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Toronto Maple Leafs 4 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 37 - 23
PP: 2 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:70/78=89 %, Challenges:51/55=91 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:54/70=77 %, Challenges:47/52=88 %
Attendance: 18819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 924013 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:22 1-0 Tomas Kaberle [3])PP
11:08 2-0 Jamal Mayers [5] (Tomas Kaberle, Mark Bell)
14:53 2-1 Jochen Hecht [12] (Tim Connolly, Vincent Lecavalier)
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32:59 3-1 Alexei Ponikarovsky [14] (Mikhail Grabovski, Matt Stajan)
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49:36 4-1 Jason Blake [9] (Mark Bell, Mikhail Grabovski)PP
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Penalty summary:
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04:29 Daniel Paillé (2 min for hooking)
06:26 Brian Campbell (2 min for tripping)
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46:54 Daniel Paillé (5 min for cross-checking)
56:32 Paul Gaustad (5 min for cross-checking)
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Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dale Mitchell 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 6
R Jeremy Williams 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 17.00 6
R Mikhail Grabovski 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 22.40 8
R Jamal Mayers 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
C Ryan Hollweg 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 6.30 7
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 13.00 7
C Matt Stajan 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 20.40 8
C Mark Bell 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 19.40 8
L Lee Stempniak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.50 9
L Jason Blake 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 7
D Jonas Frögren 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 13.10 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 19.00 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 19.30 9
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 15.10 7
D Ian White 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 27.40 7
D Tomas Kaberle 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 25.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tim Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
R Mark Mancari 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 16.10 8
R Andrew Peters 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 16.10 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 13.40 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 7.30 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 2 0 1 5 0 22.40 8
C Tim Connolly 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 13.40 8
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 3 1 0 7 0 6.40 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 15.40 8
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 25.30 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 24.40 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 18.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 33 0 0 60.00 7
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mark Bell
2nd star: Alexei Ponikarovsky
3rd star: Tomas Kaberle

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Tomas Kaberle finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Maxim Afinogenov had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Maxim Afinogenov had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 1( 15) , Rochester Americans 2( 15)
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0-1 ROC Marek Bartánus (Matt Ellis)
1-1 SJM Alex Foster (Tim Stapleton)
1-2 ROC Clarke MacArthur (Mike Weber)

Goalies: Curtis Joseph - Adam Dennis

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New York Islanders 1 , Washington Capitals 4
Shots: 17 - 36
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:51/61=83 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:72/86=83 %, Challenges:59/64=90 %
Attendance: 16297 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 827887 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:39 0-1 Alexander Ovechkin [16] (Viktor Kozlov, Tom Poti)
14:44 1-1 Jon Sim [4] (Richard Park, Trent Hunter)
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22:03 1-2 Milan Jurcina [3] (Shaone Morrisonn, Sergei Fedorov)
29:52 1-3 Viktor Kozlov [14] (Alexander Ovechkin, Anze Kopitar)PP
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49:17 1-4 Matt Bradley [3] (Jack Johnson, Michael Nylander)
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Penalty summary:
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28:42 Thomas Pöck (2 min for high-sticking)
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51:07 Andy Sutton (2 min for high-sticking)
56:13 Bruno Gervais (2 min for slashing)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Comeau 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13.40 7
R Richard Park 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -2 19.30 6
R Trent Hunter 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 17.20 8
C Tomás Marcinko 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9.30 5
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.40 5
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 17.20 5
C Doug Weight 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 16.20 5
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.30 5
L Andy Hilbert 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
L Jon Sim 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 17.20 8
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 16.30 6
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 20.40 5
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 22.50 7
D Thomas Pöck 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 16.10 6
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2 17.50 5
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 4 0 32 0 0 60.00 6
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 8.20 6
R Matt Bradley 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 1 13.20 8
R Chris Clark 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
R Viktor Kozlov 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 8
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 8.20 6
C Michael Nylander 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 16.20 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 7
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 20.20 8
L Donald Brashear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 13.20 8
L Alexander Semin 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 20.10 10
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 26.30 7
D Jack Johnson 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 16.20 7
D Milan Jurcina 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Viktor Kozlov
3rd star: Matt Bradley

Notes for New York Islanders:

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Milan Jurcina ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3( 23) , Portland Pirates 2( 10)
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0-1 POR Graham Mink (Keith Aucoin, Tomas Fleischmann)
1-1 BRG Sean Bentivoglio (Ryan Garlock)
1-2 POR Noah Welch (Andrew Joudrey, Bryan Helmer)
2-2 BRG Tim Jackman (Mike Iggulden)
3-2 BRG Dustin Kohn (David McIntyre)

Goalies: Joey MacDonald - Daren Machesney

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Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 18 - 26
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:69/88=78 %, Challenges:30/35=83 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:75/87=86 %, Challenges:40/57=69 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 928700 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:39 0-1 Mark Eaton [5] (Petr Sykora, Pascal Dupuis)
15:15 0-2 Evgeny Malkin [11] (Chris Kunitz, Mike Zigomanis)
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26:21 0-3 Sidney Crosby [19] (Evgeny Malkin)
38:15 1-3 Antoine Vermette [8] (Fredrik Modin, Dustin Byfuglien)
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44:44 1-4 Miroslav Satan [6] (Hal Gill, Petr Sykora)
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Penalty summary:
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02:06 Philippe Boucher (2 min for hooking)
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40:04 Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (2 min for roughing)
40:04 Miroslav Satan (2 min for roughing)
46:27 Dustin Byfuglien (5 min for fighting)
46:27 Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Legein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
R Nikita Filatov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 20.30 5
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
R Dustin Byfuglien 0 1 2 1 0 0 5 0 16.50 7
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Michael Peca 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 -2 20.30 6
C Patrick Sharp 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 6
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.00 8
L Raffi Torres 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 4
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 20.40 5
L Mike York 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2 22.30 4
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 2 6 1 5 0 -2 22.10 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 -2 20.00 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 -1 22.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 4 0 22 0 0 60.00 5
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Zigomanis 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.50 6
R Bill Guerin 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -2 17.10 5
R Miroslav Satan 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 17.10 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 19.10 8
C Jordan Staal 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5.50 5
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 -1 17.50 7
R Petr Sykora 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 17.20 8
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 19.00 9
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 16.30 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 18.10 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 2 18.10 9
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 17.20 6
D Mark Eaton 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 17.00 8
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 1 23.40 7
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.30 6
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 18.30 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 24.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Malkin
2nd star: Miroslav Satan
3rd star: Petr Sykora

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Petr Sykora notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Pascal Dupuis notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:
-Dustin Byfuglien fought Bill Guerin in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 21) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 10)
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1-0 SYR Alexandre Picard (R.J. Umberger)
2-0 SYR R.J. Umberger (Alexandre Picard)
2-1 WIL Matt Cooke (Tyler Kennedy)

Goalies: Daniel LaCosta - John Curry

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San Jose Sharks 1 , New York Rangers 5
Shots: 24 - 31
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:71/82=86 %, Challenges:48/56=84 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:64/73=87 %, Challenges:35/41=83 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 830049 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:25 1-0 Patrick Marleau [9] (Ryane Clowe)PP
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20:18 1-1 Paul Mara [4] (Wade Redden, Scott Gomez)
29:04 1-2 Brandon Dubinsky [3] (Lauri Korpikoski, Marc Staal)
33:28 1-3 Marc Staal [2] (Pierre Parenteau, Fredrik Sjöström)
39:24 1-4 Nikolai Zherdev [14] (Wade Redden, Paul Mara)
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44:33 1-5 Markus Näslund [11] (Nikolai Zherdev, Fredrik Sjöström)
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Penalty summary:
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13:47 Ryan Hillier (2 min for slashing)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jody Shelley 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.50 6
R Ryane Clowe 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 -2 16.50 8
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 17.10 6
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 19.10 7
C Torrey Mitchell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Marcel Goc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 15.50 6
C Todd White 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -2 20.10 7
L Jeremy Roenick 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 6.50 5
L Milan Michalek 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 16.10 6
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.40 6
L Patrick Marleau 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 -1 15.20 7
D Doug Murray 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 20.30 6
D Rob Blake 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -2 24.10 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 17.10 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -2 17.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 5 0 26 0 0 60.00 5
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 5.40 8
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 17.20 7
R Nik Antropov 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 20.20 8
C Pierre Parenteau 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 7
C Brandon Dubinsky 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 6
C Scott Gomez 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
C Chris Drury 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 20.50 7
L Ryan Hillier 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5.40 6
L Lauri Korpikoski 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 7
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 16.40 7
L Markus Näslund 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 20.20 8
D Dan Girardi 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.40 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Paul Mara 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 23.00 8
D Marc Staal 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 16.50 8
D Derek Morris 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Wade Redden 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 3 24.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Paul Mara
3rd star: Marc Staal

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Mike Grier had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Todd White had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Slava Kozlov had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Slava Kozlov had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Dan Boyle had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Scott Gomez notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Brandon Dubinsky finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Scott Gomez had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Paul Mara ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 3( 21) , Hartford Wolfpack 1( 15)
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0-1 HFD Justin Soryal (Michael Busto)
1-1 CLE Tom Cavanagh (Marek Kvapil, Mike Moore)
2-1 CLE Steven Zalewski
3-1 CLE Travis Moen (Kent Huskins)

Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Miika Wiikman