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Buffalo Sabres 4 , New Jersey Devils 2
Shots: 30 - 22
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:35/55=62 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:34/55=60 %
Attendance: 11259 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 529173 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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17:26 1-0 Drew Stafford [3] (Daniel Paillé, Jochen Hecht)
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31:52 1-1 Brendan Shanahan [6] (Patrik Elias, Brian Rolston)
33:04 1-2 John Madden [5] (Dainius Zubrus, Brendan Shanahan)
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48:11 2-2 Maxim Afinogenov [7] (Tim Connolly, Derek Roy)
48:59 3-2 Tim Connolly [8] (Maxim Afinogenov, Jochen Hecht)
58:29 4-2 Jochen Hecht [8] (Tim Connolly) EN
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Penalty summary:
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06:46 Nicklas Bergfors (2 min for high-sticking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.50 4
R Drew Stafford 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 13.40 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 17.00 8
R Jason Pominville 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 20.30 7
C Luke Adam 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 8.50 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 1 13.40 7
C Tim Connolly 1 2 5 3 2 3 0 3 17.00 10
C Derek Roy 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 -1 20.30 8
L Adam Mair 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 8.50 5
L Daniel Paillé 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 6
L Jochen Hecht 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 3 17.00 8
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 20.30 6
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.50 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 18.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -2 26.50 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 18.30 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 5 1 4 0 3 18.10 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -2 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 7.40 7
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13.10 5
R Brian Gionta 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 -1 19.20 5
R Jeff Carter 0 0 3 3 3 2 0 -1 19.50 7
C Bobby Holik 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 7.40 5
C John Madden 1 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 13.10 8
C Patrik Elias 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 -1 17.50 8
C Brian Rolston 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 7.40 5
L Dainius Zubrus 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.10 7
L Brendan Shanahan 1 1 3 2 0 3 0 -1 19.20 8
L Zach Parisé 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.10 5
D Colin White 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 20.40 5
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 25.10 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.10 7
D Andy Greene 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 21.30 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 25.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 0 26 0 0 59.30 6
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tim Connolly
2nd star: Jochen Hecht
3rd star: Maxim Afinogenov

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Tim Connolly notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Drew Stafford finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
-Drew Stafford finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Patrik Elias notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brendan Shanahan notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brian Rolston had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Brendan Shanahan ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 28) , Albany River Rats 3( 20)
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1-0 ROC Joonas Vihko (Phillip Gogulla, Mike Card)
1-1 ALB Mike Mottau (Petr Vrana, Lauris Darzins)
1-2 ALB Jeff Hamilton (Alexandre Picard, Zach Tarkir)
1-3 ALB Eric Neilson (Ryan J. Murphy, Jari Viuhkola)
2-3 ROC Andrew Peters (Mike Weber)

Goalies: Adam Dennis - Frank Doyle

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Chicago Blackhawks 3 , Minnesota Wild 2
Shots: 29 - 26
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:58/65=89 %, Challenges:25/45=54 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/81=82 %, Challenges:36/54=65 %
Attendance: 6529 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 308169 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:42 0-1 Antti Miettinen [5] (Marek Zidlicky, Éric Bélanger)
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29:35 1-1 Martin Havlat [11] (Patrick Kane, Jason Spezza)
37:12 1-2 Marian Gaborik [15] (Brent Burns, Kim Johnsson)
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42:02 2-2 Jason Spezza [13] (Patrick Kane, Ben Eager)
49:16 3-2 Jussi Jokinen [4] (Pavel Vorobiev, Patrick Kane)
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Penalty summary:
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08:46 Dan Fritsche (2 min for roughing)
08:46 Brent Sopel (2 min for roughing)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ben Eager 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.10 5
R David Bolland 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 17.30 4
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
R Patrick Kane 0 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 19.40 8
C Adam Burish 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.10 5
C Jack Skille 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 18.20 7
C Jason Spezza 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 19.00 7
L Tim Brent 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 5.10 6
L Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 17.30 7
L Jussi Jokinen 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 8
L Martin Havlat 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 8
D Shawn Lalonde 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 17.00 6
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 18.40 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 24.20 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 17.20 5
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 1 19.10 8
D Brian Campbell 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 23.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Corey Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 8.00 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 -1 14.00 7
R Antti Miettinen 1 0 4 4 1 3 0 -1 17.40 9
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 20.20 9
C Colton Gillies 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
C James Sheppard 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -1 14.00 5
C Éric Bélanger 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 20.20 8
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 8.00 6
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 14.00 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 -1 17.40 5
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 20.20 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 16.30 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 16.20 5
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 27.10 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 14.30 4
D Marek Zidlicky 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 19.20 5
D Brent Burns 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Kane
2nd star: Jason Spezza
3rd star: Antti Miettinen

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Jussi Jokinen finally ended his 18 game goal drought.

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Marian Gaborik scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard had his 9 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 1( 21) , Houston Aeros 4( 17)
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0-1 HOU Serge Payer
0-2 HOU Joel Ward (Curtis Murphy, Serge Payer)
0-3 HOU Esa Pirnes (Morten Madsen)
1-3 NOR Petri Kontiola (Brennan Turner)
1-4 HOU Josh Olson (Bryan Lundbohm)

Goalies: Wade Flaherty - Nolan Schaefer

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Los Angeles Kings 5 , San Jose Sharks 2
Shots: 24 - 22
PP: 1 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:67/85=78 %, Challenges:29/46=61 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:73/87=83 %, Challenges:30/52=56 %
Attendance: 12059 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 523361 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:17 1-0 Anze Kopitar [10] (Alexander Frolov, Tom Preissing)PP
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27:12 1-1 Joe Thornton [12] (Jonathan Cheechoo)
28:25 2-1 Dustin Brown [9] (Jack Johnson)
36:22 2-2 Milan Michalek [6] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Joe Pavelski)
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49:58 3-2 Alexander Frolov [9] (Anze Kopitar, Michal Handzus)
52:58 4-2 Derek Armstrong [3] (Adam Comrie, Michal Handzus)
57:57 5-2 Jarret Stoll [8])
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Penalty summary:
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04:01 Marc-Édouard Vlasic (2 min for tripping)
13:11 Brian Boyle (2 min for tripping)
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53:52 Brian Boyle (2 min for hooking)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Robert Czarnik 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 7.00 4
R Derek Armstrong 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 15.40 6
R Justin Williams 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
R Dustin Brown 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 16.50 7
C Brian Boyle 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 -1 7.00 5
C Michal Handzus 0 2 2 4 0 7 0 1 15.40 10
C Jarret Stoll 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 18.00 9
C Anze Kopitar 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 19.20 8
L Raitis Ivanans 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 7.00 5
L Brad Richardson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 6
L Kyle Calder 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 17.50 7
L Alexander Frolov 1 1 4 3 4 3 0 2 19.20 9
D Colten Teubert 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 17.00 6
D Drew Doughty 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 5
D Tom Preissing 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 23.10 7
D Adam Comrie 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 15.50 5
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 23.20 7
D Jack Johnson 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 24.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Jonathan Quick 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 6
R Mike Grier 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 13.30 4
R Milan Michalek 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 20.00 9
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.20 6
C Justin Daniels 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 7.10 5
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 -1 13.30 5
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
C Joe Thornton 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 7
L Travis Moen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 4
L Logan Couture 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 13.30 6
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 18.10 6
L Joe Pavelski 0 1 5 0 4 0 0 -1 20.00 5
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 14.40 4
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 21.10 5
D Rob Blake 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 -1 24.10 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 -1 15.20 4
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 19.50 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 24.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 5 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Dmitri Pätzold 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michal Handzus
2nd star: Jarret Stoll
3rd star: Anze Kopitar

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Anze Kopitar scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Alexander Frolov notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 2( 22) , Cleveland Barons 3( 23)
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0-1 CLE Graham Mink (Lukas Kaspar, Doug Murray)
0-2 CLE Brad Staubitz (Derek Joslin, John Laliberte)
0-3 CLE Jamie McGinn (John Laliberte, Patrick Traverse)
1-3 MNC Petr Kanko (Andrew Ebbett, Trevor Lewis)
2-3 MNC Matt Ryan

Goalies: Pier-Olivier Pelletier - Brian Boucher

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Vancouver Canucks 3 , St. Louis Blues 1
Shots: 25 - 17
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:78/92=84 %, Challenges:27/55=48 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:68/84=80 %, Challenges:20/43=45 %
Attendance: 7622 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 368905 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:04 1-0 Kyle Wellwood [4] (Alexandre Burrows, Ryan Shannon)
15:21 2-0 Mats Sundin [6] (Steve Stamkos, Steve Bernier)
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45:35 2-1 Paul Kariya [9] (Keith Tkachuk, Eric Brewer)
58:08 3-1 Pavol Demitra [9] (Artem Chubarov, Kevin Bieksa)
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Penalty summary:
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23:46 Yan Stastny (2 min for roughing)
23:46 Ryan Kesler (2 min for roughing)
37:25 Ryan Kesler (2 min for hooking)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mason Raymond 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.30 7
R Alexandre Burrows 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 14.40 7
R Ryan Shannon 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Steve Stamkos 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 15.40 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 9.30 5
C Kyle Wellwood 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 14.40 8
C Pavol Demitra 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 17.30 8
C Mats Sundin 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 7
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 9.30 4
L Radim Vrbata 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 16.40 6
L Artem Chubarov 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 18.00 6
L Steve Bernier 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 17.50 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 16.20 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 20.00 6
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 21.30 7
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 15.00 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 23.30 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jonathan Filewich 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 4
R Dan Hinote 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 18.10 4
R David Backes 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 16.40 7
R Andy McDonald 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.20 5
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 7.50 4
C Yan Stastny 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 16.00 7
C Jay McClement 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
C Brad Boyes 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 -2 19.00 7
L Timofei Shishkanov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 7.50 5
L David Perron 0 0 1 4 2 7 0 0 18.10 8
L Keith Tkachuk 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 6
L Paul Kariya 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 -1 17.20 6
D Steven Wagner 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 -1 20.30 4
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15.10 6
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 -1 24.10 8
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23.50 5
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 15.50 6
D Eric Brewer 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 -2 20.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kyle Wellwood
2nd star: Pavol Demitra
3rd star: Mats Sundin

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Ryan Shannon has marked a new career high in points with 12 points.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 2( 25) , Worcester Icecats 0( 9)
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1-0 MAN Mike Keane (Darcy Hordichuk, Jason Krog)
2-0 MAN Jozef Balej (Ryan Johnson)

Goalies: Jason LaBarbera - Chris Mason