31/12/2008

Atlanta Thrashers 1 , Chicago Blackhawks 0
Shots: 24 - 25
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:58/75=77 %, Challenges:38/47=79 %
PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:64/80=80 %, Challenges:36/50=70 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 501811 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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32:13 1-0 Carl Söderberg [7] (Joni Pitkänen, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:12 Petteri Nokelainen (2 min for cross-checking)
07:02 John Pohl (2 min for high-sticking)
15:29 Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for holding the stick)
17:49 Vernon Fiddler (2 min for hooking)
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27:33 Sean O'Donnell (2 min for high-sticking)
34:47 Ryan Callahan (2 min for hooking)
39:42 Mattias Öhlund (2 min for slashing)
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48:38 Carl Söderberg (2 min for hooking)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R John Pohl 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.40 4
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 9.40 5
R Corey Perry 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 18.20 6
C Jared Aulin 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 8.40 5
C T.J. Hensick 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9.40 5
C Andrew Cogliano 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 6
L Vernon Fiddler 0 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 15.40 5
L Ray Whitney 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 19.40 6
L Carl Söderberg 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 11.50 8
L Kyle Calder 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17.30 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 2 4 2 4 0 0 25.40 8
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 18.00 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24.00 6
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 1 23.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 0 0 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 8.20 5
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9.10 5
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 7
R Bill Guerin 0 0 3 7 1 3 0 0 18.10 8
C Petteri Nokelainen 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 8.20 5
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.10 4
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.50 5
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11.20 5
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16.30 5
L Chad Kilger 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 18.20 7
D Cory Sarich 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 12.30 5
D Rob Blake 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -1 19.20 4
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 25.40 7
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 5
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 20.20 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 1 0 23 0 0 59.20 9
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeni Nabokov
2nd star: Carl Söderberg
3rd star: Joni Pitkänen

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Rob Blake had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 3( 34) , Norfolk Admirals 1( 4)
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1-0 CHW Graham Mink (Jed Ortmeyer, Hugo Carpentier)
2-0 CHW Chris Bourque (Nick Bonino)
2-1 NOR Jassen Cullimore (Marek Kvapil, Igor Mirnov)
3-1 CHW Hugo Carpentier

Goalies: Barry Brust - Johan Holmqvist

Calgary Flames 4 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3
Shots: 30 - 22
PP: 3 of 13 (16 shots), Passing:76/82=92 %, Challenges:41/56=71 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:57/82=69 %, Challenges:36/45=78 %
Attendance: 17139 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 553589 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:21 0-1 Josef Vasicek [14] (Bobby Holik, Jaroslav Spacek)
19:22 1-1 Derek Morris [5] (Travis Zajac)PP
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34:22 1-2 Jason Williams [14] (Jochen Hecht, Mike Sillinger)
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44:03 2-2 Dany Heatley [19] (Michael Ryder)
49:03 3-2 Derek Morris [6] (Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley)PP
58:59 4-2 Derek Morris [7])PP EN
59:31 4-3 Zdeno Chara [7] (Josef Vasicek, Jason Williams)
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Penalty summary:
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02:45 Josef Vasicek (2 min for hooking)
06:56 Freddy Meyer (2 min for tripping)
14:03 Ed Jovanovski (2 min for high-sticking)
19:11 Kyle Brodziak (2 min for tripping)
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29:15 Devin Setoguchi (2 min for hooking)
36:45 Daniel Cleary (2 min for tripping)
37:46 Bobby Holik (2 min for cross-checking)
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41:45 Daniel Cleary (2 min for high-sticking)
44:19 Devin Setoguchi (2 min for slashing)
47:46 Zdeno Chara (2 min for hooking)
53:17 Mike Sillinger (2 min for hooking)
53:46 Josef Vasicek (2 min for high-sticking)
58:23 Mark Parrish (2 min for tripping)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 6
R Petr Prucha 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 13.20 6
R Owen Nolan 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 21.50 7
R Michael Ryder 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 20.30 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 6.10 6
C Travis Zajac 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 -1 8.50 7
C Patrice Bergeron 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 22.00 7
C Jason Spezza 0 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 22.10 8
L Dustin Penner 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4.30 5
L Milan Michalek 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 11.40 6
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 22.20 7
L Dany Heatley 1 1 3 2 4 1 0 1 21.30 9
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -2 19.50 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 12.20 7
D Derek Morris 3 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 29.20 9
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.00 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 22.20 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brian Willsie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 5
R Daniel Cleary 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 10.10 6
R Jason Williams 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 8.30 8
R Mark Parrish 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 9.10 6
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 5.30 5
C Bobby Holik 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 20.40 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 8.10 8
C Chris Drury 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 14.30 7
L Devin Setoguchi 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 7.00 7
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 22.20 7
L Josef Vasicek 1 1 4 2 0 0 4 2 20.10 10
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 20.40 8
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 12.40 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 20.30 6
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 0 4 1 3 2 1 28.00 8
D Mark Streit 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 12.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 24.20 8
D Zdeno Chara 1 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 24.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 4 0 26 0 0 59.00 6
G Erik Ersberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Derek Morris
2nd star: Josef Vasicek
3rd star: Dany Heatley

Notes for Calgary Flames:

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Jochen Hecht notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 7( 32) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 2( 10)
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1-0 SJF Patrick Kaleta (Eric Boguniecki, Keith Yandle)
1-1 CIN Barry Tallackson (Gilbert Brulé, Filip Novak)
2-1 SJF Kris Newbury (Patrick Kaleta, Keith Yandle)
3-1 SJF Eric Boguniecki
3-1 SJF Eric Boguniecki (, Marty Murray)
4-1 SJF Eric Boguniecki (Brandon Sutter, Keith Yandle)
5-1 SJF Patrick Kaleta (Eric Boguniecki)
6-1 SJF Jaroslav Hlinka (Marty Murray)
6-2 CIN Vladimír Sobotka (Derick Brassard, Adam Berkhoel)
7-2 SJF Erik Haula (Darren Haydar)

Goalies: Jean-Sébastien Aubin - Adam Berkhoel

Carolina Hurricanes 6 , Montreal Canadiens 1
Shots: 35 - 25
PP: 3 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:67/79=84 %, Challenges:40/46=85 %
PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:30/43=68 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:29 1-0 Milan Lucic [7] (Jim Slater)
16:58 1-1 Colin White [3] (Steven Stamkos, Luke Schenn)
18:21 2-1 Eric Brewer [3] (John-Michael Liles, Joe Thornton)PP
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24:42 3-1 Maxim Afinogenov [17] (Todd Bertuzzi, Eric Brewer)
34:37 4-1 Samuel Påhlsson [12] (Milan Lucic, Steve Bernier)PP
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43:52 5-1 Joe Thornton [26] (Maxim Afinogenov, Todd Bertuzzi)PP
59:04 6-1 Patrick Sharp [8] (Samuel Påhlsson, Jay McKee)
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Penalty summary:
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02:33 Radoslav Suchy (2 min for slashing)
03:52 Samuel Påhlsson (2 min for tripping)
08:49 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for holding the stick)
11:35 Vladimir Orszagh (2 min for boarding)
18:13 Ted Ruth (2 min for holding the stick)
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29:53 Eric Fehr (2 min for high-sticking)
33:39 Eric Fehr (2 min for tripping)
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40:51 Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for holding the stick)
43:16 Vladimir Orszagh (2 min for slashing)
48:23 Tom Bateman (2 min for cross-checking)
53:12 Milan Lucic (5 min for fighting)
53:12 Colin White (5 min for fighting)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Rycroft 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 9.00 6
R Steve Bernier 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.30 7
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14.10 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 19.10 8
C Jim Slater 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 9.00 7
C Michael Peca 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.50 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 15.30 8
C Joe Thornton 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 21.10 9
L Milan Lucic 1 1 3 2 0 2 5 1 12.30 9
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 10.50 5
L Patrick Sharp 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 14.00 8
L Todd Bertuzzi 0 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 20.30 9
D Radoslav Suchy 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 12.50 7
D Jamie Heward 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 16.20 7
D Eric Brewer 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 29.10 9
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18.40 6
D Jay McKee 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 16.10 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 26.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Jani Hurme 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 -1 5.30 4
R Tom Bateman 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 12.10 6
R Eric Fehr 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 -2 19.30 6
R Steven Stamkos 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Jason Krog 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 6.10 4
C Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -1 19.20 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
L Toni Rajala 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 6.10 4
L Martin Straka 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 12.30 5
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 -1 19.50 7
D Ted Ruth 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 18.50 6
D Colin White 1 0 1 3 1 3 5 1 12.30 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 28.40 6
D Ric Jackman 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.00 4
D Luke Schenn 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 -2 27.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Curtis McElhinney 6 0 29 0 0 60.00 4
G Rick DiPietro 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Samuel Påhlsson
3rd star: Joe Thornton

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Todd Bertuzzi notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Samuel Påhlsson has marked a new career high in goals with 12 tallies.
-Jim Slater finally ended his 22 game point drought.
-Eric Brewer ended his 9 game goal drought.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:

Other notes:
-Milan Lucic beat Colin White in a fight.

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 3( 10) , Quebec Citadelles 0( 9)
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1-0 LOW Jason King (Martin St. Pierre)
2-0 LOW Alexander Svitov (Claude Giroux)
3-0 LOW Alexandre Giroux (Dan LaCouture)

Goalies: Devan Dubnyk - Michael Leighton

Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , New York Islanders 5
Shots: 22 - 28
PP: 1 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:62/75=82 %, Challenges:38/52=71 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:68/83=81 %, Challenges:32/48=65 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 627150 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:06 1-0 Dmitri Kalinin [7] (Martin St. Louis, Rod Brind'Amour)PP
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23:55 1-1 Aaron Ward [2] (Alexei Zhitnik, Paul Stastny)
29:18 1-2 Tuomo Ruutu [13] (Erik Cole)SH
33:06 1-3 Ruslan Fedotenko [7] (Alexei Zhitnik, Bryan Berard)
33:37 2-3 Alexander Steen [12] (Andy Sutton, Jeff Carter)
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51:34 3-3 Rod Brind'Amour [16] (Mike York, Marcus Nilson)
52:43 3-4 Erik Cole [24] (Paul Stastny)
57:59 4-4 Dmitri Kalinin [8] (Rod Brind'Amour, Mathieu Schneider)
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60:44 4-5 Ruslan Fedotenko [8] (Paul Stastny, Alexei Zhitnik)
Penalty summary:
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04:04 Oleg Saprykin (2 min for tripping)
19:44 Robbie Schremp (2 min for hooking)
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27:42 Nik Antropov (2 min for tripping)
34:34 Andy Sutton (2 min for tripping)
36:52 Andrew Alberts (5 min for attempt to injury)
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46:13 Chuck Kobasew (2 min for tripping)
46:42 Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
46:42 Martin Erat (2 min for roughing)
46:51 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for roughing)
46:51 Martin St. Louis (2 min for roughing)
53:14 Andrew Alberts (2 min for roughing)
53:14 Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
55:04 Mike Mottau (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 15.10 6
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 13.00 6
R Alexander Steen 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 15.00 7
R Martin St. Louis 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 16.40 7
C Mike York 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 4
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 16.10 7
C Jeff Carter 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -2 13.10 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 19.30 10
L Marcus Nilson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.30 5
L Mike Knuble 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 13.00 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 21.40 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 17.20 6
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 5 0 5 7 0 14.00 8
D Andy Sutton 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 -1 12.50 5
D Dmitri Kalinin 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 27.40 7
D Mike Mottau 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 17.00 7
D Nick Boynton 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 -1 20.20 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 -1 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 23 0 0 60.50 4
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Oscar Möller 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 16.10 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 10.20 6
R Nik Antropov 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 -2 17.40 7
C Robbie Schremp 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 9.00 6
C Tommi Santala 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
C Paul Stastny 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 17.30 8
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 19.10 6
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8.10 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 10.50 8
L Erik Cole 1 1 2 6 1 3 0 2 21.40 10
L Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 5 3 2 3 4 -1 26.50 9
D Randy Jones 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 19.50 7
D Aaron Ward 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 18.50 8
D Erik Johnson 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 -2 26.10 7
D James Wisniewski 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 14.00 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 17.30 8
D Bryan Berard 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -2 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Gerber 4 0 18 0 0 60.50 5
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ruslan Fedotenko
2nd star: Erik Cole
3rd star: Paul Stastny

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Martin Erat had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Alexei Zhitnik notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Paul Stastny notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Aaron Ward ended his 7 game point drought.
-Alexei Zhitnik ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 20) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 0( 13)
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1-0 SYR Éric Chouinard (Enver Lisin, Alex Bourret)
2-0 SYR Tuomas Pihlman (Tim Brent)
3-0 SYR Tuomas Pihlman (Konstantin Pushkarev)
4-0 SYR Tim Brent (Cody McCormick)

Goalies: Jean-François Racine - Maxime Ouellet

Dallas Stars 4 , New York Rangers 4
Shots: 33 - 32
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:55/68=80 %, Challenges:39/46=83 %
PP: 0 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:89/97=91 %, Challenges:41/49=82 %
Attendance: 17001 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 516830 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:14 1-0 Ryan Malone [16] (Frantisek Kaberle, Tomas Kaberle)
11:31 1-1 Peter Forsberg [13] (Steve Sullivan)
15:06 1-2 Chris Neil [4] (Gary Roberts, Mike Modano)
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24:17 2-2 Thomas Vanek [11] (Marc Savard)
35:45 2-3 Trent Hunter [16] (Steve Sullivan, Peter Forsberg)
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46:46 2-4 Gary Roberts [3] (Bryan McCabe, Chris Neil)
48:35 3-4 Marc Savard [16] (Thomas Vanek, Chris Kelly)
49:57 4-4 Rob Niedermayer [14] (Ryan Malone, Daymond Langkow)
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Penalty summary:
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05:21 Marc Savard (2 min for roughing)
09:37 Daymond Langkow (2 min for holding the stick)
12:06 Chris Neil (2 min for hooking)
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30:23 Rob Niedermayer (2 min for tripping)
37:26 Daniel Paillé (2 min for holding the stick)
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40:15 Jim Dowd (2 min for tripping)
43:54 Kyle Turris (2 min for cross-checking)
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63:37 Steve Eminger (2 min for hooking)

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.20 6
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 18.30 6
R Rob Niedermayer 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 22.30 8
R Chris Kelly 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 4
C Jim Dowd 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 11.20 7
C Daymond Langkow 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 17.20 8
C Marc Savard 1 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 15.30 8
L Sergei Varlamov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 11.40 4
L Ryan Malone 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 19.30 8
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 1 16.50 8
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 -2 18.00 8
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 2 18.10 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 23.20 5
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -2 21.30 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 19.10 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 30.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 28 0 0 65.00 6
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7.10 7
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 15.00 6
R Trent Hunter 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
R Steve Sullivan 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 -1 22.40 8
C Kris Draper 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.00 6
C Kyle Turris 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 11.10 6
C Mike Modano 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
C Peter Forsberg 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 23.20 8
L Gary Roberts 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 6.50 7
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 11.10 7
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 22.40 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.30 6
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 24.50 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -2 24.10 6
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 22.50 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 30.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 4 0 29 0 0 65.00 6
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Neil
2nd star: Marc Savard
3rd star: Peter Forsberg

Notes for Dallas Stars:

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Peter Forsberg notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Chris Neil finally ended his 22 game goal drought.
-Chris Neil finally ended his 13 game point drought.
-Trent Hunter ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Peter Forsberg ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Gary Roberts finally ended his 32 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 3( 12) , Hartford Wolfpack 8( 20)
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0-1 HFD Jean-Pierre Vigier (Yannick Tremblay, Ryan White)
0-2 HFD Alexandre Burrows (Ryan White)
0-3 HFD Mike Pandolfo (Mikhail Yakubov)
1-3 UTH Kevin Westgarth (Matt Bradley, Stéphane Robidas)
2-3 UTH Kevin Westgarth (Colton Gillies)
2-4 HFD Jean-Pierre Vigier (Bill Thomas, Bryan Bickell)
2-5 HFD Bryan Bickell (Mike Lundin)
2-6 HFD Timofei Shishkanov (Ryan White)
3-6 UTH Matt Bradley (Colton Gillies)
3-7 HFD Alexandre Burrows (Ryan White)
3-8 HFD Jean-Pierre Vigier (Bryan Bickell)

Minnesota Wild 6 , Toronto Maple Leafs 3
Shots: 28 - 33
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:62/72=86 %, Challenges:47/58=79 %
PP: 0 of 3 (11 shots), Passing:59/74=79 %, Challenges:37/48=75 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 483600 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:03 1-0 Scott Gomez [12] (Brian Pothier, Jay Bouwmeester)
11:15 2-0 Ilya Kovalchuk [19] (Jaromir Jagr)
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20:52 2-1 Scott Niedermayer [5] (Pavel Kubina, Jonathan Tavares)
28:47 3-1 Peter Mueller [18] (Scott Gomez, Pavol Demitra)
34:32 4-1 Pavol Demitra [22])SH
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43:16 4-2 Éric Bélanger [14] (Anson Carter, Brian Rolston)
43:51 4-3 Anson Carter [16] (Éric Bélanger, Kenny Jönsson)
48:53 5-3 Scott Gomez [13] (Brian Pothier, Jay Bouwmeester)
50:05 6-3 Niklas Sundström [2] (Ronald Petrovicky, Angelo Esposito)
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Penalty summary:
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33:57 Markus Näslund (2 min for hooking)
37:15 Tyler Ennis (2 min for roughing)
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50:33 Duvie Westcott (2 min for hooking)
53:07 Anton Myllari (2 min for tripping)
59:42 Jay Bouwmeester (2 min for elbowing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 7.20 6
R Niklas Sundström 1 0 3 3 1 4 0 1 17.50 9
R Markus Näslund 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 15.00 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 8
C Nick Tarnasky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
C Angelo Esposito 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.50 6
C Scott Gomez 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 9
C Pavol Demitra 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 19.50 7
L Matt Halischuk 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 7
L Ronald Petrovicky 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 17.50 7
L Peter Mueller 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 15.00 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 7
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 19.40 6
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 25.20 7
D Anton Myllari 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 1 20.00 6
D Brian Pothier 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 15.30 8
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 23.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 3 0 30 0 0 60.00 9
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 7.20 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 18.00 6
R Anson Carter 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 -2 18.10 8
R Tyler Ennis 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 13.20 5
C Artem Chubarov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 18.20 7
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 -2 16.50 7
C Jonathan Tavares 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 6
L Nils Ekman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.50 5
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 20.00 6
L Brian Rolston 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 8
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 13.00 5
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 20.50 5
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 16.30 5
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 21.00 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Kenny Jönsson 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 -2 17.30 5
D Scott Niedermayer 1 0 5 5 3 3 0 -2 27.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 6 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Gomez
2nd star: Niklas Sundström
3rd star: Pavol Demitra

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Brian Pothier notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jay Bouwmeester notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Niklas Sundström finally ended his 31 game goal drought.
-Markus Näslund had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Jonathan Tavares notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Anson Carter ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 22) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 2( 13)
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1-0 HOU Pavel Mrna (Grant Stevenson)
1-1 SJM David Jones (Ryan Bayda, Steven Wagner)
2-1 HOU Craig Adams (Grant Stevenson, Oleg Tverdovsky)
2-2 SJM Denis Shvidki (Ryan Flinn, Jason Doig)
3-2 HOU Zach Hamill (Noah Clarke, Stacy Roest)

Goalies: Bernd Brückler - Dmitri Pätzold

St. Louis Blues 2 , Los Angeles Kings 3
Shots: 20 - 27
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:71/82=86 %, Challenges:49/59=81 %
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:57/77=74 %, Challenges:33/42=76 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 525798 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:02 1-0 Simon Gagné [17] (Patrice Brisebois)
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29:35 2-0 Brent Burns [6] (Zach Parisé, Simon Gagné)
30:07 2-1 Chris Campoli [2] (Lasse Kukkonen)
32:25 2-2 Saku Koivu [17] (Alexander Semin, Jean-Pierre Dumont)
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59:01 2-3 Mike Comrie [10] (Wayne Primeau, Rene Bourque)
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Penalty summary:
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22:51 Lasse Kukkonen (2 min for holding the stick)
36:49 Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for cross-checking)
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50:57 Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for holding the stick)
54:54 Sheldon Souray (2 min for roughing)
54:54 Aaron Miller (2 min for roughing)
56:09 Derek Armstrong (2 min for hooking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 14.00 6
R Tomas Holmström 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 7
R Marek Svatos 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Derek Armstrong 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6.50 6
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 14.00 6
C Mark Bell 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
C Brad Richards 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 6
L Nikolai Kulemin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Marcel Hossa 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 14.00 7
L Zach Parisé 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 8
L Simon Gagné 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 8
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 15.20 5
D Brent Burns 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 8
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 26.00 6
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 -1 19.00 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 27.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 24 0 0 59.30 7
G Manny Legace 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren McCarty 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 -1 12.00 8
R Wayne Primeau 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 16.40 7
R Nathan Horton 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 12.30 6
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 18.50 7
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 11.20 6
C Mike Comrie 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 13.30 8
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 16.20 7
C Saku Koivu 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 18.50 8
L Marcel Goc 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 8.10 6
L Rene Bourque 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 2 13.30 8
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 -1 12.30 7
L Alexander Semin 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 18.50 7
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 14.40 5
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.10 5
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 1 26.00 9
D Chris Campoli 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 16.20 8
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 21.40 7
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Comrie
2nd star: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Rene Bourque

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Tomas Holmström had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Mike Comrie scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Mike Comrie ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Ryan Getzlaf had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Saku Koivu ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Jiri Hudler had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Rhett Warrener had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Chris Campoli ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 2( 26) , Manchester Monarchs 2( 17)
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0-1 MNC Matt Stajan (Derek MacKenzie, Drew MacKenzie)
0-2 MNC Derek MacKenzie (Drew MacKenzie, Frans Nielsen)
1-2 WOR Ryan Johnson (Zdenek Blatny)
2-2 WOR Ryan Stoa (Tomi Kallio, Garrett Stafford)