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Thrashers 3 , Canucks 1
Shots: 21 - 26
ATL PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:63/82=76 %, Challenges:29/47=60 %
VAN PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:70/88=79 %, Challenges:36/50=70 %
Attendance: 10997 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 520159 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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18:44 0-1 VAN Brendan Morrison [8] (Alexander Semin, Kevin Bieksa)PP
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30:03 1-1 ATL Steve Rucchin [4] (Darren Haydar, Alexei Zhitnik)
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40:32 2-1 ATL Ilya Kovalchuk [20] (Darren Haydar)
59:15 3-1 ATL Darren Haydar [16] (Steve Rucchin, Todd White) EN
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Penalty summary:
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15:02 VAN Alexandre Burrows (2 min for slashing)
17:29 ATL Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for holding the stick)
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38:23 VAN Taylor Pyatt (2 min for holding the stick)
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41:38 ATL Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for boarding)
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Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 4
R Chad Painchaud 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 13.00 5
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
R Darren Haydar 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 18.20 8
C Éric Perrin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Todd White 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 17.00 6
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 16.20 6
C Steve Rucchin 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 19.00 8
L Joe Motzko 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
L Brad Larsen 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 15.30 6
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 3 19.30 8
D Mark Popovic 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 17.00 6
D Ken Klee 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 20.40 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 1 4 1 3 2 2 24.40 8
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13.30 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 17.30 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 1 0 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jannik Hansen 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 9.00 7
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 -1 14.40 6
R Markus Näslund 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.30 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
C Zach Hamill 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Ryan Shannon 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 14.40 5
C Brendan Morrison 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 6
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 20.00 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 9.00 5
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 3 2 3 2 2 -1 14.40 6
L Alexander Semin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 20.50 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 -1 16.50 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13.30 5
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 -2 26.30 7
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 18.10 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 17.50 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 27.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 18 0 0 58.50 6
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Darren Haydar
2nd star: Steve Rucchin
3rd star: Kari Lehtonen

Notes for Thrashers:
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for Canucks:
-Kevin Bieksa notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brendan Morrison ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wolves 3( 23) , Manitoba Moose 1( 21)
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1-0 CHW Mike Woodford (Colin Stuart)
2-0 CHW Brian Sipotz (Jim Slater)
2-1 MAN Rick Rypien (Mike S. Brown, Jason Jaffray)
3-1 CHW Jim Slater (Jaroslav Bednar)

Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Drew MacIntyre

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Hurricanes 2 , Flyers 4
Shots: 25 - 22
CAR PP: 1 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:77/87=88 %, Challenges:38/47=79 %
PHI PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:67/89=75 %, Challenges:29/38=74 %
Attendance: 16487 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 758402 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:06 0-1 PHI Jaroslav Modry [2] (Joffrey Lupul, Simon Gagné)PP
16:22 1-1 CAR Tim Gleason [1] (Eric Staal, Ray Whitney)
17:42 2-1 CAR Rod Brind'Amour [10] (Justin Williams, Ray Whitney)PP
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38:43 2-2 PHI Kimmo Timonen [4] (Sami Kapanen, Simon Gagné)
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58:13 2-3 PHI Joffrey Lupul [7] (Simon Gagné, Jaroslav Modry)
59:44 2-4 PHI Scottie Upshall [9] (Derian Hatcher) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:18 CAR Joe Corvo (2 min for high-sticking)
06:15 PHI Jaroslav Modry (2 min for hooking)
11:29 PHI Derian Hatcher (2 min for high-sticking)
15:42 CAR Glen Wesley (2 min for roughing)
15:42 PHI Scottie Upshall (2 min for roughing)
16:56 PHI Denis Gauthier (2 min for boarding)
18:52 PHI Jonathan Toews (2 min for slashing)
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26:51 PHI Jonathan Toews (2 min for boarding)
33:04 PHI Scottie Upshall (2 min for hooking)
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42:43 CAR Joe Jensen (2 min for tripping)
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Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.40 6
R Justin Williams 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 -1 18.00 7
R Scott Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 6
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 17.50 5
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 12.40 7
C Eric Staal 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 8
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 -1 20.00 9
L Jason Spence 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 9.40 6
C Joe Jensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 10.10 4
L Ray Whitney 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Erik Cole 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 20.40 7
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 13.30 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 22.30 5
D Bret Hedican 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 -1 26.00 6
D Tim Gleason 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 17.10 7
D Glen Wesley 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 15.40 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 25.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 4 0 18 0 0 59.00 5
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kane 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.10 4
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.00 6
R Scottie Upshall 1 0 3 2 0 0 4 1 11.10 8
R Joffrey Lupul 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 6.10 4
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 12.00 7
C Jeff Carter 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 19.40 7
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 20.20 7
L Sami Kapanen 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6.10 6
L Mike Knuble 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 17.50 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
L Simon Gagné 0 3 1 3 0 2 0 1 20.50 9
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 11.00 6
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 21.10 7
D Jaroslav Modry 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 27.50 9
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11.00 6
D Derian Hatcher 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 22.30 7
D Kimmo Timonen 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Simon Gagné
2nd star: Joffrey Lupul
3rd star: Jaroslav Modry

Notes for Hurricanes:
-Rod Brind'Amour scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Flyers:
-Scottie Upshall has marked a new career high in goals with 9 tallies.
-Joffrey Lupul ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Kimmo Timonen ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 30) , Phantoms 1( 20)
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1-0 LOW Joey Mormina (Anthony Aquino, P.J. Martin)
1-1 PHL Darren Reid (John Slaney, Ryan Potulny)
2-1 LOW Keith Aucoin (Trevor Letowski, Dennis Seidenberg)

Goalies: Michael Leighton - Brian Boucher

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Oilers 2 , Wild 4
Shots: 23 - 28
EDM PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:73/89=82 %, Challenges:38/54=69 %
MIN PP: 2 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:68/77=88 %, Challenges:28/43=63 %
Attendance: 16481 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 433450 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:43 0-1 MIN Brian Rolston [9] (Sergei Samsonov, Marian Gaborik)PP
18:22 0-2 MIN Sean Hill [3] (Éric Bélanger, Andrew Ladd)PP
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32:44 1-2 EDM Shawn Horcoff [8] (Fernando Pisani, Steve Staios)
35:44 1-3 MIN Sergei Samsonov [7] (Kim Johnsson, Brian Rolston)
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41:22 1-4 MIN Brian Rolston [10] (Pavol Demitra)
46:31 2-4 EDM Jarret Stoll [10] (Joni Pitkänen, Ales Hemsky)
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Penalty summary:
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00:05 EDM Ales Hemsky (2 min for slashing)
12:27 EDM Curtis Glencross (2 min for tripping)
16:45 EDM Matt Greene (2 min for cross-checking)
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36:32 EDM Jarret Stoll (2 min for high-sticking)
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Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sam Gagner 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 8.50 6
R Zack Stortini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
R Fernando Pisani 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 15.40 8
R Ales Hemsky 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 -1 19.40 7
C Robbie Schremp 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 13.20 6
C Shawn Horcoff 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 10
C Jarret Stoll 1 0 4 2 1 1 2 -1 18.20 8
L Curtis Glencross 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.20 5
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11.20 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17.10 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12.10 6
D Matt Greene 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 22.00 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 -1 25.50 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 15.00 6
D Steve Staios 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 19.20 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -1 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 7.20 6
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 15.50 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 -1 18.00 7
R Pavol Demitra 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 18.50 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 7
C Wes Walz 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 15.50 5
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 13.00 7
C Brian Rolston 2 1 4 3 0 0 0 2 19.40 10
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.20 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 15.50 6
L Andrew Ladd 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 -1 17.10 7
L Sergei Samsonov 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 19.40 8
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 16.20 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 -1 18.10 7
D Sean Hill 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 26.20 8
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 17.50 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 16.10 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Rolston
2nd star: Sergei Samsonov
3rd star: Shawn Horcoff

Notes for Oilers:
-Jarret Stoll scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Wild:
-Marian Gaborik scored the 300th point of his career.
-Kim Johnsson notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brian Rolston scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Sean Hill ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 25) , Houston Aeros 0( 12)
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1-0 HAM Ryan Flinn (Marc-Antoine Pouliot)
2-0 HAM Ryan Flinn (Jeff Szwez, Marc-Antoine Pouliot)
3-0 HAM Alexei Mikhnov (Patrick Thoresen, Tom Gilbert)

Goalies: Mathieu Garon - Nolan Schaefer

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Capitals 2 , Panthers 3
Shots: 18 - 29
WSH PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:64/78=82 %, Challenges:50/55=89 %
FLA PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:74/79=93 %, Challenges:33/55=58 %
Attendance: 11212 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 520237 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:31 0-1 FLA Samuel Påhlsson [3] (Dustin Brown, Bryan Allen)
17:06 1-1 WSH Eric Fehr [1] (Tomas Fleischmann, Brooks Laich)
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49:41 1-2 FLA Mark Parrish [7] (Ville Peltonen, Sergei Gonchar)
58:37 1-3 FLA Sergei Gonchar [6] (Samuel Påhlsson, Ryane Clowe) EN
59:33 2-3 WSH Ryan Kesler [5] (Tom Poti, Steve Eminger)
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Penalty summary:
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23:16 WSH Steve Eminger (2 min for elbowing)
30:05 WSH Ryan Kesler (5 min for fighting)
30:05 FLA Ryane Clowe (5 min for fighting)
35:39 WSH Boyd Gordon (2 min for high-sticking)
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40:32 WSH Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
40:32 FLA Steve Montador (5 min for fighting)
54:59 WSH Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for high-sticking)
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Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.30 6
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 16.50 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 13.10 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 17.10 8
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.30 7
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Ryan Kesler 1 0 4 3 0 3 5 1 16.50 9
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 15.20 5
L Brooks Laich 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 9.50 8
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 4 1 5 0 0 18.00 9
L Martin Havlat 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -3 17.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 22.10 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.30 6
D Mike Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 25.30 5
D Ben Clymer 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 17.30 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 15.50 6
D Steve Eminger 0 1 0 4 0 3 2 -3 24.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 26 0 0 59.20 7
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Enver Lisin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 5.40 5
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 7
R Dustin Brown 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 21.50 8
R Mark Parrish 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 20.40 7
C Ben Guite 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 5.40 5
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.30 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 8
C Jordan Staal 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 20.00 7
L Gregory Campbell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 5.40 5
L Brett McLean 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 6
L Ryane Clowe 0 1 1 3 1 0 5 1 19.30 8
L Ville Peltonen 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 21.30 7
D Cory Murphy 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 12.50 6
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18.00 5
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 29.10 6
D Steve Montador 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 11.00 6
D Bryan Allen 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 19.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 1 1 2 6 0 1 0 1 30.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Samuel Påhlsson
2nd star: Sergei Gonchar
3rd star: Mark Parrish

Notes for Capitals:
-Ryan Kesler finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Brooks Laich finally ended his 12 game point drought.

Notes for Panthers:
-Samuel Påhlsson finally ended his 27 game goal drought.
-Samuel Påhlsson finally ended his 17 game point drought.
-Ryane Clowe finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Ryan Kesler fought Ryane Clowe in a fight.
-Chris Clark beat Steve Montador in a fight.

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 24) , Louisville Panthers 1( 16)
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0-1 LOU Martin Tuma (Kamil Kreps)
1-1 POR Sean Collins (Petr Taticek)
2-1 POR Michael Blunden (Jame Pollock)
3-1 POR Donald Brashear (David Steckel)

Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - David McKee