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Ottawa Senators 3 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 28 - 25
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:43/63=67 %
PP: 1 of 2 (8 shots), Passing:59/75=78 %, Challenges:30/44=66 %
Attendance: 6701 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 320978 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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02:18 1-0 Shean Donovan [5] (Chris Phillips, Mike Fisher)
05:25 1-1 Jaroslav Spacek [2] (Derek Roy)PP
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29:38 2-1 Jason Spezza [11] (Josh Hennessy, Pascal Leclaire)
30:09 3-1 Jason Spezza [12] (Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley)
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54:35 3-2 Tuomo Ruutu [11] (Tim Connolly, Michael Ryder)
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Penalty summary:
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04:27 Josh Hennessy (2 min for tripping)
10:04 Jason Smith (2 min for roughing)
10:04 Erik Cole (2 min for roughing)
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30:47 Toni Lydman (2 min for roughing)
30:47 Daniel Alfredsson (2 min for roughing)
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48:48 Alex Korolyuk (2 min for tripping)
48:48 Alex Korolyuk (10 min misconduct)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 6.50 5
R Chris Kelly 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 18.00 9
R Shean Donovan 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 15.40 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 19.30 7
C Josh Hennessy 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 7.30 6
C Mike Comrie 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 18.00 7
C Mike Fisher 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
C Jason Spezza 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 16.30 9
L Jim O'Brien 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Nick Foligno 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 18.00 6
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 6
L Dany Heatley 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 16.40 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 18.20 6
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
D Filip Kuba 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 2 24.40 7
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 19.40 6
D Chris Phillips 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 16.20 8
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 2 1 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.50 6
R Erik Cole 0 0 2 2 2 3 2 -1 16.00 6
R Michael Ryder 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 -1 15.40 8
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 18.30 6
C Adam Mair 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 6.50 6
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 16.40 4
C Tim Connolly 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.10 6
C Derek Roy 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6.50 5
L Marco Sturm 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 -1 19.20 7
L Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 3 4 2 1 0 -1 16.30 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 -1 16.20 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 28.00 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 -1 16.50 5
D Marc-André Gragnani 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 5
D Andrei Markov 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 27.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Spezza
2nd star: Shean Donovan
3rd star: Chris Kelly

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Dany Heatley had his 4 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jaroslav Spacek finally ended his 19 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 7( 30) , Rochester Americans 2( 12)
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0-1 ROC Phillip Gogulla (Michael Kostka)
1-1 GRD Danny Bois (Ilya Zubov, Brendan Bell)
2-1 GRD Cody Bass (Tomás Kudelka)
3-1 GRD Ilya Zubov (Brendan Bell)
4-1 GRD Jesse Winchester (Danny Bois, Ilya Zubov)
4-2 ROC Tim Kennedy (Mike Card, Ryan McDonough)
5-2 GRD Alexander Nikulin (Tomás Kudelka)
6-2 GRD Danny Bois (Ilya Zubov)
7-2 GRD Ilya Zubov (Brendan Bell)

Goalies: David McKee - Mikael Tellqvist

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New York Islanders 1 , Tampa Bay Lightning 1
Shots: 12 - 17
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:77/97=79 %, Challenges:1/40=2 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:87/98=88 %, Challenges:22/63=34 %
Attendance: 6769 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 328297 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:16 0-1 Michael Frolík [2])
16:26 1-1 Kyle Okposo [3] (Mark Streit, Bruno Gervais)
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Penalty summary:
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29:28 Brendan Witt (2 min for roughing)
29:28 Ryan Malone (2 min for roughing)
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49:44 Tomás Marcinko (2 min for holding the stick)
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61:25 Tomás Marcinko (2 min for roughing)

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tim Jackman 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 5
R Kyle Okposo 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 16.50 6
R Richard Park 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 15.30 4
R Trent Hunter 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 23.30 5
C Tomás Marcinko 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 9.20 4
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 15.40 5
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 4
C Doug Weight 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 18.50 7
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 5
L Jon Sim 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 16.50 5
L Andy Hilbert 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 -1 16.00 4
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 2 4 3 4 0 0 23.00 5
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18.50 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 22.50 5
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 3 4 6 2 0 27.30 7
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 17.30 4
D Mark Streit 0 1 0 3 4 4 0 0 16.50 5
D Bruno Gervais 0 1 0 1 4 5 0 0 26.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 1 0 16 0 0 65.00 8
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 9.20 4
R Michael Frolík 1 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 14.10 7
R Adam Hall 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 18.20 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 5 2 4 3 0 0 23.20 5
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 4
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 14.10 6
C Nathan Horton 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 20.20 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 23.20 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 5
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 14.10 5
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 1 0 9 4 0 0 21.50 4
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 21.50 7
D Mike Lundin 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.00 4
D Matt Carle 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 22.30 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 26.40 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 4
D Josef Melichar 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 16.50 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 33.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 1 0 11 0 0 65.00 7
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kyle Okposo
2nd star: Michael Frolík
3rd star: Rick DiPietro

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Bruno Gervais finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Michael Frolík finally ended his 20 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 15) , Detroit Vipers 1( 23)
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0-1 DTV Anton Skorykh (David Koci)
1-1 BRG Jeremy Colliton (Brett Skinner)
2-1 BRG Keegan Dansereau (Jeremy Colliton)

Goalies: Joey MacDonald - Matt Lundin

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Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , New Jersey Devils 2
Shots: 28 - 19
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:63/84=75 %, Challenges:38/55=67 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:76/89=85 %, Challenges:29/49=58 %
Attendance: 10668 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 515264 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:41 1-0 Christian Bäckman [2] (Antoine Vermette)
16:52 2-0 Fredrik Modin [8] (Antoine Vermette, Jason Williams)PP
19:52 2-1 Jamie Langenbrunner [8] (Jeff Carter, Dmitry Yushkevich)
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38:12 3-1 Rick Nash [15] (Raffi Torres, Alexander Perezhogin)
39:05 4-1 Rick Nash [16] (Kristian Huselius)
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57:04 4-2 Jeff Carter [9] (Jamie Langenbrunner, Brian Gionta)
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Penalty summary:
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15:56 Scott Hartnell (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
R Jason Williams 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 6
R Kristian Huselius 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 18.40 7
C Derick Brassard 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 8.00 7
C Michael Peca 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 16.40 5
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 16.50 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 18.30 8
L Raffi Torres 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.00 7
R Stefan Legein 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16.40 4
L Fredrik Modin 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 16.40 7
L Rick Nash 2 0 5 0 5 0 0 2 18.40 8
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 5 1 8 0 0 18.50 8
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 5
D Christian Bäckman 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 24.20 7
D Mike Commodore 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 17.20 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 17.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 4 3 2 0 2 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.50 4
R Glen Murray 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 16.10 7
R Jamie Langenbrunner 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 16.40 8
R Brian Gionta 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.20 7
C Bobby Holik 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.50 5
C John Madden 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 17.10 7
C Jeff Carter 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 16.40 8
C Patrik Elias 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 -2 18.20 7
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.20 5
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 16.10 5
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 18.10 7
L Brian Rolston 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -2 18.20 7
D Colin White 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 19.40 7
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 18.10 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 22.10 6
D Andy Greene 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16.30 5
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 24.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Jamie Langenbrunner
3rd star: Jeff Carter

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Antoine Vermette notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Rick Nash scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Rick Nash scored the 300th point of his career.
-Christian Bäckman finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
-Christian Bäckman finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Jeff Carter notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jeff Carter finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 17) , Albany River Rats 3( 20)
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0-1 ALB Nicklas Bergfors (Matt Halischuk, Matt Spiller)
0-2 ALB Fedor Fedorov (Brad Snetsinger, Olli Malmivaara)
1-2 SYR Alexandre Picard (Manny Malhotra, Jason Chimera)
1-3 ALB Michael Swift (Jon DiSalvatore)

Goalies: Daniel LaCosta - Scott Clemmensen

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San Jose Sharks 2 , New York Rangers 2
Shots: 34 - 23
PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:90/101=89 %, Challenges:48/57=82 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:68/76=89 %, Challenges:23/41=54 %
Attendance: 11549 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 558972 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:01 1-0 Christian Ehrhoff [1] (Joe Pavelski)
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30:04 1-1 Nikolai Zherdev [7] (Dustin Brown, Michal Rozsival)
38:53 1-2 Dustin Brown [10] (Chris Drury, Nikolai Zherdev)
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48:44 2-2 Marc Savard [9] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Dan Boyle)
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Penalty summary:
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36:46 Rob Blake (2 min for roughing)
36:46 Sean Avery (2 min for roughing)
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55:36 Lauri Korpikoski (2 min for hooking)
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61:16 Wade Redden (2 min for hooking)
64:46 Lauri Korpikoski (2 min for elbowing)

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.40 6
R Ryane Clowe 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 19.00 6
R Mike Grier 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 17.40 6
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 22.50 8
C Torrey Mitchell 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
C Joe Pavelski 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 20.20 7
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.30 6
C Marc Savard 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 21.40 8
L Devin Setoguchi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Jeremy Roenick 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 19.50 7
L Milan Lucic 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 17.30 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 21.40 8
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 18.50 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 -2 19.50 6
D Rob Blake 0 0 1 4 0 3 2 1 22.20 9
D Christian Ehrhoff 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 1 19.30 8
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -2 23.50 7
D Dan Boyle 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 2 0 21 0 0 65.00 8
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.00 7
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 15.10 6
R Nik Antropov 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 -2 21.30 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 19.00 8
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 5
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 6
C Scott Gomez 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 17.40 6
C Chris Drury 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 19.30 7
L Lauri Korpikoski 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 9.00 6
L Sean Avery 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 15.10 4
L Markus Näslund 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 17.40 5
L Dustin Brown 1 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 19.30 8
D Dan Girardi 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17.30 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -2 20.40 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 27.00 8
D Thomas Pöck 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 17.10 6
D Derek Morris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 20.30 4
D Wade Redden 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 2 0 32 0 0 65.00 10
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Henrik Lundqvist
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Dustin Brown

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Dan Boyle notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Christian Ehrhoff finally ended his 26 game goal drought.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Michal Rozsival notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Dustin Brown scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Dustin Brown ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 2( 12) , Hartford Wolfpack 1( 20)
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0-1 HFD Artem Anisimov
1-1 CLE Ashton Rome (Tom Cavanagh)
2-1 CLE David Svagrovsky (Robin Lindqvist)

Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Miika Wiikman