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Boston Bruins 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Shots: 28 - 18
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:67/86=77 %, Challenges:26/40=63 %
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:76/90=84 %, Challenges:22/46=46 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 498846 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:58 1-0 Marc Savard [11] (Brad Stuart)PP
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27:49 1-1 Jamie Langenbrunner [13] (Vaclav Prospal, Sergei Gonchar)
37:41 2-1 Brad Boyes [7] (P.J. Axelsson, Brad Stuart)
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41:42 3-1 Glen Murray [17])
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Penalty summary:
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03:27 Zdeno Chara (2 min for cross-checking)
11:26 Linus Persson (2 min for hooking)
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23:28 Petr Tenkrat (2 min for holding the stick)
39:35 Linus Persson (2 min for slashing)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brad Stuart
2nd star: Glen Murray
3rd star: Brad Boyes

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-P.J. Axelsson notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sergei Gonchar scored the 500th point of his career.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 1( 23) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 27)
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1-0 PRO Nate DiCasmirro (Chris Collins, Ben Walter)
1-1 WIL Maxime Talbot (Hannes Hyvönen)




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Carolina Hurricanes 1 , Florida Panthers 2
Shots: 15 - 25
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:64/78=82 %, Challenges:16/46=34 %
FLA PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:75/93=80 %, Challenges:32/59=53 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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27:13 0-1 FLA Nathan Horton [14] (Jay Bouwmeester)
30:15 0-2 FLA Chris Gratton [4] (Anthony Stewart, Martin Gélinas)
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47:01 1-2 Mats Sundin [18] (Evgeny Malkin)
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Penalty summary:
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08:38 Keith Aucoin (2 min for high-sticking)
14:15 FLA Anthony Stewart (5 min for fighting)
14:15 Mike Commodore (5 min for fighting)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nathan Horton
2nd star: Chris Gratton
3rd star: Alex Auld

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Jason Spezza had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jason Spezza had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-David Tanabe had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Anthony Stewart finally ended his 31 game point drought.
-Nathan Horton ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Todd Bertuzzi had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Todd Bertuzzi had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Mike Commodore beat Anthony Stewart in a fight.

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 3( 36) , Louisville Panthers 3( 14)
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1-0 LOW Ryan Bayda (David Gove, Anton Babchuk)
1-1 LOU Jonathan Hedström (Aaron Foster, Alexander Guskov)
2-1 LOW P.J. Martin (Mike Angelidis)
2-2 LOU David Booth (Kamil Kreps)
3-2 LOW Craig Adams (Ryan Bayda, David Gove)
3-3 LOU David Booth (Kamil Kreps)

Goalies: Kevin Nastiuk - Craig Anderson



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St. Louis Blues 1 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 22 - 16
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/79=83 %, Challenges:17/41=40 %
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:75/90=83 %, Challenges:39/56=68 %
Attendance: 15327 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 418427 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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30:32 0-1 Curtis Brown [3] (Matt Stajan, Ales Kotalik)
33:41 1-1 Keith Tkachuk [16] (Bill Guerin)
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51:18 1-2 Daniel Alfredsson [13] (Joe Thornton, Scott Hannan)
59:35 1-3 Matt Stajan [4] (Curtis Brown) EN
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Penalty summary:
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18:12 Andrei Zyuzin (2 min for tripping)
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59:58 Marc-Édouard Vlasic (2 min for boarding)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Curtis Brown
2nd star: Matt Stajan
3rd star: Evgeny Nabokov

Notes for St. Louis Blues:

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Curtis Brown finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Matt Stajan finally ended his 23 game goal drought.
-Matt Stajan finally ended his 15 game point drought.
-Scott Hannan ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 4( 26) , Cleveland Barons 1( 9)
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1-0 WOR Cam Keith (Konstantin Zakharov, Carl Söderberg)
2-0 WOR Mike Glumac (Scott Dobben)
3-0 WOR Alexandre Daigle (Jamie Rivers)
4-0 WOR Konstantin Zakharov (Carl Söderberg)
4-1 CLE Mike Iggulden (Sean Collins)

Goalies: Manny Legace - Taylor Dakers




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Philadelphia Flyers 2 , Chicago Blackhawks 4
Shots: 18 - 22
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:75/89=84 %, Challenges:20/44=44 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:76/93=81 %, Challenges:25/46=53 %
Attendance: 19376 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 604531 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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33:17 1-0 Kyle Calder [5] (Jeff Carter)
34:39 1-1 Bryan Smolinski [14] (Patrick Sharp, Denis Arkhipov)
38:16 1-2 Michal Handzus [8] (Martin Havlat, Tuomo Ruutu)
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48:41 1-3 Patrick Sharp [9] (Duncan Keith, Bryan Smolinski)
53:53 2-3 Kyle Calder [6] (Jeff Carter)
59:15 2-4 Bryan Smolinski [15] (Peter Bondra, Tuomo Ruutu) EN
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Penalty summary:
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09:49 Jeff Hamilton (2 min for hooking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Bryan Smolinski
2nd star: Patrick Sharp
3rd star: Tuomo Ruutu

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Dmitry Afanasenkov had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Mike York had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Duncan Keith notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Bryan Smolinski scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Patrick Sharp ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 1( 16) , Norfolk Admirals 3( 18)
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0-1 NOR Jonas Nordquist
1-1 PHL Benoît Mondou (Steve Downie, Boyd Kane)
1-2 NOR Jonas Nordquist (Brandon Bochenski)
1-3 NOR Carsen Germyn (Michael Blunden)

Goalies: Michael Leighton - Patrick Lalime



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Phoenix Coyotes 3 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 24 - 20
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:74/90=82 %, Challenges:22/44=48 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:62/82=75 %, Challenges:24/45=52 %
Attendance: 16210 of 16210 (America West Arena)
Ticket income: 499268 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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39:34 1-0 Shane Doan [11] (Yanic Perreault, Jeremy Roenick)
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46:08 1-1 Jochen Hecht [10] (Mike Modano, Mark Recchi)
46:49 2-1 Fredrik Sjöström [4] (Mike Ricci, Keith Ballard)
59:34 3-1 Owen Nolan [6] (Steven Reinprecht) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:21 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
02:21 Nick Boynton (2 min for roughing)
05:28 Ed Jovanovski (2 min for roughing)
05:28 Eric Brewer (2 min for roughing)
12:36 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
18:15 Thomas Vanek (5 min for high-sticking)
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38:08 Matthew Spiller (2 min for roughing)
38:08 Pat Rissmiller (2 min for roughing)
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48:19 Konstantin Baranov (2 min for roughing)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Fredrik Sjöström
2nd star: Owen Nolan
3rd star: Shane Doan

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Keith Ballard ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jochen Hecht scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jochen Hecht ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 0( 13) , Rochester Americans 2( 22)
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0-1 ROC Justin Cox (Dylan Hunter)
0-2 ROC Andrew Peters (Adam Mair)

Goalies: Curtis Joseph - Danny Battochio