31 Decembre 2008

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Tampa Bay Lightning 5 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 29 - 23
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:74/79=93 %, Challenges:37/54=67 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/75=88 %, Challenges:23/40=56 %
Attendance: 9165 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 417924 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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22:46 1-0 Blake Wheeler [14] (Vaclav Prospal, Joe Colborne)
27:29 2-0 Claude Giroux [15] (Steven Stamkos )
29:41 3-0 Gary Roberts [4] (Ossi Väänänen, Matt Lashoff)
31:08 3-1 Tim Kennedy [3] (Toni Lydman, Kyle Quincey)
38:18 4-1 Vaclav Prospal [9] (Paul Ranger, Andrej Meszaros)
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42:28 5-1 Patrice Bergeron [11] (Steven Stamkos , Radim Vrbata)
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Penalty summary:
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10:44 Andrej Sekera (2 min for slashing)
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58:16 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for high-sticking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 -1 7.40 6
R P.J. Axelsson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.50 6
R Blake Wheeler 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 16.10 8
R Steven Stamkos 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 19.20 7
C Michel Ouellet 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.40 5
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 15.30 7
C Joe Colborne 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 2 17.30 6
C Patrice Bergeron 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 19.20 9
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 7.40 6
L Gary Roberts 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 15.30 7
L Vaclav Prospal 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 17.30 9
L Claude Giroux 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 19.20 8
D Ossi Väänänen 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 17.40 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 17.30 7
D Ty Wishart 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 1 24.30 8
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 15.50 8
D Paul Ranger 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 18.10 8
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 0 4 3 2 0 1 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 8.40 5
R Tim Kennedy 1 0 2 1 3 2 0 -1 15.30 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 13.10 6
R Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -2 19.20 7
C Dan Paillé 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.40 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 -1 15.30 5
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.40 6
C Drew Stafford 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 -2 19.20 6
L Jan Mursak 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.40 5
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 -1 15.30 4
L Yanic Perreault 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 13.10 6
L Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 21.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 15.30 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 15.50 5
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 -2 28.40 7
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 -1 16.10 5
D Kyle Quincey 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.30 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 5 0 24 0 0 60.00 5
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrice Bergeron
2nd star: Vaclav Prospal
3rd star: Blake Wheeler

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Claude Giroux scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Steven Stamkos had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Gary Roberts finally ended his 25 game goal drought.
-Gary Roberts finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Ossi Väänänen ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Tim Kennedy ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Toni Lydman finally ended his 16 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 6( 25) , Rochester Americans 3( 13)
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1-0 DTV Dave Spina (Ryan Craig)
1-1 ROC Phillip Gogulla (Mike Card)
1-2 ROC Phillip Gogulla (David Svagrovsky, Mike Card)
2-2 DTV Dave Spina (Ryan Craig)
3-2 DTV Noah Welch (Dmitri Kazionov)
4-2 DTV Ryan Craig
5-2 DTV Matt Smaby (Ryan Craig)
5-3 ROC Michael Ryan (Branislav Fabry, Andrew Peters)
6-3 DTV Matt Smaby (Ryan Craig)

Goalies: Riku Helenius - Mikael Tellqvist

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Minnesota Wild 3 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 4
Shots: 26 - 27
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:60/68=88 %, Challenges:33/58=55 %
PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:70/77=90 %, Challenges:30/48=61 %
Attendance: 17688 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 818954 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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18:03 0-1 Teemu Selänne [16] (Ryan Getzlaf)
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29:14 0-2 Corey Perry [15] (Bill Guerin, Bobby Ryan)
31:08 1-2 Marek Zidlicky [3] (James Sheppard, Mikko Koivu)PP
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41:04 2-2 Cal Clutterbuck [8] (Marc-André Bergeron, Nick Schultz)
45:33 2-3 Ryan Getzlaf [19] (Chris Pronger)
49:38 2-4 Bill Guerin [4] (Bobby Ryan, Ryan Whitney)
50:12 3-4 Benoit Pouliot [13] (Cal Clutterbuck, Nick Schultz)
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Penalty summary:
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11:41 Bill Guerin (2 min for tripping)
14:11 Owen Nolan (2 min for boarding)
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22:58 Andrew Ebbett (2 min for roughing)
25:03 Marek Zidlicky (2 min for high-sticking)
30:34 Andrew Ebbett (2 min for cross-checking)
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48:55 Scott Niedermayer (2 min for roughing)
48:55 Marian Gaborik (2 min for roughing)
51:18 François Beauchemin (2 min for hooking)
57:15 Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for hooking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Owen Nolan 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 -1 12.50 4
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 11.30 6
R Cal Clutterbuck 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 13.40 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 4 0 2 1 2 -1 16.00 7
C Wes Walz 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 -1 7.30 4
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16.50 6
C Colton Gillies 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 19.00 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 -2 16.40 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 7.30 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 13.20 5
L Benoit Pouliot 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 19.20 7
L James Sheppard 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 -2 19.50 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 18.50 7
D Nick Schultz 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -3 24.00 7
D Marek Zidlicky 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 14.40 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 16.50 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 -3 25.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Petteri Nokelainen 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 9.30 6
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 11.00 6
R Bill Guerin 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 14.50 8
R Bobby Ryan 0 2 4 5 0 2 0 1 20.20 10
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 11.40 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 11.00 5
C Corey Perry 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 18.40 8
C Ryan Getzlaf 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 20.50 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 9.30 6
L Andrew Ebbett 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 17.20 6
L Martin Straka 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 13.40 6
L Teemu Selänne 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 7
D Jake Gardiner 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 11.30 7
D François Beauchemin 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 12.20 6
D Chris Pronger 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 1 25.20 8
D James Wisniewski 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 17.40 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 25.40 8
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 4 2 1 2 2 1 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Jonas Hiller 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Bill Guerin
2nd star: Bobby Ryan
3rd star: Ryan Getzlaf

Notes for Minnesota Wild:

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Corey Perry scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Bill Guerin ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Corey Perry ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 5( 36) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 2( 7)
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1-0 HOU Danny Irmen (Petr Kalus)
2-0 HOU Krys Kolanos (Roman Voloshenko)
2-1 CIN Dirk Southern (Maxim Kondratiev)
2-2 CIN Kyle Klubertanz (Brandon Segal, Matt Beleskey)
3-2 HOU Julien Sprunger (Marco Rosa)
4-2 HOU Marco Rosa (Keith Carney, Julien Sprunger)
5-2 HOU Krys Kolanos (Kurtis Foster, Roman Voloshenko)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Gerald Coleman

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Detroit Red Wings 3 , Los Angeles Kings 2
Shots: 25 - 22
PP: 0 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:64/69=92 %, Challenges:55/74=73 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:65/79=82 %, Challenges:38/51=73 %
Attendance: 13216 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 638332 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:41 1-0 Mikael Samuelsson [3] (Teppo Numminen, Nicklas Lidström)
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26:17 2-0 Tomas Holmström [9] (Jiri Hudler, Jarret Stoll)
28:59 2-1 Pascal Dupuis [4] (Drew Doughty, Matt Greene)
36:54 3-1 Martin Havlat [9] (Jamie Langenbrunner, Kris Draper)
38:12 3-2 Pascal Dupuis [5] (Tom Preissing)
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Penalty summary:
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10:12 Pascal Dupuis (2 min for tripping)
14:39 Justin Williams (2 min for hooking)
19:56 Justin Williams (2 min for tripping)
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39:57 Justin Williams (2 min for cross-checking)
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44:43 Brad Richardson (2 min for hooking)
49:38 Martin Havlat (2 min for tripping)
57:03 Justin Williams (2 min for hooking)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kirk Maltby 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.50 7
R Jiri Hudler 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 15.40 8
R Jarret Stoll 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 15.00 6
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 21.30 7
C Kris Draper 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 6
C Mikael Samuelsson 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 12.40 7
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
C Travis Zajac 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 21.30 9
L Jamie Langenbrunner 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
L Tomas Holmström 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 12.30 7
L Marc Savard 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 -1 19.40 7
L Martin Havlat 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 20.00 8
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 2 14.40 8
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 -1 16.00 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 29.20 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 14.40 6
D Brett Lebda 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 15.50 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 29.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wayne Simmonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.30 6
R Derek Armstrong 0 0 1 4 2 3 0 0 9.20 7
R Brad Richardson 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 -2 13.30 7
R Marian Hossa 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 16.30 6
C Scott Thornton 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 13.00 6
C Trevor Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 17.00 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.40 7
L Pascal Dupuis 2 0 3 2 0 1 2 2 6.30 9
L Johan Franzén 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 16.20 8
R Justin Williams 0 0 2 2 4 0 8 -2 16.40 5
L Mike Richards 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 20.30 8
D Matt Greene 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 11.10 7
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 19.00 4
D Drew Doughty 0 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 29.50 8
D Tom Preissing 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 10.30 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -2 21.00 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Jonathan Quick 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pascal Dupuis
2nd star: Jiri Hudler
3rd star: Mikael Samuelsson

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Teppo Numminen notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jiri Hudler notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Kris Draper finally ended his 13 game point drought.
-Mikael Samuelsson finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Mikael Samuelsson finally ended his 15 game point drought.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Pascal Dupuis ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Matt Greene ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 3( 20) , Manchester Monarchs 1( 16)
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0-1 MNC Bud Holloway (Petr Kanko, Joey Mormina)
1-1 KCB Evan McGrath (Justin Abdelkader)
2-1 KCB Evan McGrath
3-1 KCB Dick Axelsson (Igor Grigorenko, Tomas Kopecky)

Goalies: Jimmy Howard - Jason LaBarbera

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Carolina Hurricanes 4 , Chicago Blackhawks 3
Shots: 18 - 27
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:62/74=83 %, Challenges:39/62=61 %
PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:59/65=90 %, Challenges:38/57=65 %
Attendance: 14904 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 721353 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:54 1-0 Patrick Eaves [4] (Brandon Sutter, Eric Staal)
15:24 1-1 Shane Doan [16] (Patrick Sharp)
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31:53 1-2 Brian Rafalski [8] (Vincent Lecavalier, Martin Brodeur)
33:17 2-2 Chad LaRose [3] (Rod Brind'Amour, Brandon Sutter)
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45:35 2-3 Vincent Lecavalier [16] (Martin St. Louis, Brian Rafalski)
46:46 3-3 Ray Whitney [6] (Tuomo Ruutu, Joni Pitkänen)PP
52:43 4-3 Patrick Eaves [5] (Eric Staal, Matt Cullen)
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Penalty summary:
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01:25 Joe Corvo (2 min for slashing)
05:11 Matt Cullen (2 min for hooking)
16:29 Jason Pominville (2 min for slashing)
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46:05 Antoine Vermette (2 min for tripping)
50:01 Tim Gleason (2 min for slashing)
58:03 Erik Cole (2 min for tripping)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff Hamilton 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
R Chad LaRose 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 12.40 7
R Patrick Eaves 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 8
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 -1 21.00 7
C Matt Cullen 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 8.30 5
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 14.20 6
C Brandon Sutter 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 18.30 8
C Eric Staal 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 18.10 8
L Ray Whitney 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 11.00 6
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 12.40 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 7
L Erik Cole 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 15.50 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 6
D Jamie McBain 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 -1 20.20 8
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 25.20 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 14.00 5
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 -1 21.20 6
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 26.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 7.50 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 1 4 2 2 0 12.50 5
R Patrick Sharp 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 15.20 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 21.20 8
C Anson Carter 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 7.50 5
C Dominic Moore 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 12.10 6
C Shane Doan 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 21.30 8
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -1 10.30 6
L Michael Ryder 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 12.10 6
L Antoine Vermette 0 0 3 4 0 0 2 0 16.40 8
L Vincent Lecavalier 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
D Aaron Johnson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 17.10 6
D Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 12.30 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 1 25.20 8
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.10 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 6
D Brian Rafalski 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 30.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 1 14 0 0 58.30 4
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Eaves
2nd star: Chad LaRose
3rd star: Brandon Sutter

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Ryan Malone had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Vincent Lecavalier ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 29) , Norfolk Admirals 3( 16)
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0-1 NOR Bryan Bickell (Aaron Ward, Martin St. Pierre)
0-2 NOR Vaclav Pletka (Colin Fraser)
1-2 LOW Nicolas Blanchard (Brett Carson)
1-3 NOR Vaclav Pletka (Michael Blunden, Colin Fraser)
2-3 LOW Bobby Hughes

Goalies: Michael Leighton - Corey Crawford

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St. Louis Blues 0 , New York Rangers 5
Shots: 17 - 27
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:67/89=75 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:72/84=85 %, Challenges:27/46=57 %
Attendance: 8070 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 363957 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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18:29 0-1 Fredrik Sjöström [7] (Nik Antropov)
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23:23 0-2 Scott Gomez [9] (Markus Näslund)
27:33 0-3 Wade Redden [5])
34:55 0-4 Dan Fritsche [2] (Paul Mara, Chris Drury)
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46:58 0-5 Ryan Callahan [12] (Derek Morris, Wade Redden)
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Penalty summary:
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00:37 Keith Tkachuk (2 min for roughing)
05:49 T.J. Oshie (2 min for cross-checking)
08:13 Scott Gomez (2 min for slashing)
13:56 Hugh Jessiman (2 min for hooking)
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52:24 David Perron (2 min for roughing)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Steen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 7
R David Backes 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 20.00 6
R Lars Eller 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
R Andy McDonald 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -4 16.50 4
C T.J. Oshie 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 -1 8.20 6
C Sergei Brylin 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
C Brad Boyes 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -4 17.10 7
L Aaron Palushaj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 6
L Petr Cajanek 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.30 5
L David Perron 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 13.40 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -4 16.50 7
D Roman Polak 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 17.30 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 12.20 4
D Erik Johnson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -4 28.00 7
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 0 17.30 7
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 16.00 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 7 0 6 0 -5 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Ben Bishop 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Aaron Voros 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.40 6
R Hugh Jessiman 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 14.10 5
R Ryan Callahan 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 19.30 7
R Fredrik Sjöström 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 16.20 7
C Blair Betts 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 7.40 6
C Dan Fritsche 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.10 7
C Nik Antropov 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 17.20 8
C Scott Gomez 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 20.50 8
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.40 5
L Chris Drury 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 16.10 5
L Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 20.10 7
L Markus Näslund 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 18.00 7
D Michael Del Zotto 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.30 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 22.10 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 23.20 7
D Paul Mara 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 15.00 8
D Derek Morris 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 7
D Wade Redden 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 25.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 0 0 17 0 0 60.00 9
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Henrik Lundqvist
2nd star: Wade Redden
3rd star: Ryan Callahan

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Patrik Berglund had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Dan Fritsche finally ended his 29 game goal drought.
-Dan Fritsche finally ended his 24 game point drought.
-Marc Staal had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 2( 27) , Hartford Wolfpack 1( 22)
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0-1 HFD Lauri Korpikoski (Artem Anisimov)
1-1 WOR Trent Whitfield
2-1 WOR Ryan Ramsay

Goalies: Hannu Toivonen - Stephen Valiquette

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Calgary Flames 3 , Montreal Canadiens 1
Shots: 30 - 19
PP: 0 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:75/83=90 %, Challenges:38/53=70 %
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:63/87=72 %, Challenges:29/40=70 %
Attendance: 15846 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 770115 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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24:41 1-0 Jarome Iginla [19] (Mikael Backlund)
30:32 2-0 Jarome Iginla [20] (Evgeny Malkin)
31:23 2-1 Chris Higgins [7] (Roman Hamrlik, Tomas Plekanec)SH
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41:53 3-1 Jarome Iginla [21] (Evgeny Malkin, Dion Phaneuf)
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Penalty summary:
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03:38 Mark Giordano (2 min for tripping)
10:07 Mikael Backlund (2 min for cross-checking)
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21:52 Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for hooking)
28:23 Brock Trotter (2 min for hooking)
31:06 Alex Tanguay (2 min for holding the stick)
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42:46 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for tripping)
45:16 Andrei Markov (2 min for hooking)
59:05 Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for tripping)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Grant Stevenson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.10 5
R Craig Conroy 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.30 5
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 -1 19.00 9
R Jarome Iginla 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 3 21.40 9
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 9.10 5
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 13.40 6
C Mikael Backlund 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 20.00 7
C Dustin Boyd 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15.30 6
L Curtis Glencross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 5
L David Moss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 13.00 7
L Evgeny Malkin 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 21.50 8
D Cory Sarich 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 11.20 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 21.20 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 4 6 0 3 0 3 29.00 10
D Mark Giordano 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 9.40 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.40 6
D Dion Phaneuf 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Leland Irving 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brock Trotter 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 7.40 6
R Steve Bernier 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 10.10 7
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 -2 20.40 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10.30 4
C Chris Higgins 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 20.10 9
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 7.40 4
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 2 2 1 4 0 10.10 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.40 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 -1 14.40 6
D David Fischer 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 13.50 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 5
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 20.30 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 5 2 3 2 -1 25.50 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 27.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jarome Iginla
2nd star: Evgeny Malkin
3rd star: Dion Phaneuf

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Jarome Iginla scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Chris Higgins ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 3( 19) , Quebec Citadelles 1( 24)
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1-0 SJF Gord Baldwin (Chris Neiszner)
2-0 SJF Eric Nystrom (Andrei Taratukhin)
2-1 QUE Gregory Stewart (Yanick Lehoux)
3-1 SJF Eric Nystrom (Andrei Taratukhin)

Goalies: Brent Krahn - Christopher Heino-Lindberg

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Dallas Stars 2 , New Jersey Devils 2
Shots: 27 - 25
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:75/84=89 %, Challenges:36/46=76 %
PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:77/86=89 %, Challenges:42/57=72 %
Attendance: 7541 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 343869 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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18:56 0-1 Johnny Oduya [2] (Paul Martin, Jonathan Toews)PP
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27:31 1-1 Mike Ribeiro [7] (Trevor Daley, Sergei Zubov)
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48:58 1-2 Brian Rolston [13] (Dainius Zubrus, Brian Gionta)
58:11 2-2 Steve Ott [9] (Brad Richards, Brendan Morrison) WG
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Penalty summary:
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03:12 Tim Connolly (2 min for roughing)
09:05 Sean Avery (2 min for tripping)
15:34 Dainius Zubrus (2 min for tripping)
18:41 Trevor Daley (2 min for slashing)
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29:45 Garrett Stafford (2 min for hooking)
33:46 Steve Ott (2 min for roughing)
33:46 Niclas Hävelid (2 min for roughing)
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60:07 Sean Avery (2 min for hooking)

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 5
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 20.00 7
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 16.30 7
R Brenden Morrow 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
C Brendan Morrison 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 5
C Mike Modano 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
C Mike Ribeiro 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 8
C Brad Richards 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 8
L Fabiän Brüünström 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 12.30 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 16.00 5
L Sean Avery 0 0 3 1 1 0 4 1 14.00 7
L Steve Ott 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 17.10 8
D Garrett Stafford 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 16.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18.30 7
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 28.30 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 22.10 6
D Trevor Daley 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 20.30 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 24.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 2 0 23 0 0 64.40 8
G Johan Holmqvist 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 2 1 3 1 0 0 8.50 4
R Jay Pandolfo 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 16.50 8
R Dainius Zubrus 0 1 5 3 1 0 2 0 16.00 8
R Brian Gionta 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -1 22.20 7
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 8.50 5
C John Madden 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
C Brian Rolston 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -1 22.20 7
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 10.00 5
L Derek Roy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
L Tim Connolly 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 17.30 6
L Patrik Elias 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.20 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16.50 4
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.50 5
D Paul Martin 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 -1 29.30 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13.50 6
D Colin White 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20.50 6
D Johnny Oduya 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 30.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 25 0 0 65.00 9
G Scott Clemmensen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Miller
2nd star: Dainius Zubrus
3rd star: Mike Ribeiro

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Trevor Daley has marked a new career high in assists with 12 assists.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Brian Rolston ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Johnny Oduya ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 4( 30) , Albany River Rats 3( 14)
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0-1 ALB David Clarkson (Matt Corrente)
0-2 ALB Barry Tallackson (David Clarkson, Mike Mottau)
1-2 UTH Mark Fistric
2-2 UTH Jamie Benn
3-2 UTH Max Wärn (Joel Lundqvist)
3-3 ALB David Clarkson (Mike Mottau)
4-3 UTH Joel Lundqvist (Max Wärn)

Goalies: Tobias Stephan - Jeff Frazee