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Minnesota Wild 2 , Buffalo Sabres 0
Shots: 32 - 22
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:73/82=89 %, Challenges:25/41=59 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:62/72=86 %, Challenges:56/70=78 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 900240 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:33 1-0 Steve Kelly [2] (Roman Voloshenko)
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30:11 2-0 Marian Gaborik [9] (Brian Rolston, Steve Kelly)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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03:01 Clarke MacArthur (2 min for boarding)
07:43 Jeff Friesen (2 min for tripping)
15:34 Matt Foy (2 min for holding the stick)
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25:26 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
27:54 Clarke MacArthur (2 min for roughing)
27:54 Keith Carney (2 min for roughing)
33:01 Andrew Peters (2 min for hooking)
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48:37 Kurtis Foster (2 min for roughing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Foy 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 5.40 6
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 12.30 7
R Mark Parrish 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 17.40 7
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 19.50 8
C Steve Kelly 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 5.40 6
C Wes Walz 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 16.30 6
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 6
C Brian Rolston 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 21.10 7
L Roman Voloshenko 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 5.40 7
L Jeff Friesen 0 0 2 1 4 1 2 0 14.00 4
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 6
L Simon Gagné 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 1 20.10 9
D Petteri Nummelin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 17.50 6
D Sean Hill 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 1 24.20 8
D Keith Carney 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 15.50 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 17.50 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 22 0 0 60.00 10
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 7.30 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 5
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 18.50 7
C Adam Mair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 16.00 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -1 7.30 5
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 2 1 1 2 4 0 11.30 8
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 8
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 -1 19.50 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 16.00 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 19.30 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 -2 22.50 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21.30 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -2 23.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Niklas Backstrom
2nd star: Marian Gaborik
3rd star: Steve Kelly

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Wes Walz had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 23) , Rochester Americans 1( 10)
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0-1 ROC Janne Jokila (Mattias Trattnig)
1-1 HOU Aaron Voros (Brent Burns, Éric Bélanger)
2-1 HOU Mikko Koivu (Shawn Belle)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Mike Morrison

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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , San Jose Sharks 1
Shots: 26 - 26
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:72/83=86 %, Challenges:31/50=60 %
PP: 0 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:69/81=85 %, Challenges:28/37=73 %
Attendance: 14525 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 691390 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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15:51 1-0 Petr Sykora [4] (Marc-André Fleury)
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27:09 2-0 Sidney Crosby [6] (Evgeny Malkin, Sergei Gonchar)PP
33:03 2-1 Matt Carle [1] (Daniel Tjärnqvist, Curtis Brown)
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58:29 3-1 Sidney Crosby [7] (Sergei Gonchar) EN
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Penalty summary:
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01:31 Petr Sykora (2 min for hooking)
05:55 Evgeny Malkin (2 min for roughing)
05:55 Brad Stuart (2 min for roughing)
07:45 Ryan Whitney (2 min for high-sticking)
11:42 Sidney Crosby (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:42 Curtis Brown (2 min for elbowing)
34:49 Ryan Whitney (2 min for cross-checking)
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47:14 Evgeny Malkin (2 min for elbowing)
53:13 Jeff O'Neill (2 min for cross-checking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.30 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 14.00 6
R Petr Sykora 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 17.10 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Craig Conroy 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 17.30 8
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14.50 5
C Sidney Crosby 2 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 20.50 10
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 17.20 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 16.40 7
L Evgeny Malkin 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 -1 20.00 7
D Paul Bissonnette 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 2 2 1 4 1 19.20 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 26.30 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 17.00 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 26.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 1 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Bernier 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 12.20 6
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 10.10 6
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 -1 18.30 7
R Jeff O'Neill 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 19.00 4
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 6
C Marcel Goc 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 10.10 6
C Curtis Brown 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 -1 15.10 6
C Joe Thornton 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 19.40 8
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 6.20 6
L Nils Ekman 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10.10 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 19.40 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 19.00 8
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 5
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 24.40 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.10 5
D Matt Carle 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 23 0 0 59.30 6
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sidney Crosby
2nd star: Marc-André Fleury
3rd star: Petr Sykora

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Matt Carle finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 13) , Cleveland Barons 1( 22)
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1-0 WIL Wade Skolney (Jani Rita, Mark Ardelan)
2-0 WIL Deryk Engelland (Jeff Taffe)
2-1 CLE Tom Cavanagh (John Laliberte, Aaron Power)
3-1 WIL Mark Ardelan (Jani Rita, Robin Big Snake)

Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Thomas Greiss

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Washington Capitals 8 , Vancouver Canucks 2
Shots: 29 - 29
PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:60/69=86 %, Challenges:54/61=87 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:71/82=86 %, Challenges:32/43=72 %
Attendance: 10780 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 500192 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:41 1-0 Marian Hossa [5] (Steve Eminger)
09:47 2-0 Steve Eminger [1] (Alexander Semin, Peter Forsberg)
11:28 3-0 Michael Nylander [4] (Brian Pothier, Milan Jurcina)
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27:35 4-0 Marian Hossa [6] (Alexander Semin, Brian Pothier)PP
30:19 4-1 Mike Johnson [3] (Markus Näslund, Mattias Öhlund)
37:18 5-1 Chris Clark [2] (Viktor Kozlov, Brian Pothier)
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47:21 5-2 Markus Näslund [3] (Mike Johnson, Martin Brodeur)
49:29 6-2 Peter Forsberg [6] (Jakub Klepis, Steve Eminger)
50:58 7-2 Viktor Kozlov [4] (Michael Nylander, Peter Forsberg)
51:25 8-2 Matt Pettinger [2] (Brian Pothier, Michael Nylander)
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Penalty summary:
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13:44 Chris Clark (2 min for tripping)
18:28 Matt Cooke (2 min for elbowing)
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26:46 Brad Isbister (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:26 Milan Jurcina (2 min for tripping)
57:36 Lukas Krajicek (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
R Chris Clark 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 15.30 9
R Viktor Kozlov 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 17.20 8
R Marian Hossa 2 0 6 1 0 1 0 2 20.50 10
C Jakub Klepis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 5
C Michael Nylander 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 13.20 9
C Peter Forsberg 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.20 9
L Donald Brashear 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 8.40 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 16.40 7
L Matt Pettinger 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 15.20 7
L Alexander Semin 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 16.40 5
D Milan Jurcina 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 11.40 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 26.20 8
D Mike Green 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 19.30 6
D Brian Pothier 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 17.20 8
D Steve Eminger 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 27 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Niklas Sundström 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 12.30 5
R Sergei Brylin 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 10.10 5
R Anson Carter 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 18.10 5
R Mike Johnson 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 8
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -2 11.20 4
C Patrik Stefan 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 10.10 5
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.20 5
C John Madden 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 19.10 6
L Brad Isbister 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 -2 8.50 5
L Grant Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 10.10 4
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 4 2 3 0 -1 19.10 7
L Markus Näslund 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 8
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -3 12.20 4
D Aaron Miller 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 -1 19.50 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -1 22.10 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 16.20 4
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -1 22.10 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 -2 27.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Curtis Sanford 5 0 14 0 0 37.20 4
G Martin Brodeur 3 1 7 0 0 22.40 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Hossa
2nd star: Michael Nylander
3rd star: Peter Forsberg

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Steve Eminger finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Mike Johnson ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 11) , Manitoba Moose 1( 13)
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0-1 MAN Byron Ritchie (Shaun Heshka)
1-1 POR Matt Bradley (Tomas Fleischmann, Joe Motzko)
2-1 POR David Steckel (Joe Motzko)
3-1 POR Stephen Werner (Sean Collins, Trevor Byrne)

Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Cory Schneider