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New York Rangers 0 , Ottawa Senators 4
Shots: 13 - 42
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:53/69=76 %, Challenges:21/29=70 %
PP: 3 of 10 (24 shots), Passing:86/102=84 %, Challenges:44/46=93 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 560560 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:15 0-1 David Legwand [21] (Dean McAmmond)PP
16:06 0-2 Dean McAmmond [15] (Keith Ballard)PP
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27:25 0-3 Jason Spezza [33] (Alexander Ovechkin, Andrej Meszaros)PP
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48:19 0-4 Jason Spezza [34] (Alexander Ovechkin, Daniel Alfredsson)
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Penalty summary:
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03:44 Hannu Pikkarainen (2 min for holding the stick)
04:42 Alex Bourret (2 min for hooking)
08:25 Oleg Saprykin (2 min for high-sticking)
11:42 Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for tripping)
14:55 Marc Staal (2 min for elbowing)
17:44 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for holding the stick)
19:42 Alex Bourret (2 min for tripping)
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26:45 Martin Straka (2 min for hooking)
32:12 Alex Bourret (2 min for high-sticking)
38:36 Josh Hennessy (2 min for high-sticking)
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51:26 Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for boarding)
57:07 Jamie Langenbrunner (2 min for diving)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Hugh Jessiman 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 5.40 5
R Ivan Novoseltsev 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12.10 6
R Marco Sturm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
C Alex Bourret 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 -1 15.40 6
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 12.10 4
C Petr Prucha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 4
C Chris Drury 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.30 6
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 4
L Josh Hennessy 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 9.40 5
L Martin Straka 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 13.20 6
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 22.30 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 13.00 5
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 -1 26.40 7
D Hannu Pikkarainen 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 9.40 4
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Paul Mara 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -1 30.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 38 0 0 60.00 9
G Stephen Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4.50 5
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 12.10 7
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.40 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 19.00 8
C Dave Scatchard 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
C David Legwand 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 19.20 8
C Kyle Turris 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 12.00 7
C Jason Spezza 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 8
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7.20 6
L Dean McAmmond 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 20.30 8
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 20.40 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 21.30 9
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 1 26.20 7
D Tomás Kudelka 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 6
D Keith Ballard 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Wade Redden 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 0 0 13 0 0 60.00 9
G Kelly Guard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Miller
2nd star: Jason Spezza
3rd star: Dean McAmmond

Notes for New York Rangers:

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Dean McAmmond scored his 15th goal of the season.
-David Legwand ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Oleg Saprykin had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Wade Redden had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 4( 16) , Grand Rapids Griffins 3( 14)
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1-0 HFD Blair Betts
2-0 HFD Ryan Hollweg (Ivan Baranka, Colton Orr)
3-0 HFD Ivan Baranka (Nigel Dawes, Ryan Hollweg)
3-1 GRD Rory Rawlyk (Andrew Ebbett)
3-2 GRD Serge Payer (Brian McGrattan, Arttu Luttinen)
3-3 GRD Jean-Roger Larochelle Dupré Gagné Morin Gilbert Roy 3ieme Du nom (Ryan O'Marra)
4-3 HFD Nigel Dawes (Ryan Hollweg)

Goalies: Philippe Roberge - Jeff Glass

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Pittsburgh Penguins 7 , Atlanta Thrashers 0
Shots: 34 - 15
PP: 1 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:69/79=87 %, Challenges:51/58=86 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:57/73=78 %, Challenges:29/40=70 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:46 1-0 Petr Taticek [18] (Chris Pronger, Kenny Jönsson)
09:08 2-0 Jeremy Jourdain [23] (Petr Taticek, Adam Pineault)
15:54 3-0 Eric Staal [35] (Marian Gaborik, Adam Foote)
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26:19 4-0 Marian Gaborik [31] (Evgeny Malkin, James O'Brien)
27:11 5-0 Kenny Jönsson [12] (Marian Gaborik, Adam Foote)
31:31 6-0 Robert Nilsson [10] (Rod Brind'Amour, Adam Pineault)
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43:39 7-0 Evgeny Malkin [32] (Eric Staal, Marian Gaborik)PP
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Penalty summary:
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04:15 Bobby Holik (2 min for hooking)
11:08 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for tripping)
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33:15 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for hooking)
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42:15 Eric Fehr (2 min for boarding)
44:45 Jordan LaVallee (2 min for slashing)
58:02 Darren Haydar (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Gergen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
R Brendan Shanahan 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 17.20 7
R Jeremy Jourdain 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 16.00 9
R Marian Gaborik 1 3 5 1 0 0 0 3 19.30 10
C Nick Pepsi 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 17.40 8
C Adam Pineault 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 15.20 8
C Eric Staal 1 1 7 1 0 0 0 3 19.30 9
L James O'Brien 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Robert Nilsson 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 16.30 8
L Petr Taticek 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 16.00 9
L Evgeny Malkin 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 19.30 8
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 18.40 7
D Chris Pronger 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 13.10 7
D Kenny Jönsson 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 25.50 9
D Sasha Pokulok 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 21.10 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20.00 7
D Adam Foote 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 3 21.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alex Auld 0 0 15 0 0 60.00 9
G Danny Battochio 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6.30 5
R Darren Haydar 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 16.00 7
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 15.30 6
R Marian Hossa 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -3 20.40 7
C Todd White 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
C Bobby Holik 0 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 16.10 8
C Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -4 14.00 6
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 21.50 7
L Jordan LaVallee 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 6.30 4
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 14.40 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -4 15.00 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 -2 15.30 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23.50 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 16.00 4
D Filip Kuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 22.30 5
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 23.30 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 -3 13.20 7
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -3 20.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 8 0 0 26.10 4
G Johan Hedberg 3 0 19 0 0 33.30 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Auld
2nd star: Marian Gaborik
3rd star: Eric Staal

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Eric Staal scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Evgeny Malkin notched his 50th assist of the season.
-Marian Gaborik notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Robert Nilsson scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 29) , Chicago Wolves 1( 12)
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0-1 CHW Joey Crabb (Brett Sterling)
1-1 WIL Johannes Salmonsson (Milan Kraft)
2-1 WIL Kamil Kreps (Jeff Schultz)

Goalies: Andy Chiodo - Fred Brathwaite

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St. Louis Blues 5 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 31 - 28
PP: 1 of 5 (3 shots), Passing:57/73=78 %, Challenges:51/54=92 %
PP: 0 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:61/76=80 %, Challenges:37/48=75 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 525798 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:55 1-0 Doug Weight [26] (Brad Boyes, Hannu Toivonen)
10:55 2-0 Erik Johnson [9] (Joni Pitkänen)PP
14:25 2-1 Matt Carle [9] (Milan Hejduk, Jonathan Cheechoo)
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21:16 3-1 Paul Kariya [29] (Brad Boyes)
29:35 3-2 Joe Thornton [37] (Kristian Huselius, Christian Ehrhoff)
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42:12 4-2 Ville Nieminen [3] (Erik Johnson, Jay McKee)
46:13 4-3 Ryane Clowe [8])
58:46 5-3 Joni Pitkänen [11] (Jay McKee) EN
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Penalty summary:
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10:25 Daymond Langkow (2 min for tripping)
14:48 Raffi Torres (2 min for boarding)
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23:48 Petr Cajanek (2 min for holding the stick)
27:26 Dallas Drake (2 min for hooking)
32:32 Keith Tkachuk (2 min for tripping)
35:05 Dallas Drake (2 min for hooking)
38:05 Dallas Drake (2 min for tripping)
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43:46 Raffi Torres (2 min for holding the stick)
48:16 Eric Brewer (2 min for high-sticking)
54:52 Martin Gélinas (2 min for tripping)
59:22 Milan Hejduk (2 min for hooking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Peter Sejna 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 9.30 6
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13.50 7
C T.J. Oshie 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
L Ville Nieminen 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.30 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 9.50 7
C Doug Weight 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.10 7
C Brad Boyes 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 -1 24.30 8
L Dallas Drake 0 0 2 3 0 0 6 1 13.20 7
L Martin Rucinsky 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 8.50 7
L Paul Kariya 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
D Jay McKee 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 15.00 8
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 17.30 6
D Joni Pitkänen 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 26.00 9
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.10 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 19.20 8
D Erik Johnson 1 1 4 9 1 4 0 0 30.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 3 1 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Manny Legace 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 15.20 6
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 5
R Milan Hejduk 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 -1 17.20 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 20.20 7
C Curtis Brown 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 8.40 6
C Petr Nedved 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 17.40 5
C Joe Thornton 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 20.40 6
L Ryane Clowe 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 13.50 7
L Martin Gélinas 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.40 4
L Raffi Torres 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 -1 18.00 7
L Kristian Huselius 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 -1 20.00 6
D Derek Joslin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 4
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 27.20 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 23.20 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.00 5
D Matt Carle 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 22.40 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 23.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 5 0 26 0 0 59.30 5
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Erik Johnson
2nd star: Brad Boyes
3rd star: Joni Pitkänen

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Brad Boyes notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Jay McKee notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Paul Kariya finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Jonathan Cheechoo notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Kristian Huselius notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Joe Thornton scored the 700th point of his career.
-Ryane Clowe ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Matt Carle finally ended his 15 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 2( 23) , Cleveland Barons 3( 14)
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0-1 CLE Mathieu Darche (Mike Iggulden)
1-1 WOR Mike Glumac (Trent Whitfield)
1-2 CLE Rob Davison (Tom Cavanagh)
2-2 WOR Roman Polak (Glen Metropolit)
2-3 CLE Mark Smith (Lukas Kaspar)

Goalies: Jason Bacashihua - Dmitri Pätzold

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Calgary Flames 3 , Los Angeles Kings 4
Shots: 28 - 30
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:66/83=79 %, Challenges:40/51=76 %
LA PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:59/79=74 %, Challenges:53/61=85 %
Attendance: 17139 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 553589 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:18 1-0 Patrice Bergeron [30] (Dion Phaneuf)
17:32 2-0 Patrice Bergeron [31] (Félix Paquin)
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27:19 3-0 Martin Erat [24] (Patrick Marleau, Patrice Bergeron)PP
33:33 3-1 LA Mattias Öhlund [8] (Jason Arnott, Jarome Iginla)
36:25 3-2 LA Daniel Sedin [25] (Zach Parisé, Martin Brodeur)
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42:42 3-3 LA Dustin Brown [22] (Lauri Tukonen, Oleg Tverdovsky)
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63:21 3-4 LA Jason Arnott [20] (John Madden, Tom Preissing)
Penalty summary:
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14:24 Craig Conroy (2 min for tripping)
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20:27 Darren McCarty (5 min for fighting)
20:27 LA Scott Thornton (5 min for fighting)
23:22 Ryan Suter (2 min for tripping)
26:32 LA Tomas Surovy (2 min for high-sticking)
31:23 Adrian Aucoin (2 min for boarding)
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47:11 Eric Nystrom (2 min for hooking)
59:53 LA Dustin Brown (2 min for cross-checking)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Eric Nystrom 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 9.20 6
R Darren McCarty 0 0 2 1 1 2 5 -2 11.00 5
R Anson Carter 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 21.00 7
R Patrice Bergeron 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 22.10 8
C Craig Conroy 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 8.20 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 5
C Colton Gillies 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -2 19.20 5
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 22.40 7
L Jeff Friesen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 5
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 11.00 6
L Martin Erat 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.30 6
C Brad Richards 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 17.20 8
D David Hale 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 13.10 7
D Félix Paquin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 22.20 6
D Ryan Suter 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 28.00 8
D Cory Sarich 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 13.30 5
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 20.10 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 1 2 8 1 1 0 0 29.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 4 0 26 0 0 63.30 6
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Owen Nolan 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.20 5
C John Madden 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 18.30 8
R Dustin Brown 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 15.20 8
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 19.40 8
C Michal Handzus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
C Jason Arnott 1 1 5 3 0 3 0 2 21.40 10
L Scott Thornton 0 0 2 3 0 0 5 0 14.30 7
C Zach Parisé 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Dany Roussin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
L Tomas Surovy 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 19.50 7
R Lauri Tukonen 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 22.10 8
L Daniel Sedin 1 0 7 0 2 0 0 -1 20.20 8
D Ryan McDonagh 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 18.00 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 24.10 7
D Tom Preissing 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 18.40 5
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 7
D Mattias Öhlund 1 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 28.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 1 25 0 0 63.30 7
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Arnott
2nd star: Patrice Bergeron
3rd star: Mattias Öhlund

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Patrice Bergeron scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Patrice Bergeron notched his 40th assist of the season.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Daniel Sedin scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Jason Arnott scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Dustin Brown ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Jason Arnott finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Mattias Öhlund ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Darren McCarty beat Scott Thornton in a fight.

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 2( 21) , Manchester Monarchs 3( 20)
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1-0 SJF Derek Couture
1-1 MNC Pierre Dagenais (Doug Nolan)
1-2 MNC Jeff Giuliano (Matt Ryan)
2-2 SJF Wayne Primeau
2-3 MNC Pierre Dagenais (Matt Ryan)

Goalies: Curtis McElhinney - Barry Brust

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Minnesota Wild 2 , Vancouver Canucks 5
Shots: 27 - 27
PP: 1 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:64/70=91 %, Challenges:58/64=89 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:56/72=77 %, Challenges:43/52=81 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 483600 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:59 0-1 Marc Chouinard [4] (Taylor Pyatt, Jordan Staal)
14:33 0-2 Jan Bulis [22] (Taylor Pyatt)PP
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29:13 0-3 Nathan Horton [17] (Tyler Bouck, Marc Chouinard)
31:35 1-3 Mattias Weinhandl [16] (Pavol Demitra, Petr Sykora)PP
33:43 2-3 Jozef Stumpel [22] (Mark Parrish, Andrei Zyuzin)
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48:25 2-4 Nathan Horton [18] (Markus Näslund, Lukas Krajicek)
49:46 2-5 Géanni Gendron [11] (Matt Cooke, Trevor Linden)
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Penalty summary:
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10:25 Lukas Krajicek (2 min for elbowing)
14:17 Wes Walz (2 min for hooking)
18:49 Géanni Gendron (2 min for hooking)
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20:28 Matt Cooke (2 min for roughing)
30:41 Ryan Kesler (2 min for roughing)
39:37 Jan Bulis (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:55 Petr Sykora (2 min for hooking)
50:26 Géanni Gendron (2 min for tripping)
59:39 Aaron Miller (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 2 0 0 0 6.50 4
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 5
R Mark Parrish 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 1 19.10 9
R Petr Sykora 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 -3 19.40 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 10.50 6
C Wes Walz 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 12.40 7
C Jozef Stumpel 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 8
C Pavol Demitra 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -3 20.00 6
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 4
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 13.10 4
L Mattias Weinhandl 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 8
L Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 20.00 7
D Petteri Nummelin 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 -2 20.30 7
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 20.10 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -3 27.50 6
D Jean-Michel Hebert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -1 20.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Nicklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Bouck 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 6.40 5
R Géanni Gendron 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 1 9.40 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 19.20 7
R Nathan Horton 2 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 20.20 9
C Marc Chouinard 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 6.40 7
C Trevor Linden 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 8.50 8
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 5
C Jordan Staal 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 20.40 7
L Taylor Pyatt 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 8.40 7
L Matt Cooke 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 14.20 7
L Jan Bulis 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 16.50 8
L Markus Näslund 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 16.30 9
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 6
D Mathieu Ouellet 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15.30 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 21.30 6
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.00 6
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 25.30 6
D Rob Blake 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nathan Horton
2nd star: Marc Chouinard
3rd star: Tomas Vokoun

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Pavol Demitra notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Jozef Stumpel has marked a new career high in goals with 22 tallies.
-Mattias Weinhandl finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Taylor Pyatt has marked a new career high in assists with 15 assists.
-Tyler Bouck ended his 6 game point drought.
-Géanni Gendron finally ended his 27 game goal drought.
-Nathan Horton finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Marc Chouinard ended his 6 game point drought.
-Matt Cooke finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 4( 20) , Manitoba Moose 1( 11)
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1-0 HOU Peter Olvecky (Boyd Gordon)
2-0 HOU Kristopher Letang (Branko Radivojevic)
2-1 MAN Miroslav Zalesak (Brandon Reid, François Beauchemin)
3-1 HOU Jared Aulin (Matt Foy)
4-1 HOU Boyd Gordon (Ryan Stokes, Ryan Stone)

Goalies: Matt Zaba - Drew MacIntyre