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Minnesota Wild 3 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 26 - 22
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:75/80=93 %, Challenges:30/46=63 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:57/71=80 %, Challenges:49/62=77 %
Attendance: 15523 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 751312 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:34 1-0 Stéphane Veilleux [5] (Marian Gaborik, Kim Johnsson)
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36:24 1-1 Maxim Afinogenov [7] (Tim Connolly, Brian Campbell)
37:58 2-1 Pierre-Marc Bouchard [2] (Roman Voloshenko, Matt Foy)
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57:25 3-1 Mark Parrish [3] (Martin Skoula, Mike Fisher)
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Penalty summary:
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46:49 Dan Paillé (2 min for tripping)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Foy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 6
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.20 7
R Mark Parrish 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 16.50 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7.50 5
C Wes Walz 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15.20 6
C Mike Fisher 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 16.50 6
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
L Roman Voloshenko 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 15.20 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 3 1 6 0 0 17.00 8
D Keith Carney 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 15.20 6
D Sean Hill 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 2 25.30 9
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16.30 5
D Martin Skoula 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 26.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.00 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 15.00 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -2 17.20 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 17.40 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 17.20 6
C Tim Connolly 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 17.40 8
C Dan Paillé 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 15.00 5
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.20 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 18.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 18.30 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 23.30 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 16.40 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 20.40 7
D Brian Campbell 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 22.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mark Parrish
2nd star: Stéphane Veilleux
3rd star: Niklas Backstrom

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Matt Foy finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Maxim Afinogenov ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Derek Roy had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 30) , Rochester Americans 0( 13)
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1-0 HOU Aaron Voros (Olivier Proulx)
2-0 HOU Benoit Pouliot (Brent Burns)

Goalies: Dieter Kochan - Adam Dennis




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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , San Jose Sharks 0
Shots: 31 - 18
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:63/76=82 %, Challenges:50/63=78 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:53/75=70 %, Challenges:31/48=63 %
Attendance: 15070 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 717332 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:08 1-0 Mark Recchi [2] (Darryl Sydor)
11:21 2-0 Gary Roberts [2] (Darryl Sydor, Kristopher Letang)PP
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22:29 3-0 Petr Sykora [3] (Mark Recchi, Kristopher Letang)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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09:39 Logan Couture (2 min for high-sticking)
11:35 Steve Bernier (2 min for cross-checking)
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23:42 Gary Roberts (2 min for roughing)
23:42 Marc-Édouard Vlasic (2 min for roughing)
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45:54 Petr Sykora (5 min for fighting)
45:54 Jason Spezza (5 min for fighting)
45:54 Petr Sykora (10 min game misconduct)
45:54 Jason Spezza (10 min game misconduct)
45:54 Jordan Staal (5 min for fighting)
45:54 Antoine Vermette (5 min for fighting)
45:54 Jordan Staal (10 min game misconduct)
45:54 Antoine Vermette (10 min game misconduct)
45:54 Georges Laraque (5 min for fighting)
45:54 Ryane Clowe (5 min for fighting)
45:54 Georges Laraque (10 min game misconduct)
45:54 Ryane Clowe (10 min game misconduct)
45:54 Kristopher Letang (5 min for fighting)
45:54 Brad Norton (5 min for fighting)
45:54 Kristopher Letang (10 min game misconduct)
45:54 Brad Norton (10 min game misconduct)
45:54 Darryl Sydor (2 min for roughing)
45:54 Doug Murray (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 6.40 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 20.00 7
R Petr Sykora 1 0 3 1 0 0 15 2 14.30 8
L Evgeny Malkin 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 20.40 7
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 9.10 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 17.40 7
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 1 2 1 15 2 13.30 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
L Gary Roberts 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16.50 6
R Mark Recchi 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 13.50 8
L Ryan Malone 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 19.40 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 2 0 0 1 0 15 2 14.40 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 2 7 0 2 0 0 25.40 9
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 14.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 20.00 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 3 4 1 2 0 0 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 0 0 18 0 0 60.00 10
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Bernier 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 6.50 4
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 18.40 8
R Jason Spezza 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 -1 13.10 7
R Dany Heatley 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 21.20 6
C Logan Couture 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 6.40 5
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 -1 17.20 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 -1 14.50 6
C Joe Thornton 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 21.30 7
L Lukas Kaspar 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 2 1 0 1 15 -1 13.10 7
L Marcel Goc 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 15.40 5
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 20.10 7
D Derek Joslin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 6
D Brad Norton 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 -1 15.10 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 23.40 7
D Ty Wishart 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 18.50 5
D Doug Murray 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 -1 21.20 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 23.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Thomas Greiss 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc-André Fleury
2nd star: Mark Recchi
3rd star: Petr Sykora

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeny Malkin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Sidney Crosby had his 8 game point streak snapped.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Dany Heatley had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Petr Sykora fought Jason Spezza in a fight.
-Jordan Staal beat Antoine Vermette in a fight.
-Georges Laraque beat Ryane Clowe in a fight.
-Brad Norton beat Kristopher Letang in a fight.

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 8( 43) , Cleveland Barons 4( 26)
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0-1 CLE Joe Pavelski
1-1 WIL Janne Jokila (Ryan Stone)
1-2 CLE Mike Iggulden (Riley Armstrong, James Laux)
2-2 WIL Ryan Stone (Aaron Boogaard)
3-2 WIL Erik Christensen (Lucas Lawson, Mark Letestu)
4-2 WIL Jonathan Filewich (Jeff Taffe)
5-2 WIL Janne Jokila (Aaron Boogaard, Ryan Stone)
6-2 WIL Ryan Stone (Aaron Boogaard)
6-3 CLE Mike Iggulden (Tyler McGregor)
6-4 CLE John Laliberte (Viktor Bobrov)
7-4 WIL Janne Jokila (Ryan Stone)

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Washington Capitals 3 , Vancouver Canucks 3
Shots: 28 - 27
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:64/80=80 %, Challenges:38/47=79 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:71/89=79 %, Challenges:46/60=75 %
Attendance: 6353 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 294780 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:42 1-0 Steve Eminger [1] (Ben Clymer, Brian Sutherby)
10:03 1-1 Mattias Öhlund [1])PP
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30:26 2-1 Alexander Semin [3] (Brian Sutherby, Ben Clymer)
34:19 3-1 Viktor Kozlov [1] (Alexander Ovechkin, Michael Nylander)PP
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46:04 3-2 Markus Näslund [6] (Mattias Öhlund, Willie Mitchell)
47:05 3-3 Markus Näslund [7] (Mattias Öhlund)
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Penalty summary:
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05:32 Alexander Semin (2 min for roughing)
05:32 Jannik Hansen (2 min for roughing)
08:51 Ben Clymer (2 min for boarding)
13:28 Ben Clymer (2 min for cross-checking)
15:49 Matt Cooke (2 min for slashing)
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32:39 Greg Classen (2 min for tripping)
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43:36 Ryan Kesler (2 min for roughing)
43:36 Michael Nylander (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6.30 7
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.10 4
R Chris Clark 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 8
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 -1 18.00 6
C Brian Sutherby 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1 20.20 9
C Michael Nylander 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 17.20 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 8.20 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 -1 18.00 6
L Alexander Semin 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 18.50 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 20.00 6
D Mike Green 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 -1 18.20 7
D Ben Clymer 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 19.40 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 27.10 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 18.00 7
D Steve Eminger 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 21.30 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 3 0 24 0 0 65.00 7
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lee Goren 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 6.50 6
R Jozef Balej 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 14.20 5
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
R Tyler Bouck 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 19.00 5
C Greg Classen 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6.50 6
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 18.50 5
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 21.50 10
R Jannik Hansen 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6.50 5
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 -1 16.00 6
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 20.20 6
L Markus Näslund 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 21.40 8
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 4
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 5
D Willie Mitchell 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 27.50 8
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 17.30 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 24.40 6
D Mattias Öhlund 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 25.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 25 0 0 65.00 7
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Markus Näslund
2nd star: Mattias Öhlund
3rd star: Brian Sutherby

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Viktor Kozlov finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Steve Eminger finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Mattias Öhlund finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 14) , Manitoba Moose 0( 6)
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1-0 POR Sean Collins (Petr Taticek)

Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Drew MacIntyre