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Buffalo Sabres 3 , New Jersey Devils 1
Shots: 34 - 13
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:66/76=86 %, Challenges:50/68=72 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:56/70=80 %, Challenges:27/50=52 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:41 1-0 Andrej Sekera [2] (Brian Campbell, Jason Pominville)
17:18 2-0 Jussi Jokinen [12] (Toni Lydman, Tim Connolly)
18:42 3-0 Brenden Morrow [2] (Clarke MacArthur)
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35:49 3-1 Ales Hemsky [20] (Ilya Kovalchuk)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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23:34 Sergei Brylin (2 min for high-sticking)
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43:09 Chris Pronger (2 min for roughing)
43:09 Drew Stafford (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 7.20 6
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 15.00 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 18.40 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 19.00 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 7.20 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 15.00 6
C Tim Connolly 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 18.40 8
R Jason Pominville 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 19.00 7
C Dan Paillé 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 7.20 4
L Brenden Morrow 1 0 2 2 5 3 0 1 15.20 6
L Jussi Jokinen 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 18.20 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 19.00 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 6
D Toni Lydman 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 19.40 7
D Brian Campbell 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 24.30 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 1 2 5 0 1 18.40 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 16.30 7
D Andrej Sekera 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 24.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 1 0 12 0 0 60.00 8
G Jocelyn Thibault 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 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6.10 5
L Barry Tallackson 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 -1 16.20 6
R Brian Gionta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.50 7
R Ales Hemsky 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.40 8
R Sergei Brylin 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.10 5
C Pierre Turgeon 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.20 6
L Patrik Elias 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 17.20 6
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 17.30 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 4
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 -1 16.20 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 18.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 19.10 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 -1 18.10 7
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.50 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 24.00 8
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Colin White 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 22.20 6
D Chris Pronger 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 20.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Jeff Frazee 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrej Sekera
2nd star: Tim Connolly
3rd star: Brenden Morrow

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Toni Lydman notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brenden Morrow finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Andrej Sekera finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Ales Hemsky scored his 20th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 26) , Albany River Rats 0( 11)
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1-0 Kevin Porter (Benjamin Breault, Denis Ezhov)
2-0 Jean-Simon Allard (Jeff Jillson)

Goalies: Adam Dennis - Kevin Weekes

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Atlanta Thrashers 3 , Carolina Hurricanes 5
Shots: 26 - 27
PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:42/53=77 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:66/83=79 %, Challenges:36/48=73 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 501811 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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16:29 0-1 Frantisek Kaberle [3] (Cory Stillman, Curtis Murphy)
18:46 0-2 Curtis Murphy [3] (Frantisek Kaberle, Eric Staal)PP
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26:07 1-2 Andrei Kostitsyn [13] (Chris Campoli)
33:28 2-2 Andrei Kostitsyn [14] (Henrik Sedin, Frans Nielsen)
37:28 2-3 Eric Staal [11] (Ray Whitney, Patrick Marleau)
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42:13 3-3 Zach Parisé [21] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Antti Miettinen)
45:39 3-4 Ray Whitney [16] (Eric Staal, Patrick Marleau)
52:15 3-5 Scott Walker [7] (Daymond Langkow, Valeri Bure)
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Penalty summary:
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14:08 Antti Miettinen (2 min for high-sticking)
17:34 Chris Campoli (2 min for high-sticking)
19:22 Jason Allison (2 min for tripping)
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20:26 Peter Forsberg (2 min for roughing)
20:26 Chris Campoli (2 min for roughing)
23:56 Jason Allison (2 min for tripping)
28:03 Jason Allison (2 min for hooking)
38:39 Freddy Meyer (5 min for fighting)
38:39 Kevin Bieksa (5 min for fighting)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 8.50 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 15.00 5
C Niclas Lucenius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
C Zach Parisé 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Frans Nielsen 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 -2 8.50 4
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 15.00 8
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 -1 15.30 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 20.40 8
R Antti Miettinen 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 -2 8.50 5
C Jim Slater 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 15.00 5
L Erik Cole 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.40 4
R Andrei Kostitsyn 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 3 20.40 8
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 0 14.40 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 14.40 5
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 25.50 5
D Mark Popovic 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 16.20 6
D Mark Fraser 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -1 22.40 8
D Chris Campoli 0 1 0 5 1 0 4 1 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chad LaRose 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 8.10 5
R Scott Walker 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 18.30 9
R Cory Stillman 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 15.20 8
C Patrick Marleau 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 15.30 7
C Jason Allison 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 6.50 5
C Daymond Langkow 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 17.10 8
C Peter Forsberg 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 -1 17.00 7
C Eric Staal 1 2 2 4 3 4 0 1 16.30 10
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
R Valeri Bure 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 17.10 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
L Ray Whitney 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.30 9
D Glen Wesley 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 23.00 6
D Curtis Murphy 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 21.10 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 19.30 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 22.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Staal
2nd star: Andrei Kostitsyn
3rd star: Ray Whitney

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Frantisek Kaberle notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Daymond Langkow finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Valeri Bure finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Curtis Murphy ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Frantisek Kaberle finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
-Frantisek Kaberle finally ended his 15 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Kevin Bieksa beat Freddy Meyer in a fight.

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 5( 30) , Lowell Lock Monsters 0( 16)
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1-0 Kevin Doell (Milan Bartovic, Riley Holzapfel)
2-0 Steve McCarthy
3-0 Colin Stuart (Chad Painchaud, Nathan Oystrick)
4-0 Brett Sterling (Steve McCarthy, Chad Painchaud)
5-0 Riley Holzapfel (Alexandre Giroux)

Goalies: Yutaka Fukufuji - Michael Leighton

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Chicago Blackhawks 4 , Colorado Avalanche 1
Shots: 25 - 22
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:54/71=76 %, Challenges:50/64=76 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:68/77=88 %, Challenges:17/49=34 %
Attendance: 20500 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 608850 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:05 1-0 Jonathan Toews [13] (Rene Bourque, Brent Seabrook)
18:04 2-0 Martin St. Louis [14] (Rene Bourque, Jonathan Toews)
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35:14 3-0 Jonathan Toews [14] (Rene Bourque)
35:38 3-1 Justin Williams [9] (Glen Murray, Jarret Stoll)
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49:45 4-1 Rene Bourque [13] (Martin St. Louis, Henrik Lundqvist)
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Penalty summary:
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21:04 Shawn Horcoff (2 min for high-sticking)
22:32 Martin St. Louis (2 min for hooking)
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53:02 Jeff O'Neill (2 min for high-sticking)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 4
R Pierre Parenteau 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 17.00 5
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 15.20 8
R Martin St. Louis 1 1 7 1 0 0 2 4 18.50 10
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 8.00 5
L Todd White 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17.00 7
C Yanic Perreault 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
C Jonathan Toews 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 4 17.20 9
L David Zíma 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 6
L Adam Berti 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 17.00 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 5
L Rene Bourque 1 3 5 4 0 4 0 4 17.20 10
D James Wisniewski 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 17.10 7
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 16.00 5
D Duncan Keith 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 22.10 7
D Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 0 2 5 7 0 0 20.50 6
D Cam Barker 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 19.20 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 1 1 5 1 5 0 4 24.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 1 1 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Patrick Lalime 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 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 7.10 4
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 12.30 5
R Justin Williams 1 0 1 5 5 3 0 -1 17.10 8
C Travis Zajac 0 0 2 10 1 2 0 -2 21.10 9
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.10 4
C Petr Vrana 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14.00 6
C Jarret Stoll 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 -1 20.30 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 -2 19.50 6
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 7.10 4
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 12.30 6
L Glen Murray 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 -1 18.20 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 20.30 7
D Johnny Boychuk 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 14.00 5
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -2 17.50 6
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 -1 28.00 6
D Chris Phillips 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 17.40 7
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -2 14.20 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jonathan Toews
2nd star: Rene Bourque
3rd star: Martin St. Louis

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Glen Murray notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 8( 46) , Hershey Bears 0( 12)
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1-0 Jonas Nordquist (Carl Corazzini)
2-0 Jonas Nordquist (Linus Persson, Kristofer Persson)
3-0 Linus Persson (Jonas Nordquist)
4-0 Adam Burish (David Koci, Danny Richmond)
5-0 Vaclav Pletka (Jean-François Plourde)
6-0 Kris Versteeg (Roman Cervenka)
7-0 Jean-François Plourde (David Koci)
8-0 Linus Persson (Roman Cervenka)

Goalies: Joe Palmer - Vitaly Kolesnik

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Los Angeles Kings 4 , Dallas Stars 1
Shots: 33 - 16
LA PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/80=86 %, Challenges:50/64=76 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:61/68=89 %, Challenges:31/48=63 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 616050 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:49 1-0 LA Daniel Brière [14] (Pavol Demitra, Olli Jokinen)
15:58 2-0 LA Anze Kopitar [19] (Miroslav Satan)
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26:19 3-0 LA Sergei Fedorov [8] (Anze Kopitar, Miroslav Satan)
31:28 3-1 Petr Sykora [13] (Derek Roy, Carey Price)
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42:08 4-1 LA Miroslav Satan [15] (Adam Foote, Thomas Hickey)
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Penalty summary:
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03:43 LA Teemu Selänne (5 min for high-sticking)
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58:19 LA Thomas Hickey (2 min for elbowing)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Teemu Selänne 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 10.00 5
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 14.00 6
L Miroslav Satan 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 17.20 9
C Daniel Brière 1 0 6 4 1 1 0 1 17.00 9
C Joe Nieuwendyk 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.00 5
C Joe Sakic 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 14.00 6
C Anze Kopitar 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 3 19.50 10
C Olli Jokinen 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 20.50 8
R Scott Mellanby 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 5
R Michael Frolík 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 6
C Sergei Fedorov 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 17.20 7
C Pavol Demitra 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Niklas Grossman 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 15.40 6
D Adam Foote 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 20.40 8
D Thomas Hickey 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 22.00 8
D Mattias Norström 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 -1 14.30 8
D Jack Johnson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 22.50 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 7 1 6 0 1 24.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Jonathan Bernier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 -1 10.30 5
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 15.00 5
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 18.20 6
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 16.10 6
R Sasha Golin 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 10.30 5
C Doug Weight 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.00 6
R Petr Sykora 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 8
C Derek Roy 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -2 17.50 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 5
C Patrick Sharp 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15.00 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.40 5
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 17.50 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 23.10 4
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
D Bryan Allen 0 0 1 5 0 3 0 -2 20.00 8
D Noah Welch 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 17.00 6
D Teddy Ruth 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.40 6
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -2 22.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 1 29 0 0 60.00 6
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Miroslav Satan
2nd star: Anze Kopitar
3rd star: Daniel Brière

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Miroslav Satan scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Dion Phaneuf had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Dallas Stars:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 2( 10) , Utah Grizzlies 3( 12)
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1-0 MNC Richie Regehr (Petr Kanko, Brian Boyle)
1-1 UTH Ryan Callahan (Mario Scalzo)
2-1 MNC Wayne Simmonds (Brian Boyle, Joey Ryan)
2-2 UTH Joel Lundqvist (Ryan Callahan, Nolan Baumgartner)
2-3 UTH Brad Winchester (Nolan Baumgartner)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Cédrick Desjardins

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St. Louis Blues 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 33 - 20
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:76/91=83 %, Challenges:27/43=61 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:73/82=89 %, Challenges:26/59=43 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 525798 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:21 0-1 Vaclav Prospal [16] (Ryan Getzlaf, Paul Stastny)
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30:34 1-1 D.J. King [1] (Nick Boynton)
36:44 2-1 Keith Tkachuk [21] (Erik Johnson, Nick Boynton)
39:46 3-1 Paul Kariya [11] (Keith Tkachuk)
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41:53 3-2 Nikolai Zherdev [22] (Tomas Kaberle)
49:14 4-2 Brad Boyes [8] (Christoph Schubert)
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Penalty summary:
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18:35 Mark Bell (2 min for roughing)
18:35 Jason Chimera (2 min for roughing)
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56:13 Jason Chimera (2 min for slashing)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7.30 7
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 15.10 6
L Mark Bell 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 14.20 8
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 21.20 8
L Martin Rucinsky 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 9.10 6
C Jay McClement 0 0 3 2 2 3 0 0 14.00 7
C Brad Boyes 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
L Paul Kariya 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 21.20 7
L D.J. King 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7.30 5
L Steve Ott 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 14.00 5
R Eric Nystrom 0 0 5 2 5 2 0 0 17.10 7
L Keith Tkachuk 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 21.40 8
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 16.10 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 18.30 7
D Nick Boynton 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 2 26.40 8
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 16.00 8
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Erik Johnson 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 28.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alex Auld 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Manny Legace 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.40 5
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -2 17.10 7
L Vaclav Prospal 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 17.00 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 -1 20.10 8
C Kris Beech 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.40 4
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -2 15.10 5
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 1 4 3 2 3 0 1 17.00 7
C Paul Stastny 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 -1 20.10 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 5.40 5
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 -2 16.50 4
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 17.10 4
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 20.20 7
D Jan Hejda 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2 15.30 4
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 1 18.30 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 -1 24.40 7
D Dan Smith 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -2 15.30 6
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 19.10 5
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 -1 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 29 0 0 60.00 6
G Andrew Raycroft 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Keith Tkachuk
2nd star: Nick Boynton
3rd star: Brad Boyes

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-D.J. King ended his 8 game point drought.
-Christoph Schubert finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Vaclav Varada had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 0( 18) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 16)
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0-1 Derek MacKenzie (Steven Goertzen)
0-2 Kris Russell (Derek MacKenzie)
0-3 Petr Pohl (Joakim Lindström, Andrew Murray)

Goalies: Marek Schwarz - Steve Mason

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Tampa Bay Lightning 3 , Toronto Maple Leafs 0
Shots: 22 - 15
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:70/85=82 %, Challenges:28/49=56 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/77=84 %, Challenges:24/51=46 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:34 1-0 Jan Hrdina [7] (Maxime Boisclair, Marek Svatos)
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34:05 2-0 Joni Pitkänen [3] (Bryan McCabe, Vincent Lecavalier)
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53:43 3-0 Bryan McCabe [7] (Marek Svatos, Jason Blake)
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Penalty summary:
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14:57 Nolan Pratt (2 min for roughing)
14:57 Matt Stajan (2 min for roughing)
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24:32 P.J. Axelsson (2 min for slashing)
33:48 Chad Kilger (5 min for fighting)
33:48 Nolan Pratt (5 min for fighting)
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52:35 Anthony Stewart (2 min for roughing)
52:35 Steve Sullivan (2 min for roughing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Niklas Sundström 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 5
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 18.10 6
R Marek Svatos 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 20.50 7
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 3 4 1 0 2 1 14.30 9
C Chris Gratton 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 0 9.40 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 12.20 6
C Dustin Boyd 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 16.20 7
R Jason Williams 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12.20 6
L Jan Hrdina 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 13.00 7
L Maxime Boisclair 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 18.30 5
R Jason Blake 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 17.00 7
D Nolan Pratt 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14.40 6
D Vladimir Mihalik 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 19.20 7
D Bryan McCabe 1 1 4 2 0 2 0 2 25.10 10
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 14.10 8
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 6 1 6 0 0 22.20 8
D Joni Pitkänen 1 0 1 6 2 6 0 2 23.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 0 0 15 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kris Draper 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9.50 4
L Chad Kilger 0 0 0 2 7 2 5 -1 19.30 4
R Sergei Samsonov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 9.30 4
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 21.10 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
C Matt Stajan 0 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 15.00 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -3 17.20 5
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.50 6
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.50 5
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 15.40 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -3 17.50 6
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 16.40 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 16.00 6
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 -3 19.00 5
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 25.00 5
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.50 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -3 21.30 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 23.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Roberto Luongo 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Justin Pogge
2nd star: Bryan McCabe
3rd star: Joni Pitkänen

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Bryan McCabe notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jan Hrdina finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Joni Pitkänen finally ended his 19 game goal drought.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:

Other notes:
-Chad Kilger fought Nolan Pratt in a fight.

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 0( 6) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 2( 23)
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0-1 SJM Tyler Beechey (Staffan Kronwall, Chris St. Jacques)
0-2 SJM Bates Battaglia (Tyler Beechey)

Goalies: Jonathan Boutin - Scott Clemmensen