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Carolina Hurricanes 7 , Washington Capitals 4
Shots: 34 - 23
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:72/82=87 %, Challenges:49/54=89 %
PP: 2 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:61/78=78 %, Challenges:35/40=85 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:27 1-0 Sergei Samsonov [1] (Bret Hedican, Joni Pitkänen)
17:55 2-0 Glen Wesley [2] (Rod Brind'Amour, Bret Hedican)
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27:19 2-1 Tomas Fleischmann [1] (Boyd Gordon)
29:54 3-1 Ryan Bayda [2] (Matt Cullen, Joe Corvo)
33:19 3-2 Michael Nylander [4] (Viktor Kozlov, Alexander Ovechkin)
36:19 4-2 Eric Staal [2] (Frantisek Kaberle, Glen Wesley)
36:37 5-2 Tuomo Ruutu [2] (Ray Whitney, Eric Staal)
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41:06 5-3 Nicklas Bäckström [1] (Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin)PP
44:55 5-4 Alexander Ovechkin [2] (Alexander Semin, Nicklas Bäckström)PP
47:26 6-4 Ray Whitney [3] (Justin Williams, Eric Staal)PP
51:07 7-4 Rod Brind'Amour [2] (Sergei Samsonov, Justin Williams)
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Penalty summary:
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22:22 Boris Valabik (2 min for hooking)
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40:11 Patrick Eaves (2 min for high-sticking)
43:55 Frantisek Kaberle (2 min for high-sticking)
45:56 Andrew Gordon (2 min for hooking)
55:14 Alexander Semin (2 min for slashing)
56:55 Sergei Fedorov (2 min for elbowing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Walker 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 12.20 7
R Justin Williams 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 3 17.30 8
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 8
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
C Matt Cullen 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 12.50 8
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 2 19.10 8
C Eric Staal 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 18.20 9
L Ernie Hartlieb 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
L Ryan Bayda 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 12.50 8
L Sergei Samsonov 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 17.20 9
L Ray Whitney 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 8
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 16.10 7
D Glen Wesley 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 19.10 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 21.10 7
D Joe Corvo 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
D Bret Hedican 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 18.50 8
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 24.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrew Gordon 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -2 6.20 6
R Boyd Gordon 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 16.10 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.50 7
R Alexander Ovechkin 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 -1 21.00 8
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 6.20 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 8
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 14.50 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 -2 18.00 7
L Rico Fata 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 6.20 6
L Chris Clark 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.10 6
L Michael Nylander 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 8
L Alexander Semin 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 -2 18.00 6
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14.20 6
D Colin White 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.50 6
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 -4 27.50 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 19.00 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 13.40 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 -4 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 14 0 0 36.30 4
G Brent Johnson 2 0 13 0 0 23.10 6

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Staal
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Rod Brind'Amour

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Rod Brind'Amour notched the 600th assist of his career.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Tom Poti had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 7) , Portland Pirates 1( 17)
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1-0 LOW Trevor Letowski (David Gove)
2-0 LOW Dennis Seidenberg (Mike Angelidis, David Gove)
2-1 POR Petr Taticek (Milan Jurcina)

Goalies: Michael Leighton - Frédéric Cassivi

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Atlanta Thrashers 2 , Montreal Canadiens 4
Shots: 26 - 27
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:63/80=78 %, Challenges:25/36=67 %
PP: 1 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:75/90=83 %, Challenges:34/44=75 %
Attendance: 6015 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 163006 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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06:04 0-1 Alex Tanguay [3] (Patrick Marleau, Roman Hamrlik)PP
13:25 1-1 Colby Armstrong [2] (Todd White, Peter Mueller)
18:08 1-2 Steve Bégin [1] (Saku Koivu, Alex Kovalev)
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22:45 1-3 Alex Kovalev [2] (Patrick Marleau, Alex Tanguay)
32:15 1-4 Guillaume Latendresse [1] (Chris Higgins, Ryan O'Byrne)
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55:49 2-4 Darren Haydar [1] (Bryan Little, Garnet Exelby)
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Penalty summary:
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00:17 Peter Mueller (2 min for hooking)
04:57 Colby Armstrong (2 min for tripping)
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20:41 Garnet Exelby (2 min for tripping)
26:11 Bryan Little (2 min for hooking)
29:34 Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for high-sticking)
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43:29 Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for slashing)
44:33 Steve Bégin (2 min for tripping)
47:02 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for tripping)
52:27 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
52:27 Darren Haydar (2 min for roughing)
58:59 Ken Klee (2 min for elbowing)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 9.50 5
R Darren Haydar 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 16.10 6
R Colby Armstrong 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 20.20 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 -2 20.40 7
C Éric Perrin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 15.30 4
C Jeremy Roenick 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9.30 4
C Bryan Little 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 9.00 7
C Todd White 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.40 6
L Brad Larsen 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 12.30 5
L Karl Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 4
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 7
L Peter Mueller 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 15.10 7
D Mark Popovic 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 18.20 4
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 1 6 1 5 2 1 19.00 9
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -2 19.40 7
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 16.30 7
D Ken Klee 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -2 27.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tyson Sexsmith 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.00 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 9.20 7
R Milan Michalek 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 19.40 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 6
C Janne Lahti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Chris Higgins 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 9.20 6
C Saku Koivu 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Alex Henry 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 12.40 5
L Steve Bégin 1 0 5 2 2 1 2 0 18.30 8
L Alex Tanguay 1 1 6 1 3 0 0 0 18.50 8
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.50 5
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -2 28.20 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 15.20 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 0 23.50 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 26.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Tanguay
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Alex Kovalev

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 1( 12) , Quebec Citadelles 2( 19)
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1-0 CHW Riley Holzapfel (Chad Painchaud, Arturs Kulda)
1-1 QUE Michaël Lambert (Eric Manlow)
1-2 QUE Josh Gorges (Jimmy Bonneau)

Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Cédrick Desjardins

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Detroit Red Wings 3 , Vancouver Canucks 1
Shots: 31 - 22
PP: 1 of 11 (17 shots), Passing:68/76=89 %, Challenges:50/56=87 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:53/73=72 %, Challenges:38/46=80 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 619473 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:16 1-0 Tomas Holmström [1] (Henrik Zetterberg, Marty Turco)
12:21 2-0 Pavel Datsyuk [3] (Marian Hossa, Henrik Zetterberg)PP
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33:49 3-0 Mikael Samuelsson [2] (Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Franzén)
38:25 3-1 Ryan Kesler [1] (Tyler Bouck)SH
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Penalty summary:
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00:17 Steve Bernier (2 min for hooking)
10:46 Matt Pettinger (2 min for tripping)
14:06 Henrik Sedin (2 min for slashing)
17:28 Steve Bernier (2 min for slashing)
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23:34 Alexandre Burrows (2 min for roughing)
27:27 Marian Hossa (2 min for high-sticking)
29:59 Yannick Tremblay (2 min for hooking)
35:07 Tyler Bouck (2 min for roughing)
38:01 Steve Bernier (2 min for hooking)
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40:12 Tyler Bouck (2 min for tripping)
48:15 Ryan Kesler (2 min for high-sticking)
56:06 Ryan Kesler (2 min for hooking)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 5
R Kris Draper 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13.10 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 20.40 8
R Marian Hossa 0 1 4 1 1 0 2 -1 20.10 8
C Krys Kolanos 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 8
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.10 6
C Johan Franzén 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 19.20 8
C Pavel Datsyuk 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 21.30 8
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Jason Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
L Tomas Holmström 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 21.30 7
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.30 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 18.30 8
D Brad Stuart 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 28.00 8
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.50 6
D Chris Chelios 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 22.40 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 1 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Adam Berkhoel 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Keane 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.20 6
R Tyler Bouck 0 1 2 3 1 1 4 1 16.50 8
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 -1 19.00 8
R Steve Bernier 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 -1 16.30 6
C Kris Beech 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5.20 5
C Ryan Kesler 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 18.20 9
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.10 6
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 17.50 7
L Brad Isbister 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.10 5
L Daniel Cleary 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 -2 15.00 7
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 4
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -1 28.00 8
D Aaron Miller 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 28.20 8
D Yannick Tremblay 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 18.00 8
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 22.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Henrik Zetterberg
2nd star: Mikael Samuelsson
3rd star: Johan Franzén

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Henrik Zetterberg had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 3( 16) , Manitoba Moose 2( 20)
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0-1 MAN Jozef Balej (Lucien Comeau, Tommi Santala)
0-2 MAN Brandon Reid (Jeff Cowan, Jozef Balej)
1-2 KCB Peter Nordström (Travis Richards)
2-2 KCB Greg Hogeboom (Mark Cullen)
3-2 KCB Tony Voce (Kyle Quincey)

Goalies: Ty Conklin - Mika Noronen
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Minnesota Wild 4 , Vancouver Canucks 2
Shots: 46 - 18
PP: 4 of 13 (32 shots), Passing:73/81=90 %, Challenges:53/58=89 %
PP: 1 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:42/58=72 %, Challenges:26/33=76 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 483600 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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03:02 1-0 Marian Gaborik [2] (Andrew Brunette, Kim Johnsson)PP
14:15 2-0 Pierre-Marc Bouchard [1] (Mark Parrish, Antti Miettinen)PP
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31:55 3-0 Marc-André Bergeron [1] (Marian Gaborik, Antti Miettinen)PP
35:11 3-1 Brad Isbister [1] (Aaron Miller, Willie Mitchell)
38:53 3-2 Henrik Sedin [1] (Steve Bernier, Sami Salo)PP
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59:36 4-2 Marek Zidlicky [2] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard)PP EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:12 Tyler Bouck (2 min for cross-checking)
03:32 Ryan Kesler (2 min for hooking)
13:45 Steve Bernier (2 min for hooking)
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20:03 Sami Salo (2 min for hooking)
22:48 Ryan Kesler (2 min for cross-checking)
27:16 Alexandre Burrows (2 min for hooking)
31:03 Steve Bernier (2 min for hooking)
32:33 Mike Keane (2 min for tripping)
37:26 Roman Voloshenko (2 min for high-sticking)
39:05 Tyler Bouck (2 min for tripping)
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41:46 Steve Bernier (2 min for tripping)
45:42 Kurtis Foster (2 min for tripping)
48:23 Kevin Bieksa (2 min for slashing)
53:36 Alexandre Burrows (2 min for holding the stick)
59:29 Alexandre Burrows (2 min for high-sticking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 7
R Owen Nolan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.10 6
R Mark Parrish 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 7
R Marian Gaborik 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 22.20 8
C Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.40 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 -1 21.20 8
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 8
C Wes Walz 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.20 6
L Chris Simon 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 13.20 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12.10 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 -1 24.20 9
D Marek Zidlicky 1 0 13 1 0 0 0 -1 29.30 9
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 4 5 0 2 0 0 32.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Keane 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 9.10 6
R Tyler Bouck 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 13.30 7
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 14.10 7
R Steve Bernier 0 1 3 2 1 0 6 0 16.50 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9.10 5
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 4 1 1 4 0 20.20 8
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Henrik Sedin 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
L Brad Isbister 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.10 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
L Daniel Cleary 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13.00 5
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 23.50 7
D Sami Salo 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 14.20 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 29.50 7
D Aaron Miller 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 29.20 6
D Yannick Tremblay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 13.30 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 24.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 4 0 42 0 0 59.20 10
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Gaborik
2nd star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
3rd star: Marek Zidlicky

Notes for Minnesota Wild:

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Brad Isbister scored the 100th goal of his career.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 4( 22) , Manitoba Moose 3( 20)
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0-1 MAN Jason King (Ryan Shannon)
1-1 HOU Joel Ward (Josh Olson, Petteri Nummelin)
1-2 MAN Jeff Cowan (Jason King, Ryan Shannon)
2-2 HOU Brent Burns (Matt Foy)
3-2 HOU Joey Tetarenko (Brent Burns, Peter Olvecky)
3-3 MAN Jason King (Lukas Krajicek, Ryan Shannon)
4-3 HOU Matt Foy (Éric Bélanger)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Mika Noronen

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Colorado Avalanche 3 , Nashville Predators 5
Shots: 27 - 23
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:69/86=80 %, Challenges:24/35=66 %
PP: 3 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:73/91=80 %, Challenges:30/39=75 %
Attendance: 18129 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 551122 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:44 0-1 Martin Erat [1] (Dan Hamhuis, Alexander Radulov)
19:03 1-1 Ian Laperriere [1] (Ruslan Salei, Brett Clark)
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30:56 1-2 Steve Sullivan [1] (Dan Hamhuis)PP
33:25 2-2 Darcy Tucker [2] (Tyler Arnason, Marek Svatos)PP
39:51 2-3 David Legwand [2] (Martin Erat, Kirill Safronov)PP
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48:47 2-4 Jason Arnott [1] (Jean-Pierre Dumont, Greg de Vries)PP
49:23 3-4 Ryan Smyth [3] (John-Michael Liles, Ruslan Salei)
59:19 3-5 David Legwand [3] (Ryan Suter) EN
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Penalty summary:
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13:24 Tyler Arnason (2 min for hooking)
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30:18 John-Michael Liles (2 min for hooking)
31:57 Vernon Fiddler (2 min for elbowing)
38:33 Paul Stastny (2 min for elbowing)
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41:12 Ryan Smyth (2 min for tripping)
43:18 Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for tripping)
48:06 Paul Stastny (2 min for slashing)
51:21 Tyler Arnason (2 min for holding the stick)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Parker 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 6.50 6
R Mark Rycroft 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 15.40 6
R Marek Svatos 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 7
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 18.30 7
C Riku Hahl 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 6.50 4
C Ian Laperriere 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 17.00 8
C Tyler Arnason 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 1 16.10 7
C Paul Stastny 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 -1 17.10 7
L Eric Healey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.50 6
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 11.30 7
L Darcy Tucker 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 18.50 7
L Ryan Smyth 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 20.50 9
D Ruslan Salei 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 14.00 7
D Brett Clark 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 18.40 8
D John-Michael Liles 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 -1 24.40 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 9.50 6
D Adam Foote 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 23.10 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 5 0 18 0 0 59.00 4
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shane Willis 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.50 6
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 16.50 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 13.50 6
R Steve Sullivan 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 8
C Radek Bonk 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 10.40 8
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 -1 16.00 6
C David Legwand 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 8
C Jason Arnott 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
L Rich Peverly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
L Martin Gélinas 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 16.00 5
L Martin Erat 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 13.50 8
L Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 -1 18.40 7
D Pavel Skrbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 6
D Kirill Safronov 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 7
D Greg de Vries 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 -1 26.00 8
D Nolan Yonkman 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 16.40 6
D Ryan Suter 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 15.30 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 27.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Ellis 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Legwand
2nd star: Martin Erat
3rd star: Steve Sullivan

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Ian Laperriere scored the 100th goal of his career.

Notes for Nashville Predators:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 3( 22) , Milwaukee Admirals 3( 17)
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1-0 HER Ben Guite (Jeff Szwez)
2-0 HER Jeff Szwez (Mathieu Roy)
2-1 MIL Jerred Smithson (Kevin Klein)
2-2 MIL Matt Ellison (Kevin Klein)
3-2 HER Matt Hussey (Dmitri Levinsky, Michael Vernace)
3-3 MIL Jerred Smithson (Jed Ortmeyer, Kevin Klein)

Goalies: Michael Wall - Dov Grumet-Morris

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San Jose Sharks 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 30 - 31
PP: 2 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:66/80=82 %, Challenges:44/51=84 %
PP: 3 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:59/83=71 %, Challenges:30/38=76 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 484776 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:38 0-1 David Vyborny [2] (Rick Nash, Michael Peca)PP
13:06 1-1 Dan Boyle [2] (Curtis Brown, Erik Christensen)
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28:34 1-2 Michael Peca [1] (Rick Nash, Christian Bäckman)PP
31:36 2-2 Andrei Kostitsyn [1] (Martin Havlat, Sidney Crosby)PP
33:42 3-2 Martin Havlat [2] (Sidney Crosby, Andrei Kostitsyn)PP
39:19 4-2 Martin Havlat [3] (Andrei Kostitsyn)
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40:42 5-2 Tomas Plekanec [1] (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Phil Kessel)
42:13 5-3 Duvie Westcott [1] (Kristian Huselius, R.J. Umberger)PP
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Penalty summary:
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10:01 Curtis Brown (2 min for tripping)
17:09 Manny Malhotra (2 min for high-sticking)
19:07 Michael Peca (2 min for hooking)
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27:12 Dan Boyle (2 min for boarding)
29:47 Jaroslav Balastik (2 min for hooking)
32:55 Jason Chimera (2 min for tripping)
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41:56 Matt Lashoff (2 min for elbowing)
49:22 Martin Havlat (2 min for boarding)
54:26 David Vyborny (2 min for high-sticking)
59:11 Fredrik Modin (2 min for roughing)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 11.50 6
R Nick Tarnasky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
R Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 7
R Andrei Kostitsyn 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 21.20 8
C Curtis Brown 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 7.20 6
C Erik Christensen 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 13.10 6
C Phil Kessel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 21.40 8
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 6
L Marcel Goc 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 13.10 7
L Tomas Plekanec 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
L Martin Havlat 2 1 5 1 2 0 2 1 22.00 8
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 23.50 6
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.10 6
D Dan Boyle 1 0 4 5 1 0 2 2 29.10 10
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Rob Blake 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 26.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Taylor Dakers 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Balastik 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 8.20 6
R Raffi Torres 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 5
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 13.00 5
R David Vyborny 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 -1 16.40 8
C Derek MacKenzie 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 8.20 6
C R.J. Umberger 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
C Michael Peca 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 -1 21.00 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -1 7.40 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 -1 16.40 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 15.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 1 3 2 5 0 -1 14.00 7
D Duvie Westcott 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 13.20 8
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 26.10 6
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 15.00 5
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 21.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Havlat
2nd star: Andrei Kostitsyn
3rd star: Dan Boyle

Notes for San Jose Sharks:

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 3( 13) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 11)
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1-0 CLE Tom Cavanagh (Tomas Plihal, Josh Prudden)
1-1 SYR Geoff Platt (Petr Pohl, Sheldon Brookbank)
1-2 SYR Louis-Philippe Martin (Derick Brassard, Joakim Lindström)
2-2 CLE Doug Murray (Graham Mink)
3-2 CLE Tyler McGregor (Craig Valette)

Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Tomas Popperle