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Chicago Blackhawks 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 34 - 19
PP: 0 of 1 (7 shots), Passing:53/71=74 %, Challenges:51/65=77 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/74=85 %, Challenges:23/52=43 %
Attendance: 20500 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 608850 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:42 1-0 Pierre Parenteau [7] (Alexander Radulov, Ryan O'Byrne)
15:17 2-0 Brent Seabrook [11] (Jonathan Toews)
17:08 2-1 Paul Stastny [23] (Vaclav Varada)
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33:58 3-1 Brent Seabrook [12] (Duncan Keith, Shawn Horcoff)
34:25 3-2 Nikolai Zherdev [32] (Paul Stastny, Rick Nash)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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42:55 Jason Chimera (2 min for tripping)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Blunden 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 7.50 6
R Pierre Parenteau 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 14.40 8
R Alexander Radulov 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 18.00 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 19.30 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8.20 6
L Todd White 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14.10 7
C Yanic Perreault 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20.00 6
C Jonathan Toews 0 1 3 2 1 3 0 0 19.30 8
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.30 7
L Adam Berti 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 15.30 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 6
L Rene Bourque 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 17.30 8
D James Wisniewski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 6
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 -1 20.30 6
D Duncan Keith 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 22.50 7
D Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 1 2 2 7 0 1 15.30 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 20.20 7
D Brent Seabrook 2 0 5 5 1 5 0 1 25.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Patrick Lalime 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 0 3 3 3 0 0 8.10 4
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 -1 18.00 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 1 18.20 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 2 4 3 0 0 -1 15.30 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 8.10 5
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -1 15.00 6
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 2 5 4 1 0 0 16.50 7
C Paul Stastny 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 17.00 9
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 8.10 5
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 17.30 7
L Vaclav Varada 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 18.50 8
L Rick Nash 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 15.30 8
D Jan Hejda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 4
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -1 19.00 4
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 1 23.40 7
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 15.00 6
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 21.40 5
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 1 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 31 0 0 59.30 9
G Andrew Raycroft 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brent Seabrook
2nd star: Pierre Parenteau
3rd star: Alexander Radulov

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Pierre Parenteau finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Paul Stastny has marked a new career high in points with 56 points.
-Paul Stastny ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 15) , Syracuse Crunch 7( 27)
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0-1 Jaroslav Balastik (Derek MacKenzie)
0-2 Derek MacKenzie (Jaroslav Balastik)
1-2 Vojtech Polak (David Zíma)
1-3 Jaroslav Balastik (Derek MacKenzie)
2-3 David Koci (Jean-François Plourde, Linus Persson)
2-4 Jaroslav Balastik (Derek MacKenzie, Steven Goertzen)
2-5 Kyle Wharton (Joakim Lindström)
2-6 Andrew Murray (Shawn Limpright)
2-7 Jaroslav Balastik (Derek MacKenzie)

Goalies: Joe Palmer - Steve Mason

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Boston Bruins 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 28 - 22
PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:65/74=87 %, Challenges:39/49=78 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:72/85=84 %, Challenges:34/50=66 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (TD Banknorth Garden)
Ticket income: 498846 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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06:53 1-0 Zdeno Chara [10] (Marc Savard)PP
14:29 2-0 Marco Sturm [21] (Matt Lashoff, Zdeno Chara)
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25:52 2-1 Darren Haydar [18] (Erik Cole, Steve Rucchin)
30:48 2-2 Freddy Meyer [3] (Alexei Zhitnik, Kari Lehtonen)
37:16 3-2 Chris Stewart [16] (Shea Weber, Aaron Ward)
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59:51 4-2 Patrice Bergeron [27] (Zdeno Chara, Matt Lashoff) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:24 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for elbowing)
05:43 Bobby Holik (2 min for hooking)
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57:08 Niclas Lucenius (2 min for hooking)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Daniel Ryder 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
R Chris Stewart 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 15.10 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
C Bobby Hughes 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
C T.J. Hensick 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 16.00 8
C Marc Savard 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
R Patrice Bergeron 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
L Nikolai Kulemin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.00 5
C Eric Lindros 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 16.00 7
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 15.00 7
L Marco Sturm 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 20.20 9
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 17.40 7
D Teemu Laakso 0 0 3 4 1 2 0 0 19.00 8
D Zdeno Chara 1 2 4 1 2 1 0 0 23.20 9
D Shea Weber 0 1 0 3 1 5 0 1 18.20 9
D Aaron Ward 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 25.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tim Thomas 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 7
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Niclas Lucenius 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 9.00 4
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 14.00 5
R Darren Haydar 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 15.40 6
C Zach Parisé 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -3 19.40 6
C Jim Slater 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Bobby Holik 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 14.40 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 2 3 4 1 0 -3 19.20 7
R Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.00 6
R Mike Forney 0 0 2 5 2 5 0 1 14.00 6
L Erik Cole 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 -3 15.40 6
D Freddy Meyer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 22.20 6
D Mark Fraser 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 22.40 6
D Mark Popovic 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 15.40 5
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16.20 5
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 -3 26.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 1 24 0 0 59.30 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Zdeno Chara
2nd star: Chris Stewart
3rd star: Patrice Bergeron

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Zdeno Chara scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Matt Lashoff has marked a new career high in points with 36 points.
-Shea Weber has marked a new career high in assists with 20 assists.
-Aaron Ward has marked a new career high in points with 28 points.
-Shea Weber notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Patrice Bergeron has marked a new career high in points with 74 points.
-Nicklas Bäckström had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Peter Schaefer had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Darren Haydar ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Freddy Meyer finally ended his 42 game goal drought.
-Freddy Meyer finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 5( 29) , Chicago Wolves 1( 12)
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1-0 Nathan Dempsey (Ben Walter)
2-0 Brodie Dupont (Stanislav Chistov, Carl Söderberg)
3-0 Yuri Alexandrov (Chris Collins)
3-1 Denis Loginov (Kevin Doell)
4-1 Nate Robinson (Gino Guyer)
5-1 Carl Söderberg (Brodie Dupont, Jonathan Sigalet)

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Minnesota Wild 3 , Calgary Flames 2
Shots: 29 - 14
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:79/93=84 %, Challenges:43/52=81 %
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:61/72=84 %, Challenges:28/42=65 %
Attendance: 18064 of 18064 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 469664 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:06 1-0 James Sheppard [9] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Marian Gaborik)
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21:44 1-1 Zach Hamill [9] (Chris Bourque, Rob Blake)
39:32 2-1 Derek Boogaard [2] (Marian Gaborik)PP
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40:45 2-2 Brandon Sutter [5] (Chris Bourque, Rob Blake)
50:42 3-2 Kurtis Foster [4] (Shawn Belle, Mark Parrish)
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Penalty summary:
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04:11 Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for high-sticking)
10:14 Mikael Backlund (2 min for roughing)
10:14 Brandon Prust (2 min for roughing)
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34:57 Brandon Prust (5 min for fighting)
34:57 Colin Fraser (5 min for fighting)
37:35 Oscar Möller (2 min for hooking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 0 10.30 7
R Mark Parrish 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Brandon Prust 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 -1 10.30 5
R Marian Gaborik 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 19.40 9
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.30 7
C Wayne Simmonds 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 5
C Brian Rolston 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 14.10 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.40 7
L Derek Boogaard 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 11.30 7
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 -1 14.10 6
L James Sheppard 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 16.40 7
D Shawn Belle 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 18.40 7
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 24.50 8
D Kurtis Foster 1 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 21.50 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15.00 7
D Mattias Norström 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 2 0 12 0 0 60.00 6
G Niko Hovinen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Oscar Möller 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.50 5
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 5
R Owen Nolan 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 21.00 6
R Zach Hamill 1 0 3 3 4 0 0 2 20.50 8
C Colin Fraser 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 7.00 5
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 11.20 5
C Trevor Linden 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 -1 19.00 6
C Chris Bourque 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 7
L James O'Brien 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.30 5
C Mikael Backlund 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 -1 13.50 4
L Nils Ekman 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 6
L Brandon Sutter 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 19.50 6
D John Negrin 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -1 13.20 5
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.40 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 25.50 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 5
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
D Rob Blake 0 2 0 7 0 2 0 2 25.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Riku Helenius 3 0 26 0 0 59.50 7
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Gaborik
2nd star: Derek Boogaard
3rd star: James Sheppard

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard notched his 30th assist of the season.
-James Sheppard finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Kurtis Foster finally ended his 26 game goal drought.

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Rob Blake notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Zach Hamill finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Zach Hamill finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Brandon Prust beat Colin Fraser in a fight.

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 0( 22) , Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights 1( 19)
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0-1 Dany Roussin

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Damiano Ciaccio

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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Dallas Stars 0
Shots: 29 - 23
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:60/69=86 %, Challenges:47/60=77 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:37/41=88 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Bell Centre)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:49 1-0 Tom Kostopoulos [10] (Nicklas Bergfors, Andy Sutton)
09:44 2-0 Guillaume Latendresse [36] (Bryan Smolinski, Alexandre Picard)
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34:43 3-0 Mike Ribeiro [19] (Bryan Smolinski, Simon Gagné)
37:32 4-0 Andrei Markov [11] (Guillaume Latendresse, Roman Hamrlik)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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10:53 Mathieu Schneider (2 min for roughing)
10:53 Derek Roy (2 min for roughing)
12:48 Andy Sutton (2 min for slashing)
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29:17 Mathieu Schneider (2 min for tripping)
37:58 Brian Rafalski (2 min for cross-checking)
39:33 Scottie Upshall (2 min for roughing)
39:33 Marian Hossa (2 min for roughing)
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42:25 Ryan Callahan (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Glen Murray 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 12.40 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 16.00 6
R Marian Hossa 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 13.30 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 1 6 3 0 2 0 2 19.20 10
C Alexandre Picard 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 12.50 7
C Martin Straka 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15.40 6
C Mike Ribeiro 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 11.40 8
C Bryan Smolinski 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 14.40 7
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.10 7
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 13.20 6
L Simon Gagné 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 8
D Ty Wishart 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 17.30 8
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 6
D Andrei Markov 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 28.20 8
D Andy Sutton 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 14.50 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 19.10 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 25.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 23 0 0 60.00 10
G Nikolai Khabibulin 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 2 0 2 0 0 8.30 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 -1 18.10 6
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 -1 17.40 6
R Petr Sykora 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 15.20 7
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 8.30 6
C Doug Weight 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 -1 15.10 6
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 16.10 7
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.10 6
L James Neal 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 8.40 7
C Patrick Sharp 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 15.10 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 16.00 7
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 21.00 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 23.00 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 13.30 6
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 -2 20.50 6
D Teddy Ruth 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 18.10 5
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 16.30 4
D Noah Welch 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -2 28.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tuukka Rask
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Mike Ribeiro

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Tom Kostopoulos has marked a new career high in goals with 10 tallies.
-Nicklas Bergfors has marked a new career high in assists with 15 assists.
-Tom Kostopoulos scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Roman Hamrlik notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Andrew Ladd had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Dallas Stars:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 28) , Iowa Stars 0( 21)
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1-0 Sergei Korostin (Janne Lahti)
2-0 Ajay Baines (Garth Murray)

Goalies: Yann Danis - Cédrick Desjardins

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Nashville Predators 1 , Los Angeles Kings 3
Shots: 22 - 34
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:60/78=76 %, Challenges:24/34=68 %
LA PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:60/68=88 %, Challenges:52/66=77 %
Attendance: 17113 of 17113 (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
Ticket income: 497988 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:04 1-0 Wade Redden [10] (Greg de Vries, Jordin Tootoo)SH
10:38 1-1 LA David Vyborny [27] (Pavol Demitra, Dion Phaneuf)
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34:57 1-2 LA Daniel Brière [26] (David Vyborny, Scott Mellanby)
38:25 1-3 LA David Vyborny [28] (Anze Kopitar, Dion Phaneuf)PP
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Penalty summary:
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08:23 Scott Nichol (2 min for roughing)
15:09 Marek Zidlicky (2 min for holding the stick)
18:09 LA Joe Nieuwendyk (2 min for elbowing)
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25:56 LA Joe Nieuwendyk (2 min for high-sticking)
37:05 Marek Zidlicky (2 min for tripping)
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44:56 LA Adam Foote (2 min for roughing)
44:56 Martin Gélinas (2 min for roughing)
48:49 Scott Nichol (2 min for hooking)
59:06 Dan Hamhuis (2 min for roughing)
59:06 LA Joe Barnes (2 min for roughing)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 7.20 5
R Jordin Tootoo 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 -1 19.10 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 17.40 5
R Nathan Horton 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 18.20 8
C Scott Nichol 0 0 2 3 1 1 4 0 7.20 6
C Radek Bonk 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1 11.20 5
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
C Petr Prucha 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
L Martin Gélinas 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7.20 5
L Blake Geoffrion 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 15.40 7
L Nick Spaling 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 19.50 6
L Martin Havlat 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
D Greg de Vries 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 12.00 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 19.30 7
D Wade Redden 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 26.40 8
D Cody Franson 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -1 15.20 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 -1 23.10 8
D Ryan Suter 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Dov Grumet-Morris 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Mellanby 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 5
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Pavol Demitra 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 22.50 9
R David Vyborny 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 20.20 9
C Joe Nieuwendyk 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 6.20 5
C Joe Sakic 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 6
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 8
C Daniel Brière 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 9
R Michael Frolík 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Joe Barnes 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 -1 15.20 6
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 7
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.20 6
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 13.40 6
D Niklas Grossman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.10 6
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24.00 6
D Joey Ryan 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 14.50 7
D Jack Johnson 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 1 26.50 8
D Dion Phaneuf 0 2 4 3 2 2 0 2 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Jonathan Bernier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Vyborny
2nd star: Dion Phaneuf
3rd star: Martin Brodeur

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Wade Redden scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Nick Spaling had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Dion Phaneuf has marked a new career high in points with 51 points.
-David Vyborny has marked a new career high in goals with 28 tallies.
-Dion Phaneuf notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Pavol Demitra had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Daniel Brière ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 3( 26) , Manchester Monarchs 1( 22)
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1-0 Adam Pineault (Eric Baier)
2-0 Adam Pineault (Scott May)
2-1 Scott Thornton (Peter Sejna)
3-1 Colin McDonald (Kirill Safronov)

Goalies: Pekka Rinne - Danny Battochio

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New York Islanders 3 , Carolina Hurricanes 5
Shots: 22 - 26
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:58/71=81 %, Challenges:39/54=70 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:61/72=84 %, Challenges:44/60=72 %
Attendance: 16234 of 16234 (Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum)
Ticket income: 441564 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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04:32 0-1 Ray Whitney [27] (Eric Staal)
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22:37 0-2 Peter Forsberg [19] (Cory Stillman, Patrick Marleau)
27:03 1-2 Claude Giroux [4] (Ryan Malone)
31:18 2-2 Hugh Jessiman [13] (Tomas Plekanec, François Beauchemin)
36:27 2-3 Scott Walker [9] (Jordan Staal, Cam Ward)SH
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49:52 3-3 Hugh Jessiman [14] (Tomas Plekanec, Steve Bernier)
55:13 3-4 Eric Staal [25] (Ray Whitney)
59:54 3-5 Cory Stillman [26] (Anton Babchuk, Frantisek Kaberle) EN
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Penalty summary:
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17:17 Saku Koivu (2 min for tripping)
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24:51 Jesse Joensuu (2 min for hooking)
31:27 Jesse Joensuu (2 min for roughing)
34:25 Chad LaRose (2 min for hooking)
37:02 Chad LaRose (2 min for roughing)
37:02 Hugh Jessiman (2 min for roughing)
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45:37 Steve Bégin (2 min for slashing)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jesse Joensuu 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 4.50 6
R Steve Bernier 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 12.40 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 5
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -3 14.30 5
C Yan Stastny 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4.50 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 16.40 5
C Saku Koivu 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 17.00 6
R Patrick Kane 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -3 14.30 4
R Anson Carter 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 8.00 5
R Hugh Jessiman 2 0 5 2 1 2 2 0 20.50 8
L Ryan Malone 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 7
R Claude Giroux 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.40 5
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 2 7 2 5 0 -2 23.50 6
D François Beauchemin 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 12.20 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 23.00 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -2 24.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 5 0 21 0 0 58.20 4
G Maxime Ouellet 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 0 0 4 0 10.00 6
R Scott Walker 1 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 17.20 7
R Cory Stillman 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 17.00 8
C Jordan Staal 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 2 20.50 9
C Jason Allison 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 13.10 7
C Peter Forsberg 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 15.40 8
C Eric Staal 1 1 3 4 1 3 0 0 19.00 9
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 8.10 7
R Valeri Bure 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 13.10 4
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 13.20 7
L Ray Whitney 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 8
D Glen Wesley 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 -1 15.30 6
D Curtis Murphy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 22.40 8
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 19.00 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 18.10 8
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 1 19 0 0 60.00 6
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Cory Stillman
2nd star: Eric Staal
3rd star: Hugh Jessiman

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Steve Bernier finally ended his 12 game point drought.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Eric Staal scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Frantisek Kaberle notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Scott Walker finally ended his 21 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 0( 19) , Albany River Rats 1( 23)
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0-1 Harrison Reed (Ernie Hartlieb)

Goalies: Wade Dubielewicz - Michael Leighton

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Philadelphia Flyers 7 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 29 - 23
PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:72/84=85 %, Challenges:22/38=56 %
PP: 2 of 1 (8 shots), Passing:65/79=82 %, Challenges:27/53=50 %
Attendance: 19519 of 19519 (Wachovia Center)
Ticket income: 608993 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:08 1-0 Michael Ryder [17] (Patrick O'Sullivan, Joffrey Lupul)
13:56 1-1 Clarke MacArthur [7] (Brenden Morrow, Marek Zagrapan)PP
17:26 1-2 Jaroslav Spacek [4] (Jason Pominville, Clarke MacArthur)PP
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30:46 2-2 Patrick O'Sullivan [21] (Braydon Coburn, Kimmo Timonen)
33:32 3-2 Scott Hartnell [8] (Kimmo Timonen, Mike Rathje)
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41:35 4-2 Brent Sopel [5] (Dustin Brown, Josef Vasicek)
47:41 4-3 Jason Pominville [32] (Maxim Afinogenov, Andrej Sekera)
48:16 5-3 Ryan Potulny [2] (Josef Vasicek, Dustin Brown)
50:27 6-3 Mike Knuble [31] (Jeff Carter, Joffrey Lupul)
54:48 7-3 Jeff Carter [27] (Mike Knuble, Joffrey Lupul)
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Penalty summary:
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12:31 Patrick O'Sullivan (5 min for high-sticking)
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20:59 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
23:34 Brian Campbell (2 min for cross-checking)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Scott Hartnell 1 0 3 3 1 3 0 1 12.40 8
C Ryan Potulny 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 11.40 8
R Michael Ryder 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 18.30 7
C Jeff Carter 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 18.50 8
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 9.00 6
R Dustin Brown 0 2 2 2 1 4 0 2 12.40 8
C Patrick O'Sullivan 1 1 3 0 3 0 5 1 16.10 7
R Joffrey Lupul 0 3 2 4 2 2 0 2 15.40 8
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 9.00 5
L Josef Vasicek 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 14.00 7
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 18.40 7
L Mike Knuble 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 18.40 9
D Mike Rathje 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 13.40 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 19.50 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 26.30 9
D Brent Sopel 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 3 15.30 8
D Jason Smith 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 18.20 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Antero Niittymäki 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 0 1 2 1 0 0 5.10 4
C Marek Zagrapan 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 -2 18.30 7
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 14.50 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -3 17.00 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 8.40 5
L Clarke MacArthur 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 -2 17.00 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -1 14.50 6
R Jason Pominville 1 1 4 1 4 0 0 -3 19.50 6
C Dan Paillé 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 -2 18.00 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -3 18.00 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 20.30 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 -3 25.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 -2 20.20 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 -1 16.00 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 -3 24.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 7 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jeff Carter
2nd star: Patrick O'Sullivan
3rd star: Joffrey Lupul

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Kimmo Timonen notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Scott Hartnell finally ended his 26 game goal drought.
-Ryan Potulny finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Mike Cammalleri had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Mike Cammalleri had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Mike Rathje ended his 6 game point drought.
-Jason Smith had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Marek Zagrapan notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Pominville notched his 50th assist of the season.
-Brenden Morrow finally ended his 17 game point drought.
-Jaroslav Spacek finally ended his 31 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 2( 22) , Rochester Americans 3( 16)
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0-1 Milan Jurík (Markus Kink)
1-1 PHL Stefan Ruzicka
2-1 PHL Mike Curry
2-2 Mike Card (Jean-Simon Allard)
2-3 Adam Mair (Jeff Jillson, Paul Brown)

Goalies: Martin Houle - Adam Dennis

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Washington Capitals 3 , Toronto Maple Leafs 5
Shots: 21 - 33
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:57/66=86 %, Challenges:42/48=85 %
PP: 2 of 1 (9 shots), Passing:74/85=87 %, Challenges:48/59=80 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:53 1-0 Antoine Vermette [14] (Phil Kessel)
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22:43 2-0 Mike Modano [15] (Alexander Semin, Daniel Alfredsson)
25:15 2-1 Pavel Datsyuk [18] (Jarome Iginla)
26:38 2-2 Alexei Ponikarovsky [25] (Pavel Kubina, Carlo Colaiacovo)
35:41 3-2 Viktor Kozlov [25] (Olaf Kölzig)
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48:58 3-3 Steve Sullivan [21] (Dan Boyle, Jonathan Blum)PP
49:41 3-4 Steve Sullivan [22] (Jarome Iginla, Pavel Datsyuk)PP
59:49 3-5 Steve Sullivan [23] (Dan Boyle, Pavel Datsyuk) EN
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Penalty summary:
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13:25 Boris Valabik (5 min for fighting)
13:25 Chad Kilger (5 min for fighting)
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44:25 Cory Sarich (5 min for fighting)
44:25 Darcy Tucker (5 min for fighting)
47:03 Boris Valabik (5 min for attempt to injury)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Skokan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.00 5
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10.30 7
L Alexander Semin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 3 6 0 2 0 -1 11.00 7
C Michael Nylander 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.30 6
C Mike Modano 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.20 8
C Phil Kessel 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 11.00 6
L François Bouchard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10.30 6
C John Madden 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 20.20 7
L Antoine Vermette 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 17.30 6
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 4 0 2 10 1 16.30 8
D Cory Sarich 0 0 1 5 0 3 5 -2 24.40 8
D Mike Green 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.30 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 21.30 5
D Steve Eminger 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 -1 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 5 1 28 0 0 59.20 5
G Cristobal Huet 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 1 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 6
R Sergei Samsonov 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 18.50 6
R Jarome Iginla 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 23.00 7
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.20 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 8
C Matt Stajan 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 9
L Chad Kilger 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 5.20 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 0 16.10 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 14.10 8
R Steve Sullivan 3 0 6 2 2 0 0 1 21.00 9
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.30 6
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 18.10 6
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 21.20 8
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 5
D Jonathan Blum 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
D Dan Boyle 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Sullivan
2nd star: Pavel Datsyuk
3rd star: Jarome Iginla

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Mike Modano scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Viktor Kozlov has marked a new career high in goals with 25 tallies.
-Viktor Kozlov scored his 25th goal of the season.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Alexei Ponikarovsky scored his 25th goal of the season.

Other notes:
-Boris Valabik beat Chad Kilger in a fight.
-Darcy Tucker beat Cory Sarich in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 3( 16) , Toronto Marlies 2( 16)
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0-1 Jeremy Williams (Kris Newbury, Juraj Valach)
1-1 Oskar Osala (Stephen Werner, Shaone Morrisonn)
1-2 Matt Frattin (Dennis Wideman)
2-2 Matt Bradley (Sasha Pokulok)
3-2 Ilya Zubov (Boyd Gordon, Rico Fata)

Goalies: Michal Neuvirth - Todd Ford