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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Colorado Avalanche 4
Shots: 18 - 29
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:42/57=72 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:57/69=82 %, Challenges:39/58=66 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:39 0-1 Travis Zajac [15] (Wojtek Wolski, Ian Laperriere)
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25:45 1-1 Milan Michalek [9] (Ryan Whitney, Philippe Boucher)
38:26 1-2 Glen Murray [9] (Jarret Stoll, Joe Thornton)
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48:56 2-2 Brendan Shanahan [2] (Brad Richards, Richard Matvichuk)
49:39 2-3 Andrew Brunette [7] (Chuck Kobasew, Peter Budaj)
50:43 2-4 Ian Laperriere [4] (Jeff O'Neill, Chuck Kobasew)
57:47 3-4 Jonathan Cheechoo [14] (Ryan Whitney)
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Penalty summary:
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17:36 Ian Laperriere (2 min for holding the stick)
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23:35 Sergei Zubov (2 min for elbowing)
32:46 Philippe Boucher (2 min for boarding)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 13.20 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 12.00 7
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.20 6
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 16.50 8
C Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.10 5
C Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 5
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
C Brad Richards 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 16.00 7
L David Legwand 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.00 5
R Milan Michalek 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 7
L Brendan Shanahan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 8
D Marc Staal 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 17.30 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 25.30 8
D Richard Matvichuk 0 1 0 5 2 5 0 0 12.10 7
D Chris Chelios 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -3 18.50 5
D Ryan Whitney 0 2 1 5 0 3 0 2 29.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff O'Neill 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 6.50 6
R Chuck Kobasew 0 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 18.10 8
R Justin Williams 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 15.30 8
C Travis Zajac 1 0 3 4 2 1 0 1 18.00 8
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 5
C Petr Vrana 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 18.50 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 8
C Joe Thornton 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 20.00 7
C Ian Laperriere 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 6.50 7
L Andrew Brunette 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 18.10 8
L Glen Murray 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 14.20 8
L Wojtek Wolski 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 18.00 8
D Johnny Boychuk 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 -1 20.20 5
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 1 23.00 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 20.50 5
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 5
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 3 1 15 0 0 60.00 5
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ian Laperriere
2nd star: Chuck Kobasew
3rd star: Travis Zajac

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Travis Zajac scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Joe Thornton had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Ian Laperriere ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Glen Murray ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 6( 34) , Hershey Bears 0( 4)
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1-0 WIL Lauri Tukonen (Milan Kraft, Jeremy Colliton)
2-0 WIL Jeremy Colliton (Jim Vandermeer, Lauri Tukonen)
3-0 WIL Lauri Tukonen (Jeremy Colliton, Jim Vandermeer)
4-0 WIL Jeremy Colliton (Jim Vandermeer)
5-0 WIL Lauri Tukonen (Mark Eaton, Jeremy Colliton)
6-0 WIL Jim Vandermeer (Jeremy Colliton)

Goalies: Ty Conklin - Vitaly Kolesnik

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Ottawa Senators 5 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 32 - 20
PP: 0 of 1 (5 shots), Passing:71/76=93 %, Challenges:31/61=50 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/76=81 %, Challenges:25/46=53 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 612350 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:44 1-0 Alexander Ovechkin [16] (Anton Volchenkov, Sidney Crosby)
17:07 1-1 Drew Stafford [11] (Maxim Afinogenov, Thomas Vanek)
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28:33 2-1 Sidney Crosby [14])
29:08 3-1 Corey Perry [8] (Dany Heatley)
37:46 4-1 Bryan Little [11] (Corey Perry, Dany Heatley)
38:14 5-1 David Perron [10] (Bryan Little)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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45:52 Ales Kotalik (2 min for hooking)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Downie 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7.50 6
R Jack Skille 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 15.10 7
R Shane Doan 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 17.00 6
C Jason Spezza 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 20.00 7
C Alex Bourret 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 7.50 7
C Bryan Little 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 15.10 8
C Corey Perry 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 17.00 8
L Sidney Crosby 1 1 5 3 3 2 0 2 20.00 8
L Ryan O'Marra 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.50 6
L David Perron 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 15.10 7
R Dany Heatley 0 2 4 2 1 2 0 0 17.00 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 2 20.00 8
D Keith Ballard 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 16.30 6
D Brian Lee 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 17.50 7
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 2 25.40 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 20.00 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17.40 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 22.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Jeff Deslauriers 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 6.10 6
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 -1 16.20 7
R Drew Stafford 1 0 1 4 1 3 0 1 17.30 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -4 17.40 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -1 17.40 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 17.30 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -4 18.40 6
C Dan Paillé 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 7.30 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 -1 16.20 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 17.30 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 2 4 1 4 0 -4 18.40 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 -1 18.30 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 18.10 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -4 23.40 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -1 16.20 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 19.10 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -4 24.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 14 0 0 38.20 4
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 13 0 0 21.40 9

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Bryan Little
2nd star: Corey Perry
3rd star: Sidney Crosby

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Anton Volchenkov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-David Perron scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Bryan Little notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Drew Stafford has marked a new career high in goals with 11 tallies.
-Thomas Vanek notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 4( 27) , Rochester Americans 0( 3)
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1-0 Marc-André Cliche (T.J. Oshie)
2-0 Justin Mapletoft (Josh Hennessy)
3-0 Shean Donovan (Niko Dimitrakos, Trevor Lewis)
4-0 Marc-André Cliche (T.J. Oshie, Niko Dimitrakos)

Goalies: Martin Gerber - Adam Dennis

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Montreal Canadiens 3 , New Jersey Devils 4
Shots: 23 - 31
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:50/57=87 %, Challenges:34/52=64 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:69/80=86 %, Challenges:70/72=95 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:51 1-0 Andrew Ladd [6] (Roman Hamrlik, Andy Sutton)
19:31 2-0 Alexander Perezhogin [6] (Sami Kapanen, Andrei Markov)
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21:17 2-1 Paul Martin [4] (Alex Tanguay, Brian Gionta)PP
27:51 2-2 Scott Gomez [11] (Ales Hemsky, Alex Korolyuk)
33:42 2-3 Ales Hemsky [12] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Brad Stuart)
36:24 3-3 Simon Gagné [8] (Guillaume Latendresse)
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41:07 3-4 Scott Gomez [12] (Ales Hemsky)
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Penalty summary:
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20:35 Andy Sutton (2 min for holding the stick)
31:48 Keith Carney (2 min for boarding)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Alexander Perezhogin 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 12.20 8
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 -2 15.30 6
R Marian Hossa 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 13.50 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 2 5 1 2 0 0 17.40 8
C Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 12.20 6
C Martin Straka 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 15.30 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 13.50 7
C Bryan Smolinski 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 1 16.20 7
L Sami Kapanen 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 12.20 5
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 15.30 6
L Andrew Ladd 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.50 7
L Simon Gagné 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 16.20 7
D Andre Benoit 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 15.30 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16.20 7
D Andrei Markov 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 27.30 7
D Keith Carney 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 -2 17.30 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 18.50 5
D Andy Sutton 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 4 0 27 0 0 59.00 6
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alex Korolyuk 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.00 6
L Barry Tallackson 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 15.40 8
R Brian Gionta 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 -2 15.20 8
R Ales Hemsky 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 2 20.00 9
R Sergei Brylin 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 7
C Pierre Turgeon 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 15.40 8
L Patrik Elias 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 15.20 6
C Scott Gomez 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 20.00 8
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.00 6
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 15.40 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 3 4 0 3 0 2 20.00 10
D Paul Martin 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16.50 7
D Brad Stuart 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 26.30 7
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 18.40 6
D Colin White 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 -2 15.50 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 25.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Jeff Frazee 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ales Hemsky
2nd star: Scott Gomez
3rd star: Brian Gionta

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Marian Hossa had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Alex Tanguay notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alex Korolyuk finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Paul Martin ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 1( 12) , Albany River Rats 0( 11)
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1-0 QUE Ben Maxwell (Sergei Korostin, Dave Bolland)

Goalies: Curtis Sanford - Kevin Weekes

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St. Louis Blues 3 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1
Shots: 29 - 15
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:74/91=81 %, Challenges:44/59=73 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:20/36=54 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 525798 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:06 1-0 Keith Tkachuk [15] (Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld)
15:22 2-0 Keith Tkachuk [16] (Paul Kariya)
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26:35 3-0 Paul Kariya [9] (Keith Tkachuk, Todd Bertuzzi)
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46:13 3-1 Gilbert Brulé [11] (Jordan LaVallee)
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Penalty summary:
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22:51 Ilya Fedin (2 min for elbowing)
29:26 Brett Clark (2 min for slashing)
29:58 Brendan Witt (2 min for holding the stick)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 7.20 7
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
L Mark Bell 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 2 18.30 7
L Martin Rucinsky 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.40 7
C Jay McClement 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 17.40 7
C Brad Boyes 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 20.00 8
L Paul Kariya 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 9
L D.J. King 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 5
L Steve Ott 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.40 6
R Eric Nystrom 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 15.10 6
L Keith Tkachuk 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 20.10 8
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 19.00 8
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 23.50 7
D Nick Boynton 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 23.30 8
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 13.30 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 5
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 23.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alex Auld 1 1 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Manny Legace 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Travis Moen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 7.00 5
R Michal Repík 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 15.10 6
C Lars Eller 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 18.00 7
C Ilya Fedin 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -1 7.00 4
C Michael Peca 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 19.00 5
C Brad Richardson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 5
C Gilbert Brulé 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 -1 20.20 8
L Dan LaCouture 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 7.00 4
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 0 3 3 6 0 0 16.50 6
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.10 5
L Jordan LaVallee 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.20 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 15.10 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 22.40 7
D Brett Clark 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 26.20 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 5
D Jeff Woywitka 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 25.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Keith Tkachuk
2nd star: Paul Kariya
3rd star: Todd Bertuzzi

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Keith Tkachuk scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Todd Bertuzzi notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brad Boyes had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Eric Nystrom had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 1( 18) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 0( 14)
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1-0 Michal Birner (François-Pierre Guénette)

Goalies: Marek Schwarz - Jean-Philippe Levasseur