october 22

Buffalo Sabres 4 , Boston Bruins 5
Shots: 28 - 27
PP: 1 of 7 (9 shots), Passing:75/86=87 %, Challenges:32/37=84 %
PP: 2 of 8 (11 shots), Passing:85/94=90 %, Challenges:35/45=76 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:33 1-0 Maxim Afinogenov [3] (Thomas Vanek, Tim Connolly)
11:31 1-1 Phil Kessel [3] (Marco Sturm, Patrice Brisebois)PP
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27:35 2-1 Paul Gaustad [2] (Craig Rivet, Andrew Peters)SH
31:09 3-1 Thomas Vanek [9] (Maxim Afinogenov, Jaroslav Spacek)
33:28 4-1 Jason Pominville [2] (Jochen Hecht, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
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43:54 4-2 Glen Murray [5] (Phil Kessel, Milan Lucic)
52:16 4-3 Vyacheslav Kozlov [4] (Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron)
57:36 4-4 Marco Sturm [2] (Glen Murray, Dennis Wideman)
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63:38 4-5 Marc Savard [6] (Vyacheslav Kozlov)PP
Penalty summary:
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08:11 Toni Lydman (2 min for high-sticking)
11:08 Teppo Numminen (2 min for slashing)
15:01 Craig Rivet (2 min for roughing)
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21:38 Vyacheslav Kozlov (2 min for hooking)
24:23 Milan Lucic (2 min for boarding)
26:41 Thomas Vanek (2 min for high-sticking)
29:08 Patrice Bergeron (2 min for high-sticking)
32:23 Vyacheslav Kozlov (2 min for tripping)
35:03 Marc Savard (2 min for tripping)
39:24 Marc Savard (2 min for boarding)
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47:04 Tim Connolly (2 min for hooking)
52:56 Milan Lucic (2 min for boarding)
55:29 Tim Connolly (2 min for hooking)
59:46 Toni Lydman (2 min for holding the stick)
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61:51 Jochen Hecht (2 min for tripping)

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 8.00 7
R Jason Pominville 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 14.00 7
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 20.10 7
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 20.40 8
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.40 5
C Tim Connolly 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 18.00 7
L Andrew Peters 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 -1 10.00 4
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 22.00 8
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 4 2 0 1 2 1 21.10 9
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 10.50 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 13.50 6
D Craig Rivet 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 0 26.10 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 23.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 19.30 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 33.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 22 0 0 63.30 4
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Ryder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 7
R Glen Murray 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.50 8
R Patrice Bergeron 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 23.00 8
C Carl Söderberg 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Sergei Zinovjev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
C Phil Kessel 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 13.40 8
C Marc Savard 1 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 23.00 7
L Marco Sturm 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 11.00 7
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 15.50 6
L Milan Lucic 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 9.20 8
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 1 1 3 2 1 0 4 0 24.20 8
D Nathan Dempsey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 14.20 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 31.20 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.50 7
D Aaron Ward 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 28.50 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -1 32.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 4 0 24 0 0 63.30 6
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Glen Murray
2nd star: Phil Kessel
3rd star: Marco Sturm

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Marco Sturm ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 0( 14) , Providence Bruins 2( 17)
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0-1 PRO Brett Skinner (Chris Collins)
0-2 PRO Ben Walter (Shawn Thornton)

Goalies: Patrick Lalime - Manny Fernandez


Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , St. Louis Blues 1
Shots: 28 - 33
PP: 0 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:60/76=78 %, Challenges:29/36=78 %
PP: 0 of 6 (17 shots), Passing:66/89=74 %, Challenges:38/47=79 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 627150 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:28 0-1 Eric Brewer [1] (Yan Stastny)
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27:45 1-1 David Vyborny [4] (Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla)
33:46 2-1 Jaroslav Balastik [4] (Fredrik Modin, Alexander Svitov)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:18 Yan Stastny (2 min for slashing)
06:34 Andy McDonald (2 min for hooking)
11:19 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for tripping)
14:09 Steven Goertzen (2 min for hooking)
19:17 David Backes (2 min for roughing)
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22:51 Keith Tkachuk (2 min for hooking)
29:39 Erik Johnson (2 min for roughing)
29:39 R.J. Umberger (2 min for roughing)
34:04 Jan Hejda (2 min for roughing)
37:04 David Perron (2 min for hooking)
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43:03 Andy McDonald (2 min for high-sticking)
46:34 Geoff Platt (2 min for hooking)
47:57 Rick Nash (2 min for high-sticking)
59:04 Jaroslav Balastik (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Petr Pohl 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
R Steven Goertzen 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 -1 10.10 6
R Jaroslav Balastik 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 14.30 8
R David Vyborny 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 17.50 7
C Geoff Platt 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 7
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 16.00 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 17.20 8
C Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 16.20 5
L Fredrik Modin 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 15.50 8
L Rick Nash 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 20.40 7
D Jan Hejda 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 -1 10.00 6
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 19.10 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 29.40 8
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -1 11.50 6
D Mike Commodore 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 19.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 1 0 32 0 0 60.00 10
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cam Janssen 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 15.50 6
R David Backes 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 11.10 6
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 12.00 6
R Andy McDonald 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 0 21.00 7
C Yan Stastny 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
C Jay McClement 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 5
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 6
C Brad Boyes 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
L Timofei Shishkanov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
L David Perron 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 11.10 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1 17.10 8
L Paul Kariya 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Tomas Mojzis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.40 4
D Erik Johnson 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 10.30 6
D Eric Brewer 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 29.50 9
D Roman Polak 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.20 5
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 20.30 5
D Jay McKee 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -1 30.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 2 0 26 0 0 59.00 9
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jaroslav Balastik
2nd star: David Vyborny
3rd star: Fredrik Modin

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Jason Chimera had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Lee Stempniak had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Petr Cajanek had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Keith Tkachuk had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Keith Tkachuk had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Eric Brewer ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Barret Jackman had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 0( 19) , Worcester Icecats 1( 22)
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0-1 WOR Mike Glumac (Ryan Ramsay, Jean-Guy Trudel)

Goalies: Tomas Popperle - Hannu Toivonen

Dallas Stars 3 , New York Rangers 4
Shots: 30 - 29
PP: 1 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:53/68=77 %, Challenges:22/36=59 %
PP: 2 of 8 (16 shots), Passing:79/95=83 %, Challenges:30/34=85 %
Attendance: 17001 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 516830 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:19 1-0 Trevor Daley [1] (Sean Avery, Mike Ribeiro)PP
15:45 1-1 Paul Mara [1] (Dmitri Kalinin, Scott Gomez)
17:03 2-1 Mike Ribeiro [2] (Mattias Norström, Trevor Daley)
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27:34 2-2 Fredrik Sjöström [3] (Chris Drury, Brendan Shanahan)PP
30:43 2-3 Martin Straka [5] (Scott Gomez, Chris Drury)
35:15 3-3 Jere Lehtinen [4] (Philippe Boucher, Brenden Morrow)
39:14 3-4 Nikolai Zherdev [6] (Petr Prucha, Wade Redden)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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00:59 Sergei Zubov (2 min for hooking)
03:57 Brenden Morrow (2 min for roughing)
06:06 B.J. Crombeen (2 min for hooking)
08:05 Fredrik Sjöström (2 min for high-sticking)
10:33 Martin Straka (2 min for hooking)
17:22 Vojtech Polak (2 min for tripping)
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26:04 B.J. Crombeen (2 min for boarding)
33:01 Colton Orr (2 min for elbowing)
37:42 Sean Avery (2 min for hooking)
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46:28 Wade Redden (2 min for hooking)
48:55 Mike Ribeiro (2 min for hooking)
53:52 Sean Avery (2 min for tripping)
56:28 Dan Fritsche (2 min for tripping)
59:47 Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for high-sticking)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R B.J. Crombeen 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 6.30 4
R Konstantin Pushkarev 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.30 5
R Vojtech Polak 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 14.40 6
R Jere Lehtinen 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
C Mike Ribeiro 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 13.10 7
C Stu Barnes 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 -1 12.10 6
C Brad Richards 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 7
C Mike Modano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 6
L John Lammers 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 8.40 4
L James Neal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 5
L Sean Avery 0 1 4 1 0 0 4 -1 19.10 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 1 5 1 2 0 2 0 20.30 8
D Trevor Daley 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 14.50 9
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 15.00 6
D Mattias Norström 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 24.50 7
D Nolan Baumgartner 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 22.50 8
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 4 2 1 1 2 0 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 4 0 25 0 0 58.30 6
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colton Orr 0 0 1 4 0 3 2 0 12.50 7
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.50 7
R Fredrik Sjöström 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 12.50 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 18.50 8
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 8.20 6
C Petr Prucha 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 11.20 6
C Scott Gomez 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
C Chris Drury 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 8
L Josh Gratton 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 8.20 7
L Brendan Shanahan 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 20.10 7
L Martin Straka 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6.50 8
L Markus Näslund 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 19.10 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 18.30 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 27.20 7
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 11.00 7
D Paul Mara 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 8
D Wade Redden 0 1 4 1 0 1 2 -1 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Mike Ribeiro
3rd star: Scott Gomez

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Jere Lehtinen scored the 400th point of his career.
-Vojtech Polak had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Mike Modano had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Trevor Daley ended his 9 game goal drought.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Fredrik Sjöström ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Paul Mara finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 2( , Hartford Wolfpack 1( 15)
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1-0 UTH Steve Ott (Marty Wilford)
1-1 HFD Greg Moore (Nigel Dawes, Andrew Hutchinson)
2-1 UTH Brad Winchester (Toby Petersen)

Goalies: Tobias Stephan - Stephen Valiquette

Minnesota Wild 3 , Edmonton Oilers 4
Shots: 20 - 23
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:57/76=75 %, Challenges:30/33=88 %
PP: 1 of 9 (11 shots), Passing:75/90=83 %, Challenges:46/51=88 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 483600 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:32 0-1 Ales Hemsky [4] (Shawn Horcoff, Sheldon Souray)
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27:49 1-1 Marc-André Bergeron [3] (Mikko Koivu, Sean Hill)
36:22 1-2 Ales Hemsky [5] (Andrew Cogliano, Sam Gagner)PP
39:39 2-2 Owen Nolan [4] (Mark Parrish, Roman Hamrlik)
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54:03 3-2 Maxim Lapierre [1] (Roman Hamrlik, Kurtis Foster)
59:43 3-3 Lubomir Visnovsky [1] (Ales Hemsky, Sam Gagner) WG
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60:36 3-4 Dustin Penner [3] (Sheldon Souray, Shawn Horcoff)
Penalty summary:
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01:06 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for slashing)
05:08 Sean Hill (2 min for tripping)
07:13 Sam Gagner (2 min for boarding)
17:17 Owen Nolan (2 min for elbowing)
19:04 Wes Walz (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:18 Sam Gagner (2 min for high-sticking)
29:18 Branko Radivojevic (2 min for hooking)
31:52 Robbie Schremp (2 min for hooking)
35:07 Mark Parrish (2 min for slashing)
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46:51 Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for tripping)
49:25 Branko Radivojevic (2 min for hooking)
57:37 Chris Simon (2 min for tripping)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Maxim Lapierre 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.50 6
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 -1 11.40 6
R Owen Nolan 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 10.20 6
R Mark Parrish 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 14.30 7
C Steve Kelly 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 5.50 6
C Wes Walz 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 -2 19.30 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 20.20 5
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 7.00 7
L Chris Simon 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 20.10 7
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 19.30 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 11.50 6
D Sean Hill 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 18.40 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 24.30 8
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 13.40 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 25.50 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 26.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 19 0 0 60.30 5
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
R Sam Gagner 0 2 2 1 0 1 4 1 19.40 8
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9.10 5
R Dustin Penner 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 20.40 8
C Andrew Cogliano 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 6
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.40 5
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.20 5
C Shawn Horcoff 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
L Robbie Schremp 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6.20 5
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.10 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
L Ales Hemsky 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 18.50 9
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.20 6
D Steve Staios 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 28.20 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 5
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 29.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 3 0 17 0 0 59.00 5
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ales Hemsky
2nd star: Lubomir Visnovsky
3rd star: Sam Gagner

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Maxim Lapierre finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Lubomir Visnovsky ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 21) , Hamilton Bulldogs 1( 12)
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1-0 HOU Matt Foy (Roman Voloshenko, Éric Bélanger)
2-0 HOU Paul Albers (Petteri Nummelin, Joel Ward)
3-0 HOU Roman Voloshenko (Matt Foy, Nick Schultz)
3-1 HAM Ryan O'Marra (Liam Reddox)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Jeff Deslauriers

Tampa Bay Lightning 4 , Colorado Avalanche 3
Shots: 34 - 26
PP: 0 of 7 (14 shots), Passing:61/73=83 %, Challenges:46/50=90 %
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:64/79=81 %, Challenges:35/48=71 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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03:56 1-0 Ryan Malone [1] (Steven Stamkos)
05:11 2-0 Vincent Lecavalier [6] (Vaclav Prospal, Filip Kuba)
06:26 3-0 Gary Roberts [5] (Shane O'Brien, Paul Ranger)
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24:52 3-1 Milan Hejduk [4] (Tyler Arnason, Ryan Smyth)
26:43 3-2 Tyler Arnason [5] (Milan Hejduk, Ryan Smyth)PP
29:22 4-2 Vaclav Prospal [4] (Vincent Lecavalier)
29:59 4-3 Jordan Leopold [1] (Ian Laperriere, Darcy Tucker)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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01:34 Ryan Smyth (2 min for diving)
06:49 Mark Rycroft (2 min for hooking)
14:35 Dale Purinton (2 min for cross-checking)
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22:13 Paul Ranger (2 min for hooking)
26:05 Ryan Malone (2 min for hooking)
34:02 Ian Laperriere (2 min for hooking)
36:21 Jordan Leopold (2 min for slashing)
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44:46 Dale Purinton (2 min for tripping)
46:22 Brett Clark (2 min for elbowing)
48:44 Filip Kuba (2 min for roughing)
54:29 Paul Ranger (2 min for tripping)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6.40 5
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9.00 6
R Mark Recchi 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 19.10 7
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 17.40 8
C Steven Stamkos 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 6.40 7
C Chris Gratton 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 19.00 8
L Ryan Malone 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 8.50 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18.00 7
L Gary Roberts 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 13.10 8
L Vaclav Prospal 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 16.50 8
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 10.50 7
D Paul Ranger 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 19.40 7
D Matt Carle 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 29.10 8
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 12.30 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 26.30 10
D Filip Kuba 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 21.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Parker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.10 6
R Mark Rycroft 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.50 4
R Marek Svatos 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 22.00 7
R Milan Hejduk 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 8
C Jaroslav Hlinka 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 6.10 7
C Riku Hahl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
C Ian Laperriere 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 -1 19.10 8
C Tyler Arnason 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 7
L Eric Healey 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 6.10 5
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11.20 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 7
L Ryan Smyth 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 19.40 8
D Dale Purinton 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 7.30 6
D Brett Clark 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22.30 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 26.20 8
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.30 7
D Jordan Leopold 1 0 5 3 0 0 2 -2 27.00 9
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -1 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 4 0 30 0 0 58.00 7
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vincent Lecavalier
2nd star: Vaclav Prospal
3rd star: Milan Hejduk

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Jordan Leopold ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 3( 31) , Hershey Bears 3( 14)
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1-0 DTV John Adams (Tim Taylor, Kyle Wanvig)
2-0 DTV John Adams (Kyle Wanvig, Craig MacDonald)
2-1 HER Ben Guite (Paul Stastny)
3-1 DTV Jeff Halpern (Evgeny Artyukhin)
3-2 HER Ben Guite (Paul Stastny)
3-3 HER Paul Stastny (Dan DaSilva)

Goalies: Jonathan Boutin - Michael Wall



Washington Capitals 3 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 37 - 17
PP: 3 of 11 (20 shots), Passing:72/86=83 %, Challenges:42/53=77 %
PP: 2 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:70/97=72 %, Challenges:28/48=57 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:24 1-0 Viktor Kozlov [2] (Alexander Semin, Sergei Fedorov)PP
10:16 1-1 Justin Williams [10])PP
11:33 1-2 Tuomo Ruutu [2] (Ray Whitney, Frantisek Kaberle)
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20:38 2-2 Alexander Semin [4] (Michael Nylander, Chris Clark)PP
23:48 2-3 Ray Whitney [5] (Eric Staal, Justin Williams)PP
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48:19 3-3 Mike Green [2] (Alexander Semin, Sergei Fedorov)PP
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Penalty summary:
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01:39 Michael Nylander (2 min for hooking)
05:26 Joe Corvo (2 min for holding the stick)
08:37 Brian Pothier (2 min for hooking)
19:28 Justin Williams (2 min for hooking)
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22:37 Andrew Gordon (2 min for slashing)
24:29 Ryan Bayda (2 min for tripping)
34:26 Eric Staal (2 min for boarding)
37:43 Bill Kinkel (2 min for slashing)
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40:55 Patrick Eaves (2 min for high-sticking)
45:44 Bill Kinkel (2 min for boarding)
47:54 Bill Kinkel (2 min for tripping)
49:45 Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for high-sticking)
53:55 Bret Hedican (2 min for hooking)
56:37 Ray Whitney (2 min for hooking)
59:57 Eric Staal (2 min for hooking)
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62:25 Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for hooking)

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrew Gordon 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.30 5
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 12.00 6
R Chris Clark 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 24.00 7
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6.50 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 3 2 6 0 0 11.50 7
C Michael Nylander 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 20.00 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
L Rico Fata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18.50 5
L Alexander Semin 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 5 3 0 1 4 -1 23.50 9
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
D Ben Clymer 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 19.40 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 -1 30.00 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 13.10 6
D Mike Green 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 20.30 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 31.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 14 0 0 65.00 5
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Walker 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 21.30 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 16.50 7
R Justin Williams 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 14.20 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 8
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 4
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 9.50 5
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22.50 7
C Eric Staal 0 1 4 1 1 0 4 1 19.30 8
L Bill Kinkel 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 6.40 6
L Ryan Bayda 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 8.30 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Ray Whitney 1 1 3 1 3 0 2 1 19.20 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 16.10 7
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 24.10 7
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 25.20 7
D Glen Wesley 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 26.30 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 34 0 0 65.00 9
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Semin
2nd star: Justin Williams
3rd star: Ray Whitney

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin had his 9 game point streak snapped.
-Brian Pothier had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Justin Williams scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Ray Whitney scored the 600th point of his career.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 21) , Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 12)
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0-1 LOW David Gove (Mike Angelidis, Trevor Letowski)
1-1 POR Josef Boumedienne (Eric Fehr, Frédéric Cassivi)
1-2 LOW Pat Dwyer (Brad Zancanaro)

Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Michael Leighton