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Edmonton Oilers 8 , Montreal Canadiens 4
Shots: 27 - 28
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:73/85=85 %, Challenges:45/51=86 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:61/70=87 %, Challenges:42/49=84 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 865260 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:23 1-0 Ales Kotalik [13] (Ladislav Smid)
06:57 2-0 Andrew Cogliano [18] (Steve Staios, Ladislav Smid)
17:14 2-1 Robert Lang [12] (Chris Higgins, Roman Hamrlik)
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21:34 3-1 Shawn Horcoff [16] (Ales Hemsky, Sheldon Souray)
23:09 3-2 Tom Kostopoulos [5] (Tomas Plekanec, Robert Lang)
29:55 3-3 Alex Kovalev [16] (Alex Tanguay)
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44:25 4-3 Sam Gagner [8] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Tom Gilbert)
45:09 5-3 Ethan Moreau [12] (Ales Hemsky, Sheldon Souray)
45:45 6-3 Ales Hemsky [15] (Ethan Moreau, Shawn Horcoff)
49:02 6-4 Alex Kovalev [17] (Saku Koivu, Alex Tanguay)
50:46 7-4 Andrew Cogliano [19] (Shawn Horcoff, Sheldon Souray)
54:03 8-4 Kyle Brodziak [6] (Denis Grebeshkov, Ladislav Smid)
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Penalty summary:
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25:56 Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for tripping)
26:37 Sheldon Souray (2 min for boarding)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sam Gagner 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.20 5
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
R Ales Hemsky 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 13.30 9
C Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Kyle Brodziak 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 20.50 9
C Andrew Cogliano 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 9
C Shawn Horcoff 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 14.10 7
L Alexei Mikhnov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 19.10 7
L Dustin Penner 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 17.00 7
L Ethan Moreau 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 16.50 9
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 19.30 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 19.10 9
D Sheldon Souray 0 3 1 5 0 0 2 3 19.50 10
D Tom Gilbert 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 20.20 8
D Steve Staios 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 22.30 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 18.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10.40 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 16.40 7
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 16.20 6
R Alex Kovalev 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 -2 16.20 8
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 8
C Robert Lang 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 -2 17.00 7
C Saku Koivu 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 16.20 7
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 10.00 8
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 6
L Chris Higgins 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -2 15.00 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 -2 17.40 8
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 18.20 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -2 19.40 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 22.00 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 19.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -2 18.30 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 22.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 8 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ales Hemsky
2nd star: Andrew Cogliano
3rd star: Shawn Horcoff

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Sheldon Souray notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Lubomir Visnovsky notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Ales Hemsky scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Andrew Cogliano has marked a new career high in goals with 19 tallies.
-Ales Kotalik finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Kyle Brodziak finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Steve Staios ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 0( 12) , Quebec Citadelles 4( 28)
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0-1 QUE Mike Glumac (Mathieu Aubin)
0-2 QUE Ryan Flinn (Matt D'Agostini, Shawn Belle)
0-3 QUE Ryan Flinn (Maxim Lapierre)
0-4 QUE Ryan O'Byrne (Mike Glumac, Alex Henry)

Goalies: Jeff Deslauriers - Marc Denis

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New York Islanders 2 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 27 - 31
PP: 0 of 1 (5 shots), Passing:60/76=78 %, Challenges:38/44=84 %
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:69/78=88 %, Challenges:57/61=91 %
Attendance: 16297 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 827887 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:28 1-0 Richard Park [18] (Bruno Gervais, Mike Sillinger)
16:02 1-1 Martin St. Louis [16] (Thomas Vanek, Vincent Lecavalier)
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27:55 1-2 Thomas Vanek [18] (Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis)PP
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41:14 1-3 Mark Mancari [6] (Jiri Novotny, Jochen Hecht)
43:17 1-4 Jochen Hecht [13] (Jiri Novotny, Mark Mancari)
46:32 2-4 Dean McAmmond [12] (Doug Weight, Trent Hunter)
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Penalty summary:
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26:47 Andy Sutton (2 min for slashing)
30:24 Blake Comeau (2 min for holding the stick)
38:59 Daniel Paillé (2 min for hooking)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Comeau 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 10.50 6
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
R Richard Park 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 8
R Trent Hunter 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -1 20.00 7
C Tomás Marcinko 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.50 5
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.00 5
C Mike Sillinger 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 16.00 5
C Doug Weight 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -2 17.00 7
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 4
L Andy Hilbert 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 13.50 4
L Jon Sim 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.00 7
L Dean McAmmond 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 6
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13.00 6
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 22.30 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 -2 24.30 7
D Thomas Pöck 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 14.30 6
D Bruno Gervais 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 18.50 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 -1 26.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrew Peters 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 5
R Mark Mancari 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 15.10 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 14.30 8
R Martin St. Louis 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 11.30 8
C Jiri Novotny 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 16.30 8
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 14.40 5
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 2 5 2 0 1 0 1 18.10 8
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 10.00 6
L Jochen Hecht 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 15.40 9
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.30 6
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 19.00 9
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 17.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 18.00 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 23.50 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 16.20 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 16.30 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 27.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mark Mancari
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Vincent Lecavalier

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Richard Park has marked a new career high in points with 33 points.
-Jon Sim had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Mark Mancari notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Maxim Afinogenov had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Vincent Lecavalier had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jochen Hecht ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Vaclav Prospal had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 0( 15) , Rochester Americans 2( 15)
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0-1 ROC Clarke MacArthur (Mike Weber)
0-2 ROC Derek Whitmore (Matt Ellis, Michael Kostka)

Goalies: Joey MacDonald - Adam Dennis

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Florida Panthers 4 , Boston Bruins 3
Shots: 27 - 27
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/72=83 %, Challenges:43/48=87 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:68/77=88 %, Challenges:46/57=79 %
Attendance: 19252 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 879817 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:32 0-1 Jason Spezza [16] (Phil Kessel)
15:29 0-2 Zdeno Chara [8] (Marc Savard, Anton Volchenkov)
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28:57 1-2 Stephen Weiss [14] (Jay Bouwmeester, Bryan McCabe)
29:38 1-3 Marc Savard [21] (Marco Sturm, Zdeno Chara)
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42:58 2-3 Nathan Horton [22] (Jay Bouwmeester, Stephen Weiss)
45:37 3-3 Anthony Stewart [7] (Richard Zednik, Karlis Skrastins)
47:08 4-3 Nathan Horton [23] (Brett McLean, Keith Ballard)
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Penalty summary:
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32:44 Jay Bouwmeester (2 min for hooking)
32:52 Chad Kilger (2 min for roughing)
32:52 Andrej Meszaros (2 min for roughing)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brett McLean 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
R Richard Zednik 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 8
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 18.30 7
R Nathan Horton 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 17.00 8
C Nick Tarnasky 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 8.30 7
C Anthony Stewart 1 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 15.50 8
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
C Stephen Weiss 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 17.00 9
L David Booth 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 5
L Ville Peltonen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
L Chad Kilger 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 16.20 7
L Cory Stillman 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
D Keith Ballard 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 17.50 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 24.30 8
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 19.30 6
D Nick Boynton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 2 2 5 0 0 2 1 24.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 9.10 5
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 14.00 8
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 7
L Marco Sturm 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 21.10 8
C Zach Hamill 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.10 6
L David Krejci 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 7
C Jason Spezza 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 16.40 6
C Marc Savard 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
L Milan Lucic 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.10 7
R Mark Recchi 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
R Phil Kessel 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 6
R Michael Ryder 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -1 19.40 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 25.20 8
D Steve Montador 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 18.20 7
D Zdeno Chara 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 27.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 23 0 0 59.00 5
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nathan Horton
2nd star: Stephen Weiss
3rd star: Jay Bouwmeester

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Radek Dvorak had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Radek Dvorak had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Anthony Stewart finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Rostislav Olesz had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Karlis Skrastins ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Anton Volchenkov has marked a new career high in assists with 19 assists.
-Anton Volchenkov has marked a new career high in points with 20 points.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 2( 21) , Providence Bruins 1( 18)
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0-1 PRO Vladimír Sobotka (Jeff Penner)
1-1 LOU Lukas Kaspar (Keaton Ellerby, Gregory Campbell)
2-1 LOU Kenndal McArdle (Franklin MacDonald)

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Philadelphia Flyers 4 , Ottawa Senators 5
Shots: 27 - 30
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:63/79=79 %, Challenges:43/48=87 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:54/65=83 %, Challenges:62/68=89 %
Attendance: 19519 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 917393 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:45 1-0 Simon Gagné [20] (Kimmo Timonen)
11:19 1-1 Chris Phillips [2] (Patrice Bergeron, Dany Heatley)
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26:45 1-2 Chris Kelly [11] (Mike Fisher, Jason Smith)
27:43 1-3 Nick Foligno [8] (Shean Donovan, Chris Kelly)
29:29 2-3 Mike Knuble [9] (Joffrey Lupul, Scott Hartnell)
30:26 3-3 Mike Richards [9] (Claude Giroux, Arron Asham)
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44:42 3-4 Daniel Alfredsson [20] (Patrice Bergeron, Dany Heatley)
45:17 3-5 Daniel Alfredsson [21] (Patrice Bergeron, Dany Heatley)
50:55 4-5 Jeff Carter [14] (Joffrey Lupul, Scott Hartnell)
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Penalty summary:
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20:09 Chris Neil (2 min for elbowing)
24:07 Garrett Klotz (2 min for tripping)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 7.30 7
R Arron Asham 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 16.30 7
R Joffrey Lupul 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 19.10 9
R Scott Hartnell 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 -1 18.30 8
C Patrick Thoresen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 7.30 5
C Mike Richards 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 14.40 7
C Jeff Carter 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 17.40 8
C Daniel Brière 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
L Garrett Klotz 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2 7.30 5
L Claude Giroux 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14.40 6
L Mike Knuble 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 17.40 7
L Simon Gagné 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
D Michael Ratchuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 19.10 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 -3 25.40 7
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 16.20 5
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 19.20 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 -3 24.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 5 0 25 0 0 59.30 5
G Martin Biron 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 2 2 1 1 2 -1 8.20 7
R Shean Donovan 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 15.30 7
R Chris Kelly 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 16.10 8
R Daniel Alfredsson 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 20.10 9
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 6
C Mike Comrie 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 15.40 7
C Mike Fisher 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
C Patrice Bergeron 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 20.00 8
L Jim O'Brien 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 8.20 5
L Nick Foligno 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 15.00 9
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
L Dany Heatley 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 10
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 16.40 7
D Jason Smith 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Chris Phillips 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 24.50 8
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17.50 6
D Aaron Ward 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 6
D Filip Kuba 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tim Thomas 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Alfredsson
2nd star: Dany Heatley
3rd star: Chris Kelly

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Simon Gagné scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Scott Hartnell had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Daniel Brière had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Matt Carle had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Chris Kelly notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Daniel Alfredsson scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Patrice Bergeron notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Nick Foligno ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Chris Phillips ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 2( 24) , Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 13)
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1-0 PHL Rob Bellamy (Darroll Powe)
1-1 GRD Pavel Mrna (Jeremy Yablonski, Brendan Bernakevitch)
2-1 PHL Jonathan Matsumoto (Andreas Nödl)

Goalies: Michael-Lee Teslak - Jordan Parisé

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Washington Capitals 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 32 - 26
PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:68/75=90 %, Challenges:42/51=80 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:57/72=79 %, Challenges:38/54=69 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 963312 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:48 1-0 Sergei Fedorov [11] (Alexander Ovechkin, Donald Brashear)
17:28 1-1 Ruslan Fedotenko [9] (Jarret Stoll, Evgeny Malkin)
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26:56 2-1 Alexander Ovechkin [18] (Brian Pothier, Anze Kopitar)
28:23 2-2 Sidney Crosby [23] (Jaromir Jagr, Philippe Boucher)
28:59 2-3 Petr Sykora [20] (Pascal Dupuis, Evgeny Malkin)
29:12 2-4 Evgeny Malkin [13] (Pascal Dupuis)
30:01 3-4 Viktor Kozlov [18] (Alexander Ovechkin, Donald Brashear)
34:06 4-4 Karl Alzner [2] (Brooks Laich, Jack Johnson)
36:55 5-4 Alexander Ovechkin [19] (Anze Kopitar)
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48:14 6-4 Alexander Semin [18] (Sergei Fedorov)
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Penalty summary:
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41:08 Boyd Gordon (2 min for roughing)
41:08 Jarret Stoll (2 min for roughing)
49:01 Sidney Crosby (2 min for elbowing)
52:45 Sidney Crosby (2 min for roughing)
52:45 Boyd Gordon (2 min for roughing)
56:46 Philippe Boucher (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 5
R Matt Bradley 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 14.00 5
R Chris Clark 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 15.40 7
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 21.10 7
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 9.00 5
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 16.10 7
C Sergei Fedorov 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 8
C Anze Kopitar 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 21.20 10
L Donald Brashear 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 0 9.10 7
L Brooks Laich 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 6
L Alexander Semin 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 2 2 5 0 1 0 0 3 22.20 9
D Karl Alzner 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 14.20 7
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 16.10 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 2 29.30 7
D Jack Johnson 0 1 0 7 2 7 0 -1 17.00 9
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
D Brian Pothier 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 4 0 22 0 0 60.00 5
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bill Guerin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 7.30 5
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 13.50 6
R Petr Sykora 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 15.10 6
R Jaromir Jagr 0 1 4 4 3 1 0 0 19.20 9
C Jordan Staal 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 11.40 5
C Jarret Stoll 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 18.00 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 2 5 4 2 0 0 -1 19.30 9
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 15.00 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 7.30 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 13.50 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 -1 15.30 8
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 19.00 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 13.50 6
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 16.20 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 -2 25.40 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 20.20 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 20.20 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 -1 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 13 0 0 37.00 4
G Mathieu Garon 1 0 13 0 0 23.00 6

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Sergei Fedorov
3rd star: Evgeny Malkin

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Jack Johnson has marked a new career high in points with 12 points.
-Sergei Fedorov notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Karl Alzner ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Karl Alzner ended his 9 game point drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Petr Sykora scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Miroslav Satan had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 0( 12) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 21)
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0-1 WIL Tyler Kennedy (Alex Goligoski, Jeff Taffe)
0-2 WIL Tyler Kennedy (Jeff Taffe)

Goalies: Daren Machesney - John Curry

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Tampa Bay Lightning 0 , Toronto Maple Leafs 4
Shots: 19 - 27
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:63/84=75 %, Challenges:48/52=90 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:61/74=82 %, Challenges:43/49=86 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 887134 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:19 0-1 Alexei Ponikarovsky [17] (Matt Stajan)
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35:09 0-2 Tomas Kaberle [5] (Mark Bell)
37:22 0-3 Jirí Tlustý [6] (Jeremy Williams, Niklas Hagman)
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40:35 0-4 Alexei Ponikarovsky [18] (Ian White, Matt Stajan)
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Penalty summary:
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29:24 Ryan Hollweg (2 min for hooking)
29:58 Mike Van Ryn (2 min for roughing)
29:58 Ryan Malone (2 min for roughing)
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42:03 Kris Versteeg (2 min for tripping)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kris Versteeg 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4.50 6
R Jason Williams 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 17.50 7
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 16.30 6
R Martin Havlat 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 7
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
C Chris Gratton 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -1 17.20 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -2 17.40 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -1 19.50 8
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 4
L Gary Roberts 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.20 6
L Radim Vrbata 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.30 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 18.20 7
D Ty Wishart 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 17.00 6
D Mike Lundin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 18.10 7
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 -1 24.50 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
D Cory Murphy 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 17.00 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 -1 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Thomas McCollum 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dale Mitchell 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
R Jeremy Williams 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
R Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 17.40 8
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 15.40 6
C Ryan Hollweg 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 0 10.10 7
C Jirí Tlustý 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 14.30 7
C Matt Stajan 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 17.40 8
C Mark Bell 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.40 8
L Lee Stempniak 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
L Niklas Hagman 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 2 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 17.40 10
L Jason Blake 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 17.40 7
D Jonas Frögren 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 14.30 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19.00 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 24.30 7
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 6
D Ian White 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 7
D Tomas Kaberle 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 27.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 19 0 0 60.00 10
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vesa Toskala
2nd star: Alexei Ponikarovsky
3rd star: Matt Stajan

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Martin Havlat had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Radim Vrbata had his 9 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Matt Stajan notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mark Bell notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Niklas Hagman notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jirí Tlustý ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 4( 13) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 1( 16)
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1-0 DTV Evgeny Artyukhin (Alexander Perezhogin)
2-0 DTV Paul Szczechura (Janne Niskala)
3-0 DTV Janne Niskala (Blair Jones, Alexander Perezhogin)
3-1 SJM Darryl Boyce (Bates Battaglia)
4-1 DTV Peter Zingoni (Vladimir Mihalik)

Goalies: Karri Rämö - Curtis Joseph

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St. Louis Blues 4 , Dallas Stars 5
Shots: 24 - 29
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:71/85=83 %, Challenges:37/42=86 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/73=86 %, Challenges:46/53=85 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 853218 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:16 1-0 Eric Brewer [4] (Brad Boyes)
14:39 2-0 Paul Kariya [15] (Eric Brewer, Barret Jackman)
18:48 3-0 David Backes [5] (Manny Legace)
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31:35 3-1 Brenden Morrow [20] (Matt Niskanen, Stéphane Robidas)SH
33:12 3-2 Sean Avery [5] (Brenden Morrow, Matt Niskanen)
38:42 3-3 Brendan Morrison [5] (Mark Fistric, Matt Niskanen)
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46:21 4-3 Paul Kariya [16] (Brad Boyes, Barret Jackman)
48:33 4-4 Steve Ott [10] (Brenden Morrow, Stéphane Robidas)
57:24 4-5 Joel Lundqvist [1] (Matt Niskanen, Trevor Daley)
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Penalty summary:
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30:57 Mark Fistric (2 min for slashing)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Foy 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.30 5
R Dan Hinote 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 15.30 7
R Alexander Steen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 16.40 6
R Brad Boyes 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 20.20 8
C Yan Stastny 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.30 6
C Trent Whitfield 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 14.30 6
C Jay McClement 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -3 16.40 6
C Andy McDonald 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
L David Perron 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 7
L David Backes 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.30 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 16.40 6
L Paul Kariya 2 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 9
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16.40 6
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -3 17.30 6
D Barret Jackman 0 2 1 5 0 1 0 3 23.30 10
D Steven Wagner 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.50 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 17.40 5
D Eric Brewer 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 24.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 5 1 24 0 0 58.30 5
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Korostin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 7
R Joel Lundqvist 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 16.00 8
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 16.10 6
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 19.10 8
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.40 7
C Brendan Morrison 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 16.00 6
C Mike Modano 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 16.10 6
C Brad Richards 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
L Fabian Brunnström 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.40 7
L Sean Avery 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 16.00 8
L Steve Ott 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 16.10 8
L Brenden Morrow 1 2 5 1 2 0 0 1 19.10 9
D Mark Fistric 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 17.40 8
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 17.40 5
D Stéphane Robidas 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 24.40 8
D Matt Niskanen 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 3 18.40 8
D Trevor Daley 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -2 20.30 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 4 0 20 0 0 60.00 5
G Tobias Stephan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brenden Morrow
2nd star: Matt Niskanen
3rd star: Paul Kariya

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Paul Kariya scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jay McClement had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jay McClement had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Keith Tkachuk had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Brenden Morrow scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Steve Ott scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Joel Lundqvist finally ended his 35 game goal drought.
-Brendan Morrison ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Sean Avery ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Mark Fistric ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 2( 18) , Utah Grizzlies 2( 15)
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1-0 WOR Steve Regier (Julian Talbot)
1-1 UTH Jamie Benn (James Neal)
1-2 UTH Krys Barch (James Neal)
2-2 WOR Danny Richmond (B.J. Crombeen, Jeff Woywitka)

Goalies: Marek Schwarz - Matt Climie

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San Jose Sharks 4 , Vancouver Canucks 0
Shots: 31 - 21
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/71=85 %, Challenges:62/71=86 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:54/66=81 %, Challenges:46/52=86 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 830049 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:23 1-0 Milan Michalek [8] (Marc-Édouard Vlasic, Christian Ehrhoff)
17:39 2-0 Dan Boyle [6])
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32:18 3-0 Jody Shelley [3] (Rob Blake, Jeremy Roenick)
35:03 4-0 Todd White [14] (Mike Grier, Christian Ehrhoff)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jody Shelley 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 6.50 7
R Ryane Clowe 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 16.10 7
R Mike Grier 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 17.20 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
C Torrey Mitchell 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6.50 5
C Marcel Goc 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 16.10 5
C Todd White 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 17.20 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 19.40 8
L Jeremy Roenick 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6.50 6
L Milan Michalek 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 16.10 8
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 19.40 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 15.20 6
D Doug Murray 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Rob Blake 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 24.40 9
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15.30 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 19.50 7
D Dan Boyle 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 24.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 0 0 21 0 0 60.00 10
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 9.40 6
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 -1 16.30 9
R Steve Bernier 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 15.20 8
R Pavol Demitra 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 18.30 6
C Jason Krog 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 -1 16.30 8
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 18.30 7
L Jeff Cowan 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
L Mason Raymond 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 6
L Mark Cullen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.20 7
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 18.30 6
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -1 15.50 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -2 27.20 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 17.40 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 19.50 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 -2 22.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeni Nabokov
2nd star: Jody Shelley
3rd star: Mike Grier

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Rob Blake notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Joe Thornton had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Milan Michalek finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Milan Michalek finally ended his 14 game point drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Steve Bernier had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Kyle Wellwood had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Henrik Sedin had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 0( 12) , Manitoba Moose 3( 19)
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0-1 MAN Daniel Rahimi (Alexandre Burrows, Jannik Hansen)
0-2 MAN Michael Grabner (Rick Rypien)
0-3 MAN Jannik Hansen (Michael Grabner)

Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Jason LaBarbera