8 février

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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 31 - 26
PP: 1 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:40/54=72 %
PP: 1 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:65/84=77 %, Challenges:24/37=63 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:53 1-0 Jaroslav Spacek [7] (Paul Gaustad, Adam Mair)
17:21 1-1 Christian Ehrhoff [3] (Mark Eaton)PP
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37:07 2-1 Thomas Vanek [17] (Tim Connolly, Toni Lydman)
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45:29 3-1 Marian Hossa [20] (Scott Gomez, Daniel Brière)PP
49:07 3-2 Taylor Pyatt [13] (Matthew Lombardi, Josef Melichar)
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Penalty summary:
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00:02 Mark Recchi (2 min for hooking)
14:58 Jaroslav Spacek (5 min for attempt to injury)
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38:29 Sergei Fedorov (2 min for elbowing)
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43:57 Ronald Petrovicky (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.30 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.00 6
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
R Marian Hossa 1 0 5 3 1 3 0 0 19.10 9
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 11.50 8
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.50 6
C Tim Connolly 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 8
C Daniel Brière 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Adam Mair 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.30 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 14.40 6
L Scott Gomez 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 19.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 2 0 2 0 5 1 22.40 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 24.20 8
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 6
D Toni Lydman 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 3 3 1 3 0 1 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Mogilny 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10.10 6
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 11.00 5
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 18.30 6
R Mark Recchi 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 19.50 5
C Mike Richards 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
C Artem Chubarov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 9.50 5
C Matthew Lombardi 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 0 20.00 5
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 4
L Niklas Nordgren 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 9.50 4
L Taylor Pyatt 1 0 3 6 3 5 0 1 20.50 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
D Daniel Fernholm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 11.40 4
D Josef Melichar 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 20.50 6
D Mark Eaton 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 27.30 7
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 10.40 5
D Christian Ehrhoff 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 20.10 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 28 0 0 58.30 8
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Hossa
2nd star: Thomas Vanek
3rd star: Jaroslav Spacek

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Marian Hossa scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Mark Recchi had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 8( 41) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 6)
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1-0 ROC Michael Ryan (Ruslan Bernikov)
2-0 ROC Bryan Rodney (Marek Zagrapan, Grant Marshall)
3-0 ROC Dylan Hunter (Grant Marshall, Marek Zagrapan)
4-0 ROC Grant Marshall (Bryan Rodney)
5-0 ROC Michael Ryan (Janne Jokila, Ruslan Bernikov)
6-0 ROC Yannic Seidenberg (Louis-Philippe Martin, Mathieu Melanson)
7-0 ROC Dylan Hunter (Marek Zagrapan)
8-0 ROC Dylan Hunter (Grant Marshall, Mike Funk)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Nolan Schaefer

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Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 26 - 28
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:27/35=75 %
PP: 1 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:68/79=86 %, Challenges:31/47=64 %
Attendance: 9667 of 17174 (Arrowhead Pond)
Ticket income: 458216 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:37 0-1 Steve Eminger [4] (Matt Bradley, Alexandre Giroux)
10:32 0-2 Alexandre Giroux [5] (Daniel Sedin, Chris Clark)PP
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32:47 1-2 John Madden [20] (Scott Niedermayer, Todd Marchant)SH
35:19 2-2 John Madden [21] (Jay Pandolfo, Scott Niedermayer)
37:18 3-2 Erik Rasmussen [7] (Mike Grier, Scott Hannan)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:11 Travis Moen (5 min for fighting)
04:11 Mike Commodore (5 min for fighting)
09:36 Pat Rissmiller (2 min for tripping)
19:21 Bryan Muir (2 min for roughing)
19:21 Travis Moen (2 min for roughing)
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32:17 Shawn Thornton (2 min for high-sticking)
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52:14 Sean O'Donnell (2 min for hooking)
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.50 6
R Trevor Linden 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.00 4
R Mike Grier 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 16.20 6
R Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 1 18.20 7
C Mark Smith 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 7
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 16.00 5
C Todd Marchant 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 18.50 6
C John Madden 2 0 4 2 0 1 0 2 20.20 9
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 11.00 6
L Travis Moen 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 10.10 5
L Erik Rasmussen 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 16.00 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
D Joe DiPenta 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 12.30 6
D Ric Jackman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17.20 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 6 1 6 0 1 28.10 10
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -1 13.10 7
D Scott Hannan 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 2 21.20 9
D Scott Niedermayer 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 2 0 26 0 0 60.00 9
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 11.50 8
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 12.00 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 15.50 5
R Chris Clark 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 -2 20.20 6
C Alexandre Giroux 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.00 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 12.50 5
C Kris Beech 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 20.00 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 1 11.50 6
L Rico Fata 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.00 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 15.40 5
L Daniel Sedin 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 18.50 7
D Bryan Muir 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 15.00 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 6
D Ben Clymer 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -2 29.10 6
D Mike Green 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 16.20 7
D Mike Commodore 0 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 15.50 7
D Steve Eminger 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 29.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 3 0 23 0 0 58.30 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: John Madden
2nd star: Scott Niedermayer
3rd star: Erik Rasmussen

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-John Madden scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Todd Marchant notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jay Pandolfo has marked a new career high in points with 28 points.
-Mike Grier finally ended his 16 game point drought.
-Erik Rasmussen ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Erik Rasmussen ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Chris Clark notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:
-Travis Moen fought Mike Commodore in a fight.

Farm game result:
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 3( 19) , Portland Pirates 2( 22)
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0-1 POR Stephen Werner (Jamie Hunt)
1-1 CIN Joe Motzko (Shane Hynes, Mark Hartigan)
2-1 CIN Scott Sheppard (Maxim Kondratiev, Tim Brent)
2-2 POR Jonas Johansson (Jakub Klepis)
3-2 CIN Scott Sheppard (Björn Melin, Rob Davison)

Goalies: Sébastien Caron - Frédéric Cassivi

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Chicago Blackhawks 4 , Tampa Bay Lightning 2
Shots: 21 - 38
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:48/55=87 %, Challenges:31/46=66 %
PP: 0 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:86/97=88 %, Challenges:40/43=90 %
Attendance: 10442 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 482420 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:45 0-1 Vaclav Prospal [18] (Brad Richards, Cory Sarich)
13:01 1-1 Patrick Sharp [17])
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20:47 2-1 Rostislav Klesla [7] (Bryan Berard, Éric Bélanger)
21:27 3-1 Viktor Kozlov [12] (Josef Vasicek, Éric Bélanger)PP
33:25 3-2 Ryan Craig [12] (Andrew Ladd, Vaclav Prospal)
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59:36 4-2 Jan Bulis [5] (Éric Bélanger, Reed Low) EN
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Penalty summary:
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01:45 Reed Low (2 min for hooking)
05:47 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for boarding)
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21:09 Jason Ward (2 min for holding the stick)
35:29 Patrick Sharp (2 min for elbowing)
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46:08 Éric Bélanger (2 min for hooking)
51:44 Reed Low (5 min for boarding)
57:12 Trevor Letowski (2 min for boarding)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 15.40 5
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 10.10 5
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.30 8
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 16.30 7
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 17.30 7
C Patrick Sharp 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 10.10 7
L Reed Low 0 1 0 2 2 0 7 -1 17.00 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 16.20 8
C Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 4
L Shawn Bates 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10.10 6
L Jan Bulis 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11.30 8
L Josef Vasicek 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 16.50 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Bryan Berard 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 22.30 8
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 28.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Patrick Lalime 2 0 36 0 0 60.00 10
G Mike Dunham 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rob DiMaio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.50 4
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 1 10.50 7
R Jason Ward 0 0 6 3 0 1 2 -1 21.30 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 6
C Daniel Corso 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 6.50 6
C Ryan Craig 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 17.00 7
C Tim Taylor 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.00 5
C Brad Richards 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 20.50 8
L Karl Stewart 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 6.50 6
L Andrew Ladd 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 10.30 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.50 6
L Vaclav Prospal 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 21.50 8
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 17.40 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.40 5
D Cory Sarich 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 21.40 7
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 12.20 5
D Doug Janik 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 -3 21.50 4
D Dan Boyle 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 1 25.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 4 0 17 0 0 58.20 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Éric Bélanger
2nd star: Viktor Kozlov
3rd star: Patrick Sharp

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Éric Bélanger notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Éric Bélanger has marked a new career high in assists with 21 assists.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Cory Sarich has marked a new career high in assists with 17 assists.
-Brad Richards scored the 400th point of his career.
-Ryan Craig ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Vaclav Prospal ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Cory Sarich ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 11) , Detroit Vipers 2( 18)
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1-0 NOR Michael Holmqvist (Martin St. Pierre)
1-1 DTV Éric Perrin (Jan Hrdina)
1-2 DTV Jan Hrdina (Éric Perrin)
2-2 NOR Bruno St. Jacques (Danny Richmond)

Goalies: Corey Crawford - Morgan Cey

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Detroit Red Wings 3 , Toronto Maple Leafs 3
Shots: 19 - 47
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:69/80=86 %, Challenges:29/45=63 %
PP: 1 of 5 (14 shots), Passing:71/81=87 %, Challenges:60/68=86 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 879252 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:26 0-1 Bryan McCabe [7])
18:25 0-2 Wade Belak [1] (Kyle Wellwood, Tomas Kaberle)
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27:22 1-2 Todd Bertuzzi [15] (Nicklas Lidström)
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43:35 1-3 Alexei Ponikarovsky [18] (Mats Sundin, Jeff O'Neill)PP
44:21 2-3 Kirk Maltby [5] (Josh Langfeld, Niklas Kronwall)
58:12 3-3 Nicklas Lidström [7] (Henrik Zetterberg, Jarret Stoll) WG
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Penalty summary:
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02:03 Bates Battaglia (2 min for holding the stick)
16:22 Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
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22:41 Kris Draper (2 min for high-sticking)
27:41 Todd Bertuzzi (5 min for fighting)
27:41 Wade Belak (5 min for fighting)
31:59 Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
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42:06 Chris Chelios (2 min for cross-checking)
45:14 Jeff O'Neill (2 min for slashing)
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62:58 Jiri Hudler (2 min for boarding)

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Josh Langfeld 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.30 5
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14.40 5
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 7
R Todd Bertuzzi 1 0 4 1 1 1 5 2 21.10 6
C Kris Draper 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 9.30 6
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 19.40 6
L Kirk Maltby 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15.20 6
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 14.20 6
L Kyle Calder 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 -1 17.50 6
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 2 17.20 7
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 16.50 4
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2 22.00 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 21.40 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 19.00 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
D Nicklas Lidström 1 1 2 7 0 1 0 2 30.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dominik Hasek 3 0 44 0 0 65.00 10
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Boyd Devereaux 0 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 15.50 7
C Kyle Wellwood 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 7
R Bates Battaglia 0 0 5 1 2 0 2 1 16.10 8
R Jeff O'Neill 0 1 5 2 0 1 2 -2 20.40 9
C Nik Antropov 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 10.50 7
C Yanic Perreault 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
C Michael Peca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18.40 6
C Mats Sundin 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 22.10 7
L Chad Kilger 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 14.30 8
L Matt Stajan 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.50 7
R Wade Belak 1 0 4 3 1 1 5 1 18.50 8
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 9 4 0 4 0 -1 21.20 9
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
D Bryan McCabe 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 24.30 9
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -3 28.20 6
D Ian White 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 1 5 1 5 0 1 25.00 8
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -2 29.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 3 0 16 0 0 65.00 5
G Jean-Sébastien Aubin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nicklas Lidström
2nd star: Alexei Ponikarovsky
3rd star: Dominik Hasek

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Todd Bertuzzi scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Kirk Maltby finally ended his 21 game goal drought.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Bryan McCabe finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Todd Bertuzzi fought Wade Belak in a fight.

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 1( 26) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 0( 14)
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1-0 KCB Tomas Kopecky (Tomas Surovy)

Goalies: Jimmy Howard - Jean-François Racine

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Minnesota Wild 4 , San Jose Sharks 1
Shots: 30 - 22
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:80/97=82 %, Challenges:31/44=68 %
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:53/58=91 %, Challenges:18/47=37 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 877920 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:18 1-0 Mattias Weinhandl [12] (Mikko Koivu)
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29:33 1-1 Joe Thornton [21] (Sergei Samsonov, Andy McDonald)PP
38:13 2-1 Todd White [7] (Scott Mellanby, Scott Walker)
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46:22 3-1 Pavol Demitra [24] (Bryan Smolinski, Greg de Vries)
48:32 4-1 Scott Mellanby [6] (Stéphane Veilleux, Todd White)
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Penalty summary:
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03:43 Ryane Clowe (5 min for fighting)
03:43 Kurtis Foster (5 min for fighting)
17:26 Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for slashing)
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28:47 Scott Mellanby (2 min for elbowing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 8.50 8
R Scott Mellanby 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 14.20 8
R Scott Walker 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 15.40 7
R Mark Parrish 0 0 4 2 3 2 0 1 18.20 7
C Wes Walz 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
C Todd White 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 13.20 8
C Brian Rolston 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 16.30 7
C Pavol Demitra 1 0 3 3 1 4 0 1 18.20 9
L Mattias Weinhandl 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 8.50 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 15.30 8
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 17.20 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 18.20 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 3 0 3 5 2 15.20 8
D Petteri Nummelin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 18.40 5
D Greg de Vries 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 25.00 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 14.10 7
D Brent Sopel 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 20.00 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Mark Bell 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6.40 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 -1 13.40 5
L Sergei Samsonov 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -1 17.50 6
R Milan Michalek 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -2 19.20 7
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
L Matt Cooke 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 13.40 6
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 19.30 6
C Joe Thornton 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 -2 20.20 6
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 0 5 2 4 5 0 5.10 7
R Mike Knuble 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
R Andy McDonald 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 20.30 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -3 19.50 5
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 16.10 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 18.30 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 25.20 6
D Doug Murray 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 14.40 6
D François Beauchemin 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 22.20 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 -2 23.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Ilya Bryzgalov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Mellanby
2nd star: Todd White
3rd star: Pavol Demitra

Notes for Minnesota Wild:

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Matt Carle had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Ryane Clowe beat Kurtis Foster in a fight.

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 21) , Cleveland Barons 0( 9)
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1-0 HOU Wyatt Smith (Benoit Pouliot)
2-0 HOU Derek Boogaard (Joey Tetarenko)

Goalies: Josh Harding - Thomas Greiss

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Nashville Predators 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 39 - 27
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:54/63=85 %, Challenges:34/47=70 %
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:56/67=83 %, Challenges:44/55=78 %
Attendance: 13959 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 632343 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:29 1-0 Marek Zidlicky [4] (Vitaly Vishnevski, Doug Weight)
08:08 2-0 Steve Sullivan [18] (Paul Kariya, Doug Weight)PP
18:59 3-0 Ryan Suter [6] (Jason Arnott, Steve Sullivan)
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20:54 3-1 Rick Nash [14] (Peter Bondra, Aaron Johnson)
28:49 3-2 Alexei Yashin [17] (Peter Bondra, Rick Nash)
35:35 3-3 Aaron Johnson [4] (Nikolai Zherdev, Peter Bondra)
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41:08 3-4 Peter Bondra [16] (Alexei Yashin)
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Penalty summary:
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00:42 Ryan Suter (2 min for hooking)
03:55 Duvie Westcott (5 min for fighting)
03:55 Jordin Tootoo (5 min for fighting)
07:47 Dmitri Kosmachev (2 min for high-sticking)
09:25 Bryce Cockburn (2 min for hooking)
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22:16 Barret Jackman (2 min for roughing)
22:16 Fredrik Modin (2 min for roughing)
24:17 Jason Arnott (2 min for holding the stick)
37:53 Alexander Radulov (2 min for holding the stick)
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51:19 Jason Arnott (5 min for fighting)
51:19 Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 -1 13.10 5
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 15.00 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
R Steve Sullivan 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 8
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 4
C David Legwand 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 -1 15.10 8
C Doug Weight 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 6
C Jason Arnott 0 1 1 4 1 2 7 0 19.40 8
L Ramzi Abid 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 7.10 5
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 19.00 7
L Martin Erat 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.10 6
L Paul Kariya 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 7
D Barret Jackman 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 -1 20.10 6
D Marek Zidlicky 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.20 8
D Ryan Suter 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 25.30 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 16.00 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 4 4 2 4 0 0 14.40 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 29.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 4 0 23 0 0 58.30 5
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryce Cockburn 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 -1 8.20 4
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 13.30 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 18.10 8
R Peter Bondra 1 3 5 1 0 0 0 3 19.40 10
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 6
C Denis Arkhipov 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 13.30 7
C Michal Handzus 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
C Alexei Yashin 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 17.50 9
L Jaroslav Balastik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 8.20 6
L Rene Bourque 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.30 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 18.40 7
L Rick Nash 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 19.30 9
D Dmitri Kosmachev 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12.20 4
D Aaron Johnson 1 1 2 5 1 2 0 1 23.40 9
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 1 26.20 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 14.10 6
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 5
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 23.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brian Boucher 3 0 36 0 0 60.00 10
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Peter Bondra
2nd star: Alexei Yashin
3rd star: Rick Nash

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Paul Kariya notched his 30th assist of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash has marked a new career high in assists with 24 assists.
-Rick Nash ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Jordin Tootoo beat Duvie Westcott in a fight.
-Jason Arnott beat Ole-Kristian Tollefsen in a fight.

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 2( 25) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 7)
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0-1 SYR Sergei Mozyakin (Curtis Glencross, Geoff Platt)
0-2 SYR Adam Pineault (Derick Brassard)
1-2 MIL Serge Aubin (Marian Cisar, Kim Staal)
2-2 MIL Brandon Segal (Kirill Safronov, Cal O'Reilly)
2-3 SYR Andrew Murray (Joakim Lindström, Derrick Walser)

Goalies: Mike McKenna - Fredrik Norrena