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Boston Bruins 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 23 - 19
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/75=80 %, Challenges:30/52=56 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/76=80 %, Challenges:33/60=54 %
Attendance: 12061 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 530684 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:25 0-1 Jason Pominville [11] (Derek Roy, Craig Rivet)
14:02 0-2 Paul Gaustad [4] (Daniel Paillé, Jochen Hecht)
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21:58 1-2 Blake Wheeler [2] (Michael Ryder)
36:11 2-2 Chuck Kobasew [6] (Andrew Alberts, Phil Kessel)
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56:52 3-2 P.J. Axelsson [4] (Marc Savard)
58:56 4-2 Michael Ryder [4] (Mark Stuart) EN
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Penalty summary:
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joe Colborne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.40 5
R Blake Wheeler 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 19.20 8
R Chuck Kobasew 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 16.20 8
R P.J. Axelsson 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 16.40 7
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 7.40 6
C Michael Peca 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 19.20 6
C Phil Kessel 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.20 7
C Marc Savard 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 1 16.40 6
L Milan Lucic 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 7.40 6
L Michael Ryder 1 1 4 1 3 3 0 1 19.20 8
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 16.20 7
L Marco Sturm 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 16.40 7
D Mark Stuart 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 20.20 8
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17.20 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 22.20 5
D Keith Ballard 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 19.40 7
D Andrew Alberts 0 1 1 5 0 2 0 1 17.20 8
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 1 6 3 6 0 0 23.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 0 5 4 0 0 15.30 4
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -2 21.20 6
R Jason Pominville 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 14.40 6
C Drew Stafford 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 8.30 7
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 14.30 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 16.00 7
C Derek Roy 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 21.00 5
L Adam Mair 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 8.30 4
L Daniel Paillé 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 14.30 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 16.00 5
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 -1 21.00 5
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 14.30 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 18.10 5
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 -1 27.20 7
D Tyler Myers 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 15.50 5
D Craig Rivet 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 -1 26.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 19 0 0 59.20 5
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Ryder
2nd star: Blake Wheeler
3rd star: Chuck Kobasew

Notes for Boston Bruins:

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Pominville ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Paul Gaustad ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Craig Rivet finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 6( 37) , Rochester Americans 0( 10)
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1-0 PRO Vladislav Evseev (Andrew Ference, Petteri Nokelainen)
2-0 PRO Petteri Nokelainen (Andrew Ference)
3-0 PRO David Krejci (Andrew Ference, Petteri Nokelainen)
4-0 PRO Shawn Thornton (Shane Hnidy)
5-0 PRO Vladislav Evseev (David Krejci, Petteri Nokelainen)
6-0 PRO Brad Schell

Goalies: Manny Fernandez - Adam Dennis

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New York Islanders 1 , Washington Capitals 3
Shots: 20 - 18
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:72/92=78 %, Challenges:30/44=66 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/82=84 %, Challenges:24/47=50 %
Attendance: 7339 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 354473 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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18:03 0-1 Chris Clark [6] (Alexander Ovechkin)
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32:44 0-2 Nicklas Bäckström [3] (Alexander Ovechkin, Brooks Laich)
33:23 1-2 Bruno Gervais [2] (Richard Park)
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50:03 1-3 Nicklas Bäckström [4] (Alexander Ovechkin, Viktor Kozlov)
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Penalty summary:
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28:07 Chris Bourque (2 min for hooking)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tim Jackman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
R Trent Hunter 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.30 6
R Bill Guerin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
R Doug Weight 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -3 19.00 5
C Sean Bergenheim 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 6.40 5
C Richard Park 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 14.40 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 5
C Mike Comrie 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -3 19.10 6
L Frans Nielsen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 5
L Jon Sim 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 13.50 6
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 20.30 5
L Andy Hilbert 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -3 19.00 7
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.40 5
D Bruno Gervais 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 6
D Ryan Suter 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 -3 26.30 7
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 16.20 8
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 5 2 7 0 1 19.50 8
D Mark Streit 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -3 24.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 3 0 15 0 0 60.00 5
G Joey MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Bourque 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.00 5
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 15.20 5
R Chris Clark 1 0 3 2 5 2 0 0 20.10 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 15.40 8
C Alexandre Giroux 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 16.50 5
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.50 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 16.50 8
L Brooks Laich 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 7.00 4
L Matt Bradley 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 15.20 5
L Alexander Semin 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 3 2 2 1 2 0 2 17.50 9
D John Erskine 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17.40 5
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 20.30 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22.10 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20.00 5
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 18.50 5
D Mike Green 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 21.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nicklas Bäckström
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: José Theodore

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Bruno Gervais finally ended his 19 game goal drought.

Notes for Washington Capitals:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 9( 40) , Portland Pirates 5( 27)
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0-1 POR Owen Fussey (Sasha Pokulok)
1-1 BRG Dustin Kohn (Joe Rullier, Arsi Piispanen)
2-1 BRG Dustin Kohn (Arsi Piispanen)
2-2 POR Kyle Wilson (Stephen Werner)
3-2 BRG Zenon Konopka (Darryl Bootland)
4-2 BRG Darryl Bootland (Mathieu Roy)
5-2 BRG Luciano Aquino (Dustin Kohn)
6-2 BRG Robin Big Snake (Scott Ford)
7-2 BRG Mathieu Roy (Jeff May)
7-3 POR Quintin Laing (Grant Potulny)
7-4 POR Jason Lehoux (Travis Morin)
8-4 BRG Zenon Konopka (Mathieu Roy)
9-4 BRG Sergei Mozyakin (Jeremy Colliton)
9-5 POR Cam McCaffrey (Travis Morin)

Goalies: Maxime Ouellet - Frédéric Cassivi

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St. Louis Blues 3 , Philadelphia Flyers 5
Shots: 27 - 27
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:79/90=87 %, Challenges:27/45=58 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/82=81 %, Challenges:36/53=66 %
Attendance: 16320 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 696864 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:21 0-1 Scott Hartnell [14] (Mike Richards)
17:55 1-1 Jaromir Jagr [12] (Keith Tkachuk)
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29:52 2-1 Sean Avery [11] (Pavel Datsyuk, Anson Carter)
37:58 2-2 Ned Lukacevic [1] (Braydon Coburn, Luca Sbisa)
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44:22 3-2 Keith Tkachuk [15] (Jaromir Jagr, Michal Rozsival)
48:43 3-3 Joffrey Lupul [6] (Sam Gagner, Luca Sbisa)
55:16 3-4 Scott Hartnell [15] (Kimmo Timonen, Matt Carle)
58:45 3-5 Scott Hartnell [16] (Peter Sejna, Luca Sbisa) EN
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Penalty summary:
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41:41 Claude Giroux (2 min for hooking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michal Repík 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 6.40 5
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 12.20 5
R Anson Carter 0 1 5 1 2 0 0 -2 20.10 6
R Jaromir Jagr 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 20.50 8
C Chris Gratton 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 6.40 7
C Mike Modano 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 13.40 5
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
C Joe Sakic 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
L Ville Peltonen 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -1 6.40 4
L Chad Kilger 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 -1 12.20 5
L Sean Avery 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 5
L Keith Tkachuk 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 20.40 7
D Yannick Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 6
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 -1 17.20 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 4 3 2 0 -1 27.10 6
D Colten Teubert 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 13.30 4
D Michal Rozsival 0 1 2 5 0 4 0 0 21.20 9
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 27.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 5 0 22 0 0 59.20 4
G Jacob Markstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.00 6
R Joffrey Lupul 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 6
R Mark Parrish 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 17.30 7
R Mike Knuble 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 17.20 7
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Sam Gagner 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 15.10 6
C Daniel Brière 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.30 6
C Mike Richards 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 19.20 8
L Ned Lukacevic 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 7
L Peter Sejna 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 15.10 7
L Claude Giroux 0 0 5 1 3 1 2 -1 17.30 7
L Scott Hartnell 3 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 19.20 9
D Luca Sbisa 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 17.50 7
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 19.30 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 24.40 8
D Randy Jones 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 15.30 6
D Matt Carle 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 -2 21.00 6
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 3 21.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Hartnell
2nd star: Luca Sbisa
3rd star: Joffrey Lupul

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Keith Tkachuk scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Mike Richards notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Scott Hartnell scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Kimmo Timonen notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Joffrey Lupul ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Luca Sbisa ended his 9 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 1( 19) , Philadelphia Phantoms 0(
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1-0 WOR Steven Wagner (Ryan MacMurchy, Jay McClement)

Goalies: Manny Legace - Martin Houle

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Dallas Stars 1 , Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Shots: 21 - 28
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:60/68=88 %, Challenges:27/52=50 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:81/95=85 %, Challenges:53/72=72 %
Attendance: 6850 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 304825 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:29 1-0 Evgeny Malkin [10] (Konstantin Pushkarev, James Van Riemsdyk)PP
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28:14 1-1 Petr Sykora [8] (Zach Parisé, Sidney Crosby)
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Penalty summary:
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04:07 Joel Lundqvist (2 min for boarding)
06:36 Sidney Crosby (2 min for boarding)
19:33 Logan Couture (2 min for hooking)
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33:14 Mike Zigomanis (2 min for holding the stick)
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43:51 Sidney Crosby (2 min for roughing)
43:51 Toby Petersen (2 min for roughing)
45:27 Marek Zidlicky (2 min for high-sticking)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R János Vas 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5.50 6
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 15.00 6
R Konstantin Pushkarev 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 19.00 5
R Steve Ott 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 19.00 5
C Marty Sertich 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 4
C Toby Petersen 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 15.00 7
C James Sheppard 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 22.10 7
L Joel Lundqvist 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6.40 4
L Logan Couture 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 21.30 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 21.00 6
L Evgeny Malkin 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 -1 22.20 8
D Trevor Daley 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 16.00 5
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 22.20 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 3 2 3 2 -1 26.50 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 0 22.50 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 27.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 1 0 27 0 0 65.00 10
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Zigomanis 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 6.50 7
R Bill Thomas 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 15.50 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 21.40 8
R Petr Sykora 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 17.00 8
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 8.50 6
C Kris Beech 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 5
C Wojtek Wolski 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 21.00 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 21.30 7
L Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 6.50 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 15.50 7
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 18.10 7
L Zach Parisé 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 22.20 8
D Andy Greene 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 16.10 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 20.30 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 28.30 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 15.50 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 19.00 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 2 5 1 6 0 1 30.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 1 0 20 0 0 65.00 9
G Dave Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Henrik Lundqvist
2nd star: Hannu Toivonen
3rd star: Petr Sykora

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Evgeny Malkin scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Petr Sykora ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 3( 22) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 15)
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1-0 UTH Igor Volkov (Esa Pirnes)
2-0 UTH Krys Barch (Richard Clune, Aaron Gagnon)
2-1 WIL Eric Godard (Danny Richmond, Milan Kraft)
3-1 UTH Chris Conner (Adam Courchaine)
3-2 WIL Eric Godard (Joey Mormina, Milan Kraft)

Goalies: Philippe Sauvé - Kristofer Westblom