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Montreal Canadiens 1 , Boston Bruins 3
Shots: 15 - 19
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:70/84=83 %, Challenges:24/48=49 %
PP: 0 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:66/85=77 %, Challenges:33/49=66 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:14 0-1 Jordan Staal [9] (Marco Sturm)
16:18 0-2 Marco Sturm [7] (Tuukka Rask)
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26:43 1-2 Travis Zajac [7] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Nick Petrecki)
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47:55 1-3 Peter Schaefer [14] (Roman Hamrlik, Andrei Zyuzin)
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Penalty summary:
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01:47 Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for tripping)
05:25 Duncan Milroy (5 min for fighting)
05:25 Milan Lucic (5 min for fighting)
13:28 Nick Petrecki (2 min for hooking)
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22:04 Zdeno Chara (2 min for roughing)
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50:48 Josh Gorges (2 min for tripping)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Duncan Milroy 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 7.40 4
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 15.40 5
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14.40 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 18.10 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 8.10 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -2 16.30 7
C Travis Zajac 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 18.50 7
C Saku Koivu 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.20 7
L Kyle Chipchura 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 9.00 6
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 -1 18.40 4
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 12.30 7
L Martin Havlat 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.50 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -2 18.10 6
D Nick Petrecki 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 20.10 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 6 5 6 0 -1 23.30 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 -2 17.50 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 16 0 0 60.00 5
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.40 6
L Chris Higgins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16.00 7
R Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 20.40 7
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.00 6
C Phil Kessel 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 16.10 6
C Jordan Staal 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 14.40 8
C Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 19.40 8
L Milan Lucic 0 0 0 3 3 3 5 0 5.40 5
R P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 17.40 8
L Peter Schaefer 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 15.30 7
L Marco Sturm 1 1 5 2 3 1 0 1 20.30 8
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 17.10 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 18.10 7
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 24.10 7
D Ian White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 16.50 8
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 25.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 1 1 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marco Sturm
2nd star: Jordan Staal
3rd star: Peter Schaefer

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Miroslav Satan had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Roman Hamrlik notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:
-Milan Lucic beat Duncan Milroy in a fight.

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 24) , Providence Bruins 1( 12)
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0-1 PRO Petteri Nokelainen (Vladislav Evseev)
1-1 QUE Jonathan Ferland (Mark Streit)
2-1 QUE Cory Urquhart (Mark Streit)

Goalies: Yann Danis - Manny Fernandez

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Nashville Predators 3 , Detroit Red Wings 3
Shots: 31 - 27
PP: 2 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:74/88=84 %, Challenges:40/57=69 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:32/53=59 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 503372 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:49 0-1 Mark Hartigan [6] (Nicklas Lidström, Brandon Prust)
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27:04 0-2 Nicklas Lidström [8] (Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall)
32:34 1-2 Shea Weber [4] (Ryan Suter)
37:32 1-3 Henrik Zetterberg [20] (Mikael Samuelsson, Joe Thornton)
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44:51 2-3 Steve Sullivan [14] (Martin Erat, Olli Jokinen)PP
47:33 3-3 Martin Erat [11] (Steve Sullivan)PP
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Penalty summary:
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10:21 Mark Hartigan (2 min for high-sticking)
15:01 Tom Preissing (2 min for tripping)
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23:41 Scott Nichol (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:35 Evan McGrath (2 min for high-sticking)
46:46 Henrik Zetterberg (2 min for tripping)
48:04 Mikael Samuelsson (2 min for holding the stick)
51:49 Greg Zanon (2 min for slashing)
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63:45 Jed Ortmeyer (2 min for hooking)

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.30 7
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 2 3 0 4 2 0 16.40 8
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 19.50 6
R Steve Sullivan 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 16.50 8
C Dave Scatchard 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.30 6
C Radek Bonk 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 16.40 6
C David Legwand 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 22.10 6
C Olli Jokinen 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 19.10 7
L Jerred Smithson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 4
L Scott Nichol 0 0 2 1 3 1 2 -1 15.40 6
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 7
L Martin Erat 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.40 8
D Greg Zanon 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 -1 16.20 6
D Shea Weber 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 21.50 9
D Ryan Suter 0 1 2 5 2 3 0 -1 30.10 8
D Kevin Klein 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 -1 18.10 5
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 20.10 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 23.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 3 0 24 0 0 65.00 7
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Hartigan 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 10.40 7
R Daniel Cleary 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 12.00 5
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 19.40 6
C Brandon Prust 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 11.00 8
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
C Kris Draper 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
C Joe Thornton 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 19.40 6
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 1 14.00 8
L Evan McGrath 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 15.20 6
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 18.30 7
L Henrik Zetterberg 1 1 4 2 0 1 2 1 20.40 8
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.40 6
D Tom Preissing 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 20.20 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 2 28.10 8
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.20 6
D Nicklas Lidström 1 1 4 0 4 0 0 2 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 28 0 0 65.00 8
G Dominik Hasek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Sullivan
2nd star: Martin Erat
3rd star: Henrik Zetterberg

Notes for Nashville Predators:

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Nicklas Lidström notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Henrik Zetterberg scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Mark Hartigan ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Brandon Prust finally ended his 14 game point drought.
-Joe Thornton had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 0( , Kansas City Blades 1( 16)
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0-1 KCB Aaron Foster (Tomas Kopecky, Eric Himelfarb)

Goalies: Pekka Rinne - Adam Berkhoel

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St. Louis Blues 2 , Washington Capitals 1
Shots: 19 - 22
PP: 0 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:63/77=81 %, Challenges:30/46=63 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:67/91=73 %, Challenges:43/54=78 %
Attendance: 11776 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 321484 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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00:47 0-1 Alexander Ovechkin [12] (Brian Pothier)
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33:41 1-1 Glen Murray [11] (Mike Johnson)SH
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44:23 2-1 Timofei Shishkanov [6] (Mike Johnson, Erik Johnson)
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Penalty summary:
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12:26 Alexander Semin (2 min for slashing)
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26:11 Benoit Pouliot (2 min for tripping)
31:51 Patrice Brisebois (2 min for high-sticking)
38:06 Martin St. Louis (2 min for tripping)
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45:31 Benoit Pouliot (2 min for elbowing)
46:14 Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for hooking)
49:14 Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for hooking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 8.30 5
R Jason Williams 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18.50 6
R Mike Johnson 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 2 14.40 8
R Glen Murray 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 20.30 7
C David Perron 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 6
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 17.00 6
C Timofei Shishkanov 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 -1 14.30 6
L Chris Porter 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.10 6
L Cam Janssen 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 14.20 4
L Martin Rucinsky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 6
L Jay McClement 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 17.50 7
D Steven Wagner 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18.00 5
D Erik Johnson 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 12.10 6
D Duncan Keith 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 23.50 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23.10 7
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 14.30 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 -1 28.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 12.00 7
R Chris Bourque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 4
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 -2 15.00 7
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 5
C Nick Tarnasky 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 7.30 7
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 20.10 8
C Alexandre Picard 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 13.10 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9.50 5
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 11.30 6
L Alexander Semin 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -2 15.50 5
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 4 5 0 3 4 1 20.30 10
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11.30 5
D Ben Clymer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 19.10 5
D Brian Pothier 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 23.50 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 -1 24.40 7
D Mike Green 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 2 0 17 0 0 58.20 6
G Cristobal Huet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Johnson
2nd star: Glen Murray
3rd star: Timofei Shishkanov

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Erik Johnson ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Brian Pothier notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 1( 16) , Portland Pirates 1( 17)
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0-1 POR John Erskine (Travis Morin)
1-1 WOR Mike Glumac (Dragan Umicevic, Steven Later)

Goalies: Tim Thomas - Marc Denis

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Toronto Maple Leafs 1 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 23 - 15
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:72/89=80 %, Challenges:35/52=66 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/87=68 %, Challenges:21/41=50 %
Attendance: 18819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 596562 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:31 0-1 Ales Kotalik [18] (Jaroslav Spacek, Dmitri Kalinin)
09:14 0-2 Maxim Afinogenov [9] (Steve Rucchin)
10:06 0-3 Ales Kotalik [19] (Jaroslav Spacek)
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36:08 1-3 Kyle Wellwood [10] (Andrej Meszaros, Tobias Enström)
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Penalty summary:
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14:38 Toni Lydman (2 min for high-sticking)
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27:08 Andrew Peters (2 min for tripping)
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45:47 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
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Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Johnny Pohl 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 5
R Matt Stajan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10.50 5
R Jason Blake 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 7
R Alexander Steen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 20.40 6
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 7.50 6
C Nik Antropov 0 0 2 5 0 4 0 -1 16.50 9
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
C Kyle Wellwood 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21.30 8
L Ben Ondrus 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 9.10 4
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 -1 16.30 4
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 8
L Mike Fisher 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 19.50 6
D Andy Wozniewski 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 11.10 5
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 17.20 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 29.20 6
D Tobias Enström 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 13.50 5
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 22.10 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 2 4 0 4 0 -1 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 3 0 12 0 0 60.00 5
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryan Little 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.30 6
R Ales Kotalik 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 16.00 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 15.00 6
C Adam Mair 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.10 7
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 16.20 6
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 17.40 7
L Phillip Gogulla 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 5
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 0 18.10 6
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 18.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 19.40 8
D Nolan Pratt 0 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 20.30 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 20.20 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 20.30 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 16.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 18.50 8
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 1 4 1 4 0 0 23.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Kyle Wellwood scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jason Blake had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Maxim Afinogenov ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 3( 14) , Rochester Americans 1( 18)
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1-0 SJM Darryl Boyce
2-0 SJM Bryan Muir (John Mitchell)
3-0 SJM Simon Gamache (Boyd Devereaux, Darryl Boyce)
3-1 ROC Michael Ryan (Drew Stafford)

Goalies: Justin Pogge - Adam Dennis