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Buffalo Sabres 1 , Boston Bruins 1
Shots: 15 - 17
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:80/100=80 %, Challenges:14/61=22 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:77/93=82 %, Challenges:6/60=9 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:17 0-1 Marc Savard [9] (Nicklas Lidström)
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no scoring
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48:37 1-1 Mike Modano [18] (Mark Recchi, Mike Grier)
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Penalty summary:
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55:03 Stanislav Chistov (2 min for slashing)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Modano
2nd star: Nicklas Lidström
3rd star: Hannu Toivonen

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Notes for Boston Bruins:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 3( 22) , Providence Bruins 2( 13)
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0-1 PRO Martins Karsums (Jeff Szwez, Andrew Alberts)
0-2 PRO Chris Collins (Ben Walter)
1-2 ROC Adam Mair (Mark Mancari)
2-2 ROC Olivier Legault (Michael Ryan)
3-2 ROC Justin Cox (Marek Zagrapan)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Andrew Raycroft



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Tampa Bay Lightning 2 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 19 - 23
PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:78/98=79 %, Challenges:34/59=56 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:69/83=83 %, Challenges:26/51=50 %
Attendance: 19238 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 575217 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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17:08 1-0 Martin St. Louis [20] (Dan Boyle, Filip Kuba)PP
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27:51 1-1 Darren Haydar [3] (Glen Metropolit, Bobby Holik)
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49:12 2-1 Ruslan Fedotenko [10] (Paul Ranger, Brad Richards)
56:43 2-2 Ilya Kovalchuk [19] (Marian Hossa, Andy Sutton)
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Penalty summary:
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16:43 Jim Slater (2 min for elbowing)
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22:33 Darren Haydar (2 min for slashing)
29:19 Brad Larsen (2 min for high-sticking)
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51:32 Stanislav Lascek (2 min for tripping)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Darren Haydar
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Ruslan Fedotenko

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Martin St. Louis scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Ruslan Fedotenko scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Darren Haydar finally ended his 21 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 3( 35) , Chicago Wolves 2( 15)
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1-0 DTV Éric Perrin (Justin Keller, Norm Milley)
2-0 DTV Marek Kvapil (Mitch Fritz)
3-0 DTV Justin Keller (Éric Perrin)
3-1 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Joey Crabb, Kevin Doell)
3-2 CHW Stephen Baby (Mark Popovic, Steve Martins)

Goalies: Gerald Coleman - Michael Garnett



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Nashville Predators 4 , Minnesota Wild 1
Shots: 26 - 26
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:64/78=82 %, Challenges:25/42=58 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:72/85=84 %, Challenges:27/50=52 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 503372 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:37 0-1 Keith Carney [1] (Brent Burns, Brian Rolston)
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28:51 1-1 Jean-Pierre Dumont [11] (Steve Sullivan, Marek Zidlicky)
29:37 2-1 David Legwand [6] (Josef Vasicek)
31:48 3-1 Jason Arnott [9] (Steve Sullivan, Jordin Tootoo)
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50:39 4-1 David Legwand [7] (Jean-Pierre Dumont)
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Penalty summary:
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51:56 Ville Nieminen (2 min for cross-checking)
56:17 Scott May (2 min for roughing)
56:17 Brian Rolston (2 min for roughing)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Legwand
2nd star: Jean-Pierre Dumont
3rd star: Tomas Vokoun

Notes for Nashville Predators:

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Pavol Demitra had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Martin Rucinsky had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Kim Johnsson had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 8( 28) , Houston Aeros 5( 22)
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0-1 HOU Bryan Lundbohm (Shawn Belle, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
0-2 HOU Bryan Lundbohm (Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
1-2 MIL Kim Staal (Marian Cisar)
2-2 MIL John Vigilante (Paul Brown)
3-2 MIL John Vigilante (Ville Koistinen)
3-3 HOU Nick Schultz (Benoit Pouliot, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
4-3 MIL John Vigilante
5-3 MIL Ramzi Abid (Jerred Smithson)
6-3 MIL Jerred Smithson (Nolan Yonkman)
7-3 MIL Jerred Smithson (Sheldon Brookbank)
7-4 HOU Benoit Pouliot (Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
7-5 HOU Benoit Pouliot (Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
8-5 MIL Darcy Hordichuk (Paul Brown)

Goalies: Pekka Rinne - Josh Harding




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Detroit Red Wings 3 , Edmonton Oilers 1
Shots: 22 - 18
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:75/94=79 %, Challenges:23/55=41 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:52/74=70 %, Challenges:21/47=43 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 619473 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:14 1-0 Tomas Holmström [14] (Robert Lang, Pavel Datsyuk)
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27:58 2-0 Jason Williams [14] (Tomas Holmström, Robert Lang)PP
36:22 3-0 Jason Williams [15] (Niklas Kronwall, Danny Markov)
36:47 3-1 Joffrey Lupul [5] (Matt Greene, Ladislav Smid)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:32 Ryan Smyth (2 min for roughing)
04:32 Danny Markov (2 min for roughing)
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27:03 Ethan Moreau (2 min for high-sticking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Williams
2nd star: Tomas Holmström
3rd star: Robert Lang

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Jason Williams scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Matt Greene ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 1( 29) , Hamilton Bulldogs 1( 14)
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0-1 HAM Brock Radunske (Bryan Rodney)
1-1 KCB Evan McGrath (Brett Lebda)

Goalies: Jimmy Howard - Jeff Deslauriers



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San Jose Sharks 2 , Phoenix Coyotes 4
Shots: 28 - 26
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:75/86=87 %, Challenges:26/54=47 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:70/82=85 %, Challenges:17/44=37 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 484776 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:37 0-1 Mike Ricci [7] (Georges Laraque)
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25:46 1-1 Darcy Tucker [11] (Kyle McLaren)
30:29 2-1 Justin Williams [9] (Mike Fisher, Joe Thornton)
36:33 2-2 Fredrik Sjöström [3] (Oleg Saprykin, Matthew Spiller)
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49:59 2-3 Shane Doan [8] (Ladislav Nagy, Yanic Perreault)
58:57 2-4 Yanic Perreault [8] (Ed Jovanovski, Travis Roche) EN
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Penalty summary:
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00:33 Joe Thornton (5 min for fighting)
00:33 Matthew Spiller (5 min for fighting)
00:33 Matthew Spiller (2 min for instigating)
00:33 Matthew Spiller (10 min misconduct)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Yanic Perreault
2nd star: David LeNeveu
3rd star: Fredrik Sjöström

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Mike Fisher notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Fredrik Sjöström ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Shane Doan finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Yanic Perreault ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Joe Thornton fought Matthew Spiller in a fight.

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 3( 26) , Springfield Falcons 3( 12)
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1-0 CLE Riley Armstrong (Patrick Traverse)
1-1 SPR Don MacLean (Bryan Helmer)
2-1 CLE Scott Parker (Tom Cavanagh, Tomas Plihal)
2-2 SPR Bryan Helmer (Ryan Flinn, Jeff Taffe)
3-2 CLE Patrick Traverse
3-3 SPR Jaroslav Sklenar (Don MacLean)

Goalies: Taylor Dakers - Curtis Joseph