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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Shots: 21 - 25
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:65/78=83 %, Challenges:31/57=53 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:58/83=69 %, Challenges:34/46=72 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 775411 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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26:39 1-0 Daniel Paillé [2] (Adam Mair, Erik Cole)
32:24 2-0 Tuomo Ruutu [12] (Teppo Numminen, Henrik Tallinder)
32:43 2-1 Bill Guerin [12] (Dan Hamhuis, Brooks Orpik)
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59:08 3-1 Maxim Afinogenov [11] (Tim Connolly, Derek Roy) EN
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Penalty summary:
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14:55 Michael Ryder (2 min for tripping)
18:47 Sergei Gonchar (2 min for high-sticking)
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49:29 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 7.40 6
R Erik Cole 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 18.30 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 15.20 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.20 6
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.40 4
C Adam Mair 0 1 0 4 1 5 0 1 18.30 8
C Tim Connolly 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 13.20 7
C Derek Roy 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Daniel Paillé 1 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 16.40 4
L Marco Sturm 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.20 7
L Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 17.20 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 16.30 5
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19.50 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.40 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 25.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 9.10 7
R Janne Pesonen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 7
R Bill Guerin 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 8
R Petr Sykora 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 18.50 7
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 0 9.10 6
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 -1 14.10 7
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 4 2 3 1 0 -1 19.50 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 9.10 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 5 1 5 0 -1 16.10 8
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15.50 8
L Martin Erat 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.50 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 16.20 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 18.40 8
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 -1 27.00 7
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 -1 17.00 6
D Dan Hamhuis 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 -1 23.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 18 0 0 58.50 6
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Adam Mair
3rd star: Derek Roy

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Adam Mair ended his 8 game point drought.
-Daniel Paillé finally ended his 17 game goal drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Brooks Orpik has marked a new career high in points with 12 points.
-Brooks Orpik notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Bill Guerin finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Sidney Crosby had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 1( 20) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 12)
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0-1 WIL Joey Mormina (Tomas Sinisalo)
0-2 WIL Connor James (Robert Scuderi)
0-3 WIL Aaron Boogaard (Nick Johnson)
1-3 ROC Patrick Kaleta (Ryan McDonough)

Goalies: Mikael Tellqvist - Jordan Parisé

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Washington Capitals 3 , Carolina Hurricanes 2
Shots: 21 - 22
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:38/51=73 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:68/85=80 %, Challenges:39/51=75 %
Attendance: 6968 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 328193 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:14 1-0 Alexander Ovechkin [19] (Mike Green, Ossi Väänänen)
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28:33 2-0 Nicklas Bäckström [10] (Viktor Kozlov, Mike Green)
30:28 2-1 Patrick Eaves [3] (Niclas Wallin, Paul Gaustad)
34:01 2-2 Scott Walker [11] (Joe Corvo, Frantisek Kaberle)
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59:26 3-2 Alexander Ovechkin [20] (Nicklas Bäckström, Michael Nylander)
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Penalty summary:
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 6
R Matt Bradley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 17.00 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 19.10 9
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
C Michael Nylander 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 16.10 7
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.00 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 19.10 9
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.40 4
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 17.00 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.10 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 17.20 7
D Drew Doughty 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 7
D Ossi Väänänen 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 25.40 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 16.10 5
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.50 5
D Mike Green 0 2 0 5 1 3 0 2 26.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Erik Ersberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 10.00 7
R Patrick Eaves 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 15.00 10
R Scott Walker 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18.10 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 -2 16.50 7
C Dominic Moore 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.00 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15.00 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 16.50 4
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.00 5
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 15.00 5
L Ray Whitney 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 18.10 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -2 16.50 6
D Niclas Wallin 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 16.50 8
D Joe Corvo 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 17.40 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -3 25.30 5
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 16.10 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 18.00 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 25.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Ossi Väänänen notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nicklas Bäckström scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Mike Green notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Frantisek Kaberle notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 14) , Lowell Lock Monsters 0( 11)
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1-0 POR Kyle Wilson (Jay Beagle, John Erskine)
2-0 POR Maxime Lacroix (Alexandre Giroux)

Goalies: Brent Johnson - Justin Peters

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Atlanta Thrashers 4 , Toronto Maple Leafs 1
Shots: 24 - 21
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:71/87=81 %, Challenges:41/53=75 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/77=81 %, Challenges:34/46=72 %
Attendance: 7261 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 320936 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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22:18 1-0 Todd White [9] (Bryan Little, Slava Kozlov)PP
30:42 2-0 Slava Kozlov [9] (Colby Armstrong, Garnet Exelby)
36:56 3-0 Jim Slater [3] (Eric Boulton, Chris Thorburn)
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54:38 4-0 Todd White [10] (Kari Lehtonen)
56:02 4-1 Nikolai Kulemin [3] (Tomas Kaberle)
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Penalty summary:
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13:57 Cam Janssen (2 min for elbowing)
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21:25 Luke Schenn (2 min for tripping)
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43:01 Cam Janssen (2 min for roughing)
43:01 Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Boulton 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 7.40 7
R Chris Thorburn 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.20 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 2 18.40 8
R Bryan Little 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 7
C Jim Slater 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 7.40 8
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 15.10 6
C Todd White 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 8
C David Krejci 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
L Brad Larsen 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7.40 6
L Brett Sterling 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 15.10 7
L Slava Kozlov 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 18.00 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.00 7
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 17.20 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 16.10 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 24.10 7
D Jonathan Ericsson 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 16.00 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 20.30 7
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 25.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 1 1 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Boyd Devereaux 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
R Dale Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 4
L Jason Blake 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 16.30 6
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
C Kris Newbury 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.10 4
C Mark Bell 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 16.40 6
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 16.30 7
C Matt Stajan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 5
L Cam Janssen 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 0 7.10 7
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 18.40 4
L Mike Knuble 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 -2 18.30 5
L Nikolai Kulemin 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 17.40 6
D Ian White 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1 15.40 5
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 21.40 4
D Luke Schenn 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 21.40 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 -1 17.00 5
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -2 20.30 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 4 0 20 0 0 60.00 5
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd White
2nd star: Slava Kozlov
3rd star: Colby Armstrong

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Slava Kozlov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Todd White scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Eric Boulton ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Tomas Kaberle notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nikolai Kulemin ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 3( 27) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 2( 14)
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0-1 SJM Ryan Hollweg (Jeremy Williams, Darryl Boyce)
1-1 CHW Joey Crabb (Riley Holzapfel)
1-2 SJM Lukas Vantuch (Jeff Finger)
2-2 CHW Junior Lessard (Boris Valabik)
3-2 CHW Chad Painchaud (Aaron Rome)

Goalies: Ondrej Pavelec - Curtis Joseph

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St. Louis Blues 2 , Nashville Predators 2
Shots: 16 - 29
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:68/78=87 %, Challenges:28/46=59 %
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:75/96=78 %, Challenges:61/73=82 %
Attendance: 9448 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 435553 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:41 0-1 Radek Bonk [10] (Greg de Vries, Jed Ortmeyer)PP
17:51 0-2 Jason Arnott [14] (Pavel Datsyuk)
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56:44 1-2 David Perron [4] (T.J. Oshie, Maxim Lapierre)
59:07 2-2 David Perron [5] (Brian Pothier) WG
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Penalty summary:
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05:12 Tyler Kennedy (2 min for hooking)
12:54 Maxim Lapierre (2 min for holding the stick)
12:54 Maxim Lapierre (10 min misconduct)
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22:14 Vernon Fiddler (2 min for high-sticking)
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48:07 Patrik Berglund (2 min for roughing)
53:51 Scott Nichol (2 min for roughing)
53:51 Andy McDonald (2 min for roughing)
55:57 Jordin Tootoo (5 min for fighting)
55:57 Keith Tkachuk (5 min for fighting)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Brett Sonne 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.50 7
R T.J. Oshie 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 16.20 5
R Brad Boyes 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 21.00 5
R Anson Carter 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 20.00 6
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 13.50 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 1 0 2 1 12 1 11.40 6
C David Vyborny 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 17.30 5
C Andy McDonald 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 -1 19.40 7
L Stefan Della Rovere 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7.50 4
L David Perron 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 19.20 9
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 17.00 6
L Paul Kariya 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 16.50 6
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 21.30 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 26.50 5
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 16.30 6
D Brian Pothier 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 22.10 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 2 0 27 0 0 65.00 9
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jerred Smithson 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7.20 7
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 13.30 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 23.50 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 20.50 8
C Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7.20 7
C Scott Nichol 0 0 2 3 0 6 2 -1 13.40 9
C Radek Bonk 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 8
C Jason Arnott 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 1 22.00 10
L Vernon Fiddler 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7.20 4
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 13.50 6
L Jed Ortmeyer 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 -1 19.30 6
L Pavel Datsyuk 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 22.00 8
D Jonathon Blum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 23.40 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 24.00 7
D Greg Zanon 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 18.50 6
D Greg de Vries 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 22.10 7
D Ryan Suter 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 2 0 14 0 0 65.00 6
G Dan Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Perron
2nd star: Jason Arnott
3rd star: Manny Legace

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Maxim Lapierre finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Radek Bonk scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Radek Bonk ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Jason Arnott ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Jordin Tootoo beat Keith Tkachuk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 2( 20) , Milwaukee Admirals 0( 10)
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1-0 WOR Drew Miller (Jeff Szwez, Daniel Carcillo)
2-0 WOR Jay McClement

Goalies: Chris Mason - Pekka Rinne

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Columbus Blue Jackets 6 , Colorado Avalanche 4
Shots: 28 - 25
PP: 1 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:56/68=82 %, Challenges:43/57=74 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/82=84 %, Challenges:31/46=66 %
Attendance: 16820 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 812406 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:34 1-0 Mike Commodore [1] (Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, Michael Peca)
14:03 1-1 Tyler Arnason [6] (Alex Tanguay, Carey Price)
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20:44 1-2 Bryan Smolinski [7])
28:59 2-2 Jakub Voracek [15] (Fredrik Modin, R.J. Umberger)
30:39 3-2 Raffi Torres [5] (Derick Brassard)
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40:24 4-2 Rick Nash [21] (Christian Bäckman, Rostislav Klesla)PP
42:55 4-3 Joe Sakic [11] (Ryan Smyth, Jaromir Jagr)
49:36 4-4 Alex Tanguay [9] (Wojtek Wolski, Ryan Smyth)
49:53 5-4 Rick Nash [22] (Antoine Vermette)
57:15 6-4 Kristian Huselius [10] (Antoine Vermette, Michael Peca)
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Penalty summary:
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27:43 Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
27:43 Ian Laperriere (5 min for fighting)
38:56 T.J. Hensick (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 6
R Jason Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 7
R Jakub Voracek 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 8
R Kristian Huselius 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 17.30 8
C Derick Brassard 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 7.50 7
C Michael Peca 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 15.40 8
C R.J. Umberger 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 19.00 8
C Antoine Vermette 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 -2 17.30 7
L Raffi Torres 1 0 2 3 3 3 0 1 7.50 7
R Stefan Legein 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15.40 7
L Fredrik Modin 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 19.00 8
L Rick Nash 2 0 3 2 3 0 0 -2 19.00 9
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 14.40 6
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 19.40 5
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 24.10 7
D Mike Commodore 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 15.20 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 20.10 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 -1 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marek Svatos 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
R Ian Laperriere 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 1 16.30 5
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -2 17.50 6
C T.J. Hensick 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 8.00 7
C Tyler Arnason 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 16.30 7
C Alex Tanguay 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 7
C Joe Sakic 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 -1 16.20 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.00 6
L Bryan Smolinski 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 16.30 9
L Wojtek Wolski 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 17.40 8
L Ryan Smyth 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 -1 17.50 8
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 18.10 6
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 5
D Brett Clark 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 20.50 5
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 6 1 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Peter Delmas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Jakub Voracek
3rd star: Kristian Huselius

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Jakub Voracek scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Kristian Huselius scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Derick Brassard finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Michael Peca finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Raffi Torres finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen ended his 8 game point drought.
-Mike Commodore ended his 8 game point drought.

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Ryan Smyth notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Milan Hejduk had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Tyler Arnason finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Wojtek Wolski had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Brett Clark had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen fought Ian Laperriere in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 27) , Hershey Bears 1( 17)
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0-1 HER Lawrence Nycholat (Brian Willsie)
1-1 SYR Jiri Novotny (Jason Chimera, Jonathan Sigalet)
2-1 SYR Derek MacKenzie (Mike York, Manny Malhotra)

Goalies: Daniel LaCosta - Andrew Raycroft

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Los Angeles Kings 3 , San Jose Sharks 2
Shots: 25 - 20
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:66/76=86 %, Challenges:33/52=62 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:68/85=80 %, Challenges:34/55=60 %
Attendance: 14943 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 720253 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:13 0-1 Patrick Marleau [16] (Jonathan Cheechoo)
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29:31 0-2 Jonathan Cheechoo [14] (Patrick Marleau, Devin Setoguchi)
31:57 1-2 Justin Williams [11] (Matt Greene)
35:39 2-2 Alexander Semin [14] (Sergei Fedorov, Justin Williams)
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46:08 3-2 Teemu Selänne [12] (Alexander Frolov, Anze Kopitar)
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Penalty summary:
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52:13 Devin Setoguchi (2 min for slashing)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Oscar Möller 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Ed Purcell 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -2 17.20 5
R Justin Williams 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 15.50 8
R Teemu Selänne 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 8
C Derek Armstrong 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6.50 5
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 4 1 6 0 -2 17.20 8
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 15.50 8
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 9
L Brad Richardson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 4
L Kyle Calder 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2 17.20 7
L Alexander Semin 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 15.50 8
L Alexander Frolov 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 20.00 6
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 17.50 5
D Karl Alzner 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 18.10 6
D Marc Staal 0 0 1 5 0 4 0 2 24.00 9
D Tom Preissing 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -2 20.10 5
D Matt Greene 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 1 14.40 8
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 7.00 7
R Ryane Clowe 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 -1 16.10 6
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 18.10 9
C Torrey Mitchell 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7.00 4
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 5
C Marcel Goc 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 -1 16.20 7
C Marc Savard 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 18.10 6
L Devin Setoguchi 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 7.00 6
L Jeremy Roenick 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 -1 16.10 5
L Milan Lucic 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 18.10 8
L Patrick Marleau 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 18.40 8
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 5
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 18.50 7
D Rob Blake 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 27.00 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 -1 16.10 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 16.20 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 25.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Justin Williams
2nd star: Teemu Selänne
3rd star: Jonathan Cheechoo

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Dan Boyle had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 4( 23) , Cleveland Barons 0( 13)
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1-0 MNC Matt Ellis (Vladimir Dravecky, Alec Martinez)
2-0 MNC Vladimir Dravecky (Matt Ellis)
3-0 MNC Matt Ellis (Vladimir Dravecky)
4-0 MNC Matt Ellis (Vladimir Dravecky)

Goalies: Jonathan Quick - Thomas Greiss