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Boston Bruins 1 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 24 - 26
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:62/80=77 %, Challenges:37/57=63 %
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:33/57=56 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 498846 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:57 0-1 Teppo Numminen [4] (Mike Modano, Mike Comrie)
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29:07 1-1 Mark Mowers [1] (Stanislav Chistov, Petr Tenkrat)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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19:59 Nathan Dempsey (5 min for boarding)
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33:11 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Miller
2nd star: Hannu Toivonen
3rd star: Mark Mowers

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Petr Tenkrat finally ended his 13 game point drought.
-Mark Mowers ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Mark Mowers ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Mike Comrie finally ended his 14 game point drought.
-Teppo Numminen ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 3( 16) , Rochester Americans 0( 15)
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1-0 PRO Jonathan Sigalet (Martins Karsums)
2-0 PRO Wacey Rabbit (Gino Guyer)
3-0 PRO Chris Collins (Ben Walter)

Goalies: Andrew Raycroft - Danny Battochio



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Philadelphia Flyers 2 , Tampa Bay Lightning 1
Shots: 20 - 25
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:59/76=77 %, Challenges:29/53=53 %
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:72/89=80 %, Challenges:33/57=56 %
Attendance: 19519 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 608993 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:49 1-0 Sami Kapanen [3] (Niko Dimitrakos, Dmitry Afanasenkov)
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32:23 1-1 Martin St. Louis [14] (Vincent Lecavalier, Tim Taylor)
36:26 2-1 Mike York [9] (Joni Pitkänen, Nolan Baumgartner)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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40:09 Stefan Ruzicka (2 min for hooking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike York
2nd star: Sami Kapanen
3rd star: Joni Pitkänen

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Niko Dimitrakos finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Nolan Baumgartner ended his 9 game point drought.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Tim Taylor ended his 5 game point drought.
-Ryan Malone had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Ryan Malone had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 5( 28) , Detroit Vipers 0( 9)
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1-0 PHL Boyd Kane (Benoît Mondou, Jussi Timonen)
2-0 PHL Geoff Sanderson (Mark Cullen, Lars Jonsson)
3-0 PHL Geoff Sanderson (Mark Cullen)
4-0 PHL Geoff Sanderson
5-0 PHL Matt Ellison

Goalies: Michael Leighton - Gerald Coleman



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Nashville Predators 3 , New York Islanders 1
Shots: 25 - 18
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:29/47=60 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:78/96=81 %, Challenges:26/46=55 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 503372 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:15 1-0 Kimmo Timonen [3] (Ryan Suter)
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30:55 1-1 Mike Sillinger [2] (Shawn Bates, Jason Blake)
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48:42 2-1 Josef Vasicek [5] (Paul Kariya, Marek Zidlicky)
53:54 3-1 Jean-Pierre Dumont [8] (Josef Vasicek, David Legwand)
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Penalty summary:
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Josef Vasicek
2nd star: Jean-Pierre Dumont
3rd star: David Legwand

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Josef Vasicek finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Ryan Suter ended his 7 game point drought.
-Kimmo Timonen finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Jason Blake notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike Sillinger scored the 200th goal of his career.
-Mike Sillinger finally ended his 28 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 2( 9) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3( 11)
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0-1 BRG Robert Nilsson (Rick Berry)
0-2 BRG Jeff Tambellini (Robert Nilsson, Sean Bergenheim)
0-3 BRG Peter Ferraro (David Bararuk)
1-3 MIL Alex Henry (John Vigilante)
2-3 MIL Alexei Smirnov (Kim Staal, Sheldon Brookbank)

Goalies: Pekka Rinne - Wade Dubielewicz



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Phoenix Coyotes 5 , New York Rangers 1
Shots: 24 - 18
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:29/53=53 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:78/90=86 %, Challenges:12/39=30 %
Attendance: 16210 of 16210 (America West Arena)
Ticket income: 499268 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:28 1-0 Oleg Saprykin [8] (Zbynek Michalek, Nick Boynton)
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30:04 2-0 Yanic Perreault [7] (Ed Jovanovski, Derek Morris)
33:21 2-1 Jaromir Jagr [15] (Martin Straka, Nigel Dawes)
39:16 3-1 Steven Reinprecht [4] (Yanic Perreault, Ed Jovanovski)
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50:17 4-1 Oleg Saprykin [9] (Georges Laraque, Steven Reinprecht)
54:18 5-1 Derek Morris [3] (Yanic Perreault, Ed Jovanovski)
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Penalty summary:
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03:48 Jeremy Roenick (2 min for roughing)
03:48 Jed Ortmeyer (2 min for roughing)
17:51 Travis Roche (2 min for hooking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Yanic Perreault
2nd star: Oleg Saprykin
3rd star: Ed Jovanovski

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Steven Reinprecht finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Nick Boynton ended his 8 game point drought.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Jaromir Jagr scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Martin Straka notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 1( 13) , Hartford Wolfpack 3( 13)
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0-1 HFD Hugh Jessiman (Lauri Korpikoski, Ryan Hollweg)
1-1 SPR Dave Scatchard (Enver Lisin, Keith Yandle)
1-2 HFD Lauri Korpikoski (Ryan Hollweg)
1-3 HFD Daniel Sparre (Martin Richter)

Goalies: Mike Morrison - Al Montoya