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Tampa Bay Lightning 1 , Ottawa Senators 3
Shots: 18 - 23
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:70/78=89 %, Challenges:32/63=50 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:54/66=81 %, Challenges:38/63=59 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 871328 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:03 0-1 Andrew Brunette [8])
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28:16 0-2 Zach Boychuk [5] (James Van Riemsdyk, Jason Smith)
36:15 1-2 Eric Staal [12] (Henrik Sedin, Alex Kovalev)
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48:16 1-3 James Van Riemsdyk [5] (Nick Foligno, Zach Boychuk)
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Penalty summary:
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 -1 6.40 5
R Ryan Malone 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 13.10 5
R Daniel Sedin 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 20.00 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 20.10 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.10 6
C Chris Gratton 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 13.10 6
C Adam Hall 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 -1 20.00 7
C Eric Staal 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 20.10 8
L Chad Kilger 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 6.40 5
L Gary Roberts 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 13.10 5
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 20.20 6
L Henrik Sedin 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 14.10 5
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 19.50 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 -1 26.00 6
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 4 1 7 0 -1 14.50 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -1 20.10 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Shean Donovan 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 8.50 5
R Owen Nolan 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 14.10 8
R Nick Foligno 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 2 16.00 8
R Travis Zajac 0 0 3 4 3 2 0 -1 20.50 8
C Chris Kelly 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 14.20 7
C Zach Boychuk 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 0 19.30 8
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 8.50 7
L Andrew Brunette 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 14.20 7
L James Van Riemsdyk 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 17.20 9
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 19.30 6
D Luca Sbisa 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 15.20 6
D Brian Lee 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 18.10 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 1 5 3 4 0 0 26.30 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 14.20 7
D Jason Smith 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 20.00 8
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Zach Boychuk
2nd star: James Van Riemsdyk
3rd star: Nick Foligno

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Andrew Brunette ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 2( 18) , Grand Rapids Griffins 3( 27)
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1-0 DTV Evgeny Artyukhin (Chris Lawrence, David Koci)
1-1 GRD Danny Bois (Cody Bass, Ryan Potulny)
2-1 DTV Norm Milley (Kevin Croxton)
2-2 GRD Konstantin Zakharov (Nicklas Danielsson, Josh Hennessy)
2-3 GRD Danny Bois (Ryan Potulny)

Goalies: Morgan Cey - Brian Elliott

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Minnesota Wild 3 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1
Shots: 21 - 17
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:61/76=80 %, Challenges:35/60=57 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:71/86=82 %, Challenges:26/48=53 %
Attendance: 13296 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 643527 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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28:44 1-0 Pierre-Marc Bouchard [14] (Mikko Koivu, Kim Johnsson)
33:43 1-1 Nicolas Deschamps [3] (Drew Miller, George Parros)
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42:46 2-1 Mikko Koivu [10] (Marian Gaborik, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)PP
57:25 3-1 Mikko Koivu [11] (Marian Gaborik, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
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Penalty summary:
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13:47 Colton Gillies (2 min for boarding)
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21:55 Fernando Pisani (2 min for boarding)
23:53 Rob Niedermayer (2 min for slashing)
29:35 Nicolas Deschamps (2 min for cross-checking)
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42:08 Drew Miller (2 min for tripping)
51:54 Benoit Pouliot (2 min for cross-checking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 5
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 18.00 6
R Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 14.50 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Colton Gillies 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 8.20 6
C James Sheppard 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.40 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 17.20 7
C Mikko Koivu 2 1 5 1 2 1 0 2 19.50 8
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 11.50 7
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 12.40 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 20.20 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14.30 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 28.10 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 20.00 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 4 5 4 0 1 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 8.40 5
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 2 3 2 3 2 -1 15.00 6
R Teemu Selänne 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 5
R Corey Perry 0 0 6 4 3 4 0 -1 18.20 8
C Nicolas Deschamps 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 8.40 6
C Erik Christensen 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -1 14.20 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 5
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 17.50 6
L Drew Miller 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 7.20 5
L George Parros 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 -1 14.20 6
L Bobby Ryan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
L Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 15.50 5
D Jake Gardiner 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 13.00 5
D François Beauchemin 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.30 6
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 28.00 7
D Sheldon Brookbank 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 13.20 5
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 3 5 1 3 0 0 20.40 6
D Chris Pronger 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 26.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Jonas Hiller 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikko Koivu
2nd star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
3rd star: Marian Gaborik

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mikko Koivu scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Mikko Koivu finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Nicolas Deschamps finally ended his 28 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 1( 12) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 0(
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1-0 HOU Peter Olvecky (Petr Kalus)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Gerald Coleman

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Detroit Red Wings 1 , Los Angeles Kings 4
Shots: 21 - 23
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:58/71=81 %, Challenges:29/52=54 %
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:78/92=84 %, Challenges:31/49=62 %
Attendance: 16252 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 705336 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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18:42 0-1 Alexander Frolov [13] (Anze Kopitar, Tom Preissing)PP
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29:23 1-1 Evan McGrath [2] (Daniel Cleary, Mikael Samuelsson)
30:36 1-2 Anze Kopitar [12] (Dustin Brown)
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53:36 1-3 Jack Johnson [3] (Dustin Brown, Robert Czarnik)
58:42 1-4 Alexander Frolov [14])
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Penalty summary:
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18:19 Darren Helm (2 min for hooking)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Daniel Cleary 0 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 11.00 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 14.10 7
R Marian Hossa 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 18.40 7
C Darren Helm 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 8.30 5
C Kris Draper 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 14.10 7
C Johan Franzén 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 17.10 5
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 19.40 5
L Evan McGrath 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 11.00 5
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 14.40 7
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 5 2 4 1 0 -1 15.40 6
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 -2 19.10 6
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 16.40 6
D Filip Kuba 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 16.10 5
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 26.40 5
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 15.20 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 0 7 1 3 0 -2 26.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Thomas McCollum 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Robert Czarnik 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 8.30 5
R Derek Armstrong 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 -1 14.20 5
R Justin Williams 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 17.10 7
R Dustin Brown 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 3 20.00 10
C Brian Boyle 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
C Michal Handzus 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -1 14.20 6
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 16.40 7
C Anze Kopitar 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 3 20.30 8
L Raitis Ivanans 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.30 5
L Brad Richardson 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 -1 14.20 6
L Kyle Calder 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 16.40 6
L Alexander Frolov 2 0 6 4 0 4 0 3 20.30 10
D Colten Teubert 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 16.10 6
D Drew Doughty 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17.50 6
D Tom Preissing 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 26.00 8
D Adam Comrie 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 16.00 4
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 20.50 7
D Jack Johnson 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 3 23.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 1 0 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Jonathan Quick 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Frolov
2nd star: Dustin Brown
3rd star: Anze Kopitar

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Daniel Cleary finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Henrik Zetterberg had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Dustin Brown notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jack Johnson finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 2( 19) , Manchester Monarchs 1( 14)
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0-1 MNC David Svagrovsky (Zach Jones)
1-1 KCB Mike Walsh (Johan Ryno)
2-1 KCB Carl Corazzini (Ryan Oulahen, Ty Conklin)

Goalies: Ty Conklin - Pier-Olivier Pelletier

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Carolina Hurricanes 3 , Chicago Blackhawks 1
Shots: 18 - 24
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/75=81 %, Challenges:15/57=25 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:72/84=85 %, Challenges:10/61=16 %
Attendance: 17903 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 823538 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:35 0-1 Jussi Jokinen [7] (Matt Cullen, Jason Spezza)
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48:19 1-1 Joni Pitkänen [4] (Josh Gorges, Tomas Plekanec)
49:48 2-1 Alex Tanguay [12] (Josh Gorges)
59:21 3-1 Frantisek Kaberle [2] (Alex Tanguay, Cam Ward) EN
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Penalty summary:
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11:11 Tim Gleason (5 min for fighting)
11:11 Ben Eager (5 min for fighting)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bobby Hughes 0 0 2 3 1 6 0 0 12.10 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 -1 16.20 5
R Jeff O'Neill 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 14.30 7
R Erik Cole 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 1 17.00 6
C Zac Dalpe 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.10 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 2 2 5 6 0 -1 16.20 6
C Mike Comrie 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 2 14.30 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 17.00 5
L Ray Whitney 0 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 12.10 6
L Scott Walker 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 16.20 6
L Alex Tanguay 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 14.30 7
L Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 17.00 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1 17.30 5
D Josh Gorges 0 2 1 3 4 6 0 3 29.20 9
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 2 3 5 0 0 16.20 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 2 2 3 5 -1 13.10 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 2 17.10 8
D Joni Pitkänen 1 0 1 4 1 4 0 1 26.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 1 1 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ben Eager 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 6.00 6
R David Bolland 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 -1 14.40 5
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 18.50 6
R Patrick Kane 0 0 2 1 7 3 0 -1 20.30 5
C Adam Burish 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 6.30 6
C Jack Skille 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 -1 14.40 5
C Matt Cullen 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 0 19.20 6
C Jason Spezza 0 1 3 2 2 4 0 -1 19.30 7
L Tim Brent 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.30 4
L Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 2 0 5 4 0 -1 14.40 5
L Jussi Jokinen 1 0 4 2 3 2 0 0 19.20 6
L Martin Havlat 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 -1 19.30 6
D Shawn Lalonde 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 15.10 6
D Cam Barker 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 20.20 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 -1 24.30 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -1 15.20 5
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 20.10 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 -1 24.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 15 0 0 59.30 5
G Corey Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Tanguay
2nd star: Josh Gorges
3rd star: Frantisek Kaberle

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Frantisek Kaberle finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
-Joni Pitkänen finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Martin Havlat had his 12 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Ben Eager beat Tim Gleason in a fight.

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 1( 20) , Norfolk Admirals 2( 16)
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1-0 LOW Ernie Hartlieb (Ryan Bayda, David Tanabe)
1-1 NOR Aaron Johnson (Adam Pineault, Dan Bertram)
1-2 NOR Jake Dowell (Evan Brophey)

Goalies: Kevin Nastiuk - Wade Flaherty

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Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , New Jersey Devils 3
Shots: 18 - 23
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/78=76 %, Challenges:11/40=26 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:78/85=91 %, Challenges:23/59=38 %
Attendance: 6426 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 301380 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:48 0-1 Patrik Elias [11] (Andy Greene, Johnny Oduya)
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38:33 1-1 Manny Malhotra [1] (Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
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46:13 1-2 Brian Rolston [12] (Jeff Carter, Zach Parisé)
58:58 1-3 Zach Parisé [13] (Dainius Zubrus, John Madden) EN
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Penalty summary:
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22:08 Raffi Torres (2 min for boarding)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derick Brassard 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 6.50 5
R Raffi Torres 0 0 2 0 2 3 2 -1 14.50 5
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 17.20 6
R R.J. Umberger 0 0 3 2 3 3 0 -1 21.00 7
C Andrew Murray 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6.50 4
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 -1 14.50 5
C Michael Peca 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 -1 17.00 4
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 -1 19.20 7
L Manny Malhotra 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 7
L Marco Sturm 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 14.50 4
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 17.30 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 20.50 7
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 14.50 4
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -1 24.00 6
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 -1 18.40 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 -1 20.00 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 2 3 3 4 0 0 23.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fredrik Norrena 3 0 20 0 0 59.00 6
G Wade Dubielewicz 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 2 2 3 0 0 5.30 7
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 2 1 9 2 0 0 16.50 4
R Brian Gionta 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 18.00 5
R Jeff Carter 0 1 4 4 3 6 0 2 19.40 8
C Bobby Holik 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 5.50 4
C John Madden 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 16.50 6
C Patrik Elias 1 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 18.10 7
C Brian Rolston 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 19.10 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 4
L Dainius Zubrus 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 0 16.50 8
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 6
L Zach Parisé 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 19.50 9
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 18.00 5
D Colin White 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 17.20 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 24.40 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.10 6
D Andy Greene 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 19.30 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 1 2 2 2 4 0 2 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Zach Parisé
2nd star: Jeff Carter
3rd star: Patrik Elias

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Zach Parisé ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 20) , Albany River Rats 3( 24)
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0-1 ALB David Clarkson (Petr Vrana, Rosario Ruggeri)
0-2 ALB Alexandre Picard (Rod Pelley, Zach Tarkir)
1-2 SYR Linus Persson (Jekabs Redlihs)
2-2 SYR Jeff Szwez (Steven Goertzen)
3-2 SYR Roman Cervenka (Jeff Szwez)
4-2 SYR Tommy Sestito (Mark Rycroft)
4-3 ALB Jari Viuhkola (Mike Pandolfo)

Goalies: Adam Munro - Frank Doyle

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Vancouver Canucks 3 , Montreal Canadiens 1
Shots: 24 - 16
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:50/60=83 %, Challenges:48/63=75 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:67/77=87 %, Challenges:43/66=64 %
Attendance: 8144 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 394170 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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33:22 0-1 Vincent Lecavalier [12] (Martin St. Louis)
36:32 1-1 Radim Vrbata [8] (Kyle Wellwood, Alexander Edler)
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40:49 2-1 Alexandre Burrows [5])
59:37 3-1 Steve Bernier [5] (Radim Vrbata, Kyle Wellwood) EN
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Penalty summary:
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24:18 Mattias Öhlund (2 min for diving)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mason Raymond 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 7.40 6
R Alexandre Burrows 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 13.50 7
R Ryan Shannon 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 6
R Steve Stamkos 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20.10 6
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Kyle Wellwood 0 2 3 1 0 3 0 2 13.50 9
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 7
C Mats Sundin 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 20.10 8
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.30 6
L Radim Vrbata 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 14.10 7
L Artem Chubarov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.30 7
L Steve Bernier 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 20.40 9
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 16.40 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 19.50 8
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 25.00 6
D Alexander Edler 0 1 1 4 1 6 0 2 17.40 9
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 2 3 0 3 2 0 23.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4.30 4
R Andrew Ladd 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 17.40 4
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 -3 19.20 7
R Martin St. Louis 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 18.30 7
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 6
C Robert Lang 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15.30 6
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 -2 20.10 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.50 9
L Kyle Chipchura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 6
L Patrick Sharp 0 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 15.00 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 -1 20.20 6
L Chris Higgins 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 20.10 6
D P.K. Subban 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.20 4
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 22.20 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 22.20 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 15.40 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 18.50 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 25.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 21 0 0 58.50 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kyle Wellwood
2nd star: Radim Vrbata
3rd star: Alexandre Burrows

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Alexandre Burrows ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Vincent Lecavalier finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Andrei Kostitsyn had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 3( 34) , Quebec Citadelles 1( 13)
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1-0 MAN Jannik Hansen (Jason Krog)
1-1 QUE Eric Manlow (Tom Kostopoulos, Pavel Valentenko)
2-1 MAN Rick Rypien (Jim Sharrow)
3-1 MAN Jim Sharrow (Rick Rypien)

Goalies: Jason LaBarbera - Marc Denis

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San Jose Sharks 2 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 21 - 25
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:58/78=74 %, Challenges:26/48=53 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:70/82=85 %, Challenges:27/57=46 %
Attendance: 7490 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 375998 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:53 1-0 Milan Michalek [11] (Ryane Clowe)
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22:06 1-1 Jordan Staal [4])
37:46 1-2 Evgeny Malkin [15] (Sergei Gonchar, Kristopher Letang)
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52:28 1-3 Miroslav Satan [12] (Alexei Yashin, Sidney Crosby)
54:13 2-3 Jonathan Cheechoo [14] (Dan Boyle)
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Penalty summary:
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14:01 Hal Gill (2 min for roughing)
14:01 Patrick Marleau (2 min for roughing)
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46:36 Justin Daniels (2 min for hooking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.10 4
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 15.50 5
R Milan Michalek 1 0 2 4 1 4 0 -1 19.00 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 19.10 7
C Justin Daniels 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 5
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 15.40 6
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 -1 16.50 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 18.20 6
L Logan Couture 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 5
L Travis Moen 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.30 5
L Ryane Clowe 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 -1 17.50 6
L Joe Pavelski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 15.40 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 17.50 4
D Rob Blake 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 25.20 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 2 3 1 6 0 0 19.00 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 -1 19.00 7
D Dan Boyle 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 22 0 0 58.30 6
G Dmitri Pätzold 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6.40 4
R Glen Murray 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 14.00 5
R Petr Sykora 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.20 6
R Anson Carter 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 1 20.00 6
C Kris Beech 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6.40 6
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 14.00 7
C Alexei Yashin 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 20.10 5
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 1 19.10 8
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 6.40 7
L Jordan Staal 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 14.00 7
L Miroslav Satan 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 20.10 8
L Evgeny Malkin 1 0 5 3 1 2 0 1 19.10 9
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.40 6
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 22.00 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 24.10 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 12.20 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 21.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sidney Crosby
2nd star: Jordan Staal
3rd star: Miroslav Satan

Notes for San Jose Sharks:

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeny Malkin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Sergei Gonchar scored the 500th point of his career.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 2( 9) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 21)
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1-0 CLE Lukas Kaspar (Graham Mink, Torrey Mitchell)
1-1 WIL Dustin Jeffrey (Joey Mormina, Alex Goligoski)
1-2 WIL Tyler Kennedy (Milan Kraft)
1-3 WIL Adam Courchaine (Eric Godard)
2-3 CLE Peter Tsimikalis (John Laliberte)

Goalies: Brian Boucher - Jean-Sébastien Aubin