31 decembre

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Carolina Hurricanes 6 , Detroit Red Wings 4
Shots: 29 - 24
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:62/82=75 %, Challenges:47/51=90 %
PP: 2 of 7 (15 shots), Passing:54/70=77 %, Challenges:37/44=82 %
Attendance: 17680 of 18730 (RBC Center)
Ticket income: 813280 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:55 1-0 Erik Cole [11] (Eric Staal)
13:36 1-1 Jason Bonsignore [8] (Jan Hrdina, Jakub Kindl)PP
14:45 2-1 Andrew Ladd [17] (Evgeny Poushkin, Cory Stillman)
18:46 2-2 Jakub Kindl [1] (Brett Lebda)PP
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21:17 3-2 Chad LaRose [3] (Michel Ouellet, Ryan Bayda)
24:06 4-2 Erik Cole [12] (Sergei Gonchar)PP
26:01 5-2 Cory Stillman [11] (Erik Cole, Eric Staal)
33:55 5-3 Jason Pominville [17] (Bryan Berard, Nicklas Lidström)
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42:39 6-3 Cory Stillman [12] (Eric Staal)
54:51 6-4 Ray Whitney [10] (Mikael Samuelsson, Tuomo Ruutu)
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Penalty summary:
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00:29 Ray Whitney (2 min for high-sticking)
07:56 Danny Markov (2 min for hooking)
09:59 Andrew Ladd (2 min for slashing)
11:52 Scott Walker (2 min for hooking)
17:02 Brandon Sutter (2 min for elbowing)
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23:14 Lanny Gare (2 min for hooking)
37:13 Chad LaRose (2 min for tripping)
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43:02 Matt Ellis (2 min for tripping)
52:49 Evgeny Poushkin (2 min for high-sticking)
57:16 Danny Markov (2 min for slashing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chad LaRose 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 4.20 7
R Michel Ouellet 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 16.30 7
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 -1 18.30 7
R Cory Stillman 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 3 14.00 9
C Brandon Nolan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 6
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.20 6
C Evgeny Poushkin 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 17.30 8
C Eric Staal 0 3 4 2 1 2 0 2 20.20 10
L Mike Angelidis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.20 5
L Ryan Bayda 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 14.10 6
L Andrew Ladd 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 20.30 7
L Erik Cole 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 18.00 9
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 15.10 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 27.10 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17.40 6
D Tim Gleason 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 19.50 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 -1 21.30 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 4 18.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 4 0 20 0 0 60.00 5
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Himelfarb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4.50 4
R Tomas Kopecky 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 13.00 5
R Jason Pominville 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 -3 20.40 8
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 19.30 6
C Mark Cullen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4.50 5
C Jason Bonsignore 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 8
C Mikael Samuelsson 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 17.00 6
L Lanny Gare 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3.30 4
L Matt Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 13.00 6
L Jan Hrdina 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 -4 20.10 6
L Ray Whitney 1 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 21.20 8
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 15.40 4
D Brett Lebda 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -2 19.20 7
D Jakub Kindl 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 16.10 8
D Bryan Berard 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 26.40 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 5 0 14 0 0 26.10 4
G Michael Garnett 1 0 9 0 0 33.50 5

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Cory Stillman
2nd star: Erik Cole
3rd star: Eric Staal

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Erik Cole notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Scott Walker had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Ray Whitney scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Mikael Samuelsson notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jakub Kindl ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 2( 17) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 21)
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1-0 ALB Pat Dwyer (Jamie McBain)
1-1 GRD Josef Vavra (Ryan Oulahen)
2-1 ALB Bill Kinkel (Brad Zancanaro)
2-2 GRD Josef Vavra (Ryan Oulahen, Jonathan Ericsson)

Goalies: Michael Leighton - Jussi Markkanen

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Chicago Blackhawks 5 , Los Angeles Kings 4
Shots: 18 - 24
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:55/67=82 %, Challenges:37/59=61 %
LA PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:75/90=83 %, Challenges:38/48=77 %
Attendance: 20500 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 967600 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:03 0-1 LA Michal Handzus [15] (Brad Stuart)
13:26 0-2 LA Mike Fisher [21] (Rob Blake, Thomas Hickey)
17:06 1-2 Jeff Tambellini [6] (Matt Carle, Ian Laperriere)
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29:04 1-3 LA Darcy Tucker [13] (Alex Korolyuk, Kyle Calder)
32:18 1-4 LA Sergei Brylin [14] (Kyle Calder, Mike Fisher)
32:52 2-4 Ilya Kovalchuk [25] (Jason Spezza, Radim Vrbata)
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55:58 3-4 Jason Spezza [25] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Rick DiPietro)PP
59:05 4-4 Jeff Tambellini [7] (Erik Johnson, Brent Seabrook) WG
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60:12 5-4 Jeff Tambellini [8] (Jonathan Toews)
Penalty summary:
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22:25 Ian Laperriere (2 min for cross-checking)
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49:08 David Perron (2 min for slashing)
55:06 LA Lauri Tukonen (2 min for holding the stick)
57:14 LA Drew Larman (5 min for fighting)
57:14 Ian Laperriere (5 min for fighting)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Ruslan Bashkirov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10.20 6
R Bryan Little 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 13.50 6
R Chris Kelly 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 18.30 6
R Ilya Kovalchuk 1 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 20.10 8
C Patrick Sharp 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 10.20 8
L Jonathan Toews 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 14.50 7
C Ian Laperriere 0 1 1 2 0 0 7 -1 13.20 7
C Jason Spezza 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 19.20 8
L David Perron 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 10.20 7
L Bryan Bickell 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 14.40 5
L Jeff Tambellini 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 15.10 8
L Radim Vrbata 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 15.10 5
D Erik Johnson 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 19.20 8
D Brent Seabrook 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 25.00 8
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 -1 17.40 6
D Matt Carle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 1 7 1 4 0 0 27.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 4 1 20 0 0 60.00 5
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Drew Larman 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 7.10 6
R Derek Armstrong 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 14.50 6
R Sergei Brylin 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 16.20 7
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 3 2 2 0 2 -1 21.10 6
C Dany Roussin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 6
L Darcy Tucker 1 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 16.50 8
C Michal Handzus 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 17.30 8
C John Madden 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 7.10 7
R Alex Korolyuk 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 6
L Kyle Calder 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 -2 15.00 8
L Mike Fisher 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 1 20.30 8
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 14.50 7
D Thomas Hickey 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -1 14.30 6
D Bryan Allen 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 28.40 8
D Tom Preissing 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 17.20 6
D Rob Blake 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 -1 18.30 7
D Brad Stuart 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Cloutier 5 0 13 0 0 60.20 4
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jeff Tambellini
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Jason Spezza

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Radim Vrbata has marked a new career high in assists with 25 assists.
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Jason Spezza scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Jeff Tambellini has marked a new career high in goals with 7 tallies.
-Erik Johnson notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Michal Handzus scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Alex Korolyuk notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Kyle Calder notched his 10th assist of the season.
-John Madden had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Drew Larman fought Ian Laperriere in a fight.

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 13) , Manchester Monarchs 1( 30)
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1-0 NOR Dave Bolland (Dustin Byfuglien)
2-0 NOR Adam Burish (Martin St. Pierre)
2-1 MCH Tanner Glass (Karel Rachunek)

Goalies: Corey Crawford - Jason LaBarbera

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Washington Capitals 1 , Boston Bruins 4
Shots: 18 - 40
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:53/65=81 %, Challenges:26/31=81 %
PP: 0 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:79/93=84 %, Challenges:50/57=86 %
Attendance: 17785 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 825224 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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15:53 0-1 Phil Kessel [12] (Marco Sturm, Patrice Bergeron)
16:37 0-2 Phil Kessel [13] (Marco Sturm, Patrice Bergeron)
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21:43 0-3 Marco Sturm [15] (Zdeno Chara, Phil Kessel)
23:04 1-3 Joe Madden [4] (Mike Green, Karl Alzner)
23:39 1-4 Glen Murray [13] (Wacey Rabbit, Dennis Wideman)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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03:41 Eric Fehr (5 min for fighting)
03:41 Andrew Alberts (5 min for fighting)
06:08 Teddy Ruth (2 min for hooking)
11:51 Marc Savard (2 min for hooking)
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24:52 Zdeno Chara (2 min for tripping)
27:03 Mike Richards (2 min for tripping)
34:44 Ilkka Puurunen (2 min for holding the stick)
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43:47 Ilkka Puurunen (2 min for high-sticking)
48:25 Wacey Rabbit (2 min for elbowing)
51:31 Matt Lashoff (2 min for elbowing)
56:16 Jason Williams (2 min for high-sticking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Williams 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 9.10 5
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.20 6
R Ilkka Puurunen 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 8.50 7
R Eric Fehr 0 0 2 3 2 1 5 -3 19.20 5
C Scottie Upshall 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10.10 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.30 7
C Chris Bourque 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.50 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 -1 22.00 8
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9.10 5
L Joe Madden 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.10 5
L Martin Erat 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 15.00 4
L Mike Richards 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 20.30 7
D Sasha Pokulok 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
D Teddy Ruth 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -3 22.30 6
D Mike Green 0 1 4 3 0 3 0 0 24.20 8
D Karl Alzner 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 14.00 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 -2 28.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Deslauriers 4 0 36 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Johnson 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 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Glen Murray 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 14.40 8
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 16.30 8
R Phil Kessel 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 3 21.10 10
C Ben Walter 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 7
C Wacey Rabbit 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 8.50 7
C Marc Savard 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 -1 18.00 7
C Patrice Bergeron 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 3 21.00 8
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 12.10 7
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
L Nils Ekman 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 9.00 7
L Marco Sturm 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 3 20.00 8
D Dennis Wideman 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 16.00 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 29.50 9
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 9.20 7
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 29.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tim Thomas 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Al Montoya 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Phil Kessel
2nd star: Marco Sturm
3rd star: Patrice Bergeron

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Karl Alzner notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Karl Alzner ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Marco Sturm scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Phil Kessel ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Dennis Wideman ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Eric Fehr fought Andrew Alberts in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 4( 19) , Providence Bruins 4( 23)
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0-1 PRO Milan Lucic (Sergei Zinovjev, A.J. Thelen)
1-1 HER Brooks Laich (Petr Taticek)
2-1 HER Brooks Laich (Chris Clark)
2-2 PRO Jan Steber (Nicklas Bäckström)
2-3 PRO Martin Samuelsson (Sergei Zinovjev)
3-3 HER Boyd Gordon (Sean Collins, David Steckel)
3-4 PRO David Krejci (Kris Russell, Vladimír Sobotka)
4-4 HER Tom Poti (Chris Clark)

Goalies: Davis Parley - Carey Price

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Calgary Flames 1 , San Jose Sharks 1
Shots: 23 - 14
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:89/97=91 %, Challenges:2/55=3 %
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:84/105=80 %, Challenges:14/54=25 %
Attendance: 17139 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 831241 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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24:57 1-0 Alexander Radulov [20] (Daymond Langkow, Stephane Yelle)
38:21 1-1 Marian Hossa [15] (Patrick Marleau, Markus Näslund)
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Penalty summary:
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01:24 Daymond Langkow (2 min for holding the stick)
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31:26 Dustin Brown (2 min for roughing)
31:26 Karlis Skrastins (2 min for roughing)
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45:31 Stephane Yelle (2 min for hooking)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Konstantin Koltsov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.50 4
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 17.50 5
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 17.30 5
R Alexander Radulov 1 0 2 0 5 1 0 1 23.00 6
C Stephane Yelle 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 0 12.30 6
C Brandon Prust 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 -1 22.40 4
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 6.50 5
C Daymond Langkow 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 20.50 7
C Kevyn Adams 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Sean Avery 0 0 2 2 4 5 0 0 23.00 6
L Dustin Brown 0 0 2 2 5 2 2 -1 22.40 6
L Alexander Semin 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 10.20 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17.40 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -1 16.10 6
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 26.40 6
D David Hale 0 0 1 5 2 6 0 0 19.30 8
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 0 5 3 6 0 -1 22.50 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 1 4 3 4 0 1 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 1 0 13 0 0 65.00 8
G Tomas Vokoun 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lukas Kaspar 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 7.30 7
R Mike Grier 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 18.40 6
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 2 1 5 4 0 0 18.30 6
R Markus Näslund 0 1 1 0 6 4 0 0 20.30 5
C Nikolai Rozhestvensky 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.30 5
C Craig Conroy 0 0 1 2 2 6 0 0 18.40 6
C Saku Koivu 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 18.30 6
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 5 0 4 1 0 0 20.30 6
C Keven Veilleux 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 7.30 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 18.40 4
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 18.30 4
L Marian Hossa 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 20.30 7
D Jim Fahey 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 19.00 4
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 19.00 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 5 2 5 0 0 27.10 8
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 26.10 8
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 5
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 5 2 7 0 0 24.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 1 0 22 0 0 65.00 9
G Nolan Schaefer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Biron
2nd star: Alexander Radulov
3rd star: Marian Hossa

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Alexander Radulov scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Alexander Semin had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Dion Phaneuf had his 9 game point streak snapped.

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

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights 3( 31) , Worcester Sharks 2( 14)
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0-1 WOR Scott McCulloch (Jonathan Tremblay)
1-1 OMA Juuso Puustinen (Chris Neiszner)
2-1 OMA Roman Voloshenko (Derek Couture)
3-1 OMA Juuso Puustinen (Brett Palin)
3-2 WOR Ashton Rome (Mike Iggulden)

Goalies: Patrick Lalime - Thomas Greiss

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Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , New York Rangers 4
Shots: 19 - 28
PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:65/83=78 %, Challenges:27/34=77 %
PP: 0 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:71/85=83 %, Challenges:36/58=61 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 867650 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:01 0-1 Michal Rozsival [4] (Kyle Wellwood, Joe Barnes)
15:06 0-2 Joe Barnes [9] (Nathan Horton)
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28:02 0-3 Kyle Wellwood [23] (Nikolai Zherdev, Marc Staal)
29:48 1-3 Jim Slater [4] (Will Weber, Andrew Ference)
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47:43 1-4 Keith Tkachuk [14] (Fedor Tyutin, Mikko Koivu)
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Penalty summary:
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00:49 Alexandre Picard (2 min for tripping)
03:04 Nathan Horton (2 min for tripping)
05:11 Hugh Jessiman (2 min for tripping)
10:37 Alexander Svitov (5 min for fighting)
10:37 Hugh Jessiman (5 min for fighting)
17:42 Matthew Lombardi (2 min for elbowing)
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22:53 Bobby Ryan (2 min for high-sticking)
33:19 Hugh Jessiman (2 min for roughing)
33:19 Dan Fritsche (2 min for roughing)
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40:35 Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for slashing)
51:19 Ossi Väänänen (2 min for tripping)
51:58 Marc Staal (2 min for roughing)
51:58 Bobby Ryan (2 min for roughing)
53:41 Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for boarding)
56:52 Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for holding the stick)
59:42 Maxime Talbot (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.30 5
R Jaroslav Prospal 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.30 6
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21.00 6
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 0 3 2 1 4 -1 16.10 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 13.30 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 3 5 0 5 5 0 20.50 8
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 11.30 6
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 -1 10.50 6
L Erik Christensen 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 8.10 7
L Jim Slater 1 0 2 3 1 3 0 -2 15.30 9
L Jan Bulis 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 -1 13.30 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 20.50 7
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 23.30 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 27.50 8
D Will Weber 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Andrew Ference 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 17.20 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 16.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Lauri Korpikoski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Alex Bourret 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14.00 6
R Hugh Jessiman 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 -1 12.30 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 19.20 8
C Petr Prucha 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 14.40 7
C Joe Barnes 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 13.30 8
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 18.00 7
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 6.50 6
L Keith Tkachuk 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 15.50 7
R Nathan Horton 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 20.30 7
R Kyle Wellwood 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 20.50 8
D Curtis Murphy 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 14.20 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 26.10 7
D Marc Staal 0 1 1 0 5 0 2 2 21.40 5
D Fedor Tyutin 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.40 7
D Michal Rozsival 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 26.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Cristobal Huet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Barnes
2nd star: Kyle Wellwood
3rd star: Jim Slater

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Will Weber ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Marc Staal notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marc-André Bergeron had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Michal Rozsival ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Alexander Svitov beat Hugh Jessiman in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 9) , Hartford Wolf Pack 3( 28)
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0-1 HFD Ryan Callahan (Bobby Sanguinetti, Jarkko Immonen)
0-2 HFD Mitch Fritz (Hannu Pikkarainen)
1-2 SYR Petr Pohl (Raffaele Sannitz, Curtis Glencross)
1-3 HFD Mitch Fritz (Ryan Hollweg)
2-3 SYR Joakim Lindström (Andy Canzanello, Philippe Dupuis)

Goalies: Steve Mason - Chris Holt

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Minnesota Wild 3 , Montreal Canadiens 6
Shots: 25 - 30
PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:62/74=83 %, Challenges:34/47=70 %
PP: 3 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:63/82=76 %, Challenges:42/48=85 %
Attendance: 18064 of 18064 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 874297 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:02 1-0 Éric Bélanger [6] (Mark Parrish, Michael Ryder)
13:25 2-0 Chuck Kobasew [11] (Éric Bélanger)
19:08 2-1 Martin Havlat [14] (Joe Thornton)PP
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21:12 2-2 Joe Thornton [20] (Andrei Markov)
25:11 2-3 Guillaume Latendresse [26] (Joe Thornton, Brian Rafalski)PP
35:11 2-4 Joe Thornton [21] (Guillaume Latendresse, Stéphane Veilleux)PP
38:32 2-5 Steve Bégin [2] (Shane Doan)SH
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40:27 3-5 Mark Parrish [18] (Chuck Kobasew, Éric Bélanger)
49:16 3-6 Martin Havlat [15] (Joe Thornton, Mathieu Aubin)
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Penalty summary:
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03:25 Steve Bégin (2 min for high-sticking)
18:16 Ty Wishart (2 min for elbowing)
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24:16 Jay McKee (2 min for hooking)
25:29 Francis Lemieux (2 min for tripping)
32:06 Shane Doan (2 min for slashing)
34:18 Zbynek Michalek (2 min for slashing)
36:15 Mikael Backlund (2 min for slashing)
38:13 Francis Lemieux (2 min for tripping)
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44:22 Shane Doan (2 min for tripping)
59:07 Mark Parrish (2 min for hooking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Richard Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 4
R Mike Johnson 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 12.40 6
R Mark Parrish 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 1 18.50 8
R Michael Ryder 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
C Colton Gillies 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 7
C Mikael Backlund 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 11.50 6
C Chuck Kobasew 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 20.50 6
L Stanislav Strachota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Marcel Hossa 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -1 11.50 7
L Éric Bélanger 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 16.40 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 20.20 5
D Ty Wishart 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 11.20 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 23.00 5
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 4 2 1 2 -1 21.20 6
D Shawn Belle 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 21.00 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 19.00 8
D Brent Burns 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 -2 24.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 4 0 10 0 0 35.20 4
G Martin Gerber 2 0 14 0 0 24.40 6

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 7.10 6
C Brian Gionta 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 6
R Shane Doan 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 17.30 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 1 4 7 0 4 0 1 21.00 10
C Mathieu Aubin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.20 5
C Francis Lemieux 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13.50 6
C Garth Murray 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
C Joe Thornton 2 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 18.40 10
L Peter Sejna 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 7.20 6
L Steve Bégin 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 17.40 8
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 14.50 6
L Martin Havlat 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 21.00 9
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 16.50 8
D Andrei Markov 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 25.00 6
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 5 0 7 0 -1 17.20 8
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
D Brian Rafalski 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 -1 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Joe Palmer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Thornton
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Martin Havlat

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Michael Ryder notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Éric Bélanger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ryan Getzlaf had his 10 game point streak snapped.
-Éric Bélanger finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Andrei Kostitsyn had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Joe Thornton scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Andrei Markov notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Guillaume Latendresse notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Martin Havlat scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 9( 47) , Hamilton Bulldogs 1( 14)
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1-0 HOU Jeremy Williams (Ryan Stokes)
2-0 HOU Jeremy Williams (Chris Ovington)
3-0 HOU Eric Nystrom (Jeremy Williams, Clayton Stoner)
4-0 HOU André Lakos (Matt Foy)
5-0 HOU Matt Foy (Chris Ovington, Jeremy Williams)
6-0 HOU Dominic Moore
7-0 HOU Eric Nystrom (Jeremy Williams, Clayton Stoner)
8-0 HOU Wayne Primeau (Eric Nystrom)
9-0 HOU Eric Nystrom (Dominic Moore, Johnny Pohl)

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Dallas Stars 5 , New Jersey Devils 3
Shots: 23 - 36
PP: 2 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:29/37=76 %
PP: 0 of 6 (14 shots), Passing:72/81=88 %, Challenges:49/53=90 %
Attendance: 18000 of 18000 (American Airlines Center)
Ticket income: 801000 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:33 1-0 Jere Lehtinen [13] (Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier)
14:59 1-1 Barry Tallackson [6] (Johnny Oduya, Darryl Sydor)
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24:25 2-1 Pascal Dupuis [5] (Vincent Lecavalier)
24:55 2-2 Jarome Iginla [23] (Travis Zajac, Alexander Frolov)
28:49 2-3 Jarome Iginla [24] (Travis Zajac, Anze Kopitar)
37:12 3-3 Trevor Daley [5] (Antti Miettinen, Martin St. Louis)PP
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48:17 4-3 Antti Miettinen [18] (Vladimir Orszagh)
50:44 5-3 Philippe Boucher [7] (Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:27 Jarome Iginla (2 min for tripping)
09:09 Vladimir Orszagh (2 min for hooking)
12:11 Darryl Sydor (2 min for boarding)
19:18 Nolan Baumgartner (2 min for high-sticking)
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31:19 Todd Fedoruk (2 min for high-sticking)
35:33 Paul Martin (2 min for slashing)
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43:25 Mario Scalzo (2 min for hooking)
43:46 Stéphane Robidas (2 min for roughing)
43:46 Alexander Frolov (2 min for roughing)
49:27 Jarome Iginla (2 min for hooking)
54:17 Antti Miettinen (2 min for hooking)
56:43 Jarome Iginla (5 min for fighting)
56:43 Trevor Daley (5 min for fighting)
59:31 Philippe Boucher (2 min for high-sticking)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Konstantin Pushkarev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.10 6
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 15.00 7
R Jere Lehtinen 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 16.10 7
R Martin St. Louis 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.20 7
C Loui Eriksson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.10 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 15.30 6
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.40 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 -1 20.40 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 10.30 6
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 12.00 6
L Antti Miettinen 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 16.10 8
L Pascal Dupuis 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.00 7
D Mario Scalzo 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 12.20 5
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 19.30 7
D Philippe Boucher 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 -1 28.10 8
D Nolan Baumgartner 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11.40 6
D Trevor Daley 1 0 2 3 0 0 5 1 19.30 8
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 -1 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 3 0 33 0 0 60.00 9
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8.40 5
R Alexander Steen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.30 6
R Jarome Iginla 2 0 4 3 0 0 9 1 14.10 9
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 -2 20.40 7
C Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
C Michael Peca 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 10.10 6
C Travis Zajac 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 21.20 8
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -2 20.50 9
L Mike Hoeffel 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.40 7
L Barry Tallackson 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 9.30 8
L Alexander Frolov 0 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 18.10 8
L Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 -2 20.40 7
D Andy Greene 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 16.30 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 5
D Paul Martin 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 26.30 7
D Johnny Oduya 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 10.50 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 17.20 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 -2 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Krahn 5 0 18 0 0 60.00 4
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jarome Iginla
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Vincent Lecavalier

Notes for Dallas Stars:

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Travis Zajac notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marian Gaborik had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Marian Gaborik had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Jarome Iginla fought Trevor Daley in a fight.

Farm game result:
Iowa Stars 4( 21) , Lowell Devils 2( 24)
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1-0 IOW Steve Ott (Krys Barch, Matt Nickerson)
2-0 IOW Krys Barch (Steve Ott, Joel Lundqvist)
2-1 LOW Sean Zimmerman (Tuomas Pihlman, Justin Papineau)
3-1 IOW Jamie Tardif
3-2 LOW Justin Papineau (Tuomas Pihlman)
4-2 IOW Krys Barch (Joel Lundqvist)

Goalies: David McKee - Frank Doyle