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Boston Bruins 2 , Vancouver Canucks 4
Shots: 13 - 36
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:62/85=72 %, Challenges:35/40=85 %
PP: 0 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:76/91=83 %, Challenges:34/43=77 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (TD Banknorth Garden)
Ticket income: 498846 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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18:51 0-1 Doug Weight [19] (Pavol Demitra, Taylor Pyatt)
19:28 0-2 Pavol Demitra [33] (Mattias Öhlund, Doug Weight)
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26:59 1-2 Dainius Zubrus [17] (Henrik Zetterberg)
35:06 2-2 Tobias Enström [13] (Dainius Zubrus, Jiri Hudler)PP
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44:22 2-3 Teemu Selänne [10] (Matthew Lombardi, Doug Weight)
59:55 2-4 Doug Weight [20] (Sami Salo) EN
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Penalty summary:
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15:56 Blake Wheeler (2 min for hooking)
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28:01 Andrew Ference (2 min for holding the stick)
34:15 Shane O'Brien (2 min for hooking)
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52:31 Blake Wheeler (2 min for tripping)
54:17 Henrik Zetterberg (2 min for high-sticking)
56:36 Chuck Kobasew (2 min for hooking)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 7.50 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.20 6
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 17.10 6
R Dainius Zubrus 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
C David Steckel 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 7.50 5
C Derek Roy 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -2 15.20 7
C Marc Savard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 6
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 19.40 8
L Matt Ellison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Carl Söderberg 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.20 6
L Jiri Hudler 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.20 7
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -2 19.00 5
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 -1 18.30 7
D Tobias Enström 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 23.40 8
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -2 15.20 6
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 19.50 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23.40 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 4 0 32 0 0 59.00 7
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Taylor Pyatt 0 1 2 2 3 2 0 0 7.20 5
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
R Teemu Selänne 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 18.50 8
R Pavol Demitra 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 21.10 8
C Jason Krog 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 6
C Andy McDonald 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 17.40 7
C Matthew Lombardi 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
C Doug Weight 2 2 6 0 1 0 0 2 17.50 8
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 5
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12.40 7
L Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 7
L Steve Sullivan 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.20 6
D Yann Sauve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 5
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 17.40 7
D Sami Salo 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 27.00 6
D Rob Davison 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.50 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 18.20 8
D Mattias Öhlund 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 27.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 2 0 11 0 0 60.00 5
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Doug Weight
2nd star: Pavol Demitra
3rd star: Teemu Selänne

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Jiri Hudler notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marc Savard had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Teemu Selänne scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Doug Weight scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Maxim Afinogenov had his 10 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 1( 7) , Manitoba Moose 0( 16)
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1-0 PRO Jeff Lovecchio (Jim Slater)

Goalies: Alex Auld - Jason LaBarbera

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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 32 - 33
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:75/86=87 %, Challenges:25/51=48 %
PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:70/90=77 %, Challenges:38/48=77 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:23 1-0 Sidney Crosby [41] (Patrick Kane)
19:49 2-0 Sidney Crosby [42] (Patrick Kane, Ilya Kovalchuk)
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27:03 3-0 Jeff Taffe [2] (Ryan Kesler)
35:56 3-1 Radek Dvorak [15] (Éric Bélanger, Mikko Koivu)
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48:22 3-2 Owen Nolan [26] (Andrew Brunette)
48:54 3-3 Pierre-Marc Bouchard [24] (Kurtis Foster, Éric Bélanger)
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Penalty summary:
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21:28 Jeff Taffe (2 min for elbowing)
24:07 Benoit Pouliot (2 min for tripping)
27:32 Dmitri Kugryshev (2 min for boarding)
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40:25 David Perron (2 min for tripping)
52:58 Brooks Orpik (2 min for hooking)
55:52 Dmitri Kugryshev (2 min for high-sticking)
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63:57 Eric Godard (2 min for slashing)

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 6.30 7
R Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 18.50 6
R Phil Kessel 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 -1 19.00 7
R Patrick Kane 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5.10 4
C Ryan Kesler 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 18.00 8
C Eric Staal 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 19.50 6
C Sidney Crosby 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 20.50 7
L Chris Minard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.10 6
L Jeff Taffe 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 12.30 5
L David Perron 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 -1 20.30 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 11.30 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 17.30 7
D Alexander Edler 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 -1 30.50 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 12.50 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -1 27.10 6
D Erik Johnson 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 30.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 30 0 0 65.00 9
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 8.00 4
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 3 4 1 4 0 -1 17.30 7
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 2 20.10 8
R Owen Nolan 1 0 3 5 2 5 0 -1 19.10 8
C Jay McClement 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.00 5
C Sam Gagner 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 14.40 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 20.10 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 -1 19.30 8
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 8.00 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 -1 14.40 7
L Radek Dvorak 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 18.10 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 -1 21.30 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 17.30 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 2 17.20 8
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 -1 29.00 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.50 5
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15.20 5
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 31.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 3 0 29 0 0 65.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sidney Crosby
2nd star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
3rd star: Patrick Kane

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Patrick Kane notched his 50th assist of the season.
-Jeff Taffe finally ended his 39 game goal drought.
-Ilya Kovalchuk had his 4 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Radek Dvorak scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Éric Bélanger notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
W-B/Scranton Penguins 2( 20) , Houston Aeros 3( 23)
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0-1 HOU Yan Stastny (Corey Locke, Paul Albers)
1-1 WBS Jonathan Filewich (Alex Bourret, Leland Irving)
1-2 HOU Craig Weller (Mattias Trattnig)
1-3 HOU Marek Kvapil (Danny Irmen, Paul Albers)
2-3 WBS Mark Letestu (Janne Pesonen, Paul Bissonnette)

Goalies: Leland Irving - Nolan Schaefer

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Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Calgary Flames 3
Shots: 30 - 27
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:61/68=89 %, Challenges:26/38=66 %
PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:57/77=74 %, Challenges:53/66=79 %
Attendance: 18136 of 18136 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 614810 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:06 0-1 Tim Connolly [19] (Todd Bertuzzi, David Booth)
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27:51 1-1 Aaron Johnson [1] (Manny Malhotra, Mike York)
29:22 1-2 Craig Conroy [7] (Tim Connolly, David Booth)
32:35 2-2 Mike York [10] (Mike Green, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
38:03 3-2 Stefan Legein [1] (Raffi Torres, Manny Malhotra)
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48:37 3-3 Zdeno Chara [15] (Anton Volchenkov, Jarome Iginla)
49:12 4-3 Markus Näslund [20] (Antoine Vermette, Marian Hossa)
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Penalty summary:
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03:47 Aaron Johnson (2 min for tripping)
07:18 Manny Malhotra (2 min for cross-checking)
14:45 Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for roughing)
18:46 Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for hooking)
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22:24 Henrik Sedin (2 min for hooking)
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41:09 Marcus Nilson (2 min for slashing)
48:23 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
48:23 Henrik Sedin (2 min for roughing)
57:32 Mike Commodore (2 min for slashing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 5.50 6
R Stefan Legein 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 8
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 20.40 8
R Marian Hossa 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 7
C David Bolland 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -1 5.50 7
C Manny Malhotra 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 1 13.50 8
C Mike York 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 19.10 9
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Ben Eager 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 6.40 6
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.50 5
L Raffi Torres 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 16.30 6
L Markus Näslund 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 8
D Aaron Johnson 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 13.10 6
D Mike Commodore 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 1 12.40 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 27.00 8
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 1 0 4 3 4 0 -1 14.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 6 1 5 2 1 24.50 8
D Mike Green 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wayne Primeau 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 15.00 8
R David Moss 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 13.00 7
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 1 3 1 2 0 4 0 17.10 6
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 -2 20.40 7
C Jamie Lundmark 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Craig Conroy 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 16.10 8
C Tim Connolly 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 13.30 9
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 2 1 3 0 4 -2 18.30 6
L Curtis Glencross 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 6
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 12.30 7
L David Booth 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 12.50 5
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 19.20 7
D Cory Sarich 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 22.10 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 13.20 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 6
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14.00 7
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23.30 7
D Zdeno Chara 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 -2 28.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 26 0 0 58.20 6
G Curtis McElhinney 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike York
2nd star: Stefan Legein
3rd star: Manny Malhotra

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Mike York scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Manny Malhotra notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Markus Näslund scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Aaron Johnson ended his 6 game goal drought.

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Todd Bertuzzi notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Craig Conroy scored the 500th point of his career.
-Zdeno Chara scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Zdeno Chara scored the 100th goal of his career.
-Craig Conroy finally ended his 44 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 5( 26) , Quad City Flames 3( 18)
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1-0 SYR Alexander Svitov (Jaroslav Balastik)
1-1 QCF Warren Peters (Hugo Carpentier, Gord Baldwin)
2-1 SYR Jiri Novotny (Craig Adams, Vladimir Nikiforov)
3-1 SYR Jiri Novotny (Vladimir Nikiforov, Nick Holden)
3-2 QCF Kris Chucko (John Armstrong)
3-3 QCF Ivan Tkachenko (John Armstrong, Mark Giordano)
4-3 SYR Sean Collins (Kirill Starkov)
5-3 SYR Craig Adams (Jiri Novotny)

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Washington Capitals 3 , Florida Panthers 4
Shots: 17 - 25
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/86=76 %, Challenges:26/40=63 %
PP: 2 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:82/87=94 %, Challenges:35/52=66 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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29:02 0-1 Alexei Yashin [9] (Keith Ballard, Martin Havlat)
30:15 0-2 Keith Ballard [6] (Oleg Saprykin, Martin Havlat)PP
33:57 0-3 Ruslan Fedotenko [21] (Chad Kilger, Karlis Skrastins)
37:54 1-3 Barret Jackman [7] (Rick Nash, Evgeny Malkin)
38:36 2-3 Evgeny Malkin [34] (Rick Nash)
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42:12 3-3 Rick Nash [42] (Evgeny Malkin, Keith Aucoin)
46:07 3-4 Oleg Saprykin [16] (Alexei Yashin, Martin Havlat)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:13 Ladislav Smid (2 min for tripping)
09:34 Eric Fehr (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:52 Keith Aucoin (2 min for roughing)
27:07 Ladislav Smid (2 min for boarding)
29:21 Eric Fehr (2 min for hooking)
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44:43 Sergei Fedorov (2 min for hooking)
56:37 Christian Bäckman (2 min for cross-checking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 9.40 6
R Matt Bradley 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.50 7
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 14.00 6
R Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 13.20 6
C Keith Aucoin 0 1 2 4 0 0 2 0 9.40 8
C Michael Nylander 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 10.20 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 13.40 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
L Donald Brashear 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Chris Clark 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 19.30 7
L Rick Nash 1 2 3 3 1 3 0 2 16.30 9
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 13.40 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 18.00 6
D Barret Jackman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 22.00 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 18.10 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 23.40 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 3 3 2 2 0 1 24.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brett McLean 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 4.40 7
R Richard Zednik 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 -1 12.20 6
R Ruslan Fedotenko 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 16.20 7
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 -1 19.20 8
C Anthony Stewart 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 5.40 6
C Alexei Yashin 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 7
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 14.10 7
C Nathan Horton 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.30 6
L Rene Bourque 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 10.30 6
L Oleg Saprykin 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 18.40 8
L Chad Kilger 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 17.10 7
L Martin Havlat 0 3 2 1 4 0 0 1 21.00 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 12.40 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 21.20 7
D Nick Boynton 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 26.00 6
D Keith Ballard 1 1 3 3 1 3 0 0 19.40 9
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 1 5 2 4 0 -1 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 14 0 0 60.00 5
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexei Yashin
2nd star: Evgeny Malkin
3rd star: Oleg Saprykin

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Rick Nash notched his 50th assist of the season.
-Rick Nash has marked a new career high in goals with 42 tallies.
-Sergei Fedorov had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Oleg Saprykin has marked a new career high in goals with 16 tallies.
-Oleg Saprykin has marked a new career high in points with 37 points.
-Alexei Yashin finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Oleg Saprykin ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Keith Ballard ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Karlis Skrastins ended his 8 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 19) , Rochester Americans 5( 16)
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1-0 HER Alexandre Giroux
2-0 HER Chris Bourque
2-0 HER Chris Bourque (, Viktor Dovgan)
2-1 ROC Dan Collins (Michal Repík, Ondrej Otcenas)
2-2 ROC Ondrej Otcenas (Rory Fitzpatrick, Jason Garrison)
2-3 ROC Brady Calla (Keaton Ellerby)
2-4 ROC Alexander Mereskin (Tanner Glass, Jason Garrison)
2-5 ROC Brady Calla (Gregory Campbell, Nick Tarnasky)

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Chicago Blackhawks 3 , Nashville Predators 3
Shots: 32 - 25
PP: 2 of 8 (10 shots), Passing:60/76=78 %, Challenges:43/58=72 %
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:65/94=69 %, Challenges:31/42=72 %
Attendance: 20500 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 608850 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:05 1-0 R.J. Umberger [18] (Cory Stillman, Brian Campbell)PP
18:02 1-1 Thomas Vanek [27] (Guillaume Latendresse, Mike Komisarek)PP
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26:07 1-2 Andrei Kostitsyn [27] (Radek Bonk)
29:36 1-3 Scott Niedermayer [16] (Thomas Vanek, Jason Arnott)
35:35 2-3 Brent Sopel [4] (Duncan Keith, Vaclav Prospal)
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47:26 3-3 Cory Stillman [19] (Jonathan Toews, Jakub Voracek)PP
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Penalty summary:
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03:26 Wade Belak (2 min for roughing)
09:18 Wade Belak (2 min for boarding)
14:29 Wade Belak (2 min for boarding)
16:58 Samuel Påhlsson (2 min for high-sticking)
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27:23 Scott Nichol (2 min for roughing)
27:23 Samuel Påhlsson (2 min for roughing)
38:38 Sergei Gonchar (2 min for hooking)
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41:44 Jakub Voracek (2 min for hooking)
43:57 Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for tripping)
44:49 Jason Arnott (2 min for hooking)
52:42 Ryan Malone (2 min for holding the stick)
55:33 Scott Nichol (2 min for elbowing)
58:28 Jed Ortmeyer (2 min for high-sticking)
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63:43 Radek Bonk (2 min for tripping)

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Filatov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 5
R Jakub Voracek 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 22.00 7
R Jason Williams 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 22.00 4
R Dustin Brown 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 12.20 6
C Michael Peca 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
C Vaclav Prospal 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 10.30 7
C R.J. Umberger 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 21.40 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 21.10 8
L Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 10.10 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 16.20 7
L Cory Stillman 1 1 6 0 0 1 0 -1 18.50 8
L Anze Kopitar 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13.00 7
D Duncan Keith 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 18.40 8
D Brian Campbell 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 28.00 5
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 21.00 8
D Brent Sopel 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 16.20 5
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 3 0 22 0 0 65.00 6
G Corey Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colin Wilson 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 11.20 6
R Ryan Maki 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
R Wade Belak 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 0 11.50 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 4 5 1 2 0 1 18.00 9
C Rich Peverly 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
C Scott Nichol 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 17.40 6
C Radek Bonk 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 22.30 6
C Jason Arnott 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 25.20 7
L Paul Thompson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
L Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 16.10 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 17.50 6
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 19.50 8
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.50 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 26.50 8
D Ryan Suter 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 1 27.10 9
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 24.30 8
D Scott Niedermayer 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 30.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 29 0 0 65.00 8
G Jeremy Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Cory Stillman
2nd star: Thomas Vanek
3rd star: Scott Niedermayer

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Vaclav Prospal notched the 400th assist of his career.
-Jonathan Toews notched his 30th assist of the season.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Andrei Kostitsyn has marked a new career high in goals with 27 tallies.
-Scott Niedermayer has marked a new career high in goals with 16 tallies.
-Andrei Kostitsyn ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Mike Komisarek ended his 8 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rockford Ice Hogs 3( 14) , Milwaukee Admirals 2( 18)
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1-0 RCK Miika Lahti (Adam Burish, Tysen Dowzak)
1-1 MIL Stephen Dixon (Kelsey Wilson)
2-1 RCK Kevin Crane (Adam Berti)
2-2 MIL Ian McKenzie (Tim Ramholt)
3-2 RCK Jean-Claude Sawyer (Dan Bertram, Lukas Vantuch)

Goalies: Antti Niemi - Pekka Rinne

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Tampa Bay Lightning 3 , Toronto Maple Leafs 3
Shots: 24 - 28
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:77/95=81 %, Challenges:40/49=80 %
PP: 1 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:76/84=90 %, Challenges:39/54=70 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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26:13 0-1 Brendan Shanahan [2] (Mike Van Ryn, Pavel Kubina)PP
29:28 1-1 Andrej Meszaros [7] (Radim Vrbata)PP
31:42 2-1 Vincent Lecavalier [43] (Andrej Meszaros, Radim Vrbata)
39:44 3-1 Kyle Beach [1] (Evgeny Artyukhin)
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48:34 3-2 Alexei Ponikarovsky [18] (Mikhail Grabovski, Jamal Mayers)
54:12 3-3 Ian White [3] (Brendan Shanahan, Kris Newbury)
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Penalty summary:
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01:18 Brendan Shanahan (5 min for fighting)
01:18 Evgeny Artyukhin (5 min for fighting)
05:19 Chris Pronger (2 min for high-sticking)
14:31 Kyle Beach (2 min for boarding)
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22:12 Kris Versteeg (2 min for hooking)
25:08 Gary Roberts (2 min for boarding)
28:03 Dale Mitchell (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:33 Evgeny Artyukhin (5 min for fighting)
42:33 Brendan Shanahan (5 min for fighting)
49:58 Alex Goligoski (2 min for slashing)
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64:22 Pavel Kubina (2 min for tripping)

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Hall 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 5
R Gary Roberts 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 21.30 6
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 1 1 3 0 0 10 1 8.40 8
R Steven Stamkos 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 -1 13.10 7
C Brandon Bochenski 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 14.50 7
C Kyle Beach 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 17.20 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 8
L Chris Gratton 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 15.00 6
L Ryan Craig 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 7
L Kris Versteeg 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 13.00 7
L Radim Vrbata 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 19.30 7
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 18.10 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 31.30 8
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 -1 19.10 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
D Andrej Meszaros 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 27.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 25 0 0 65.00 7
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dale Mitchell 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 9.30 5
R Mikhail Grabovski 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 17.30 7
R Jamal Mayers 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 16.40 6
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 6
C Joel Champagne 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10.00 4
C Tim Stapleton 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 14.20 6
C Kris Newbury 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 8
C Matt Stajan 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 21.30 6
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 10.00 4
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 1 17.50 8
L Brendan Shanahan 1 1 2 1 1 0 10 0 16.30 7
L Jason Blake 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 20.50 6
D Luke Schenn 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.40 5
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 22.10 8
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 2 4 0 1 2 -1 27.10 7
D Anton Strålman 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 14.20 6
D Ian White 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22.20 6
D Chris Pronger 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 -1 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 3 0 21 0 0 65.00 6
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrej Meszaros
2nd star: Brendan Shanahan
3rd star: Kyle Beach

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Andrej Meszaros has marked a new career high in points with 40 points.
-Paul Ranger had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Andrej Meszaros finally ended his 21 game goal drought.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Jamal Mayers notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brendan Shanahan ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Ian White finally ended his 43 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Evgeny Artyukhin beat Brendan Shanahan in a fight.
-Evgeny Artyukhin beat Brendan Shanahan in a fight.

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 26) , Toronto Marlies 1( 9)
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0-1 TOM Alex Foster (Brendan Bernakevitch)
1-1 NOR Janne Niskala (Jason Ward)
2-1 NOR Jason Ward (Zenon Konopka)

Goalies: Olaf Kölzig - Justin Pogge