[Jour 31]

Buffalo Sabres 4 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 35 - 27
BUF PP: 1 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:41/55=73 %
MTL PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/77=77 %, Challenges:24/38=61 %
Attendance: 15061 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 685275 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:15 1-0 BUF Dan Paillé [1] (Paul Gaustad, Toni Lydman)
16:59 1-1 MTL Steve Bégin [2] (Guillaume Latendresse)
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29:22 2-1 BUF Thomas Vanek [5] (Brian Rafalski, Maxim Afinogenov)PP
29:53 2-2 MTL Roman Hamrlik [1] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Maxim Lapierre)
36:27 2-3 MTL Guillaume Latendresse [3] (Chris Higgins, Antoine Vermette)
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49:04 3-3 BUF Maxim Afinogenov [4] (Thomas Vanek, Tim Connolly)
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61:15 4-3 BUF Jochen Hecht [5] (Derek Roy, Ales Kotalik)
Penalty summary:
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11:49 BUF Cam Janssen (5 min for fighting)
11:49 MTL Garth Murray (5 min for fighting)
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28:13 MTL Antoine Vermette (2 min for high-sticking)
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49:18 MTL Tom Kostopoulos (2 min for high-sticking)
51:59 MTL Martin Gélinas (2 min for high-sticking)
56:22 MTL Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Thomas Vanek
3rd star: Dan Paillé

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Dan Paillé finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Dan Paillé finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Roman Hamrlik finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Garth Murray beat Cam Janssen in a fight.

Colorado Avalanche 1 , Florida Panthers 2
Shots: 34 - 21
COL PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:73/88=82 %, Challenges:41/53=75 %
FLA PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:58/77=75 %, Challenges:30/46=63 %
Attendance: 18129 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 777734 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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17:45 0-1 FLA Vaclav Nedorost [2] (Ville Peltonen, Anthony Stewart)
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33:19 1-1 COL Wojtek Wolski [5] (Scott Parker)
33:34 1-2 FLA Richard Zednik [2] (Mike Van Ryn, Jozef Stumpel)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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26:03 FLA Anthony Stewart (2 min for hooking)
28:22 COL John-Michael Liles (2 min for hooking)
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41:58 FLA Mike Keane (2 min for high-sticking)
47:09 FLA Ruslan Salei (2 min for cross-checking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marty Turco
2nd star: Vaclav Nedorost
3rd star: Anthony Stewart

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Vaclav Nedorost ended his 7 game goal drought.

Detroit Red Wings 3 , Chicago Blackhawks 5
Shots: 23 - 32
DET PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:64/75=85 %, Challenges:32/47=66 %
CHI PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:68/80=85 %, Challenges:32/43=72 %
Attendance: 18343 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 920818 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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16:13 0-1 CHI Cam Barker [2] (Robert Lang, Tuomo Ruutu)
18:52 1-1 DET Joffrey Lupul [7] (Chris Chelios)
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25:31 1-2 CHI Sergei Samsonov [5] (Jay Bouwmeester, Yanic Perreault)PP
33:01 2-2 DET Daniel Cleary [2] (Mark Cullen, Johan Franzén)
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40:22 2-3 CHI Jay Bouwmeester [2] (Brent Seabrook, Yanic Perreault)
42:56 3-3 DET Tomas Holmström [3] (Mikael Samuelsson, Johan Franzén)
47:19 3-4 CHI Robert Lang [8] (Jussi Jokinen, Cam Barker)
58:25 3-5 CHI Patrick Sharp [2] (Andrei Zyuzin) EN
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Penalty summary:
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05:18 CHI Sergei Samsonov (2 min for roughing)
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23:17 CHI Patrick Kane (2 min for tripping)
25:17 DET Joffrey Lupul (2 min for high-sticking)
27:59 DET Brad Ference (2 min for cross-checking)
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50:47 DET Kirk Maltby (2 min for hooking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Robert Lang
2nd star: Cam Barker
3rd star: Jay Bouwmeester

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Tomas Holmström scored the 300th point of his career.
-Valtteri Filppula had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Sergei Samsonov ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Cam Barker ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Andrei Zyuzin ended his 7 game point drought.

Minnesota Wild 4 , Edmonton Oilers 2
Shots: 21 - 26
MIN PP: 3 of 8 (12 shots), Passing:68/83=81 %, Challenges:33/49=66 %
EDM PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:58/77=75 %, Challenges:28/47=58 %
Attendance: 18245 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 806430 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:37 0-1 EDM Raffi Torres [3] (Shea Weber)
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30:13 1-1 MIN Brian Rolston [7] (Pavol Demitra, Ryan Whitney)
31:17 2-1 MIN Stéphane Veilleux [3] (Marian Gaborik, Kim Johnsson)PP
36:27 3-1 MIN Marian Gaborik [7] (Stéphane Veilleux, Pavol Demitra)PP
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55:15 3-2 EDM Alexei Ponikarovsky [5] (Kyle Wellwood, Ladislav Smid)
56:22 4-2 MIN Mark Parrish [8])PP
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Penalty summary:
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11:51 EDM Ladislav Smid (2 min for roughing)
11:51 MIN Chris Simon (2 min for roughing)
16:06 EDM Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for tripping)
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20:02 EDM Dion Phaneuf (2 min for roughing)
20:02 MIN Kim Johnsson (2 min for roughing)
30:33 EDM Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for elbowing)
33:28 MIN Ryan Whitney (2 min for slashing)
36:01 EDM Raffi Torres (2 min for roughing)
37:31 EDM Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for cross-checking)
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42:09 MIN Matt Foy (2 min for elbowing)
46:05 EDM Robbie Schremp (2 min for hooking)
50:01 EDM Ladislav Smid (2 min for boarding)
52:42 MIN Dominic Moore (2 min for roughing)
52:42 EDM Matt Greene (2 min for roughing)
56:07 EDM Fernando Pisani (2 min for roughing)
57:46 EDM Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for tripping)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Gaborik
2nd star: Stéphane Veilleux
3rd star: Mark Parrish

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Ladislav Smid ended his 6 game point drought.

Phoenix Coyotes 2 , San Jose Sharks 1
Shots: 27 - 17
PHO PP: 2 of 3 (13 shots), Passing:80/100=80 %, Challenges:13/39=32 %
SJ PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/95=69 %, Challenges:11/35=30 %
Attendance: 15919 of 16210 (America West Arena)
Ticket income: 737049 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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28:16 1-0 PHO Chris Campoli [1] (Zbynek Michalek, Jeff Halpern)PP
28:32 1-1 SJ Mike Grier [2] (Jonathan Cheechoo)SH
34:53 2-1 PHO Marek Svatos [5] (Andrew Brunette, Steven Reinprecht)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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27:46 SJ Milan Michalek (5 min for attempt to injury)
32:47 SJ Jonathan Cheechoo (5 min for attempt to injury)
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49:03 PHO Marek Svatos (5 min for fighting)
49:03 SJ Jonathan Cheechoo (5 min for fighting)
51:11 PHO Jeff Halpern (2 min for roughing)
51:11 SJ Milan Michalek (2 min for roughing)
54:02 SJ Tomas Plihal (5 min for boarding)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marek Svatos
2nd star: Chris Campoli
3rd star: Mike Grier

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Chris Campoli finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Joe Thornton had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Jonathan Cheechoo beat Marek Svatos in a fight.

Tampa Bay Lightning 4 , New York Rangers 1
Shots: 27 - 15
TB PP: 0 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:67/76=88 %, Challenges:37/50=72 %
NYR PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:67/89=75 %, Challenges:27/40=65 %
Attendance: 14728 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 649505 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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15:54 1-0 TB Jan Hlavac [2] (Mike Comrie, Filip Kuba)
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28:16 1-1 NYR Brendan Shanahan [5] (Michal Rozsival, Paul Mara)PP
30:07 2-1 TB Adrian Aucoin [2])
31:09 3-1 TB Mike Comrie [5] (Vincent Lecavalier, Vaclav Prospal)
36:57 4-1 TB Martin St. Louis [2] (Mike Comrie, Vaclav Prospal)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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02:38 TB Rhett Warrener (2 min for tripping)
06:38 NYR Marc Staal (2 min for hooking)
10:25 NYR Hugh Jessiman (2 min for slashing)
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24:11 NYR Brendan Shanahan (2 min for roughing)
27:59 TB Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for boarding)
32:02 NYR Hugh Jessiman (2 min for diving)
34:49 NYR Hugh Jessiman (2 min for boarding)
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48:47 NYR Chris Drury (2 min for elbowing)
58:28 TB Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for diving)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Comrie
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Vincent Lecavalier

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Jan Hlavac finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Vancouver Canucks 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Shots: 26 - 29
VAN PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:71/86=82 %, Challenges:38/49=76 %
PIT PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:53/62=85 %, Challenges:37/60=60 %
Attendance: 18422 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 806883 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:37 1-0 VAN Matt Cooke [4] (Aaron Miller, Sami Salo)
15:44 2-0 VAN Ryan Kesler [1] (Brendan Morrison, Alexandre Burrows)PP
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23:37 3-0 VAN Artem Chubarov [3])
29:41 3-1 PIT Sidney Crosby [5] (Erik Christensen, Maxime Talbot)
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47:11 4-1 VAN Brendan Morrison [4] (Matt Cooke, Aaron Miller)
50:42 5-1 VAN Alexandre Burrows [4] (Trevor Linden, Mattias Öhlund)
52:11 6-1 VAN Daniel Sedin [7] (Henrik Sedin, Mattias Öhlund)
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Penalty summary:
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15:04 PIT Petr Sykora (2 min for diving)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexandre Burrows
2nd star: Brendan Morrison
3rd star: Matt Cooke

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Artem Chubarov ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Artem Chubarov ended his 5 game point drought.
-Ryan Kesler finally ended his 12 game goal drought.