October 23rd

Buffalo Sabres 4 , New Jersey Devils 6
Shots: 29 - 21
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:65/82=79 %, Challenges:32/41=76 %
PP: 3 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:79/87=90 %, Challenges:28/44=62 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 873965 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:41 1-0 Sami Kapanen [4] (Jason Pominville)PP
16:18 1-1 Paul Martin [3] (Karel Rachunek, Travis Zajac)
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23:44 2-1 Clarke MacArthur [3] (Nathan Paetsch, Teppo Numminen)
32:08 2-2 Travis Zajac [2] (Grant Marshall, Jay Pandolfo)
36:56 2-3 Patrik Elias [3] (Travis Zajac, Brian Gionta)PP
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40:16 3-3 Jason Pominville [4] (Sami Kapanen, Tim Connolly)
44:48 3-4 Patrik Elias [4] (Karel Rachunek, Brian Gionta)PP
45:21 4-4 Dainius Zubrus [3] (Clarke MacArthur, Henrik Tallinder)
47:02 4-5 Brian Gionta [3] (Travis Zajac, Patrik Elias)PP
59:32 4-6 Alex Korolyuk [1]) EN
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Penalty summary:
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11:04 Mark Recchi (2 min for holding the stick)
14:17 Tim Connolly (2 min for tripping)
17:37 Nathan Paetsch (2 min for roughing)
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21:25 Mark Recchi (2 min for slashing)
36:05 Chris Phillips (2 min for hooking)
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41:25 Jordan Staal (2 min for tripping)
43:51 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for high-sticking)
46:03 Brian McGrattan (2 min for hooking)
49:13 Chuck Kobasew (2 min for roughing)
51:23 Noah Clarke (2 min for tripping)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brian McGrattan 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 7.20 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 11.50 7
R Jason Pominville 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.30 8
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 17.20 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 16.50 6
C Dainius Zubrus 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 19.10 8
C Tim Connolly 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 -1 10.20 5
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 7.10 7
L Clarke MacArthur 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 11.50 7
L Sami Kapanen 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 6
L Simon Gagné 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 20.50 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 2 13.10 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 -2 19.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 24.00 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 14.40 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 19.50 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 -1 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 6 0 15 0 0 58.20 4
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
R Alex Korolyuk 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 11.50 8
R Mark Recchi 0 0 4 3 0 0 4 0 14.50 8
R Brian Gionta 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 19.40 8
C Mike Rupp 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Travis Zajac 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 19.00 8
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 -2 18.10 6
C John Madden 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
L Noah Clarke 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.00 6
L Grant Marshall 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 12.40 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 -1 14.10 6
L Patrik Elias 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 20.40 9
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 6
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 13.10 6
D Paul Martin 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 26.50 7
D Karel Rachunek 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 18.40 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 -2 22.10 7
D Colin White 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 26.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Teppo Numminen notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Simon Gagné had his 8 game point streak snapped.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Alex Korolyuk ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Grant Marshall ended his 6 game point drought.
-Patrik Elias ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Richard Matvichuk had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 18) , Albany River Rats 3( 17)
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0-1 ALB Cam Janssen (Jason Ryznar, Ivan Khomutov)
1-1 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Dmitri Utkin, Mark Mancari)
1-2 ALB Olli Malmivaara
2-2 ROC Andrej Sekera (Alexei Smirnov)
2-3 ALB Tuomas Pihlman (Justin Papineau)

Goalies: Mike Morrison - Frank Doyle



Chicago Blackhawks 3 , Ottawa Senators 4
Shots: 26 - 39
PP: 2 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:52/64=81 %, Challenges:40/47=83 %
PP: 0 of 6 (20 shots), Passing:80/88=90 %, Challenges:38/43=86 %
Attendance: 20500 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 967600 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:27 1-0 Brent Sopel [4] (Brent Seabrook, Robert Lang)PP
09:54 2-0 Tuomo Ruutu [5] (Brent Seabrook, Martin Havlat)
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33:43 2-1 P.J. Axelsson [1] (Dean McAmmond, Anton Volchenkov)
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43:05 3-1 Martin Havlat [6] (Tuomo Ruutu, Nikolai Khabibulin)PP
47:45 3-2 Jan Hrdina [4] (Milan Michalek, Vaclav Prospal)
50:16 3-3 Patrick Marleau [5] (Dany Heatley, Joni Pitkänen)
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61:11 3-4 Milan Michalek [6] (Dany Heatley, Patrick Marleau)
Penalty summary:
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04:25 Danny Markov (2 min for hooking)
08:08 Dan Boyle (2 min for holding the stick)
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20:19 Rene Bourque (2 min for hooking)
27:29 Milan Michalek (2 min for hooking)
30:52 P.J. Axelsson (2 min for boarding)
35:39 Andrei Zyuzin (2 min for hooking)
37:53 Martin Havlat (2 min for holding the stick)
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42:13 Chris Neil (2 min for elbowing)
51:28 Patrick Sharp (2 min for hooking)
52:44 Martin Lapointe (2 min for slashing)
59:19 Martin Lapointe (2 min for roughing)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.40 4
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 20.00 7
R Jason Williams 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 11.50 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 -2 21.40 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 5
C Patrick Sharp 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13.00 6
C Yanic Perreault 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 11.50 7
C Robert Lang 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 22.10 5
L Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 6
L Rene Bourque 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 13.00 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.50 7
L Martin Havlat 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 -1 20.10 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 18.10 6
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 19.20 8
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 16.20 6
D Brent Sopel 1 0 5 3 0 1 0 -2 22.20 8
D Brent Seabrook 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 -2 29.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 4 1 35 0 0 61.20 7
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 0 0 6 1 2 2 -1 10.30 8
R P.J. Axelsson 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 13.30 8
R Milan Michalek 1 1 8 1 0 0 2 2 17.20 9
R Dany Heatley 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 2 22.50 10
C Chris Kelly 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 14.00 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 8.50 7
C Jan Hrdina 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 8
C Patrick Marleau 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 21.50 8
L Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.10 6
L Dean McAmmond 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 9.40 7
L Martin St. Louis 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 19.10 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 14.00 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.10 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 24.10 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 16.50 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18.00 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 31.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 23 0 0 61.20 6
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Milan Michalek
2nd star: Dany Heatley
3rd star: Patrick Marleau

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Anton Volchenkov ended his 9 game point drought.
-Joe Corvo had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 28) , Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 11)
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1-0 NOR Martin St. Pierre (James Wisniewski, Michael Blunden)
2-0 NOR Dave Bolland (Bryan Bickell, Steve Munn)
2-1 GRD Cory Pecker (Scott Sheppard)

Goalies: Wade Flaherty - Kelly Guard

Columbus Blue Jackets 6 , Colorado Avalanche 4
Shots: 36 - 21
PP: 0 of 4 (12 shots), Passing:63/80=78 %, Challenges:41/50=80 %
PP: 2 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:60/81=74 %, Challenges:33/48=67 %
Attendance: 12590 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 590471 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:56 1-0 Sergei Fedorov [5] (Dan Fritsche, Adam Foote)
10:19 1-1 Ryan Smyth [5] (Peter Forsberg, John-Michael Liles)PP
16:32 1-2 Jonathan Cheechoo [7] (Mark Rycroft, Jaroslav Hlinka)
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31:28 2-2 Dan Fritsche [2] (Manny Malhotra, Adam Foote)
33:19 2-3 Peter Forsberg [6] (Andrew Brunette, Jiri Hudler)
36:42 3-3 David Vyborny [4] (Manny Malhotra, Nils Ekman)
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43:29 3-4 Peter Forsberg [7] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Jordan Leopold)PP
45:49 4-4 David Vyborny [5] (Rick Nash, Sergei Fedorov)
47:03 5-4 Fredrik Modin [1] (Nikolai Zherdev, Duvie Westcott)
59:49 6-4 Rick Nash [6] (Curtis Murphy) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:13 Cody McCormick (2 min for roughing)
03:13 Ron Hainsey (2 min for roughing)
09:07 Sergei Fedorov (2 min for holding the stick)
17:56 Joe Sakic (2 min for slashing)
19:45 Kris Draper (2 min for holding the stick)
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23:44 Eric Healey (2 min for high-sticking)
25:46 Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
27:52 Steven Goertzen (2 min for elbowing)
31:46 Jody Shelley (5 min for fighting)
31:46 Cody McCormick (5 min for fighting)
39:52 Dallas Drake (2 min for slashing)
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42:05 Nils Ekman (2 min for tripping)
57:53 Steven Goertzen (5 min for fighting)
57:53 Cody McCormick (5 min for fighting)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jody Shelley 0 0 2 2 0 2 5 1 6.20 7
R Steven Goertzen 0 0 2 1 0 1 7 0 12.20 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 15.20 8
R David Vyborny 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 18.30 8
C Dan Fritsche 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 9.40 8
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13.20 6
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
C Sergei Fedorov 1 1 6 0 0 0 2 2 18.20 8
L Manny Malhotra 0 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 12.00 7
L Nils Ekman 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 16.30 6
L Fredrik Modin 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.30 6
L Rick Nash 1 1 6 0 0 0 2 2 18.00 10
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 16.50 6
D Duvie Westcott 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 16.50 8
D Adam Foote 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 22.00 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 1 17.50 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20.30 7
D Curtis Murphy 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 2 26.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 17 0 0 60.00 4
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Rycroft 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 5
R Cody McCormick 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 9.20 5
R Jiri Hudler 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 -4 21.10 7
C Jaroslav Hlinka 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Kris Draper 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15.40 6
C Peter Forsberg 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 9
C Joe Sakic 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -4 18.20 6
L Eric Healey 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.00 5
L Dallas Drake 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 15.00 5
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 6
L Ryan Smyth 1 0 3 7 2 0 0 -4 20.50 9
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 13.00 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -4 24.00 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 19.00 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -1 20.00 7
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 -3 28.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dominik Hasek 6 0 30 0 0 59.00 5
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Vyborny
2nd star: Peter Forsberg
3rd star: Rick Nash

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Peter Forsberg notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jonathan Cheechoo scored the 100th goal of his career.

Other notes:
-Jody Shelley beat Cody McCormick in a fight.
-Cody McCormick beat Steven Goertzen in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 12) , Hershey Bears 0( 12)
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1-0 SYR Petr Pohl (Curtis Glencross, Tomas Kloucek)
2-0 SYR Adam Pineault (Gilbert Brulé)
3-0 SYR Alexandre Picard (Adam Pineault, Filip Novak)

Goalies: Adam Munro - Vitaly Kolesnik



Detroit Red Wings 1 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 24 - 29
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:70/77=90 %, Challenges:22/39=55 %
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:68/82=82 %, Challenges:44/58=74 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 867263 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:58 0-1 Chris Higgins [2] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Michael Ryder)PP
13:46 1-1 Mikael Samuelsson [6] (Tomas Holmström, Chris Chelios)
18:46 1-2 Tomas Plekanec [3] (Guillaume Latendresse, Tom Kostopoulos)
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37:45 1-3 Michael Ryder [4] (Steve Bégin, Bryan Smolinski)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:08 Nicklas Lidström (2 min for roughing)
06:59 Alexander Perezhogin (2 min for hooking)
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27:44 Garth Murray (5 min for fighting)
27:44 Ian Laperriere (5 min for fighting)
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48:46 Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for tripping)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren McCarty 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 10.10 7
R Kirk Maltby 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 13.40 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 14.50 6
R Justin Williams 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Johan Franzén 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 10.10 7
C Matt Cullen 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 14.40 5
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 2 3 0 0 5 -1 14.50 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 6
L Valtteri Filppula 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 9.20 8
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 -1 15.20 7
L Tomas Holmström 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
L Brian Rolston 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14.30 6
D Chris Chelios 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 -1 16.40 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24.10 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 15.40 7
D Brett Clark 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 22.20 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 0 26.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Jocelyn Thibault 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 0 0 1 2 0 6.30 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 18.00 8
R Michael Ryder 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 16.10 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 19.20 7
C Garth Murray 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 6.10 6
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 14.50 7
C Chris Higgins 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 7
C Saku Koivu 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 8.10 6
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 15.00 8
L Steve Bégin 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 18.30 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 18.20 8
D Mark Streit 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 5
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 15.10 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 24.40 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 20.50 6
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 19.40 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 22.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Wojtek Wolski had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Michael Ryder ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Tomas Plekanec ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Tom Kostopoulos ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Garth Murray fought Ian Laperriere in a fight.

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 2( 10) , Quebec Citadelles 1( 16)
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0-1 QUE Eric Manlow (Patrik Valcak)
1-1 KCB Carl Corazzini (Jaroslav Balastik)
2-1 KCB Brad Ference (Mark Cullen)

Goalies: Jimmy Howard - Yann Danis

Florida Panthers 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 20 - 20
PP: 2 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:75/88=85 %, Challenges:41/47=85 %
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:60/79=75 %, Challenges:41/46=87 %
Attendance: 12642 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 553720 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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02:11 1-0 Jozef Stumpel [3] (Bryan Allen)
09:17 1-1 Todd White [4] (Paul Stastny, Ken Klee)PP
17:58 2-1 Ville Peltonen [3] (Olli Jokinen, Mike Van Ryn)PP
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33:54 2-2 Jeff O'Neill [1] (Brooks Orpik)
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41:34 3-2 Rob Globke [1] (Rostislav Olesz)
46:12 4-2 Olli Jokinen [6] (Richard Zednik, Nathan Horton)PP
48:44 5-2 Richard Zednik [3] (Jay Bouwmeester, Bryan Allen)
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Penalty summary:
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06:17 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for hooking)
08:24 Olli Jokinen (2 min for elbowing)
17:25 Jeff O'Neill (2 min for hooking)
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35:06 Stephen Weiss (2 min for roughing)
37:48 Darren Haydar (2 min for boarding)
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45:34 Brad Larsen (2 min for slashing)
50:42 Jesse Schultz (2 min for hooking)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rob Globke 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.10 7
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 13.50 5
R Nathan Horton 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 7
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 18.40 7
C Rostislav Olesz 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 9.10 7
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 14.10 8
C Jozef Stumpel 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
C Olli Jokinen 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 20.00 7
L David Booth 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9.10 6
L Gregory Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 5
L Ville Peltonen 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15.30 7
L Richard Zednik 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 9
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 6
D Jassen Cullimore 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 29.10 8
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
D Bryan Allen 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11.30 4
R Darren Haydar 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 14.30 6
L Paul Stastny 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -2 17.40 6
C Todd White 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Bobby Holik 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17.00 6
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
C Bryan Little 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.30 6
L Brad Larsen 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7.20 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 13.30 6
R Jeff O'Neill 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 14.00 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 4 4 0 1 2 -2 19.50 7
D Mark Popovic 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.30 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.20 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 25.50 6
D Ken Klee 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 20.00 8
D Aaron Ward 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 15 0 0 60.00 4
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Olli Jokinen
2nd star: Richard Zednik
3rd star: Rob Globke

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Rob Globke ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Jeff O'Neill ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 4( 32) , Chicago Wolves 0( 14)
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1-0 LOU Martin Tuma (Drew Larman)
2-0 LOU Louis-Philippe Martin (Kamil Kreps)
3-0 LOU Mathieu Melanson (Vaclav Nedorost)
4-0 LOU Eric Neilson (Drew Larman)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Fred Brathwaite



Tampa Bay Lightning 5 , San Jose Sharks 2
Shots: 34 - 23
PP: 2 of 5 (19 shots), Passing:76/89=85 %, Challenges:29/45=63 %
PP: 2 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:50/73=68 %, Challenges:39/49=78 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 871328 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:09 1-0 Wade Redden [1] (Filip Kuba, Brad Richards)PP
15:54 1-1 Henrik Zetterberg [8] (Sidney Crosby)PP
16:45 1-2 Henrik Zetterberg [9] (Sandis Ozolinsh, Craig Rivet)PP
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31:09 2-2 Michel Ouellet [3] (Brad Richards, Karl Stewart)
37:36 3-2 Michel Ouellet [4] (Alexei Yashin, Vincent Lecavalier)PP
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41:11 4-2 Vincent Lecavalier [4] (Alexei Yashin)
45:52 5-2 Vincent Lecavalier [5] (Alexei Yashin, Filip Kuba)
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Penalty summary:
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13:02 Marek Svatos (2 min for tripping)
14:49 Jason Ward (2 min for boarding)
16:17 Patrick Leahy (2 min for cross-checking)
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22:18 Peter Bondra (2 min for high-sticking)
25:06 Peter Bondra (2 min for tripping)
36:15 Curtis Brown (5 min for attempt to injury)
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48:26 Gary Roberts (2 min for slashing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 6.00 7
R Jason Ward 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14.20 6
R Michel Ouellet 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 18.30 8
R Thomas Vanek 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 20.10 7
C Chris Gratton 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.00 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14.20 7
C Brad Richards 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 18.50 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 2 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 20.50 10
L Patrick Leahy 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 11.50 6
L Craig MacDonald 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 14.20 5
L Karl Stewart 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.50 7
L Alexei Yashin 0 3 8 0 0 1 0 2 24.30 9
D Bryce Lampman 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9.30 4
D Paul Ranger 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 15.40 7
D Filip Kuba 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 2 28.00 9
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.20 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 18.20 7
D Wade Redden 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 21.00 5
R Peter Bondra 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 10.40 7
R Gary Roberts 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 18.30 7
R Marek Svatos 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -2 14.10 7
C Andrew Cogliano 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.40 5
C Jeremy Roenick 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9.40 6
C Jason Spezza 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -2 18.00 7
L Curtis Brown 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 10.40 7
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
L Evgeny Malkin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
L Henrik Zetterberg 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 -2 14.50 9
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 11.40 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -1 20.00 6
D Craig Rivet 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 -2 27.20 8
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 20.00 5
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 -2 26.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 5 0 29 0 0 60.00 5
G Jussi Markkanen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vincent Lecavalier
2nd star: Michel Ouellet
3rd star: Alexei Yashin

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Alexei Yashin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Thomas Vanek had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 0( 32) , Cleveland Barons 1( 9)
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0-1 CLE Alexander Suglobov (Mathieu Darche, Tom Cavanagh)

Goalies: Morgan Cey - Thomas Greiss