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Atlanta Thrashers 3 , Carolina Hurricanes 1
Shots: 24 - 20
PP: 2 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:74/88=84 %, Challenges:32/48=65 %
PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:70/82=85 %, Challenges:26/49=52 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 501811 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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18:21 1-0 Rostislav Klesla [2])PP
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38:09 1-1 Evgeny Malkin [6] (Joe Corvo)
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42:01 2-1 Rostislav Klesla [3] (Steve Bernier, Marian Hossa)
49:06 3-1 Rostislav Klesla [4] (Steve Bernier, Rick DiPietro)PP
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Penalty summary:
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11:17 Angelo Esposito (2 min for elbowing)
14:47 Niclas Hävelid (2 min for elbowing)
16:47 Ray Whitney (2 min for elbowing)
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24:35 Erik Christensen (2 min for elbowing)
35:22 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for elbowing)
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46:17 Josh Hennessy (2 min for hooking)
48:11 Scott Walker (2 min for high-sticking)
53:52 Chad LaRose (2 min for hooking)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 8.30 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 -1 15.30 8
R Justin Williams 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 16.20 7
R Marian Hossa 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 8.30 6
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 10.40 5
C Jason Krog 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.20 7
C Todd White 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
L Chris Thorburn 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13.00 6
L Marcel Hossa 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 13.00 5
L Erik Christensen 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 18.20 5
L Steve Bernier 0 2 3 3 0 3 0 1 19.00 10
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 14.30 4
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 21.50 8
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 25.50 7
D Karel Pilar 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 -1 11.20 6
D Chris Phillips 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 19.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 3 0 3 3 3 3 0 1 27.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 1 1 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chad LaRose 0 0 2 5 1 3 2 0 7.20 8
R Jason Ward 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 14.10 5
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 17.30 6
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 20.00 6
C Brandon Nolan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
C David Gove 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 5
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 12.30 5
C Evgeny Malkin 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 1 19.00 7
L Mike Leclerc 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 4
L Erik Cole 0 0 2 5 2 5 0 1 17.10 8
L Ray Whitney 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 14.50 6
L Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.10 6
D Mark Popovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 6
D David Tanabe 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 -1 23.50 5
D Joe Corvo 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 21.10 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 24.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rostislav Klesla
2nd star: Steve Bernier
3rd star: Rick DiPietro

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Rostislav Klesla finally ended his 31 game goal drought.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Joe Corvo notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Evgeny Malkin finally ended his 21 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 1( 20) , Lowell Lock Monsters 5( 23)
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1-0 CHW Chad Denny (Éric Perrin, Steve Martins)
1-1 LOW Tim Conboy (Mikhail Zhukov)
1-2 LOW Craig Adams (Steve Saviano, Bryan Rodney)
1-3 LOW Ernie Hartlieb (Casey Borer)
1-4 LOW Nicolas Blanchard (Dennis Seidenberg)
1-5 LOW Craig Adams (Steve Saviano)

Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Michael Leighton

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Boston Bruins 3 , Florida Panthers 2
Shots: 24 - 24
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:65/80=81 %, Challenges:29/40=70 %
PP: 0 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:73/86=84 %, Challenges:23/49=46 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 498846 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:19 1-0 Jordan Staal [7] (Andrew Ference, Zdeno Chara)
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29:45 2-0 Alex Kovalev [7] (Ryan Getzlaf, Marco Sturm)
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41:35 3-0 Chris Higgins [7] (Peter Schaefer, Marco Sturm)
49:05 3-1 Vincent Lecavalier [15] (Radek Dvorak, Karlis Skrastins)
53:01 3-2 Geoff Sanderson [6] (Jozef Stumpel, Jay Bouwmeester)
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Penalty summary:
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07:26 Brett McLean (2 min for slashing)
16:29 Shawn Thornton (5 min for fighting)
16:29 Jassen Cullimore (5 min for fighting)
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21:36 Alex Kovalev (2 min for high-sticking)
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45:46 Milan Lucic (5 min for fighting)
45:46 Bryan Allen (5 min for fighting)
50:46 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for tripping)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.20 4
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.40 6
L Chris Higgins 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 15.20 8
R Ryan Getzlaf 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 20.00 7
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 7.50 7
C Phil Kessel 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 16.30 6
C Jordan Staal 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 16.20 9
C Alex Kovalev 1 0 5 0 3 0 2 0 16.00 7
L Milan Lucic 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 6.40 5
R P.J. Axelsson 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 20.40 7
L Peter Schaefer 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 15.30 7
L Marco Sturm 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 7 0 9 0 -1 21.20 9
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 15.40 7
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22.50 5
D Ian White 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 18.20 6
D Andrew Ference 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 16.40 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 1 6 0 6 0 -1 25.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 2 0 22 0 0 60.00 8
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Belak 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.40 5
R Brett McLean 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 18.00 5
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 16.30 6
R Radek Dvorak 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 17.50 5
C Derek Armstrong 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 5
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 -1 18.00 7
C Jozef Stumpel 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 20.20 7
L Gregory Campbell 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 6.30 5
L Ville Peltonen 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 19.10 5
L Chad Kilger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 13.00 5
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 20.20 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 21.30 4
D Jassen Cullimore 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 10.50 6
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 26.40 7
D Branislav Mezei 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 22.10 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 -1 12.40 5
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 6 3 0 2 0 1 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 21 0 0 58.00 6
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Higgins
2nd star: Jordan Staal
3rd star: Alex Kovalev

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Brandon Bochenski had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Vincent Lecavalier scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jay Bouwmeester notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:
-Shawn Thornton beat Jassen Cullimore in a fight.
-Milan Lucic beat Bryan Allen in a fight.

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 0( 24) , Louisville Panthers 3( 18)
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0-1 LOU Stefan Meyer (Michal Repík, Kenndal McArdle)
0-2 LOU David Booth (Rob Globke)
0-3 LOU Rob Globke (David Booth)

Goalies: Manny Fernandez - Tyler Plante

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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Los Angeles Kings 2
Shots: 25 - 16
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:71/87=81 %, Challenges:41/56=71 %
PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:64/94=68 %, Challenges:26/38=66 %
Attendance: 15672 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 490533 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:42 1-0 Bryan Little [3] (Phillip Gogulla, Dmitri Kalinin)
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28:22 1-1 Joe Sakic [10] (Luc Bourdon, Jack Johnson)
29:55 1-2 Jack Johnson [3] (Corey Perry, Anze Kopitar)PP
33:17 2-2 Ales Kotalik [13] (Toni Lydman, Tim Connolly)
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49:43 3-2 Maxim Afinogenov [8] (Thomas Vanek)
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Penalty summary:
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02:13 Tim Connolly (2 min for high-sticking)
16:33 Enver Lisin (2 min for hooking)
19:04 Thomas Vanek (2 min for hooking)
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23:59 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
26:19 Corey Perry (2 min for boarding)
29:11 Clarke MacArthur (2 min for slashing)
38:29 Thomas Hickey (2 min for roughing)
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50:06 Brian Willsie (2 min for cross-checking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryan Little 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.30 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.50 6
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 20.30 6
C Adam Mair 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.40 6
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 13.00 7
C Tim Connolly 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 17.50 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 19.20 7
L Phillip Gogulla 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.30 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 13.30 5
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19.10 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 20.50 9
D Nolan Pratt 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 17.00 5
D Toni Lydman 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 16.30 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 21.50 8
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 2 30.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 14 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brian Willsie 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 9.10 6
R Enver Lisin 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 -1 14.10 5
R Kyle Turris 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 5
R Corey Perry 0 1 2 3 2 2 2 -1 20.30 8
C Trevor Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 4
C Drew Larman 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 14.10 4
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 11.10 6
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 19.50 5
L Scott Thornton 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14.40 4
L Dustin Boyd 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 14.10 6
L Martin Hanzal 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 12.00 4
L Joe Sakic 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 8
D John Negrin 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 15.10 4
D Jack Johnson 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 8
D Luc Bourdon 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 24.00 7
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 16.20 4
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 20.30 7
D Chris Chelios 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 3 0 22 0 0 59.30 6
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ales Kotalik
2nd star: Maxim Afinogenov
3rd star: Thomas Vanek

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Bryan Little finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Maxim Afinogenov finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Joe Sakic scored his 10th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 6( 26) , Manchester Monarchs 1( 15)
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1-0 ROC Mike Funk (Gino Guyer)
2-0 ROC Justin Aikins (Mike Card)
3-0 ROC Christopher Thörn (Mark Mancari, Nathan Paetsch)
3-1 MNC Mike Sgroi (Tim Filangieri)
4-1 ROC David Lundbohm (Justin Aikins)
5-1 ROC David Lundbohm (Justin Aikins)
6-1 ROC Dylan Hunter (Justin Aikins)

Goalies: Adam Dennis - Jason LaBarbera

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Toronto Maple Leafs 5 , Philadelphia Flyers 1
Shots: 24 - 23
PP: 2 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:78/93=83 %, Challenges:36/42=83 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:62/80=77 %, Challenges:33/44=73 %
Attendance: 18819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 596562 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:06 1-0 Alexander Steen [11] (Mike Fisher, Staffan Kronwall)
13:24 2-0 Pavel Kubina [5] (Jason Blake, Darcy Tucker)
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24:17 3-0 Mike Fisher [3] (Jason Blake, Kyle Wellwood)PP
38:18 3-1 Daniel Brière [9] (R.J. Umberger, Kimmo Timonen)
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49:44 4-1 Jason Blake [5] (Mike Fisher, Kyle Wellwood)PP
53:09 5-1 Nik Antropov [16] (Alexander Steen)
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Penalty summary:
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02:58 Vaclav Prospal (2 min for hooking)
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21:29 Daniel Brière (2 min for high-sticking)
22:52 Sidney Crosby (2 min for hooking)
32:08 Lasse Kukkonen (2 min for hooking)
34:21 Christoph Schubert (2 min for hooking)
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48:37 Dustin Brown (2 min for tripping)
56:41 Johnny Pohl (2 min for elbowing)
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Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Johnny Pohl 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.50 4
R Matt Stajan 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15.40 6
R Alexander Steen 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 16.40 9
R Jason Blake 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.50 9
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 7
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 13.40 7
C Nik Antropov 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 14.10 8
C Kyle Wellwood 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 18.50 8
L Ben Ondrus 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.40 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 18.20 6
L Mike Fisher 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 16.20 8
L Darcy Tucker 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
D Andy Wozniewski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 5
D Staffan Kronwall 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.00 7
D Pavel Kubina 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 27.20 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 24.50 6
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 2 16.50 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Gerber 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Downie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
R Darren Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 5
R Dustin Brown 0 0 4 2 3 1 2 0 16.50 6
R Daniel Brière 1 0 5 2 0 0 2 -2 18.00 9
C Jim Dowd 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 4
C Scottie Upshall 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 16.40 5
C R.J. Umberger 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 5
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -3 19.50 7
L Boyd Kane 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.50 5
L Tim Taylor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 5
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 13.50 5
L Simon Gagné 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 18.10 8
D Alex Picard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 5
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 25.00 5
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 14.20 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 -1 18.40 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 -1 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 5 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Blake
2nd star: Mike Fisher
3rd star: Alexander Steen

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Darcy Tucker notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Blake finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Ryan Malone had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Pavel Kubina finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Daniel Brière ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 3( 14) , Philadelphia Phantoms 1( 10)
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1-0 SJM Boyd Devereaux (Simon Gamache)
1-1 PHL Denis Tolpeko (Ryan Potulny)
2-1 SJM Brett Engelhardt (John Mitchell, Chris Harrington)
3-1 SJM Anton Strålman (Simon Gamache, Kris Newbury)

Goalies: Andrew Raycroft - Brian Boucher