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22/3/2008
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Columbus Blue Jackets 5 , Nashville Predators 3
Shots: 30 - 22
PP: 0 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:59/69=85 %, Challenges:45/52=84 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:58/80=72 %, Challenges:39/45=84 %
Attendance: 17021 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 798285 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:03 1-0
Sidney Crosby [40] (Wojtek Wolski, Rick Nash)
09:27 2-0
Marek Svatos [34] (Pavol Demitra)
18:27 2-1
Alex Henry [9] (Radek Bonk, Greg de Vries)
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28:45 2-2
Tom Poti [4] (Marian Gaborik, Jordin Tootoo)
34:55 3-2
Alexander Svitov [5] (Steven Goertzen, Will Weber)
39:27 4-2
Erik Johnson [6])
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41:19 5-2
Erik Johnson [7] (Pavol Demitra, Marek Svatos)
44:07 5-3
Marian Gaborik [34] (Martin Erat, Jason Arnott)
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Penalty summary:
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08:38
Darcy Hordichuk (5 min for fighting)
08:38
Jody Shelley (5 min for fighting)
10:03
Matt Ellison (2 min for hooking)
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20:48
Marek Zidlicky (2 min for roughing)
24:35
Jody Shelley (2 min for roughing)
29:06
Marek Zidlicky (2 min for roughing)
29:06
Steven Goertzen (2 min for roughing)
37:07
Ryan Suter (5 min for fighting)
37:07
Darcy Hordichuk (5 min for fighting)
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42:41
Maxime Talbot (2 min for roughing)
42:41
Petr Pohl (2 min for roughing)
47:43
Matt Ellison (2 min for boarding)
51:48
Maxime Talbot (2 min for holding the stick)
53:28
Greg de Vries (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jody Shelley 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 7.50 6
R Steven Goertzen 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 10.50 7
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 19.20 8
L Rick Nash 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 8
C Petr Pohl 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7.40 5
C Alexander Svitov 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.30 8
R Marek Svatos 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 8
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.40 5
L Mark Parrish 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 14.00 6
R Pavol Demitra 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 20.30 8
L Wojtek Wolski 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
D Will Weber 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11.30 6
D Erik Johnson 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 23.00 9
D Ryan Suter 0 0 1 3 1 1 5 0 24.10 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 2 6 1 0 0 2 18.50 8
D Shea Weber 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Dan LaCosta 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 17.10 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 5
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.50 5
R Marian Gaborik 1 1 5 4 0 0 0 -1 16.40 8
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 10.10 7
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 19.20 6
C Radek Bonk 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 5
C Jason Arnott 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
L Matt Ellison 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 9.10 6
L Darcy Hordichuk 0 0 1 3 0 3 10 0 8.20 7
L Alex Henry 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 13.30 7
L Martin Erat 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 -2 18.20 6
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 20.00 5
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
D Tom Poti 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 23.30 8
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 15.00 6
D Greg de Vries 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 21.10 8
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 -1 22.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Justin Pogge 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Erik Johnson
2nd star: Marek Svatos
3rd star: Rick Nash
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Sidney Crosby has marked a new career high in goals with 40 tallies.
-Sidney Crosby scored his 40th goal of the season.
-Marek Svatos notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Alexander Svitov finally ended his 22 game goal drought.
-Alexander Svitov finally ended his 22 game point drought.
-Erik Johnson ended his 7 game goal drought.
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Tom Poti ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Greg de Vries finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Darcy Hordichuk fought Jody Shelley in a fight.
-Darcy Hordichuk beat Ryan Suter in a fight.
Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 34) , Milwaukee Admirals 2( 9)
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1-0 SYR Curtis Glencross (Filip Novak)
2-0 SYR Tim Konsorada (Zenon Konopka)
2-1 MIL Alexander Guskov (Cal O'Reilly, Paul Brown)
2-2 MIL Egor Shastin (Rich Peverly, Scott Nichol)
Goalies: Tomas Popperle - Pekka Rinne
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22/3/2008
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Minnesota Wild 1 , Atlanta Thrashers 5
Shots: 19 - 27
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:53/65=81 %, Challenges:52/58=88 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/81=80 %, Challenges:50/54=90 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 900240 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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19:13 0-1
Chad Painchaud [1] (Joey Crabb, Niclas Hävelid)
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27:05 0-2
Bobby Holik [16] (Alexei Zhitnik, Niclas Hävelid)
33:39 0-3
Darren Haydar [35] (Chad Painchaud, Josh Gorges)
36:43 1-3
Brian Rolston [28] (Michael Ryder, Tom Kostopoulos)
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40:39 1-4
Todd White [10] (Bobby Holik, Brian Fahey)
41:13 1-5
Ilya Kovalchuk [33] (Bryan Little, Chad Painchaud)
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Penalty summary:
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02:57
Martin Skoula (2 min for roughing)
02:57
Vyacheslav Kozlov (2 min for roughing)
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44:58
Chad Painchaud (5 min for fighting)
44:58
Tom Kostopoulos (5 min for fighting)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Foy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -4 21.10 7
C Steve Kelly 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.30 4
C Wes Walz 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 6
C Brian Rolston 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 8
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -4 21.10 6
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
L Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 6
L Michael Ryder 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 19.20 9
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 -4 18.30 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 15.10 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 -4 26.30 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.20 6
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -4 28.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7.10 5
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 7
R Darren Haydar 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 8
R Chad Painchaud 1 2 4 0 0 0 5 1 17.20 9
L Bobby Holik 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 7.10 8
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 15.50 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 19.30 7
C Bryan Little 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 7
C Todd White 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 7.10 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.50 7
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 19.30 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 17.30 9
D Brian Fahey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 5
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
D Josh Gorges 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 23.50 8
D Niclas Hävelid 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 17.30 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 19.40 8
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 22.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chad Painchaud
2nd star: Bobby Holik
3rd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Michael Ryder notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Tom Kostopoulos notched his 20th assist of the season.
-David Vyborny had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Darren Haydar scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Todd White scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Brian Fahey ended his 9 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Chad Painchaud fought Tom Kostopoulos in a fight.
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 1( 11) , Chicago Wolves 6( 25)
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0-1 CHW Jim Slater (Jordan LaVallee)
1-1 HOU Mattias Trattnig (Peter Olvecky, Paul Albers)
1-2 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Jim Slater)
1-3 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Jim Slater)
1-4 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Jim Slater)
1-5 CHW Brad Larsen (Derek MacKenzie)
1-6 CHW Alexandre Giroux (Scott Lehman)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Danny Turple