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Calgary Flames 2 , Boston Bruins 3
Shots: 25 - 20
PP: 0 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:77/96=80 %, Challenges:12/50=23 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:63/87=72 %, Challenges:8/46=17 %
Attendance: 17139 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 553589 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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28:39 1-0 Alexander Frolov [18] (Shane Doan, Stephane Yelle)
34:47 1-1 Roman Hamrlik [4] (Peter Schaefer, Ryan Getzlaf)
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47:47 2-1 Alex Tanguay [7] (Matthew Lombardi)
48:35 2-2 Ryan Getzlaf [14] (Zdeno Chara, Andrew Alberts)SH
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62:49 2-3 Andrei Zyuzin [6] (Tuukka Rask)
Penalty summary:
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02:58 Matthew Lombardi (2 min for hooking)
09:17 Alex Kovalev (2 min for hooking)
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20:09 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for slashing)
39:55 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for holding the stick)
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48:17 Marco Sturm (2 min for high-sticking)
49:01 P.J. Axelsson (2 min for cross-checking)
53:51 Jordan Staal (2 min for roughing)
53:51 Stephane Yelle (2 min for roughing)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Moss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 4
R Eric Godard 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 17.00 5
R Grant Stevenson 0 0 4 3 7 0 0 -1 26.00 6
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 12.40 5
C Stephane Yelle 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 5.00 5
C Johan Franzén 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 15.10 6
C Alex Tanguay 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 21.40 7
C Shane Doan 0 1 2 4 3 4 0 0 21.00 7
L Dallas Drake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.00 6
L Wayne Primeau 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 14.10 7
L Matthew Lombardi 0 1 3 0 5 0 2 1 21.30 6
L Alexander Frolov 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 20.10 7
D Cory Sarich 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 -1 14.50 7
D David Hale 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 1 17.00 8
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 7 2 6 0 -1 29.50 9
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 -1 18.00 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 1 17.20 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 7 3 7 0 -1 29.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 3 0 17 0 0 62.50 5
G Curtis McElhinney 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 0 0 2 0 0 -1 7.30 5
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 0 17.10 6
L Chris Higgins 0 0 0 3 5 4 0 0 18.50 6
R Ryan Getzlaf 1 1 4 4 3 4 0 2 21.40 10
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 7.40 5
C Phil Kessel 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.00 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 0 2 3 2 2 1 15.00 6
C Alex Kovalev 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 19.10 6
L Milan Lucic 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 -1 6.40 6
R P.J. Axelsson 0 0 2 0 3 2 2 1 19.30 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 14.00 5
L Marco Sturm 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 17.40 6
D Andrew Alberts 0 1 0 3 1 4 0 1 23.40 8
D Roman Hamrlik 1 0 3 0 2 1 4 1 16.40 7
D Andrei Zyuzin 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 21.50 6
D Ian White 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 17.40 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 18.10 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 1 4 1 4 0 0 27.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 2 1 23 0 0 62.50 8
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Getzlaf
2nd star: Andrew Alberts
3rd star: Roman Hamrlik

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Stephane Yelle ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Andrei Zyuzin has marked a new career high in points with 22 points.
-Marco Sturm had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Andrei Zyuzin ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 4( 36) , Providence Bruins 2( 15)
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1-0 SJF Chris Neiszner (Tomi Mäki)
2-0 SJF Brandon Rogers (Eduard Lewandowski, Brent Krahn)
3-0 SJF Paul Brown (Chris Neiszner, Adam Pardy)
3-1 PRO Mikko Lehtonen (Carl Söderberg)
4-1 SJF Aki Seitsonen (Carsen Germyn)
4-2 PRO Mikko Lehtonen (Nate Thompson)

Goalies: Brent Krahn - Manny Fernandez

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Minnesota Wild 2 , Philadelphia Flyers 2
Shots: 24 - 19
PP: 0 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:69/93=74 %, Challenges:28/44=62 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:78/105=74 %, Challenges:26/49=52 %
Attendance: 16385 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 426010 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:51 1-0 Mark Parrish [2] (Kurtis Foster, Brent Burns)
15:02 1-1 Braydon Coburn [1])SH
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34:28 1-2 Tim Taylor [3] (Jim Dowd, Alex Picard)
39:21 2-2 John Madden [8] (Colton Gillies, Todd Fedoruk)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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05:13 Sidney Crosby (2 min for high-sticking)
14:07 Darren Reid (2 min for boarding)
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21:17 Darren Reid (2 min for boarding)
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40:59 Denis Gauthier (5 min for fighting)
40:59 Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
41:52 Darren Reid (5 min for fighting)
41:52 David Steckel (5 min for fighting)
42:25 Matt Cooke (2 min for roughing)
54:51 Daniel Brière (2 min for high-sticking)
57:28 Marian Gaborik (2 min for elbowing)
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64:21 Boyd Kane (5 min for attempt to injury)

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 9.00 6
R Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 19.20 4
R Mark Parrish 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 1 22.00 9
C David Steckel 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 7.20 5
C Dominic Moore 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 19.40 6
C Brad Boyes 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.30 6
C John Madden 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 21.30 8
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 2 2 1 2 5 -1 10.30 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 3 4 2 2 0 22.30 7
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13.20 4
L Colton Gillies 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 -2 22.10 4
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
D Brent Burns 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 25.20 8
D Shawn Belle 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 -1 21.40 6
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.10 5
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 31.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 17 0 0 65.00 6
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Reid 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 1 5.10 4
R Steve Downie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
R Dustin Brown 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 16.00 7
R Daniel Brière 0 0 1 1 4 0 2 -2 17.30 5
C Jim Dowd 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5.30 4
C Scottie Upshall 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 23.00 5
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 -2 21.50 6
L Tim Taylor 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 8.50 6
L Boyd Kane 0 0 2 0 2 3 5 0 16.50 5
L Simon Gagné 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.50 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -2 19.20 4
D Alex Picard 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 21.00 6
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 6
D Jason Smith 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -2 29.10 7
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 24.10 7
D Braydon Coburn 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 19.20 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 -1 21.00 4
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 2 0 22 0 0 65.00 8
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mark Parrish
2nd star: John Madden
3rd star: Tim Taylor

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Todd Fedoruk ended his 8 game point drought.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Alex Picard ended his 9 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat Denis Gauthier in a fight.
-Darren Reid fought David Steckel in a fight.

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 0( 19) , Philadelphia Phantoms 2( 15)
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0-1 PHL B.J. Abel (Glenn Olson)
0-2 PHL Konstantin Zakharov (Jonathan Matsumoto, Derian Hatcher)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Brian Boucher

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New Jersey Devils 6 , Phoenix Coyotes 1
Shots: 28 - 23
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:67/83=80 %, Challenges:32/56=56 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:28/45=60 %
Attendance: 19040 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 575008 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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02:21 1-0 Vitaly Vishnevski [1] (Matt Cullen, Jay Pandolfo)
06:59 2-0 Johnny Oduya [1] (Matt Cullen, Tuomo Ruutu)
13:28 3-0 Sergei Brylin [5] (Jay Pandolfo, Matt Cullen)
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24:14 4-0 Paul Martin [5] (Brian Rolston, Dainius Zubrus)PP
31:36 5-0 Johnny Oduya [2] (David Clarkson, Vitaly Vishnevski)
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49:12 5-1 Markus Näslund [15] (Sergei Gonchar)
56:24 6-1 Matt Cullen [10] (Johnny Oduya, Brian Campbell)
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Penalty summary:
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07:31 Sergei Brylin (2 min for tripping)
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23:48 Mike York (2 min for elbowing)
24:47 Owen Nolan (2 min for holding the stick)
32:59 Ladislav Nagy (2 min for tripping)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 6.20 5
R Sergei Brylin 1 0 2 1 3 3 2 1 18.40 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 18.30 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Mike Rupp 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 -1 6.40 5
C Rod Pelley 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 17.30 5
C Matt Cullen 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 16.10 10
C Brian Rolston 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 17.40 8
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 7.30 5
L David Clarkson 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 1 20.20 6
L Jay Pandolfo 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 12.50 7
L Dainius Zubrus 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 17.40 7
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 19.30 7
D Johnny Oduya 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 5 19.20 9
D Brian Campbell 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -1 21.10 6
D Andy Greene 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 21.50 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 5 15.30 8
D Paul Martin 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 -1 22.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Niko Dimitrakos 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 4
R Scott Hartnell 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 18.00 5
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -3 13.00 7
R Owen Nolan 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 -1 17.40 7
C Steven Reinprecht 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 7.40 6
C Mike York 0 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 16.20 7
C Craig Conroy 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 -3 16.20 8
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 4
L Kyle Calder 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 18.40 6
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -3 13.30 6
L Markus Näslund 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 -1 18.30 7
D Keith Ballard 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 17.40 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -3 15.40 6
D Derek Morris 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 26.40 6
D Nick Boynton 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -1 19.30 6
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -3 17.10 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 -1 24.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 4 0 7 0 0 24.10 4
G Mikael Tellqvist 2 0 15 0 0 35.30 6

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Matt Cullen
2nd star: Johnny Oduya
3rd star: Vitaly Vishnevski

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Matt Cullen notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Matt Cullen scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Sergei Brylin finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Paul Martin finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Markus Näslund scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Craig Conroy had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Ladislav Nagy had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 4( 14) , Springfield Falcons 1( 27)
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1-0 ALB Petr Vrana
2-0 ALB Petr Vrana (Nicklas Bergfors)
3-0 ALB Jari Sailio (Jari Viuhkola)
3-1 SPR Joël Perrault (Mathias Tjärnqvist, Travis Roche)
4-1 ALB Nicklas Bergfors (Petr Vrana)

Goalies: Frank Doyle - Al Montoya

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Washington Capitals 3 , Chicago Blackhawks 3
Shots: 31 - 26
PP: 1 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:73/84=86 %, Challenges:33/45=71 %
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:75/84=89 %, Challenges:35/51=67 %
Attendance: 16565 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 467132 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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16:01 0-1 Robert Lang [12] (Andy McDonald, Zach Parisé)PP
17:13 1-1 Mike Cammalleri [12] (Mike Green, Nicklas Bäckström)
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30:11 1-2 Kristian Huselius [5] (Rene Bourque)
33:36 2-2 Alexander Ovechkin [14] (Mike Green)
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41:06 3-2 Alexander Ovechkin [15] (Martin St. Louis, Ben Clymer)PP
48:06 3-3 Robert Lang [13] (Jussi Jokinen, Dustin Byfuglien)
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Penalty summary:
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01:46 Brian Pothier (2 min for tripping)
08:38 Milan Michalek (2 min for tripping)
15:17 Benoit Pouliot (2 min for high-sticking)
16:41 Brent Seabrook (2 min for roughing)
16:41 Alexander Semin (2 min for roughing)
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39:23 Zach Parisé (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:21 Brian Pothier (2 min for slashing)
59:29 Robert Lang (2 min for slashing)
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62:49 Sergei Samsonov (2 min for tripping)

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 6
R Chris Bourque 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 5
R Martin St. Louis 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 -2 22.30 7
R Mike Cammalleri 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 16.40 6
C Nick Tarnasky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 17.10 6
C Alexandre Picard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 17.30 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 22.10 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 16.50 7
L Alexander Semin 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 -2 17.00 5
L Alexander Ovechkin 2 0 6 3 0 2 0 1 23.40 10
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 16.10 5
D Ben Clymer 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 -2 27.40 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 4 2 0 1 4 2 26.40 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 18.10 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 17.20 6
D Mike Green 0 2 2 4 1 2 0 2 24.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 3 0 23 0 0 65.00 6
G Cristobal Huet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Kristian Huselius 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 15.50 7
R Milan Michalek 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14.50 6
R Jussi Jokinen 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 17.20 8
L Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 -1 20.20 5
R Michael Blunden 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6.20 7
R Andy McDonald 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 5
C Robert Lang 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 -1 21.40 7
C Mike Richards 0 0 5 4 3 2 0 0 23.50 7
L Rene Bourque 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 6.20 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 15.20 8
L Zach Parisé 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 18.50 6
L Paul Kariya 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.10 7
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.30 4
D Dustin Byfuglien 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 6
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 25.50 8
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 20.50 8
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 25.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Corey Crawford 3 0 28 0 0 65.00 8
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Kristian Huselius finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 20) , Norfolk Admirals 1( 17)
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1-0 POR Stephen Werner (Jason Morgan)
1-1 NOR Bryan Bickell (Martin St. Pierre)
2-1 POR Stephen Werner (Jeff Schultz)
3-1 POR Quintin Laing (Yannic Seidenberg)

Goalies: Marc Denis - Nikolai Khabibulin