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Edmonton Oilers 7 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 28 - 37
PP: 1 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:61/69=88 %, Challenges:37/47=77 %
PP: 1 of 5 (14 shots), Passing:74/83=89 %, Challenges:31/45=67 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 449730 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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00:52 1-0 Dustin Penner [16] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Sam Gagner)
09:42 2-0 Ales Hemsky [20] (Brent Burns)
19:41 2-1 Alex Kovalev [16] (Andrei Markov, Mathieu Schneider)
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27:15 3-1 Ales Hemsky [21] (Ales Kotalik)
30:03 3-2 Alex Tanguay [16] (Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Markov)PP
31:28 4-2 Sheldon Souray [4] (Dustin Penner, Gilbert Brulé)PP
34:07 5-2 Ethan Moreau [21] (Gilbert Brulé, Sam Gagner)
38:58 6-2 Gilbert Brulé [10] (Steve Staios, Lubomir Visnovsky)
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49:32 7-2 Ethan Moreau [22] (Patrick O'Sullivan, Gilbert Brulé)
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Penalty summary:
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01:35 Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for tripping)
12:24 Kyle Brodziak (2 min for hooking)
17:22 Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for boarding)
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25:08 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
28:52 Riley Nash (2 min for slashing)
30:29 Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for cross-checking)
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44:49 Ethan Moreau (2 min for tripping)
51:34 Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for hooking)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Riley Nash 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8.20 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 8
R Ethan Moreau 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 19.00 9
R Dustin Penner 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 8
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 1 3 0 3 2 -1 12.00 7
C Fernando Pisani 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.30 5
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 15.00 7
C Sam Gagner 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 17.10 8
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 8.40 5
L Robbie Schremp 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 10.20 6
L Gilbert Brulé 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 17.10 8
L Ales Hemsky 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 2 20.40 8
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
D Steve Staios 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 24.20 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 4 22.20 8
D Sheldon Souray 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 14.20 7
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 3 20.30 10
D Brent Burns 0 1 3 4 0 4 0 2 28.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 2 0 35 0 0 60.00 10
G Jeff Deslauriers 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 8.10 7
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 12.40 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 3 4 4 0 2 -2 15.50 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 5 1 2 1 0 -3 20.20 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.10 5
C Robert Lang 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 12.40 7
C Saku Koivu 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 18.20 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 -4 20.50 7
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 5
L Chris Higgins 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 16.10 8
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 19.40 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -5 14.30 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 13.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 18.10 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 -3 28.10 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 13.00 6
D Andrei Markov 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -4 27.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 13 0 0 34.00 4
G Jaroslav Halak 2 0 8 0 0 25.40 5

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Gilbert Brulé
2nd star: Ethan Moreau
3rd star: Ales Hemsky

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Ales Hemsky has marked a new career high in goals with 20 tallies.
-Ales Hemsky scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Ales Kotalik notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Dustin Penner has marked a new career high in assists with 17 assists.
-Ethan Moreau has marked a new career high in goals with 21 tallies.
-Gilbert Brulé has marked a new career high in goals with 10 tallies.
-Gilbert Brulé scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Sheldon Souray finally ended his 18 game goal drought.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Markov notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Andrei Kostitsyn had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 21) , Quebec Citadelles 1( 5)
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1-0 HAM Chris Vande Velde (Alexei Mikhnov, Cal Clutterbuck)
2-0 HAM Linus Omark (Jonas Almtorp)
2-1 QUE Mathieu Dandenault (Kyle Chipchura, Olivier Latendresse)
3-1 HAM Ryan Stone (Danny Syvret)

Goalies: Devan Dubnyk - Marc Denis

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New York Islanders 3 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 38 - 28
PP: 0 of 6 (19 shots), Passing:69/83=83 %, Challenges:33/37=86 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:68/87=78 %, Challenges:38/42=88 %
Attendance: 6003 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 289944 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:16 1-0 Jimmy hayes [7] (Jim Vandermeer, Mike Sillinger)
13:43 2-0 Frans Nielsen [3] (Jeff Tambellini)
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31:16 2-1 Andrej Sekera [1] (Dominic Moore, Steve Downie)
32:07 2-2 Jeff Halpern [11] (Tim Connolly, Luke Adam)
32:55 2-3 Jeff Halpern [12] (Tim Connolly, Thomas Vanek)
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47:07 3-3 Frans Nielsen [4] (Jeff Tambellini, Sean Bergenheim)
48:09 3-4 Jeff Halpern [13] (Tim Connolly)
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Penalty summary:
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04:21 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for high-sticking)
11:05 Paul Gaustad (2 min for boarding)
18:28 Jiry Niemi (2 min for cross-checking)
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21:14 Sean Bergenheim (2 min for slashing)
27:27 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
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41:26 Patrick Kaleta (2 min for holding the stick)
44:09 Sean Bergenheim (2 min for hooking)
55:42 Daniel Paillé (2 min for boarding)
58:06 Jochen Hecht (2 min for slashing)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Bergenheim 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 2 6.40 6
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 5
R Joshua Bailey 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21.00 6
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 20.40 7
C Jeff Tambellini 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 6.40 7
C Richard Park 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 9.00 6
C Mike Sillinger 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 5
C Corey Trivino 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -2 20.10 6
L Frans Nielsen 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 6.40 8
R Raffi Torres 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 -1 13.40 8
L Jimmy hayes 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
L Kirill Petrov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 20.30 5
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 21.30 8
D Jim Vandermeer 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 20.10 8
D Jiry Niemi 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -1 25.50 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
D Travis Hamonic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 4 0 24 0 0 58.00 6
G Joey MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -2 8.00 5
R Steve Downie 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 15.50 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 7
R Jeff Halpern 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 16.50 9
C Luke Adam 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 11.20 7
C Dominic Moore 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.30 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 16.50 7
C Tim Connolly 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 14.30 8
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 8.00 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 14.10 8
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16.20 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 2 20.20 8
D Andrej Sekera 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 13.50 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 26.00 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16.00 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22.30 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 3 0 35 0 0 60.00 9
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jeff Halpern
2nd star: Tim Connolly
3rd star: Frans Nielsen

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Frans Nielsen finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Frans Nielsen finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Jim Vandermeer ended his 9 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Tim Connolly notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jeff Halpern scored the 100th goal of his career.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 7( 44) , Rochester Americans 0( 10)
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1-0 BRG Pat Dwyer (Scott Ford, Luciano Aquino)
2-0 BRG Corey Locke (Blake Comeau)
3-0 BRG Pat Dwyer (Kevin Jarman)
4-0 BRG Blake Comeau (Andrew MacDonald)
5-0 BRG Mathieu Roy (Tim Jackman, Maxime Ouellet)
6-0 BRG Tim Jackman (Zenon Konopka)
7-0 BRG Blake Comeau (Corey Locke)

Goalies: Maxime Ouellet - Adam Dennis

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Atlanta Thrashers 6 , Ottawa Senators 4
Shots: 21 - 34
PP: 2 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:57/65=87 %, Challenges:34/43=77 %
PP: 0 of 1 (5 shots), Passing:79/100=79 %, Challenges:51/58=86 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 875855 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:48 1-0 Bryan Little [9] (Trent Hunter, Alexandre Burrows)
14:07 1-1 Jason Spezza [19] (Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley)
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27:52 2-1 Freddy Meyer [2] (Bryan Little, Kyle Wellwood)PP
32:09 3-1 Marek Svatos [19] (Alexander Semin, Simon Gagné)PP
35:53 3-2 Mike Comrie [14] (Mike Fisher, Nick Foligno)
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40:24 3-3 Mike Fisher [9] (Filip Kuba, Jason Smith)
44:15 3-4 Dany Heatley [26] (Danny Bois, Shean Donovan)
52:33 4-4 Alexandre Burrows [15] (Simon Gagné, T.J. Oshie)
57:17 5-4 Trent Hunter [17] (Freddy Meyer, Ron Hainsey)
59:29 6-4 Simon Gagné [20] (Ron Hainsey, Radek Martinek) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:25 Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for hooking)
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22:51 Jason Williams (2 min for high-sticking)
26:35 Filip Kuba (2 min for high-sticking)
28:46 Cody Bass (2 min for tripping)
31:48 Cody Bass (2 min for cross-checking)
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41:19 Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for boarding)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 9.50 6
C Kyle Wellwood 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
R Trent Hunter 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 14.20 9
R Marek Svatos 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 20.20 8
C T.J. Oshie 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.20 6
C Jason Williams 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 13.10 6
C Bryan Little 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 15.10 7
C Simon Gagné 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 -1 21.10 8
L Andy Hilbert 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 7.20 5
L Kris Versteeg 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13.10 4
L Alexandre Burrows 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 16.30 8
L Alexander Semin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 20.30 7
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 17.40 7
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 28.40 7
D Radek Martinek 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 13.50 5
D Freddy Meyer 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 2 3 8 0 1 0 -1 28.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 4 0 30 0 0 60.00 7
G Ondrej Pavelec 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Danny Bois 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 10.20 6
R Nick Foligno 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 14.50 8
R Dany Heatley 1 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 18.50 9
C Cody Bass 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 8.10 7
C Chris Kelly 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.40 6
L Mike Fisher 1 1 5 3 0 1 0 -1 20.40 9
C Jason Spezza 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.10 7
L Shean Donovan 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.00 7
L Chris Neil 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 16.30 8
C Mike Comrie 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 15.00 7
L Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 17.20 8
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 13.40 6
D Jason Smith 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -1 22.20 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 25.20 8
D Brian Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 6
D Filip Kuba 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -1 23.10 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 23.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 6 0 15 0 0 58.30 4
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Simon Gagné
2nd star: Trent Hunter
3rd star: Bryan Little

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Alexandre Burrows scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Simon Gagné scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Freddy Meyer finally ended his 19 game goal drought.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Jason Smith has marked a new career high in assists with 16 assists.
-Mike Fisher ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 3( 19) , Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 10)
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1-0 CHW James Sheppard (Nigel Williams)
1-1 GRD Josh Hennessy (Lawrence Nycholat, Alexander Nikulin)
2-1 CHW Benoit Pouliot (James Sheppard, Jim Slater)
3-1 CHW James Sheppard (Jim Slater, Chris Thorburn)

Goalies: Scott Munroe - Jeff Glass

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New York Rangers 4 , Toronto Maple Leafs 0
Shots: 40 - 15
PP: 2 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:76/88=86 %, Challenges:56/59=93 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:60/77=77 %, Challenges:31/40=75 %
Attendance: 15609 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 757036 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:03 1-0 Scott Gomez [14] (Paul Mara, Derek Morris)
16:45 2-0 Niklas Hagman [8] (Blair Betts, Michael Del Zotto)
17:34 3-0 Nikolai Zherdev [17] (Wade Redden)PP
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28:12 4-0 Nikolai Zherdev [18] (Paul Mara, Scott Gomez)PP
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Penalty summary:
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07:41 Colton Orr (2 min for cross-checking)
11:05 Maxime Macenauer (2 min for cross-checking)
16:57 Matt Frattin (2 min for slashing)
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27:44 Jason Blake (2 min for hooking)
39:29 Michael Del Zotto (2 min for hooking)
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41:58 Jason Blake (2 min for holding the stick)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Aaron Voros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 6
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 8
R Colton Orr 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 1 14.20 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 2 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 21.00 9
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 6
C Blair Betts 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.20 6
C Scott Gomez 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 18.30 8
C Chris Drury 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 8
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 4
L Niklas Hagman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 6
L Sean Avery 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 15.00 7
L Markus Näslund 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Michael Del Zotto 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 13.50 7
D Paul Mara 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 17.20 8
D Derek Morris 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 25.20 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 21.00 6
D Marc Staal 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 18.50 7
D Wade Redden 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 23.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 0 0 15 0 0 60.00 9
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Blake 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 8.50 4
R Matt Frattin 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8.40 5
R Nikolai Kulemin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.30 5
R Evgeny Gravchev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 6
C Kris Newbury 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 9.30 6
C Ryan Hollweg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 4
C Artem Anisimov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.50 5
C Derick Brassard 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 19.40 6
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.20 4
L Robbie Earl 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9.20 4
L Maxime Macenauer 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 -2 21.30 5
L Nikita Filatov 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 18.40 5
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 4
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -2 21.40 6
D Alex Grant 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 23.00 5
D Anton Strålman 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 17.00 6
D Ian White 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 24.20 6
D Justin Schultz 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Timo Pielmeier 4 0 36 0 0 60.00 7
G Justin Pogge 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Henrik Lundqvist
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Scott Gomez

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Michael Del Zotto ended his 8 game point drought.
-Marc Staal had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 3( 16) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 1( 16)
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0-1 SJM Johnny Pohl (Jeremy Williams, Bates Battaglia)
1-1 HFD Dan Cavanaugh (Jarkko Immonen)
2-1 HFD Lauri Korpikoski (Daniel Girardi)
3-1 HFD Lauri Korpikoski (Thomas Pöck)

Goalies: Chris Holt - Olaf Kölzig

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Washington Capitals 3 , Philadelphia Flyers 4
Shots: 34 - 21
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:63/66=94 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/65=93 %, Challenges:41/51=78 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 915936 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:09 1-0 Chris Clark [7] (Brooks Laich, Nicklas Bäckström)
11:24 2-0 Sidney Crosby [20] (Alexander Ovechkin)
19:39 2-1 Daniel Carcillo [5] (Kimmo Timonen, Joffrey Lupul)
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21:52 3-1 Matt Bradley [7] (Alexander Ovechkin, Mike Green)
31:17 3-2 Mike Knuble [13] (Joffrey Lupul, Scott Hartnell)
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58:25 3-3 Erik Cole [13] (Ilya Kovalchuk, David Perron) WG
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60:28 3-4 Mike Knuble [14] (Scott Hartnell, Matt Carle)
Penalty summary:
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06:57 Matt Bradley (5 min for fighting)
06:57 Daniel Carcillo (5 min for fighting)
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48:55 Chris Clark (2 min for roughing)
48:55 Lasse Kukkonen (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
R Chris Clark 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 -1 17.40 8
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
C Michael Nylander 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 -1 17.40 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 9
L Alexandre Giroux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
L Brooks Laich 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 7
L Matt Bradley 1 0 4 0 2 0 5 -1 17.00 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 2 5 2 0 1 0 1 16.40 9
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 -1 16.40 7
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 -1 20.50 8
D Brian Pothier 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 1 23.00 9
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 17.20 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 22.00 7
D Mike Green 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 21.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 4 0 17 0 0 60.30 4
G Charles Jacques 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Arron Asham 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Daniel Carcillo 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 11.40 7
R Mike Knuble 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.40 9
R Erik Cole 1 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 21.50 8
C Zac Dalpe 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Zach Boychuk 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
R Joffrey Lupul 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 1 21.00 9
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 7
R Ned Lukacevic 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7.20 4
L David Perron 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 13.10 6
L Scott Hartnell 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 21.00 9
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 19.00 8
D Randy Jones 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.00 7
D Matt Carle 0 1 1 6 0 1 0 1 22.00 8
D Marc-André Bourdon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.30 6
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14.20 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 22.30 8
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 23.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 31 0 0 60.20 9
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Knuble
2nd star: Joffrey Lupul
3rd star: Scott Hartnell

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Sidney Crosby scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Scott Hartnell notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Daniel Carcillo ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Daniel Carcillo beat Matt Bradley in a fight.

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( , Philadelphia Phantoms 2( 18)
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0-1 PHL Jonathan Matsumoto (Vladimir Kutny, Josh Beaulieu)
0-2 PHL Adam Courchaine (Brent Kelly)
1-2 POR Grant Potulny (Sami Lepistö, Stephen Werner)

Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Martin Houle

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Nashville Predators 6 , Phoenix Coyotes 3
Shots: 27 - 22
PP: 1 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:68/80=85 %, Challenges:45/50=88 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:60/79=75 %, Challenges:39/47=81 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 800897 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:29 1-0 Jean-Pierre Dumont [18] (Scott Nichol, David Legwand)
12:17 2-0 David Legwand [7] (Scott Nichol)
16:03 3-0 Jean-Pierre Dumont [19] (David Legwand, Roman Josi)
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27:53 3-1 Tomas Surovy [4] (Scottie Upshall, Viktor Tikhonov)
37:06 3-2 Ed Jovanovski [5] (Peter Mueller, Zbynek Michalek)PP
39:49 3-3 Ed Jovanovski [6] (Keith Yandle, Peter Mueller)
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49:14 4-3 David Legwand [8] (Greg de Vries, Roman Josi)
50:43 5-3 Martin Erat [14] (Alexander Radulov, Steve Sullivan)PP
59:11 6-3 Scott Nichol [13] (Jean-Pierre Dumont, Greg de Vries)
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Penalty summary:
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33:44 Zbynek Michalek (2 min for tripping)
36:04 Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for hooking)
39:34 Roman Josi (2 min for roughing)
39:34 Martin Hanzal (2 min for roughing)
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42:58 Jordin Tootoo (2 min for slashing)
49:46 Petr Prucha (2 min for slashing)
50:57 Scottie Upshall (2 min for high-sticking)
52:48 Shane Doan (2 min for hooking)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.40 6
R Andy McDonald 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 -1 13.30 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 2 1 3 2 0 1 2 5 19.00 10
R Alexander Radulov 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 7
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
C Jason Arnott 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 6
C David Legwand 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 16.10 10
C Steve Sullivan 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 20.30 6
L Hugh Jessiman 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5.40 6
L Jerred Smithson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
L Scott Nichol 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 15.50 8
L Martin Erat 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 -1 20.10 9
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 18.20 6
D Roman Josi 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 5 15.30 8
D Shea Weber 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 26.10 7
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.30 7
D Greg de Vries 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 21.00 9
D Ryan Suter 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -1 26.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Ellis 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scottie Upshall 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 8.30 6
R Viktor Tikhonov 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -2 14.00 7
R Petr Prucha 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 16.10 7
R Shane Doan 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 19.10 7
C Tomas Surovy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 19.30 7
C Kyle Turris 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 13.50 6
C Peter Mueller 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 18.10 6
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 6
L Jared Staal 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 5
L Mikkel Bødker 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 5
L Martin Hanzal 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 -1 18.50 6
D Michael Stone 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 13.50 5
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 23.30 6
D Keith Yandle 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 22.40 8
D Zbynek Michalek 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 -1 16.10 7
D Nick Ross 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 16.40 6
D Ed Jovanovski 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 27.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Al Montoya 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Ilya Bryzgalov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Legwand
2nd star: Jean-Pierre Dumont
3rd star: Scott Nichol

Notes for Nashville Predators:

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Tomas Surovy finally ended his 15 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 5( 23) , Springfield Falcons 4( 30)
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1-0 MIL Shane Willis (Oliver Setzinger, Richard Stehlik)
1-1 SPR Garth Murray (Alexei Kaigorodov, Jon DiSalvatore)
2-1 MIL Andreas Thuresson (Ville Koistinen)
3-1 MIL Kaleb Betts
3-2 SPR Brandon Prust (Steven Reinprecht, David Hale)
4-2 MIL Scott May
5-2 MIL Oliver Setzinger
5-3 SPR Jon DiSalvatore (Todd Fedoruk)
5-4 SPR Joël Perrault (Dave Spina, Daniel Winnik)

Goalies: Mike McKenna - Kevin Beech

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Dallas Stars 3 , Calgary Flames 4
Shots: 23 - 28
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:63/75=84 %, Challenges:34/44=75 %
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:42/46=89 %
Attendance: 17001 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 756545 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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22:48 1-0 Brendan Morrison [3] (Mark Parrish, Brenden Morrow)PP
26:21 2-0 Brenden Morrow [13] (Brendan Morrison, Mark Parrish)
33:05 2-1 Dion Phaneuf [8] (Mike Cammalleri, Rick Nash)
33:26 2-2 Rick Nash [17] (Dion Phaneuf, Petr Sykora)
37:27 3-2 Mike Ribeiro [14] (Brad Richards)
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40:29 3-3 Rick Nash [18] (Dion Phaneuf, Robyn Regehr)
46:17 3-4 Bill Guerin [16] (Petr Sykora, Rick Nash)PP
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Penalty summary:
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03:44 Marcus Nilson (2 min for hooking)
11:18 Darryl Sydor (2 min for tripping)
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22:04 Dustin Boyd (2 min for slashing)
32:35 Trevor Daley (5 min for fighting)
32:35 Rhett Warrener (5 min for fighting)
35:21 Robyn Regehr (2 min for tripping)
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44:34 Steve Bégin (2 min for hooking)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Ott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.40 7
R Mark Parrish 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 20.20 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 -2 20.10 7
C Toby Petersen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
C Mike Modano 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.40 6
C Brendan Morrison 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 18.30 7
C Mike Ribeiro 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 20.20 9
L Joel Lundqvist 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 13.40 7
L Brenden Morrow 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 21.00 8
L Brad Richards 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 20.20 7
D Niklas Grossman 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 12.20 4
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 26.10 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 27.20 6
D Trevor Daley 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 12.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 15.10 5
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 26.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 4 0 24 0 0 58.00 6
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Nystrom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
R David Moss 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -1 19.10 7
R Bill Guerin 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
R Mike Cammalleri 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 19.30 8
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 5
C Craig Conroy 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.40 7
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 16.40 8
C Petr Sykora 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 15.40 8
L Dustin Boyd 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 6.00 5
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 17.50 7
L Rene Bourque 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 15.50 6
L Rick Nash 2 2 3 5 0 1 0 3 15.40 10
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 15.30 6
D Mark Streit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 23.30 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 3 21.00 8
D Cory Sarich 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 19.20 7
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
D Dion Phaneuf 1 2 3 4 0 3 0 2 21.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Leland Irving 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Dion Phaneuf
3rd star: Bill Guerin

Notes for Dallas Stars:

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Robyn Regehr notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Bill Guerin scored the 700th point of his career.

Other notes:
-Rhett Warrener beat Trevor Daley in a fight.

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 2( 20) , Saint John Flames 6( 24)
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0-1 SJF Tomi Mäki (Kris Chucko)
1-1 UTH James Neal (Marty Sertich)
2-1 UTH Marty Sertich (János Vas)
2-2 SJF Anders Eriksson (Ryan Potulny, Curtis Glencross)
2-3 SJF Ryan Potulny (Anders Eriksson, Curtis Glencross)
2-4 SJF Kris Chucko (Grant Stevenson)
2-5 SJF Tomi Mäki (Matt Pelech)
2-6 SJF Juuso Puustinen (Ryan Potulny)

Goalies: Philippe Sauvé - David McKee