18/12/2008

New York Rangers 5 , Florida Panthers 1
Shots: 31 - 17
PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:77/85=90 %, Challenges:43/52=81 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:61/75=81 %, Challenges:32/44=71 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 560560 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:29 0-1 Nick Schultz [3] (Alexandre Picard, Jakub Voracek)
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25:31 1-1 Brendan Shanahan [14] (Mike Modano, Peter Forsberg)
29:47 2-1 Brendan Shanahan [15] (Johnny Oduya, Bryan McCabe)
36:41 3-1 Alex Tanguay [15] (Steve Sullivan, Bryan McCabe)
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47:02 4-1 Mike Modano [12] (Brendan Shanahan, Trent Hunter)PP
49:15 5-1 Steve Sullivan [13] (Alex Tanguay, Bryan McCabe)
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Penalty summary:
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04:39 Ivan Novoseltsev (2 min for tripping)
07:02 Adam Foote (2 min for elbowing)
14:38 Bryan McCabe (2 min for diving)
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31:58 Miroslav Satan (2 min for hooking)
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43:47 Clarke MacArthur (2 min for slashing)
45:14 Marco Sturm (2 min for high-sticking)
52:36 Wade Redden (2 min for hooking)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.30 6
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
R Trent Hunter 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 17.20 8
R Steve Sullivan 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 9
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
C Kyle Turris 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 12.40 6
C Mike Modano 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 2 17.20 9
C Peter Forsberg 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 19.30 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 12.40 7
L Brendan Shanahan 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 17.20 9
L Alex Tanguay 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 8
D Bryan Allen 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 17.30 6
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17.30 6
D Adam Foote 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 25.00 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
D Johnny Oduya 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 17.40 8
D Bryan McCabe 0 3 3 2 0 1 2 1 24.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ivan Novoseltsev 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 12.50 6
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 13.00 6
R Alexandre Picard 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.20 4
R Jakub Voracek 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -3 18.00 5
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 8.10 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 11.50 6
C Kruise Reddick 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 5
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 20.40 6
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 13.30 5
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 9.50 5
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
L Marco Sturm 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -3 19.20 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 4
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 20.00 5
D T.J. Brennan 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 25.40 7
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 16.30 7
D Nick Schultz 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 16.10 8
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -3 27.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 5 0 26 0 0 60.00 5
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brendan Shanahan
2nd star: Steve Sullivan
3rd star: Mike Modano

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Brendan Shanahan scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Alex Tanguay scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Jakub Voracek finally ended his 15 game point drought.
-Nick Schultz ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolf Pack 3( 27) , Rochester Americans 2( 10)
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0-1 ROC Ville Peltonen (Nathan Dempsey)
0-2 ROC Andreas Jämtin (Jeff Toms, Andrew Kozek)
1-2 HFD Vitaly Yachmenev (Denis Parshin, Josh Gorges)
2-2 HFD Ryan White (Timofei Shishkanov, Josh Gorges)
3-2 HFD Alexandre Burrows (Ryan White, Timofei Shishkanov)

Goalies: Todd Ford - Jocelyn Thibault

Washington Capitals 2 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 18 - 34
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:68/80=85 %, Challenges:23/35=63 %
PP: 2 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:82/95=86 %, Challenges:41/46=87 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:51 0-1 Andy McDonald [8] (Raffi Torres, Ales Kotalik)PP
19:21 1-1 Chris Pronger [7] (Kris Versteeg, Ian Laperriere)
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30:09 1-2 Andy McDonald [9] (Ales Kotalik, Brad Lukowich)
39:33 2-2 Dustin Brown [14] (Paul Mara, Chris Pronger)
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40:36 2-3 Mats Sundin [17] (Brian Gionta, Raffi Torres)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:28 Erik Karlsson (2 min for hooking)
14:45 Chris Pronger (2 min for hooking)
16:47 Matthew Lombardi (2 min for hooking)
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23:51 Raffi Torres (2 min for tripping)
39:54 Cody Hodgson (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:02 Petr Nedved (2 min for boarding)
47:24 Dustin Brown (2 min for hooking)
54:38 Sami Salo (2 min for holding the stick)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ian Laperriere 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 15.00 6
R Ed Purcell 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 7.50 4
R Dustin Brown 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 20.10 7
R Kris Versteeg 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 6
C Brayden Schenn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 4
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 9.50 5
C Cody Hodgson 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 12.30 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 20.10 7
L Sean Bergenheim 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.30 5
L Michal Repík 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 4
L Anton Lander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 5
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 21.50 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14.40 5
D Erik Karlsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12.00 6
D Luca Sbisa 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 25.40 6
D Anton Strålman 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Paul Mara 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 23.10 7
D Chris Pronger 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 29.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Schwarz 3 0 31 0 0 59.00 9
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 9.10 5
R Shean Donovan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.50 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 7
R Brian Gionta 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -1 18.50 7
C Petr Nedved 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 9.10 5
C Todd White 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11.50 7
C Andy McDonald 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 9
C Mats Sundin 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.50 8
L Sean Avery 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 9.10 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 10.10 7
L Raffi Torres 0 2 5 1 0 0 2 1 20.00 9
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 6
D Shawn Belle 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 11.30 4
D Brad Lukowich 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.40 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 29.10 6
D Mathieu Biron 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17.50 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 20.00 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 -1 26.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andy McDonald
2nd star: Raffi Torres
3rd star: Ales Kotalik

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Kris Versteeg notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Raffi Torres has marked a new career high in assists with 20 assists.
-Raffi Torres notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Andy McDonald ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 5( 28) , Worcester Sharks 0( 17)
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1-0 HER Mike Keane (Kevin Dallman, Martin Rucinsky)
2-0 HER Martin Rucinsky (Chris Gratton)
3-0 HER Dustin Gazley (Aaron Snow)
4-0 HER Björn Melin (Sasha Pokulok)
5-0 HER Clarke Wilm (Björn Melin)

Goalies: Sébastien Caron - Josh Harding

St. Louis Blues 3 , Edmonton Oilers 4
Shots: 25 - 33
PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:59/67=88 %, Challenges:41/50=80 %
PP: 2 of 7 (11 shots), Passing:69/86=80 %, Challenges:49/54=89 %
Attendance: 19022 of 19022 (Scottrade Center)
Ticket income: 519301 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:06 0-1 Alexander Frolov [12] (Joffrey Lupul)PP
12:23 0-2 Alex Kovalev [13] (François Beauchemin, Brett Clark)PP
15:27 1-2 Tomas Holmström [15] (Zach Parisé, Dmitry Yushkevich)
17:21 2-2 Marek Svatos [13] (Simon Gagné, Dick Tärnström)PP
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31:31 2-3 Joffrey Lupul [13] (Alex Kovalev, Daniel Sedin)
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47:03 2-4 François Beauchemin [3] (Alex Kovalev, David Clarkson)
55:14 3-4 Sheldon Souray [4] (Zach Parisé, Mark Bell)
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Penalty summary:
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04:22 Andrew Hutchinson (2 min for slashing)
09:33 Mark Bell (2 min for tripping)
11:51 Derek Armstrong (2 min for slashing)
15:41 Joffrey Lupul (2 min for tripping)
19:47 Marek Svatos (2 min for high-sticking)
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21:37 Mark Bell (2 min for boarding)
38:41 Dmitry Yushkevich (2 min for roughing)
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43:44 Sheldon Souray (2 min for hooking)
49:26 Mark Bell (2 min for hooking)
56:36 Ruslan Salei (2 min for tripping)
57:55 François Beauchemin (2 min for high-sticking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.50 5
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9.30 6
R Tomas Holmström 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.10 8
R Marek Svatos 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 -2 19.40 6
C Derek Armstrong 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 7.10 5
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 6
C Mark Bell 0 1 2 0 1 1 6 1 21.20 7
C Brad Richards 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 19.30 6
L Nikolai Kulemin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Marcel Hossa 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.00 5
L Zach Parisé 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 14.50 8
L Simon Gagné 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -2 17.50 6
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 12.00 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 22.50 8
D Sheldon Souray 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 -1 28.40 9
D Dick Tärnström 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.50 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 22.40 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 -2 24.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 29 0 0 58.00 6
G Manny Legace 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Clarkson 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -1 9.00 7
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
R Joffrey Lupul 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 13.20 8
R Alex Kovalev 1 2 7 1 0 1 0 0 23.10 10
C Rod Pelley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10.30 6
C Mike Fisher 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 23.10 6
L Martin Gélinas 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.40 6
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 10.30 7
L Alexander Frolov 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 16.40 9
L Daniel Sedin 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -1 24.00 7
D Matt Jones 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.30 6
D Brett Clark 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 28.50 7
D Matt Carle 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 29.40 7
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 13.20 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 11.30 7
D François Beauchemin 1 1 5 2 0 0 2 -1 26.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Henrik Lundqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Joffrey Lupul
3rd star: François Beauchemin

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Tomas Holmström scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Dick Tärnström notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brad Richards had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-François Beauchemin finally ended his 24 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Peoria Rivermen 3( 27) , Springfield Falcons 2( 18)
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1-0 PEO Cody McLeod (Owen Fussey)
2-0 PEO Ryan Stoa
2-1 SPR Stanislav Chistov (Marc-Antoine Pouliot)
2-2 SPR Sergei Brylin (Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Chris Mason)
3-2 PEO Mikael Backlund (Owen Fussey)

Goalies: Andrew Raycroft - Chris Mason

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 30 - 16
PP: 1 of 8 (12 shots), Passing:67/82=81 %, Challenges:41/49=82 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:57/75=76 %, Challenges:31/48=63 %
Attendance: 18819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 596562 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:21 1-0 Jirí Tlustý [3] (Nils Ekman, Alex Korolyuk)
17:37 2-0 Pavel Kubina [3] (Artem Chubarov, Scott Niedermayer)
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27:51 2-1 Jeff Carter [12] (Peter Schaefer, Alexander Steen)
33:09 3-1 Éric Bélanger [10] (Brian Rolston, Anson Carter)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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02:39 Peter Schaefer (2 min for tripping)
06:51 Andy Sutton (2 min for boarding)
14:57 Alexander Steen (2 min for boarding)
18:49 Pavel Kubina (2 min for high-sticking)
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32:08 Andy Sutton (2 min for slashing)
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40:15 Martin Erat (2 min for slashing)
45:49 Mathieu Schneider (2 min for slashing)
49:55 Martin Erat (2 min for hooking)
58:26 Andy Sutton (2 min for tripping)
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Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8.20 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 -1 14.50 7
R Anson Carter 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 8
R Tyler Ennis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 5
C Artem Chubarov 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 10.20 6
C Jirí Tlustý 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 17.50 6
C Éric Bélanger 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 19.00 6
C Jonathan Tavares 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 6
L Nils Ekman 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 7
R Alex Korolyuk 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 17.50 6
L Brian Rolston 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 21.00 8
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20.00 5
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.30 5
D Pavel Kubina 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 19.00 7
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 19.50 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 6
D Scott Niedermayer 0 1 2 4 0 4 0 1 29.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 5
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 7.40 4
R Alexander Steen 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 10.40 5
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 18.20 7
C Mike York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 6
C Jeff Carter 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 14.10 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 21.40 6
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 7.50 5
L Mike Knuble 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 14.50 8
L Martin Erat 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 18.00 6
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 14.40 8
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 0 22.40 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 -1 30.20 8
D Mike Mottau 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.10 6
D Nick Boynton 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16.10 5
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 3 2 3 0 2 0 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jirí Tlustý
2nd star: Brian Rolston
3rd star: Pavel Kubina

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Éric Bélanger scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jirí Tlustý finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
-Jirí Tlustý finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Pavel Kubina finally ended his 27 game goal drought.
-Pavel Kubina finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Toronto Marlies 4( 28) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 10)
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1-0 TOM Ryan Bayda (Martin Cibak)
1-1 SYR Shane O'Brien (Alex Bourret)
1-2 SYR Konstantin Pushkarev (Ben Ondrus, Frank Doyle)
2-2 TOM Ryan Bayda (Martin Cibak)
3-2 TOM Ryan Flinn (Denis Shvidki, Michael Caruso)
4-2 TOM Ryan Bayda (David Jones)

Goalies: Dmitri Pätzold - Frank Doyle