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Buffalo Sabres 8 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 25 - 31
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:56/74=75 %, Challenges:37/42=86 %
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:82/88=93 %, Challenges:45/55=80 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 818180 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:11 0-1 Petr Sykora [19] (Evgeny Malkin, Gilbert Brulé)PP
16:13 1-1 T.J. Brennan [2] (Jason Pominville, Brad Boyes)PP
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25:04 1-2 Colby Armstrong [15] (Kristopher Letang, Jack Johnson)
28:58 1-3 Ryan Malone [15] (Evgeny Malkin, Jack Johnson)
29:35 2-3 John Negrin [3] (Clarke MacArthur)
30:18 3-3 Jean-Simon Allard [3] (Dan Paillé)
34:17 4-3 Clarke MacArthur [16] (Drew Schiestel, Daniel Brière)
37:06 5-3 Jason Pominville [24] (Loui Eriksson, Paul Gaustad)
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46:05 5-4 Gilbert Brulé [17] (Evgeny Malkin, Petr Sykora)
48:38 6-4 Drew Stafford [13] (Daniel Brière, Brad Boyes)
52:18 7-4 Loui Eriksson [6] (Dmitri Kalinin, Steve Bernier)
52:56 8-4 Thomas Vanek [17] (Jason Pominville)
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Penalty summary:
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04:24 Brad Boyes (5 min for boarding)
15:28 Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for tripping)
19:11 Paul Gaustad (2 min for cross-checking)
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58:11 Colby Armstrong (5 min for fighting)
58:11 John Negrin (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Loui Eriksson 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 8
L Osmo Hartikainen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.50 7
R Drew Stafford 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 17.00 9
R Jason Pominville 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 16.50 10
R Steve Bernier 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.20 5
C Dan Paillé 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 15.50 7
C Daniel Brière 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 12.20 7
C Brad Boyes 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 16.50 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 7.00 7
L Jean-Simon Allard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
L Clarke MacArthur 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 18.40 9
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 18.30 8
D T.J. Brennan 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 20.10 7
D John Negrin 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 11.00 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 20.50 7
D Drew Schiestel 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 18.50 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 23.40 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 1 6 2 2 0 2 25.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Danny Battochio 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Peter Sejna 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.10 5
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -5 12.30 6
R Colby Armstrong 1 0 3 5 2 3 5 1 14.40 9
R Petr Sykora 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 21.40 7
C Kyle Turris 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.10 7
C Milan Kraft 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -5 9.30 5
C Travis Zajac 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
C Gilbert Brulé 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 19.30 8
L Derick Brassard 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11.10 6
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -5 9.30 4
L Ryan Malone 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 8
L Evgeny Malkin 0 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 20.50 10
D David Hale 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -5 11.30 6
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 28.00 9
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -5 14.10 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
D Jack Johnson 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David LeNeveu 4 0 11 0 0 34.20 4
G Dany Sabourin 4 0 6 0 0 25.40 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Pominville
2nd star: Loui Eriksson
3rd star: Drew Stafford

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Dmitri Kalinin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Daniel Brière had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Jean-Simon Allard ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Jean-Simon Allard ended his 9 game point drought.
-T.J. Brennan ended his 6 game point drought.
-John Negrin ended his 6 game goal drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Colby Armstrong scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Ryan Malone scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Colby Armstrong ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Ryan Malone ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Colby Armstrong beat John Negrin in a fight.

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 3( 20) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 18)
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1-0 ROC Adam Courchaine (Dylan Hunter)
2-0 ROC Andrew Peters (Darin Olver)
2-1 WIL Jonathan Filewich (Ryan Lannon)
3-1 ROC Mark McCutcheon (Nathan Paetsch)

Goalies: Adam Dennis - Jeff Pietrasiak

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Atlanta Thrashers 2 , Boston Bruins 5
Shots: 24 - 29
PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:57/64=89 %, Challenges:51/60=83 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:71/81=87 %, Challenges:43/49=86 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 875855 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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16:08 1-0 Mark Popovic [4] (Jordan LaVallee)
16:28 2-0 Josh Gorges [3] (Steve McCarthy, Jim Slater)PP
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28:31 2-1 Alexander Steen [16] (Chuck Kobasew, Bryan McCabe)
29:55 2-2 Brian Rafalski [7] (Daniel Sedin, Alexander Steen)
33:03 2-3 Evgeni Chemerkin [12] (P.J. Axelsson, Josh Harding)
34:07 2-4 Daniel Sedin [15] (Alexander Steen, Evgeni Chemerkin)
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49:26 2-5 Evgeni Chemerkin [13] (Alexander Steen, Matt Lashoff)
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Penalty summary:
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04:42 Evgeni Chemerkin (2 min for tripping)
13:45 P.J. Axelsson (2 min for elbowing)
16:16 Jonathan Sigalet (2 min for hooking)
17:57 Mark Popovic (2 min for slashing)
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25:26 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for tripping)
36:37 Chuck Kobasew (2 min for boarding)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chad Painchaud 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 5
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12.10 5
R Darren Haydar 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 16.50 5
R Marian Hossa 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 20.00 7
C Bryan Little 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10.00 7
C Jim Slater 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.20 5
C Todd White 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -3 15.30 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 16.30 5
L Jordan LaVallee 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -2 14.10 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 19.20 8
D Brian Strait 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 12.20 6
D Josh Gorges 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 -2 18.40 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -2 29.00 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 15.30 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 -2 16.10 6
D Mark Popovic 1 0 3 1 1 3 2 -2 28.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 24 0 0 60.00 5
G Danny Turple 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chuck Kobasew 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
R Glen Murray 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
R Daniel Sedin 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 2 18.20 10
R Alexander Steen 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 20.00 10
C Peter Schaefer 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Marc Savard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
C Wacey Rabbit 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 12.00 7
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 17.30 7
L P.J. Axelsson 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 7.20 5
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 17.10 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1 19.20 8
L Evgeni Chemerkin 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 3 16.10 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 0 17.10 7
D Jonathan Sigalet 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 12.50 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 27.40 8
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 15.40 8
D Brian Rafalski 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 19.00 8
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 2 1 22 0 0 60.00 8
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Steen
2nd star: Evgeni Chemerkin
3rd star: Daniel Sedin

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Jim Slater notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Steve McCarthy ended his 9 game point drought.
-Mark Popovic finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Chuck Kobasew notched his 10th assist of the season.
-P.J. Axelsson notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Daniel Sedin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Daniel Sedin ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Stanislav Chistov had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Henrik Sedin had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 5( 30) , Providence Bruins 3( 20)
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1-0 CHW Alexandre Giroux (Guillaume Desbiens)
1-1 PRO Adam McQuaid (Ben Walter)
1-2 PRO Eric Labelle (David Krejci)
2-2 CHW Brett Sterling (Jimmy Sharrow, Derek MacKenzie)
2-3 PRO T.J. Trevelyan (Vladimír Sobotka)
3-3 CHW Eric Boulton (Alexandre Giroux)
4-3 CHW Guillaume Desbiens (Brett Sterling, Jimmy Sharrow)
5-3 CHW Jan Steber


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Nashville Predators 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 23 - 37
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/75=81 %, Challenges:32/37=84 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:73/79=92 %, Challenges:40/55=71 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 800897 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:51 0-1 Marek Svatos [19] (Ryan Suter, Shea Weber)
16:48 0-2 Marek Svatos [20] (Ryan Smyth)
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33:38 1-2 Stéphane Veilleux [3] (Cody Franson, Kevin Klein)
36:14 2-2 Marek Zidlicky [8] (Kevin Klein, Jason Arnott)
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42:03 2-3 Sidney Crosby [23] (Erik Johnson, Wojtek Wolski)
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Penalty summary:
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05:08 Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
05:08 Marek Zidlicky (2 min for roughing)
12:42 Will Weber (5 min for fighting)
12:42 Darcy Hordichuk (5 min for fighting)
15:03 Jordin Tootoo (2 min for roughing)
15:03 Shea Weber (2 min for roughing)
18:45 Jordin Tootoo (2 min for tripping)
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24:32 Alexander Svitov (5 min for fighting)
24:32 Darcy Hordichuk (5 min for fighting)
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44:35 Dan Hamhuis (2 min for roughing)
44:35 Ryan Smyth (2 min for roughing)
45:59 Darcy Hordichuk (2 min for roughing)
45:59 Erik Johnson (2 min for roughing)
55:45 Will Weber (2 min for roughing)
55:45 Marian Gaborik (2 min for roughing)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 0 9.20 5
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 1 13.30 8
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.40 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 18.50 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.20 6
C Stéphane Veilleux 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 13.30 8
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 -2 18.50 6
C Jason Arnott 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 19.50 8
L Nick Spaling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
L Matt Ellison 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 17.00 6
L Darcy Hordichuk 0 0 2 0 2 0 12 -2 12.50 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Cody Franson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 13.50 7
D Kevin Klein 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 -2 19.00 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 25.40 7
D Richard Stehlik 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 15.00 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 21.20 5
D Marek Zidlicky 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 3 0 34 0 0 58.50 9
G Justin Pogge 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 -1 6.30 6
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 15.50 7
R Marek Svatos 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
L Rick Nash 0 0 5 4 2 0 2 1 20.50 8
C Nick Sucharski 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 7.20 6
C Oleg Saprykin 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13.40 6
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 20.00 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 18.20 8
R Bobby Nyholm 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 7.20 6
L Mark Parrish 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Ryan Smyth 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 17.00 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 17.20 9
D Will Weber 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 13.20 6
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 21.10 7
D Erik Johnson 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 -1 22.50 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 15.10 5
D Ryan Suter 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 24.00 7
D Shea Weber 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 -1 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Dan LaCosta 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marek Svatos
2nd star: Sidney Crosby
3rd star: Wojtek Wolski

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Kevin Klein notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Marek Svatos scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Wojtek Wolski notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:
-Darcy Hordichuk beat Will Weber in a fight.
-Darcy Hordichuk beat Alexander Svitov in a fight.

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 3( 19) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 16)
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0-1 SYR Andrew Murray (Filip Novak)
1-1 MIL Blake Geoffrion (Bruno Gervais)
2-1 MIL Blake Geoffrion (Nick Tarnasky)
2-2 SYR Charles Linglet (Tim Konsorada)
3-2 MIL Robert Snowball (Dirk Southern)

Goalies: Mike Brodeur - Tomas Popperle

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St. Louis Blues 1 , Colorado Avalanche 5
Shots: 19 - 28
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:55/69=79 %, Challenges:33/43=75 %
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:70/89=78 %, Challenges:51/60=83 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 822402 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:41 0-1 Pavel Datsyuk [6] (Brett Clark, Paul Stastny)PP
15:19 0-2 Pavel Datsyuk [7] (Brett Clark)
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29:39 0-3 Paul Stastny [16] (Pavel Datsyuk, Jiri Novotny)
31:19 0-4 Cody McCormick [6] (Andrew Brunette, Paul Stastny)
35:25 1-4 Petr Cajanek [14] (Robyn Regehr, Christian Bäckman)
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41:15 1-5 Jiri Novotny [4] (Adam Pineault, Jaroslav Hlinka)
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Penalty summary:
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09:24 John-Michael Liles (2 min for tripping)
11:05 Adam Pineault (2 min for holding the stick)
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44:09 Yan Stastny (2 min for roughing)
52:38 Adam Pineault (2 min for high-sticking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 -1 12.30 6
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.00 6
R T.J. Oshie 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 -2 17.40 6
C Yan Stastny 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -1 8.40 5
C Blair Betts 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.20 5
C Mike Comrie 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
C Petr Cajanek 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 -2 17.40 6
L Timofei Shishkanov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 8.40 5
L Jay McClement 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
L Marcel Hossa 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
L Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 20.50 5
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 13.30 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -2 22.50 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 24.20 7
D Jeff Woywitka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 2 7 0 1 0 0 17.50 8
D Robyn Regehr 0 1 1 7 1 2 0 -3 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Schwarz 5 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Pineault 0 1 3 2 1 0 4 1 8.30 8
R Jaroslav Hlinka 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 11.30 7
R Cody McCormick 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 15.40 8
R Brad Richardson 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
C Jiri Novotny 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 12.20 9
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11.30 7
C Milan Hejduk 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14.20 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 21.50 9
L Brad Malone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8.20 6
L David Moss 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 15.30 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 15.50 8
L Paul Stastny 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 20.20 10
D Kevin Shattenkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 6
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20.00 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 28.20 6
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 11.30 7
D Brett Clark 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 21.10 8
D Scott Hannan 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pavel Datsyuk
2nd star: Paul Stastny
3rd star: Jiri Novotny

Notes for St. Louis Blues:

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Paul Stastny notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jaroslav Hlinka notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 0( 12) , Hershey Bears 2( 9)
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0-1 HER Dmitri Levinsky (Michael Vernace)
0-2 HER Dmitri Levinsky (Michael Vernace)

Goalies: Carey Price - Michael Wall













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Los Angeles Kings 2 , San Jose Sharks 4
Shots: 22 - 36
LA PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:68/74=91 %, Challenges:28/53=51 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:56/75=74 %, Challenges:51/54=92 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 802900 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:23 0-1 Kelly Dabrowski [3] (Ryan O'Marra, Tuomo Ruutu)
17:53 1-1 LA Anze Kopitar [19] (Marc-André Cliche, Curtis Murphy)
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26:24 1-2 Andy McDonald [13] (Simon Gagné, Patrick Marleau)
27:48 1-3 Konstantin Pushkarev [3] (Lars-Erik Mikkelsson, Joe Pavelski)
29:55 1-4 Simon Gagné [12] (Patrick Marleau)
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44:06 2-4 LA Anze Kopitar [20] (Dustin Brown, Alexander Frolov)PP
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Penalty summary:
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13:55 Ryan O'Marra (2 min for hooking)
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38:14 LA Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for elbowing)
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42:42 Konstantin Pushkarev (2 min for hooking)
50:39 François Beauchemin (5 min for fighting)
50:39 LA Marc-André Cliche (5 min for fighting)
57:07 Kelly Dabrowski (2 min for tripping)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Johnny Pohl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Derek Armstrong 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 -1 19.00 5
R Marc-André Cliche 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 13.50 7
R Alexander Frolov 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 -2 21.10 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 6
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 -2 16.50 6
C David Legwand 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 15.20 7
C Anze Kopitar 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 -1 21.50 8
L Scott Thornton 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Jan Bulis 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 15.50 5
L Kyle Calder 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 16.10 5
L Dustin Brown 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 -1 19.50 7
D Tom Preissing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15.30 7
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
D Rob Blake 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 22.30 6
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 -1 16.50 6
D Curtis Murphy 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 24.00 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 -3 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 32 0 0 60.00 7
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Konstantin Pushkarev 1 0 1 4 0 1 2 2 9.40 9
R Lars-Erik Mikkelsson 0 1 1 6 0 7 0 0 14.10 9
R Andy McDonald 1 0 6 2 0 1 0 1 15.50 9
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 20.10 9
C Ryan O'Marra 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 10.00 7
C Jason Williams 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 14.10 6
C Patrick Marleau 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 12.30 8
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
L Kelly Dabrowski 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 10.00 8
L Joe Pavelski 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 14.10 8
L Simon Gagné 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 13.30 8
L Martin Havlat 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 22.10 7
D Doug Murray 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 15.40 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 18.40 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 23.40 7
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 17.10 6
D François Beauchemin 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 2 14.10 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 30.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Corey Crawford 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andy McDonald
2nd star: Anze Kopitar
3rd star: Simon Gagné

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Anze Kopitar scored his 20th goal of the season.
-David Legwand had his 8 game point streak snapped.
-Kyle Calder had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Konstantin Pushkarev ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Kelly Dabrowski finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-François Beauchemin fought Marc-André Cliche in a fight.

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 0( , Cleveland Barons 7( 40)
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0-1 CLE Marcel Goc (Graham Mink)
0-2 CLE Tyler McGregor (Aaron Power)
0-3 CLE Wes O'Neill (Kris Versteeg, Graham Mink)
0-4 CLE Rob Davison (Derek Joslin, Graham Mink)
0-5 CLE Derek Joslin (Graham Mink)
0-6 CLE Kris Versteeg (Graham Mink, Marcel Goc)
0-7 CLE Marcel Goc (Graham Mink)

Goalies: Jeff Zatkoff - Thomas Greiss