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Minnesota Wild 3 , Dallas Stars 1
Shots: 42 - 14
PP: 1 of 12 (18 shots), Passing:87/100=87 %, Challenges:45/48=91 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:47/67=70 %, Challenges:26/34=74 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 853740 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:58 1-0 Owen Nolan [8] (Mikko Koivu, Marian Gaborik)
15:12 2-0 Éric Bélanger [4] (Owen Nolan, Stéphane Veilleux)PP
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29:58 3-0 Marian Gaborik [8] (Brent Burns, Kim Johnsson)
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58:18 3-1 Jere Lehtinen [10] (Brenden Morrow, Steve Ott)
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Penalty summary:
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00:39 Brenden Morrow (2 min for hooking)
05:47 Sean Avery (2 min for hooking)
12:04 Sean Avery (2 min for holding the stick)
13:35 Steve Ott (2 min for hooking)
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21:41 Vojtech Polak (2 min for high-sticking)
23:05 Jere Lehtinen (2 min for slashing)
24:18 Brenden Morrow (2 min for cross-checking)
31:35 Sean Avery (2 min for tripping)
36:15 Brenden Morrow (2 min for roughing)
38:46 Trevor Daley (2 min for hooking)
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42:45 Sean Avery (5 min for high-sticking)
47:43 Stéphane Robidas (2 min for hooking)
58:52 Owen Nolan (2 min for cross-checking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Kassian 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 21.40 6
R Owen Nolan 1 1 4 5 0 2 2 1 17.50 10
R Mikko Koivu 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 12.40 7
C Stéphane Veilleux 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 7
C Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 20.20 8
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.30 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Éric Bélanger 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 7
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.10 7
L Marian Gaborik 1 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 20.00 9
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
D Brent Burns 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 16.40 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 22.50 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 29.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 1 0 13 0 0 60.00 8
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joel Lundqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 4
R Vojtech Polak 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.50 6
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.30 7
R Jere Lehtinen 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 20.40 7
C Konstantin Pushkarev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 5
C Mike Modano 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 6
C Brad Richards 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 7
L Steve Ott 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 0 17.00 9
L Fabian Brunnström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 1 1 1 11 0 23.30 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 1 2 5 1 2 6 -1 20.40 8
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 26.40 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 29.10 7
D Mark Fistric 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
D Trevor Daley 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 25.00 5
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 3 0 39 0 0 60.00 10
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Owen Nolan
2nd star: Marian Gaborik
3rd star: Éric Bélanger

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mikko Koivu notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Owen Nolan finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Jere Lehtinen scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Sean Avery had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Brenden Morrow had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 7( 29) , Utah Grizzlies 1( 13)
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1-0 HOU Chris Hickey (Ryan Hamilton)
1-1 UTH Landon Wilson (Chris Conner)
2-1 HOU Derek Boogaard (Julien Sprunger, John Scott)
3-1 HOU Danny Irmen (Joey Tenute)
4-1 HOU Chris Hickey (Roman Voloshenko)
5-1 HOU Ryan Hamilton
6-1 HOU Mike Sullivan (Ryan Hamilton)
7-1 HOU Martin Tuma

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Mike Morrison

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Los Angeles Kings 5 , Washington Capitals 3
Shots: 23 - 31
LA PP: 2 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:64/71=90 %, Challenges:28/38=71 %
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:73/83=87 %, Challenges:45/52=84 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 828800 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:14 1-0 LA Dustin Brown [13] (Michal Handzus)
16:56 2-0 LA Dustin Brown [14])
17:23 2-1 Matt Bradley [3] (Ville Peltonen, Boyd Gordon)
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29:42 2-2 Chris Bourque [1] (Brian Pothier, Josh Godfrey)
31:54 2-3 Alexander Ovechkin [16])
34:53 3-3 LA Dustin Brown [15] (Patrick O'Sullivan, Peter Harrold)PP
36:33 4-3 LA Jarret Stoll [11] (Patrick O'Sullivan, Jack Johnson)PP
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52:56 5-3 LA Matt Greene [4] (Tom Preissing, Anze Kopitar)
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Penalty summary:
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14:21 LA Matt Moulson (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:07 LA Dustin Brown (2 min for holding the stick)
25:05 LA Andrei Zyuzin (2 min for hooking)
33:36 Matt Bradley (2 min for holding the stick)
35:08 Josh Godfrey (2 min for hooking)
38:38 Chris Bourque (2 min for hooking)
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44:33 Matt Bradley (5 min for fighting)
44:33 LA Denis Gauthier (5 min for fighting)
56:38 Donald Brashear (2 min for holding the stick)
59:12 LA Michal Handzus (2 min for boarding)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Matt Moulson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 6.40 6
C Derek Armstrong 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 12.50 7
R Ed Purcell 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 17.00 7
L Kyle Calder 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 19.40 8
C Brian Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 7.10 5
C Michal Handzus 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 15.30 7
C Jarret Stoll 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 14.10 8
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 19.30 8
L Brad Richardson 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 6.40 6
L Dustin Brown 3 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 16.40 10
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 19.20 6
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 18.00 7
D Peter Harrold 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Jack Johnson 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 18.00 6
D Tom Preissing 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 24.50 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 1 17.10 6
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2 20.00 6
D Matt Greene 1 0 1 5 1 4 0 1 23.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Erik Ersberg 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Bourque 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 6.00 6
R Matt Bradley 1 0 5 2 1 2 7 1 14.50 9
R Chris Clark 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 5
C Marcel Hossa 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 7
C Boyd Gordon 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 13.20 7
C Michael Nylander 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 18.50 7
L Donald Brashear 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 8.50 7
L Ville Peltonen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 7
L Alexander Semin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 17.40 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 4 7 0 7 0 0 21.30 10
D Josh Godfrey 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 12.40 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.00 5
D Brian Pothier 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 26.30 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.50 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 21.40 8
D Mike Green 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 4 0 11 0 0 36.30 4
G José Theodore 1 0 7 0 0 23.10 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dustin Brown
2nd star: Matt Greene
3rd star: Matt Bradley

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Michal Handzus notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Dustin Brown scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Alexander Frolov had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Peter Harrold ended his 7 game point drought.
-Matt Greene ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Matt Greene ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Boyd Gordon ended his 9 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Matt Bradley fought Denis Gauthier in a fight.

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 1( 27) , Portland Pirates 3( 14)
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0-1 POR Tomas Fleischmann (Sasha Pokulok, Joe Finley)
1-1 MNC Jarmo Jokila (Drew Bagnall)
1-2 POR Maxime Lacroix (Sasha Pokulok)
1-3 POR Eric Fehr (Mikhail Yunkov)

Goalies: Jason LaBarbera - Michal Neuvirth