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Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 29 - 26
PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:68/92=73 %, Challenges:30/53=55 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:71/85=83 %, Challenges:21/58=35 %
Attendance: 13557 of 17174 (Arrowhead Pond)
Ticket income: 642602 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:16 1-0 Ryan Getzlaf [30] (Dustin Penner, Josef Vasicek)
08:57 2-0 Chris Kunitz [15] (Corey Perry, Andy McDonald)PP
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29:37 2-1 Gilbert Brulé [24] (Nikolai Zherdev)
33:06 2-2 Nikolai Zherdev [20] (Rick Nash, Alexandre Picard)
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47:55 2-3 Rick Nash [30] (Gilbert Brulé)
49:51 3-3 Chris Kunitz [16] (Corey Perry, Petteri Wirtanen)
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Penalty summary:
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07:59 Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
18:01 Gilbert Brulé (2 min for tripping)
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57:55 Ron Hainsey (5 min for attempt to injury)
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64:15 Gilbert Brulé (2 min for holding the stick)

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason King 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 6.00 4
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -2 14.50 6
R Dustin Penner 0 1 3 5 4 5 0 0 22.20 7
R Andy McDonald 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 22.00 7
C Petteri Wirtanen 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 6.00 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 -2 14.50 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 1 0 5 4 0 4 0 0 22.20 9
C Corey Perry 0 2 5 1 2 2 0 1 22.00 9
L Travis Moen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 4
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 14.50 4
L Josef Vasicek 0 1 3 3 2 4 0 0 25.40 6
L Chris Kunitz 2 0 4 3 2 3 0 1 18.40 9
D John de Gray 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 15.30 5
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 -1 17.50 7
D François Beauchemin 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 1 26.40 7
D Clay Wilson 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 19.40 5
D Maxim Kondratiev 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 24.00 6
D Wade Redden 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 3 0 23 0 0 65.00 6
G Ilya Bryzgalov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jody Shelley 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9.20 5
R Nathan Horton 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 14.00 6
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 15.00 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 3 1 2 0 2 3 16.40 8
C Alex Bourret 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9.20 5
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 -1 20.20 4
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 -1 15.40 5
C Gilbert Brulé 1 1 1 1 2 0 4 3 19.50 8
L Alexandre Picard 0 1 2 4 1 4 0 0 9.20 7
L Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 -1 14.00 7
L Rostislav Olesz 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -1 20.10 7
L Rick Nash 1 1 5 4 2 2 0 3 21.40 10
D Filip Novak 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 -1 14.00 4
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 4 2 2 5 -1 18.00 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 30.10 6
D Will Weber 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 20.30 5
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 15.30 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 3 32.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 26 0 0 65.00 7
G Adam Munro 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Kunitz
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Ryan Getzlaf has marked a new career high in goals with 30 tallies.
-Ryan Getzlaf scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Chris Kunitz scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Corey Perry notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Andy McDonald had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Rick Nash scored his 30th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 1( 22) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 18)
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0-1 SYR Zenon Konopka (Maxim Rybin, Shaun Landolt)
0-2 SYR Shaun Landolt (Libor Pivko, Marc Methot)
1-2 CIN Jon Francisco (Linus Persson)
1-3 SYR Zenon Konopka (Shaun Landolt)

Goalies: Gerald Coleman - Steve Mason

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Washington Capitals 3 , Florida Panthers 1
Shots: 19 - 19
PP: 1 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:69/90=76 %, Challenges:38/51=73 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:65/82=79 %, Challenges:25/38=64 %
Attendance: 6461 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 299790 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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17:48 1-0 Michael Nylander [17] (Alexander Ovechkin)
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33:14 1-1 Radek Dvorak [11] (John Hecimovic, Gregory Campbell)
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55:58 2-1 Viktor Kozlov [18] (Alexander Ovechkin, Michael Nylander)PP
58:36 3-1 Karl Alzner [4] (Marco Sturm, Alexander Ovechkin)
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Penalty summary:
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11:47 Ruslan Salei (2 min for cross-checking)
18:52 Jason Chimera (2 min for slashing)
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41:16 Matt Bradley (5 min for fighting)
41:16 Branislav Mezei (5 min for fighting)
41:52 Marco Sturm (2 min for diving)
50:12 Tomas Fleischmann (5 min for fighting)
50:12 Branislav Mezei (5 min for fighting)
55:35 John Hecimovic (2 min for cross-checking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Matt Bradley 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 -1 13.20 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 19.00 7
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6.30 5
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 -1 15.50 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 18.10 6
C Michael Nylander 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 6
L Marco Sturm 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 18.10 5
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 18.30 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 19.40 5
D Karl Alzner 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 16.50 7
D Mike Green 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 22.50 6
D Sasha Pokulok 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 15.00 6
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 20.00 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 5 2 4 0 0 25.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Al Montoya 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 5
R Mikhail Yakubov 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 14.50 4
R Radek Dvorak 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 19.00 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 19.00 7
C Stefan Meyer 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 7.00 5
C Geoff Platt 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13.40 5
R John Hecimovic 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 15.20 5
C Vaclav Nedorost 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 18.20 4
L David Booth 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 7.00 5
L Jason Chimera 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1 14.50 5
L Gregory Campbell 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 18.20 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 5
D Branislav Mezei 0 0 2 1 0 1 10 0 13.10 6
D Martin Lojek 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 20.40 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 28.50 6
D Steve Montador 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 14.50 7
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 19.20 5
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 24.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 16 0 0 60.00 5
G David Shantz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Nylander
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Viktor Kozlov

Notes for Washington Capitals:

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-John Hecimovic ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Branislav Mezei beat Matt Bradley in a fight.
-Branislav Mezei beat Tomas Fleischmann in a fight.

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 13) , Louisville Panthers 0( 17)
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1-0 POR Petr Taticek (Adam Pineault, Shaone Morrisonn)
2-0 POR Mathieu Roy (Adam Pineault)
3-0 POR Mathieu Roy (Warren Peters, David Lundbohm)

Goalies: Olaf Kölzig - Tyler Plante



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Colorado Avalanche 3 , St. Louis Blues 1
Shots: 33 - 25
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:59/67=88 %, Challenges:39/60=63 %
PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:78/91=85 %, Challenges:17/40=41 %
Attendance: 18129 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 781360 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:44 1-0 Dion Phaneuf [7])
15:11 1-1 D.J. King [3] (Barret Jackman, Eric Brewer)
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38:55 2-1 Brian Gionta [10] (Mike Comrie, Alexei Ponikarovsky)
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42:29 3-1 Patrik Elias [18] (Vitaly Vishnevski)
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Penalty summary:
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04:19 Mike Comrie (2 min for boarding)
11:35 Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for slashing)
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23:57 Steve Regier (2 min for roughing)
30:31 Kyle Wellwood (2 min for cross-checking)
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47:45 Mathieu Melanson (2 min for hooking)
50:03 Brad Boyes (2 min for tripping)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.00 7
R Brian Gionta 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 18.20 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 20.10 7
R Patrice Bergeron 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 20.20 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 7.00 6
C Mike Comrie 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 9.40 7
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 17.30 7
C Paul Stastny 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 21.00 6
L Mathieu Melanson 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 7.00 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 14.40 7
L Patrik Elias 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 16.10 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 4 3 2 3 0 0 20.40 8
D Ryan Suter 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 11.00 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 20.20 8
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 28.10 9
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.20 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14.50 6
D Dion Phaneuf 1 0 6 2 3 2 0 0 25.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Hinote 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6.00 4
L Steve Regier 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 15.20 6
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 2 6 2 3 0 0 21.00 8
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 20.00 6
C Yan Stastny 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6.00 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -2 12.40 7
C Jay McClement 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18.10 5
C Brad Boyes 0 0 4 2 2 1 2 -1 20.50 8
L D.J. King 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6.00 6
L Timofei Shishkanov 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -2 10.40 4
L Hnat Domenichelli 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18.30 5
L Paul Kariya 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.30 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -2 11.30 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 20.10 6
D Eric Brewer 0 1 0 5 3 3 0 0 28.10 7
D Barret Jackman 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.50 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 19.20 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 3 5 0 5 0 -1 29.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Schwarz 3 0 30 0 0 60.00 9
G Manny Legace 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Gionta
2nd star: Patrik Elias
3rd star: Vitaly Vishnevski

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Brian Gionta scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Brian Gionta finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
-Dion Phaneuf finally ended his 24 game goal drought.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 1( 26) , Worcester Icecats 1( 11)
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0-1 WOR Tomas Mojzis (Ryan Ramsay, Byron Bitz)
1-1 HER Kirill Sidorenko (David Van Der Gulik)

Goalies: Vitaly Kolesnik - Hannu Toivonen

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Toronto Maple Leafs 3 , Montreal Canadiens 1
Shots: 21 - 20
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:60/72=83 %, Challenges:41/64=63 %
PP: 0 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:74/82=90 %, Challenges:24/44=53 %
Attendance: 18819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 863792 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:18 1-0 Martin St. Louis [21] (Alexander Steen, Bryan McCabe)PP
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34:03 1-1 Andrei Markov [9] (Mathieu Aubin, Guillaume Latendresse)
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47:16 2-1 Martin St. Louis [22] (Alexander Steen)
57:31 3-1 Martin St. Louis [23] (Alexander Steen, Dan Boyle)
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Penalty summary:
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08:07 Ales Kotalik (2 min for elbowing)
11:55 Andrei Markov (2 min for slashing)
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21:49 Sergei Samsonov (2 min for hooking)
25:15 Dan Boyle (2 min for high-sticking)
31:54 Ray Whitney (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 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 14.30 7
R Erik Cole 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
R Martin St. Louis 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 18.20 10
C Dustin Boyd 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 -1 13.50 6
C Phil Kessel 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 15.00 7
C Travis Zajac 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 -1 15.40 6
C Alexander Steen 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 18.30 9
L Mark Bell 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 14.10 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 15.00 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.40 6
L Ray Whitney 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 18.20 6
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.00 6
D Curtis Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 1 6 2 2 2 2 27.30 9
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 0 20.10 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -2 14.10 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 0 2 5 2 0 2 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 10.30 8
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 0 7 1 5 0 0 14.10 8
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 15.30 6
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 15.40 6
C Mathieu Aubin 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 14.00 7
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 12.20 6
C Saku Koivu 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
C Chris Higgins 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 16.40 5
L Steve Bégin 0 0 3 6 5 3 0 -1 13.20 7
L Tomas Plekanec 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12.50 6
L Marian Hossa 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18.40 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 3 8 0 5 0 -1 18.00 10
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 16.30 8
D Brendan Bell 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 23.40 5
D David Hale 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.30 5
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 24.30 7
D Andrei Markov 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 18.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin St. Louis
2nd star: Alexander Steen
3rd star: Dan Boyle

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Alexander Steen has marked a new career high in assists with 33 assists.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 2( 31) , Quebec Citadelles 1( 9)
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1-0 SJM Wade Belak (Kris Newbury)
1-1 QUE Sergei Kostitsyn (Francis Lemieux, Gregory Stewart)
2-1 SJM John Mitchell

Goalies: Mike Morrison - Yann Danis


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Atlanta Thrashers 1 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 28 - 25
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:69/82=84 %, Challenges:33/55=58 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:63/81=77 %, Challenges:35/54=63 %
Attendance: 6905 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 326607 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:25 0-1 Jordan Staal [14] (Ryan Malone)
18:36 1-1 Ilya Kovalchuk [24] (Jonathan Toews, Vernon Fiddler)
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29:56 1-2 Ryan Malone [12] (Jordan Staal, Colby Armstrong)
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Penalty summary:
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24:28 Ryan Malone (2 min for tripping)
34:31 Ryan Craig (2 min for holding the stick)
36:58 Sidney Crosby (2 min for holding the stick)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tony Salmelainen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 5
R Patrick Kane 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.30 6
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -2 15.50 5
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 20.50 7
C Vernon Fiddler 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 8.40 6
C Todd White 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 15.30 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 5 2 0 2 -2 16.20 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 19.10 7
L Eric Boulton 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
L Travis Fuller 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11.30 5
L Jordan LaVallee 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 20.30 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 19.20 9
D Scott Jackson 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 12.00 7
D Mark Popovic 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 19.50 6
D Shea Weber 0 0 0 7 2 7 0 1 27.40 9
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 13.10 5
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 21.20 6
D Cam Barker 0 0 2 4 3 2 0 1 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Holmqvist 2 0 23 0 0 59.20 8
G Danny Turple 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 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 6 1 6 0 0 13.00 8
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 2 18.30 8
R Petr Sykora 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.20 6
C Erik Christensen 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 7.00 5
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15.00 7
C Jordan Staal 1 1 5 2 0 2 0 2 20.00 10
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 -1 20.10 6
L Stanislav Strachota 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 7.00 5
L Sean Avery 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 12.50 6
L Ryan Malone 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 15.40 8
L Evgeny Malkin 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -1 19.30 7
D Alex Grant 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.50 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 18.30 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 27.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.50 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18.30 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 27 0 0 60.00 10
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jordan Staal
2nd star: Marc-André Fleury
3rd star: Ryan Malone

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Jordan Staal ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 2( 20) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 14)
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1-0 CHW Colin McDonald (Richie Regehr, Alexandre Giroux)
1-1 WIL Jeff Taffe (Paul Bissonnette, Matthew Hansen)
2-1 CHW Jens Karlsson (Scott Lehman, Markus Kink)

Goalies: Ondrej Pavelec - Patrick Ehelechner

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Ottawa Senators 3 , New York Islanders 0
Shots: 31 - 9
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:75/89=84 %, Challenges:25/60=41 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:60/82=73 %, Challenges:21/35=58 %
Attendance: 9790 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 492437 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:55 1-0 Christoph Schubert [5] (Anton Volchenkov, Pavol Demitra)PP
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36:24 2-0 Mikko Koivu [11] (Nick Foligno, Christoph Schubert)
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44:49 3-0 Pavol Demitra [24] (Marc-André Bergeron, Chris Pronger)
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Penalty summary:
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10:33 Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for hooking)
17:06 Milan Lucic (2 min for holding the stick)
18:53 Mark Katic (2 min for elbowing)
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30:31 Keith Tkachuk (2 min for slashing)
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55:37 Michal Barinka (2 min for elbowing)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Chris Kelly 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 5
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 13.00 6
R Brian McGrattan 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 16.40 6
R Dany Heatley 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 21.10 5
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 5
C Mikko Koivu 1 0 1 3 5 3 0 1 16.30 6
C Pavol Demitra 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 15.50 9
C Jason Spezza 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 21.40 7
L Chris Neil 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Nick Foligno 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 13.00 5
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 14.50 6
L Peter Forsberg 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 20.20 6
D Michal Barinka 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 13.40 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 1 15.40 5
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 24.20 7
D Christoph Schubert 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 18.50 8
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 18.10 7
D Chris Pronger 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 0 0 9 0 0 60.00 8
G Jeff Glass 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.00 6
R Jesse Joensuu 0 0 2 4 1 7 0 -1 18.30 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 5
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 18.50 7
C German Krivelyov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
C Tomás Marcinko 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 18.30 5
C Derick Brassard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.50 5
C Wacey Rabbit 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
L Kyle Chipchura 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 6
L Milan Lucic 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 14.10 6
R Lars-Erik Mikkelsson 0 0 1 5 3 5 0 -1 17.40 8
L Alexander Semin 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 21.20 5
D Mark Katic 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 16.00 4
D Aaron Johnson 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 22.40 6
D Claude Cadieux 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -1 20.30 4
D Wes O'Neill 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 15.10 4
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 4 4 4 0 -1 24.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Kurt Mucha 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ray Emery
2nd star: Pavol Demitra
3rd star: Christoph Schubert

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Mikko Koivu finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Mikko Koivu finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Nick Foligno ended his 7 game point drought.
-Christoph Schubert finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Notes for New York Islanders:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 34) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1( 11)
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1-0 GRD David Rohlfs (Tomás Kudelka, Cody Bass)
1-1 BRG Darryl Bootland (Johan Björk, Masi Marjamäki)
2-1 GRD David Rohlfs (Cody Bass)

Goalies: Brian Elliott - Wade Dubielewicz
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Philadelphia Flyers 3 , Tampa Bay Lightning 0
Shots: 29 - 16
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:65/74=87 %, Challenges:44/59=73 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:65/82=79 %, Challenges:26/44=57 %
Attendance: 8651 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 390159 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:45 1-0 Sami Kapanen [5] (James Van Riemsdyk)
17:03 2-0 Simon Gagné [21] (Daniel Brière, Braydon Coburn)PP
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36:14 3-0 Daniel Brière [14] (Dustin Brown, Simon Gagné)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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09:32 Dan Paillé (2 min for hooking)
16:33 Johnny Pohl (2 min for high-sticking)
18:44 Denis Gauthier (2 min for hooking)
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21:03 Triston Grant (2 min for roughing)
21:03 Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for roughing)
32:37 Kevin Croxton (2 min for slashing)
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43:46 Triston Grant (2 min for hooking)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stephen Gionta 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Krys Barch 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 15.40 6
R Dustin Brown 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 18.20 9
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 18.10 6
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5.50 5
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 15.50 7
C Daniel Brière 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 8
C Mike Richards 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 18.50 7
L Triston Grant 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 6.00 5
L Sami Kapanen 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 15.40 6
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 19.20 8
L Simon Gagné 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.30 9
D Ryan Parent 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.00 5
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 23.10 6
D Randy Jones 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 25.50 4
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 5
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 21.10 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 16 0 0 60.00 9
G Rejean Beauchemin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Frattin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 4
R Johnny Pohl 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 14.40 5
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 16.10 5
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 -1 18.00 6
C Kevin Croxton 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 6.40 5
C Blair Jones 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14.40 4
C Jim Slater 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 6
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 18.10 6
L Dan Paillé 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 6.40 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 -1 15.10 5
L Mike Johnson 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 20.50 6
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 20.10 7
D Mike Funk 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 15.10 7
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 -1 17.10 5
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -1 24.10 6
D Anton Strålman 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16.40 4
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 24.20 5
D Filip Kuba 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 -1 22.30 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Fredrik Norrena
2nd star: Daniel Brière
3rd star: Simon Gagné

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-James Van Riemsdyk finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Sami Kapanen finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Sami Kapanen finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 1( 20) , Detroit Vipers 3( 18)
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1-0 PHL Denis Tolpeko (Claude Giroux, Chris Ovington)
1-1 DTV Dmitri Kazionov (Ryan Hamilton)
1-2 DTV Mike Lundin (Tim Taylor, Stanislav Lascek)
1-3 DTV Tim Taylor (Marek Kvapil, Andy Rogers)

Goalies: Martin Houle - Jonathan Boutin

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Boston Bruins 3 , San Jose Sharks 0
Shots: 23 - 22
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:56/73=76 %, Challenges:27/43=61 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:67/84=79 %, Challenges:27/45=58 %
Attendance: 6546 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 288024 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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23:42 1-0 Patrick O'Sullivan [4] (Brian Boyle, Marek Svatos)
36:51 2-0 Marek Svatos [22] (Matt Stajan, John-Michael Liles)
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49:22 3-0 Rene Bourque [12] (Josh Hennessy, Matt Stajan)
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Penalty summary:
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01:58 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
06:01 Andrew Ladd (2 min for slashing)
11:22 Marcel Goc (2 min for roughing)
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24:12 Tim Gleason (2 min for roughing)
24:12 Brian Boyle (2 min for roughing)
29:32 David Moss (5 min for fighting)
29:32 Steve Bernier (5 min for fighting)
38:45 Joe Pavelski (2 min for cross-checking)
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43:03 Ossi Väänänen (2 min for high-sticking)
46:43 Konstantin Glazachev (2 min for hooking)
50:33 Konstantin Glazachev (2 min for slashing)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Comeau 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.10 6
L David Moss 0 0 2 1 5 1 5 1 17.00 5
C Brian Boyle 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 9.00 7
R Marek Svatos 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 14.50 8
C T.J. Hensick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 5
C Josh Hennessy 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 17.20 6
C Patrick O'Sullivan 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 14.10 6
C Matt Stajan 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 15.50 8
L Konstantin Glazachev 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 13.00 4
L Rene Bourque 1 0 3 5 0 4 0 1 20.20 8
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 18.10 5
R Robin Figren 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 13.20 5
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 18.30 5
D Cody Franson 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 17.30 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 23.10 7
D Adam McQuaid 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 23.40 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14.10 5
D John-Michael Liles 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 22.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 22 0 0 60.00 10
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Zack Stortini 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 5
R Steve Bernier 0 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 11.00 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -3 15.50 6
R Andrew Ladd 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 19.40 7
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 13.40 5
C Marcel Goc 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 11.10 6
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 12.30 5
C Eric Staal 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 -1 20.00 7
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
L Kris Beech 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13.40 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 16.40 5
L Alexander Radulov 0 0 1 4 3 3 0 -1 19.30 7
D Tarek Hill 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.40 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 15.30 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 -1 25.10 5
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 18.00 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -3 19.30 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Taylor Dakers 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tuukka Rask
2nd star: Marek Svatos
3rd star: Patrick O'Sullivan

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Marek Svatos notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:

Other notes:
-David Moss beat Steve Bernier in a fight.

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 3( 24) , Cleveland Barons 0( 7)
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1-0 PRO Chris Collins (Yuri Alexandrov, Stephen Dixon)
2-0 PRO Martin Samuelsson (Stephen Dixon)
3-0 PRO Scott Polaski (Bill Sweatt, Brett Skinner)

Goalies: Jordan Sigalet - Thomas Greiss..

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Calgary Flames 2 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 19 - 23
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:62/80=77 %, Challenges:31/49=62 %
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:82/97=84 %, Challenges:25/41=59 %
Attendance: 7167 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 347599 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:41 0-1 Paul Ranger [2] (Danny Syvret, Derek Roy)
17:46 0-2 Milan Hejduk [19] (Derek Roy, Tomas Kaberle)PP
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31:39 1-2 Eric Godard [2] (Brett Clark, Tom Preissing)
33:04 2-2 Jarome Iginla [31] (Jochen Hecht, Adrian Aucoin)
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48:43 2-3 Wojtek Wolski [17] (Tim Connolly)
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Penalty summary:
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02:22 Andrew Ference (2 min for roughing)
02:22 Marek Zidlicky (2 min for roughing)
03:15 Kristian Huselius (2 min for hooking)
08:05 Tim Connolly (2 min for tripping)
15:58 Derek Couture (2 min for roughing)
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26:08 Matthew Lombardi (2 min for hooking)
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44:54 Jochen Hecht (2 min for slashing)
58:27 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for tripping)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derek Couture 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.50 5
R Eric Godard 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 13.30 8
R Kyle Calder 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 17.40 6
R Jarome Iginla 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
C Craig Conroy 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 9.40 6
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 19.00 6
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 11.30 5
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 17.40 6
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.50 4
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 16.00 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.50 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 17.00 7
D Brett Clark 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 15.50 5
D Tom Preissing 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 13.20 7
D Adrian Aucoin 0 1 2 4 1 2 0 0 25.30 8
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 13.20 5
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -1 24.20 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Krahn 3 0 20 0 0 58.30 6
G Leland Irving 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 5.40 4
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 14.30 5
R Milan Hejduk 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.00 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 20.10 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 6.20 5
C Derek Roy 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
C Nik Antropov 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 17.40 7
C Tim Connolly 0 1 4 4 1 0 2 1 19.50 7
R Jeremy Williams 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.40 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 11.30 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 21.20 7
L Wojtek Wolski 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 20.30 8
D Danny Syvret 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 13.40 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 20.40 5
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 5 2 4 0 1 25.40 7
D Paul Ranger 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 14.50 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 17.10 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 28.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Milan Hejduk
2nd star: Derek Roy
3rd star: Wojtek Wolski

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Brett Clark finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Zdeno Chara had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Danny Syvret notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Paul Ranger ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 7( 42) , Rochester Americans 1( 9)
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1-0 SJF Andrei Taratukhin (Darren Reid, Brett Palin)
2-0 SJF Zdenek Blatny (Brandon Prust)
3-0 SJF Owen Fussey (Brandon Prust)
3-1 ROC Ryan Rorabeck (Joonas Vihko, Deryk Engelland)
4-1 SJF Owen Fussey (Brandon Prust)
5-1 SJF Ryan Flinn (Wayne Primeau)
6-1 SJF Ryan Donally (Andrei Taratukhin)
7-1 SJF Owen Fussey (Brandon Prust, Curtis McElhinney)

Goalies: Curtis McElhinney - Adam Dennis