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Minnesota Wild 5 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 4
Shots: 34 - 25
PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:67/88=76 %, Challenges:46/52=86 %
PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:63/80=78 %, Challenges:37/47=77 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 900240 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:04 0-1 Ryan Whitney [7] (Chris Pronger, Mike Richards)PP
07:51 0-2 Tyler Myers [1] (Nicolas Deschamps, Petteri Nokelainen)
09:56 1-2 Marc-André Bergeron [6] (Mikael Samuelsson, Slava Kozlov)
19:45 2-2 Mikael Samuelsson [21] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Kim Johnsson)PP
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26:37 3-2 Éric Bélanger [8] (Antti Miettinen, Andrew Cogliano)
34:27 4-2 Antti Miettinen [9] (Éric Bélanger)
36:07 4-3 Todd Marchant [14])
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42:06 4-4 Brian Sutherby [6] (Nicolas Deschamps, Mark Bell)
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61:17 5-4 Marc Savard [20] (Shawn Horcoff, Kurtis Foster)
Penalty summary:
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02:31 Marek Zidlicky (2 min for high-sticking)
04:14 Kurtis Foster (2 min for tripping)
06:21 Kim Johnsson (2 min for elbowing)
14:11 Mikhail Stefanovich (2 min for roughing)
18:21 George Parros (2 min for holding the stick)
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21:03 Mikhail Stefanovich (2 min for hooking)
23:03 Corey Perry (2 min for tripping)
30:45 Marek Zidlicky (2 min for tripping)
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47:36 Éric Bélanger (2 min for tripping)
58:29 Nicolas Deschamps (2 min for boarding)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrew Cogliano 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9.10 5
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 11.10 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 12.30 8
R Slava Kozlov 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 -1 22.00 8
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 9.10 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.30 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 -1 21.20 8
C Marc Savard 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 22.40 8
L Antti Miettinen 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 12.10 8
L Éric Perrin 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 17.30 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 10.00 5
L Shawn Horcoff 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.10 5
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 17.10 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13.40 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 0 6 0 3 2 1 27.40 9
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 -1 25.00 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 30.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Delmas 4 0 21 0 0 61.20 5
G Michael Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mikhail Stefanovich 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 -2 8.10 5
R Petteri Nokelainen 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 12.10 6
R Todd Marchant 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 14.40 8
R Corey Perry 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 -2 22.00 8
C Brandon McMillan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 8.10 4
C Nicolas Deschamps 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 12.10 7
C Mark Bell 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 12.50 7
C Mike Richards 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 -1 23.00 7
L George Parros 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 -2 6.50 4
L Brian Sutherby 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 17.20 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 19.00 6
L Steve Bernier 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
D Luca Sbisa 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 13.30 5
D François Beauchemin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 19.20 7
D Tyler Myers 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 15.00 8
D Ryan Whitney 1 0 3 5 0 1 0 -1 31.20 9
D Chris Pronger 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -2 30.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marco Cousineau 5 0 29 0 0 61.20 5
G Jonas Hiller 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikael Samuelsson
2nd star: Éric Bélanger
3rd star: Antti Miettinen

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Kim Johnsson notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marc Savard scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Petteri Nokelainen finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Nicolas Deschamps finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Ryan Whitney ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 23) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 3( 21)
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1-0 HOU Ryan Hamilton (Petr Kalus)
1-1 CIN Erik Christensen (Drew Miller, Shane Hynes)
2-1 HOU Troy Riddle
2-2 CIN Dan LaCouture (Erik Christensen)
2-3 CIN Björn Melin (Erik Christensen)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Gerald Coleman

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Detroit Red Wings 5 , Los Angeles Kings 4
Shots: 33 - 26
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:76/92=82 %, Challenges:43/49=86 %
LA PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:63/75=84 %, Challenges:32/42=74 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 867263 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:18 1-0 Valtteri Filppula [13] (Daniel Cleary)
15:12 2-0 Tomas Holmström [21] (Niklas Kronwall, Darren Helm)PP
19:48 2-1 LA David Krejci [5] (Jack Johnson, Colten Teubert)
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31:11 2-2 LA Robert Czarnik [6] (Brad Richardson, Milan Lucic)
36:37 2-3 LA Brad Richardson [5] (Thomas Hickey, Sean O'Donnell)
39:51 2-4 LA Justin Williams [20] (Milan Lucic, Anze Kopitar)
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40:36 3-4 Daniel Cleary [16] (Valtteri Filppula, Niklas Kronwall)
43:15 4-4 Patrick Kane [20] (Niklas Kronwall)SH
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60:53 5-4 Kris Draper [11] (Daniel Cleary, Valtteri Filppula)
Penalty summary:
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13:21 LA Andrew Campbell (2 min for elbowing)
16:58 LA David Krejci (2 min for slashing)
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41:33 Chris Chelios (2 min for slashing)
42:03 LA Kyle Calder (2 min for roughing)
42:03 Brian Rafalski (2 min for roughing)
45:42 LA Jack Johnson (2 min for high-sticking)
50:18 LA Raitis Ivanans (2 min for tripping)
54:29 Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Johnson 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 8.40 6
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -2 20.30 7
R Daniel Cleary 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 12.20 8
R Patrick Kane 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 8
C Mark Cullen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Darren Helm 0 1 2 4 2 2 0 -1 18.50 7
C Kris Draper 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 16.10 9
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
L Mike Keane 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 7.30 7
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 15.40 7
L Valtteri Filppula 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 17.00 8
L Tomas Holmström 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 8
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 -1 15.00 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 23.10 8
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 24.20 7
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 -1 15.40 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 20.00 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 22 0 0 61.00 5
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Ellis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7.10 4
R Robert Czarnik 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
R Justin Williams 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 8
R Dustin Brown 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 17.50 7
C David Krejci 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 7.10 6
C Derek Armstrong 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 15.20 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 20.20 8
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 3 6 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
L Raitis Ivanans 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 7.10 6
L Brad Richardson 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 7
L Milan Lucic 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 8
L Kyle Calder 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 20.50 6
D Andrew Campbell 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 16.00 6
D Colten Teubert 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 -1 23.40 8
D Jack Johnson 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 1 23.20 8
D Thomas Hickey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 16.20 5
D Drew Doughty 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 5 0 28 0 0 61.00 5
G Jonathan Bernier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Cleary
2nd star: Valtteri Filppula
3rd star: Niklas Kronwall

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Patrick Kane scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Nicklas Lidström had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Justin Williams scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Jarret Stoll had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Milan Lucic had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Kyle Calder had his 8 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 6( 29) , Manchester Monarchs 1( 6)
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0-1 MNC Joshua Turnbull (Marc-André Cliche, Dany Roussin)
1-1 KCB Evan McGrath (Ryan Oulahen, Carl Corazzini)
2-1 KCB Evan McGrath (Jakub Kindl)
3-1 KCB Ryan Oulahen (Jakub Kindl)
4-1 KCB Evan McGrath (Ryan Oulahen)
5-1 KCB Alexei Cherepanov (Tomas Kopecky)
6-1 KCB Kip Miller (Alexei Cherepanov, Tomas Kopecky)

Goalies: Adam Berkhoel - Danny Taylor

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Tampa Bay Lightning 5 , Ottawa Senators 1
Shots: 30 - 20
PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:73/81=90 %, Challenges:33/54=60 %
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:60/84=71 %, Challenges:33/43=75 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 871328 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:42 1-0 Fedor Tyutin [4] (Jay Bouwmeester, Daniel Sedin)
17:31 2-0 Daniel Sedin [17] (Vaclav Prospal, Paul Ranger)
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24:05 3-0 Gary Roberts [7] (Brandon Bochenski, Josef Melichar)
28:57 4-0 Ryan Getzlaf [16])SH
37:09 4-1 Dany Heatley [27] (Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza)PP
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45:33 5-1 Henrik Sedin [11] (Daniel Sedin, Vaclav Prospal)
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Penalty summary:
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03:14 Daniel Sedin (2 min for cross-checking)
18:25 Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for high-sticking)
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20:57 Henrik Sedin (2 min for elbowing)
28:17 Brandon Bochenski (2 min for elbowing)
33:58 Mike Comrie (2 min for slashing)
36:26 Ryan Getzlaf (2 min for slashing)
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40:14 Chris Phillips (2 min for roughing)
40:14 Josef Melichar (2 min for roughing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 7.40 7
R Ryan Malone 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 10.10 7
R Daniel Sedin 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 3 16.10 8
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 20.50 7
C Adam Hall 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 7.40 5
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 12.30 8
C Vaclav Prospal 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 15.40 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 18.40 7
L Gary Roberts 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 7.40 6
L Radim Vrbata 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 16.50 7
L Henrik Sedin 1 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 18.00 7
R Ryan Getzlaf 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 20.20 8
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
D Fedor Tyutin 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 19.00 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 2 26.30 7
D Josef Melichar 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 13.10 7
D Paul Ranger 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 19.00 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 3 5 0 1 0 2 27.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Danny Bois 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.30 6
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 -2 15.10 6
R Nick Foligno 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 15.20 8
R Dany Heatley 1 0 3 4 0 3 0 -1 17.30 8
C Cody Bass 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 6.30 7
C Chris Kelly 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -2 17.20 7
L Mike Fisher 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -2 19.00 7
C Jason Spezza 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
L Shean Donovan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 6
L Chris Neil 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 -2 19.20 7
C Mike Comrie 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -2 17.10 6
L Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -2 17.10 5
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 18.20 6
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 -1 24.30 6
D Brian Lee 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -2 15.40 6
D Filip Kuba 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -3 21.30 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 4
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Sedin
2nd star: Vaclav Prospal
3rd star: Gary Roberts

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Daniel Sedin scored the 100th goal of his career.
-Josef Melichar has marked a new career high in assists with 13 assists.
-Vaclav Prospal notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Vaclav Prospal had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Josef Melichar ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Jason Spezza had his 4 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 1( 20) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 22)
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1-0 DTV Evgeny Artyukhin (Chris Lawrence, Justin Keller)
1-1 GRD Lawrence Nycholat (Alexander Nikulin, Josh Hennessy)
1-2 GRD Alexander Nikulin (Alex Picard, Greg Mauldin)

Goalies: Morgan Cey - Jeff Glass

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Carolina Hurricanes 4 , Chicago Blackhawks 1
Shots: 36 - 25
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/72=83 %, Challenges:57/63=89 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:62/69=89 %, Challenges:41/61=66 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 860890 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:48 1-0 Frantisek Kaberle [2] (Zdeno Chara, Ray Whitney)
17:48 2-0 Chad LaRose [2] (David Tanabe)
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22:08 3-0 Ryan Bayda [4] (Zdeno Chara, David Tanabe)
32:52 4-0 Matt Cullen [11] (Lee Stempniak, David Tanabe)
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58:55 4-1 Patrick Sharp [17] (Derek Roy)
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Penalty summary:
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18:59 Eric Staal (2 min for roughing)
18:59 Derek Roy (2 min for roughing)
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43:14 Sergei Samsonov (2 min for slashing)
45:28 Tim Gleason (2 min for hooking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Bayda 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 6.40 6
R Lee Stempniak 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 15.40 8
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
R Jeff Carter 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 7
C Chad LaRose 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 6.40 7
C Matt Cullen 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 8
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
C Eric Staal 0 0 4 3 0 4 2 1 21.00 8
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 6.40 6
L Scott Walker 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 15.40 8
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 15.10 8
L Ray Whitney 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15.40 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 25.00 8
D David Tanabe 0 3 0 3 2 3 0 2 17.00 8
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 17.10 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 2 5 3 2 3 0 2 28.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fabian Brunnström 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 6.30 6
R Ben Eager 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 14.20 6
R David Bolland 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 17.40 6
R Marian Hossa 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 -3 21.30 7
C Jack Skille 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 6.30 6
C Johan Franzén 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 14.20 6
C Derek Roy 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 17.40 8
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -3 21.30 7
L Bryan Bickell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.30 6
L Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
L Patrick Sharp 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 17.40 8
L Martin Havlat 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -3 21.30 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15.10 7
D Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.50 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -4 28.00 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 14.20 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 17.40 5
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -4 28.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 32 0 0 60.00 7
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Tanabe
2nd star: Zdeno Chara
3rd star: Ryan Bayda

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-David Tanabe notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ryan Bayda finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Chad LaRose finally ended his 34 game goal drought.
-Chad LaRose finally ended his 15 game point drought.
-Frantisek Kaberle finally ended his 34 game goal drought.

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Johan Franzén had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 4( 28) , Norfolk Admirals 3( 15)
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1-0 LOW Brandon Nolan
1-1 NOR Evan Brophey (Adam Pineault)
2-1 LOW Brad Parsons
2-2 NOR Aaron Johnson (Adam Pineault, Jake Dowell)
3-2 LOW Jeff Hamilton (Brandon Nolan)
3-3 NOR Matthew Ford (Denis Istomin)
4-3 LOW Scott Kelman (Casey Borer)

Goalies: Kevin Nastiuk - Wade Flaherty

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Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , New Jersey Devils 6
Shots: 26 - 30
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:64/74=86 %, Challenges:30/39=75 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:67/81=82 %, Challenges:46/63=71 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 867650 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:22 0-1 John Madden [6] (David Clarkson, Jay Pandolfo)
08:39 0-2 Joe Thornton [20] (Jonathan Cheechoo)
11:48 1-2 Olli Jokinen [22] (R.J. Umberger, Rostislav Klesla)
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27:54 2-2 Antoine Vermette [24] (Fredrik Modin, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
29:01 2-3 Joe Thornton [21] (Jonathan Cheechoo)
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40:42 2-4 Dainius Zubrus [7] (Jamie Langenbrunner, Vitaly Vishnevski)
46:41 2-5 Nicklas Bergfors [3] (Dainius Zubrus, Brandon Burlon)
49:15 2-6 Jamie Langenbrunner [7] (Martin Brodeur)SH
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Penalty summary:
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02:11 Devin Setoguchi (2 min for slashing)
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30:04 Luke Schenn (2 min for tripping)
33:55 David Clarkson (2 min for hooking)
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48:21 Jay Pandolfo (2 min for cross-checking)
52:01 Jirí Tlustý (2 min for elbowing)
55:52 Jirí Tlustý (2 min for cross-checking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Oscar Möller 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 14.30 5
R Fredrik Modin 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 -4 16.00 7
R R.J. Umberger 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 20.30 8
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 1 7 1 0 4 -1 8.50 7
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 14.30 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -3 20.00 7
C Michael Peca 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 16.40 6
L Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 15.50 5
L Antoine Vermette 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 -4 14.40 8
L Olli Jokinen 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 4
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -3 18.20 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25.40 6
D Luke Schenn 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 -1 17.30 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 -4 14.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 6 0 3 0 0 29.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Wade Dubielewicz 6 0 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Clarkson 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 9.20 8
R Jamie Langenbrunner 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 15.40 9
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 11.50 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 2 6 0 3 0 0 3 20.40 8
C John Madden 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
C Nicklas Bergfors 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 14.30 8
C Brian Rolston 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 5
C Joe Thornton 2 0 5 1 4 0 0 2 20.30 10
L Jay Pandolfo 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 13.00 7
L Dainius Zubrus 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 14.30 8
L Logan Couture 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.30 7
D Brandon Burlon 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 19.00 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10.40 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 26.50 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 15.30 7
D Colin White 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 30.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 1 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Thornton
2nd star: Jamie Langenbrunner
3rd star: Dainius Zubrus

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Antoine Vermette has marked a new career high in goals with 24 tallies.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-David Clarkson notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Joe Thornton scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Jamie Langenbrunner notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nicklas Bergfors ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Dainius Zubrus ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Vitaly Vishnevski ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 5( 30) , Albany River Rats 3( 12)
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1-0 SYR Michael Blunden (Andrew Murray)
1-1 ALB Lauris Darzins (Mike Pandolfo, Mike Rupp)
2-1 SYR Michael Blunden (Jason Chimera)
2-2 ALB Mike Rupp (Mike Pandolfo, Kirill Tulupov)
2-3 ALB Stephen Gionta (Ivan Khomutov)
3-3 SYR Craig MacDonald (Kirill Starkov)
4-3 SYR Michael Blunden (Manny Malhotra, Andrew Murray)
5-3 SYR Tommy Sestito (Mattias Trattnig)

Goalies: Adam Munro - Frank Doyle

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Vancouver Canucks 5 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 25 - 32
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:68/88=77 %, Challenges:37/47=77 %
PP: 0 of 3 (11 shots), Passing:65/75=86 %, Challenges:34/49=68 %
Attendance: 18422 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 891625 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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00:43 1-0 Martin St. Louis [18] (Mats Sundin, Karl Alzner)
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23:56 1-1 Alex Kovalev [17] (Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Kostitsyn)
26:05 2-1 Martin St. Louis [19] (Mats Sundin)
27:11 3-1 Paul Kariya [18] (Claude Giroux, Eric Mestery)
28:38 3-2 Mathieu Schneider [4] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Tomas Plekanec)
30:54 3-3 Tom Kostopoulos [5] (Georges Laraque, Sergei Kostitsyn)
37:43 4-3 Mason Raymond [3] (Todd White, Taylor Pyatt)
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49:07 5-3 Paul Kariya [19] (Claude Giroux, Keith Tkachuk)PP
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Penalty summary:
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05:02 Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for slashing)
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38:42 Pavol Demitra (2 min for hooking)
38:59 Mats Sundin (2 min for hooking)
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47:49 Andrei Markov (2 min for slashing)
49:19 Willie Mitchell (2 min for roughing)
49:19 Maxim Lapierre (2 min for roughing)
50:44 Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for hooking)
54:39 Mats Sundin (2 min for tripping)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mason Raymond 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 6.00 7
R Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 -1 17.20 7
R Claude Giroux 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 -1 16.40 7
R Pavol Demitra 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 20.10 8
C Todd White 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 6.00 6
C Cody Hodgson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 11.10 5
C Keith Tkachuk 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
C Mats Sundin 0 2 3 1 1 0 4 2 20.20 7
L Taylor Pyatt 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 11.50 6
L James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 11.10 6
L Paul Kariya 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 -1 15.40 7
L Martin St. Louis 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 9
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 -1 16.40 6
D Eric Mestery 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
D Karl Alzner 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 3 27.30 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 14.20 6
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.50 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 3 23.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 3 0 29 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 Georges Laraque 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 -1 10.50 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.10 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 15.30 6
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 20.50 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 -1 9.10 5
C Robert Lang 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 10.20 7
C Saku Koivu 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 -1 19.50 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 20.50 8
L Tom Kostopoulos 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 -1 10.10 7
L Chris Higgins 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 13.10 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.50 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 19.10 7
D Mathieu Schneider 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28.40 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 16.10 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 21.00 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 24.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin St. Louis
2nd star: Paul Kariya
3rd star: Mason Raymond

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Mats Sundin notched the 700th assist of his career.
-Mason Raymond finally ended his 19 game goal drought.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Markov had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 2( 21) , Quebec Citadelles 1( 11)
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0-1 QUE Olivier Latendresse (Matt D'Agostini, Kyle Chipchura)
1-1 MAN Patrick Coulombe
2-1 MAN Rick Rypien (Darcy Hordichuk)

Goalies: Sébastien Centomo - Marc Denis

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San Jose Sharks 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 32 - 26
PP: 1 of 10 (14 shots), Passing:76/85=89 %, Challenges:48/59=80 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:61/72=84 %, Challenges:48/68=69 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 875388 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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06:22 0-1 Miroslav Satan [14] (Todd Bertuzzi, Philippe Boucher)
11:19 0-2 Miroslav Satan [15] (Teemu Selänne, Patrice Brisebois)
16:45 1-2 Dan Boyle [7] (Marcel Goc)PP
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27:15 2-2 Rob Blake [4] (Patrik Elias, Travis Zajac)
27:59 3-2 Marcel Goc [8] (Brian Gionta, Brendan Shanahan)
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59:23 3-3 Jarome Iginla [24] (Sergei Gonchar, Alexander Edler) WG
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Penalty summary:
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00:11 Kyle McLaren (5 min for fighting)
00:11 Alexander Svitov (5 min for fighting)
08:51 Joe Pavelski (2 min for high-sticking)
11:37 Kris Beech (2 min for high-sticking)
12:32 Sergei Gonchar (2 min for holding the stick)
16:35 Pascal Dupuis (2 min for elbowing)
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21:12 Kris Beech (2 min for cross-checking)
30:11 Kris Beech (2 min for hooking)
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43:29 Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for tripping)
47:02 Pascal Dupuis (2 min for hooking)
48:28 Mike Commodore (2 min for roughing)
49:54 Philippe Boucher (2 min for slashing)
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62:45 Chris Kunitz (2 min for slashing)

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 6.50 6
R Milan Michalek 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 0 14.40 8
R Brian Gionta 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 22.30 7
R Travis Zajac 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 21.10 8
C Nick Bonino 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.30 6
C Justin Daniels 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 14.40 5
C Marcel Goc 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 22.00 7
C Patrik Elias 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 21.40 8
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 4
L Joe Pavelski 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 15.50 5
L Brendan Shanahan 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 23.00 7
L Zach Parisé 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 21.50 7
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.50 5
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 22.00 7
D Rob Blake 1 0 4 6 0 3 0 -1 28.40 10
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 25.00 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 3 2 2 5 0 9.40 5
D Dan Boyle 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brian Boucher 3 0 23 0 0 65.00 6
G Evgeny Nabokov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 3 3 0 4 0 8.10 6
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 10.00 6
R Miroslav Satan 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 13.00 8
R Jarome Iginla 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 23.10 8
C Mike Zigomanis 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.00 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 3 1 3 5 0 20.10 8
C Todd Bertuzzi 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 13.10 10
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 22.50 9
L Kris Beech 0 0 2 3 2 0 6 0 9.00 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10.00 6
L Teemu Selänne 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 15.20 6
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 22.50 6
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21.20 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 24.00 7
D Alexander Edler 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 21.20 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 22.20 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 0 30.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 3 0 29 0 0 63.30 8
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Miroslav Satan
2nd star: Marcel Goc
3rd star: Rob Blake

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Zach Parisé had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Rob Blake finally ended his 23 game goal drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Miroslav Satan scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:
-Kyle McLaren beat Alexander Svitov in a fight.

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 2( 20) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 17)
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1-0 CLE Graham Mink (Tom Cavanagh, Lukas Kaspar)
2-0 CLE Josh Prudden (Tyler McGregor)

Goalies: Dmitri Pätzold - Dave Brown