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Florida Panthers 1 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 17 - 36
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:51/67=76 %, Challenges:21/37=55 %
PP: 0 of 8 (17 shots), Passing:84/96=87 %, Challenges:43/56=75 %
Attendance: 6505 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 284919 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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22:26 0-1 Ilya Kovalchuk [27])
29:11 0-2 Ilya Kovalchuk [28])
39:34 1-2 David Vyborny [26] (Jay Bouwmeester, Vaclav Nedorost)
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58:57 1-3 Aleksey Morozov [26] (Jonathan Toews, Todd White) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:22 Ruslan Salei (2 min for hooking)
07:44 Ruslan Salei (2 min for elbowing)
12:14 John Hecimovic (2 min for roughing)
15:55 Ruslan Salei (2 min for hooking)
19:42 Geoff Platt (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:03 Ruslan Salei (2 min for tripping)
36:28 John Hecimovic (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:46 John Hecimovic (2 min for high-sticking)
50:47 Scott Jackson (2 min for high-sticking)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 4
R Mikhail Yakubov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 5
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.20 6
R David Vyborny 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 19.50 6
C Stefan Meyer 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5.50 5
C Geoff Platt 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 6.20 4
R John Hecimovic 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 10.10 5
C Vaclav Nedorost 0 1 3 1 5 0 0 -1 19.50 6
L David Booth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 20.10 5
L Gregory Campbell 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 20.40 5
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 22.30 5
D Branislav Mezei 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 8.40 4
D Martin Lojek 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 28.20 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 29.00 7
D Steve Montador 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 8.00 5
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 0 17.10 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 2 5 0 3 0 -1 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 33 0 0 59.30 9
G David Shantz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tony Salmelainen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
R Patrick Kane 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.10 5
R Aleksey Morozov 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 20.10 8
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 6.00 5
C Todd White 0 1 2 1 2 4 0 0 20.10 7
C Ryan Craig 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 3 20.30 9
L Eric Boulton 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 6.00 5
L Travis Fuller 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 5
L Jordan LaVallee 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 1 21.40 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 2 0 6 3 1 3 0 2 22.20 10
D Scott Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 9.30 5
D Mark Popovic 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 23.10 6
D Shea Weber 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 29.20 8
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 10.20 6
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22.40 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Holmqvist 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Danny Turple 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Aleksey Morozov
3rd star: Jonathan Toews

Notes for Florida Panthers:

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Aleksey Morozov has marked a new career high in goals with 26 tallies.
-Ilya Kovalchuk ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 2( 16) , Chicago Wolves 2( 18)
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1-0 LOU Cam Paddock (Matt Ellison, Joseph Crabb)
1-1 CHW Tommi Jäminki (Guillaume Desbiens, Richie Regehr)
2-1 LOU Greg Black (Viktor Bobrov)
2-2 CHW Alexandre Giroux

Goalies: Tyler Plante - Ondrej Pavelec


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Dallas Stars 3 , Philadelphia Flyers 1
Shots: 24 - 28
PP: 0 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:58/71=81 %, Challenges:28/46=59 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:67/88=76 %, Challenges:38/53=70 %
Attendance: 8852 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 393914 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:46 0-1 Dustin Brown [23] (Joffrey Lupul, Fredrik Norrena)
15:52 1-1 Jere Lehtinen [24] (Miroslav Satan, Antti Miettinen)
17:25 2-1 Niklas Hagman [6] (Brenden Morrow, Trevor Daley)
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31:29 3-1 Brenden Morrow [16] (Niklas Hagman)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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06:23 Bobby Holik (2 min for elbowing)
11:55 Braydon Coburn (2 min for roughing)
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22:12 Dustin Brown (2 min for cross-checking)
26:38 Jeff Halpern (2 min for boarding)
33:52 Daniel Brière (2 min for tripping)
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44:36 Dustin Brown (2 min for roughing)
50:57 Denis Gauthier (2 min for slashing)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Konstantin Pushkarev 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10.20 5
R Derek Armstrong 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 5
R Niklas Hagman 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 11.30 7
R Jere Lehtinen 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.40 6
C Loui Eriksson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8.20 5
C Bobby Holik 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 12.00 4
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 20.20 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 15.00 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 0 8.20 7
L Mike Knuble 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 14.10 6
L Brenden Morrow 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 15.50 8
L Miroslav Satan 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 21.40 7
D Nolan Baumgartner 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 13.50 5
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15.30 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 29.30 9
D Mark Fistric 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 16.10 7
D Trevor Daley 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 17.20 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 0 27 0 0 60.00 10
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stephen Gionta 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.30 6
L Krys Barch 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 9.50 5
R Dustin Brown 1 0 2 3 2 2 4 0 14.10 8
R Joffrey Lupul 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 21.00 7
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 9.30 6
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -1 10.50 6
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 17.30 6
C Mike Richards 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
L Triston Grant 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 8.50 6
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 19.20 7
L Simon Gagné 0 0 2 4 3 1 0 -1 19.10 7
D Ryan Parent 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 9.10 5
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 0 21.00 7
D Randy Jones 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 28.20 5
D Mike Rathje 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.30 6
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 20.00 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fredrik Norrena 3 1 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Rejean Beauchemin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Niklas Hagman
2nd star: Brenden Morrow
3rd star: Marty Turco

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Niklas Hagman finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Brenden Morrow finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Trevor Daley finally ended his 12 game point drought.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Scott Hartnell had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 1( 13) , Philadelphia Phantoms 0( 13)
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1-0 UTH B.J. Crombeen (Chris Conner)

Goalies: Dwayne Roloson - Martin Houle

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Carolina Hurricanes 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 25 - 20
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:67/80=83 %, Challenges:29/56=50 %
PP: 0 of 5 (3 shots), Passing:77/90=85 %, Challenges:28/55=50 %
Attendance: 15907 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 731722 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:25 1-0 David Legwand [20] (Ian White, Kenny Jönsson)
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32:48 1-1 Colby Armstrong [16] (Petr Sykora, Ryan Whitney)
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47:13 1-2 Sidney Crosby [28] (Erik Christensen, Marc-André Fleury)
47:43 2-2 Markus Näslund [21] (David Legwand)
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62:59 3-2 Patrick Marleau [26] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Milan Michalek)
Penalty summary:
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13:19 Kenny Jönsson (2 min for slashing)
14:39 Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for tripping)
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24:14 Valeri Bure (2 min for hooking)
36:04 Valeri Bure (2 min for hooking)
38:21 Evgeny Malkin (2 min for boarding)
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51:49 Ian White (2 min for high-sticking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Valeri Bure 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 7.10 5
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 21.50 7
R Cory Stillman 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5.00 5
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 -1 21.30 7
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 16.20 7
C David Legwand 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 12.40 9
C Patrick Marleau 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 18.50 6
L Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 8.20 5
L Scott Walker 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 15.30 6
L Markus Näslund 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 15.40 8
L Milan Michalek 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 -1 20.50 8
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 16.40 7
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 23.50 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 9 4 9 0 -1 29.00 8
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 18.40 6
D Ian White 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 12.30 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 -1 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 2 0 18 0 0 63.00 8
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Kelly Dabrowski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 5
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 13.40 8
R Colby Armstrong 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 19.20 8
R Petr Sykora 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 -1 22.40 7
C Erik Christensen 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6.20 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 14.40 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 20.20 5
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 22.40 7
L Stanislav Strachota 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6.20 4
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 13.40 6
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 -1 19.00 6
L Evgeny Malkin 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 22.00 6
D Alex Grant 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 15.40 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 15.40 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 28.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17.30 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 17.50 5
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 2 6 1 5 0 -1 30.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 1 22 0 0 63.00 6
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Legwand
2nd star: Patrick Marleau
3rd star: Markus Näslund

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-David Legwand has marked a new career high in goals with 20 tallies.
-David Legwand scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Ryan Whitney has marked a new career high in assists with 34 assists.
-Colby Armstrong ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Evgeny Malkin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Evgeny Malkin had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 1( 16) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 18)
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0-1 WIL Jeff Taffe (Corey Potter)
1-1 LOW Kristofer Persson (Ivan Khomutov)
1-2 WIL Jani Rita (Milan Kraft)
1-3 WIL Bill Kinkel (Jonathan Filewich, Jeff Taffe)

Goalies: Kevin Nastiuk - Patrick Ehelechner



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New Jersey Devils 2 , Vancouver Canucks 2
Shots: 20 - 24
PP: 0 of 6 (5 shots), Passing:82/97=84 %, Challenges:33/55=58 %
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:65/92=70 %, Challenges:21/37=55 %
Attendance: 9589 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 464107 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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04:13 1-0 Dainius Zubrus [5] (Christian Ehrhoff, Mark Fraser)
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29:03 1-1 Jozef Balej [9] (Shawn Horcoff, Joni Pitkänen)
29:34 2-1 Jay Pandolfo [2] (Sami Salo, Marc-Édouard Vlasic)
36:51 2-2 Ryan Kesler [18] (Shawn Horcoff, Kevin Bieksa)SH
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Penalty summary:
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13:07 Andrew Cogliano (2 min for tripping)
15:22 Richard Zednik (2 min for tripping)
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22:51 Jason Jaffray (2 min for tripping)
25:37 Nicklas Bergfors (2 min for elbowing)
28:29 Ryane Clowe (5 min for fighting)
28:29 Alexandre Burrows (5 min for fighting)
35:56 Rick Rypien (2 min for slashing)
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44:36 Jannik Hansen (2 min for high-sticking)
46:36 Jay Pandolfo (2 min for roughing)
52:45 Mattias Öhlund (2 min for tripping)
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63:33 Willie Mitchell (2 min for hooking)

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Richard Zednik 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 12.20 5
L Barry Tallackson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.30 4
R Sergei Brylin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 5
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 3 5 1 5 5 -1 21.40 9
C Radek Bonk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 5
C Petr Vrana 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18.00 7
C Joe Barnes 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 23.30 6
C Zach Parisé 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 6
R Dainius Zubrus 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5.20 6
R Marc-André Cliche 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.30 7
L Jay Pandolfo 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 22.40 7
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 -1 18.40 6
D Mark Fraser 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 -1 23.40 4
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23.40 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 24.10 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 13.50 6
D Sami Salo 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 24.30 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 22 0 0 65.00 8
G Sébastien Caron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jannik Hansen 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 8.20 7
R Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 5
R Jozef Balej 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 14.00 7
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 14.10 7
C Andrew Cogliano 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 8.20 6
C Rick Rypien 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 12.10 6
C Ryan Kesler 1 0 3 4 0 3 0 1 22.10 9
C Shawn Horcoff 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.30 8
L Brad Isbister 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 8.20 7
L Jason Jaffray 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.10 5
L Matt Cooke 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 24.20 7
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 4 3 4 0 0 21.20 7
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 12.40 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 17.10 6
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 1 5 2 5 0 -1 28.50 8
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 17.10 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 24.30 7
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 30.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 2 0 18 0 0 65.00 8
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Kesler
2nd star: Jozef Balej
3rd star: Shawn Horcoff

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Dainius Zubrus finally ended his 20 game goal drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:

Other notes:
-Ryane Clowe beat Alexandre Burrows in a fight.

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 4( 16) , Manitoba Moose 0(
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1-0 ALB Justin Papineau (Zach Tarkir, Jordan Parisé)
2-0 ALB Karel Rachunek (Artem Chubarov, Petr Kanko)
3-0 ALB Stéphane Veilleux (Karel Rachunek, Petr Kanko)
4-0 ALB Zach Tarkir (Justin Papineau, Matt Halischuk)

Goalies: Jordan Parisé - Scott Munroe