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Carolina Hurricanes 5 , Boston Bruins 2
Shots: 39 - 30
PP: 1 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:38/38=97 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:69/78=88 %, Challenges:43/50=84 %
Attendance: 18536 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 865631 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:35 0-1 Marco Sturm [15] (Andrew Ference)
06:36 1-1 Justin Williams [12] (Dick Tärnström, Tuomo Ruutu)
08:05 2-1 Scott Walker [8] (Joe Corvo, Todd White)
12:03 3-1 Eric Staal [14] (Dick Tärnström)
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30:53 3-2 Marco Sturm [16] (Patrice Bergeron, Petteri Nokelainen)
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43:37 4-2 Ray Whitney [12] (Dick Tärnström, Joe Corvo)PP
46:16 5-2 Eric Staal [15] (Justin Williams)
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Penalty summary:
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02:14 Andrew Ference (2 min for high-sticking)
04:22 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for roughing)
04:22 Dennis Wideman (2 min for roughing)
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20:37 P.J. Axelsson (2 min for tripping)
20:37 P.J. Axelsson (10 min misconduct)
22:57 Aaron Ward (2 min for high-sticking)
28:34 Scott Walker (2 min for roughing)
28:34 Aaron Ward (2 min for roughing)
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40:14 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for hooking)
43:03 Peter Schaefer (2 min for slashing)
43:44 Blake Wheeler (2 min for slashing)
51:48 Ryan Smyth (2 min for elbowing)
55:15 Joe Corvo (2 min for high-sticking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Vyborny 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 -2 17.40 6
R Mark Parrish 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
R Scott Walker 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 12.50 7
R Justin Williams 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 3 19.40 9
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 11.50 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
C Todd White 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 9
C Eric Staal 2 0 5 3 0 0 0 3 20.00 10
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 -1 10.40 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
L Ray Whitney 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 16.40 7
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 8
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 16.10 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 18.30 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 25.10 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11.00 7
D Joe Corvo 0 2 2 4 0 0 2 2 20.10 8
D Dick Tärnström 0 3 5 1 0 2 0 1 29.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 2 0 28 0 0 60.00 9
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 8.00 5
R Phil Kessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.10 4
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
R Michael Ryder 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
C Petteri Nokelainen 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Daniel Brière 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 7
C Ryan Smyth 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 16.10 8
C Patrice Bergeron 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
L Milan Lucic 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 16.50 7
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 -2 14.30 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 11.00 6
L Marco Sturm 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 8
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 10.10 6
D Andrew Ference 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 -1 26.40 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 27.10 7
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 16.00 6
D Aaron Ward 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 -1 20.20 7
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19.40 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 5 0 34 0 0 60.00 6
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Staal
2nd star: Dick Tärnström
3rd star: Justin Williams

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Dick Tärnström notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Eric Staal scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Marco Sturm scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Petteri Nokelainen ended his 5 game point drought.
-Marco Sturm ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 14) , Providence Bruins 4( 12)
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1-0 LOW Pat Dwyer (Chad LaRose, Nicolas Blanchard)
1-1 PRO Carl Söderberg (Shawn Thornton, Vladimír Sobotka)
1-2 PRO Mikko Lehtonen (Matt Hunwick, David Krejci)
1-3 PRO Jeremy Reich (David Krejci)
2-3 LOW Drayson Bowman (Stefan Chaput)
2-4 PRO Jeff Lovecchio (Wacey Rabbit)

Goalies: Justin Peters - Tuukka Rask

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New York Rangers 3 , Montreal Canadiens 4
Shots: 32 - 21
PP: 0 of 7 (7 shots), Passing:67/78=85 %, Challenges:57/64=87 %
PP: 1 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:54/67=80 %, Challenges:39/44=86 %
Attendance: 18107 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 881811 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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19:45 1-0 Petr Prucha [14] (Scott Gomez, Paul Mara)
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28:44 2-0 Henrik Zetterberg [16] (Wade Redden)
30:21 2-1 Alexander Perezhogin [11] (Alexander Semin, Teppo Numminen)PP
38:48 2-2 Nils Ekman [5] (Teppo Numminen, Danny Markov)
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48:42 2-3 Jozef Stumpel [8] (Teppo Numminen, Danny Markov)
49:42 3-3 Henrik Zetterberg [17] (Wade Redden, Paul Mara)
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63:27 3-4 Alex Kovalev [13] (Georges Laraque, Carey Price)
Penalty summary:
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01:44 Alexander Semin (2 min for high-sticking)
08:33 Alexander Perezhogin (2 min for diving)
15:19 Danny Markov (2 min for cross-checking)
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21:39 Henrik Zetterberg (2 min for slashing)
29:07 Paul Mara (2 min for hooking)
30:45 Nils Ekman (2 min for roughing)
36:07 Nils Ekman (2 min for elbowing)
38:55 Danny Markov (2 min for roughing)
38:55 Petr Prucha (2 min for roughing)
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45:39 Alexander Semin (2 min for roughing)
57:51 Wade Redden (2 min for roughing)
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60:15 Nils Ekman (2 min for holding the stick)

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Aaron Voros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 8.10 5
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 10.10 7
R Petr Prucha 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 17.30 8
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 22.20 7
C Pierre Parenteau 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 10.00 6
C Blair Betts 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.40 5
C Scott Gomez 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 22.40 8
C Henrik Zetterberg 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 21.10 9
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 16.20 7
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 12.00 5
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.30 7
L Markus Näslund 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 20.40 8
D Dan Girardi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 11.00 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
D Paul Mara 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 27.50 9
D Marc Staal 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 12.00 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 26.00 8
D Wade Redden 0 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 4 0 17 0 0 63.30 4
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 15.40 6
L Nils Ekman 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 1 9.30 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 18.30 9
C Steve Bégin 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 -1 13.40 7
C Jozef Stumpel 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 12.50 8
C Robert Lang 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
L Michael Nylander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 18.30 8
L Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 5
L Alexander Semin 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 17.10 8
D Danny Markov 0 2 0 2 1 0 4 1 19.10 7
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 21.30 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 23.20 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 21.20 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 23.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 1 29 0 0 63.30 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Henrik Zetterberg
3rd star: Teppo Numminen

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Paul Mara notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Alexander Semin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Danny Markov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jozef Stumpel scored the 700th point of his career.
-Michael Nylander had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 1( 17) , Quebec Citadelles 5( 25)
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0-1 QUE Joël Bouchard (Yanick Lehoux)
0-2 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Daniel Sparre, Mathieu Dandenault)
0-3 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Max Pacioretty)
0-4 QUE Ben Maxwell (Matt D'Agostini, Ryan Flinn)
1-4 HFD Tom Pyatt (Dane Byers)
1-5 QUE Shawn Belle (Kyle Chipchura)

Goalies: Miika Wiikman - Jaroslav Halak

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New York Islanders 3 , Toronto Maple Leafs 5
Shots: 32 - 20
PP: 1 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:62/76=81 %, Challenges:47/51=90 %
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:60/73=82 %, Challenges:37/48=75 %
Attendance: 6861 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 331387 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:08 0-1 Alexander Steen [8] (Ian White, Alexei Ponikarovsky)
18:03 0-2 Alexei Ponikarovsky [7] (Alexander Steen, Matt Stajan)PP
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25:53 1-2 Richard Park [3] (Mike Sillinger, Radek Martinek)
28:54 1-3 Nik Antropov [7] (Mark Bell, Jason Blake)
35:05 2-3 Richard Park [4] (Mike Sillinger, Radek Martinek)
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45:09 2-4 Alexei Ponikarovsky [8] (Ian White, Alexander Steen)
47:13 3-4 Bill Guerin [10] (David Legwand, Andy Hilbert)PP
59:11 3-5 Niklas Hagman [5] (Dominic Moore) EN
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Penalty summary:
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10:03 Jon Sim (2 min for elbowing)
16:21 Andy Sutton (2 min for tripping)
19:42 Mark Bell (2 min for high-sticking)
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21:42 Andy Sutton (2 min for high-sticking)
35:27 Jamal Mayers (2 min for slashing)
39:21 Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for slashing)
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46:34 Kris Newbury (2 min for roughing)
46:34 Mike Sillinger (2 min for roughing)
46:48 Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for holding the stick)
51:18 Alexander Steen (2 min for hooking)
56:25 Alexander Steen (2 min for holding the stick)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.30 5
R Richard Park 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 8
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
R Bill Guerin 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 -2 17.50 5
C Radek Bonk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 5
C Mike Sillinger 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 17.00 6
C David Legwand 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 21.30 7
C Doug Weight 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 12.40 5
L Sean Bergenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 4
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 11.30 6
L Jon Sim 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 19.40 6
L Andy Hilbert 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 -2 16.10 8
D Radek Martinek 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 13.50 6
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -3 29.20 8
D Mark Streit 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 1 20.20 8
D Andy Sutton 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 0 21.40 7
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -3 20.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Ellis 5 0 15 0 0 58.30 4
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 7.40 6
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 0 5 3 0 2 1 15.00 7
R Alexander Steen 1 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 15.00 7
R Nik Antropov 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 17.20 7
C Kris Newbury 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 7.30 7
C Dominic Moore 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9.20 5
C Matt Stajan 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 19.40 7
C Mark Bell 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 20.30 8
L Boyd Devereaux 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.30 4
L Niklas Hagman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.20 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 19.50 10
L Jason Blake 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 20.10 7
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9.30 6
D Ian White 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 28.30 8
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17.40 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 27.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexei Ponikarovsky
2nd star: Alexander Steen
3rd star: Richard Park

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Mike Sillinger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Bill Guerin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Andy Hilbert notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Richard Park finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Alexander Radulov had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Ian White notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nik Antropov ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Niklas Hagman ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1( 24) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 1( 15)
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0-1 SJM Kyle Rogers (Anton Strålman)
1-1 BRG Jamie Fraser (Rod Pelley)

Goalies: Joey MacDonald - Justin Pogge

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Pittsburgh Penguins 0 , Tampa Bay Lightning 1
Shots: 28 - 15
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:63/87=72 %, Challenges:31/56=54 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:67/79=84 %, Challenges:7/44=15 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 786851 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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30:07 0-1 Chris Gratton [6])
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Penalty summary:
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08:11 Hal Gill (2 min for roughing)
08:11 Shane O'Brien (2 min for roughing)
12:06 Maxime Talbot (2 min for high-sticking)
17:19 Gary Roberts (2 min for hooking)
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38:49 Chris Gratton (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 8.20 5
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 5
R Teemu Selänne 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 17.20 8
R Petr Sykora 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 20.10 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8.20 4
C Jordan Staal 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 14.10 7
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 17.30 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 1 1 6 0 0 21.10 8
L Luca Caputi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 4
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 12.10 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.10 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 20.10 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 2 5 5 6 0 0 20.30 8
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 -1 15.40 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 4 2 8 0 0 23.30 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 15.20 6
D Mark Eaton 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 14 0 0 59.20 8
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
R Mark Recchi 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 14.00 7
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17.10 6
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 19.00 7
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 6
C Chris Gratton 1 0 1 2 5 2 2 1 19.00 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 23.20 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.30 5
L Gary Roberts 0 0 1 2 4 3 2 1 16.10 6
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 4 7 5 0 0 19.20 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 18.10 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19.40 5
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 24.50 6
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.50 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17.00 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 0 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 0 0 28 0 0 60.00 10
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Smith
2nd star: Chris Gratton
3rd star: Andrej Meszaros

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Chris Gratton ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Jussi Jokinen had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 24) , Detroit Vipers 1( 13)
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1-0 WIL Jeff Taffe (Matt Cooke)
1-1 DTV Brandon Bochenski (Nick Tarnasky)
2-1 WIL Eric Godard (Jeff Taffe)
3-1 WIL Jeff Taffe (Eric Godard, Matt Cooke)
4-1 WIL Bill Thomas (Tim Wallace, Chris Minard)

Goalies: Al Montoya - Karri Rämö

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Atlanta Thrashers 3 , Detroit Red Wings 4
Shots: 22 - 30
PP: 2 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:53/66=80 %, Challenges:40/42=93 %
PP: 2 of 6 (13 shots), Passing:84/98=85 %, Challenges:43/45=93 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 870299 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:07 0-1 Paul Stastny [7] (Mikael Samuelsson, Niklas Kronwall)PP
17:08 0-2 Ian Laperriere [7] (Tomas Kopecky, Nicklas Lidström)PP
18:56 1-2 Mats Sundin [16] (Alexander Ovechkin)PP
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27:18 2-2 Jason Williams [17] (Alexander Ovechkin, Mats Sundin)PP
30:56 2-3 Johan Franzén [7])SH
31:32 3-3 Mats Sundin [17] (Jason Williams, Alexander Ovechkin)
32:58 3-4 Raffi Torres [6] (Nicklas Lidström, John-Michael Liles)
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Penalty summary:
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02:03 Garnet Exelby (2 min for hooking)
05:47 Mats Sundin (2 min for tripping)
12:25 Boris Valabik (2 min for tripping)
15:39 Brett Sterling (2 min for slashing)
17:17 Niklas Kronwall (2 min for cross-checking)
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20:07 Andreas Lilja (2 min for tripping)
26:59 Raffi Torres (2 min for holding the stick)
29:27 Chris Drury (2 min for roughing)
35:18 Marty Reasoner (2 min for high-sticking)
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46:08 Garnet Exelby (2 min for elbowing)
52:57 Raffi Torres (2 min for tripping)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joe Motzko 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
R Junior Lessard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 5
R Chris Thorburn 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11.10 5
R Jason Williams 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 16.00 9
C Jim Slater 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 13.10 5
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 23.10 6
R Mats Sundin 2 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 18.20 8
L Angelo Esposito 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 4
L Brad Larsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
L Brett Sterling 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -2 20.20 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 7
D Aaron Rome 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 13.50 5
D Ken Klee 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 29.00 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24.50 7
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.40 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 2 4 0 1 4 0 17.50 8
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 26.50 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 26 0 0 59.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 8
R Ian Laperriere 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 13.10 8
R Tomas Holmström 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 21.00 7
C Darren Helm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Paul Stastny 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 8
C Chris Drury 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 21.00 7
L Jan Mursak 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Tomas Kopecky 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 5
L Raffi Torres 1 0 5 3 0 1 4 2 20.50 9
L Johan Franzén 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 9
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14.00 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 22.40 7
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 29.30 8
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 28.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mats Sundin
2nd star: Nicklas Lidström
3rd star: Ian Laperriere

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Alexander Ovechkin notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Raffi Torres ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 5( 33) , Kansas City Blades 3( 16)
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1-0 CHW Chad Painchaud (Sami Sandell)
2-0 CHW Dmitri Zyuzin (Jordan LaVallee)
3-0 CHW Sami Sandell (Tomás Pospisil)
4-0 CHW Joey Crabb (Erik Christensen)
4-1 KCB Ville Leino (Derek Meech, Cory Emmerton)
5-1 CHW Tony Romano
5-2 KCB Daniel Cleary (Evan McGrath)
5-3 KCB Cory Emmerton (Justin Abdelkader, Ville Leino)

Goalies: Ondrej Pavelec - Jimmy Howard

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Colorado Avalanche 7 , St. Louis Blues 4
Shots: 37 - 27
PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:69/79=87 %, Challenges:50/52=94 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:51/64=79 %, Challenges:30/38=76 %
Attendance: 16615 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 774259 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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03:11 1-0 Ladislav Nagy [10] (Valtteri Filppula)
09:55 2-0 Tyler Arnason [12] (Darcy Tucker, Brett Clark)
10:58 2-1 Paul Kariya [10] (Eric Brewer, Andy McDonald)
13:24 3-1 Steven Stamkos [1] (Jordan Leopold)
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23:21 3-2 Jay McKee [3] (Erik Johnson, Jay McClement)
31:06 4-2 Brian Willsie [4] (Zdeno Chara, Scott Hannan)
33:08 5-2 Wojtek Wolski [8] (Adam Foote, Joe Sakic)
37:57 5-3 Andy McDonald [7] (Eric Brewer, Steven Wagner)
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40:18 6-3 Valtteri Filppula [7] (Scott Hannan)
40:48 7-3 Scott Hannan [1] (Ladislav Nagy, Valtteri Filppula)
59:09 7-4 Andy McDonald [8] (Paul Kariya, Brad Boyes)
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Penalty summary:
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03:38 Brian Willsie (2 min for tripping)
05:52 Cam Janssen (2 min for tripping)
16:01 Brad Boyes (2 min for tripping)
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41:04 Keith Tkachuk (2 min for high-sticking)
44:41 Dan Hinote (5 min for fighting)
44:41 Darcy Tucker (5 min for fighting)
48:12 Adam Foote (2 min for roughing)
50:58 David Perron (2 min for slashing)
55:43 Zdeno Chara (2 min for hooking)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Jones 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8.20 7
R Marek Svatos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8.00 6
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
R Marian Hossa 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 21.00 7
C Steven Stamkos 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 8.20 7
C Valtteri Filppula 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 7.00 8
C Joe Sakic 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Tyler Arnason 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 20.50 7
L Brian Willsie 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 8.20 6
L Ladislav Nagy 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 14.20 8
L Wojtek Wolski 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 -1 21.00 9
L Darcy Tucker 0 1 2 1 0 0 5 0 21.00 8
D Jordan Leopold 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8.50 8
D Adam Foote 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 16.20 6
D Brett Clark 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 29.10 8
D Scott Hannan 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 8.40 8
D Brad Stuart 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 23.40 8
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 0 7 1 5 2 -1 28.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Andrew Raycroft 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 0 1 1 0 2 -1 11.20 4
R Matt Foy 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 14.00 5
R Dan Hinote 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 -2 13.30 5
R Brad Boyes 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 20.20 8
C Yan Stastny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.40 4
C Trent Whitfield 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 13.00 5
C Jay McClement 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -2 18.20 8
C Andy McDonald 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 8
L David Perron 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 6.40 4
L Lee Stempniak 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 13.00 5
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -2 16.40 5
L Paul Kariya 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 2 19.00 10
D Mike Weaver 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 19.50 4
D Erik Johnson 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 16.30 7
D Barret Jackman 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 23.10 7
D Steven Wagner 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -3 16.10 5
D Jay McKee 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 15.30 7
D Eric Brewer 0 2 5 1 1 1 0 2 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 7 0 30 0 0 60.00 4
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Valtteri Filppula
2nd star: Scott Hannan
3rd star: Andy McDonald

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Ladislav Nagy scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Darcy Tucker notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Steven Stamkos finally ended his 25 game goal drought.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Paul Kariya scored his 10th goal of the season.

Other notes:
-Dan Hinote fought Darcy Tucker in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 0( 15) , Worcester Icecats 2( 20)
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0-1 WOR David Fredriksson (Nick Drazenovic)
0-2 WOR D.J. King (Chris Porter, Patrik Berglund)

Goalies: Jason Bacashihua - Marek Schwarz

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Dallas Stars 5 , Chicago Blackhawks 3
Shots: 37 - 39
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:56/64=87 %, Challenges:42/46=89 %
PP: 0 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:43/46=91 %
Attendance: 14020 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 698196 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:07 1-0 Jere Lehtinen [10] (Stéphane Robidas, Brad Richards)
09:59 2-0 Philippe Boucher [4] (Brad Richards)PP
11:16 2-1 Jonathan Toews [9] (Nathan Horton, James Wisniewski)
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23:37 3-1 Steve Ott [9] (Garrett Stafford, Brad Richards)SH
27:42 3-2 Jonathan Toews [10] (Patrick Kane)
30:03 4-2 Stéphane Robidas [4] (Toby Petersen)
31:15 5-2 Brad Richards [10] (Brenden Morrow, Jere Lehtinen)
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42:34 5-3 Jonathan Toews [11] (Patrick Kane, Nathan Horton)
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Penalty summary:
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02:36 Sean Avery (2 min for elbowing)
07:31 Denis Gauthier (2 min for hooking)
08:53 Sean Avery (2 min for roughing)
08:53 Duncan Keith (2 min for roughing)
09:47 Brent Seabrook (2 min for elbowing)
11:22 Sean Avery (2 min for diving)
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22:35 Sean Avery (2 min for holding the stick)
26:41 Nathan Horton (2 min for roughing)
26:41 Sergei Zubov (2 min for roughing)
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44:14 Philippe Boucher (2 min for cross-checking)
48:17 Sergei Zubov (2 min for tripping)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Korostin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
R Joel Lundqvist 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 7
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
R Jere Lehtinen 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 22.10 8
C Toby Petersen 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
C Mike Modano 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.50 8
C Brad Richards 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 18.20 9
L Fabian Brunnström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
L Steve Ott 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 12.40 7
L Sean Avery 0 0 2 1 0 0 8 0 17.20 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 21.00 8
D Garrett Stafford 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 10.50 6
D Mark Fistric 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 21.00 7
D Stéphane Robidas 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 29.20 8
D Trevor Daley 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.50 7
D Philippe Boucher 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 -1 23.00 8
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 3 0 36 0 0 60.00 10
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kris Versteeg 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 6
R Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 16.10 7
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 7
R Nathan Horton 0 2 5 1 0 0 2 1 21.10 8
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 11.30 4
C Derek Armstrong 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 11.50 5
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
C Jonathan Toews 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 2 20.50 10
L Ville Peltonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 11.30 6
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 11.30 7
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 14.00 8
L Patrick Kane 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 2 20.40 8
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 12.40 4
D James Wisniewski 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 29.00 8
D Jan Hejda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 5
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 -1 17.20 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 32 0 0 60.00 6
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brad Richards
2nd star: Jonathan Toews
3rd star: Jere Lehtinen

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Jere Lehtinen scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Brad Richards scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Toby Petersen ended his 8 game point drought.
-Stéphane Robidas ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Philippe Boucher finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Jonathan Toews scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Nathan Horton had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 1( 20) , Norfolk Admirals 3( 14)
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0-1 NOR Jake Dowell (Tim Brent, Niklas Hjalmarsson)
1-1 UTH Lauri Tukonen (Niklas Grossman, Chris Conner)
1-2 NOR Jack Skille (Jake Dowell)
1-3 NOR Adam Berti (Adam Hobson)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Antti Niemi

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Anaheim Mighty Ducks 5 , New Jersey Devils 1
Shots: 30 - 45
PP: 2 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:60/72=83 %, Challenges:34/35=94 %
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:69/79=87 %, Challenges:48/50=94 %
Attendance: 17174 of 17174 (Arrowhead Pond)
Ticket income: 827787 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:59 1-0 Mike Cammalleri [12] (Jason Spezza)
15:27 2-0 Ryan Getzlaf [7] (Josh Green, Sean O'Donnell)PP
19:17 2-1 Brian Gionta [18] (Patrik Elias, Andy Greene)
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24:33 3-1 Glen Murray [10] (Mike Cammalleri)
30:34 4-1 Jason Spezza [13] (Chris Kunitz, Corey Perry)PP
31:33 5-1 Corey Perry [10] (Brad May, Samuel Påhlsson)
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Penalty summary:
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04:03 Rob Niedermayer (2 min for high-sticking)
13:47 David Clarkson (2 min for elbowing)
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28:48 Paul Martin (2 min for hooking)
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42:26 David Clarkson (2 min for elbowing)
44:33 Mike Cammalleri (2 min for roughing)
50:23 Mike Rupp (5 min for fighting)
50:23 Brad May (5 min for fighting)
55:49 Brad May (2 min for roughing)
58:04 Kent Huskins (2 min for tripping)
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Brad May 0 1 3 0 0 0 7 0 7.20 6
L Josh Green 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
R Glen Murray 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 7
R Corey Perry 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 19.10 9
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 14.00 8
C Eric Boguniecki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
C Jason Spezza 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 16.40 8
C Ryan Getzlaf 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 21.00 9
R Jason King 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 12.40 6
R Mike Cammalleri 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 14.50 8
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 18.30 7
D John de Gray 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 6
D Steve Montador 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 26.20 8
D Kent Huskins 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10.30 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 24.00 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 29.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1 0 44 0 0 60.00 10
G Jonas Hiller 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Clarkson 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 10.00 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 7
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 15.20 7
R Brian Gionta 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 8
C Bobby Holik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 14.30 7
C John Madden 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 7
C Patrik Elias 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 8
L Mike Rupp 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 9.20 5
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 7
L Zach Parisé 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -1 13.30 7
L Brian Rolston 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
D Colin White 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 16.00 5
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 24.50 7
D Mike Mottau 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 5
D Andy Greene 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 21.00 8
D Paul Martin 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 -1 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 5 0 12 0 0 31.40 4
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 13 0 0 28.10 9

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Corey Perry
2nd star: Jason Spezza
3rd star: Ryan Getzlaf

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Glen Murray scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Chris Kunitz notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Corey Perry scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Patrik Elias had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Mike Rupp beat Brad May in a fight.

Farm game result:
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 4( 19) , Albany River Rats 2( 26)
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1-0 CIN Drew Miller (George Parros, Ryan Donally)
2-0 CIN Bobby Ryan (Ryan Carter)
3-0 CIN Jason Bailey (Ondrej Fiala)
4-0 CIN George Parros (Petteri Wirtanen)
4-1 ALB Chris Culligan (Éric Castonguay)
4-2 ALB Brad Mills (Barry Tallackson)

Goalies: David LeNeveu - Jeff Frazee