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New York Islanders 3 , New Jersey Devils 5
Shots: 21 - 31
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:57/71=80 %, Challenges:50/56=87 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:68/81=83 %, Challenges:50/55=89 %
Attendance: 16297 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 734995 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:18 1-0 Doug Weight [6] (Mark Streit)
15:14 1-1 Anton Volchenkov [1] (Vitaly Vishnevski, Rod Pelley)
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28:54 1-2 Jordan Staal [7] (Jason Arnott, Bryce Salvador)
30:14 1-3 Jordan Staal [8] (Zbynek Michalek)
30:32 1-4 Jamie Langenbrunner [13] (Jason Arnott, Jordan Staal)
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42:14 2-4 Trent Hunter [9] (Jonathan Tavares)
48:22 2-5 Jamie Langenbrunner [14] (Jordan Staal, Patrice Bergeron)
54:58 3-5 Brendan Witt [2] (Doug Weight)
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Penalty summary:
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13:08 Sean Bergenheim (2 min for tripping)
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20:55 Brendan Witt (5 min for fighting)
20:55 Colin White (5 min for fighting)
34:54 Frans Nielsen (2 min for elbowing)
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49:51 Andy Sutton (2 min for elbowing)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.00 4
R Marek Svatos 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 14.30 5
R Trent Hunter 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 18.10 8
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 19.00 7
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 7.00 6
C Richard Park 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -3 17.40 6
C Jonathan Tavares 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 9
C Doug Weight 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.00 8
L Matt Moulson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.00 4
L Blake Comeau 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -3 14.30 6
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 4
L Martin Straka 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -3 20.10 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 18.10 6
D Mark Streit 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 23.50 7
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -3 16.00 6
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 20.00 8
D Brendan Witt 1 0 2 5 0 0 5 1 23.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 5 0 26 0 0 60.00 5
G Albert Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 10.50 5
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 15.00 7
R Jamie Langenbrunner 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 17.40 10
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 18.20 7
C Rod Pelley 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 7.40 6
C Dainius Zubrus 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.00 6
C Jordan Staal 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 18.30 10
C Patrice Bergeron 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 -3 21.00 8
C Ryan Spooner 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 7.40 6
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 11.00 7
C Jason Arnott 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 3 19.20 9
L Patrik Elias 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 -2 20.40 7
D Simon Despres 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 22.30 8
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 25.30 5
D Colin White 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 12.50 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 17.20 8
D Anton Volchenkov 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 -2 28.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Martin Brodeur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jordan Staal
2nd star: Jamie Langenbrunner
3rd star: Jason Arnott

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Bruno Gervais had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Jason Arnott notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Anton Volchenkov finally ended his 36 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Colin White beat Brendan Witt in a fight.

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1( 17) , Albany River Rats 2( 27)
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0-1 ALB Myles Stoesz (Tim Sestito)
1-1 BRG Rob Hennigar (Mark Katic, Jesse Joensuu)
1-2 ALB Mike Hoeffel (Mark Fraser)

Goalies: Nathan Lawson - Yann Danis

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Phoenix Coyotes 4 , Los Angeles Kings 0
Shots: 28 - 27
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:65/83=78 %, Challenges:35/40=85 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:72/78=92 %, Challenges:39/57=67 %
Attendance: 16210 of 16210 (America West Arena)
Ticket income: 763491 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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04:33 1-0 Shane Doan [17] (Wojtek Wolski, Ray Whitney)
10:19 2-0 Wojtek Wolski [11] (Derek Morris)
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22:59 3-0 Ray Whitney [12] (Shane Doan, Jared Staal)
28:52 4-0 Ray Whitney [13] (Ed Jovanovski, Derek Morris)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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02:08 Jack Johnson (5 min for fighting)
02:08 Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
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32:52 Wayne Simmonds (2 min for slashing)
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Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jared Staal 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Todd Fedoruk 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 15.10 7
R Petr Prucha 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 17.30 8
R Shane Doan 1 1 5 1 1 1 0 4 19.10 10
C Kyle Turris 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.50 5
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.20 6
C Martin Hanzal 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 14.40 7
C Wojtek Wolski 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 4 19.10 9
L Mikkel Boedker 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 5
L Vern Fiddler 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 17.00 7
L Lauri Korpikoski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 5
L Ray Whitney 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 4 19.10 9
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 17.00 7
D Keith Yandle 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.30 7
D Derek Morris 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 4 25.00 8
D Kurt Sauer 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 17.10 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 5
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 4 24.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 0 0 27 0 0 60.00 10
G Al Montoya 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wayne Simmonds 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 7.10 5
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -1 13.10 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19.40 5
L Brett Connolly 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 18.00 7
L Patrice Laverdière 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 5
R Teddy Purcell 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 13.40 6
C Mike Modano 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.10 6
C Anze Kopitar 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 -2 18.30 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -1 7.10 6
R Jason Williams 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 13.10 5
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 6 1 3 0 0 0 20.50 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 -2 20.50 7
D Mikko Harjula 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.20 5
D Victor Hedman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 22.40 4
D Danny Markov 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -2 15.40 7
D Matt Greene 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 4 1 2 5 -2 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Antti Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Bryzgalov
2nd star: Ray Whitney
3rd star: Shane Doan

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:

Other notes:
-Jack Johnson fought Todd Fedoruk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 0( 5) , Manchester Monarchs 2( 16)
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0-1 MNC David Meckler (Richard Clune)
0-2 MNC Richard Clune (David Meckler)

Goalies: Scott Darling - Erik Ersberg

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Pittsburgh Penguins 9 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 31 - 35
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:72/81=88 %, Challenges:31/53=57 %
PP: 1 of 2 (8 shots), Passing:63/80=78 %, Challenges:31/36=83 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 836030 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:54 1-0 Mike Rupp [3] (Brooks Orpik, Paul Martin)
08:51 2-0 Radim Vrbata [10] (Ladislav Nagy, Mike Rupp)
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21:25 2-1 Guillaume Latendresse [7] (Antti Miettinen, Chuck Kobasew)
24:41 2-2 Matt Cullen [12] (Nick Schultz, Cam Barker)
27:41 3-2 Phil Kessel [12] (Andy Greene, Marc Savard)
28:44 4-2 Travis Zajac [13] (Brian Rolston)
33:21 5-2 Travis Zajac [14] (Paul Martin, Kris Letang)
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42:47 5-3 Andrew Brunette [9] (Nick Schultz, Antti Miettinen)PP
44:48 6-3 Marc Savard [10] (Zach Parisé, Kris Letang)
46:06 7-3 Brian Rolston [13] (Travis Zajac, Bill Guerin)
49:28 8-3 Bill Guerin [13] (Paul Martin, Travis Zajac)
49:53 9-3 Bill Guerin [14] (Brian Rolston, Travis Zajac)
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Penalty summary:
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41:38 Andy Greene (2 min for holding the stick)
47:22 James Sheppard (5 min for fighting)
47:22 Mike Rupp (5 min for fighting)
52:27 Keven Veilleux (2 min for diving)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.50 6
R Radim Vrbata 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 14.50 7
R Bill Guerin 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 5 14.50 9
R Phil Kessel 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
C Keven Veilleux 0 0 2 3 2 1 2 0 11.00 7
C Mike Rupp 1 1 2 0 1 0 5 2 13.40 8
C Travis Zajac 2 3 4 1 2 0 0 5 16.40 10
C Marc Savard 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 8
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 9.50 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 2 14.50 6
L Brian Rolston 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 5 16.10 9
L Zach Parisé 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 18.40 7
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 15.50 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 17.20 8
D Andy Greene 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 26.50 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 16.40 7
D Paul Martin 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 5 16.20 8
D Kris Letang 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 32 0 0 60.00 9
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Weller 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.00 7
R Antti Miettinen 0 2 3 2 2 4 0 1 16.00 7
R Chuck Kobasew 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -3 14.30 7
R Martin Havlat 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -5 19.30 7
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.00 5
C James Sheppard 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 13.10 6
C Matt Cullen 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 17.10 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -5 19.40 6
L Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 10.00 7
L Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 14.40 8
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -3 17.20 7
L Andrew Brunette 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 -5 18.00 7
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15.10 6
D Cam Barker 0 1 2 4 0 4 0 -3 17.30 8
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 -5 27.20 7
D Greg Zanon 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 16.50 5
D Nick Schultz 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 -3 16.40 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -5 26.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 5 0 13 0 0 33.30 4
G Darcy Kuemper 4 0 9 0 0 26.30 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Travis Zajac
2nd star: Bill Guerin
3rd star: Brian Rolston

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Radim Vrbata scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Marc Savard scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Paul Martin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mike Rupp finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Mike Rupp finally ended his 12 game point drought.

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Andrew Brunette ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Mike Rupp beat James Sheppard in a fight.

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 5( 21) , Houston Aeros 2( 14)
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1-0 WIL Tyler Kennedy (Luca Caputi, Chris Lee)
2-0 WIL Michael Gergen (Dustin Jeffrey)
3-0 WIL Tyler Kennedy (Carl Sneep, Luca Caputi)
3-1 HOU Maxim Noreau (Mathias Joggi)
4-1 WIL Chris Conner (Mark Letestu)
5-1 WIL Dustin Jeffrey (Ben Lovejoy)
5-2 HOU Clayton Stoner (Colton Gillies)

Goalies: Brad Thiessen - Barry Brust

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Florida Panthers 5 , Boston Bruins 4
Shots: 31 - 30
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/78=85 %, Challenges:34/38=87 %
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:71/81=87 %, Challenges:51/59=85 %
Attendance: 19252 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 850938 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:06 0-1 David Krejci [6] (Mark Recchi, Mark Stuart)PP
12:19 0-2 Viktor Kozlov [7] (Sidney Crosby, David Krejci)
19:37 1-2 Jeff Taffe [2] (Dragan Umicevic, Rostislav Olesz)
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25:18 2-2 Steve Bernier [7] (David Booth, Stephen Weiss)
31:02 3-2 Nick Tarnasky [7] (Stephen Weiss, Steve Bernier)
36:08 3-3 Mark Recchi [13] (Marco Sturm, Zdeno Chara)
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40:11 4-3 Nick Tarnasky [8] (Dmitry Kulikov, Bryan Allen)
47:49 4-4 Mike Sillinger [6] (Mikael Samuelsson, Blake Wheeler)
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61:11 5-4 Chris Higgins [5] (Nick Tarnasky, Steven Reinprecht)
Penalty summary:
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08:41 Michael Frolík (2 min for hooking)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Frolík 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 7.40 6
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 16.40 7
R Steven Reinprecht 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 18.40 8
R Steve Bernier 1 1 5 3 1 0 0 0 17.40 8
C Jeff Taffe 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 8.00 8
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 16.40 7
C Nick Tarnasky 2 1 3 6 0 0 0 1 18.10 10
C Stephen Weiss 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 8
L Dragan Umicevic 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.00 7
L Rostislav Olesz 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 16.40 6
L Chris Higgins 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
L David Booth 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 18.30 8
D Martin Lojek 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 18.00 7
D Dmitry Kulikov 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 23.40 7
D Ville Koistinen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17.40 6
D Bryan Allen 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 4 0 26 0 0 61.20 6
G Scott Clemmensen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stanislav Galiev 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
R Nathan Horton 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -2 18.20 7
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 8
C David Krejci 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 6
C Mike Sillinger 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 19.00 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
L Carl Söderberg 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 7.30 6
L Blake Wheeler 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 6
L Mark Recchi 1 1 5 1 3 0 0 -1 19.20 8
L Marco Sturm 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 -1 17.20 7
D Dennis Seidenberg 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.50 6
D Mark Stuart 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 21.40 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 20.50 8
D Matt Hunwick 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20.20 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 18.00 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 23.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 5 0 26 0 0 61.20 5
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nick Tarnasky
2nd star: Steve Bernier
3rd star: Steven Reinprecht

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-David Booth notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Steve Bernier notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Viktor Kozlov ended his 8 game goal drought.
-David Krejci finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Mark Stuart ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 0( 14) , Providence Bruins 6( 27)
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0-1 PRO Dustin Gazley (Randall Gelech)
0-2 PRO Yannick Riendeau (Zach Hamill)
0-3 PRO Zach Hamill (Jeff LoVecchio)
0-4 PRO Mikko Lehtonen (Zach Hamill, Yuri Alexandrov)
0-5 PRO Mikko Lehtonen (Zach Hamill)
0-6 PRO Dustin Gazley (Randall Gelech)

Goalies: Tyler Plante - Adam Courchaine

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Detroit Red Wings 1 , Columbus Blue Jackets 5
Shots: 26 - 35
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:59/75=78 %, Challenges:43/50=84 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:61/75=81 %, Challenges:58/63=90 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 953190 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:26 0-1 Marc Methot [1] (Matt Carle)
18:26 0-2 Jason Chimera [1] (Matt Carle, Jan Hejda)
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23:14 1-2 Todd Bertuzzi [7] (Dan Boyle, Alexander Semin)PP
25:28 1-3 Daniel Brière [11] (Kristian Huselius, Nick Foligno)
28:58 1-4 Mike Richards [15] (Alexandre Picard, Joe Thornton)
35:52 1-5 Jan Hejda [1] (Steve Mason)
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Penalty summary:
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22:56 David Jones (2 min for boarding)
32:29 Justin Abdelkader (2 min for elbowing)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.40 6
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 12.50 7
R Teemu Selänne 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
R Alexander Semin 0 1 2 6 1 0 0 -3 21.10 7
L Todd Bertuzzi 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 8.40 6
C Joakim Andersson 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.50 7
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
C Jeff Carter 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 -3 21.10 7
L Justin Abdelkader 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 7.40 6
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.50 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 15.40 7
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 -3 20.50 7
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.10 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -2 18.00 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -3 27.50 6
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 16.10 7
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -4 27.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 5 0 30 0 0 60.00 6
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Jones 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 10.10 8
C Darren Helm 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 17.30 7
L Nick Foligno 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 15.00 7
C Mike Richards 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 1 17.20 9
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 12.10 7
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 17.50 7
C Daniel Brière 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 15.00 7
C Joe Thornton 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 7
L Jason Chimera 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 10.10 8
L Raffi Torres 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 18.00 8
L Kristian Huselius 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 15.00 7
L Alexandre Picard 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 16.40 9
D Jan Hejda 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 17.30 7
D Marc Methot 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 20.30 9
D Matt Carle 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 22.00 9
D Mike Commodore 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 19.30 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 17.30 7
D François Beauchemin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 22.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 1 1 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Mason
2nd star: Mike Richards
3rd star: Jan Hejda

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Mike Richards scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Nick Foligno had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jason Chimera ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Jan Hejda ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 2( 17) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 17)
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0-1 SYR Jake Hansen (Maxim Mayorov, Derek MacKenzie)
1-1 KCB Jeremy Williams (Jakub Kindl)
2-1 KCB Kris Newbury (Jeremy Williams, Jan Mursak)

Goalies: Daniel Larsson - Chris Osgood

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Edmonton Oilers 5 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 27 - 23
PP: 2 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:72/84=85 %, Challenges:59/66=88 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:48/57=84 %, Challenges:51/60=83 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 771210 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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04:54 1-0 Ales Hemsky [16] (Dustin Penner, Sam Gagner)PP
09:35 1-1 Henrik Sedin [12] (Brian Gionta, Doug Murray)
13:47 2-1 Tom Gilbert [2] (Ryan Whitney, Shawn Horcoff)
18:24 2-2 Milan Michalek [17] (Bobby Ryan)
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25:56 3-2 Ryan Whitney [5] (Tom Gilbert, Sam Gagner)PP
29:49 4-2 Daniel Paillé [10] (Denis Grebeshkov, Ryan Whitney)
35:28 5-2 Denis Grebeshkov [4] (Fernando Pisani, Shawn Horcoff)
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46:44 5-3 Logan Couture [2] (Torrey Mitchell, Ryan Craig)
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Penalty summary:
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03:44 Matt Pettinger (2 min for cross-checking)
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25:33 Logan Couture (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:45 Gilbert Brulé (2 min for hooking)
51:13 Matt Pettinger (2 min for boarding)
54:52 Ryan Whitney (5 min for fighting)
54:52 Logan Couture (5 min for fighting)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Gilbert Brulé 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 -1 5.40 7
R Robert Nilsson 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
R Fernando Pisani 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 8
R Ales Hemsky 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 9
C Andrew Cogliano 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 5.40 6
C Sam Gagner 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 19.40 8
C Shawn Horcoff 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 16.00 9
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
L Robbie Schremp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.40 5
L Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.20 6
L Daniel Paillé 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 8
L Dustin Penner 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 19.00 9
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 19.20 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 18.50 8
D Ryan Whitney 1 2 3 7 0 0 5 0 20.20 10
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 18.40 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 18.00 7
D Tom Gilbert 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Deslauriers 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 1 8.50 5
R Mark Parrish 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 15.00 8
R Brian Gionta 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -2 16.50 7
R Corey Perry 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 18.10 7
C Torrey Mitchell 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 8.50 7
L Ryan Craig 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
C Henrik Sedin 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 -2 19.00 8
L Bobby Ryan 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
L Logan Couture 1 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 8.00 8
L Kyle Calder 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.00 6
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 17.40 7
L Milan Michalek 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 17.10 8
D Rob Blake 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 21.00 8
D Doug Murray 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 22.20 8
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 18.00 7
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 17.40 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 23.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 5 0 14 0 0 35.30 4
G José Theodore 0 0 8 0 0 24.30 6

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Whitney
2nd star: Ales Hemsky
3rd star: Shawn Horcoff

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Daniel Paillé scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Denis Grebeshkov finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Logan Couture ended his 9 game point drought.
-Rostislav Klesla had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Logan Couture beat Ryan Whitney in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 16) , Cleveland Barons 1( 9)
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1-0 HAM Alexander Vasyunov (Kyle Chipchura, Kurtis Foster)
2-0 HAM Chris Minard (Ryan O'Marra)
3-0 HAM Jean-François Jacques (Zack Stortini, Milan Kytnar)
3-1 CLE Jamie McGinn (Derek Joslin)

Goalies: Devan Dubnyk - Antero Niittymäki