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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 19 - 27
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:53/66=80 %, Challenges:33/69=47 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:73/87=83 %, Challenges:30/53=55 %
Attendance: 7733 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 368091 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:54 1-0 Zach Parisé [14] (Petr Sykora, Ryan Whitney)
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29:22 1-1 Jason Williams [8] (Andrew Cogliano, Shawn Horcoff)
29:44 2-1 Miroslav Satan [5] (Wojtek Wolski)
33:21 2-2 Mike Komisarek [6] (Ron Hainsey, Marty Reasoner)
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47:07 3-2 Petr Sykora [9] (Ryan Whitney)
48:54 3-3 Chris Higgins [9] (Robert Nilsson, Ron Hainsey)
59:33 4-3 Nikolai Zherdev [12] (Wojtek Wolski, Henrik Lundqvist)
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Penalty summary:
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30:41 Andy Greene (2 min for roughing)
30:41 Jordan Eberle (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bill Thomas 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 9.00 6
R Radek Bonk 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 14.50 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 8
R Petr Sykora 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
C Matt Cooke 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 9.00 6
C Kris Beech 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 14.50 6
C Wojtek Wolski 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 16.10 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 20.00 6
L Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 14.50 6
L Miroslav Satan 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 16.10 8
L Zach Parisé 1 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 20.00 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 16.40 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 19.50 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 24.10 6
D Andy Greene 0 0 0 1 4 3 2 0 15.20 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 1 17.50 8
D Ryan Whitney 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 3 1 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Dave Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jim Slater 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 7.30 5
R Jordan Eberle 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 15.20 5
R Jason Williams 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 17.30 8
R Alexander Frolov 0 0 2 4 1 5 0 0 19.40 8
R Marty Reasoner 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 7.30 5
C Todd White 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 7
C Andrew Cogliano 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 -2 17.30 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 6
L Robert Nilsson 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7.30 7
L Éric Perrin 0 0 3 3 3 8 0 0 17.50 8
R Slava Kozlov 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -2 17.30 6
L Chris Higgins 1 0 5 6 1 2 0 0 17.10 10
D Karel Pilar 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 17.50 5
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 -2 19.30 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 1 22.40 8
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 18.50 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 18.10 5
D Mike Komisarek 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 23.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ondrej Pavelec 4 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: Petr Sykora
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Wojtek Wolski

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ron Hainsey notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Williams ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Robert Nilsson finally ended his 15 game point drought.
-Chris Higgins ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 35) , Chicago Wolves 0( 15)
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1-0 WIL Jonathan Filewich (Kenny Corupe)
2-0 WIL Danny Richmond (Eric Godard)
3-0 WIL Johannes Salmonsson (Kenny Corupe)
4-0 WIL Jean-François Jacques (Jonathan Filewich, Alex Goligoski)

Goalies: Kristofer Westblom - Mike Morrison

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Washington Capitals 3 , Dallas Stars 1
Shots: 27 - 19
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:62/80=77 %, Challenges:19/39=47 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:69/86=80 %, Challenges:22/49=44 %
Attendance: 6112 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 283597 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:41 0-1 Stéphane Veilleux [4] (James Sheppard)
18:58 1-1 Mike Green [1] (Sergei Fedorov)PP
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36:32 2-1 Alexander Semin [11] (Brian Pothier, Sergei Fedorov)
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42:21 3-1 Chris Clark [8] (Alexander Semin, Michael Nylander)
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Penalty summary:
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05:05 János Vas (2 min for high-sticking)
08:38 Lauri Tukonen (2 min for holding the stick)
17:35 Marty Sertich (2 min for cross-checking)
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24:16 Alexandre Giroux (2 min for hooking)
34:21 János Vas (2 min for roughing)
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55:56 Milan Jurcina (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Bourque 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 5
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 13.40 6
R Chris Clark 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 2 19.50 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 6
C Alexandre Giroux 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 8.30 5
C Sergei Fedorov 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 1 14.50 8
C Michael Nylander 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 -1 19.20 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.10 6
L Matt Bradley 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 12.40 5
L Alexander Semin 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 20.00 9
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 20.10 7
D John Erskine 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 17.00 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 15.30 7
D Brian Pothier 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 25.20 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 13.30 5
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 19.30 5
D Mike Green 1 0 3 2 3 2 0 -1 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R János Vas 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 7.10 4
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 14.40 5
R Konstantin Pushkarev 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 16.10 6
R Steve Ott 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 -2 17.00 4
C Marty Sertich 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6.40 4
C Toby Petersen 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 14.40 5
C James Sheppard 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 12.40 5
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 21.00 6
L Joel Lundqvist 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6.30 4
L Logan Couture 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 14.40 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 20.30 7
L Evgeny Malkin 0 0 6 2 1 3 0 -1 20.40 7
D Trevor Daley 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 15.20 4
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 1 17.10 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 24.50 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 19.40 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 17.20 5
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Semin
2nd star: Chris Clark
3rd star: Sergei Fedorov

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Semin has marked a new career high in goals with 11 tallies.
-Mike Green finally ended his 31 game goal drought.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Stéphane Veilleux finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 4( 31) , Utah Grizzlies 1( 12)
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1-0 POR Donald Brashear (Tomas Fleischmann, Sasha Pokulok)
2-0 POR Tomas Fleischmann (Sami Lepistö)
3-0 POR Eric Fehr (Sami Lepistö)
4-0 POR Sami Lepistö (Tomas Fleischmann)
4-1 UTH Alexandre Bolduc (Krys Barch)

Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Philippe Sauvé

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Detroit Red Wings 2 , Edmonton Oilers 2
Shots: 30 - 20
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:88/99=88 %, Challenges:30/65=45 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/80=75 %, Challenges:28/56=49 %
Attendance: 16593 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 720137 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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27:56 0-1 Ales Hemsky [16] (Dustin Penner)
28:26 1-1 Brian Gionta [9] (Patrick Marleau, Valtteri Filppula)
36:48 1-2 Brad Richards [12] (Ales Hemsky, Steve Staios)
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59:23 2-2 Nicklas Lidström [6] (Tomas Kaberle) WG
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Penalty summary:
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03:06 Ethan Moreau (2 min for hooking)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Daniel Cleary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 17.00 6
R Brian Gionta 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 20.30 7
R Paul Kariya 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 -1 20.30 6
C Johan Franzén 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 7.10 7
C Brad Boyes 0 0 3 2 3 4 0 0 18.10 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 1 19.20 6
C Patrik Elias 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 -1 20.30 8
L Kip Miller 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 7.10 6
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 18.10 4
L Valtteri Filppula 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 19.20 7
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 20.30 7
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 17.30 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 1 21.40 5
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 -1 26.00 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 17.30 7
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 21.50 7
D Nicklas Lidström 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 25.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 18 0 0 64.10 8
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Daniel Winnik 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 8.20 5
R Zack Stortini 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 15.50 4
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 19.50 6
R Dustin Penner 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 20.40 8
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 18.00 7
C Bryan Little 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 17.20 7
C Brad Richards 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 21.30 6
L Robbie Schremp 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 8.20 6
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 3 4 2 9 2 0 15.50 9
L Erik Cole 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 -1 18.30 8
L Ales Hemsky 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 20.50 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 16.10 4
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 5 4 5 0 -1 22.00 6
D Steve Staios 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 27.00 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19.30 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 19.00 5
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 28 0 0 65.00 9
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ales Hemsky
2nd star: Kari Lehtonen
3rd star: Brian Gionta

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Paul Kariya had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Paul Kariya had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Brad Richards ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 3( 18) , Hamilton Bulldogs 0( 14)
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1-0 KCB Ryan Potulny (Carl Corazzini, Andreas Lilja)
2-0 KCB Mattias Ritola (Mikhail Zhukov)
3-0 KCB Jamie Tardif (Mark Cullen, Andreas Lilja)

Goalies: Adam Berkhoel - Dany Sabourin

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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 26 - 16
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:67/79=84 %, Challenges:40/61=64 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:68/84=80 %, Challenges:21/38=53 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:06 1-0 Alex Kovalev [14] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Saku Koivu)
14:45 2-0 Ilya Kovalchuk [17] (Alex Kovalev, Roman Hamrlik)
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39:01 3-0 Alex Kovalev [15] (Ilya Kovalchuk)
39:57 3-1 Tuomo Ruutu [7] (Keith Yandle, Mike Commodore)
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Penalty summary:
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03:02 Keith Yandle (2 min for tripping)
05:27 Robert Lang (2 min for hooking)
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24:04 Mikkel Bødker (2 min for tripping)
32:42 Robert Lang (2 min for hooking)
34:55 Raffi Torres (2 min for slashing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 13.20 6
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 18.00 5
R Alex Kovalev 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 19.50 9
C Martin Hanzal 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 6
C Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 14.20 6
C Saku Koivu 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 1 20.00 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.10 5
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17.20 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 16.30 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 3 18.00 8
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 13.20 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 17.50 6
D Erik Johnson 0 0 2 5 2 5 0 2 28.30 9
D Marc Staal 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 18.20 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 16.20 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 2 3 1 4 0 3 25.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Blunden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.10 4
R Enver Lisin 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 11.40 6
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.30 5
R Kyle Turris 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 17.30 5
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.10 5
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 15.50 6
C Alex Bourret 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
C Peter Mueller 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 19.50 6
L Mikkel Bødker 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 5.10 4
L Raffi Torres 0 0 2 2 2 3 2 0 14.50 5
L Patrik Berglund 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -3 19.20 5
L Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 20.10 8
D Michael Stone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 4
D Mike Commodore 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 21.00 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -2 22.20 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 18.50 6
D Keith Yandle 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 21.10 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 3 1 3 0 -2 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Roman Hamrlik

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Roman Hamrlik notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alex Kovalev scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Mike Commodore ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 7( 35) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 12)
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0-1 SYR Jeff Szwez (Linus Persson, Kirill Starkov)
1-1 QUE Eric Manlow (Brian McGrattan, Jon Gleed)
2-1 QUE Ryan Russell
3-1 QUE Eric Manlow (Marvin Degon)
4-1 QUE Tom Kostopoulos (Steve Bégin)
5-1 QUE Georges Laraque (Steve Bégin)
6-1 QUE Steve Bégin (Georges Laraque)
7-1 QUE Eric Manlow (Brian McGrattan, Gregory Stewart)

Goalies: Marc Denis - Wade Dubielewicz