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Buffalo Sabres 1 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 19 - 27
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:16/41=38 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:61/88=69 %, Challenges:36/48=73 %
Attendance: 17939 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 561490 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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04:05 0-1 Brooks Laich [2])
05:14 1-1 Steve Rucchin [8] (Dmitri Kalinin)
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37:05 1-2 Martin St. Louis [14] (Alexander Ovechkin)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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17:45 Keven Veilleux (2 min for slashing)
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28:33 Benoit Pouliot (2 min for boarding)
33:48 Chris Bourque (2 min for hooking)
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52:54 Shaone Morrisonn (5 min for fighting)
52:54 Nolan Pratt (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9.20 4
R Bryan Little 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 13.10 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 16.20 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 19.10 5
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 6
C Keven Veilleux 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -2 14.30 5
C Jordan Staal 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 0 17.30 7
C Steve Rucchin 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 18.40 6
L Jan Bulis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 4
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -2 13.40 4
L Jason Chimera 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 15.00 4
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 1 20.30 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 14.20 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 27.30 6
D Nolan Pratt 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -2 12.20 5
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 22.00 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 2 0 25 0 0 58.30 9
G Ryan Miller 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
R Chris Bourque 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 16.40 7
R Ryan Malone 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 12.40 6
R Martin St. Louis 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 19.20 7
C Nick Tarnasky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Alexandre Picard 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 17.40 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 16.10 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 18.20 7
R Matt Bradley 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 7.50 7
L Brooks Laich 1 0 5 6 0 6 0 1 16.30 10
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15.40 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 2 6 0 6 0 0 19.30 9
D Mike Green 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.50 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16.40 4
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 26.30 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 18.20 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 0 15.30 7
D Ben Clymer 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Simeon Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brooks Laich
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Alexander Ovechkin

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Nicklas Bäckström had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Brooks Laich finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Brooks Laich finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Shaone Morrisonn fought Nolan Pratt in a fight.

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 3( 20) , Portland Pirates 0( 15)
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1-0 ROC Luke Wiens (Mike Weber)
2-0 ROC Phillip Gogulla (Adam Mair)
3-0 ROC Mark Mancari (Phillip Gogulla)

Goalies: Maxime Ouellet - Brent Johnson

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Edmonton Oilers 3 , San Jose Sharks 2
Shots: 24 - 23
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:61/74=82 %, Challenges:35/44=77 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:82/93=88 %, Challenges:26/40=63 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 449730 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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28:59 1-0 Raffi Torres [11] (Matt Greene, Sergei Zubov)
33:04 1-1 Martin Havlat [10] (Radim Vrbata)
36:33 1-2 Sheldon Souray [4] (Martin Havlat, Mike Ribeiro)
39:18 2-2 Michael Ryder [5] (Raffi Torres, Steve Staios)SH
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47:39 3-2 Nikolai Zherdev [13] (Peter Forsberg, Petr Sykora)
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Penalty summary:
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38:49 Fernando Pisani (2 min for boarding)
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41:05 Radim Vrbata (2 min for slashing)
44:01 Ethan Moreau (2 min for roughing)
44:01 Ty Wishart (2 min for roughing)
52:45 Ladislav Smid (2 min for roughing)
52:45 Colin White (2 min for roughing)
56:46 Fernando Pisani (2 min for tripping)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R James Livingston 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.30 4
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 18.00 6
R Michael Ryder 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 16.10 8
R Petr Sykora 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 14.40 6
C Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
C Stu Barnes 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 18.00 6
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 15.40 8
C Peter Forsberg 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 17.10 7
L Raffi Torres 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 18.10 9
L Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 5 2 2 1 0 -1 20.20 9
D Steve Staios 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 1 19.10 7
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 22.10 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 16.40 6
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 19.50 6
D Matt Greene 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.20 6
D Sergei Zubov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 21.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Deslauriers 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 7.10 5
R Mike Grier 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 14.10 7
R Chris Kelly 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 17.50 5
R Radim Vrbata 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 20.50 7
R Jack Skille 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
C Patrick Zackrisson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 5
C Robbie Schremp 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 15.20 4
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 20.50 6
L Milan Lucic 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.10 5
L Patrick Kane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 4
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 -2 15.30 6
L Martin Havlat 1 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 21.10 8
D Ty Wishart 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 15.00 4
D Matt Carle 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -2 16.30 4
D Sheldon Souray 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 28.30 6
D Colin White 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16.00 4
D Craig Rivet 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 16.20 6
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 27.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tyson Sexsmith 3 0 21 0 0 58.00 6
G Thomas Greiss 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Raffi Torres
2nd star: Michael Ryder
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Steve Staios ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Martin Havlat scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Sheldon Souray finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 20) , Cleveland Barons 0( 17)
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1-0 HAM Kyle Brodziak (James Neal)
2-0 HAM Konstantin Pushkarev (Kyle Brodziak, Tobias Stephan)

Goalies: Tobias Stephan - Taylor Dakers

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Atlanta Thrashers 3 , Boston Bruins 4
Shots: 21 - 26
PP: 0 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:59/69=85 %, Challenges:20/42=46 %
PP: 2 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:78/98=79 %, Challenges:28/51=53 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 501811 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:52 1-0 Marcel Hossa [3] (Alex Korolyuk, Pavel Datsyuk)
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25:42 1-1 Alex Kovalev [11] (Martin Erat, Ryan Getzlaf)PP
37:29 1-2 Jason Pominville [10] (Martin Erat, Rob Blake)PP
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46:18 2-2 Pavel Datsyuk [8] (Steve Bernier, Rostislav Klesla)
50:12 3-2 Pavel Datsyuk [9] (Marian Hossa, Alexander Steen)
50:55 3-3 Tim Connolly [7] (Martin Erat, Rob Blake)
55:36 3-4 Martin Erat [5] (Tim Connolly, Petteri Nokelainen)
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Penalty summary:
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00:09 Mark Stuart (2 min for hooking)
03:52 Marco Sturm (2 min for boarding)
15:31 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for hooking)
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24:53 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for elbowing)
32:02 Devin Setoguchi (2 min for cross-checking)
35:34 Jason Allison (2 min for hooking)
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41:54 Chris Higgins (2 min for tripping)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Steen 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.10 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 5
R Alex Korolyuk 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 14.40 6
R Marian Hossa 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 20.40 6
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 12.20 6
C Jason Krog 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 16.50 7
C Jason Allison 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 13.10 6
C Pavel Datsyuk 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 9
L Chris Simon 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Erik Christensen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.30 6
L Marcel Hossa 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 13.40 5
L Steve Bernier 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 21.40 8
D Karel Pilar 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 14.20 5
D Cody Franson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.50 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 1 3 0 2 4 1 21.50 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 22.30 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 17.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 3 8 3 6 0 2 27.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 4 0 22 0 0 60.00 5
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 8.40 6
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 13.00 6
R Jason Pominville 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 18.30 6
R Ryan Getzlaf 0 1 3 4 5 4 0 -1 20.30 8
C Petteri Nokelainen 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 8.00 7
C Phil Kessel 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 10.40 7
C Alex Kovalev 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
C Tim Connolly 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.30 7
L Devin Setoguchi 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8.00 6
L Chris Higgins 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 10.40 5
L Marco Sturm 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 13.30 7
L Martin Erat 1 3 6 1 1 1 0 0 18.50 9
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 11.40 6
D Shea Weber 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 24.10 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 -1 26.40 6
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 20.10 6
D Rob Blake 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Erat
2nd star: Pavel Datsyuk
3rd star: Tim Connolly

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Marian Hossa notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Jason Pominville scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Martin Erat notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marco Sturm had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Martin Erat finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 2( 17) , Providence Bruins 1( 22)
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0-1 PRO Shawn Thornton (Glen Metropolit, Ian White)
1-1 CHW Jim Slater (Grant Lewis)
2-1 CHW Colin Stuart

Goalies: Bobby Nadeau - Jordan Sigalet

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Vancouver Canucks 5 , Nashville Predators 2
Shots: 27 - 22
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:70/82=85 %, Challenges:33/50=64 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:76/92=82 %, Challenges:25/37=65 %
Attendance: 18422 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 539764 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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25:46 1-0 Ryan Kesler [4] (Daymond Langkow, Brendan Morrison)
26:09 1-1 Ruslan Fedotenko [7] (Chris Phillips, Manny Malhotra)
34:11 1-2 Alex Tanguay [7] (Justin Williams, Mike Knuble)
35:05 2-2 Jan Hrdina [8] (Ryan Kesler, Chris Campoli)
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46:43 3-2 Daymond Langkow [11] (Ryan Shannon)
48:42 4-2 Henrik Sedin [14] (Mattias Öhlund, Aaron Miller)SH
52:01 5-2 Mattias Öhlund [4] (Brendan Morrison, Henrik Sedin)
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Penalty summary:
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12:41 Jay McClement (5 min for fighting)
12:41 Andrei Zyuzin (5 min for fighting)
13:42 Aaron Miller (2 min for tripping)
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32:21 Dave Scatchard (5 min for fighting)
32:21 Andrei Zyuzin (5 min for fighting)
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46:55 Andrei Zyuzin (2 min for roughing)
46:55 Robyn Regehr (2 min for roughing)
48:13 Cory Stillman (2 min for tripping)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brad Isbister 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 6
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16.00 6
R Ryan Shannon 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
R Cory Stillman 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 18.40 7
C Trevor Linden 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
C Ryan Kesler 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 14.10 8
C Daymond Langkow 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 15.50 8
C Henrik Sedin 1 1 5 1 1 1 0 2 19.20 8
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 8.40 6
L Jan Hrdina 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 16.00 8
L Brendan Morrison 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.10 8
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 19.50 6
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 2 1 0 2 12 0 13.10 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Aaron Miller 0 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 25.00 7
D Chris Campoli 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 14.50 6
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Mattias Öhlund 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 24.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vernon Fiddler 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 7.10 5
R Adam Hall 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 0 15.50 8
R Ruslan Fedotenko 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 19.00 7
R Justin Williams 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
C Todd White 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 4
C Dave Scatchard 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 14.50 5
C Manny Malhotra 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 -2 20.00 6
C Alex Tanguay 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
L Martin Gélinas 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
L Jay McClement 0 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 13.50 5
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 19.40 6
L Mike Knuble 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 -2 19.20 8
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 20.00 7
D Greg de Vries 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 21.40 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 21.40 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 16.40 7
D Chris Phillips 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -2 17.20 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 22.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alex Auld 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Kesler
2nd star: Daymond Langkow
3rd star: Henrik Sedin

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Ryan Kesler finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Brendan Morrison had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Justin Williams notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ruslan Fedotenko ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Alex Tanguay ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Jay McClement beat Andrei Zyuzin in a fight.
-Dave Scatchard beat Andrei Zyuzin in a fight.

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 2( 21) , Milwaukee Admirals 4( 18)
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1-0 MAN J.J. Hunter (Michael Grabner, Olivier Legault)
1-1 MIL Greg Zanon (Jed Ortmeyer, Marcel Goc)
2-1 MAN J.J. Hunter (Nathan McIver)
2-2 MIL Matt Ellison (Alexander Sulzer, Kaleb Betts)
2-3 MIL Josh Langfeld (Scott May)
2-4 MIL Kaleb Betts (Matt Ellison, Ville Koistinen)

Goalies: Sébastien Centomo - Dmitri Pätzold