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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 28 - 19
PP: 2 of 6 (15 shots), Passing:72/92=78 %, Challenges:31/53=57 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:59/82=71 %, Challenges:26/48=53 %
Attendance: 7399 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 352193 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:45 0-1 Ilya Kovalchuk [14] (Jason Williams)
19:44 1-1 Sergei Gonchar [3] (Philippe Boucher, Sidney Crosby)PP
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35:18 2-1 Evgeny Malkin [12] (Sergei Gonchar, Philippe Boucher)PP
39:17 3-1 Kris Beech [2] (Miroslav Satan)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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02:33 Kris Beech (2 min for tripping)
19:39 Angelo Esposito (2 min for boarding)
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29:44 Eric Boulton (2 min for elbowing)
34:15 Rich Peverly (2 min for cross-checking)
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45:38 Rich Peverly (2 min for holding the stick)
48:21 Guillaume Desbiens (2 min for holding the stick)
51:38 Guillaume Desbiens (2 min for slashing)
51:38 Guillaume Desbiens (10 min misconduct)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 4
R Glen Murray 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 14.50 7
R Petr Sykora 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 1 19.40 7
R Anson Carter 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 16.40 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 7.50 6
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 5
C Kris Beech 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 12.20 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 21.30 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 7.50 4
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 14.30 6
L Miroslav Satan 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 16.10 7
L Evgeny Malkin 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 21.30 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 14.50 6
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 14.20 5
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 -1 21.30 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 5 1 7 0 -1 18.00 8
D Philippe Boucher 0 2 2 3 2 2 0 1 22.20 8
D Sergei Gonchar 1 1 8 1 1 1 0 0 29.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Guillaume Desbiens 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 6.00 5
R Eric Boulton 0 0 1 4 2 4 2 0 17.40 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 6 3 6 0 -1 19.40 7
R Slava Kozlov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 16.40 7
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6.00 5
C Bryan Little 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15.20 7
C Jason Williams 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 13.30 8
C Todd White 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14.50 6
L Rich Peverly 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 5.30 5
L Chris Thorburn 0 0 2 5 1 5 0 0 15.20 6
L Éric Perrin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 20.40 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 5 5 2 4 0 1 18.30 9
D Mark Fraser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 4
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 12.40 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 20.40 7
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 18.00 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 -1 24.10 5
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sergei Gonchar
2nd star: Kris Beech
3rd star: Evgeny Malkin

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Philippe Boucher notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Glen Murray had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Kris Beech finally ended his 29 game goal drought.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 8( 36) , Chicago Wolves 2( 15)
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1-0 WIL Milan Kraft (Bill Thomas)
2-0 WIL Joey Mormina (Dustin Jeffrey)
3-0 WIL Milan Kraft (Bill Thomas)
4-0 WIL Milan Kraft (Tyler Kennedy, Alex Goligoski)
5-0 WIL Adam Courchaine (Eric Godard)
5-1 CHW Joe Motzko (Mike Hamilton)
6-1 WIL Tyler Kennedy (Milan Kraft, Robert Scuderi)
6-2 CHW Joey Crabb (Jonathan Granström, Tomás Pospisil)
7-2 WIL Joey Mormina (Lane Manson, Dustin Jeffrey)
8-2 WIL Joey Mormina (Dustin Jeffrey)

Goalies: Jean-Sébastien Aubin - Ondrej Pavelec

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Washington Capitals 1 , Dallas Stars 3
Shots: 17 - 21
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:68/77=88 %, Challenges:32/53=59 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/77=81 %, Challenges:44/64=67 %
Attendance: 8475 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 393240 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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35:09 0-1 Joel Lundqvist [6] (Mike Modano)
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45:05 0-2 Jere Lehtinen [8] (Brenden Morrow, Lauri Tukonen)
49:16 0-3 Jere Lehtinen [9] (Mike Ribeiro, Kenny Jönsson)
58:03 1-3 Boyd Gordon [2] (Michael Nylander, Alexander Semin)
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Penalty summary:
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26:59 Loui Eriksson (2 min for slashing)
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41:34 Steve Ott (2 min for tripping)
52:45 Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
52:45 Mark Parrish (5 min for fighting)
52:45 Chris Clark (10 min game misconduct)
52:45 Mark Parrish (10 min game misconduct)
52:45 Nicklas Bäckström (5 min for fighting)
52:45 Trevor Daley (5 min for fighting)
52:45 Nicklas Bäckström (10 min game misconduct)
52:45 Trevor Daley (10 min game misconduct)
52:45 Milan Jurcina (5 min for fighting)
52:45 Darryl Sydor (5 min for fighting)
52:45 Milan Jurcina (10 min game misconduct)
52:45 Darryl Sydor (10 min game misconduct)
52:45 Tom Poti (2 min for roughing)
52:45 Matt Niskanen (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Bourque 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 7.10 4
R Boyd Gordon 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 14.50 8
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 3 3 0 15 -2 19.10 5
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 6
C Alexandre Giroux 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 -1 7.10 4
C Michael Nylander 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 14.50 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 3 1 2 15 -2 19.10 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
L Anton Gustafsson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 7.10 6
L Matt Bradley 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.50 5
L Alexander Semin 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 -1 18.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 19.30 9
D John Erskine 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16.30 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 3 1 1 15 -2 16.50 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 -1 24.20 7
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 13.50 5
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 22.20 4
D Mike Green 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 -1 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 5.50 6
R Steve Ott 0 0 1 4 1 5 2 1 15.40 8
R Mark Parrish 0 0 2 2 1 2 15 0 15.40 7
R Jere Lehtinen 2 0 6 1 1 1 0 1 21.30 10
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5.50 5
C Mike Modano 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 15.40 7
C Brad Richards 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 17.30 9
L Lauri Tukonen 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Joel Lundqvist 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 15.40 7
L Vojtech Polak 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 17.50 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 20.40 7
D Trevor Daley 0 0 0 0 2 1 15 1 14.20 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 0 1 15 0 15.40 5
D Kenny Jönsson 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 26.10 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 21.10 8
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 21.10 8
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 22.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jere Lehtinen
2nd star: Mike Ribeiro
3rd star: Joel Lundqvist

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Viktor Kozlov had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Michael Nylander finally ended his 19 game point drought.
-Sergei Fedorov had his 8 game point streak snapped.
-Alexander Ovechkin had his 9 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Dallas Stars:

Other notes:
-Chris Clark beat Mark Parrish in a fight.
-Trevor Daley beat Nicklas Bäckström in a fight.
-Milan Jurcina beat Darryl Sydor in a fight.

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 42) , Utah Grizzlies 3( 7)
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0-1 UTH János Vas (Marius Holtet, Marty Sertich)
0-2 UTH Marius Holtet (Marty Sertich, János Vas)
0-3 UTH Richard Clune (Perttu Lindgren, Konstantin Pushkarev)
1-3 POR Mathieu Perreault (Donald Brashear, Jamie Hunt)
2-3 POR Eric Fehr (Grant Potulny)

Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Philippe Sauvé

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Detroit Red Wings 1 , Edmonton Oilers 3
Shots: 23 - 30
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:72/85=84 %, Challenges:33/55=58 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/76=85 %, Challenges:30/47=62 %
Attendance: 18533 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 804333 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:25 1-0 Henrik Zetterberg [17] (Pavel Datsyuk, Darren Helm)
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25:26 1-1 Patrick O'Sullivan [3] (Sam Gagner, Sheldon Souray)
30:38 1-2 Tom Gilbert [1] (Shawn Horcoff, Dustin Penner)
31:19 1-3 Andrew Cogliano [6] (Sheldon Souray, Steve Staios)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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01:27 Sheldon Souray (2 min for roughing)
01:27 Marian Hossa (2 min for roughing)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Daniel Cleary 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.50 5
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 16.50 5
R Marian Hossa 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 16.30 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.50 6
C Darren Helm 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 7.50 5
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 16.00 6
C Johan Franzén 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 17.20 6
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 -1 18.50 7
L Evan McGrath 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.50 7
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 16.00 5
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 -1 17.20 4
L Henrik Zetterberg 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 18.50 7
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.20 5
D Filip Kuba 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -1 18.00 5
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 -1 25.40 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 0 16.20 8
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -1 17.50 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -1 25.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Thomas McCollum 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Downie 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 4 2 5 0 1 14.00 8
R Andrew Cogliano 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 19.50 7
R Dustin Penner 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 19.30 7
C Robert Nilsson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.40 5
C Patrick O'Sullivan 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 14.00 6
C Sam Gagner 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
C Mike Richards 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 19.30 8
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6.40 7
L Robbie Schremp 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 14.00 6
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 19.10 7
L Shawn Horcoff 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
D Johan Motin 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 15.50 6
D Steve Staios 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 18.40 7
D Tom Gilbert 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 25.30 8
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 14.30 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 19.00 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Marco Cousineau 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dwayne Roloson
2nd star: Andrew Cogliano
3rd star: Patrick O'Sullivan

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Jaromir Jagr had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Andrew Cogliano finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Patrick O'Sullivan finally ended his 23 game goal drought.
-Tom Gilbert finally ended his 34 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 1( 13) , Hamilton Bulldogs 0( 13)
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1-0 KCB Jamie Tardif (Kip Miller)

Goalies: Ty Conklin - Dany Sabourin

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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 33 - 17
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:74/83=89 %, Challenges:40/55=71 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:57/71=80 %, Challenges:23/49=46 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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17:53 1-0 Stephen Weiss [9] (Guillaume Latendresse)
18:52 1-1 Marco Sturm [4] (Raffi Torres, Christian Bäckman)
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35:02 2-1 Andrei Kostitsyn [13] (Stephen Weiss, Andrei Markov)
36:08 3-1 Guillaume Latendresse [6] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Stephen Weiss)
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Penalty summary:
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5.10 5
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 15.20 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 9
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 5
C Robert Lang 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 15.20 7
C Stephen Weiss 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 9
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 7
L Kyle Chipchura 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 5.10 6
L Patrick Sharp 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 2 19.40 9
L Chris Higgins 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19.50 7
D P.K. Subban 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.20 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 6
D Andrei Markov 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 23.10 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 15.40 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 18.50 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 2 12 4 12 0 1 27.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derick Brassard 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 6.30 7
R Raffi Torres 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 16.50 6
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 -1 18.20 6
R R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 2 7 2 0 -1 18.20 5
C Andrew Murray 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 4
C Corey Locke 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
C Michael Peca 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -1 18.00 6
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
L Marco Sturm 1 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 16.50 7
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 18.20 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 18.20 7
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 18.50 4
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 -1 21.30 6
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 19.00 4
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 19.20 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 22.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fredrik Norrena 3 0 30 0 0 60.00 9
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Stephen Weiss
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Andrei Kostitsyn

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Raffi Torres finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Marco Sturm finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 22) , Syracuse Crunch 0(
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1-0 QUE Jimmy Bonneau (Ryan O'Byrne)
2-0 QUE Mathieu Dandenault (Olivier Latendresse, Tom Kostopoulos)

Goalies: Marc Denis - Adam Munro