--31.10.2007--

Carolina Hurricanes 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 32 - 27
PP: 1 of 6 (16 shots), Passing:61/74=82 %, Challenges:29/37=76 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:75/99=75 %, Challenges:33/41=78 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 888962 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:36 1-0 Bret Hedican [3] (Joe Corvo, Eric Staal)PP
09:07 1-1 Mark Recchi [2] (Steve Rucchin, Dan Hamhuis)
17:17 2-1 Justin Williams [8] (Rod Brind'Amour, Ray Whitney)
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25:43 2-2 Todd White [2] (Jesse Schultz, Darren Haydar)
26:16 2-3 Mark Recchi [3] (Paul Kariya, Niclas Hävelid)
33:31 3-3 Tuomo Ruutu [5] (Ray Whitney, Eric Staal)
37:19 4-3 Justin Williams [9] (Ray Whitney, Matt Cullen)
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43:02 5-3 Erik Cole [5] (Tuomo Ruutu, Patrick Eaves)
53:09 6-3 Tuomo Ruutu [6] (Erik Cole, Eric Staal)
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Penalty summary:
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01:33 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for hooking)
05:02 Eric Boulton (2 min for high-sticking)
17:27 Justin Williams (2 min for tripping)
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23:06 Bret Hedican (2 min for hooking)
31:34 Niclas Hävelid (2 min for cross-checking)
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47:14 Steve Rucchin (2 min for diving)
54:01 Ken Klee (2 min for slashing)
56:42 Niclas Hävelid (2 min for elbowing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Eaves 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 6.10 4
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 18.00 7
R Justin Williams 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 1 16.00 9
R Tuomo Ruutu 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 17.10 8
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.10 5
C Matt Cullen 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 16.10 5
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
C Eric Staal 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 3 20.30 9
L Ryan Bayda 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.10 6
L Craig Adams 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.50 7
L Ray Whitney 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 17.00 8
L Erik Cole 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 18.50 9
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -1 22.30 6
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11.50 6
D Glen Wesley 0 0 1 8 0 1 0 1 22.10 9
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 17.30 6
D Joe Corvo 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 19.00 7
D Bret Hedican 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jesse Schultz 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.40 6
R Milan Bartovic 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.30 6
R Darren Haydar 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 11.40 6
R Mark Recchi 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 16.30 8
C Todd White 1 0 2 4 2 0 0 1 7.40 8
C Bobby Holik 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 19.10 6
C David Legwand 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 21.40 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 -1 19.50 7
L Eric Boulton 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 8.50 7
L Erik Christensen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12.30 6
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -4 11.00 4
L Paul Kariya 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 19.20 8
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 14.30 5
D Ken Klee 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -3 16.20 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 29.10 6
D Karel Pilar 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14.00 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -3 18.00 5
D Dan Hamhuis 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 28.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 6 0 26 0 0 60.00 4
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tuomo Ruutu
2nd star: Justin Williams
3rd star: Eric Staal

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Rod Brind'Amour notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ray Whitney notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Eric Staal notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Glen Wesley had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Steve McCarthy had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 3( 12) , Chicago Wolves 1( 21)
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1-0 LOW Sean McAslan (P.J. Martin)
2-0 LOW Dennis Seidenberg (Vince Bellissimo)
2-1 CHW Alexandre Giroux (Scott Sheppard, Brett Sterling)
3-1 LOW Mike Angelidis (David Gove)

Goalies: Michael Leighton - Fred Brathwaite



Detroit Red Wings 6 , Los Angeles Kings 1
Shots: 35 - 24
PP: 2 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:71/84=84 %, Challenges:39/41=92 %
LA PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:59/76=77 %, Challenges:35/40=85 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 1003146 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:46 1-0 Mikael Samuelsson [6] (Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk)PP
11:34 2-0 Brad Stuart [2] (Niklas Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk)
19:28 2-1 LA Alexander Frolov [6] (Anze Kopitar)
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23:23 3-1 Mikael Samuelsson [7] (Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg)PP
31:01 4-1 Nicklas Lidström [4] (Pavel Datsyuk)
33:04 5-1 Johan Franzén [4] (Andreas Lilja, Brad Stuart)
37:36 6-1 Kris Draper [3] (Mikael Samuelsson, Daniel Cleary)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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01:22 LA Anze Kopitar (2 min for cross-checking)
08:26 LA Lauri Tukonen (2 min for hooking)
12:55 Daniel Cleary (2 min for hooking)
14:23 Kirk Maltby (2 min for hooking)
17:22 LA Mark Bell (2 min for slashing)
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22:54 LA Thomas Hickey (2 min for hooking)
26:18 LA Brian Boyle (2 min for hooking)
38:17 LA Lauri Tukonen (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:37 Kris Draper (2 min for hooking)
44:27 LA Mark Bell (2 min for hooking)
55:46 Tomas Holmström (2 min for boarding)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Tomas Kopecky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 7
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 16.00 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 18.20 9
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 18.00 7
C Marcel Goc 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 10.50 6
C Johan Franzén 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 9.30 7
C Kris Draper 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 14.00 8
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 4 6 2 0 0 0 2 20.40 9
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Dallas Drake 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 14.30 7
L Daniel Cleary 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 14.20 8
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 8
D Andreas Lilja 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 11.00 7
D Brad Stuart 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 16.20 10
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 29.40 8
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 18.20 7
D Nicklas Lidström 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dominik Hasek 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.50 7
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18.00 5
R Milan Michalek 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 15.00 5
R Dustin Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 5
C Trevor Lewis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 4
C Brian Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 10.00 5
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 15.40 5
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 20.30 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 4
L Mark Bell 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 17.40 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 16.10 7
L Alexander Frolov 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 20.20 8
D Anton Strålman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -3 13.10 4
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 24.40 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 23.20 5
D Ty Wishart 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 19.30 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Aubin 5 0 13 0 0 33.00 4
G Jonathan Bernier 1 0 16 0 0 26.40 8

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikael Samuelsson
2nd star: Pavel Datsyuk
3rd star: Brad Stuart

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Henrik Zetterberg notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Niklas Kronwall ended his 8 game point drought.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Alexander Frolov ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 0( 16) , Manchester Monarchs 3( 16)
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0-1 MNC Joey Mormina (Bryan Schmidt)
0-2 MNC Raitis Ivanans (Toni Dahlman)
0-3 MNC Kevin Dallman (Petr Kanko)

Goalies: Jimmy Howard - Jason LaBarbera

Ottawa Senators 5 , Toronto Maple Leafs 4
Shots: 27 - 31
PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:61/75=81 %, Challenges:38/46=80 %
PP: 2 of 4 (14 shots), Passing:79/89=88 %, Challenges:27/41=64 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 895400 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:55 0-1 Mats Sundin [9] (Andrew Brunette, Tomas Kaberle)PP
16:36 0-2 Rob Blake [2] (Ian White, Kyle Wellwood)PP
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25:04 1-2 Wade Redden [2] (Jason Spezza)
30:07 2-2 Chris Phillips [2] (Wade Redden, Andrej Meszaros)
31:07 2-3 Andrew Brunette [4] (Alexander Steen, Jason Blake)
31:32 3-3 Martin Lapointe [2] (Mike Commodore, Mike Fisher)
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47:05 4-3 Niko Dimitrakos [4] (Antoine Vermette, Chris Phillips)
58:48 4-4 Mats Sundin [10] (Darcy Tucker, Tomas Kaberle) WG
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61:48 5-4 Mike Fisher [3] (Niko Dimitrakos, Daniel Alfredsson)PP
Penalty summary:
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01:58 Kyle Wellwood (2 min for tripping)
13:08 Justin Mapletoft (2 min for diving)
15:03 Mike Commodore (2 min for tripping)
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26:18 Bates Battaglia (2 min for hooking)
33:16 Dany Heatley (2 min for tripping)
38:37 Chris Phillips (2 min for holding the stick)
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42:46 Carlo Colaiacovo (2 min for high-sticking)
51:16 Mats Sundin (2 min for cross-checking)
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60:33 Johnny Pohl (2 min for hooking)

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shean Donovan 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
R Martin Lapointe 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 14.50 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 7
R Dany Heatley 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 21.20 6
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
C Mike Fisher 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 19.30 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 7
C Jason Spezza 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 20.50 7
C Justin Mapletoft 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.40 5
L Denis Hamel 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 5
L Niko Dimitrakos 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 16.40 8
L Cory Stillman 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 7
D Mike Commodore 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 10.20 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 20.50 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 29.30 8
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 2 4 0 5 0 0 15.00 9
D Chris Phillips 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 17.10 8
D Wade Redden 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 30.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 4 0 27 0 0 61.50 6
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bates Battaglia 0 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 6.50 6
R Johnny Pohl 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 -1 15.10 6
R Alexander Steen 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 21.10 8
R Jason Blake 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -3 21.30 7
C Nik Antropov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 7
C Matt Stajan 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 12.00 7
C Kyle Wellwood 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 13.50 7
C Mats Sundin 2 0 4 0 1 0 2 -1 20.00 7
L Simon Gamache 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Boyd Devereaux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 6
R Andrew Brunette 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 13.30 8
L Darcy Tucker 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 -1 23.30 6
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 13.50 6
D Ian White 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -1 22.40 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 3 5 1 4 0 -1 25.10 9
D Rob Blake 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22.40 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -1 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 22 0 0 61.30 4
G Justin Pogge 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Wade Redden
2nd star: Mike Fisher
3rd star: Niko Dimitrakos

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Mike Commodore ended his 9 game point drought.
-Chris Phillips ended his 7 game goal drought.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Tomas Kaberle scored the 300th point of his career.
-Mats Sundin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Andrew Brunette ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 4( 29) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 2( 10)
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1-0 GRD Jonathan Hedström (Cory Pecker, Luke Richardson)
1-1 SJM Jay Harrison (Jeremy Williams, David Ling)
2-1 GRD Cory Pecker (Luke Richardson)
3-1 GRD Brian Maloney (Danny Bois, Cory Pecker)
3-2 SJM Brett Engelhardt (Nikolai Kulemin, Kris Newbury)
4-2 GRD Lawrence Nycholat (Greg Mauldin)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Andrew Raycroft



New York Islanders 8 , Boston Bruins 2
Shots: 32 - 25
PP: 2 of 9 (10 shots), Passing:58/75=77 %, Challenges:38/49=76 %
PP: 1 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:58/74=78 %, Challenges:29/40=70 %
Attendance: 16297 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 713809 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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06:16 1-0 Mike Sillinger [4] (Trent Hunter, Andy Sutton)PP
17:09 1-1 Phil Kessel [3] (Patrice Bergeron, Nathan Dempsey)PP
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24:33 2-1 Mike Comrie [3] (Andy Sutton, Freddy Meyer)
31:19 3-1 Ruslan Fedotenko [1] (Mike Sillinger)
35:21 3-2 Stanislav Chistov [3] (Zdeno Chara, Andrew Ference)
36:02 4-2 Bill Guerin [5] (Ruslan Fedotenko, Mike Comrie)PP
37:55 5-2 Sean Bergenheim [2] (Kip Brennan)
39:43 6-2 Andy Sutton [1] (Freddy Meyer, Mike Comrie)
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45:19 7-2 Chris Campoli [2] (Freddy Meyer, Mike Comrie)
49:06 8-2 Bill Guerin [6] (Freddy Meyer, Mike Comrie)
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Penalty summary:
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00:58 Brendan Witt (2 min for holding the stick)
03:14 Andy Sutton (2 min for boarding)
05:27 Marc Savard (2 min for roughing)
10:19 Patrice Bergeron (2 min for high-sticking)
13:08 Ben Walter (2 min for hooking)
15:51 Chris Campoli (2 min for boarding)
18:41 P.J. Axelsson (2 min for hooking)
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25:24 Nate Robinson (2 min for hooking)
28:41 Miroslav Satan (2 min for hooking)
31:36 Brendan Witt (2 min for elbowing)
35:44 Andrew Ference (2 min for slashing)
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43:17 Zdeno Chara (2 min for hooking)
51:15 Radek Martinek (2 min for hooking)
59:01 Mark Stuart (2 min for holding the stick)
59:16 P.J. Axelsson (2 min for slashing)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darryl Bootland 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 8.20 7
R Richard Park 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.50 4
R Bill Guerin 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 20.30 9
R Trent Hunter 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 19.20 8
C Sean Bergenheim 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.20 7
C Josef Vasicek 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 -1 13.10 7
C Mike Comrie 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 4 16.30 9
C Mike Sillinger 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 13.30 7
L Kip Brennan 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 8.20 7
L Shawn Bates 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 10.10 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 18.40 9
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 19.40 7
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 14.50 7
D Freddy Meyer 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 5 21.00 9
D Chris Campoli 1 0 5 2 0 0 2 2 25.00 8
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1 11.00 4
D Andy Sutton 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 3 23.50 8
D Brendan Witt 0 0 2 6 0 3 4 2 24.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R P.J. Axelsson 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 -1 15.10 6
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 17.30 6
R Patrice Bergeron 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 -2 17.20 7
R Glen Murray 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.20 6
C Ben Walter 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 8.10 5
C Dave Scatchard 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 -2 10.40 6
C Phil Kessel 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 9.50 6
C Marc Savard 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 19.50 6
L Martin Samuelsson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
L Nate Robinson 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -2 10.40 6
L Stanislav Chistov 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 11.20 7
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 20.40 6
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 -2 10.50 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 10.20 5
D Aaron Ward 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 -1 27.00 7
D Nathan Dempsey 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -2 23.40 7
D Andrew Ference 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 -3 19.50 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 2 3 1 2 2 0 28.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 4 0 7 0 0 36.00 4
G Manny Fernandez 4 0 17 0 0 23.40 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Comrie
2nd star: Bill Guerin
3rd star: Freddy Meyer

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Andy Sutton ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Andy Sutton ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Patrice Bergeron had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Phil Kessel ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Stanislav Chistov ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 19) , Providence Bruins 0( 12)
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1-0 BRG Jeremy Colliton (Jon Sim)
2-0 BRG Tim Jackman (Aaron Johnson)

Goalies: Maxime Ouellet - Tim Thomas

Nashville Predators 4 , St. Louis Blues 5
Shots: 36 - 32
PP: 3 of 8 (22 shots), Passing:71/87=81 %, Challenges:44/48=89 %
PP: 0 of 7 (16 shots), Passing:62/81=76 %, Challenges:38/39=95 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 790519 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:51 0-1 Jamal Mayers [2] (Petr Cajanek, Barret Jackman)SH
12:42 1-1 Kristian Huselius [4] (Steve Sullivan, Marek Zidlicky)PP
15:21 2-1 Steve Sullivan [5] (Alex Tanguay, Jason Arnott)PP
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23:15 3-1 Jason Arnott [4] (Alex Tanguay, Marek Zidlicky)
27:51 3-2 Doug Weight [5] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Dan Hinote)
31:11 4-2 Marek Zidlicky [1] (Eric Brewer, Radek Bonk)PP
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48:02 4-3 Bryan Berard [2] (Jay McClement, Petr Cajanek)
50:47 4-4 Petr Cajanek [5] (Jamal Mayers, Lee Stempniak)
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63:36 4-5 Martin Rucinsky [4] (Jamal Mayers, Barret Jackman)
Penalty summary:
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02:15 Jamal Mayers (2 min for slashing)
05:23 Kirill Safronov (2 min for elbowing)
07:37 Keith Tkachuk (2 min for holding the stick)
10:57 Chris Porter (2 min for cross-checking)
13:49 Roman Polak (2 min for cross-checking)
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24:48 Radek Bonk (2 min for elbowing)
29:54 Martin Rucinsky (2 min for hooking)
31:56 Nolan Yonkman (2 min for hooking)
36:19 Jamal Mayers (2 min for tripping)
39:27 Martin Rucinsky (2 min for tripping)
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42:19 Radek Bonk (2 min for diving)
44:53 Bryan Berard (2 min for high-sticking)
50:53 Greg de Vries (2 min for elbowing)
54:21 Keith Tkachuk (2 min for slashing)
57:03 Martin Rucinsky (2 min for high-sticking)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.10 6
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15.50 6
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -3 15.30 8
R Steve Sullivan 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 6.50 4
C Radek Bonk 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 -2 20.40 6
L Kristian Huselius 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 24.50 7
C Jason Arnott 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 21.40 8
L Jan Hlavac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 8.00 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 4
L Alex Tanguay 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 8
D Nolan Yonkman 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13.00 6
D Shea Weber 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 24.50 6
D Eric Brewer 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 -1 30.50 8
D Kirill Safronov 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.00 5
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -3 24.40 8
D Marek Zidlicky 1 2 6 2 0 0 0 -1 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 5 0 27 0 0 63.30 5
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.50 6
R Dan Hinote 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 6
R Jamal Mayers 1 2 3 5 0 0 4 3 15.20 10
R Lee Stempniak 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 1 21.40 9
C Jay McClement 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5.20 6
C Brad Boyes 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 7
C Petr Cajanek 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 14.30 8
C Doug Weight 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 21.40 6
L Chris Porter 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5.10 6
L David Perron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.50 5
L Martin Rucinsky 1 0 3 1 0 1 6 2 14.40 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 21.50 9
D Roman Polak 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 13.00 7
D Micki Dupont 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 7
D Bryan Berard 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 31.10 8
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 11.40 5
D Barret Jackman 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 18.20 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 2 32.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 32 0 0 63.30 7
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jamal Mayers
2nd star: Petr Cajanek
3rd star: Marek Zidlicky

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Greg de Vries had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Marek Zidlicky finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 0( 7) , Worcester Icecats 1( 10)
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0-1 WOR Ryan Johnson (Jeff Woywitka, Cam Janssen)

Goalies: Dan Ellis - Marek Schwarz



Washington Capitals 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 6
Shots: 21 - 37
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:57/67=85 %, Challenges:26/33=76 %
PP: 1 of 10 (16 shots), Passing:77/90=85 %, Challenges:46/54=83 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 957390 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:03 1-0 Alexander Ovechkin [6] (Petr Sykora)
16:11 1-1 Michael Peca [6] (Fredrik Modin)
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22:57 1-2 Jason Chimera [1] (Fredrik Modin, Ron Hainsey)
26:05 1-3 Alexander Svitov [1] (Duvie Westcott, Ron Hainsey)SH
26:37 2-3 Alexei Ponikarovsky [5] (Alexander Ovechkin, Petr Sykora)PP
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44:09 3-3 Jiri Fischer [1] (Alexander Ovechkin, Petr Sykora)
44:33 3-4 Jaroslav Balastik [2] (Joakim Lindström, Dick Tärnström)
45:11 3-5 David Vyborny [11] (Rick Nash, Michael Peca)
50:19 3-6 Duvie Westcott [1] (Fredrik Modin, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
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Penalty summary:
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01:07 Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for high-sticking)
01:49 Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for cross-checking)
06:36 Petr Sykora (2 min for boarding)
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25:16 Jaroslav Balastik (2 min for elbowing)
27:42 Rick Nash (2 min for tripping)
30:39 Steve Eminger (2 min for hooking)
33:36 Jaroslav Balastik (2 min for elbowing)
37:35 Rico Fata (2 min for cross-checking)
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41:11 Matt Cooke (2 min for high-sticking)
46:24 Rick Nash (2 min for high-sticking)
48:52 Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for boarding)
51:52 Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for cross-checking)
55:56 Jiri Fischer (2 min for hooking)
58:19 Todd Marchant (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 5.40 4
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.00 6
R Todd Marchant 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 17.50 7
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 21.00 7
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 7.20 5
C Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 8.30 6
C Petr Sykora 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 18.00 7
L Rico Fata 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -2 10.00 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 11.30 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 22.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 2 4 4 0 1 4 0 20.30 10
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 -1 11.40 7
D Mike Green 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 27.50 8
D Jiri Fischer 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 -1 23.00 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 8.50 5
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 18.40 5
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 30.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 6 0 31 0 0 60.00 5
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Jaroslav Balastik 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 7.30 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 16.40 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 14.00 8
R David Vyborny 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 21.10 8
C Alexander Svitov 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 11.00 9
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 22.00 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Michael Peca 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 21.00 9
L Joakim Lindström 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 5
L Jason Chimera 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9.10 7
L Fredrik Modin 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 14.30 8
L Rick Nash 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 21.00 8
D Jan Hejda 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 9.10 7
D Duvie Westcott 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 21.40 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 29.10 9
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 16.00 7
D Dick Tärnström 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Peca
2nd star: Fredrik Modin
3rd star: Alexander Ovechkin

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Petr Sykora notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jaroslav Balastik finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Alexander Svitov finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Dan Fritsche had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Jason Chimera finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Jason Chimera finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Fredrik Modin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Duvie Westcott finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 12) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 9)
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1-0 POR Eric Fehr (Joe Motzko)
2-0 POR Shaone Morrisonn (Petr Taticek, Jason Lehoux)

Goalies: Brent Johnson - Tomas Popperle