21 decembre

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Toronto Maple Leafs 3 , Boston Bruins 4
Shots: 21 - 32
PP: 2 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:65/78=83 %, Challenges:42/50=82 %
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:56/70=80 %, Challenges:41/46=87 %
Attendance: 18819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 863792 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:52 1-0 Tomas Kaberle [8] (Bryan McCabe, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
17:21 2-0 Carlo Colaiacovo [3] (Tomas Kaberle, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)PP
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26:34 2-1 Patrice Bergeron [17] (Marco Sturm, Zdeno Chara)PP
31:51 2-2 Glen Murray [12] (Wacey Rabbit)
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42:12 3-2 Ales Kotalik [11] (Ladislav Nagy, Ian White)PP
46:13 3-3 Peter Schaefer [11] (Marc Savard, Glen Murray)
50:22 3-4 Zdeno Chara [7] (Patrice Bergeron)
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Penalty summary:
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02:32 Nils Ekman (2 min for high-sticking)
06:01 Brandon Bochenski (2 min for roughing)
06:01 Ian White (2 min for roughing)
07:03 Zdeno Chara (2 min for slashing)
11:04 Brandon Bochenski (2 min for roughing)
17:01 Brandon Bochenski (2 min for slashing)
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25:29 Gilbert Brulé (2 min for boarding)
34:12 Zdeno Chara (2 min for roughing)
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41:09 Nils Ekman (2 min for hooking)
43:38 Hal Gill (2 min for slashing)
48:28 Boyd Devereaux (2 min for high-sticking)
55:19 Mike Van Ryn (2 min for hooking)
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Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dale Mitchell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 10.50 6
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 18.20 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 16.00 7
C Boyd Devereaux 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.00 5
C Nik Antropov 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 13.20 5
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 19.20 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 7
L Chad Kilger 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 21.00 6
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -1 21.40 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10.50 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 17.40 6
D Tomas Kaberle 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 22.30 8
D Ian White 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 13.40 6
D Carlo Colaiacovo 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 -2 26.30 9
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 2 5 0 2 0 -1 28.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 4 0 28 0 0 58.30 6
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 -1 6.20 7
R Glen Murray 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 12.20 8
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 16.30 8
R Phil Kessel 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 1 24.50 10
C Ben Walter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 6
C Wacey Rabbit 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.10 7
C Marc Savard 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 7
C Patrice Bergeron 1 1 2 6 0 1 0 1 22.10 9
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 11.30 7
L Peter Schaefer 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 12.20 7
L Nils Ekman 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 10.20 7
L Marco Sturm 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 20.40 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 13.40 7
D Adam McQuaid 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 6
D Zdeno Chara 1 1 5 2 0 0 4 0 30.10 9
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 15.30 9
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 30.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Al Montoya 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Glen Murray
2nd star: Patrice Bergeron
3rd star: Zdeno Chara

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Tomas Kaberle notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Carlo Colaiacovo finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Zdeno Chara notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Glen Murray notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Wacey Rabbit finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Peter Schaefer ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Toronto Marlies 5( 18) , Providence Bruins 1( 13)
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1-0 TOM Nick Foligno (Anton Strålman)
2-0 TOM Alexei Ponikarovsky
3-0 TOM Brett Engelhardt (Nick Foligno, Zach Hamill)
4-0 TOM Nick Foligno (Brett Engelhardt, Zach Hamill)
4-1 PRO Vladimír Sobotka (Kris Russell)
5-1 TOM Jaroslav Sklenar (Branko Radivojevic, Chris Harrington)

Goalies: Andrew Raycroft - Carey Price

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Buffalo Sabres 6 , Tampa Bay Lightning 3
Shots: 22 - 36
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:46/62=74 %, Challenges:30/35=83 %
PP: 1 of 4 (12 shots), Passing:76/85=89 %, Challenges:60/66=89 %
Attendance: 18690 of 18690 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 878430 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:17 0-1 Paul Ranger [2] (Ryan Craig)PP
10:17 0-2 Dave Spina [3] (Dan Boyle, Manny Malhotra)
11:41 1-2 Brent Sopel [6] (Nathan Paetsch, Daniel Brière)
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24:58 1-3 Filip Kuba [3] (Sergei Samsonov, Vaclav Prospal)
26:02 2-3 Daniel Cleary [9] (Martin Lapointe, Brent Sopel)
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46:28 3-3 Daniel Brière [15] (Jaromir Jagr, Thomas Vanek)
52:31 4-3 Andrej Sekera [7] (Thomas Vanek, Daniel Brière)
52:52 5-3 Jaromir Jagr [13] (Thomas Vanek, Daniel Brière)
58:14 6-3 Daniel Cleary [10] (Paul Gaustad, Colin White)
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Penalty summary:
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04:09 Shaun Landolt (2 min for tripping)
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20:38 Jaromir Jagr (2 min for tripping)
28:32 Andrew Peters (2 min for tripping)
31:22 Andrej Sekera (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shaun Landolt 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 9.20 6
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 6
R Martin Lapointe 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 13.00 7
R Jaromir Jagr 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 3 16.10 9
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 9.50 6
C Grant Stevenson 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 14.10 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 18.10 8
C Daniel Brière 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 3 16.00 9
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 13.10 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 -1 15.50 8
L Daniel Cleary 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 14.20 8
L Thomas Vanek 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 18.20 9
D Drew Schiestel 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Colin White 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 2 20.00 9
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 25.20 7
D Mike Card 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 14.50 5
D Brent Sopel 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 15.30 9
D Andrej Sekera 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 27.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 33 0 0 60.00 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.10 5
R Jason Ward 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -1 12.50 7
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 -3 17.00 9
R Anson Carter 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 -1 20.00 8
C Manny Malhotra 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7.20 4
C Bobby Holik 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.50 6
C Ryan Craig 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -3 19.40 7
C Brad Richards 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 -1 20.10 8
L Dave Spina 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 6
L Karl Stewart 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 13.40 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -3 19.40 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 -1 20.10 7
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 5
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -2 17.10 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 27.00 7
D Paul Ranger 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 16.20 7
D Filip Kuba 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 17.30 8
D Dan Boyle 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 6 0 16 0 0 60.00 4
G Jonathan Boutin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Brière
2nd star: Daniel Cleary
3rd star: Jaromir Jagr

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Daniel Brière scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jaromir Jagr notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Daniel Cleary scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Paul Gaustad notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Dave Spina finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Filip Kuba finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 29) , Springfield Falcons 5( 34)
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1-0 ROC Linus Persson
1-1 SPR Marek Kvapil (Jakub Klepis, Mike Egener)
1-2 SPR Alexei Glukhov (Kevin Croxton)
1-3 SPR Matt Smaby (Kevin Croxton)
1-4 SPR Brandon Elliot (Kevin Croxton)
1-5 SPR Marek Kvapil (Jakub Klepis)
2-5 ROC Mike Funk (Adam Mair)

Goalies: Adam Dennis - Morgan Cey

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Philadelphia Flyers 3 , Anaheim Ducks 4
Shots: 21 - 33
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:55/67=82 %, Challenges:37/43=84 %
PP: 1 of 6 (20 shots), Passing:80/93=86 %, Challenges:42/47=87 %
Attendance: 19519 of 19519 (Wachovia Center)
Ticket income: 880307 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:18 0-1 Ryan Malone [16] (Henrik Zetterberg, Vitaly Vishnevski)PP
14:03 0-2 John de Gray [3] (Todd Marchant, Valeri Belev)
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27:09 0-3 Henrik Zetterberg [16] (Dainius Zubrus, Chris Pronger)
31:29 1-3 Mike Knuble [14] (Oleg Tverdovsky, Kenny Jönsson)
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46:42 2-3 Ben Eager [2] (Valeri Bure, Milan Michalek)
47:21 3-3 Jonathan Cheechoo [16] (Milan Michalek, Kenny Jönsson)
49:42 3-4 Ryan Malone [17] (Richard Zednik, Chris Pronger)
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Penalty summary:
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11:28 Valeri Bure (2 min for hooking)
16:05 Ryan Malone (2 min for roughing)
16:05 Kimmo Timonen (2 min for roughing)
18:16 Steve Downie (2 min for cross-checking)
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20:47 Dainius Zubrus (2 min for slashing)
21:21 Todd Marchant (2 min for roughing)
21:21 Ryan Smyth (2 min for roughing)
32:43 Kris Beech (2 min for roughing)
36:18 Richard Zednik (2 min for roughing)
38:23 Todd White (2 min for hooking)
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44:15 Jason Smith (2 min for hooking)
52:31 Valeri Belev (2 min for roughing)
52:31 Kimmo Timonen (2 min for roughing)
54:17 Ryan Smyth (2 min for tripping)
56:15 Jason Smith (5 min for attempt to injury)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Ben Eager 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 7
R Steve Downie 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 15.00 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 22.30 8
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Todd White 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 8.00 5
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 -1 15.10 6
C Jeff Carter 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 20.50 7
L Valeri Bure 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 7.00 6
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 4
L Mike Knuble 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 8
L Milan Michalek 0 2 3 2 1 2 0 0 20.40 8
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 9 0 1 7 -1 19.00 9
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 28.30 7
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 24.50 8
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
D Kenny Jönsson 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 29 0 0 60.00 6
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Todd Marchant 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 7.30 6
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 10.50 7
R Andy McDonald 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
R Dainius Zubrus 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 16.20 7
C Johan Franzén 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4.40 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 14.20 6
C Kris Beech 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 20.10 7
C Henrik Zetterberg 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 -1 20.10 8
L Valeri Belev 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4.20 7
R Dustin Penner 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 -1 16.30 8
L Ryan Malone 2 0 8 4 0 0 2 1 17.30 10
L Richard Zednik 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 -1 19.30 6
D John de Gray 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
D Aaron Rome 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 7
D François Beauchemin 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 29.00 7
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.20 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 20.20 7
D Chris Pronger 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 -1 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Malone
2nd star: Henrik Zetterberg
3rd star: Milan Michalek

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Jeff Carter had his 11 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Anaheim Ducks:
-Chris Pronger notched the 400th assist of his career.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 1( 21) , Portland Pirates 2( 20)
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0-1 POR Matt Keith (Matt Beleskey, Mark Eaton)
1-1 PHL Dmitri Utkin (Rosario Ruggeri, Denis Tolpeko)
1-2 POR Jaroslav Balastik (Matt Beleskey)

Goalies: Martin Houle - Jonas Hiller

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Columbus Blue Jackets 6 , Ottawa Senators 3
Shots: 16 - 35
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:64/74=86 %, Challenges:29/39=72 %
PP: 1 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:67/83=80 %, Challenges:33/42=76 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 867650 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:39 1-0 Brendan Morrison [16] (Jan Bulis)
11:16 2-0 Dan Fritsche [15] (Andrew Ference, Ossi Väänänen)
11:39 2-1 Wade Redden [5] (Anton Volchenkov, Vyacheslav Kozlov)
16:26 2-2 Kurtis Foster [6] (Pavol Demitra, Wade Redden)PP
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25:03 3-2 Brendan Morrison [17] (Jan Bulis)
29:25 4-2 Dan Fritsche [16] (Jan Bulis, Brendan Morrison)
29:45 4-3 Pavel Datsyuk [17] (Kurtis Foster, Jarret Stoll)
34:28 5-3 Erik Christensen [1] (Maxime Talbot, Brendan Morrison)
35:14 6-3 Bobby Ryan [14] (Matthew Lombardi)
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Penalty summary:
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03:29 Niko Dimitrakos (2 min for hooking)
05:34 Chris Neil (2 min for hooking)
15:07 Jim Slater (2 min for hooking)
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27:31 Will Weber (5 min for fighting)
27:31 Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
30:59 Niko Dimitrakos (2 min for slashing)
38:19 Jason Allison (2 min for high-sticking)
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46:46 Pavel Vorobiev (2 min for high-sticking)
58:02 Will Weber (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 6.50 6
R Jaroslav Prospal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.50 6
R Dan Fritsche 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 20.00 9
R Bobby Ryan 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
C Maxime Talbot 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 9.00 6
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 20.30 7
C Brendan Morrison 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 19.00 10
C Matthew Lombardi 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 12.00 7
L Erik Christensen 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 7.10 7
L Jim Slater 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 -1 13.50 7
L Jan Bulis 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 17.30 8
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 17.10 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 21.50 7
D Ossi Väänänen 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 22.00 8
D Adam Foote 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 2 27.50 9
D Will Weber 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 13.50 6
D Andrew Ference 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 19.20 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 15.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 3 0 32 0 0 60.00 9
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Allison 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 5
R Steve Bernier 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 17.40 8
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
R Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 -4 14.40 6
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 7
C Eric Lindros 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13.10 6
C Jarret Stoll 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 17.10 8
C Pavol Demitra 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -4 19.30 7
L Chris Neil 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 9.50 5
L Niko Dimitrakos 0 0 1 2 3 2 4 0 13.10 6
L Pavel Datsyuk 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
L Patrik Elias 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -4 16.50 8
D Lawrence Nycholat 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 15.20 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -4 23.50 6
D Michal Barinka 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 14.30 7
D Kurtis Foster 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 23.20 8
D Wade Redden 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 -4 25.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 4 0 5 0 0 29.30 4
G David Aebischer 2 0 5 0 0 30.30 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brendan Morrison
2nd star: Dan Fritsche
3rd star: Jan Bulis

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Dan Fritsche scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Alexandre Picard had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Adam Foote had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Andrew Ference ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Vyacheslav Kozlov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Pavol Demitra notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:
-Chris Neil beat Will Weber in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 22) , Binghamton Senators 0( 17)
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1-0 SYR Kyle Chipchura (Zenon Konopka)

Goalies: Adam Munro - Mike Morrison

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Montreal Canadiens 2 , Nashville Predators 6
Shots: 24 - 29
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:67/79=84 %, Challenges:34/38=87 %
PP: 2 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:76/91=83 %, Challenges:37/47=77 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:33 0-1 Matt Stajan [6] (Patrik Stefan)PP
16:04 0-2 Dustin Boyd [18] (Devin Setoguchi, Andrej Meszaros)PP
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26:43 0-3 Alex Tanguay [20] (Devin Setoguchi, Dustin Boyd)
30:36 1-3 Shane Doan [19] (Dmitri Kalinin, Brian Rafalski)
39:35 2-3 Guillaume Latendresse [23] (Joe Thornton, Mathieu Aubin)
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40:29 2-4 Devin Setoguchi [16] (Dan Hamhuis, Patrik Stefan)
48:12 2-5 Devin Setoguchi [17] (Alex Tanguay, Dan Hamhuis)
57:39 2-6 Alexander Ovechkin [18] (Ryan Suter)
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Penalty summary:
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07:26 Shane Doan (2 min for hooking)
09:47 Peter Sejna (2 min for high-sticking)
13:24 Andrei Markov (2 min for hooking)
14:18 Mathieu Aubin (2 min for high-sticking)
19:03 Martin Havlat (5 min for fighting)
19:03 Ryan Suter (5 min for fighting)
19:14 Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for elbowing)
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31:15 Devin Setoguchi (2 min for high-sticking)
34:43 Steve Bégin (2 min for hooking)
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43:39 Cody Franson (2 min for diving)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Brian Gionta 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 11.10 7
R Shane Doan 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 20.10 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 19.40 8
C Mathieu Aubin 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 9.00 6
C Francis Lemieux 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 5
C Garth Murray 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 5
C Joe Thornton 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 -2 19.00 7
L Peter Sejna 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 9.00 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 15.40 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 16.20 5
L Martin Havlat 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 -1 19.10 6
D Alex Picard 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 0 12.00 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 19.50 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 4 1 0 2 -2 24.20 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 15.10 8
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 21.30 6
D Brian Rafalski 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 26.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 6 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Joe Palmer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
R German Krivelyov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 7
R Devin Setoguchi 2 2 5 0 1 0 2 3 19.40 9
R Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 3 5 1 0 2 -1 19.40 8
C Marcel Goc 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 7
C Patrik Stefan 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 14.30 7
C Dustin Boyd 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 21.40 9
C David Legwand 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.30 6
L Konstantin Glazachev 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 7.10 5
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 10.40 5
L Alex Tanguay 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 3 19.50 9
L Matt Stajan 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 -1 15.20 8
D Carl Antipa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 5
D Dan Hamhuis 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 24.10 7
D Ryan Suter 0 1 1 3 1 1 5 -1 25.20 8
D Cody Franson 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 12.10 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 25.20 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 22.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 2 0 22 0 0 60.00 8
G Robert Esche 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Devin Setoguchi
2nd star: Dustin Boyd
3rd star: Alex Tanguay

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Alex Tanguay scored his 20th goal of the season.
-David Legwand had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Ryan Suter beat Martin Havlat in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 8( 28) , Milwaukee Admirals 1( 21)
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1-0 HAM Brady Murray (Duncan Milroy)
2-0 HAM Brett Hemingway (Trevor Baker)
3-0 HAM Darin Olver (Tyler McGregor, Dan Jancevski)
4-0 HAM Gregory Stewart (Brady Murray)
5-0 HAM Ryan Barnes (Matt D'Agostini, Danny Groulx)
5-1 MIL Alexandre Giroux (Darcy Hordichuk)
6-1 HAM Duncan Milroy (Brady Murray)
7-1 HAM Jonathan Ferland (Darin Olver)
8-1 HAM Jimmy Bonneau (Duncan Milroy, Mathieu Dandenault)

Goalies: Cédrick Desjardins - Pekka Rinne

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New York Islanders 1 , Dallas Stars 4
Shots: 13 - 34
PP: 0 of 2 (0 shots), Passing:53/73=72 %, Challenges:32/35=88 %
PP: 1 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:74/88=84 %, Challenges:46/52=86 %
Attendance: 14170 of 16234 (Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum)
Ticket income: 684411 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:46 0-1 Pascal Dupuis [3] (Todd Fedoruk, Junior Lessard)
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28:23 1-1 Miroslav Satan [10] (Mike Sillinger)
31:22 1-2 Antti Miettinen [15] (Martin St. Louis, Philippe Boucher)PP
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45:48 1-3 Antti Miettinen [16] (Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier)
59:38 1-4 Mike Ribeiro [5] (Antti Miettinen, Trevor Daley)
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Penalty summary:
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00:17 Philippe Boucher (2 min for tripping)
06:07 Brendan Witt (2 min for tripping)
16:02 Mike Ribeiro (2 min for hooking)
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30:09 Bill Guerin (2 min for tripping)
33:05 Sean Bergenheim (2 min for high-sticking)
39:59 Rene Bourque (5 min for attempt to injury)
39:59 Rene Bourque (10 min game misconduct)
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55:17 Trevor Daley (2 min for roughing)
55:17 Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
57:07 Todd Fedoruk (2 min for roughing)
57:07 Fernando Pisani (2 min for roughing)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.40 5
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 -1 20.20 5
R Bill Guerin 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 -1 13.00 6
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18.20 6
C Mike Comrie 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 12.10 5
C Mike Sillinger 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 5
L Steve Regier 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Shawn Bates 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 6
L Rene Bourque 0 0 0 3 0 2 15 -1 12.10 5
L Miroslav Satan 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15.30 7
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 18.40 5
D Matthew Spiller 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 17.50 6
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 22.40 8
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.10 5
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -2 19.40 6
D Paul Mara 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 22.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Wade Dubielewicz 4 0 30 0 0 60.00 7
G Joey MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Junior Lessard 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.50 7
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 11.10 8
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 9
C Loui Eriksson 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 7.50 6
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 13.20 6
C Mike Ribeiro 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 19.10 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 19.40 8
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 7.50 7
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 11.10 6
L Antti Miettinen 2 1 6 6 0 0 0 2 18.30 10
L Pascal Dupuis 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 18.10 6
D Mark Fistric 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 9.10 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 2 29.50 8
D Nolan Baumgartner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 5
D Trevor Daley 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 22.20 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1 0 12 0 0 60.00 8
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Antti Miettinen
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Mike Ribeiro

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Miroslav Satan scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Todd Fedoruk notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Antti Miettinen scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Todd Fedoruk ended his 5 game point drought.
-Pascal Dupuis finally ended his 23 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 8( 43) , Iowa Stars 1( 15)
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1-0 BRG Marek Dubec (Evgeny Tunik)
2-0 BRG Aaron Johnson (Blake Comeau, Luciano Aquino)
3-0 BRG Tim Jackman (Masi Marjamäki, Petteri Nokelainen)
4-0 BRG Kip Brennan (Luciano Aquino)
5-0 BRG Roman Cervenka (Nicholas Bilotto)
5-1 IOW Steve Ott (Krys Barch, Mario Scalzo)
6-1 BRG Blake Comeau (Luciano Aquino)
7-1 BRG Evgeny Tunik (Aaron Johnson)
8-1 BRG Petteri Nokelainen (Tim Jackman)

Goalies: Billy Thompson - David McKee

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Washington Capitals 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 16 - 39
PP: 0 of 5 (3 shots), Passing:58/70=82 %, Challenges:20/31=62 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:80/94=85 %, Challenges:45/60=73 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 848053 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:22 0-1 Rick Nash [21] (Dany Heatley, Sidney Crosby)
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29:06 1-1 Teddy Ruth [3] (Eric Fehr)
36:08 2-1 Martin Erat [6] (Antoine Vermette)
36:46 3-1 Martin Erat [7] (Jeff Schultz, Chris Bourque)
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41:53 3-2 Sidney Crosby [20] (Shea Weber, Rick Nash)
58:23 4-2 Eric Fehr [11] (Steve Eminger, Jeff Schultz) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:12 Chris Higgins (2 min for hooking)
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24:17 Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
24:17 Rick Nash (5 min for fighting)
25:06 Mike Green (2 min for roughing)
25:06 Dany Heatley (2 min for roughing)
26:44 Mark Letestu (2 min for roughing)
31:09 Chris Higgins (2 min for roughing)
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46:02 Jeff Schultz (2 min for high-sticking)
53:58 Mark Letestu (2 min for roughing)
55:13 Rick Nash (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Williams 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 4
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17.10 7
R Ilkka Puurunen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11.20 5
R Eric Fehr 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 21.10 9
C Scottie Upshall 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 9.20 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 9.50 6
C Chris Bourque 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.30 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 20.50 8
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
L Joe Madden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
L Martin Erat 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.00 9
L Mike Richards 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 21.20 6
D Sasha Pokulok 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 19.20 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 16.10 7
D Teddy Ruth 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 22.50 7
D Mike Green 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 17.40 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16.00 6
D Steve Eminger 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 1 27.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Deslauriers 2 0 37 0 0 60.00 10
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 7.30 5
R Mark Letestu 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 -1 15.20 5
R Corey Perry 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
R Dany Heatley 0 1 4 1 2 0 2 1 21.50 8
C Derek Roy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 7.30 4
C Joffrey Lupul 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 12.00 7
C Chris Higgins 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 -2 15.50 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 8
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -1 7.30 4
L Jordan Staal 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 12.00 5
L Evgeny Malkin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 14.10 7
L Rick Nash 1 1 9 4 1 1 7 2 20.10 9
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12.00 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 16.10 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 28.00 8
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 17.10 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -3 19.00 7
D Shea Weber 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 27.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 12 0 0 59.30 4
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Erat
2nd star: Eric Fehr
3rd star: Antoine Vermette

Notes for Washington Capitals:

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sidney Crosby scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Shea Weber notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Sidney Crosby scored the 100th goal of his career.

Other notes:
-Rick Nash beat Maxim Lapierre in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 6( 30) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 19)
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1-0 HER Petr Taticek (Brooks Laich, Tom Poti)
2-0 HER Chris Clark (Tom Poti)
3-0 HER Oscar Hedman (Chris Clark, Tom Poti)
4-0 HER David Steckel (Tomas Fleischmann)
5-0 HER Chris Clark (Shaone Morrisonn)
6-0 HER Chris Clark (Tom Poti, Davis Parley)

Goalies: Davis Parley - Chad Johnson

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Detroit Red Wings 3 , Vancouver Canucks 1
Shots: 28 - 21
PP: 0 of 8 (13 shots), Passing:67/74=90 %, Challenges:45/54=81 %
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:60/75=80 %, Challenges:45/48=91 %
Attendance: 20066 of 20066 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 870864 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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02:13 1-0 Jan Hrdina [10] (Brett Lebda, Niklas Kronwall)
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23:01 2-0 Tuomo Ruutu [9] (Jason Bonsignore, Jan Hrdina)
25:11 2-1 Daniel Sedin [20] (Henrik Sedin, Jason Blake)PP
35:04 3-1 Nicklas Lidström [7] (Ray Whitney, Lanny Gare)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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09:15 Jakub Kindl (2 min for elbowing)
18:47 Daniel Sedin (2 min for slashing)
19:57 Matt Cooke (2 min for tripping)
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24:07 Bryan Berard (2 min for hooking)
29:09 Willie Mitchell (2 min for hooking)
32:13 Matt Cooke (2 min for slashing)
37:11 Chris Drury (2 min for tripping)
38:33 Willie Mitchell (2 min for holding the stick)
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41:52 Nicklas Lidström (2 min for roughing)
45:42 Dick Tärnström (2 min for cross-checking)
56:32 Willie Mitchell (2 min for high-sticking)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Himelfarb 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 5
R Tomas Kopecky 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.30 5
R Jason Pominville 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 20.40 6
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.40 7
C Mark Cullen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Jason Bonsignore 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 17.40 7
C Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
C Kris Draper 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 8
L Lanny Gare 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 7.30 5
L Matt Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
L Jan Hrdina 1 1 6 2 1 0 0 2 18.40 8
L Ray Whitney 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 9
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11.50 5
D Brett Lebda 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 16.10 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 18.20 7
D Jakub Kindl 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 1 17.50 8
D Bryan Berard 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 26.40 6
D Nicklas Lidström 1 0 5 4 0 2 2 1 29.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 1 0 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Michael Garnett 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 -1 9.00 8
R Brad Isbister 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 11.10 6
R Jason Blake 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 15.50 8
R Tyler Bouck 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 9.00 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Chris Drury 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 16.10 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
L Jeff Cowan 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -1 9.00 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 -1 16.40 8
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 -2 20.00 7
L Daniel Sedin 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 20.50 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 19.30 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 1 4 0 1 6 -1 16.20 8
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 29.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 18.50 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 22.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jan Hrdina
2nd star: Nicklas Lidström
3rd star: Tuomo Ruutu

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Jan Hrdina scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Daniel Sedin scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Alexandre Burrows had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jason Blake had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Dick Tärnström had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 21) , Manitoba Moose 0( 20)
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1-0 GRD Evan McGrath (Derek Meech)
2-0 GRD Carl Corazzini (Evan McGrath)

Goalies: Jussi Markkanen - Drew MacIntyre

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Colorado Avalanche 4 , Los Angeles Kings 3
Shots: 27 - 28
PP: 1 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:60/77=77 %, Challenges:55/58=93 %
LA PP: 1 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:72/94=76 %, Challenges:37/39=92 %
Attendance: 18007 of 18007 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 776102 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:16 0-1 LA Kyle Calder [12] (Tom Preissing, Bryan Allen)
11:34 0-2 LA Darcy Tucker [11] (Karel Rachunek, Brad Stuart)
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29:48 1-2 Robin Big Snake [1] (Scott Hannan, Brett Clark)
31:28 2-2 Paul Stastny [19] (Brett Clark, Peter Budaj)PP
32:41 2-3 LA Darcy Tucker [12] (Sergei Brylin, Brad Stuart)PP
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50:29 3-3 Milan Hejduk [17] (Olli Jokinen)
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62:24 4-3 Milan Hejduk [18] (Jordan Leopold)
Penalty summary:
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17:47 LA Scott Thornton (2 min for tripping)
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23:11 Jeff O'Neill (2 min for slashing)
26:49 LA Derek Armstrong (2 min for hooking)
29:57 LA Derek Armstrong (2 min for high-sticking)
31:59 Raffi Torres (2 min for tripping)
34:28 Scott Parker (2 min for tripping)
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41:21 Brett Clark (2 min for high-sticking)
43:28 LA Michal Handzus (2 min for high-sticking)
43:58 LA Richard Matvichuk (2 min for hooking)
51:39 LA Scott Thornton (5 min for fighting)
51:39 Robin Big Snake (5 min for fighting)
51:52 Jeff Jillson (2 min for tripping)
56:28 LA Darcy Tucker (2 min for diving)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Parker 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 6.20 7
R Jeff O'Neill 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 11.30 5
R Milan Hejduk 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 10
R Marek Svatos 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 20.50 9
C Brad Richardson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.20 5
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 11.30 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 22.30 8
C Paul Stastny 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 22.10 7
L Robin Big Snake 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 6.10 7
L Raffi Torres 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 13.10 6
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 15.00 7
L Simon Gagné 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 -2 24.00 7
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Brett Clark 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 23.20 8
D Scott Hannan 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -1 25.30 7
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 11.50 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 13.40 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 3 1 25 0 0 62.30 7
G Alexei Shmelev 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brian Willsie 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.00 5
R Derek Armstrong 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 1 12.00 7
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 11.50 7
R Sergei Brylin 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 22.10 7
C Kris Newbury 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.00 6
C Drew Larman 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 12.00 5
C Michal Handzus 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 -2 25.10 7
C John Madden 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
L Scott Thornton 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 5.00 6
L Darcy Tucker 2 0 5 2 0 1 2 1 16.30 9
L Kyle Calder 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 20.00 5
L Mike Fisher 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 13.30 7
D Tom Preissing 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.30 6
D Bryan Allen 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 26.10 9
D Karel Rachunek 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 6
D Brad Stuart 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 -2 26.50 8
D Rob Blake 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 4 0 23 0 0 62.30 5
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Milan Hejduk
2nd star: Darcy Tucker
3rd star: Olli Jokinen

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Scott Hannan notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marek Svatos had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Robin Big Snake ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Robin Big Snake ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Sergei Brylin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-John Madden had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Scott Thornton fought Robin Big Snake in a fight.

Farm game result:
Lake Erie Monsters 4( 22) , Manchester Monarchs 2( 15)
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1-0 LEM Mike Knoepfli (Gino Guyer)
1-1 MCH Matt Ryan (Raitis Ivanans)
2-1 LEM Jeff Szwez (Yannic Seidenberg, Michael Vernace)
2-2 MCH Ryan Murphy (Travis Fuller)
3-2 LEM Mathieu Brunelle (Jaroslav Hlinka)
4-2 LEM David Svagrovsky (Pierre Hedin)

Goalies: Michael Wall - Jason LaBarbera