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Canadiens 1 , Bruins 3
Shots: 15 - 26
MTL PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:59/80=73 %, Challenges:27/47=56 %
BOS PP: 2 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:64/82=78 %, Challenges:38/57=65 %
Attendance: 20095 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 938436 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:35 0-1 BOS Chuck Kobasew [5])PP
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29:05 0-2 BOS P.J. Axelsson [5] (Wade Belak, Alexei Ponikarovsky)
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45:33 1-2 MTL Andrei Markov [5] (Roman Hamrlik, Saku Koivu)PP
48:14 1-3 BOS Pavel Datsyuk [17] (Chuck Kobasew, Henrik Zetterberg)PP
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Penalty summary:
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11:39 MTL Tom Kostopoulos (5 min for fighting)
11:39 BOS Shawn Thornton (5 min for fighting)
12:01 MTL Derek Roy (2 min for roughing)
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22:49 MTL Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for hooking)
35:02 MTL Saku Koivu (2 min for roughing)
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40:42 MTL Geoff Sanderson (2 min for hooking)
44:09 BOS Wade Belak (2 min for slashing)
46:36 MTL Andrei Markov (2 min for elbowing)
50:36 MTL Saku Koivu (2 min for tripping)
59:08 BOS Marco Sturm (2 min for hooking)
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Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 -1 6.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 12.30 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 20.30 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 20.10 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 -1 14.10 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 12.00 7
C Chris Higgins 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11.50 6
C Saku Koivu 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 19.30 7
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.20 4
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 14.20 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 13.00 5
L Michael Ryder 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Mark Streit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 -1 28.20 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 12.40 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.40 7
D Andrei Markov 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 5.40 6
R Wade Belak 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 13.00 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 13.00 8
C Pavel Datsyuk 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 23.20 6
L Jeff Hoggan 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 11.30 6
L P.J. Axelsson 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 13.10 7
C Peter Schaefer 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.00 7
C Brad Richards 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
C Sergei Zinovjev 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 5
R Chuck Kobasew 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 20.40 7
L Marco Sturm 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 16.00 5
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 25.30 7
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 14.00 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 21.30 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 17.00 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 5 7 4 7 0 0 29.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chuck Kobasew
2nd star: Alexei Ponikarovsky
3rd star: Pavel Datsyuk

Notes for Canadiens:
-Andrei Markov finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for Bruins:
-P.J. Axelsson ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Shawn Thornton beat Tom Kostopoulos in a fight.

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 3( 26) , Providence Bruins 2( 17)
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0-1 PRO Jeremy Reich (David Krejci, Brett Skinner)
1-1 QUE Erkki Rajamäki (James Sanford)
2-1 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Matt D'Agostini, Sergei Kostitsyn)
3-1 QUE Garth Murray (Jonathan Ferland)
3-2 PRO Wacey Rabbit (Chris Collins, Jonathan Sigalet)

Goalies: Carey Price - Tuukka Rask

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Predators 5 , Red Wings 1
Shots: 25 - 17
NAS PP: 3 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:74/91=81 %, Challenges:41/52=77 %
DET PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:68/83=81 %, Challenges:31/42=72 %
Attendance: 10910 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 505133 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:14 1-0 NAS Matt Ellison [6] (David Legwand, Alexander Radulov)PP
11:29 2-0 NAS Steve Sullivan [8] (Matt Ellison, Jason Arnott)PP
14:22 3-0 NAS Jason Arnott [10])
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20:34 4-0 NAS Steve Sullivan [9] (Matt Ellison, Jason Arnott)PP
30:09 4-1 DET Mike Richards [3] (Nicklas Lidström)
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55:59 5-1 NAS Darcy Hordichuk [3] (Martin Erat, David Legwand)
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Penalty summary:
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02:21 NAS Darcy Hordichuk (2 min for hooking)
05:51 DET Kirk Maltby (2 min for hooking)
09:57 DET Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
17:49 DET Brian Rafalski (2 min for tripping)
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20:19 DET Drake (2 min for hooking)
26:11 NAS Jason Arnott (2 min for hooking)
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42:27 NAS Darcy Hordichuk (2 min for hooking)
50:04 DET Kirk Maltby (2 min for tripping)
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Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.00 5
R Steve Sullivan 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 18.40 8
R Alexander Radulov 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.10 8
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 10.10 6
C Radek Bonk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 5
C Jason Arnott 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 16.50 9
C David Legwand 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 18.40 8
L Matt Ellison 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 -1 12.50 7
L Alex Henry 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 5
L Darcy Hordichuk 1 0 3 1 0 0 4 2 10.00 8
L Martin Erat 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 20.50 7
D Richard Stehlik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 22.50 7
D Shea Weber 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 -1 28.40 8
D Greg de Vries 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 13.20 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 16.20 7
D Ryan Suter 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 -1 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
R Kirk Maltby 0 0 1 5 1 4 4 0 12.40 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 13.20 7
R Glen Murray 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 -1 19.30 4
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 5
C Johan Franzén 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.10 5
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 19.40 7
C Mike Richards 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 21.00 8
L Matt Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 4
L Drake 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 15.10 7
L Daniel Cleary 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 6
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 20.40 7
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.10 4
D Chris Chelios 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 18.40 6
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 26.50 8
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 15.10 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dominik Hasek 4 0 8 0 0 20.40 4
G Chris Osgood 1 0 12 0 0 39.20 8

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Sullivan
2nd star: Jason Arnott
3rd star: Matt Ellison

Notes for Predators:
-David Legwand notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Matt Ellison notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Arnott scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Matt Ellison has marked a new career high in assists with 11 assists.

Notes for Red Wings:
-Mike Richards finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 1( 7) , Kansas City Blades 4( 32)
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0-1 KCB Evan McGrath
0-2 KCB Nikita Alexeev (Martin Chabada, Evan McGrath)
0-3 KCB Garrett Stafford (Evan McGrath, Nikita Alexeev)
0-4 KCB Martin Chabada (Nikita Alexeev, Evan McGrath)
1-4 MIL Vladimir Kutny (Shane Willis, Nathan Lutz)

Goalies: Mike McKenna - Jimmy Howard

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Blues 1 , Capitals 3
Shots: 22 - 28
STL PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:61/72=84 %, Challenges:29/50=56 %
WSH PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:75/93=80 %, Challenges:39/50=76 %
Attendance: 6096 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 260299 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:24 0-1 WSH Martin Havlat [14] (Ryan Kesler)
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31:13 0-2 WSH Alexander Ovechkin [14] (Matt Cooke, Jakub Klepis)
37:12 0-3 WSH Steve Eminger [1] (Viktor Kozlov, Alexander Ovechkin)
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50:18 1-3 STL David Backes [6] (Paul Kariya, Chris Drury)
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Penalty summary:
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20:39 WSH Martin Havlat (2 min for roughing)
20:39 STL Barret Jackman (2 min for roughing)
26:27 STL Keith Tkachuk (2 min for hooking)
38:21 STL Zack FitzGerald (2 min for elbowing)
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42:27 STL D.J. King (5 min for fighting)
42:27 WSH Martin Havlat (5 min for fighting)
48:11 WSH Eric Fehr (2 min for slashing)
56:51 WSH Martin Havlat (2 min for hooking)
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Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cam Janssen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.10 4
R David Backes 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 16.00 7
R Dan Hinote 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -1 16.30 7
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 -2 20.20 7
C Jay McClement 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.10 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 12.50 6
C Brad Boyes 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 16.50 6
C Chris Drury 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -1 21.10 6
L D.J. King 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 7.10 4
L Timofei Shishkanov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 -1 16.00 6
L Paul Kariya 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 -1 20.00 5
D Zack FitzGerald 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 12.50 6
D Micki Dupont 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 -1 27.00 7
D Tomas Mojzis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.30 5
D Barret Jackman 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 19.10 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 -2 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 7.00 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 16.00 7
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 14.10 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 18.40 7
C Jakub Klepis 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 13.50 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 18.00 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 19.20 6
L Matt Cooke 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 10.20 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 15.40 5
L Martin Havlat 1 0 2 3 0 3 9 1 14.50 9
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 21.00 9
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17.00 4
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 23.00 7
D Aaron Miller 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 18.20 7
D Mike Green 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Steve Eminger 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 25.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Martin Havlat
3rd star: Cristobal Huet

Notes for Blues:

Notes for Capitals:
-Matt Cooke finally ended his 17 game point drought.
-Steve Eminger finally ended his 34 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-D.J. King beat Martin Havlat in a fight.

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 4( 24) , Portland Pirates 1( 11)
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1-0 WOR Scott Dobben (Jon DiSalvatore, Roman Polak)
1-1 POR Alexandre Giroux (Michael Blunden)
2-1 WOR Mike Glumac (Roman Polak)
3-1 WOR Mike Glumac (Joël Perrault, Charles Linglet)
4-1 WOR Jeff Woywitka (Yan Stastny)

Goalies: Marek Schwarz - Frédéric Cassivi

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Maple Leafs 4 , Sabres 3
Shots: 29 - 23
TOR PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:73/90=81 %, Challenges:38/53=70 %
BUF PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:65/78=83 %, Challenges:35/58=59 %
Attendance: 18819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 863792 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:43 1-0 TOR Johnny Pohl [4] (Maxime Talbot, Jeremy Williams)
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30:46 2-0 TOR Alexander Steen [15] (Tomas Kaberle, Ian White)
33:52 2-1 BUF Jason Pominville [16] (Raffi Torres, Thomas Vanek)
35:03 3-1 TOR Marc Savard [13] (Carlo Colaiacovo, Pavel Kubina)
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48:15 3-2 BUF Maxim Lapierre [4] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Steve Bernier)
49:36 3-3 BUF Tim Connolly [22] (Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville)
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64:14 4-3 TOR Marc Savard [14] (Mike Cammalleri, Mats Sundin)
Penalty summary:
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12:26 BUF Ales Kotalik (2 min for cross-checking)
19:39 BUF Gary Roberts (2 min for tripping)
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25:57 BUF Gary Roberts (2 min for slashing)
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45:03 BUF Drew Stafford (2 min for tripping)
57:02 TOR Darcy Tucker (2 min for roughing)
57:02 BUF Marc-Édouard Vlasic (2 min for roughing)
59:09 TOR Matt Stajan (2 min for high-sticking)
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Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Johnny Pohl 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 7
R Jason Blake 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 -1 19.20 7
L Marc Savard 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 21.50 10
R Alexander Steen 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 21.10 7
C Jeremy Williams 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 7
C Nik Antropov 0 0 1 5 2 5 0 -1 18.20 7
C Mats Sundin 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 20.50 7
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 18.10 6
L Maxime Talbot 0 1 2 2 2 3 0 1 9.00 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 -1 16.40 6
R Mike Cammalleri 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 15.20 6
L Matt Stajan 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 -1 17.40 7
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 17.40 7
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 2 18.00 9
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 28.40 7
D Ian White 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 -1 19.20 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 17.50 8
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 27.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 3 0 20 0 0 64.10 6
G Jonathan Bernier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 9.10 4
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 16.10 6
L Raffi Torres 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Tim Connolly 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 23.20 8
C Maxim Lapierre 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 9.10 8
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 -1 14.30 7
R Gary Roberts 0 0 3 2 2 0 4 -1 15.50 7
C Jason Pominville 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 16.50 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 11.30 8
R Steve Bernier 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 -1 14.30 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 -1 14.30 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 21.50 8
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 16.30 6
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -1 17.40 5
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 26.50 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 -1 17.30 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 21.20 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 29.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 25 0 0 64.10 6
G Adam Dennis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc Savard
2nd star: Johnny Pohl
3rd star: Alexander Steen

Notes for Maple Leafs:
-Alexander Steen scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Ian White notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Carlo Colaiacovo notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mats Sundin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Johnny Pohl finally ended his 21 game goal drought.

Notes for Sabres:
-Joe Pavelski had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Tim Connolly ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Maxim Lapierre finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Steve Bernier finally ended his 16 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 0( 17) , Rochester Americans 1( 25)
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0-1 ROC Clarke MacArthur (Jonathan Hedström)

Goalies: Jean-François Racine - Jocelyn Thibault