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Bruins 1 , Blues 4
Shots: 22 - 28
BOS PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:39/54=70 %
STL PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:59/80=73 %, Challenges:25/42=58 %
Attendance: 17028 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 749232 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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18:06 1-0 BOS Henrik Zetterberg [23] (Brad Richards, Bryan McCabe)
19:51 1-1 STL Chris Drury [10] (David Backes, Keith Tkachuk)PP
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28:41 1-2 STL Keith Tkachuk [12] (Barret Jackman, Micki Dupont)
31:32 1-3 STL Paul Kariya [10] (Jamal Mayers, Chris Drury)
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48:09 1-4 STL Dan Hinote [3] (Brad Boyes, Keith Tkachuk)
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Penalty summary:
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07:21 STL Keith Tkachuk (2 min for slashing)
17:14 BOS Shawn Thornton (5 min for fighting)
17:14 STL D.J. King (5 min for fighting)
19:05 BOS Dennis Wideman (2 min for roughing)
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32:45 BOS Wade Belak (5 min for fighting)
32:45 STL D.J. King (5 min for fighting)
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42:27 STL Timofei Shishkanov (2 min for tripping)
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Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 7.50 6
R Wade Belak 0 0 0 3 1 4 5 0 14.20 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 15.20 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
L Jeff Hoggan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 9.30 5
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 5
C Peter Schaefer 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 14.30 6
C Brad Richards 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 20.10 8
C Sergei Zinovjev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.40 7
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 16.40 6
L Marco Sturm 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 17.20 6
L Henrik Zetterberg 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 9
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 16.50 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -1 16.20 7
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 24.50 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 18.50 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 18.30 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 -1 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cam Janssen 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 9.10 5
R David Backes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 6
R Dan Hinote 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 20.20 7
R Jamal Mayers 0 1 3 1 4 1 0 1 18.40 7
C Jay McClement 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 6.30 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 13.10 7
C Brad Boyes 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 19.00 8
C Chris Drury 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.40 8
L D.J. King 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 5.00 5
L Timofei Shishkanov 0 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 13.40 7
L Keith Tkachuk 1 2 5 2 2 2 2 1 19.00 9
L Paul Kariya 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
D Zack FitzGerald 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 14.30 6
D Micki Dupont 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 25.20 7
D Tomas Mojzis 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 5
D Barret Jackman 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 20.40 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 24.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Keith Tkachuk
2nd star: Chris Drury
3rd star: Manny Legace

Notes for Bruins:
-Pavel Datsyuk had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Blues:
-Chris Drury scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Micki Dupont notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Paul Kariya scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Micki Dupont finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Shawn Thornton beat D.J. King in a fight.
-Wade Belak fought D.J. King in a fight.

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 2( 16) , Worcester Icecats 1( 16)
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1-0 PRO Chris Collins (Wacey Rabbit)
1-1 WOR Jon DiSalvatore (Jeff Woywitka)
2-1 PRO Martin Samuelsson (Wacey Rabbit)

Goalies: Tuukka Rask - Marek Schwarz

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Hurricanes 1 , Devils 2
Shots: 19 - 26
CAR PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:58/75=77 %, Challenges:39/59=65 %
NJ PP: 0 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:80/90=88 %, Challenges:30/44=66 %
Attendance: 12439 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 572194 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:05 1-0 CAR Niclas Wallin [1] (Justin Williams, Scott Walker)
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27:24 1-1 NJ Jamie Langenbrunner [4] (Noah Clarke, Matt Pettinger)
36:33 1-2 NJ Jay Pandolfo [5] (Dainius Zubrus, Colin White)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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09:47 CAR Joe Jensen (2 min for slashing)
15:57 CAR Matt Cullen (2 min for hooking)
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23:27 CAR Niclas Wallin (2 min for hooking)
30:03 CAR Patrick Eaves (2 min for tripping)
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46:26 CAR Scott Walker (5 min for fighting)
46:26 NJ Mike Rupp (5 min for fighting)
55:28 CAR Joe Jensen (2 min for roughing)
55:28 NJ Sami Salo (2 min for roughing)
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Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 5
R Justin Williams 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 17.00 7
R Scott Walker 0 1 3 0 2 0 5 0 17.20 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.20 5
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 13.40 6
C Eric Staal 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 17.00 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 6
L Jason Spence 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.10 5
C Joe Jensen 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 12.40 4
L Ray Whitney 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 17.00 6
L Erik Cole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
D Niclas Wallin 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 20.10 8
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 4
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 -2 24.10 6
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 16.20 5
D Glen Wesley 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 22.50 8
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 20.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 2 0 24 0 0 59.20 9
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamie Langenbrunner 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 9.20 8
R Sergei Brylin 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 15.40 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 14.30 9
R Brian Gionta 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.30 7
C Mike Rupp 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 5.40 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 15.40 7
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 -1 20.50 6
C John Madden 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
L Noah Clarke 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 6.30 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 1 2 1 3 4 0 0 17.10 6
L Jay Pandolfo 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 17.10 7
L Yanic Perreault 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 6
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 16.00 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 18.20 6
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25.10 6
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 15.50 7
D Colin White 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 18.50 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 1 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jamie Langenbrunner
2nd star: Dainius Zubrus
3rd star: Jay Pandolfo

Notes for Hurricanes:
-Justin Williams notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ray Whitney had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Niclas Wallin ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Devils:
-Colin White ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Mike Rupp beat Scott Walker in a fight.

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 16) , Albany River Rats 7( 31)
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0-1 ALB David Clarkson (Mike Pandolfo)
0-2 ALB Alex Korolyuk (Jason Ryznar)
1-2 LOW Mike Angelidis (Keith Aucoin)
1-3 ALB Mike Mottau (Mike Pandolfo, David Clarkson)
2-3 LOW Joey Mormina (Keith Aucoin)
2-4 ALB David Clarkson (Ivan Khomutov)
2-5 ALB Ivan Khomutov (David Clarkson)
2-6 ALB Alex Korolyuk (Petr Vrana, Barry Tallackson)
2-7 ALB Ivan Khomutov (David Clarkson)

Goalies: Michael Leighton - Frank Doyle

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Stars 5 , Mighty Ducks 3
Shots: 27 - 28
DAL PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:66/75=88 %, Challenges:31/42=72 %
ANA PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/82=81 %, Challenges:36/52=67 %
Attendance: 6804 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 302778 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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18:17 1-0 DAL Antti Miettinen [10] (Loui Eriksson, Mike Ribeiro)PP
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25:37 2-0 DAL Mike Modano [13] (Brenden Morrow)
30:02 2-1 ANA Jere Lehtinen [11] (Maxim Kondratiev, Doug Weight)
35:42 3-1 DAL Philippe Boucher [3] (Sergei Zubov, Junior Lessard)
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47:09 3-2 ANA Ryan Getzlaf [12] (Chris Pronger, Marc-André Bergeron)
48:54 3-3 ANA Todd Bertuzzi [22] (David Booth, François Beauchemin)
55:01 4-3 DAL Stu Barnes [4] (Brenden Morrow, Mike Ribeiro)
59:53 5-3 DAL Brenden Morrow [18] (Philippe Boucher) EN
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Penalty summary:
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06:32 ANA David Booth (2 min for hooking)
16:38 ANA François Beauchemin (2 min for high-sticking)
19:36 ANA Chris Kunitz (2 min for roughing)
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32:18 DAL Trevor Daley (5 min for fighting)
32:18 ANA Dan LaCouture (5 min for fighting)
39:56 ANA Rob Niedermayer (2 min for hooking)
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43:13 DAL Stéphane Robidas (5 min for fighting)
43:13 ANA Dan LaCouture (5 min for fighting)
50:34 ANA Travis Moen (5 min for fighting)
50:34 DAL Stéphane Robidas (5 min for fighting)
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Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Joel Lundqvist 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5.50 6
L Antti Miettinen 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 -2 17.00 6
C Stu Barnes 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 17.20 6
R Dustin Penner 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 20.20 7
R Junior Lessard 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5.50 6
R Loui Eriksson 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -2 17.20 6
C Mike Modano 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 20.30 8
C Phil Kessel 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
L Steve Ott 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6.30 7
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 -2 15.00 6
L Brenden Morrow 1 2 4 1 1 1 0 2 19.20 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 6
D Trevor Daley 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 -1 24.50 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 2 3 0 1 10 1 12.40 8
D Sergei Zubov 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 22.00 7
D Nolan Baumgartner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 17.00 4
D Philippe Boucher 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 3 21.00 10
D Mattias Norström 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 22.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 7.20 5
R Jere Lehtinen 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 13.50 7
R Todd Bertuzzi 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 16.10 9
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 17.10 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 12.20 7
C Doug Weight 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.10 6
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 19.20 6
C Ryan Getzlaf 1 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 17.50 8
L Dan LaCouture 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 -1 7.20 6
L Travis Moen 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 12.40 7
L David Booth 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 14.40 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 3 4 0 2 0 18.30 6
D Maxim Kondratiev 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.00 5
D François Beauchemin 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 20.50 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 22.50 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 16.40 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 20.00 5
D Chris Pronger 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 5 0 22 0 0 58.30 4
G Ilya Bryzgalov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brenden Morrow
2nd star: Philippe Boucher
3rd star: Antti Miettinen

Notes for Stars:
-Antti Miettinen scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Antti Miettinen finally ended his 17 game goal drought.

Notes for Mighty Ducks:
-Maxim Kondratiev ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Dan LaCouture beat Trevor Daley in a fight.
-Stéphane Robidas fought Dan LaCouture in a fight.
-Travis Moen beat Stéphane Robidas in a fight.

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 5( 15) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 1( 23)
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1-0 UTH Chris Conner (Konstantin Pushkarev, Bryce Lampman)
2-0 UTH Marty Sertich (John Lammers)
3-0 UTH Toby Petersen (Jussi Timonen)
4-0 UTH Chris Conner (Jamie Tardif)
5-0 UTH Krys Barch (Marty Sertich)
5-1 CIN Alexander Guskov (Jason King)

Goalies: Tobias Stephan - Gerald Coleman

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Kings 4 , Coyotes 2
Shots: 21 - 19
LA PP: 1 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:68/78=87 %, Challenges:47/61=75 %
PHO PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:30/45=65 %
Attendance: 15616 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 677734 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:56 0-1 PHO Shane Doan [9] (Marcel Hossa, Peter Mueller)PP
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30:18 1-1 LA Ladislav Nagy [13] (Thomas Hickey, Jack Johnson)
31:04 2-1 LA Ladislav Nagy [14] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Oleg Tverdovsky)PP
34:13 3-1 LA Lubomir Visnovsky [6] (Patrick O'Sullivan, Michal Handzus)
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43:43 3-2 PHO Shane Doan [10] (Ed Jovanovski)
56:19 4-2 LA Ladislav Nagy [15] (Anze Kopitar, Thomas Hickey)
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Penalty summary:
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05:17 LA Scott Thornton (2 min for elbowing)
06:23 PHO Bill Thomas (2 min for hooking)
19:16 PHO Tomas Surovy (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:06 PHO Vladimir Ruzicka (2 min for diving)
25:27 LA Scott Thornton (2 min for hooking)
30:35 PHO Tomas Surovy (2 min for slashing)
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Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Gabe Gauthier 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
L Kyle Calder 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 15.00 6
R Greg Hogeboom 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 13.30 6
R Alexander Frolov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 7
C Matt Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
C Dany Roussin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 14.00 4
C Michal Handzus 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 16.30 8
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 19.20 9
L Scott Thornton 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 0 9.50 6
L Mark Bell 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 15.40 7
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.00 7
L Ladislav Nagy 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 20.00 8
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 15.50 8
D Jack Johnson 0 1 1 5 1 2 0 2 25.30 10
D Tom Preissing 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 -1 18.30 7
D Rob Blake 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 18.30 8
D Thomas Hickey 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 2 22.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Patrick Fischer 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.10 7
L Bill Thomas 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 12.10 4
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 17.00 7
L Marcel Hossa 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 18.10 8
C Vladimir Ruzicka 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 9.10 5
C Kyle Turris 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12.10 6
C Mike York 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -2 15.30 6
C Peter Mueller 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Steven Reinprecht 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 14.10 6
R Mathias Tjärnqvist 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14.10 4
L Tomas Surovy 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -1 14.50 7
R Shane Doan 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 -1 18.50 9
D Nick Boynton 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 15.50 6
D Keith Ballard 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 17.20 6
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 24.10 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12.30 4
D Derek Morris 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 -2 23.10 8
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 27.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Al Montoya 4 0 17 0 0 60.00 4
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ladislav Nagy
2nd star: Shane Doan
3rd star: Lubomir Visnovsky

Notes for Kings:
-Ladislav Nagy scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Coyotes:
-Shane Doan scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Peter Mueller ended his 5 game point drought.
-Shane Doan ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 3( 15) , Springfield Falcons 4( 20)
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1-0 MNC Jeff Giuliano (Jon Francisco, Kevin Dallman)
1-1 SPR Vaclav Nedorost (Mike Zigomanis)
1-2 SPR Brendan Bell (Vaclav Nedorost)
1-3 SPR Vaclav Nedorost (Matt Murley, Brendan Bell)
2-3 MNC Lauri Tukonen (Marc-André Cliche)
3-3 MNC Marc-André Cliche (Jeff Giuliano)
3-4 SPR Marcus Kristoffersson (Niko Kapanen, Mikael Tellqvist)

Goalies: Danny Taylor - Mikael Tellqvist

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Canadiens 3 , Wild 2
Shots: 26 - 26
MTL PP: 2 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:60/73=82 %, Challenges:35/49=70 %
MIN PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:78/90=86 %, Challenges:32/52=60 %
Attendance: 19994 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 933720 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:44 1-0 MTL Alex Kovalev [16] (Michael Ryder, Saku Koivu)PP
07:58 2-0 MTL Michael Ryder [13] (Roman Hamrlik, Saku Koivu)PP
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25:54 2-1 MIN Radim Vrbata [8] (Stephen Weiss, Stéphane Veilleux)
29:17 3-1 MTL Guillaume Latendresse [11] (Roman Hamrlik, Francis Bouillon)
34:42 3-2 MIN Andrew Ladd [6] (Marian Gaborik, Martin Skoula)PP
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Penalty summary:
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01:31 MIN Andrew Ladd (2 min for high-sticking)
07:33 MIN Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for tripping)
13:16 MTL Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for hooking)
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33:01 MTL Derek Roy (2 min for hooking)
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50:27 MIN Roman Voloshenko (2 min for hooking)
57:04 MTL Tomas Plekanec (2 min for high-sticking)
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Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 8.00 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 16.20 8
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 19.00 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 0 13.10 8
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 -1 13.30 6
C Chris Higgins 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 13.20 6
C Saku Koivu 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 -1 15.20 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14.50 6
L Michael Ryder 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 8
D Mark Streit 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 14.50 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 16.20 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 7 1 7 0 0 28.20 9
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.30 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 18.20 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Yann Danis 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 0 6.10 5
R Radim Vrbata 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 12.50 7
R Pavol Demitra 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 19.40 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6.10 6
C Stephen Weiss 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 15.00 8
C Brian Rolston 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 20.50 8
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 6
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 6.10 4
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 13.20 7
L Andrew Ladd 1 0 1 5 1 3 2 -1 20.30 8
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 19.00 5
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 13.50 4
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.50 6
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 22.30 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 15.30 7
D Martin Skoula 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 25.20 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 24.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 3 0 23 0 0 58.00 6
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Canadiens:
-Roman Hamrlik notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Francis Bouillon notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Francis Bouillon ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Wild:
-Stéphane Veilleux finally ended his 15 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 1( 24) , Houston Aeros 2(
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0-1 HOU Dominic Moore (Matt Foy, Petteri Nummelin)
0-2 HOU Aaron Voros (Marco Rosa)
1-2 QUE Sergei Kostitsyn (Kyle Chipchura)

Goalies: Carey Price - Nolan Schaefer

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New York 3 , Flames 1
Shots: 25 - 24
NYR PP: 0 of 7 (7 shots), Passing:57/72=79 %, Challenges:33/48=67 %
CGY PP: 0 of 1 (5 shots), Passing:61/83=73 %, Challenges:30/47=62 %
Attendance: 9714 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 471129 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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18:45 1-0 NYR Petr Prucha [15] (Jaromir Jagr)
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30:29 1-1 CGY Kristian Huselius [6] (Craig Conroy, Anders Eriksson)
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43:02 2-1 NYR Brendan Shanahan [14] (Andy McDonald, Marek Malik)
59:24 3-1 NYR Petr Prucha [16] (Brendan Shanahan, Marek Malik) EN
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Penalty summary:
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09:01 CGY Owen Nolan (2 min for hooking)
16:47 CGY Owen Nolan (2 min for high-sticking)
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21:41 CGY Mark Giordano (2 min for tripping)
31:06 NYR Petr Prucha (2 min for high-sticking)
33:41 CGY Anders Eriksson (2 min for hooking)
36:48 CGY Alex Tanguay (2 min for tripping)
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45:51 CGY Matthew Lombardi (2 min for high-sticking)
53:52 CGY Marcus Nilson (2 min for high-sticking)
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New York scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colton Orr 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5.30 5
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 12.50 7
R Andy McDonald 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 19.20 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 6
C Jason Krog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 7
C Blair Betts 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.20 6
C Petr Prucha 2 0 6 1 0 0 2 3 19.40 9
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 20.00 6
L Martin Rucinsky 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.30 4
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 6
L Brendan Shanahan 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 20.20 8
L Martin Straka 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18.50 6
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 17.20 7
D Marek Malik 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 23.00 9
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 19.40 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 15.00 8
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 23.30 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 21.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kris Chucko 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 5
R Eric Godard 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 14.40 6
R Owen Nolan 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 1 12.30 6
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 -2 21.10 8
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 7.40 5
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 5
C Craig Conroy 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 8
C Robert Lang 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.50 6
L David Moss 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 4
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 9.10 6
L Kristian Huselius 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.50 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 4 3 2 1 2 -2 20.40 8
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 12.40 6
D Mark Giordano 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 18.20 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -3 29.00 7
D David Hale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
D Anders Eriksson 0 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 19.40 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 -3 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 3 0 22 0 0 58.50 6
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Petr Prucha
2nd star: Brendan Shanahan
3rd star: Marek Malik

Notes for New York :
-Petr Prucha scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jaromir Jagr notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marek Malik notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Flames:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 3( 12) , Saint John Flames 1( 15)
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1-0 HFD Greg Moore (Alex Bourret)
2-0 HFD Lauri Korpikoski (Joe Barnes, Hugh Jessiman)
3-0 HFD Andrew Hutchinson (Lauri Korpikoski, Hugh Jessiman)
3-1 SJF Derek Couture (Wayne Primeau)

Goalies: Chris Holt - Mike Morrison

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Lightning 2 , Thrashers 4
Shots: 23 - 24
TB PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:64/79=81 %, Challenges:31/41=73 %
ATL PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:78/94=82 %, Challenges:26/46=55 %
Attendance: 12976 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 572242 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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15:28 1-0 TB Dan Boyle [3] (Martin )PP
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22:12 2-0 TB Jussi Jokinen [11] (Martin , Evgeny Artyukhin)
26:52 2-1 ATL Darren Haydar [20] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Niclas Hävelid)PP
34:38 2-2 ATL Jesse Schultz [5] (Bobby Holik, Vyacheslav Kozlov)
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50:26 2-3 ATL Darren Haydar [21] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Steve Rucchin)
58:55 2-4 ATL Jesse Schultz [6] (Vyacheslav Kozlov) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:35 ATL Garnet Exelby (2 min for high-sticking)
06:37 ATL Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for hooking)
09:35 ATL Joe Motzko (2 min for slashing)
13:51 ATL Bobby Holik (2 min for hooking)
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25:12 TB Craig MacDonald (2 min for high-sticking)
29:51 TB Michel Ouellet (2 min for hooking)
36:13 TB Patrick Leahy (2 min for slashing)
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Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 5
R Jason Ward 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 5
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -2 16.50 6
R Martin 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 8
C Chris Gratton 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.40 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 16.00 5
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 17.20 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 16.50 6
L Patrick Leahy 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 10.00 6
L Craig MacDonald 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 12.00 4
L Karl Stewart 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 12.20 6
L Jussi Jokinen 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.40 8
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 16.40 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -2 17.10 4
D Filip Kuba 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 5
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 13.50 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -2 26.10 5
D Dan Boyle 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 25.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 20 0 0 59.20 5
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
R Chad Painchaud 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
R Jesse Schultz 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 14.40 8
R Darren Haydar 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 8
C Éric Perrin 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 7.40 5
C Todd White 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
C Bobby Holik 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 12.10 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 19.50 8
L Joe Motzko 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7.40 4
L Brad Larsen 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 14.50 6
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 2 3 0 5 0 0 2 21.10 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 21.40 8
D Mark Popovic 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 17.40 7
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18.50 5
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 26.10 6
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9.00 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 21.00 8
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 28.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Lightning:
-Martin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Dan Boyle finally ended his 21 game goal drought.

Notes for Thrashers:
-Darren Haydar scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Vyacheslav Kozlov notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Vipers 2( 15) , Wolves 3( 14)
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0-1 CHW Jaroslav Bednar (Jim Slater)
1-1 DTV Maxime Boisclair (Andreas Karlsson)
2-1 DTV Marek Kvapil (Justin Keller)
2-2 CHW Jim Slater (Jaroslav Bednar)
2-3 CHW Brett Sterling (Scott Lehman, Jim Slater)

Goalies: Morgan Cey - Fred Brathwaite