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Washington Capitals 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 6
Shots: 32 - 25
PP: 1 of 9 (13 shots), Passing:66/77=85 %, Challenges:40/44=88 %
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:57/78=73 %, Challenges:38/48=77 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 869985 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:32 0-1 Mike Comrie [17] (Miroslav Satan, Ladislav Nagy)
13:02 1-1 Brian Pothier [2] (Karl Alzner, Ryan Craig)
17:29 1-2 Kristopher Letang [9] (Philippe Boucher, Miroslav Satan)
18:39 2-2 Bobby Ryan [3] (Bryan Berard, Steven Stamkos)PP
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26:24 2-3 Ladislav Nagy [14] (Philippe Boucher, Mike Comrie)
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47:27 2-4 Sidney Crosby [20] (Petr Sykora, Vincent Lecavalier)PP
49:52 2-5 Matt Cooke [4])SH
55:04 3-5 Alexander Ovechkin [29] (Ales Hemsky, Mike Green)
55:55 3-6 Mike Comrie [18] (Ladislav Nagy, Miroslav Satan)
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Penalty summary:
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01:59 Mike Comrie (2 min for hooking)
06:52 Kristopher Letang (2 min for roughing)
18:16 Mike Comrie (2 min for holding the stick)
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26:46 Mike Comrie (2 min for hooking)
33:48 Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
33:48 Bryan Berard (2 min for roughing)
38:18 Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
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40:37 Sidney Crosby (2 min for slashing)
46:52 Bryan Berard (2 min for roughing)
48:29 Hal Gill (2 min for roughing)
50:08 Matt Cooke (2 min for high-sticking)
56:05 Philippe Boucher (2 min for boarding)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 8.00 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 16.00 7
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.50 7
R Ales Hemsky 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -1 14.30 7
C David Steckel 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -1 8.00 6
C Ryan Craig 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.20 5
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 6
C Steven Stamkos 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -2 20.40 8
L Donald Brashear 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 9.00 6
L Eric Fehr 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
L Bobby Ryan 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
R Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 4 5 0 3 0 -2 23.50 9
D Karl Alzner 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 10.00 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 20.20 5
D Mike Green 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -2 29.20 6
D Brian Pothier 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.50 7
D Bryan Berard 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 -2 23.10 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -2 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 6 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
R Bill Guerin 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 6.50 6
R Miroslav Satan 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 13.00 9
R Petr Sykora 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 17.00 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
C Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
C Mike Comrie 2 1 5 3 0 0 6 3 14.50 9
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 20.40 8
L Matt Cooke 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 16.50 8
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 7
L Ladislav Nagy 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 18.20 9
L Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 20.50 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 14.10 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 14.00 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 20.10 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 19.20 7
D Kristopher Letang 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 23.20 8
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Comrie
2nd star: Ladislav Nagy
3rd star: Miroslav Satan

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Bobby Ryan finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Brian Pothier finally ended his 29 game goal drought.
-Brian Pothier finally ended his 18 game point drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sidney Crosby scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Petr Sykora notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Chris Kunitz had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Matt Cooke finally ended his 29 game goal drought.
-Ladislav Nagy ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 1( 14) , W-B/Scranton Penguins 0( 16)
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1-0 HER Alexandre Giroux (Shaone Morrisonn)

Goalies: Daren Machesney - Bobby Nadeau

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New York Rangers 4 , Dallas Stars 0
Shots: 29 - 30
PP: 2 of 9 (13 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:43/43=97 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:62/81=76 %, Challenges:44/48=89 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 855400 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:38 1-0 Thomas Pöck [1] (Nikolai Zherdev, Markus Näslund)PP
12:03 2-0 Jason Pominville [18] (Mark Bell, Nik Antropov)
15:27 3-0 Scott Gomez [23] (Nikolai Zherdev, Markus Näslund)PP
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22:32 4-0 Scott Gomez [24] (Derek Morris)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:13 Sean Avery (2 min for slashing)
06:57 Fabian Brunnström (2 min for roughing)
12:56 Loui Eriksson (2 min for elbowing)
14:34 Brendan Morrison (2 min for hooking)
18:19 Steve Ott (2 min for hooking)
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24:51 Steve Ott (2 min for hooking)
28:51 Derek Morris (2 min for elbowing)
38:13 Blair Betts (2 min for hooking)
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44:45 Sean Avery (2 min for slashing)
49:56 Scott Gomez (2 min for cross-checking)
56:39 Sean Avery (2 min for tripping)
57:09 Sergei Zubov (2 min for holding the stick)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tomás Záborský 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 7
R Jason Pominville 1 0 2 5 0 1 0 1 22.30 10
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 14.10 8
C Blair Betts 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 9.20 6
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.40 7
C Nik Antropov 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
C Scott Gomez 2 0 4 3 0 0 2 1 16.10 9
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.20 7
L Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 7
L Mark Bell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 22.30 7
L Markus Näslund 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 14.10 8
D Thomas Pöck 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 22.40 8
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 2 31.00 10
D Dan Girardi 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
D Paul Mara 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Derek Morris 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 28.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 0 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Korostin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 6
R Joel Lundqvist 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 16.10 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 8
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.30 4
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 21.20 7
C Mike Modano 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
C Brad Richards 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
L Fabian Brunnström 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 7.30 6
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 0 9.20 7
L Steve Ott 0 0 2 2 1 0 4 -1 16.50 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 6
D Trevor Daley 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 24.00 7
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 20.20 6
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 17.30 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 27.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 4 0 11 0 0 22.40 4
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 14 0 0 37.20 9

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Henrik Lundqvist
2nd star: Scott Gomez
3rd star: Jason Pominville

Notes for New York Rangers:

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Brad Richards had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolf Pack 3( 13) , Texas Stars 2( 7)
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1-0 HFD Justin Soryal (Tom Pyatt, Bobby Sanguinetti)
2-0 HFD Pierre Parenteau (Aaron Voros)
2-1 TEX James Neal (Dan Jancevski)
2-2 TEX Toby Petersen (Krys Barch, Christopher Thörn)
3-2 HFD Dane Byers (Joe Barnes)

Goalies: Miika Wiikman - Matt Climie

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St. Louis Blues 3 , New York Islanders 2
Shots: 32 - 19
PP: 0 of 6 (14 shots), Passing:83/98=84 %, Challenges:35/36=94 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:55/74=74 %, Challenges:34/40=82 %
Attendance: 19022 of 19022 (Scottrade Center)
Ticket income: 842675 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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15:19 1-0 Paul Kariya [18] (Andy McDonald, Erik Johnson)
19:08 2-0 Dan Hinote [3] (Erik Johnson, Jay McClement)
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30:26 3-0 T.J. Oshie [9] (Andy McDonald, Paul Kariya)
31:22 3-1 Mike Sillinger [16] (Richard Park)
34:41 3-2 Trent Hunter [18] (Doug Weight, Brendan Witt)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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01:47 Jon Sim (2 min for tripping)
10:45 Andy McDonald (2 min for tripping)
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37:41 Radek Martinek (2 min for hooking)
38:12 Andy McDonald (2 min for roughing)
38:12 Trent Hunter (2 min for roughing)
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40:49 Brendan Witt (2 min for tripping)
48:45 Tomás Marcinko (2 min for cross-checking)
51:55 Kyle Okposo (2 min for hooking)
56:55 Bruno Gervais (2 min for elbowing)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Hinote 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7.40 6
R David Backes 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
R Alexander Steen 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.40 7
R Brad Boyes 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 23.30 7
C Jay McClement 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.20 6
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8.10 6
C T.J. Oshie 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 7
C Andy McDonald 0 2 4 1 0 0 4 1 20.20 7
L Cam Janssen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9.40 7
L David Perron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 21.10 6
L Paul Kariya 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 8
D Steven Wagner 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
D Erik Johnson 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 30.10 8
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 14.00 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 31.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Manny Legace 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 1 2 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 13.20 4
R Richard Park 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
R Trent Hunter 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 21.00 6
C Tomás Marcinko 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 4
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 4
C Mike Sillinger 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.50 7
C Doug Weight 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -2 16.40 7
L Sean Bergenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 4
L Andy Hilbert 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 5
L Jon Sim 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 13.50 6
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 20.30 5
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17.00 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 5
D Mark Streit 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 27.00 7
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.20 5
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 13.50 6
D Brendan Witt 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 -2 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 3 0 29 0 0 59.30 8
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Paul Kariya
2nd star: Erik Johnson
3rd star: Dan Hinote

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Andy McDonald notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Paul Kariya scored the 400th goal of his career.
-T.J. Oshie ended his 8 game goal drought.

Notes for New York Islanders:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Peoria Rivermen 1( 22) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 16)
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0-1 BRG Rob Hennigar (Mike Iggulden)
0-2 BRG Blake Comeau (Andrew MacDonald)
1-2 PEO Trent Whitfield (D.J. King)

Goalies: Marek Schwarz - Joey MacDonald

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Minnesota Wild 7 , Detroit Red Wings 2
Shots: 22 - 37
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:60/69=86 %, Challenges:32/34=91 %
PP: 0 of 8 (18 shots), Passing:61/71=85 %, Challenges:61/64=93 %
Attendance: 18064 of 18064 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 888749 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:24 1-0 Mikko Koivu [19] (Marek Zidlicky, Brent Burns)
10:31 2-0 Mikko Koivu [20] (Todd Marchant, Marian Gaborik)
13:32 3-0 Owen Nolan [19] (Todd Marchant, Andrew Brunette)
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22:22 3-1 Nicklas Lidström [11] (Niklas Kronwall, P.J. Axelsson)SH
24:13 3-2 Pavel Datsyuk [23] (Brad Stuart, Chris Chelios)
26:22 4-2 Owen Nolan [20] (Mikko Koivu, Andrew Brunette)
34:05 5-2 Marian Gaborik [24] (Brent Burns, Kim Johnsson)SH
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45:23 6-2 Todd Marchant [16] (Owen Nolan, Brent Burns)PP
54:58 7-2 Antti Miettinen [7] (Marek Zidlicky, Martin Skoula)
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Penalty summary:
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03:58 Antti Miettinen (2 min for elbowing)
05:52 Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
16:26 Kurtis Foster (2 min for tripping)
18:39 James Sheppard (2 min for elbowing)
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21:34 Brad Stuart (2 min for slashing)
29:17 James Sheppard (2 min for high-sticking)
31:21 Peter Schaefer (2 min for boarding)
33:27 Andrew Brunette (2 min for hooking)
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44:59 Rod Pelley (2 min for tripping)
46:53 Mikko Koivu (2 min for holding the stick)
55:43 Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for tripping)
59:26 Corey Locke (2 min for elbowing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Corey Locke 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 5.30 5
R Antti Miettinen 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 10.50 7
R Owen Nolan 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 20.20 9
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 13.20 7
C James Sheppard 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -1 6.20 6
C Krys Kolanos 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 12.50 7
C Mikko Koivu 2 1 5 3 0 0 2 3 19.40 10
C Todd Marchant 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 21.00 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.40 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 10.20 5
L Andrew Brunette 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 5 16.20 8
L Marian Gaborik 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 18.30 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 14.20 7
D Martin Skoula 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 17.30 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 28.10 8
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 15.40 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 15.30 7
D Brent Burns 0 3 3 7 0 0 0 2 28.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 35 0 0 60.00 10
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
R Tomas Holmström 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 14.10 7
R Marian Hossa 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
C Rod Pelley 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.00 6
C Johan Franzén 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 9.50 7
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 17.50 5
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.40 8
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 -1 18.30 8
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.50 7
L P.J. Axelsson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 11.00 7
L Pavel Datsyuk 1 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 20.40 9
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 10.20 5
D Chris Chelios 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -3 21.40 6
D Brad Stuart 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 -1 29.40 9
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.40 5
D Niklas Kronwall 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -2 19.30 8
D Nicklas Lidström 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 28.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 4 0 4 0 0 26.30 4
G Chris Osgood 3 0 11 0 0 33.30 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Owen Nolan
2nd star: Mikko Koivu
3rd star: Todd Marchant

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mikko Koivu scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Todd Marchant notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Owen Nolan scored the 400th goal of his career.
-Owen Nolan scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Antti Miettinen finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Antti Miettinen finally ended his 15 game point drought.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Henrik Zetterberg had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-P.J. Axelsson had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 1( 21) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 17)
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0-1 GRD Johan Ryno (Cory Emmerton)
1-1 HOU Petr Kalus (Danny Irmen)
1-2 GRD Esa Pirnes (Dick Axelsson)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Daniel Larsson