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New Jersey Devils 4 , Tampa Bay Lightning 0
Shots: 30 - 33
PP: 2 of 8 (12 shots), Passing:74/85=87 %, Challenges:40/45=87 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:35/37=92 %
Attendance: 19040 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 965328 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:23 1-0 Zach Parisé [11] (Jamie Langenbrunner, Jarret Stoll)PP
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20:31 2-0 Dainius Zubrus [6] (Bobby Holik)
30:16 3-0 Andy Greene [3] (Brian Rolston, Brian Gionta)PP
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42:15 4-0 Brian Gionta [19] (Paul Martin)
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Penalty summary:
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05:14 Brian Rolston (2 min for tripping)
09:58 Gary Roberts (2 min for high-sticking)
16:02 Jeff Halpern (2 min for slashing)
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21:23 Steve Eminger (2 min for hooking)
25:48 Shane O'Brien (2 min for high-sticking)
28:43 Shane O'Brien (2 min for tripping)
31:47 David Clarkson (2 min for tripping)
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42:35 Alex Picard (2 min for roughing)
45:22 Andy Greene (2 min for boarding)
55:29 Shane O'Brien (5 min for fighting)
55:29 Mike Rupp (5 min for fighting)
56:59 Gary Roberts (2 min for roughing)
58:51 Andy Greene (2 min for roughing)
58:51 Andrej Meszaros (2 min for roughing)
59:24 Adam Hall (2 min for hooking)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Clarkson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.10 5
R Dainius Zubrus 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 10.10 8
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
R Brian Gionta 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 20.30 9
C Bobby Holik 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.30 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
C John Madden 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
C Patrik Elias 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 20.30 7
L Mike Rupp 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 8.20 6
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.30 7
L Zach Parisé 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 8
L Brian Rolston 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 20.30 8
D Colin White 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 29.10 7
D Mike Mottau 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.00 6
D Andy Greene 1 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 21.10 6
D Paul Martin 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 0 0 33 0 0 60.00 10
G Kevin Weekes 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 1 1 0 0 2 0 7.40 5
R Mark Recchi 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 9.10 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 6
C Ben Guite 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
C Chris Gratton 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 19.30 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 8
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 -1 20.40 6
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 12.40 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 13.00 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 11.40 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 7
D Alex Picard 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 11.50 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 3 0 1 9 0 17.30 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 -1 27.00 7
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 22.40 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 2 5 1 2 2 0 27.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Brodeur
2nd star: Brian Gionta
3rd star: Dainius Zubrus

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Patrik Elias had his 9 game point streak snapped.
-Andy Greene finally ended his 19 game goal drought.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:

Other notes:
-Shane O'Brien fought Mike Rupp in a fight.

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 3( 34) , Detroit Vipers 3( 10)
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0-1 DTV Michel Ouellet (Zenon Konopka, Janne Niskala)
1-1 ALB Nicklas Bergfors (Petr Vrana)
2-1 ALB Brad Mills (Barry Tallackson, Matt Corrente)
2-2 DTV Blair Jones (David Koci, Mike Lundin)
2-3 DTV Evgeny Artyukhin (Brandon Bochenski, Mike Lundin)
3-3 ALB Barry Tallackson (Fedor Fedorov, Brad Mills)

Goalies: Jeff Frazee - Karri Rämö

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Washington Capitals 5 , San Jose Sharks 2
Shots: 35 - 32
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:54/62=87 %, Challenges:42/44=93 %
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:67/74=90 %, Challenges:45/49=90 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 949494 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:53 1-0 Slava Kozlov [14] (Brendan Morrison)
10:22 2-0 Slava Kozlov [15] (Brendan Morrison, Vincent Lecavalier)
13:09 2-1 Ryane Clowe [7] (Jeremy Roenick, Christian Ehrhoff)
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25:58 3-1 Vincent Lecavalier [17] (Ladislav Smid, Mike Green)
31:24 4-1 Ilya Kovalchuk [19] (Vincent Lecavalier, Mike Green)
31:49 4-2 Anson Carter [10] (Fredrik Modin, Marcel Goc)
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41:42 5-2 Vincent Lecavalier [18] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Ladislav Smid)
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Penalty summary:
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00:31 Ladislav Smid (2 min for hooking)
16:05 Brendan Morrison (2 min for holding the stick)
18:13 Anton Gustafsson (2 min for slashing)
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33:31 Kyle McLaren (2 min for roughing)
33:31 Brian Lee (2 min for roughing)
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55:08 Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Anton Gustafsson 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 10.00 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 16.30 8
R Chris Clark 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 17.40 6
R Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 20.10 9
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 7.50 5
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.10 5
C Brendan Morrison 0 2 3 3 0 0 2 2 17.30 9
C Vincent Lecavalier 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 9
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 7.50 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Slava Kozlov 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 17.30 9
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 18.10 9
D Ric Jackman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 6
D Brian Lee 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 19.40 7
D Mike Green 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 26.50 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 21.00 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 24.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 2 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryane Clowe 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 9.20 6
R Mike Grier 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 11.00 6
R Anson Carter 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.10 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -3 19.30 7
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.20 7
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 11.00 6
C Marcel Goc 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 20.50 6
L Jeremy Roenick 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 9.20 5
L Milan Michalek 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 11.00 7
L Fredrik Modin 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -2 19.50 8
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -1 12.00 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 -2 20.20 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 27.50 7
D Doug Murray 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 11.30 6
D Rob Blake 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 20.30 5
D Dan Boyle 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 5 0 30 0 0 60.00 6
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vincent Lecavalier
2nd star: Slava Kozlov
3rd star: Brendan Morrison

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Slava Kozlov scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Ladislav Smid notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Anson Carter scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jiri Novotny had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Joe Thornton had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Doug Murray had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 26) , Cleveland Barons 1( 13)
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0-1 CLE Mike Moore (Frazer McLaren, David MacDonald)
1-1 POR Keith Aucoin (Oskar Osala)
2-1 POR Alexandre Giroux (Oskar Osala)

Goalies: Daren Machesney - Thomas Greiss

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St. Louis Blues 3 , Edmonton Oilers 1
Shots: 38 - 29
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:60/70=85 %, Challenges:40/45=87 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:54/65=83 %, Challenges:47/50=92 %
Attendance: 18089 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 839329 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:41 0-1 Lubomir Visnovsky [5] (Sheldon Souray, Shawn Horcoff)
18:57 1-1 Mike Weaver [2] (Lee Stempniak, Cam Janssen)
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25:07 2-1 Andy McDonald [10] (Yan Stastny, David Perron)
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55:45 3-1 Jay McClement [9] (Keith Tkachuk, Steven Wagner)PP
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Penalty summary:
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12:56 Matt Foy (2 min for tripping)
12:56 Matt Foy (10 min misconduct)
17:32 Keith Tkachuk (2 min for roughing)
17:32 Erik Cole (2 min for roughing)
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28:35 Cam Janssen (2 min for holding the stick)
35:23 Steve Staios (2 min for slashing)
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40:22 Zack Stortini (2 min for slashing)
48:57 Ethan Moreau (2 min for hooking)
54:06 Ethan Moreau (2 min for elbowing)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cam Janssen 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 10.10 6
R Matt Foy 0 0 2 0 1 0 12 0 13.20 6
R Dan Hinote 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
R Brad Boyes 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
C Yan Stastny 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
C Trent Whitfield 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 12.50 5
C Jay McClement 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
C Andy McDonald 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 20.00 8
L David Perron 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Lee Stempniak 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.50 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 19.20 8
L Paul Kariya 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
D Mike Weaver 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.20 8
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 24.00 7
D Steven Wagner 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 15.40 8
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 1 0 28 0 0 60.00 10
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Zack Stortini 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 6.10 7
R Sam Gagner 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 20.20 8
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 16.40 8
C Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
C Andrew Cogliano 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 17.00 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
L Dustin Penner 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 16.40 9
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 -2 17.20 7
L Erik Cole 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 18.40 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 5
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 22.00 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 24.50 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Steve Staios 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 -2 20.10 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 21.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 3 0 35 0 0 60.00 9
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Manny Legace
2nd star: Jay McClement
3rd star: Andy McDonald

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Andy McDonald scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Cam Janssen ended his 6 game point drought.
-Brad Boyes had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Yan Stastny finally ended his 16 game point drought.
-Mike Weaver ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Lubomir Visnovsky finally ended his 17 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 6( 30) , Hamilton Bulldogs 1( 12)
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1-0 WOR Charles Linglet (Julian Talbot)
2-0 WOR Julian Talbot (Ryan Reaves)
3-0 WOR T.J. Oshie (David Backes)
4-0 WOR David Backes (Jeff Woywitka, T.J. Oshie)
5-0 WOR David Backes (Jeff Woywitka)
5-1 HAM Vyacheslav Trukhno (Robbie Schremp)
6-1 WOR David Backes (T.J. Oshie)

Goalies: Marek Schwarz - Jeff Deslauriers

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Montreal Canadiens 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 26 - 31
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:60/69=86 %, Challenges:39/43=88 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:73/86=84 %, Challenges:42/43=95 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 1059396 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:29 1-0 Georges Laraque [5] (Steve Bégin, Jozef Stumpel)
12:02 2-0 Alex Tanguay [16] (Roman Hamrlik, Andrei Markov)
17:11 2-1 Derick Brassard [2] (Jakub Voracek, Rostislav Klesla)
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21:28 3-1 Georges Laraque [6] (Sergei Kostitsyn, Alexander Perezhogin)
30:33 4-1 Michael Nylander [9] (Alex Kovalev, Andrei Markov)
33:26 5-1 Alexander Perezhogin [12] (Nils Ekman, Teppo Numminen)
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Penalty summary:
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18:59 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for elbowing)
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27:08 Alex Kovalev (2 min for roughing)
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51:24 Alex Tanguay (2 min for high-sticking)
53:33 Stefan Ruzicka (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 12.50 9
L Nils Ekman 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 9.00 6
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 18.20 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 20.30 8
C Steve Bégin 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 11.00 6
C Jozef Stumpel 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 11.20 7
C Robert Lang 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
L Michael Nylander 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8.30 6
R Alexander Perezhogin 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 15.00 9
L Chris Higgins 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 6
L Alexander Semin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 21.20 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 27.40 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 12.10 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 16.10 7
D Andrei Markov 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 2 27.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
L Nikita Filatov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 9.50 5
R Jakub Voracek 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 16.20 7
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 -3 19.50 6
C Manny Malhotra 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 11.30 7
C Derick Brassard 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 20.30 8
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 11.40 7
R Alexandre Picard 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 9.50 5
L Devin Setoguchi 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 18.50 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -3 20.50 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 11.20 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 19.50 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 24.20 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 15.30 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 24.20 8
D Cam Barker 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 5 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Georges Laraque
2nd star: Alexander Perezhogin
3rd star: Andrei Markov

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Alexander Perezhogin has marked a new career high in points with 20 points.
-Alex Kovalev notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Joffrey Lupul had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Pavel Datsyuk had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Rick Nash had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 1( 7) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 13)
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1-0 QUE Mathieu Aubin (Yanick Lehoux)

Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Daniel LaCosta