28/1/2009

Washington Capitals 1 , New Jersey Devils 3
Shots: 17 - 31
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:55/72=76 %, Challenges:23/36=62 %
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:87/102=85 %, Challenges:40/54=72 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:35 1-0 Ian Laperriere [8] (Cody Hodgson, Anton Strålman)PP
14:03 1-1 Ryan Smyth [16] (Eric Staal, Glen Murray)
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25:52 1-2 Eric Staal [26] (Ryan Smyth, Glen Murray)PP
37:22 1-3 Eric Staal [27] (Filip Kuba, Glen Murray)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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03:55 Erik Karlsson (2 min for slashing)
06:15 Phil Kessel (2 min for elbowing)
10:01 Maxime Boisclair (2 min for slashing)
17:09 Anton Lander (2 min for holding the stick)
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24:57 Anton Lander (2 min for hooking)
38:43 Antti Miettinen (2 min for tripping)
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40:51 Filip Kuba (2 min for slashing)
48:43 Maxime Boisclair (2 min for roughing)
48:43 Brayden Schenn (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ian Laperriere 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 15.40 7
R Ed Purcell 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 16.30 4
R Kris Versteeg 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10.00 5
R Phil Kessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 17.40 5
C David Steckel 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.40 6
C Brayden Schenn 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 -1 16.30 7
C Cody Hodgson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 13.50 5
L Sean Bergenheim 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 6
L Anton Lander 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 -1 16.00 4
L Michal Repík 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.50 4
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 17.00 8
D Erik Karlsson 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 -1 21.50 6
D Luca Sbisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Mike Green 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 -1 18.20 8
D Anton Strålman 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 -1 25.40 6
D Paul Mara 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 17.20 6
D Chris Pronger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 22.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Schwarz 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Konstantin Koltsov 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 10.10 6
R Antti Miettinen 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 19.40 7
R Glen Murray 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 2 21.10 8
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
C Anze Kopitar 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
C Eric Staal 2 1 5 3 2 3 0 2 20.30 9
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Maxime Boisclair 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 0 10.10 5
L Jason Chimera 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 7
L Ryan Smyth 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 2 20.40 9
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 6
D Filip Kuba 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 26.40 8
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 14.30 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 21.20 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 28.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Staal
2nd star: Glen Murray
3rd star: Ryan Smyth

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Cody Hodgson ended his 5 game point drought.
-Anton Strålman finally ended his 17 game point drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Ryan Smyth scored the 300th goal of his career.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 3( , Lowell Devils 2( 30)
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1-0 HER Ramzi Abid (Aaron Johnson, Janis Sprukts)
2-0 HER Stanislav Lascek (Rem Murray)
2-1 LOW Igor Musatov (Petr Sykora)
2-2 LOW Erik Rasmussen (Luke Richardson)
3-2 HER Martin Rucinsky (Clarke Wilm)

Goalies: Sébastien Caron - Joey MacDonald

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 26 - 30
PP: 1 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:67/83=80 %, Challenges:42/54=76 %
PP: 1 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:83/97=85 %, Challenges:43/56=75 %
Attendance: 18819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 596562 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:13 0-1 Ryan Whitney [6] (Marc-Édouard Vlasic, Mike Richards)
04:02 0-2 Brian Rafalski [9] (Joe Thornton, Cory Stillman)PP
13:59 0-3 Robert Lang [10] (Alexandre Daigle, Cory Stillman)
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28:27 1-3 Éric Bélanger [18] (Brian Rolston, Anson Carter)
29:03 2-3 Brian Rolston [24] (Mike Van Ryn, Kenny Jönsson)
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48:12 3-3 Brian Rolston [25] (Scott Niedermayer, Éric Bélanger)PP
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Penalty summary:
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03:36 Brian Rolston (2 min for elbowing)
11:47 Éric Bélanger (2 min for holding the stick)
15:55 Alexandre Daigle (2 min for tripping)
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30:07 Pavel Kubina (2 min for roughing)
30:07 Cory Stillman (2 min for roughing)
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41:17 Ladislav Nagy (2 min for roughing)
47:52 David Toews (2 min for tripping)
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60:05 Tyler Ennis (2 min for tripping)

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 18.00 7
R Anson Carter 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
R Tyler Ennis 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 18.30 5
C Artem Chubarov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 5
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 18.30 7
C Jonathan Tavares 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
L Nils Ekman 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.30 5
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 18.50 7
L Brian Rolston 2 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 19.50 8
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 -1 18.10 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 5
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 0 28.40 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 17.50 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.50 6
D Scott Niedermayer 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 30.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 27 0 0 65.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ville Leino 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 8.30 7
R Juraj Kolnik 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
R Alexandre Daigle 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 18.20 5
R Marian Hossa 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 -1 23.00 7
C Robert Lang 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10.40 6
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 16.20 8
C Mike Richards 0 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 17.40 7
C Joe Thornton 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 -1 21.30 10
L David Toews 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.00 5
L Cory Stillman 0 2 4 2 3 1 2 1 17.40 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 -1 19.10 8
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14.40 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.20 7
D Shea Weber 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 28.50 7
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Ryan Whitney 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20.00 7
D Brian Rafalski 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 30.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Devan Dubnyk 3 0 23 0 0 65.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Rolston
2nd star: Éric Bélanger
3rd star: Joe Thornton

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Éric Bélanger has marked a new career high in goals with 18 tallies.
-Brian Rolston scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Mike Van Ryn finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Robert Lang scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Robert Lang ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Toronto Marlies 2( 18) , Portland Pirates 2( 13)
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0-1 POR Alexei Smirnov (Micki Dupont, Scott Nichol)
0-2 POR Scott Nichol (Carl Corazzini, Richie Regehr)
1-2 TOM Martin Cibak (David Jones)
2-2 TOM David Jones (Pier-Alexandre Poulin)

Goalies: Dmitri Pätzold - Mika Noronen

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 26 - 30
PP: 1 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:67/83=80 %, Challenges:42/54=76 %
PP: 1 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:83/97=85 %, Challenges:43/56=75 %
Attendance: 18819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 596562 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:13 0-1 Ryan Whitney [6] (Marc-Édouard Vlasic, Mike Richards)
04:02 0-2 Brian Rafalski [9] (Joe Thornton, Cory Stillman)PP
13:59 0-3 Robert Lang [10] (Alexandre Daigle, Cory Stillman)
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28:27 1-3 Éric Bélanger [18] (Brian Rolston, Anson Carter)
29:03 2-3 Brian Rolston [24] (Mike Van Ryn, Kenny Jönsson)
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48:12 3-3 Brian Rolston [25] (Scott Niedermayer, Éric Bélanger)PP
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Penalty summary:
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03:36 Brian Rolston (2 min for elbowing)
11:47 Éric Bélanger (2 min for holding the stick)
15:55 Alexandre Daigle (2 min for tripping)
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30:07 Pavel Kubina (2 min for roughing)
30:07 Cory Stillman (2 min for roughing)
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41:17 Ladislav Nagy (2 min for roughing)
47:52 David Toews (2 min for tripping)
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60:05 Tyler Ennis (2 min for tripping)

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 18.00 7
R Anson Carter 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
R Tyler Ennis 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 18.30 5
C Artem Chubarov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 5
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 18.30 7
C Jonathan Tavares 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
L Nils Ekman 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.30 5
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 18.50 7
L Brian Rolston 2 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 19.50 8
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 -1 18.10 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 5
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 0 28.40 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 17.50 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.50 6
D Scott Niedermayer 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 30.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 27 0 0 65.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ville Leino 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 8.30 7
R Juraj Kolnik 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
R Alexandre Daigle 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 18.20 5
R Marian Hossa 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 -1 23.00 7
C Robert Lang 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10.40 6
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 16.20 8
C Mike Richards 0 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 17.40 7
C Joe Thornton 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 -1 21.30 10
L David Toews 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.00 5
L Cory Stillman 0 2 4 2 3 1 2 1 17.40 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 -1 19.10 8
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14.40 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.20 7
D Shea Weber 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 28.50 7
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Ryan Whitney 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20.00 7
D Brian Rafalski 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 30.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Devan Dubnyk 3 0 23 0 0 65.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Rolston
2nd star: Éric Bélanger
3rd star: Joe Thornton

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Éric Bélanger has marked a new career high in goals with 18 tallies.
-Brian Rolston scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Mike Van Ryn finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Robert Lang scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Robert Lang ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Toronto Marlies 2( 18) , Portland Pirates 2( 13)
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0-1 POR Alexei Smirnov (Micki Dupont, Scott Nichol)
0-2 POR Scott Nichol (Carl Corazzini, Richie Regehr)
1-2 TOM Martin Cibak (David Jones)
2-2 TOM David Jones (Pier-Alexandre Poulin)

Goalies: Dmitri Pätzold - Mika Noronen

Colorado Avalanche 0 , Chicago Blackhawks 2
Shots: 25 - 30
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:32/37=84 %
PP: 0 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:52/69=75 %, Challenges:49/59=81 %
Attendance: 18007 of 18007 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 547412 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:01 0-1 Petr Cajanek [18] (Jeff Taffe, Ray Emery)
17:47 0-2 Milan Hejduk [22] (Robert Nilsson, Petr Cajanek)
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no scoring
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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08:04 Kristopher Letang (2 min for boarding)
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24:07 Ben Eager (5 min for fighting)
24:07 Matt Greene (5 min for fighting)
39:06 Ben Eager (2 min for tripping)
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43:12 Rick Rypien (2 min for tripping)
46:15 Jeff Taffe (2 min for roughing)
48:41 Dainius Zubrus (2 min for high-sticking)
51:53 Mike Komisarek (2 min for tripping)
55:25 Niklas Hagman (2 min for hooking)
58:33 Dainius Zubrus (2 min for tripping)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Richard Park 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Brett McLean 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 14.40 8
R Patrick Kane 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 14.20 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 19.10 6
C Morten Madsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Rick Rypien 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14.40 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -2 14.50 5
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19.30 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6.00 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19.30 6
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 17.50 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 20.20 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.30 6
D Marc Staal 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 -1 21.40 8
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 22.00 5
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 16.50 5
D Matt Greene 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 -1 18.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 -1 26.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tim Thomas 2 0 28 0 0 60.00 9
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bill Guerin 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 14.00 6
R Vyacheslav Trukhno 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9.40 6
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.00 7
R Milan Hejduk 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 8
C Jeff Taffe 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 9.20 8
C Dustin Boyd 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 10.20 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 8
C Petr Cajanek 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 19.30 8
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 14.00 7
L Ben Eager 0 0 2 1 0 1 7 0 9.00 7
L Chad Kilger 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 8
L Robert Nilsson 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 19.30 9
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Trevor Daley 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 21.30 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.40 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 30.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 0 1 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Tyson Sexsmith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ray Emery
2nd star: Petr Cajanek
3rd star: Milan Hejduk

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Jeff Taffe finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Ben Eager fought Matt Greene in a fight.

Farm game result:
Lake Erie Monsters 5( 34) , Rockford Ice Hogs 2( 14)
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1-0 LEM Karl Stewart (Jack Skille, Matt Niskanen)
2-0 LEM Riley Holzapfel
2-1 RCK Eric Nystrom (Brad Norton, Kamil Kreps)
2-2 RCK Marek Kvapil (Richard Lelkes)
3-2 LEM Jack Skille (Jeff Jillson)
4-2 LEM Teemu Laakso (Jeff Jillson, Jack Skille)
5-2 LEM Maksim Mamin (Chris Simon, Phillip Gogulla)

Goalies: Yann Danis - Wade Dubielewicz