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26/12/2001
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Buffalo Sabres 2 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 22 - 25
![26/12/2001 188348](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/188348.jpg)
PP: 0 of 1 (7 shots), Passing:77/94=81 %, Challenges:36/58=61 %
![26/12/2001 113262](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/113262.jpg)
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:65/84=77 %, Challenges:34/52=64 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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33:08 0-1
![26/12/2001 113262](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/113262.jpg)
Colby Armstrong [4] (Ryan Whitney, Noah Welch)
37:53 1-1
![26/12/2001 188348](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/188348.jpg)
Dmitri Kalinin [3] (Maxim Afinogenov, Mark Recchi)
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49:26 1-2
![26/12/2001 113262](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/113262.jpg)
Sidney Crosby [13] (Vaclav Prospal, Sergei Gonchar)
56:35 2-2
![26/12/2001 188348](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/188348.jpg)
Thomas Vanek [7] (Mark Recchi, Radek Dvorak)
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Penalty summary:
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22:52
![26/12/2001 188348](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/188348.jpg)
Peter Sejna (2 min for slashing)
26:13
![26/12/2001 113262](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/113262.jpg)
Noah Welch (5 min for attempt to injury)
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51:19
![26/12/2001 188348](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/188348.jpg)
Mike Comrie (2 min for roughing)
51:19
![26/12/2001 113262](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/113262.jpg)
Josef Melichar (2 min for roughing)
53:27
![26/12/2001 188348](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/188348.jpg)
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Colby Armstrong
2nd star: Mark Recchi
3rd star: Sidney Crosby
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 4( 39) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 17)
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0-1 WIL Hannes Hyvönen (Maxime Talbot, Robert Scuderi)
1-1 ROC Dylan Hunter (Adam Mair, Mike Funk)
2-1 ROC Nathan Paetsch (Mark Mancari)
3-1 ROC Justin Cox
3-2 WIL Dennis Bonvie (Dmitri Levinsky, Alain Nasreddine)
3-3 WIL Arpad Mihaly (Kenny Corupe)
4-3 ROC Bryce Cockburn (Mike Card)
Goalies: Danny Battochio - Andrew Penner
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26/12/2001
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Washington Capitals 2 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 29 - 26
![26/12/2001 237427](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/237427.jpg)
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/87=77 %, Challenges:15/36=40 %
![26/12/2001 334570](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/334570.jpg)
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:63/76=82 %, Challenges:29/55=51 %
Attendance: 16808 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 473986 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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15:15 1-0
![26/12/2001 237427](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/237427.jpg)
Brian Pothier [2] (Steve Eminger, Brian Sutherby)
19:53 1-1
![26/12/2001 334570](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/334570.jpg)
Mats Sundin [11] (Andrew Ladd, Jonathan Cheechoo)PP
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31:28 1-2
![26/12/2001 334570](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/334570.jpg)
Cory Stillman [8] (Daymond Langkow, Jason Spezza)
38:58 2-2
![26/12/2001 237427](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/237427.jpg)
Brian Pothier [3] (Eric Labelle, Boyd Gordon)
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41:37 2-3
![26/12/2001 334570](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/334570.jpg)
Daymond Langkow [10] (Cory Stillman, Evgeny Malkin)
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Penalty summary:
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18:54
![26/12/2001 237427](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/237427.jpg)
Donald Brashear (2 min for hooking)
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35:17
![26/12/2001 237427](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/237427.jpg)
Eric Labelle (2 min for high-sticking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Cory Stillman
2nd star: Daymond Langkow
3rd star: Brian Pothier
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Steve Eminger ended his 5 game point drought.
-Brian Pothier finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Daymond Langkow scored his 10th goal of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 6( 33) , Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 18)
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0-1 LOW Pat Dwyer (Anton Babchuk, Brad Zancanaro)
1-1 POR Matt Stafanishion (Chad Wiseman, Sasha Pokulok)
2-1 POR Quintin Laing (Tomas Fleischmann)
3-1 POR Eric Fehr (Chris Bourque)
4-1 POR Chris Bourque (Brooks Laich, Mike Green)
4-2 LOW Shane Willis (Joe Barnes)
5-2 POR Brooks Laich (Chris Bourque)
6-2 POR Eric Fehr (Mike Green, Frédéric Cassivi)
Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Kevin Nastiuk
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26/12/2001
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Atlanta Thrashers 1 , Ottawa Senators 2
Shots: 12 - 31
![26/12/2001 352987](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/352987.jpg)
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:61/77=79 %, Challenges:22/55=39 %
![26/12/2001 679702](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/679702.jpg)
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:76/98=77 %, Challenges:27/46=57 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 501811 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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26:19 0-1
![26/12/2001 679702](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/679702.jpg)
Erik Cole [10])
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58:18 1-1
![26/12/2001 352987](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/352987.jpg)
Ilya Kovalchuk [17] (Marian Hossa, Greg de Vries) WG
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60:48 1-2
![26/12/2001 679702](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/679702.jpg)
John-Michael Liles [1] (Patrik Elias, Chris Kelly)
Penalty summary:
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08:33
![26/12/2001 679702](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/679702.jpg)
Arttu Luttinen (2 min for hooking)
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44:42
![26/12/2001 352987](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/352987.jpg)
Scott Mellanby (2 min for slashing)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: John-Michael Liles
2nd star: Erik Cole
3rd star: Patrik Elias
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Erik Cole scored his 10th goal of the season.
-John-Michael Liles finally ended his 35 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 1( 12) , Grand Rapids Griffins 3( 12)
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0-1 GRD Peter Schaefer (Tuomas Pihlman)
0-2 GRD Jamie Allison (Tuomas Pihlman, Josh Hennessy)
0-3 GRD Mike Sgroi (Cory Pecker, Charlie Cook)
1-3 CHW Joey Crabb (Kevin Doell)
Goalies: Michael Garnett - Kelly Guard
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Detroit Red Wings 6 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 26 - 25
![26/12/2001 143330](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/143330.jpg)
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:71/89=79 %, Challenges:32/48=65 %
![26/12/2001 670922](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/670922.jpg)
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:66/81=81 %, Challenges:29/40=70 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 619473 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:04 1-0
![26/12/2001 143330](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/143330.jpg)
Patrice Bergeron [16] (Darryl Bootland, Jiri Hudler)
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26:49 1-1
![26/12/2001 670922](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/670922.jpg)
Rick Nash [13] (Rostislav Klesla, Sergei Fedorov)
30:03 2-1
![26/12/2001 143330](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/143330.jpg)
Jason Williams [11] (Danny Markov, Robert Lang)
38:06 3-1
![26/12/2001 143330](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/143330.jpg)
Mathieu Schneider [4] (Paul Mara, Pavel Datsyuk)PP
39:03 3-2
![26/12/2001 670922](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/670922.jpg)
Bryan Berard [3] (Ron Hainsey, Anders Eriksson)
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40:42 3-3
![26/12/2001 670922](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/670922.jpg)
Anson Carter [12] (Rick Nash, Sergei Fedorov)
48:53 4-3
![26/12/2001 143330](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/143330.jpg)
Jason Williams [12] (Danny Markov, Jiri Fischer)
49:58 5-3
![26/12/2001 143330](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/143330.jpg)
Kris Draper [3] (Josh Langfeld, Jason Williams)
59:27 6-3
![26/12/2001 143330](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/143330.jpg)
Danny Markov [1] (Tomas Holmström, Robert Lang)
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Penalty summary:
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16:25
![26/12/2001 143330](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/143330.jpg)
Chris Chelios (2 min for roughing)
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22:21
![26/12/2001 143330](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/143330.jpg)
Chris Chelios (2 min for hooking)
37:42
![26/12/2001 670922](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/670922.jpg)
Alexandre Picard (2 min for boarding)
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52:13
![26/12/2001 670922](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/670922.jpg)
Ben Simon (2 min for tripping)
54:29
![26/12/2001 143330](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/143330.jpg)
Mathieu Schneider (2 min for high-sticking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Williams
2nd star: Danny Markov
3rd star: Patrice Bergeron
Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rostislav Klesla notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ron Hainsey ended his 5 game point drought.
-Bryan Berard finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 3( 14) , Syracuse Crunch 1(
![Cool](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_cool.gif)
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1-0 KCB Krys Kolanos
1-1 SYR Jamie Pushor (Darcy Verot)
2-1 KCB Matt Ellis (Krys Kolanos, Evgeny Artyukhin)
3-1 KCB Valtteri Filppula (Mathias Johansson, Derek Meech)
Goalies: Jimmy Howard - Ty Conklin
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Nashville Predators 2 , Colorado Avalanche 4
Shots: 26 - 27
![26/12/2001 4110](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/4110.jpg)
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/72=83 %, Challenges:36/59=60 %
![26/12/2001 53638](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/53638.jpg)
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/76=86 %, Challenges:23/50=45 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 503372 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:07 0-1
![26/12/2001 53638](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/53638.jpg)
Antti Laaksonen [11])
13:47 0-2
![26/12/2001 53638](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/53638.jpg)
Patrice Brisebois [2] (Andrej Meszaros, Zach Parisé)
15:39 1-2
![26/12/2001 4110](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/4110.jpg)
Vernon Fiddler [6] (Alexander Radulov)
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29:24 2-2
![26/12/2001 4110](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/4110.jpg)
Dan Hamhuis [2] (David Legwand)
38:01 2-3
![26/12/2001 53638](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/53638.jpg)
Patrick Marleau [15] (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Steve Konowalchuk)
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58:51 2-4
![26/12/2001 53638](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/53638.jpg)
Henrik Tallinder [2]) EN
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Penalty summary:
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Marleau
2nd star: Antti Laaksonen
3rd star: Henrik Tallinder
Notes for Nashville Predators:
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Patrick Marleau scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Vyacheslav Kozlov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Steve Konowalchuk finally ended his 16 game point drought.
-Antti Laaksonen ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Patrice Brisebois finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 3( 19) , Hershey Bears 1(
![Cool](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_cool.gif)
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0-1 HER Matt Murley (Jozef Balej, Ken Klee)
1-1 MIL Marian Cisar (Rich Peverly, Cody Franson)
2-1 MIL Jerred Smithson (Alexei Smirnov, Sheldon Brookbank)
3-1 MIL Paul Brown (John Vigilante)
Goalies: Pekka Rinne - Kris Mayotte
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Los Angeles Kings 1 , Phoenix Coyotes 1
Shots: 16 - 27
![26/12/2001 539471](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/539471.jpg)
PP: 1 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:71/89=79 %, Challenges:27/48=55 %
![26/12/2001 839](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/839.jpg)
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:78/97=80 %, Challenges:32/49=64 %
Attendance: 17862 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 594805 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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no scoring
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50:17 0-1
![26/12/2001 839](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/839.jpg)
Steven Reinprecht [9] (Zbynek Michalek, Georges Laraque)
57:51 1-1
![26/12/2001 539471](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/539471.jpg)
Scott Thornton [6] (Marty Murray, Derek Armstrong)PP
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Penalty summary:
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13:04
![26/12/2001 839](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/839.jpg)
Konstantin Baranov (2 min for high-sticking)
19:33
![26/12/2001 539471](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/539471.jpg)
Yannic Seidenberg (2 min for tripping)
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41:09
![26/12/2001 539471](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/539471.jpg)
Yannic Seidenberg (2 min for slashing)
47:25
![26/12/2001 839](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/839.jpg)
Keith Ballard (5 min for fighting)
47:25
![26/12/2001 539471](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/539471.jpg)
Scott Thornton (5 min for fighting)
53:26
![26/12/2001 839](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/839.jpg)
Ed Jovanovski (2 min for roughing)
53:26
![26/12/2001 539471](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/539471.jpg)
Mike Cammalleri (2 min for roughing)
56:55
![26/12/2001 839](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/839.jpg)
Konstantin Baranov (2 min for hooking)
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64:52
![26/12/2001 539471](/users/3213/51/02/24/smiles/539471.jpg)
Matt Moulson (2 min for slashing)
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dan Cloutier
2nd star: Georges Laraque
3rd star: Steven Reinprecht
Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
Other notes:
-Keith Ballard fought Scott Thornton in a fight.
Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 1( 15) , Springfield Falcons 2( 21)
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0-1 SPR Enver Lisin (Dave Scatchard)
0-2 SPR Jeff Taffe (Jean-Michel Rizk)
1-2 MNC Gabe Gauthier (Mike Weaver)
Goalies: Sean Burke - Mike Morrison