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Colorado Avalanche 3 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 26 - 27
PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:72/89=80 %, Challenges:30/44=66 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:65/94=69 %, Challenges:44/52=83 %
Attendance: 11145 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 549449 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:09 1-0 Ryan Smyth [13] (Brett Clark, John-Michael Liles)
15:53 2-0 Paul Stastny [18] (Milan Hejduk)PP
17:25 2-1 Francis Bouillon [2] (Sidney Crosby)
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23:39 2-2 Maxim Lapierre [2] (Sergei Kostitsyn, Gilbert Brulé)
35:33 3-2 Paul Stastny [19] (Milan Hejduk, Gary Roberts)
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47:35 3-3 Sidney Crosby [18] (Chris Higgins)
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Penalty summary:
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00:12 Sidney Crosby (2 min for boarding)
14:25 Chris Higgins (2 min for slashing)
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27:52 Ian Laperriere (5 min for fighting)
27:52 Georges Laraque (5 min for fighting)
28:33 Martin St. Louis (2 min for hooking)
30:41 Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for slashing)
38:49 Joe Sakic (2 min for high-sticking)
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51:04 Maxim Lapierre (2 min for hooking)
53:43 Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for high-sticking)
57:19 Radim Vrbata (2 min for slashing)
58:52 Ruslan Salei (2 min for roughing)
58:52 Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for roughing)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 5
R Ian Laperriere 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 19.40 6
R Milan Hejduk 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 -2 17.30 7
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 19.50 6
C T.J. Hensick 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 7
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.50 5
C Paul Stastny 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 18.40 7
C Joe Sakic 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 20.50 7
L Cody McLeod 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.40 5
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
L Gary Roberts 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 15.40 5
L Ryan Smyth 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 22.40 8
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 17.10 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -2 22.30 7
D Brett Clark 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 27.40 7
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 19.40 6
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.40 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 3 0 24 0 0 65.00 7
G Andrew Raycroft 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 10.50 7
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 19.20 6
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 0 16.20 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 22.50 7
C Maxim Lapierre 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 9.00 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 8
C Robert Lang 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 11.00 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 18.50 8
L Gilbert Brulé 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 9.00 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 0 21.20 9
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 15.20 6
L Chris Higgins 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 15.20 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 5
D Shawn Belle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 4
D Francis Bouillon 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 29.50 7
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 19.10 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 6 0 4 0 -1 18.40 9
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 28.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 23 0 0 65.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Paul Stastny
2nd star: Sidney Crosby
3rd star: Milan Hejduk

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Sergei Kostitsyn finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Maxim Lapierre finally ended his 26 game goal drought.
-Maxim Lapierre finally ended his 19 game point drought.
-Francis Bouillon ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Georges Laraque beat Ian Laperriere in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 1( 10) , Quebec Citadelles 3( 20)
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0-1 QUE Mike Glumac (Yanick Lehoux)
0-2 QUE Max Pacioretty (Alex Henry)
1-2 HER Nathan Smith (T.J. Trevelyan)
1-3 QUE Mathieu Aubin (Eric Fehr, Mathieu Carle)

Goalies: Jason Bacashihua - Jaroslav Halak

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New York Islanders 4 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 17 - 29
PP: 2 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:62/81=76 %, Challenges:32/41=76 %
BUF PP: 1 of 8 (14 shots), Passing:72/85=84 %, Challenges:35/43=79 %
Attendance: 8884 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 413995 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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34:44 0-1 BUF Maxim Afinogenov [16] (Zach Parisé, Derek Roy)
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44:15 0-2 BUF Maxim Afinogenov [17] (Derek Roy, Zach Parisé)PP
46:37 1-2 Mike Sillinger [3] (Chris Campoli, Bruno Gervais)
47:26 2-2 Chris Campoli [5] (Mark Streit, Mike Comrie)PP
48:38 3-2 Mike Sillinger [4] (Chris Campoli)
50:11 3-3 BUF Derek Roy [12] (Zach Parisé, Jason Pominville)
54:46 4-3 Mark Streit [2] (Jon Sim, Chris Campoli)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:01 BUF Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for boarding)
10:29 BUF Drew Stafford (2 min for elbowing)
18:47 Brendan Witt (2 min for high-sticking)
19:57 Bill Guerin (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:56 Andy Sutton (2 min for slashing)
28:06 Richard Park (2 min for high-sticking)
29:33 Bruno Gervais (2 min for high-sticking)
36:05 Andy Sutton (2 min for hooking)
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42:41 Doug Weight (2 min for slashing)
47:19 BUF Toni Lydman (2 min for hooking)
53:03 BUF Nathan Gerbe (2 min for diving)
55:53 Kyle Okposo (2 min for elbowing)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 7.20 4
R Richard Park 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 20.40 8
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
R Bill Guerin 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20.40 8
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
C Mike Comrie 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.40 7
C Mike Sillinger 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
C Doug Weight 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 13.00 6
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
L Sean Bergenheim 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 9.20 7
L Jon Sim 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 14.30 7
L Andy Hilbert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 6
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.30 7
D Chris Campoli 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 16.30 8
D Bruno Gervais 0 1 2 6 1 2 2 -1 25.40 10
D Mark Streit 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 14.00 7
D Andy Sutton 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 1 17.40 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 4 1 0 2 -1 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 7.00 5
R Glen Murray 0 0 2 3 2 4 0 0 16.30 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 2 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 17.10 7
R Jason Pominville 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -1 20.20 6
C Nathan Gerbe 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 16.20 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
C Derek Roy 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.40 9
L Patrick Kaleta 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 5
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 10.00 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15.10 6
L Zach Parisé 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.40 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 11.00 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 29.00 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 5
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
D Tyler Myers 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 27.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 13 0 0 58.00 4
G Jhonas Enroth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Campoli
2nd star: Mike Sillinger
3rd star: Derek Roy

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Jon Sim notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike Sillinger finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
-Mike Sillinger finally ended his 14 game point drought.
-Mark Streit finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Derek Roy notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1( 17) , Rochester Americans 0( 9)
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1-0 BRG Trevor Smith (Tim Jackman)

Goalies: Joey MacDonald - Patrick Lalime

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Washington Capitals 5 , Ottawa Senators 3
Shots: 28 - 25
PP: 1 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:57/67=85 %, Challenges:26/54=47 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:72/91=79 %, Challenges:38/52=71 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 961338 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:23 0-1 Olli Jokinen [20] (Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley)
16:43 1-1 Tom Poti [8] (Alexander Ovechkin, Joe Thornton)PP
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30:26 2-1 Rick Nash [23] (Alexander Ovechkin)
33:49 3-1 Rick Nash [24] (Joe Thornton, Manny Malhotra)
34:43 3-2 Antoine Vermette [7] (Chris Kelly, Anton Volchenkov)
39:23 3-3 Dean McAmmond [16] (Chris Phillips, Christoph Schubert)
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45:05 4-3 Joe Thornton [23] (Rick Nash)
47:22 5-3 Rick Nash [25] (Joe Thornton, Manny Malhotra)
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Penalty summary:
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15:31 Chris Phillips (2 min for roughing)
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35:38 Sean O'Donnell (2 min for high-sticking)
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43:09 Chris Kelly (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Graham Mink 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 8.30 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 4 2 4 0 0 16.30 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.20 7
R Alexander Ovechkin 0 2 2 3 2 3 0 3 19.40 9
C Manny Malhotra 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 -1 8.30 6
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 14.30 7
C Michael Nylander 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.20 7
C Joe Thornton 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 19.40 9
L Logan Couture 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 10.20 5
L Matt Bradley 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14.30 4
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14.20 6
L Rick Nash 3 1 6 2 1 0 0 2 20.40 10
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 16.00 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 1 5 0 2 0 15.00 5
D Tom Poti 1 0 2 2 7 0 0 1 27.10 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 16.30 5
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 7.20 5
R Shean Donovan 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 19.20 8
R Chris Kelly 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 15.40 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 18.50 7
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 4.10 5
C Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19.20 6
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 8
C Olli Jokinen 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 17.40 6
L Nick Foligno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4.10 4
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 2 5 0 8 0 0 21.40 10
L Dean McAmmond 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 13.20 8
L Dany Heatley 0 1 1 4 1 3 0 0 17.40 8
D Brendan Bell 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22.10 6
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 15.50 7
D Filip Kuba 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 23.10 8
D Christoph Schubert 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 20.10 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 -1 18.00 6
D Chris Phillips 0 1 3 0 2 0 2 -1 20.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Gerber 5 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Alexander Ovechkin

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Rick Nash scored his 25th goal of the season.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Olli Jokinen scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Chris Phillips notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 16) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 15)
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0-1 GRD Jesse Winchester (Lawrence Nycholat, Ilya Zubov)
1-1 POR Erik Caladi (Karl Alzner, Keith Aucoin)
1-2 GRD Drew Fata (Jesse Winchester)

Goalies: Brent Johnson - Al Montoya

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Pittsburgh Penguins 7 , Toronto Maple Leafs 5
Shots: 28 - 30
PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:70/88=79 %, Challenges:27/35=75 %
PP: 1 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:68/85=80 %, Challenges:24/32=72 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 752935 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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00:52 1-0 Marc Savard [22] (Jaromir Jagr)
12:34 1-1 Nik Antropov [12] (Nikolai Kulemin, Mikhail Grabovski)
13:32 1-2 Bryan McCabe [6] (Travis Zajac)PP
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25:45 2-2 Petr Sykora [17] (Marc Savard, Jaromir Jagr)PP
31:08 3-2 Devin Setoguchi [11] (Jaromir Jagr, Marc Savard)
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43:08 3-3 Nik Antropov [13] (Jason Blake, Bryan McCabe)
43:21 3-4 Nik Antropov [14] (Bryan McCabe, Mark Bell)
43:49 4-4 Jarret Stoll [17] (Philippe Boucher, Devin Setoguchi)
44:26 5-4 Blake Wheeler [4] (Sergei Gonchar, Jarret Stoll)
57:15 5-5 Jamal Mayers [4] (Lee Stempniak, Luke Schenn)
58:25 6-5 Marc Savard [23] (Jaromir Jagr, Ruslan Fedotenko)
58:52 7-5 Petr Sykora [18] (Marc Savard, Jack Johnson)
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Penalty summary:
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02:32 Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for hooking)
05:17 Ian White (2 min for holding the stick)
12:57 David Krejci (2 min for tripping)
16:48 Philippe Boucher (2 min for hooking)
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25:15 Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for hooking)
26:22 Niklas Hagman (2 min for slashing)
31:31 Blake Wheeler (2 min for holding the stick)
36:21 Nik Antropov (2 min for high-sticking)
38:29 Sergei Gonchar (2 min for boarding)
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46:37 Kris Beech (2 min for holding the stick)
49:38 David Krejci (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 5
R Jonathan Filewich 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15.30 5
R Blake Wheeler 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 9.10 7
R Petr Sykora 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
C Kris Beech 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 6.00 6
C David Krejci 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13.00 5
C Jarret Stoll 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 20.40 8
C Marc Savard 2 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 20.20 9
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 12.30 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 19.50 8
L Devin Setoguchi 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.10 8
L Jaromir Jagr 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 19.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 16.40 6
D Jack Johnson 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 18.40 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 19.20 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tyson Sexsmith 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 4
G Marc-André Fleury 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikolai Kulemin 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 7.10 5
R Jamal Mayers 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
R Travis Zajac 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 -3 14.20 7
R Nik Antropov 3 0 8 1 0 0 2 0 19.30 8
C Mikhail Grabovski 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 6.30 6
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10.20 5
C Matt Stajan 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -2 18.10 6
C Mark Bell 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 7
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7.10 4
L Lee Stempniak 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 8.20 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 -3 20.20 6
L Jason Blake 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 21.00 8
D Luke Schenn 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8.20 6
D Ian White 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 -2 21.40 6
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 28.30 6
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 9.50 5
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 24.30 6
D Bryan McCabe 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 -1 27.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 7 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc Savard
2nd star: Petr Sykora
3rd star: Nik Antropov

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Marc Savard notched his 30th assist of the season.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Bryan McCabe ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 20) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 1( 10)
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0-1 SJM Ben Ondrus (Jeff Finger, John Mitchell)
1-1 WIL Jeff Taffe (Eric Godard)

Goalies: Mathieu Garon - Justin Pogge

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Florida Panthers 4 , New Jersey Devils 2
Shots: 28 - 23
PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:53/64=82 %, Challenges:40/53=74 %
PP: 0 of 5 (3 shots), Passing:72/86=83 %, Challenges:35/48=71 %
Attendance: 19252 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 897143 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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30:14 0-1 Dustin Penner [6] (Martin Hanzal, Ethan Moreau)
30:35 1-1 Rostislav Olesz [12] (Mike Van Ryn, Keith Ballard)
31:48 2-1 Richard Zednik [9] (Radek Dvorak, Rostislav Olesz)
37:37 3-1 Rostislav Olesz [13] (Nathan Horton, Karlis Skrastins)
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47:12 3-2 Mike Cammalleri [13] (Shawn Horcoff, Tomas Kaberle)
59:16 4-2 Cory Stillman [16] (Stephen Weiss, Nathan Horton) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:57 David Clarkson (2 min for slashing)
11:36 Ville Peltonen (2 min for slashing)
13:58 Dustin Brown (2 min for high-sticking)
17:23 Brett McLean (2 min for tripping)
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23:07 Ville Peltonen (2 min for hooking)
25:56 Mike Cammalleri (2 min for hooking)
33:23 Ethan Moreau (2 min for tripping)
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45:14 Drew Larman (2 min for roughing)
55:24 Cory Stillman (2 min for tripping)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brett McLean 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7.00 5
R Richard Zednik 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 14.40 8
R Radek Dvorak 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 7
R Nathan Horton 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
C Drew Larman 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 7.20 7
C Anthony Stewart 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 17.30 6
C Rostislav Olesz 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 17.50 8
C Stephen Weiss 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 7
L David Booth 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.00 4
L Gregory Campbell 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 13.30 6
L Ville Peltonen 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 10.50 6
L Cory Stillman 1 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 18.10 8
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 6
D Keith Ballard 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 13.10 8
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 26.30 7
D Nick Boynton 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 15.40 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 20.20 8
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 -1 27.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jay Pandolfo 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 14.10 7
R Ethan Moreau 0 1 0 4 1 3 2 1 15.20 8
R Dustin Brown 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 -1 15.50 7
R Mike Cammalleri 1 0 4 1 0 1 2 -1 19.30 8
C Dominic Moore 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 10.00 6
C Martin Hanzal 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.30 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 18.20 6
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 16.20 5
L David Clarkson 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 7.00 6
L Dustin Penner 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 14.30 8
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
L Patrick Kane 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 12.20 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 19.10 7
D Andy Greene 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 16.20 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 23.50 7
D Colin White 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 18.20 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 17.50 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -2 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 0 24 0 0 59.00 6
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rostislav Olesz
2nd star: Richard Zednik
3rd star: Nathan Horton

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Rostislav Olesz has marked a new career high in points with 31 points.
-Keith Ballard notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Rostislav Olesz has marked a new career high in assists with 20 assists.
-Rostislav Olesz notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Karlis Skrastins has marked a new career high in points with 18 points.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Martin Hanzal finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 4( 10) , Albany River Rats 3( 18)
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1-0 LOU Kamil Kreps
2-0 LOU Cory Murphy (Wade Belak, David Brine)
2-1 ALB Sheldon Brookbank (Petr Vrana)
3-1 LOU Daniel Sparre (Mike Duco)
3-2 ALB Barry Tallackson (Chad Wiseman, Anssi Salmela)
3-3 ALB Barry Tallackson (Mike Rupp, Anssi Salmela)
4-3 LOU Kamil Kreps (Michal Repík)

Goalies: Chris Beckford-Tseu - Scott Clemmensen

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Tampa Bay Lightning 5 , Boston Bruins 3
Shots: 30 - 29
PP: 4 of 8 (13 shots), Passing:68/82=82 %, Challenges:43/48=87 %
BOS PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:48/64=75 %, Challenges:51/61=82 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 966166 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:07 0-1 BOS Patrice Bergeron [14] (Michael Ryder, Mark Stuart)
10:25 0-2 BOS Phil Kessel [11] (Steve Bernier, Peter Schaefer)
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25:36 1-2 Paul Ranger [4] (Vincent Lecavalier)PP
28:53 1-3 BOS Patrice Bergeron [15] (P.J. Axelsson, Alex Kovalev)
30:37 2-3 Darcy Tucker [16] (Vincent Lecavalier, Paul Ranger)PP
37:18 3-3 Steven Stamkos [7] (Marek Svatos, Mark Recchi)
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42:18 4-3 Vincent Lecavalier [21] (Darcy Tucker, Marek Svatos)PP
45:59 5-3 Darcy Tucker [17] (Marek Svatos, Vincent Lecavalier)PP
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Penalty summary:
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14:18 Ryan Malone (2 min for roughing)
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25:28 BOS Aaron Ward (2 min for hooking)
29:11 BOS Andrew Ference (2 min for tripping)
32:51 BOS Alex Kovalev (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:27 BOS Nick Petrecki (2 min for holding the stick)
44:17 BOS Aaron Ward (2 min for hooking)
48:59 BOS Alex Kovalev (2 min for slashing)
51:37 BOS Matt Lashoff (2 min for elbowing)
56:05 BOS P.J. Axelsson (2 min for slashing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Recchi 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
R Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 13.10 7
R Jussi Jokinen 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 16.50 7
R Marek Svatos 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 23.50 8
C Ryan Craig 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
C Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 5
C Darcy Tucker 2 1 4 2 1 0 0 -2 21.30 8
C Steven Stamkos 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 7
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.10 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 15.30 7
L Vincent Lecavalier 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 9
D Mike Lundin 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 11.20 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 18.40 6
D Paul Ranger 1 1 5 7 1 1 0 0 30.00 10
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 12.20 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 18.10 5
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 29.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Petteri Nokelainen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 7
R Phil Kessel 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.00 8
R P.J. Axelsson 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 18.30 6
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 4 0 1 0 4 0 18.10 6
C Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 8.10 5
C Peter Schaefer 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 6
C Patrice Bergeron 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 13.10 9
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 17.30 7
L Brad Richardson 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 8.10 6
L Steve Bernier 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1 21.10 10
L Michael Ryder 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 13.10 6
L Marco Sturm 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 6
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 11.10 7
D Mark Stuart 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 14.00 7
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 -1 28.40 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 14.40 5
D Andrew Ference 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 23.20 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Darcy Tucker
2nd star: Vincent Lecavalier
3rd star: Paul Ranger

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Jussi Jokinen had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Vaclav Prospal had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Patrice Bergeron scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Peter Schaefer finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Marco Sturm had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 1( 11) , Providence Bruins 0( 11)
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1-0 DTV Steve Downie (Wyatt Smith, Justin Keller)

Goalies: Olaf Kölzig - Adam Courchaine

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St. Louis Blues 4 , Los Angeles Kings 5
Shots: 36 - 25
PP: 2 of 8 (15 shots), Passing:74/92=80 %, Challenges:44/51=84 %
LA PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:59/77=76 %, Challenges:39/52=73 %
Attendance: 9153 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 468634 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:43 1-0 Eric Brewer [5] (Alexander Steen, Jay McClement)PP
11:53 2-0 Brad Boyes [7] (Zbynek Michalek)
17:11 2-1 LA Kyle Calder [8] (Anze Kopitar, Thomas Hickey)
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27:13 2-2 LA Alexander Frolov [15] (Ryan Whitney, Drew Doughty)
27:48 3-2 Brad Boyes [8] (Eric Brewer, Zbynek Michalek)
36:17 3-3 LA Anze Kopitar [14] (Tom Preissing)PP
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40:59 3-4 LA Chuck Kobasew [12] (Patrick O'Sullivan, Jordan Staal)
46:06 4-4 Andy McDonald [12] (Brad Boyes, Zbynek Michalek)PP
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62:42 4-5 LA Alexander Frolov [16] (Tom Preissing, Drew Doughty)
Penalty summary:
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01:04 LA Anze Kopitar (2 min for slashing)
07:54 LA Kyle Calder (2 min for elbowing)
09:47 LA Marc-André Cliche (2 min for cross-checking)
14:18 LA Drew Doughty (2 min for cross-checking)
17:59 Steve Regier (2 min for tripping)
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22:34 LA Gabe Gauthier (2 min for tripping)
35:37 Eric Brewer (2 min for tripping)
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45:31 LA Jordan Staal (2 min for tripping)
58:39 LA Ryan Whitney (2 min for high-sticking)
59:11 LA Michal Handzus (2 min for hooking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Foy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
R Dan Hinote 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 13.40 6
R Alexander Steen 0 1 6 2 0 1 0 -2 19.30 7
R Brad Boyes 2 1 4 3 0 1 0 1 21.50 9
C Yan Stastny 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 5
C Mike Zigomanis 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 11.50 5
C Jay McClement 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.50 6
C Andy McDonald 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 23.00 8
L David Perron 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 9.30 7
L Steve Regier 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 12.30 5
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 17.30 7
L Paul Kariya 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 21.30 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 24.00 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 3 4 2 2 0 0 1 30.30 8
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -2 14.50 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 15.50 7
D Eric Brewer 1 1 2 5 0 3 2 -1 24.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 5 0 20 0 0 62.50 4
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Gabe Gauthier 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.50 5
R Ed Purcell 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 14.20 6
R Chuck Kobasew 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 14.50 8
R Alexander Frolov 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 20.40 9
C Brian Boyle 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.50 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 -1 19.50 7
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.10 7
C Anze Kopitar 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 19.40 8
L Marc-André Cliche 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.50 4
L Kyle Calder 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 20.30 8
L Jordan Staal 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 8.20 7
L Ales Hemsky 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
D Thomas Hickey 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 15.00 6
D Matt Greene 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22.00 6
D Drew Doughty 0 2 0 5 1 1 2 1 26.40 8
D Tom Preissing 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 20.20 8
D Colten Teubert 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.40 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 -1 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 4 0 32 0 0 62.50 7
G Jonathan Quick 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brad Boyes
2nd star: Alexander Frolov
3rd star: Anze Kopitar

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Zbynek Michalek notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Alexander Frolov scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Ryan Whitney notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alexander Frolov scored the 300th point of his career.
-Ales Hemsky had his 9 game point streak snapped.
-Drew Doughty ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 0( 10) , Manchester Monarchs 1( 22)
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0-1 MNC Brady Murray (Vladimir Dravecky)

Goalies: Manny Legace - Erik Ersberg

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San Jose Sharks 4 , Vancouver Canucks 2
Shots: 36 - 23
PP: 1 of 6 (13 shots), Passing:57/70=81 %, Challenges:53/61=85 %
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:53/71=74 %, Challenges:40/50=78 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 762041 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:17 1-0 Matt Niskanen [2] (Joe Pavelski)
11:06 1-1 Henrik Sedin [14] (Pavol Demitra, Sami Salo)
13:53 2-1 Teemu Selänne [17] (Bryan Berard, Mike Green)PP
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27:29 3-1 Alex Tanguay [14] (Teemu Selänne, Mike Grier)
29:48 4-1 Mike Grier [8] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Christian Ehrhoff)SH
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50:58 4-2 Henrik Sedin [15] (Daniel Sedin, Pavol Demitra)PP
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Penalty summary:
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03:14 Taylor Pyatt (2 min for hooking)
09:03 Kyle McLaren (2 min for high-sticking)
13:28 Jason Jaffray (2 min for high-sticking)
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27:55 Teemu Selänne (2 min for holding the stick)
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42:34 Henrik Sedin (2 min for tripping)
46:38 Jason Krog (2 min for hooking)
49:17 Mike Green (2 min for boarding)
49:55 Christian Ehrhoff (2 min for diving)
52:26 Jason Krog (2 min for roughing)
56:28 Kevin Bieksa (2 min for hooking)
57:32 Ryan Kesler (2 min for roughing)
57:32 Mike Green (2 min for roughing)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 1 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 14.10 9
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 13.20 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
R Teemu Selänne 1 1 6 0 2 0 2 1 20.30 8
C Marcel Goc 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 7
C Joe Pavelski 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 15.10 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 7
L Jeremy Roenick 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.10 6
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 11.10 8
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 16.10 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 23.20 8
D Mike Green 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 24.40 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 16.30 6
D Matt Niskanen 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 7
D Bryan Berard 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8.20 7
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 3 0 3 2 0 14.10 8
R Milan Lucic 0 0 4 5 0 1 0 -1 19.10 8
R Pavol Demitra 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 -1 17.40 7
C Jason Krog 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 8.20 5
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 18.40 7
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 6
C Henrik Sedin 2 0 5 1 0 0 2 -1 20.20 7
L Jason Jaffray 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
L Mason Raymond 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -1 13.00 5
L Daniel Sedin 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 5
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 10.40 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 6 0 2 2 -1 28.20 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.30 6
D Sami Salo 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 20.30 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 -1 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 4 0 32 0 0 60.00 7
G Cory Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Grier
2nd star: Teemu Selänne
3rd star: Jonathan Cheechoo

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Mike Grier finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Nicklas Bäckström had his 10 game point streak snapped.
-Matt Niskanen ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Matt Niskanen ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Sami Salo notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Henrik Sedin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Pavol Demitra notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 1( 29) , Manitoba Moose 2( 11)
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0-1 MAN Rick Rypien (Michael Grabner, Jannik Hansen)
0-2 MAN Daniel Rahimi (Ryan Shannon)
1-2 CLE Jason Demers (Matthew Jones)

Goalies: Jeff Deslauriers - Curtis Sanford