett Lebda 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 16.40 6
D Danny Markov 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 -1 21.30 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 22.50 6
D Brad Ference 0 0 1 2 1 2 4 1 15.00 5
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 15.20 4
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 30.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kurt Mucha 5 0 23 0 0 60.50 4
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dustin Penner
2nd star: Erik Cole
3rd star: Chris Kelly

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Gilbert Brulé notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Sidney Crosby scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Josef Vasicek had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Nicklas Lidström notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mikael Samuelsson scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Josh Langfeld ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Teemu Selänne had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Teemu Selänne had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Mark Cullen finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 1( 19) , Kansas City Blades 3( 11)
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0-1 KCB Eric Himelfarb (Linus Persson, Evan McGrath)
0-2 KCB Linus Persson (Evan McGrath, Kyle Quincey)
1-2 LOW Pat Dwyer (Joe Barnes)
1-3 KCB David Rohlfs (Ryan Oulahen)

Goalies: John Grahame - Stefan Liv

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Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 23 - 38
PP: 2 of 6 (5 shots), Passing:51/64=79 %, Challenges:43/50=84 %
PP: 2 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:84/98=85 %, Challenges:48/57=82 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 627150 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:16 1-0 Ryan Malone [7] (Darryl Sydor)PP
16:39 1-1 Kenny Jönsson [8] (Chris Pronger, Eric Staal)PP
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29:14 2-1 Dany Heatley [28] (Saku Koivu, Rostislav Klesla)
33:06 2-2 Evgeny Malkin [16] (Adam Pineault, Petr Taticek)PP
34:43 3-2 Rostislav Klesla [5])PP
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44:17 3-3 Jeremy Jourdain [14] (Adam Pineault)
45:15 3-4 Brendan Shanahan [16] (Petr Taticek, Brent Seabrook)
58:59 4-4 Ray Whitney [14] (David Vyborny, Nikolai Zherdev) WG
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Penalty summary:
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06:36 Nick Pepsi (2 min for tripping)
11:32 Alexander Svitov (2 min for hooking)
14:13 Rob Niedermayer (2 min for slashing)
16:16 Alexander Svitov (2 min for holding the stick)
18:38 Kiel McLeod (2 min for boarding)
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23:51 Kiel McLeod (2 min for holding the stick)
31:51 Bryan Berard (2 min for boarding)
33:53 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for high-sticking)
38:23 Vaclav Varada (2 min for boarding)
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48:07 Adam Foote (2 min for hooking)
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64:16 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for holding the stick)

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 13.10 4
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11.40 6
R David Vyborny 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
C Rob Niedermayer 0 0 1 5 2 1 2 0 10.30 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 0 13.30 6
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 6
R Dany Heatley 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 21.00 8
L Ryan Malone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 11.40 5
L Ray Whitney 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21.40 8
C Saku Koivu 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 8
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 16.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 28.00 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 16.50 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 25.40 6
D Rostislav Klesla 1 1 3 6 0 1 0 0 22.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 34 0 0 64.40 7
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kiel McLeod 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 8.10 7
R Brendan Shanahan 1 0 4 1 0 2 4 1 15.20 8
R Adam Pineault 0 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 16.40 9
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 16.00 6
C Nick Pepsi 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 7
C Petr Taticek 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 19.20 9
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.10 7
C Eric Staal 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -1 17.30 8
L James O'Brien 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.10 6
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 16.50 7
L Jeremy Jourdain 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 22.00 9
L Evgeny Malkin 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 18.50 8
D Sasha Pokulok 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.40 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 21.50 7
D Chris Pronger 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 -1 20.50 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 16.50 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21.20 6
D Kenny Jönsson 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Danny Battochio 4 0 19 0 0 65.00 5
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rostislav Klesla
2nd star: Adam Pineault
3rd star: Petr Taticek

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 30th assist of the season.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Brent Seabrook notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 0( 9) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 13)
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0-1 WIL Joël Perrault (Paul Bissonnette)
0-2 WIL Michael Gergen (Oskar Osala)

Goalies: Tomas Popperle - Andy Chiodo

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Calgary Flames 4 , Montreal Canadiens 0
Shots: 25 - 12
PP: 2 of 7 (4 shots), Passing:75/91=82 %, Challenges:43/50=84 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:55/86=63 %, Challenges:31/39=77 %
Attendance: 17139 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 553589 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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24:37 1-0 Patrice Bergeron [21] (Dion Phaneuf, Patrick Marleau)PP
31:52 2-0 Patrick Marleau [19] (Patrice Bergeron)SH
35:28 3-0 Anson Carter [20] (Brad Richards, Adrian Aucoin)PP
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47:02 4-0 Dion Phaneuf [7] (Patrick Marleau)
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Penalty summary:
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02:18 Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for high-sticking)
15:37 Steve Bégin (2 min for boarding)
16:37 Sean Avery (2 min for tripping)
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20:31 Jeff Friesen (2 min for hooking)
24:17 Derick Brassard (2 min for hooking)
31:42 Cory Sarich (2 min for boarding)
34:55 Steve Bégin (2 min for tripping)
38:12 Sean Avery (2 min for elbowing)
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48:57 Bill Guerin (2 min for tripping)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Eric Nystrom 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.10 6
R Darren McCarty 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 12.30 6
R Anson Carter 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
R Patrice Bergeron 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 2 19.20 9
C Craig Conroy 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 9.10 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
C Colton Gillies 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 7
C Patrick Marleau 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 10
L Jeff Friesen 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 12.00 6
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 13.40 7
L Martin Erat 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
C Brad Richards 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 20.10 7
D David Hale 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 16.50 7
D Félix Paquin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
D Ryan Suter 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 26.20 7
D Cory Sarich 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 15.40 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 5
D Dion Phaneuf 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 12 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 8.10 6
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 13.00 6
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 -2 14.30 6
R Glen Murray 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 20.40 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
C Jean-Philippe Fortin 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16.40 6
C Chris Higgins 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 10.50 5
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
L Sean Avery 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 11.50 5
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 12.20 6
C Derick Brassard 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 15.50 4
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 17.00 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 25.50 8
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23.00 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15.40 5
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 21.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Khabibulin
2nd star: Patrick Marleau
3rd star: Patrice Bergeron

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Anson Carter scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Jean-Pierre Dumont had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 4( 30) , Quebec Citadelles 1( 11)
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0-1 QUE Garth Murray (Travis Fuller, Tom Kostopoulos)
1-1 SJF Brandon Prust (Richie Regehr)
2-1 SJF Justin Taylor (Derek Couture)
3-1 SJF Chris Neiszner (Adam Cracknell)
4-1 SJF Kris Chucko (Andrei Taratukhin)

Goalies: Curtis McElhinney - Cédrick Desjardins

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Los Angeles Kings 4 , New York Rangers 3
Shots: 34 - 25
LA PP: 2 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:69/77=89 %, Challenges:42/49=84 %
PP: 1 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:60/72=83 %, Challenges:46/54=83 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 616050 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:31 0-1 Petr Prucha [16] (Martin Straka)
15:04 0-2 Patrick O'Sullivan [10] (Petr Prucha, Hugh Jessiman)
19:41 1-2 LA Dustin Brown [14] (Oleg Tverdovsky)
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27:05 2-2 LA Zach Parisé [20] (Jarome Iginla, Daniel Sedin)PP
27:43 3-2 LA Lauri Tukonen [7] (Tomas Surovy, Jason Arnott)PP
30:35 4-2 LA Zach Parisé [21] (Lubomir Visnovsky)
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49:07 4-3 Jaromir Jagr [26] (Roman Hamrlik, Paul Mara)PP
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Penalty summary:
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04:01 Ryan Callahan (2 min for hooking)
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20:24 Artem Chubarov (2 min for tripping)
25:51 Jocelyn Buzzer (2 min for slashing)
27:18 Josh Hennessy (2 min for hooking)
33:23 LA Jason Arnott (2 min for tripping)
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47:47 LA Oleg Tverdovsky (2 min for slashing)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Owen Nolan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
R Lauri Tukonen 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 19.50 8
R Dustin Brown 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 -1 14.20 9
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
C Jason Arnott 0 1 2 4 0 4 2 0 16.20 8
C John Madden 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 -1 17.00 9
C Zach Parisé 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 9
L Dany Roussin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.30 6
L Tomas Surovy 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 16.20 6
L Scott Thornton 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 15.00 5
L Daniel Sedin 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
D Ryan McDonagh 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 14.10 7
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 26.20 7
D Tom Preissing 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 17.00 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.40 6
R Ivan Novoseltsev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
R Hugh Jessiman 0 1 0 6 1 2 0 1 16.10 8
R Jaromir Jagr 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 7
C Artem Chubarov 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 10.00 5
C Patrick O'Sullivan 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 8
C Petr Prucha 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 14.20 9
C Chris Drury 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 7
L Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.20 5
L Jocelyn Buzzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.00 6
L Martin Straka 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 17.40 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 19.40 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 2 6 0 4 0 -1 24.30 8
D Hannu Pikkarainen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.20 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 19.10 7
D Paul Mara 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 -1 25.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 30 0 0 59.00 7
G Stephen Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Zach Parisé
2nd star: Lauri Tukonen
3rd star: Dustin Brown

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Zach Parisé scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Lubomir Visnovsky notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Lauri Tukonen finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Patrick O'Sullivan scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Petr Prucha ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Chris Drury had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Ladislav Nagy had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 1( 16) , Hartford Wolfpack 5( 20)
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0-1 HFD Dmitri Utkin (Alex Bourret, Greg Moore)
0-2 HFD Greg Moore (Alex Bourret, Francis Lessard)
1-2 MNC Pierre Dagenais (Richard Petiot)
1-3 HFD Colton Orr (Blair Betts)
1-4 HFD Alex Bourret (Greg Moore)
1-5 HFD Blair Betts (Lauri Korpikoski)

Goalies: Barry Brust - Al Montoya