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Edmonton Oilers 3 , Toronto Maple Leafs 2
Shots: 23 - 21
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:70/86=81 %, Challenges:41/46=87 %
PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:63/76=82 %, Challenges:37/43=84 %
Attendance: 16839 of 16839 (Rexall Place)
Ticket income: 828478 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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18:45 1-0 Robbie Schremp [2] (Viktor Kozlov, Brian Gionta)
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27:07 2-0 Mike Komisarek [3] (Brian Gionta, Sheldon Souray)
29:23 2-1 Bates Battaglia [18] (Ian White, Pavel Kubina)
33:08 3-1 Dustin Penner [14] (Jason Spezza, Brian Gionta)
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44:08 3-2 Jamal Mayers [9] (Jason Blake, Matt Stajan)
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Penalty summary:
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13:16 Derrick Walser (2 min for tripping)
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22:32 Brian Gionta (2 min for hooking)
33:43 Dustin Penner (2 min for hooking)
39:36 Brent Aubin (2 min for roughing)
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44:53 Tom Gilbert (2 min for boarding)
53:22 Tomas Kaberle (2 min for holding the stick)
56:16 Mike Komisarek (5 min for attempt to injury)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sam Gagner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 7
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
R Brian Gionta 0 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 18.20 8
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
C Robbie Schremp 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 11.50 8
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 13.30 7
C Jason Spezza 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 20.20 8
L Matt D'Agostini 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
L Dustin Penner 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 20.40 8
D P.K. Subban 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 20.10 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 29.10 8
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.00 4
D Steve Staios 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 20.10 7
D Mike Komisarek 1 0 2 6 0 4 5 1 28.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brent Aubin 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 6.50 7
R Brad May 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 11.50 6
R Bates Battaglia 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
R Jamal Mayers 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 -1 20.50 5
C Dale Mitchell 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 6.50 5
C Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.50 6
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.20 8
C Matt Stajan 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 -1 21.20 7
L Lee Stempniak 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 6.50 5
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.50 5
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
L Jason Blake 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 7
D Derrick Walser 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 13.30 5
D Ian White 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.10 6
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 29.40 6
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 14.00 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 5
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 3 0 20 0 0 58.00 6
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Gionta
2nd star: Mike Komisarek
3rd star: Robbie Schremp

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Viktor Kozlov notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Brian Gionta notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mike Komisarek finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Matt Stajan notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 3( 29) , Toronto Marlies 2(
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1-0 SPR Jean-François Jacques (Vyacheslav Trukhno, Marc-Antoine Pouliot)
1-1 TOM Joe Cooper (Anton Strålman, Stefano Giliati)
1-2 TOM Jeremy Williams (Boyd Devereaux)
2-2 SPR Zack Stortini (Ryan O'Marra, Liam Reddox)
3-2 SPR Vyacheslav Trukhno (Brendan Bell)

Goalies: Jeff Deslauriers - Justin Pogge

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New Jersey Devils 4 , Boston Bruins 4
Shots: 38 - 26
PP: 0 of 9 (17 shots), Passing:74/79=93 %, Challenges:39/48=79 %
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:67/88=76 %, Challenges:47/52=88 %
Attendance: 17625 of 17625 (Prudential Center)
Ticket income: 826613 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:59 0-1 Gregory Campbell [2] (Maxime Sauve)
10:54 0-2 Ryan Getzlaf [23] (Patrice Bergeron)SH
11:19 1-2 Travis Zajac [8] (Zach Parisé)
14:21 1-3 Patrice Bergeron [20] (Michael Ryder, Brian Rafalski)PP
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23:57 2-3 Brian Rolston [18] (David Clarkson, Scott Niedermayer)
25:53 3-3 David Clarkson [4] (Brendan Shanahan, Zach Parisé)
26:24 3-4 Ryan Getzlaf [24])
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42:02 4-4 Travis Zajac [9] (Brendan Shanahan, Niclas Hävelid)
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Penalty summary:
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06:48 Scott Niedermayer (2 min for tripping)
09:06 Gregory Campbell (2 min for cross-checking)
13:07 Bobby Holik (2 min for high-sticking)
15:28 Maxime Sauve (2 min for tripping)
18:31 Bobby Holik (2 min for slashing)
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31:07 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
33:55 Blake Wheeler (2 min for tripping)
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43:07 Michael Ryder (2 min for slashing)
45:14 Scott Niedermayer (2 min for hooking)
48:59 Robyn Regehr (2 min for roughing)
48:59 Blake Wheeler (2 min for roughing)
51:34 Michael Ryder (2 min for holding the stick)
54:45 Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for hooking)
57:08 Michael Ryder (2 min for boarding)
57:52 Chris Higgins (2 min for hooking)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
R David Clarkson 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 10.00 7
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 1 20.30 7
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 6.40 5
C Travis Zajac 2 0 2 4 0 2 0 1 24.40 10
C John Madden 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
C Patrik Elias 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.30 5
L Brendan Shanahan 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
L Zach Parisé 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
L Brian Rolston 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 5
D François Beauchemin 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 23.30 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 30.50 8
D Andy Greene 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 16.40 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 18.30 6
D Scott Niedermayer 0 1 2 2 1 0 4 0 30.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 0 11 0 0 26.30 4
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 11 0 0 38.30 8

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 7.20 7
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 12.00 6
R Michael Ryder 0 1 2 1 1 0 6 -1 20.50 6
C Ryan Getzlaf 2 0 5 4 0 3 0 1 24.00 10
C Maxime Sauve 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 7.20 5
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
L Chris Higgins 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 23.20 8
C Patrice Bergeron 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 23.00 9
L Gregory Campbell 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 7.20 7
C Mark Recchi 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 14.20 7
L Marco Sturm 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 7
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 26.50 7
D Brian Rafalski 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 29.30 9
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 27.30 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2 16.10 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 8.10 6
D Denis Reul 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 22.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tim Thomas 4 0 34 0 0 65.00 7
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Getzlaf
2nd star: Travis Zajac
3rd star: David Clarkson

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-John Madden had his 10 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Patrice Bergeron scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Maxime Sauve ended his 8 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Devils 1( 14) , Providence Bruins 2( 15)
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0-1 PRO Byron Bitz (Brad Marchand)
0-2 PRO Carl Söderberg (Martin St. Pierre)
1-2 LOW Brad Mills (Tyler Eckford)

Goalies: Scott Clemmensen - Adam Courchaine

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Florida Panthers 5 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 32 - 20
PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:42/46=89 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:63/82=76 %, Challenges:39/46=83 %
Attendance: 19250 of 19250 (BankAtlantic Center)
Ticket income: 866250 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:56 1-0 Richard Zednik [11] (Nick Tarnasky)
16:11 2-0 Brett McLean [2] (Ville Peltonen, David Krejci)
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25:01 2-1 Marc Savard [18] (Andrei Markov, Josh Gorges)
31:55 3-1 Chad Kilger [9] (Nick Tarnasky, Radek Dvorak)
39:24 3-2 Robert Lang [5])
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48:06 3-3 Andrei Kostitsyn [15] (Marc Savard)
49:26 4-3 Anthony Stewart [8] (Radek Dvorak, Steve Eminger)
58:54 5-3 Radek Dvorak [9] (Steve Eminger, Jay Bouwmeester) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:11 Brett McLean (2 min for elbowing)
09:26 Ladislav Smid (2 min for tripping)
17:22 Josh Gorges (2 min for hooking)
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21:13 Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for roughing)
31:18 Anthony Stewart (2 min for roughing)
31:18 Robert Lang (2 min for roughing)
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43:44 David Krejci (2 min for hooking)
50:18 Patrice Brisebois (2 min for hooking)
53:31 Ville Peltonen (2 min for slashing)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brett McLean 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 6.20 6
R Richard Zednik 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.10 7
R Radek Dvorak 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 3 17.50 10
R Nathan Horton 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 18.20 6
C David Krejci 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 6.20 6
C Nick Tarnasky 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 19.00 8
C Anthony Stewart 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 14.00 8
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 -2 18.20 7
L Ville Peltonen 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 6.20 5
L David Booth 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 7
L Chad Kilger 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 17.50 9
L Cory Stillman 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 18.20 7
D Keith Ballard 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 17.30 6
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 16.00 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 26.30 7
D Nick Boynton 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 17.30 9
D Steve Eminger 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 12.20 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 -2 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 17 0 0 60.00 5
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 4
R Phil Kessel 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 14.40 7
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.50 5
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 20.10 9
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 4
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 11.30 6
C Robert Lang 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 19.10 7
C Marc Savard 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 -2 20.30 7
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 -1 13.10 7
L Milan Lucic 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 21.30 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 20.10 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 21.30 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 17.20 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21.40 6
D Josh Gorges 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 -1 12.30 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 19.10 5
D Andrei Markov 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 27.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 5 0 27 0 0 59.30 5
G Leland Irving 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Radek Dvorak
2nd star: Chad Kilger
3rd star: Brett McLean

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Ville Peltonen notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Radek Dvorak notched the 300th assist of his career.
-Steve Eminger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nathan Horton had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Nathan Horton had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-David Krejci finally ended his 15 game point drought.
-Rostislav Olesz had his 10 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Kostitsyn scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Robert Lang finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Andrei Kostitsyn ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 15) , Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 20)
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1-0 ROC Cory Murphy (Kamil Kreps, Michal Repík)
1-1 HAM Gregory Stewart (Yanick Lehoux)
1-2 HAM Mike Glumac (Yanick Lehoux)
2-2 ROC Andrew Sweetland (Tanner Glass)
2-3 HAM Gregory Stewart (Ryan White, Mathieu Carle)

Goalies: Chris Beckford-Tseu - Marc Denis

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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Ottawa Senators 0
Shots: 28 - 33
PP: 0 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:57/72=79 %, Challenges:33/50=64 %
PP: 0 of 7 (11 shots), Passing:72/90=80 %, Challenges:32/36=86 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 785155 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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31:13 1-0 Sergei Gonchar [8] (Evgeny Malkin, Sidney Crosby)
33:05 2-0 Ruslan Fedotenko [8] (Chris Kunitz, Mike Comrie)
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57:18 3-0 Sergei Gonchar [9] (Sidney Crosby, Bill Guerin)
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Penalty summary:
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05:58 Petr Sykora (2 min for slashing)
09:07 Josh Hennessy (2 min for roughing)
12:34 Philippe Boucher (2 min for cross-checking)
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21:26 Sidney Crosby (2 min for boarding)
23:39 Oleg Saprykin (2 min for roughing)
27:19 Ryan Shannon (2 min for hooking)
34:08 Maxime Talbot (2 min for holding the stick)
38:58 Philippe Boucher (2 min for holding the stick)
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43:31 Dany Heatley (2 min for slashing)
45:59 Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for slashing)
48:51 Mark Eaton (2 min for holding the stick)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
R Bill Guerin 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 8.00 6
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.30 6
R Petr Sykora 0 0 2 1 5 0 2 2 18.00 5
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 8.40 6
C Chris Kunitz 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 7.50 6
C Mike Comrie 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 20.30 7
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 15.40 8
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.20 7
L Evgeny Malkin 0 1 6 4 0 0 0 1 20.10 8
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 19.40 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 16.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 28.30 9
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10.20 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 16.00 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 28.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 0 0 33 0 0 60.00 10
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Shannon 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.00 5
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 19.20 6
R Chris Kelly 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 8.30 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -2 18.40 7
R Chris Neil 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 9.20 6
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 15.30 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
C Mike Fisher 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 20.50 7
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 7.50 5
L Nick Foligno 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 11.10 6
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 -1 17.40 6
L Dany Heatley 0 0 4 3 0 1 2 -2 15.20 7
D Alex Picard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 26.30 5
D Chris Campoli 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 5
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -2 18.50 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 22.20 6
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 13.00 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -2 25.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc-André Fleury
2nd star: Sergei Gonchar
3rd star: Sidney Crosby

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Chris Kunitz notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Daniel Alfredsson had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
W-B/Scranton Penguins 3( 22) , Binghamton Senators 2( 13)
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0-1 BNG Sasha Golin (Cody Bass, Tim Filangieri)
1-1 WBS Tim Wallace (Mike Zigomanis)
1-2 BNG Danny Bois (Jesse Winchester, Brian Lee)
2-2 WBS Bill Thomas (Kris Beech)
3-2 WBS Mike Zigomanis (Paul Bissonnette)

Goalies: Bobby Nadeau - Brian Elliott

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Washington Capitals 4 , New York Islanders 3
Shots: 24 - 23
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:63/71=88 %, Challenges:48/55=85 %
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:63/82=76 %, Challenges:34/38=87 %
Attendance: 18030 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 858228 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:34 1-0 Andrew Cogliano [15] (Keith Aucoin, Donald Brashear)
19:08 1-1 Richard Park [13] (Dean McAmmond, Andy Sutton)
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24:44 2-1 Alexander Ovechkin [27] (Andrew Cogliano, Eric Fehr)PP
29:19 2-2 Mike Sillinger [14] (Jon Sim, Bruno Gervais)PP
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49:47 3-2 Eric Fehr [8] (Brooks Laich)
56:18 4-2 Chris Pronger [7] (Alexander Ovechkin, Ales Hemsky)
56:53 4-3 Mike Sillinger [15] (Jon Sim, Andy Sutton)
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Penalty summary:
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07:35 Junior Lessard (2 min for hooking)
09:43 Tom Poti (2 min for hooking)
11:52 Karl Alzner (2 min for hooking)
14:56 Brendan Witt (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:01 Brendan Witt (2 min for tripping)
27:32 Bobby Ryan (2 min for hooking)
32:13 Mike Sillinger (2 min for high-sticking)
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47:17 Bobby Ryan (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
L Eric Fehr 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 8
L Bobby Ryan 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 19.50 6
R Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 20.50 10
C Keith Aucoin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 5
C David Steckel 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 8.20 6
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
C Andrew Cogliano 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 21.30 8
L Donald Brashear 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 10.00 7
L Brooks Laich 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 11.20 7
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 11.40 6
R Ales Hemsky 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 12.40 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 16.40 6
D Mike Green 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 28.20 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 14.10 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 18.30 6
D Chris Pronger 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 29.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Junior Lessard 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 6.00 5
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11.40 5
R Richard Park 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.50 7
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 21.10 5
C Tomás Marcinko 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.00 5
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 10.30 5
C Mike Sillinger 2 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 18.50 7
C Doug Weight 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
L Sean Bergenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.00 4
L Andy Hilbert 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
L Jon Sim 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Dean McAmmond 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.00 6
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 14.20 6
D Andy Sutton 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 22.30 6
D Mark Streit 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 25.40 8
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 16.10 6
D Bruno Gervais 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 7
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 8 0 1 4 -2 23.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 4 0 20 0 0 60.00 5
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Eric Fehr
3rd star: Andrew Cogliano

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Andrew Cogliano scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Donald Brashear ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Jon Sim notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mike Sillinger scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 19) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 14)
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0-1 BRG Andrew MacDonald (Trevor Smith)
1-1 HER Oskar Osala (Chris Bourque)
1-2 BRG Joel Rechlicz (Mike Iggulden)
2-2 HER Steve Pinizzotto (Andrew Joudrey)

Goalies: Daren Machesney - Joey MacDonald

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Tampa Bay Lightning 5 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 25 - 22
PP: 0 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:57/69=82 %, Challenges:37/43=84 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:72/89=80 %, Challenges:30/40=73 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 893062 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:57 0-1 Dominic Moore [4] (Maxim Afinogenov, Craig Rivet)
15:16 0-2 Thomas Vanek [18] (Chris Drury, Craig Rivet)
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25:03 1-2 Vincent Lecavalier [16] (Martin St. Louis, Andrej Meszaros)
26:42 2-2 Jeff Halpern [9] (Bryce Salvador, Noah Welch)
37:39 3-2 Martin St. Louis [17] (Gary Roberts, Paul Ranger)
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48:23 3-3 Jochen Hecht [3] (Andrej Sekera, Toni Lydman)
49:04 4-3 Vaclav Prospal [14] (Adam Hall, Bryce Salvador)
59:41 5-3 Vaclav Prospal [15] (Noah Welch, Paul Ranger) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:34 Gary Roberts (2 min for tripping)
06:15 Daniel Paillé (2 min for tripping)
15:59 Drew Stafford (2 min for tripping)
19:48 Adam Mair (2 min for hooking)
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37:47 Gary Roberts (2 min for slashing)
39:48 Derek Roy (2 min for slashing)
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42:12 Daniel Paillé (2 min for hooking)
45:06 Paul Gaustad (2 min for roughing)
45:06 Ryan Craig (2 min for roughing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Brookbank 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 5
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.30 6
R Adam Hall 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 17.50 7
R Martin St. Louis 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 8
C Steve Downie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.00 4
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 17.50 7
C Jeff Halpern 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 13.40 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
L Travis Moen 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 -1 11.30 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 19.10 7
L Vaclav Prospal 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 18.20 8
L Gary Roberts 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 13.10 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -1 20.30 7
D Noah Welch 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 22.10 7
D Paul Ranger 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 23.10 7
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 14.50 5
D Bryce Salvador 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 13.40 8
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 4 4 1 3 0 0 25.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Adam Mair 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 6.40 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 12.40 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
C Chris Drury 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -2 22.00 5
R Mathieu Darche 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -1 19.40 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 12.20 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -2 20.10 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 6.40 7
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 12.40 6
C Dominic Moore 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 14.30 6
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 -2 21.10 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 -1 12.40 5
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 18.50 6
D Craig Rivet 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 -1 26.40 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 20.30 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 25.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 20 0 0 59.00 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vaclav Prospal
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Jeff Halpern

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Andrej Meszaros notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Adam Hall has marked a new career high in points with 30 points.
-Vaclav Prospal scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Bryce Salvador ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jochen Hecht finally ended his 23 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 4( 30) , Portland Pirates 0( 13)
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1-0 NOR Brandon Bochenski (Steven Stamkos)
2-0 NOR Blair Jones (Martins Karsums, Jason Ward)
3-0 NOR Brandon Bochenski (Steven Stamkos)
4-0 NOR Evgeny Artyukhin (Steven Stamkos)

Goalies: Matt Lundin - Adam Dennis

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St. Louis Blues 6 , Phoenix Coyotes 2
Shots: 27 - 26
PP: 6 of 12 (14 shots), Passing:67/87=77 %, Challenges:49/53=90 %
PP: 0 of 4 (12 shots), Passing:60/76=78 %, Challenges:24/29=80 %
Attendance: 19022 of 19022 (Scottrade Center)
Ticket income: 842675 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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06:26 1-0 Brad Boyes [15] (Paul Kariya, Andy McDonald)PP
08:11 2-0 Andy McDonald [13] (Erik Johnson)PP
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23:34 3-0 Andy McDonald [14] (Erik Johnson, Eric Brewer)PP
25:06 3-1 Shane Doan [16] (Peter Mueller, Steven Reinprecht)
30:33 4-1 Keith Tkachuk [13] (Jay McClement, Barret Jackman)PP
36:24 4-2 Peter Mueller [8] (Steven Reinprecht, Todd Fedoruk)
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40:27 5-2 Barret Jackman [3] (Alexander Steen, Carlo Colaiacovo)PP
43:11 6-2 Brad Boyes [16] (Erik Johnson, Eric Brewer)PP
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Penalty summary:
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00:29 Shane Doan (2 min for tripping)
03:54 Scottie Upshall (2 min for high-sticking)
06:09 Dmitri Kalinin (2 min for tripping)
06:35 Nigel Dawes (2 min for high-sticking)
07:55 Matt Carle (2 min for holding the stick)
14:37 Dan Hinote (2 min for hooking)
19:11 Keith Tkachuk (2 min for holding the stick)
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21:31 Scottie Upshall (2 min for hooking)
23:19 Todd Fedoruk (2 min for roughing)
25:48 Shane Doan (2 min for high-sticking)
29:12 Todd Fedoruk (2 min for elbowing)
31:11 Cam Janssen (2 min for tripping)
33:44 Peter Mueller (2 min for high-sticking)
39:23 Petr Prucha (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:43 Todd Fedoruk (2 min for hooking)
57:48 Cam Janssen (2 min for slashing)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Hinote 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 14.00 5
R David Backes 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.50 6
R Alexander Steen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.30 8
R Brad Boyes 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 8
C Trent Whitfield 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Jay McClement 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
C T.J. Oshie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Andy McDonald 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 -1 17.30 10
L Cam Janssen 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 13.10 7
L David Perron 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
L Keith Tkachuk 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 18.30 8
L Paul Kariya 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -1 17.20 7
D Steven Wagner 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.00 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
D Erik Johnson 0 3 4 1 0 1 0 -2 25.00 8
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
D Barret Jackman 1 1 1 7 0 1 0 0 24.10 10
D Eric Brewer 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 -2 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 2 3 0 1 4 0 13.40 6
R Petr Prucha 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 13.50 5
R Kyle Turris 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
R Shane Doan 1 0 3 2 0 0 4 2 20.30 9
C Wyatt Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 4
C Martin Hanzal 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 5
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Steven Reinprecht 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 11.00 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 2 3 0 0 6 0 16.00 6
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 11.50 5
L Garth Murray 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
L Peter Mueller 1 1 5 1 0 0 2 2 17.40 7
D David Hale 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 21.10 5
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10.40 5
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 28.10 7
D Matt Jones 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11.30 5
D Matt Carle 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 0 22.00 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 26.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 4 0 10 0 0 30.40 4
G Al Montoya 2 0 11 0 0 29.10 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andy McDonald
2nd star: Brad Boyes
3rd star: Barret Jackman

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Brad Boyes scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Paul Kariya notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Carlo Colaiacovo ended his 6 game point drought.
-Barret Jackman ended his 8 game goal drought.

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Steven Reinprecht notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Peoria Rivermen 2( 18) , San Antonio Rampage 0( 6)
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1-0 PEO Chris Porter (Patrik Berglund)
2-0 PEO Patrik Berglund (Chris Porter)

Goalies: Marek Schwarz - Josh Tordjman

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San Jose Sharks 4 , Minnesota Wild 0
Shots: 34 - 25
PP: 1 of 8 (8 shots), Passing:77/89=86 %, Challenges:45/48=91 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:61/74=82 %, Challenges:42/51=80 %
Attendance: 17496 of 17496 (HP Pavillion)
Ticket income: 824062 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:04 1-0 Mike Grier [9] (Marcel Goc, Doug Murray)
06:57 2-0 Marc-Édouard Vlasic [3] (Brad Lukowich, Joe Pavelski)
15:52 3-0 Joe Pavelski [7] (Milan Michalek, Ryane Clowe)PP
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33:16 4-0 Milan Michalek [17] (Joe Pavelski, Jonathan Cheechoo)
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Penalty summary:
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12:26 Jamie McGinn (2 min for hooking)
15:19 Jason Chimera (2 min for holding the stick)
16:09 Corey Locke (2 min for tripping)
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22:52 Owen Nolan (2 min for hooking)
26:24 Kim Johnsson (2 min for diving)
30:55 Owen Nolan (2 min for high-sticking)
37:11 Owen Nolan (2 min for slashing)
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46:05 Jeremy Roenick (2 min for elbowing)
48:24 Owen Nolan (2 min for high-sticking)
56:33 Torrey Mitchell (2 min for roughing)
56:33 Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for roughing)
57:26 Corey Locke (2 min for hooking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamie McGinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.00 6
R Ryane Clowe 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 19.40 8
R Mike Grier 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 13.00 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 21.20 9
C Torrey Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 6.10 6
C Joe Pavelski 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 22.20 8
C Marcel Goc 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.40 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Devin Setoguchi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 6
L Jeremy Roenick 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 16.30 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
L Milan Michalek 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 8
D Brad Lukowich 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 19.00 7
D Doug Murray 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 11.30 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 19.40 8
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.10 8
D Rob Blake 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 24.10 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 0 0 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Corey Locke 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 6.10 5
R Antti Miettinen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 4
R Owen Nolan 0 0 2 6 0 0 8 -1 20.30 9
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 14.20 7
C James Sheppard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 7
C Krys Kolanos 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 7.50 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 21.10 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -1 26.00 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.00 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 7.10 5
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
L Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -3 19.30 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 20.00 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -2 25.50 6
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.40 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 17.00 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 30 0 0 60.00 7
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeni Nabokov
2nd star: Joe Pavelski
3rd star: Milan Michalek

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Doug Murray has marked a new career high in points with 11 points.
-Doug Murray notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Joe Pavelski finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Joe Thornton had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Doug Murray ended his 6 game point drought.
-Marc-Édouard Vlasic ended his 5 game goal drought.

Notes for Minnesota Wild:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Sharks 8( 33) , Houston Aeros 1( 10)
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0-1 HOU Cal Clutterbuck
1-1 WOR Ashton Rome (Derek Joslin, Cory Larose)
2-1 WOR Matthew Jones (Steven Zalewski)
3-1 WOR Ashton Rome (David Cespiva)
4-1 WOR Robin Big Snake (Cory Larose)
5-1 WOR T.J. Fox
6-1 WOR Steven Zalewski
7-1 WOR Riley Armstrong (David Cespiva)
8-1 WOR Matthew Jones (Steven Zalewski)

Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Nolan Schaefer