26/12/2011

San Jose Sharks 5 , Dallas Stars 0
Shots: 27 - 20
PP: 2 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:72/82=87 %, Challenges:46/60=75 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/80=83 %, Challenges:24/36=64 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 484776 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:23 1-0 Bryan Berard [5] (Matt Carle)PP
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30:05 2-0 Raffi Torres [9] (Andy McDonald)
30:46 3-0 Bryan Berard [6] (Daniel Sedin)
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41:08 4-0 Raffi Torres [10] (Daniel Sedin, Andy McDonald)PP
49:22 5-0 Ales Kotalik [10] (Matt Cullen, Matt Corrente)
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Penalty summary:
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13:04 Juraj Straka (2 min for high-sticking)
16:34 Frans Nielsen (5 min for fighting)
16:34 Viktor Tikhonov (5 min for fighting)
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21:35 Raffi Torres (2 min for roughing)
21:35 Bryan Little (2 min for roughing)
32:44 Juraj Straka (2 min for tripping)
39:31 Juraj Straka (2 min for elbowing)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Bailey 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.40 6
R David Moss 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 5
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 8
R Daniel Sedin 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 21.20 8
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 0 9.00 5
C Joe Colborne 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 13.50 8
C Mike Comrie 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 16.20 7
C Andy McDonald 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 20.50 8
L Scott Glennie 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.40 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 13.50 6
L Matt Cullen 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 7
L Raffi Torres 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 21.10 9
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 17.20 5
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 16.30 7
D Matt Carle 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 26.10 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Matt Corrente 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 19.10 9
D Bryan Berard 2 0 4 3 0 2 0 2 25.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 0 0 20 0 0 60.00 10
G Devan Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Miika Peltonen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.30 4
R Clark Bento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 5
R Petr Prucha 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 13.20 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 -1 17.50 6
C Sam Gagner 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 13.10 5
C Bryan Little 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 15.30 5
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 15.50 6
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.00 6
L Juraj Straka 0 0 3 2 1 1 6 0 7.20 5
L Viktor Tikhonov 0 0 1 3 1 3 5 0 13.00 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 15.30 4
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 4 6 0 5 0 -1 21.40 9
D Mikko Kumpulainen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Michael Caruso 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 -2 14.40 6
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -1 27.20 7
D Andrew MacDonald 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16.50 6
D Kevin Shattenkirk 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 17.50 5
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 25.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Cory Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Roberto Luongo
2nd star: Raffi Torres
3rd star: Bryan Berard

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Raffi Torres scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Ales Kotalik scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Dallas Stars:

Other notes:
-Frans Nielsen beat Viktor Tikhonov in a fight.

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 4( 38) , Utah Grizzlies 4( 15)
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0-1 UTH Nick Palmieri (Brandon Dubinsky, Brooks Laich)
1-1 CLE Justin Abdelkader (Zenon Konopka, Brandon Gentile)
1-2 UTH Mikhail Grabovski (Philippe Cornet)
2-2 CLE Carsen Germyn (Brady Murray)
2-3 UTH Vasilii Raviliev (Jacob Josefson)
3-3 CLE Carsen Germyn (Roman Polak)
4-3 CLE Carsen Germyn (Brady Murray)
4-4 UTH Mikhail Grabovski (Valeri Zhukov)

Goalies: Josh Harding - Brian Boucher

Tampa Bay Lightning 6 , Washington Capitals 1
Shots: 24 - 24
PP: 1 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:69/81=85 %, Challenges:25/46=53 %
PP: 1 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:63/74=85 %, Challenges:35/59=58 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:33 1-0 Maxim Afinogenov [14] (Chris Kunitz, Marc-Édouard Vlasic)PP
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22:11 2-0 Chris Clark [9] (Jeff Schultz, Ryan Whitney)
29:16 3-0 Peter Mueller [12] (Maxim Afinogenov, Anze Kopitar)
33:35 4-0 Maxim Afinogenov [15] (Anze Kopitar, Ryan Whitney)
34:09 5-0 Jason Pominville [12] (Marc-Édouard Vlasic)
37:26 5-1 Jakub Klepis [3] (Brenden Morrow, Phil Kessel)PP
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59:07 6-1 Peter Mueller [13] (Ryan Whitney, Anze Kopitar)
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Penalty summary:
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03:42 Ethan Moreau (2 min for hooking)
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21:17 Anze Kopitar (5 min for fighting)
21:17 Greg Nemisz (5 min for fighting)
36:07 Willie Mitchell (2 min for hooking)
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47:25 Evgeni Gladishik (2 min for slashing)
49:08 Ethan Moreau (2 min for boarding)
53:05 Mark Bell (2 min for tripping)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mattias Weinhandl 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 17.20 6
R Chris Clark 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 14.30 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 3 20.20 9
C Mark Bell 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 8.20 6
C Jarkko Immonen 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.20 6
C Jason Pominville 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 19.20 7
C Anze Kopitar 0 3 3 1 1 1 5 3 17.00 9
L Brett Sterling 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 14.40 6
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 18.00 7
L Peter Mueller 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 16.10 8
D Keith Yandle 0 0 1 4 3 5 0 0 16.00 6
D Jeff Schultz 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 2 13.00 8
D Ryan Whitney 0 3 2 6 1 5 0 3 25.50 9
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 14.30 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 23.30 6
D Ian White 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 27.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Daren Machesney 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Blunden 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 5
R Kris Versteeg 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.40 7
R Phil Kessel 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 -4 17.10 6
R Evgeni Gladishik 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 18.30 7
C Jakub Klepis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 7
C Greg Nemisz 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 11.20 5
C Brayden Schenn 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -4 12.30 6
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -1 19.50 7
L Sean Bergenheim 0 0 0 5 4 4 0 0 9.10 5
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 0 4 0 3 4 0 15.10 8
L Brenden Morrow 0 1 3 3 4 2 0 -4 18.20 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 3 3 2 3 0 -1 19.50 7
D Shawn Belle 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.40 4
D Drew Doughty 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -4 15.30 5
D Victor Hedman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 29.00 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 16.10 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -4 16.00 6
D Mike Green 0 0 2 4 4 3 0 -1 29.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 13 0 0 34.00 4
G Dmitri Pätzold 1 0 5 0 0 25.40 5

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Anze Kopitar
3rd star: Peter Mueller

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Jeff Schultz notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ryan Whitney notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Maxim Afinogenov scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Phil Kessel notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Evgeni Gladishik had his 8 game point streak snapped.
-Brayden Schenn had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Jonathan Toews had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Anze Kopitar fought Greg Nemisz in a fight.

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 1( 28) , Portland Pirates 0( 11)
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1-0 DTV Tomás Kána (Milan Smehlik, Teigan Zahn)

Goalies: Matt Keetley - Linden Rowat

St. Louis Blues 3 , Detroit Red Wings 2
Shots: 25 - 22
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:76/92=82 %, Challenges:29/47=60 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/80=77 %, Challenges:21/42=48 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 525798 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:58 0-1 Mikael Samuelsson [8] (Vitaly Vishnevski)
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29:24 1-1 Guillaume Latendresse [10] (Paul Stastny, Stephen Weiss)
38:52 1-2 Ryan Malone [7] (David Booth, Leo Lundin)
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42:25 2-2 Paul Stastny [12] (Stephen Weiss, Guillaume Latendresse)
58:19 3-2 Guillaume Latendresse [11] (Paul Stastny, Miroslav Mika)
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Penalty summary:
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07:53 David Booth (2 min for hooking)
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22:54 Ron Sakai (2 min for hooking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 5
R Rostislav Olesz 0 0 2 5 1 3 0 0 18.50 8
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 15.00 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 2 1 4 1 2 1 0 3 17.50 9
C Miroslav Mika 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Tristan Pagé 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 19.00 6
C Zach Parisé 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
C Paul Stastny 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 14.30 9
L Kyle Chipchura 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 7.00 6
L Andrew Cogliano 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 18.10 7
L Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -2 17.00 4
L Stephen Weiss 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 17.50 8
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 19.20 6
D Tarmo Wirkkala 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 17.10 5
D Vadim Petrovsky 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 3 18.40 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 2 6 2 5 0 0 23.40 9
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 16.20 5
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Marek Benda 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Malone 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 14.50 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 14.20 7
R Eric Fehr 0 0 1 4 2 3 0 -1 16.10 6
R Marek Svatos 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 18.00 5
C Ron Sakai 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 11.10 7
C Nick Drazenovic 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.20 5
C Lubos Deitz 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 13.10 5
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
L David Booth 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 11.10 6
L Leo Lundin 0 1 0 5 2 5 0 -1 14.40 7
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 13.10 6
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 6
D Kirill Lyamin 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -1 15.40 7
D Kevin Klein 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 26.20 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 21.10 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 16.50 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 22 0 0 59.30 6
G Jeff Frazee 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Paul Stastny
3rd star: Stephen Weiss

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Guillaume Latendresse scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Leo Lundin has marked a new career high in points with 16 points.
-Ryan Malone ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Patrick Marleau had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 3( 19) , Kansas City Blades 4( 14)
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1-0 WOR David Jones (Blair Jones, Ivan Vishnevskiy)
1-1 KCB Olivier Latendresse (Marc-André Gragnani, Andrew Ebbett)
2-1 WOR David Jones (Luciano Aquino, Ivan Vishnevskiy)
3-1 WOR Linus Persson (Luciano Aquino)
3-2 KCB Blake Comeau (David Bolland, Chris Vande Velde)
3-3 KCB Andrew Ebbett (David Bolland, Marc-André Gragnani)
3-4 KCB Chris Vande Velde (David Bolland, Phil Oreskovic)

Goalies: Lukás Cikánek - Jeremy Duchesne

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Vancouver Canucks 4
Shots: 19 - 22
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:71/90=78 %, Challenges:20/34=57 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:72/88=81 %, Challenges:27/54=49 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 627150 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:03 1-0 Martin Erat [8] (Cody Hodgson)
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33:18 1-1 Michael Grabner [1] (Jordan Staal, Jordan Schroeder)
34:14 1-2 Robbie Schremp [16] (Fedor Tyutin)
39:37 2-2 Sergei Korostin [3] (Marcus Nilson, Alex Bourret)
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46:29 3-2 Cody Hodgson [4] (Martin Erat, Martin St. Louis)
56:14 3-3 Chuck Kobasew [6] (Brian Sutherby, Josef Melichar)
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61:18 3-4 Robbie Schremp [17] (Matt Duchene, Petr Sykora)
Penalty summary:
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13:24 Nikolai Lukyanchikov (5 min for fighting)
13:24 Jordan Schroeder (5 min for fighting)
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26:25 Jordan Schroeder (5 min for fighting)
26:25 Nikolai Lukyanchikov (5 min for fighting)
26:53 Enver Lisin (5 min for fighting)
26:53 Michael Grabner (5 min for fighting)
29:09 Vaclav Varada (2 min for tripping)
37:15 Alex Bourret (2 min for slashing)
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43:35 Andrew Alberts (2 min for roughing)
43:35 Nikita Alexeev (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Korostin 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 9.50 6
R Enver Lisin 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 0 14.10 6
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 17.20 5
R Marc Savard 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -2 18.00 5
C Alex Bourret 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 10.50 6
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 14.20 7
C Cody Hodgson 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
C Jarko Hämäläinen 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 -2 18.10 6
L Marcus Nilson 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 9.00 7
L Patrik Berglund 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 17.00 4
L Martin Erat 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 17.20 6
L Martin St. Louis 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 -2 18.00 5
D Simon Lacroix 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 20.00 5
D Maxim Kondratiev 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 22.10 5
D Nikolai Lukyanchikov 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 -1 18.10 5
D Ben Wright 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 15.40 7
D Bruno St. Jacques 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 22.10 7
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 1 5 1 5 2 0 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 4 0 18 0 0 61.20 5
G Jean-François Racine 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 -1 8.10 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 14.00 4
R Petr Sykora 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 18.00 7
R Michael Grabner 1 0 4 0 2 0 5 -1 20.10 6
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 8.10 5
C Chuck Kobasew 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 8
C Robbie Schremp 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 17.50 10
C Jordan Staal 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 -1 17.50 6
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 -1 8.10 5
L Brian Sutherby 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 16.20 6
L Matt Duchene 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 20.10 8
L Jordan Schroeder 0 1 3 0 0 0 10 -1 18.40 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 19.30 7
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -2 26.00 5
D Josef Melichar 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 17.00 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 19.40 8
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -2 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jhonas Enroth 3 0 16 0 0 61.20 5
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Robbie Schremp
2nd star: Michael Grabner
3rd star: Chuck Kobasew

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Alex Bourret finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Cody Hodgson finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Marcus Nilson finally ended his 14 game point drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Jordan Staal notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Chuck Kobasew finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Nikolai Lukyanchikov beat Jordan Schroeder in a fight.
-Jordan Schroeder fought Nikolai Lukyanchikov in a fight.
-Enver Lisin beat Michael Grabner in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 42) , Manitoba Moose 0( 16)
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1-0 SYR Vladimir Kutny (Mike Hamilton)
2-0 SYR Viktor Alexandrov (Ondrej Otcenas)

Goalies: Jeff Lerg - Todd Ford

Carolina Hurricanes 2 , Buffalo Sabres 0
Shots: 15 - 24
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:61/70=87 %, Challenges:20/45=43 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:83/98=84 %, Challenges:34/51=65 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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33:04 1-0 Steve McCarthy [1] (Erik Karlsson, Jordin Tootoo)PP
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47:14 2-0 Oleg Saprykin [8] (Samuel Påhlsson, John-Michael Liles)
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Penalty summary:
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15:56 Gilbert Niit (2 min for hooking)
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31:42 Nikita Nikiforovich (2 min for elbowing)
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52:23 Nikita Nikiforovich (2 min for hooking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
R Niklas Hagman 0 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 15.00 6
R Ed Purcell 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 18.20 5
R Kristian Huselius 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 18.30 5
C Jim Slater 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 6.10 6
L Gilbert Niit 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15.00 4
C Jordin Tootoo 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 17.30 6
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.10 4
L Rene Bourque 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 18.10 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 16.10 5
L Oleg Saprykin 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 19.30 8
D Erik Karlsson 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 15.20 4
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 21.30 7
D Steve McCarthy 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 23.10 7
D Johan Alander 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14.10 5
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 5
D John-Michael Liles 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 27.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 0 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Filatov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.50 4
R Kyle Beach 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 18.20 7
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 13.40 6
R Jason Spezza 0 0 5 6 0 6 0 0 21.10 10
C James Sheppard 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.50 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 17.20 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 6
C Joe Thornton 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 21.10 7
L Chad Kilger 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 6.50 6
C Nikita Nikiforovich 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 14.00 6
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 14.30 7
L Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 21.00 8
D Kimmo Puurunen 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 16.30 7
D Jared Cowen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 19.20 6
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24.10 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 16.30 6
D Anton Myllari 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 17.30 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 26.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 2 0 13 0 0 60.00 6
G Mark Guggenberger 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Cam Ward
2nd star: Oleg Saprykin
3rd star: Steve McCarthy

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Erik Karlsson finally ended his 20 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 28) , Rochester Americans 1( 19)
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0-1 ROC Ville Leino (Max Wärn)
1-1 LOW Patrick White (Martin St. Pierre)
2-1 LOW Stefan Legein (Denis Istomin)

Goalies: Valdemar Pawlik - Jimmy Howard

Montreal Canadiens 4 , New York Islanders 2
Shots: 34 - 23
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/70=95 %, Challenges:33/67=48 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:31/44=68 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:44 1-0 Eric Staal [18] (Simon Gagné)
06:47 2-0 Patrick Thomas [14] (Ladislav Smid, Braydon Coburn)
17:46 2-1 Mike Richards [9] (Alexander Perezhogin, Derek Boogaard)
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22:23 3-1 Steven Stamkos [10] (Eric Staal, Simon Gagné)
30:13 3-2 Erik Johnson [3] (Robert Nilsson, Tomás Marcinko)
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59:19 4-2 Simon Gagné [15] (Braydon Coburn) EN
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Penalty summary:
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19:51 Niclas Andersén (5 min for fighting)
19:51 Darcy Tucker (5 min for fighting)
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41:21 Nick Petrecki (5 min for fighting)
41:21 Derek Boogaard (5 min for fighting)
48:25 Derick Brassard (5 min for fighting)
48:25 Mike Funk (5 min for fighting)
53:54 Derek Boogaard (5 min for fighting)
53:54 Derick Brassard (5 min for fighting)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Bateman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
R Derick Brassard 0 0 1 1 5 0 10 0 10.30 5
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 6
R Patrick Thomas 1 0 3 5 4 1 0 2 20.40 7
C Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8.50 5
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 1 7 2 4 0 0 15.00 8
C Steven Stamkos 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 15.10 8
C Eric Staal 1 1 4 5 1 1 0 2 21.00 10
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 1 1 5 0 5 0 7.30 4
L Michael Ryder 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 6
L Patrick Tyler 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 6
L Simon Gagné 1 2 4 1 2 0 0 2 20.40 8
D Adam Carver 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 16.00 6
D Luke Schenn 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 16.50 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 1 4 2 3 0 2 29.00 8
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 14.10 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 15.40 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 2 2 4 2 3 0 2 28.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Curtis McElhinney 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Thomas McCollum 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derek Boogaard 0 1 2 2 1 2 10 0 6.20 7
R Jesse Joensuu 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 16.10 7
R Darryl Granato 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 18.00 5
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 19.30 8
C Tomás Marcinko 0 1 2 2 3 2 0 0 8.30 5
C Trent Hunter 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 -1 16.10 8
C Nazem Kadri 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 16.50 5
C Robert Nilsson 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 18.30 9
L Dwight King 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 7.30 6
L Brett MacLean 0 0 1 1 2 5 0 -1 16.10 6
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 -2 16.50 6
L Mike Richards 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 19.30 8
D Niclas Andersén 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 -1 16.00 7
D Mikhail Larionov 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 17.40 6
D Erik Johnson 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 26.20 7
D Mike Funk 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 -1 16.20 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 17.30 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 1 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David LeNeveu 4 0 30 0 0 58.30 7
G Tomas Vokoun 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Staal
2nd star: Simon Gagné
3rd star: Braydon Coburn

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Ladislav Smid notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Steven Stamkos scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Simon Gagné notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Simon Gagné scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Braydon Coburn notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Patrick Tyler had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Patrick Tyler had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for New York Islanders:

Other notes:
-Niclas Andersén beat Darcy Tucker in a fight.
-Derek Boogaard beat Nick Petrecki in a fight.
-Derick Brassard fought Mike Funk in a fight.
-Derek Boogaard beat Derick Brassard in a fight.

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 17) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 0( 11)
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1-0 QUE Jeff Tambellini (Tyler Ennis, Alexander Korolev)
2-0 QUE Cody Almond (Matt Beleskey, Justin Pogge)
3-0 QUE Jeff Tambellini (Tyler Ennis, Alexander Korolev)

Goalies: Justin Pogge - Michael Wall