31 decembre

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Tampa Bay Lightning 4 , Toronto Maple Leafs 0
Shots: 23 - 13
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:68/82=82 %, Challenges:44/56=77 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:65/81=80 %, Challenges:34/50=66 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:46 1-0 Vincent Lecavalier [10] (Mark Recchi, Andrej Meszaros)
13:46 2-0 Vaclav Prospal [12] (Mark Recchi, Matt Carle)PP
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34:03 3-0 Matt Carle [2] (Andrej Meszaros, Jeff Halpern)
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52:03 4-0 Vincent Lecavalier [11] (Mark Recchi, Andrej Meszaros)
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Penalty summary:
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12:18 Jamal Mayers (2 min for hooking)
17:33 Gary Roberts (2 min for roughing)
17:33 Aaron Rome (2 min for roughing)
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53:02 Steven Stamkos (2 min for roughing)
58:24 Mark Bell (2 min for tripping)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.30 6
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 17.10 6
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 5
R Mark Recchi 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 18.50 8
C Jeff Halpern 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 9.30 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.20 6
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15.40 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.30 9
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 7.30 6
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 18.50 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 15.40 5
L Vaclav Prospal 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 8
D Jyri Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 5
D Matt Carle 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 3 26.30 10
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 16.30 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 18.00 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 3 1 4 0 4 0 3 27.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 0 0 13 0 0 60.00 9
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.50 5
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 15.30 4
R Alexander Steen 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 14.10 5
R Nik Antropov 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 -2 20.00 4
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 4
C Dominic Moore 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14.00 5
C Matt Stajan 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 5
C Mark Bell 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -2 20.10 7
L Boyd Devereaux 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.50 6
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 14.00 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
L Jason Blake 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 -2 20.10 7
D Aaron Rome 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 15.50 5
D Ian White 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 18.30 5
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -2 23.50 4
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 14.10 5
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 18.50 5
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -2 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G James Reimer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jonathan Bernier
2nd star: Vincent Lecavalier
3rd star: Matt Carle

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Vincent Lecavalier scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Mark Recchi notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mark Recchi scored the 1400th point of his career.
-Jeff Halpern notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Matt Carle finally ended his 35 game goal drought.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 3( 12) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 2( 13)
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0-1 SJM Nikolai Kulemin (Jeremy Williams, Kris Newbury)
1-1 DTV Jason Ward (Chris Gratton, Mike Lundin)
2-1 DTV Chris Gratton (Chris Lawrence)
2-2 SJM Darryl Boyce (Kyle Rogers)
3-2 DTV David Koci (Janne Niskala, Zenon Konopka)

Goalies: Karri Rämö - Justin Pogge

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Edmonton Oilers 2 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 22 - 29
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:57/71=80 %, Challenges:29/48=59 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/80=76 %, Challenges:42/56=73 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 449730 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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18:55 0-1 Dan Boyle [3] (Ryan Suter, Joe Thornton)
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23:25 0-2 Joe Thornton [19] (Dan Boyle, Ryan Suter)
29:31 0-3 Antoine Vermette [9] (Jeremy Roenick, Patrick Marleau)
33:41 1-3 Fernando Pisani [9] (Shawn Horcoff, Lubomir Visnovsky)
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49:31 2-3 Sam Gagner [4] (Tom Gilbert, Steve Staios)
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Penalty summary:
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02:28 Mike Grier (2 min for holding the stick)
12:33 Frazer McLaren (2 min for elbowing)
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50:18 Brent Sopel (2 min for roughing)
50:18 Marcel Goc (2 min for roughing)
51:44 Frazer McLaren (2 min for high-sticking)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 7.00 7
R Sam Gagner 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 12.40 8
R Fernando Pisani 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -1 20.20 5
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 6
C Andrew Cogliano 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 16.20 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 6
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
L Dustin Penner 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 -1 16.10 6
L Erik Cole 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 8
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 19.40 5
D Aaron Johnson 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 14.00 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 25.40 5
D Tom Gilbert 0 1 1 3 1 5 0 -1 17.00 8
D Steve Staios 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 16.20 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Jeff Deslauriers 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 8.10 6
R Ryane Clowe 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 18.50 7
R Mike Grier 0 0 3 3 3 0 2 1 17.00 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 20.20 7
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.10 6
C Marcel Goc 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 16.40 7
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
C Joe Thornton 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 18.20 9
L Frazer McLaren 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 8.10 6
L Devin Setoguchi 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 7
L Jeremy Roenick 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 17.50 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 17.00 7
D Ryan Suter 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 24.00 8
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 21.30 6
D Rob Blake 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 17.10 6
D Dan Boyle 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 22.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Thornton
2nd star: Ryan Suter
3rd star: Dan Boyle

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Lubomir Visnovsky scored the 300th point of his career.
-Sam Gagner finally ended his 30 game goal drought.
-Erik Cole had his 6 game goal streak snapped.
-Erik Cole had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Ryan Suter notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Dan Boyle finally ended his 17 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 0( 26) , Cleveland Barons 1( 16)
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0-1 CLE Matthew Jones (Matt Kinch, David Ruzicka)

Goalies: Dwayne Roloson - Tyson Sexsmith

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Nashville Predators 4 , Los Angeles Kings 0
Shots: 27 - 16
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:77/90=85 %, Challenges:35/46=74 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:28/41=66 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 503372 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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02:54 1-0 Radek Bonk [4] (Jordin Tootoo, Nathan Paetsch)
14:23 2-0 David Legwand [17] (Logan Couture, Ian McKenzie)
16:06 3-0 Jaroslav Spacek [3] (Ladislav Nagy, David Legwand)PP
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35:02 4-0 Jerred Smithson [9] (Jaroslav Spacek, Dan Hamhuis)
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Penalty summary:
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03:53 Oscar Möller (2 min for boarding)
07:01 Radek Bonk (2 min for boarding)
10:02 Michal Handzus (2 min for cross-checking)
15:45 Gabe Gauthier (2 min for hooking)
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28:57 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for high-sticking)
32:21 Denis Gauthier (5 min for fighting)
32:21 Jordin Tootoo (5 min for fighting)
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41:37 Denis Gauthier (2 min for hooking)
51:28 Denis Gauthier (5 min for fighting)
51:28 Logan Couture (5 min for fighting)
57:04 Radek Bonk (2 min for high-sticking)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ian McKenzie 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 5
R Jordin Tootoo 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 1 20.00 8
R Jerred Smithson 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 13.20 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 19.30 6
C Logan Couture 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 5.20 5
C Radek Bonk 1 0 4 0 1 1 4 1 18.00 7
C Marc Savard 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16.00 6
C David Legwand 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 8
L Nick Foligno 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 5
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 20.40 5
L Milan Michalek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 15.40 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 17.20 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 17.00 5
D Greg de Vries 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 20.50 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 4 5 0 4 0 0 28.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Ellis 0 0 16 0 0 60.00 9
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Oscar Möller 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 9.30 5
R Gabe Gauthier 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 -1 10.20 5
R Ed Purcell 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 18.20 5
C Jeff Carter 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -1 15.20 7
C Brady Murray 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.30 7
C Michal Handzus 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 14.40 6
C Daniel Brière 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
C Mike Richards 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
L Kyle Calder 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 5
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 11.30 5
L Martin Straka 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 7
L Simon Gagné 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 7
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 4
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 0 1 0 12 0 16.10 6
D Tom Preissing 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 29.20 5
D Colten Teubert 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.20 5
D Jack Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 16.20 6
D Matt Greene 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Erik Ersberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dan Ellis
2nd star: David Legwand
3rd star: Jaroslav Spacek

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Jordin Tootoo notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Logan Couture ended his 5 game point drought.
-Radek Bonk finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Radek Bonk finally ended his 13 game point drought.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:

Other notes:
-Jordin Tootoo beat Denis Gauthier in a fight.
-Denis Gauthier beat Logan Couture in a fight.

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 3( 20) , Manchester Monarchs 2( 16)
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0-1 MNC Bud Holloway (Kevin Westgarth, Drew Bagnall)
1-1 MIL Scott Nichol (Ryan Maki)
2-1 MIL Rich Peverly (Stanislav Romanov)
2-2 MNC Wayne Simmonds (Nate Thompson, Matt Moulson)
3-2 MIL Marek Bartánus (Nick Tarnasky)

Goalies: Drew MacIntyre - Jason LaBarbera

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Florida Panthers 2 , Chicago Blackhawks 5
Shots: 33 - 33
FLA PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:58/67=86 %, Challenges:40/55=71 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:67/87=77 %, Challenges:37/45=80 %
Attendance: 19252 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 508252 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:56 1-0 FLA Michael Ryder [12] (Stephen Weiss)
15:26 1-1 Kristian Huselius [9] (Travis Zajac)
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26:26 1-2 Brian Campbell [3] (Brian Gionta, Brent Seabrook)
29:42 1-3 Brian Gionta [20] (Chris Higgins, Josef Vasicek)
30:17 2-3 FLA Mattias Öhlund [6] (Paul Mara, Chris Drury)
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44:22 2-4 Glen Murray [18] (Kristian Huselius, Cam Barker)
59:15 2-5 Travis Zajac [16] (Sheldon Souray, Brent Seabrook)
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Penalty summary:
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19:21 FLA Paul Mara (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:06 FLA Josh Gorges (2 min for slashing)
39:15 Kurtis Foster (2 min for tripping)
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53:19 Sheldon Souray (2 min for hooking)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jack Skille 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 8.30 6
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
R Michael Ryder 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 18.40 8
R Richard Zednik 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 16.40 7
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.30 6
C David Brine 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13.20 6
C Stephen Weiss 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
C Chris Drury 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 -2 20.10 7
L Petr Prucha 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.30 5
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 16.10 8
L Cory Stillman 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Patrick Sharp 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 16.40 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 -1 16.50 4
D Cory Murphy 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16.30 4
D Paul Mara 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 -2 26.40 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Mike Green 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 6
D Mattias Öhlund 1 0 4 5 1 1 0 -3 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 28 0 0 60.00 5
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colton Orr 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 6.00 7
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 14.20 7
R Glen Murray 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 15.20 8
R Brian Gionta 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 20.10 9
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 -1 18.30 7
C Travis Zajac 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 18.20 8
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
L Josef Vasicek 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 6
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 -1 14.20 6
L Kristian Huselius 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 17.50 9
L Chris Higgins 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 14.50 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 15.40 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 2 0 4 2 3 0 1 25.20 8
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 6
D Cam Barker 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 21.10 8
D Brian Campbell 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 2 0 31 0 0 60.00 10
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pascal Leclaire
2nd star: Brian Gionta
3rd star: Travis Zajac

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Paul Mara notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Brian Gionta scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Sheldon Souray notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Glen Murray ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Brian Campbell finally ended his 18 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 3( 18) , Norfolk Admirals 3( 25)
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1-0 LOU Ville Peltonen (Luciano Aquino, Bryan Allen)
1-1 NOR Brian Boyle (Michael Blunden, Trevor Daley)
2-1 LOU Mike Duco (Michal Repík, Jordan Henry)
3-1 LOU Luciano Aquino (Ville Peltonen, Brett McLean)
3-2 NOR Brian Boyle (Jan Bulis, Trevor Daley)
3-3 NOR Adam Hobson (Ben Eager)

Goalies: Craig Anderson - Antti Niemi

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Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , New York Rangers 4
Shots: 21 - 25
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:67/89=75 %, Challenges:21/46=44 %
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:68/87=78 %, Challenges:26/46=55 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 627150 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:58 1-0 Thomas Vanek [14] (Michael Peca, Rick Nash)
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29:24 1-1 Ales Hemsky [11] (Jay Bouwmeester, Thomas Pöck)
30:25 1-2 Nikolai Zherdev [10] (Nathan Horton, Ales Hemsky)
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49:17 2-2 Rick Nash [15] (Michael Peca, Thomas Vanek)
49:31 2-3 Kyle Turris [10] (Jay Bouwmeester, Alex Pietrangelo)
50:34 2-4 Nathan Horton [11] (Nikolai Zherdev, Marc Staal)
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Penalty summary:
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25:06 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for high-sticking)
32:31 Dan Fritsche (2 min for slashing)
35:59 Alexander Semin (2 min for cross-checking)
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59:13 Stefan Legein (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.30 6
R Stefan Legein 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12.20 5
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
R Thomas Vanek 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 -1 17.20 7
C Steve Kelly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
C Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 12.20 6
C Mike York 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.00 5
C Michael Peca 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 -1 17.20 6
L Raffi Torres 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 12.20 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12.20 5
L R.J. Umberger 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 19.40 6
L Rick Nash 1 1 3 3 4 2 0 -1 18.30 7
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15.50 5
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 -1 15.10 5
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 6 1 6 0 -1 28.10 8
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 14.00 6
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 19.30 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 7 0 4 2 -1 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fredrik Norrena 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Daniel LaCosta 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 7.40 5
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 16.00 6
R Nathan Horton 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 13.50 7
R Ales Hemsky 1 1 3 0 5 0 0 1 20.50 7
C Blair Betts 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 10.50 6
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 15.10 6
C Phil Kessel 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 13.50 7
C Kyle Turris 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 7.40 7
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 1 6 2 8 0 0 17.40 7
L Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 7
L Alexander Semin 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 19.20 5
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 17.50 7
D Marc Staal 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 18.50 7
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 25.40 7
D Thomas Pöck 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 16.50 5
D Michael Del Zotto 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16.00 5
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 24.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Jake Allen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nathan Horton
2nd star: Ales Hemsky
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Jay Bouwmeester notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Kyle Turris scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Alex Pietrangelo ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 0( 14) , Hartford Wolfpack 2( 23)
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0-1 HFD Aaron Voros (Artem Anisimov)
0-2 HFD Greg Moore (Bobby Sanguinetti, Hugh Jessiman)

Goalies: Jordan Parisé - Steve Valiquette

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Calgary Flames 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 28 - 18
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:61/85=71 %, Challenges:33/44=73 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:66/83=79 %, Challenges:26/49=52 %
Attendance: 17139 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 553589 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:36 1-0 Matthew Lombardi [4] (Cory Sarich, Adrian Aucoin)
14:51 2-0 Todd Bertuzzi [13] (Jarome Iginla, Adrian Aucoin)
16:31 2-1 Ales Kotalik [7] (Shea Weber, Toni Lydman)
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23:07 3-1 Daymond Langkow [16] (Jarome Iginla, Todd Bertuzzi)
30:53 3-2 Max Pacioretty [3] (Bobby Ryan)
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59:53 4-2 Daymond Langkow [17] (Adrian Aucoin, Robyn Regehr) EN
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Penalty summary:
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19:02 Clarke MacArthur (2 min for hooking)
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44:38 Jim Vandermeer (5 min for fighting)
44:38 Shea Weber (5 min for fighting)
51:46 Daymond Langkow (2 min for slashing)
52:26 Jarome Iginla (2 min for hooking)
57:39 Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for hooking)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joe Motzko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
R David Moss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 13.20 4
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 7
R Jarome Iginla 0 2 6 2 2 0 2 3 20.40 8
C Jamie Lundmark 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 5
C Craig Conroy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 13.20 5
C Matthew Lombardi 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 14.30 7
C Daymond Langkow 2 0 5 4 0 0 2 3 17.10 9
L Curtis Glencross 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 11.10 6
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 13.20 7
L Rene Bourque 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 18.00 7
L Todd Bertuzzi 1 1 4 3 2 2 2 2 22.50 9
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -2 14.30 5
D Cory Sarich 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 16.10 8
D Adrian Aucoin 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 3 22.30 8
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 -2 12.50 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 1 24.40 9
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 2 5 2 5 0 3 29.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Curtis McElhinney 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Claude Giroux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 6
R Bobby Ryan 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 15.00 7
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 13.00 5
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 2 1 5 0 0 -1 21.10 4
C Bryan Bickell 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.30 4
C Adam Mair 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 15.20 5
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.40 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 21.00 6
L Luca Caputi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 5
L Max Pacioretty 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13.50 6
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -1 20.50 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 14.30 4
D Mike Card 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 5
D Mike Weber 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 16.20 5
D Shea Weber 0 1 1 6 3 6 5 -2 31.10 8
D Mike Funk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 5
D Boris Valabik 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 15.10 5
D Toni Lydman 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Patrick Lalime 4 0 24 0 0 58.00 4
G Jhonas Enroth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daymond Langkow
2nd star: Jarome Iginla
3rd star: Todd Bertuzzi

Notes for Calgary Flames:

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Shea Weber notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:
-Jim Vandermeer beat Shea Weber in a fight.

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 2( 15) , Rochester Americans 1( 13)
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1-0 SJF Wayne Primeau (Dustin Boyd, Eric Nystrom)
1-1 ROC Felix Schütz (Mark Parrish)
2-1 SJF Mark Giordano (Eric Nystrom)

Goalies: Leland Irving - Kris Lazaruk

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Dallas Stars 3 , New Jersey Devils 3
Shots: 31 - 20
PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:73/91=80 %, Challenges:46/63=71 %
PP: 2 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:66/81=81 %, Challenges:35/54=63 %
Attendance: 17001 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 516830 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:03 0-1 Zdeno Chara [6] (Brian Rolston)
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21:09 1-1 Toby Petersen [2])
27:07 2-1 Nick Boynton [3] (Mark Fistric, Mike Ribeiro)PP
29:46 3-1 Brenden Morrow [19] (Brad Richards, Philippe Boucher)
35:27 3-2 Matt Halischuk [3] (Zdeno Chara)PP
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46:55 3-3 Brian Rolston [11] (Dainius Zubrus, Zdeno Chara)PP
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Penalty summary:
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15:36 Jon DiSalvatore (2 min for holding the stick)
18:07 Brad Richards (2 min for tripping)
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23:13 Steve Ott (2 min for tripping)
25:18 Dainius Zubrus (2 min for hooking)
28:25 Steve Ott (5 min for fighting)
28:25 David Clarkson (5 min for fighting)
34:21 Steve Ott (2 min for hooking)
37:56 David Clarkson (2 min for hooking)
37:56 David Clarkson (10 min misconduct)
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46:08 Joel Lundqvist (2 min for elbowing)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joel Lundqvist 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 8.20 7
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 17.10 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 18.40 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 20.00 6
C James Neal 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9.20 6
C Toby Petersen 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 17.10 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 14.10 6
C Brad Richards 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 19.40 6
L Sean Avery 0 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 13.50 6
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 7
L Steve Ott 0 0 2 1 1 0 9 -1 11.20 6
L Brenden Morrow 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 20.30 8
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 20.10 6
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 -1 18.10 5
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 2 5 0 3 0 1 29.50 9
D Mark Fistric 0 1 1 2 2 6 0 1 20.30 7
D Nick Boynton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 3 0 17 0 0 65.00 5
G Cory Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jon DiSalvatore 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 8.00 5
R Barry Tallackson 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 -1 17.20 5
R David Clarkson 0 0 2 1 1 0 17 0 16.20 5
R Dainius Zubrus 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 21.40 7
C Fedor Fedorov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Petr Vrana 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 -1 15.30 6
C Mike Modano 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
C Saku Koivu 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 21.20 7
L Matt Halischuk 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 6
L Mike Rupp 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 15.30 5
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 20.10 5
L Brian Rolston 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 -1 19.10 8
D Mike Mottau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 5
D Andy Greene 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 27.30 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 20.50 5
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Zdeno Chara 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 28.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 28 0 0 65.00 8
G Corey Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Zdeno Chara
2nd star: Brian Rolston
3rd star: Toby Petersen

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Mark Fistric ended his 6 game point drought.
-Nick Boynton ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Dainius Zubrus notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Matt Halischuk finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Matt Halischuk finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Brian Rolston ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Zdeno Chara finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-David Clarkson beat Steve Ott in a fight.

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 3( 29) , Albany River Rats 2( 20)
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1-0 UTH Krys Barch (Roman Cervenka)
1-1 ALB Vladimir Zharkov (Brad Snetsinger)
1-2 ALB Chad Wiseman (Michael Swift, Alexandre Picard)
2-2 UTH Perttu Lindgren (Jamie Benn)
3-2 UTH Jamie Benn (Perttu Lindgren)

Goalies: Tobias Stephan - Jeff Frazee