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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Boston Bruins 2
Shots: 43 - 17
PP: 1 of 9 (25 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:50/53=92 %
PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:61/80=76 %, Challenges:26/31=81 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:22 1-0 Peter Mueller [15] (P.K. Subban, Roman Hamrlik)
12:19 2-0 P.K. Subban [4] (Roman Hamrlik, Maxim Lapierre)
19:16 3-0 Andrei Markov [5] (Peter Mueller)PP
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31:45 4-0 Alex Kovalev [18] (Andrei Markov, Roman Hamrlik)
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40:56 4-1 Phil Kessel [19] (Patrice Bergeron, Marco Sturm)
48:26 4-2 Ryan Malone [7] (Steve Eminger, Dennis Wideman)
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Penalty summary:
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00:51 Phil Kessel (2 min for boarding)
03:52 Andrei Markov (2 min for tripping)
09:53 Blake Wheeler (2 min for holding the stick)
13:07 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
19:04 Marco Sturm (2 min for elbowing)
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24:45 Ales Kotalik (2 min for cross-checking)
27:58 Patrice Bergeron (2 min for boarding)
31:55 Blake Wheeler (2 min for hooking)
36:49 Martin St. Pierre (2 min for tripping)
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42:29 P.K. Subban (2 min for elbowing)
43:55 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
52:25 Blake Wheeler (2 min for roughing)
54:41 Milan Lucic (2 min for hooking)
58:04 Milan Lucic (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 7.50 6
R Mikkel Boedker 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
C Bobby Hughes 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.30 6
C Peter Mueller 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 16.00 8
C Kyle Turris 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 16.10 6
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 7
L Chris Drury 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 20.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 16.40 8
D P.K. Subban 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 17.30 8
D Yannick Weber 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 28.10 8
D David Fischer 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.50 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 17.30 9
D Andrei Markov 1 1 6 2 0 0 2 -1 28.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 2 0 15 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8.40 4
R Michael Ryder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 4
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 8.10 6
R Patrice Bergeron 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 19.10 8
C Martin St. Pierre 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 8.40 6
C Zach Hamill 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 19.20 8
C David Krejci 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 5
C Phil Kessel 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 21.40 7
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 13.20 7
L Milan Lucic 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 14.50 6
L Marco Sturm 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 11.00 6
L Ryan Malone 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 -1 22.20 9
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 21.30 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
D Steve Eminger 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 -1 22.50 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 4
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.40 5
D Tommy Cross 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 4 0 39 0 0 60.00 9
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Roman Hamrlik
2nd star: Peter Mueller
3rd star: P.K. Subban

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Peter Mueller scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Peter Mueller notched his 20th assist of the season.
-P.K. Subban finally ended his 23 game goal drought.
-Andrei Markov finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Phil Kessel ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 24) , Providence Bruins 1( 22)
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0-1 Glen Murray (Petteri Nokelainen, Nate Robinson)
1-1 Tom Kostopoulos (Janne Lahti, Alex Henry)
2-1 Tom Kostopoulos (Brock Trotter, Mathieu Carle)

Goalies: Christopher Heino-Lindberg - Jordan Sigalet

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Washington Capitals 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 34 - 22
PP: 1 of 10 (18 shots), Passing:75/80=93 %, Challenges:38/41=90 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:57/77=74 %, Challenges:46/50=90 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:09 1-0 Chris Clark [9] (Alexander Semin, Brian Pothier)
15:54 2-0 Nicklas Bäckström [23] (Alexander Semin)
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31:53 3-0 Eric Fehr [18] (Brian Pothier, Ben Clymer)PP
33:32 4-0 Nicklas Bäckström [24] (Alexander Semin)
34:45 4-1 Angelo Esposito [7] (Tomas Plekanec, Alexei Zhitnik)
36:16 4-2 Wayne Simmonds [5] (Alexei Zhitnik)SH
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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01:54 Alexander Semin (2 min for hooking)
09:12 Jason Williams (2 min for hooking)
11:41 Wayne Simmonds (2 min for hooking)
16:44 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for boarding)
19:11 Eric Boulton (2 min for hooking)
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31:13 Boris Valabik (2 min for hooking)
35:33 Angelo Esposito (2 min for holding the stick)
38:29 Milan Bartovic (2 min for tripping)
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43:51 Mathieu Schneider (2 min for hooking)
47:59 Tobias Enström (2 min for hooking)
51:18 Michael Nylander (2 min for hooking)
53:18 Jussi Jokinen (2 min for hooking)
55:43 Eric Fehr (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 15.30 8
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 13.10 7
R Chris Clark 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11.50 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 19.30 8
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 5
C Michael Nylander 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 20.40 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 4
C Nicklas Bäckström 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 19.30 8
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Rico Fata 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.50 7
L Alexander Semin 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 15.30 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18.40 6
D Ben Clymer 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 27.20 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 19.00 7
D Brian Pothier 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 7
D Mike Green 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 24.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Milan Bartovic 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.40 5
R Darren Haydar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.10 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
R Jason Williams 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 -1 20.10 7
C Éric Perrin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 4
R Wayne Simmonds 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 20.30 8
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -2 20.40 5
C Chris Higgins 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 22.10 7
L Eric Boulton 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 6.40 5
L Erik Christensen 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.30 5
L Angelo Esposito 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 8.20 6
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 6 1 0 0 2 -1 19.00 8
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 15.10 7
D Tobias Enström 0 0 3 4 0 0 2 -1 26.00 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 21.40 9
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -2 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 4 0 30 0 0 60.00 7
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nicklas Bäckström
2nd star: Alexander Semin
3rd star: Eric Fehr

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Ben Clymer notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Michael Nylander had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Alexander Ovechkin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Alexander Ovechkin had his 14 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Angelo Esposito finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 15) , Chicago Wolves 1( 17)
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1-0 François Bouchard (David Steckel, Sami Lepistö)
2-0 Chris Bourque (Oskar Osala, Graham Mink)
2-1 Kevin Doell (Jordan LaVallee)

Goalies: Semen Varlamov - Danny Turple

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Detroit Red Wings 3 , Vancouver Canucks 5
Shots: 24 - 39
PP: 0 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:58/76=76 %, Challenges:36/43=81 %
PP: 2 of 10 (21 shots), Passing:68/83=81 %, Challenges:36/41=85 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 619473 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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03:21 0-1 Henrik Sedin [19] (Michel Ouellet, Darcy Hordichuk)
11:43 0-2 Sami Salo [9] (Kyle Wellwood, Joe Pavelski)PP
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31:22 0-3 Henrik Sedin [20] (Scott Niedermayer, Daniel Sedin)PP
38:19 1-3 Johan Franzén [12] (Chris Chelios, Justin Abdelkader)
38:46 1-4 Artem Anisimov [1] (Shane O'Brien, Kyle Wellwood)
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43:19 2-4 Marian Hossa [25] (Nicklas Lidström, Brad Stuart)
48:25 3-4 Niklas Kronwall [4] (Valtteri Filppula)
49:38 3-5 Ryan Kesler [6] (Alexandre Burrows, Taylor Pyatt)
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Penalty summary:
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00:34 Daniel Sedin (2 min for tripping)
06:06 Artem Anisimov (2 min for slashing)
10:52 Henrik Zetterberg (2 min for high-sticking)
15:31 Niklas Kronwall (2 min for hooking)
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20:35 Valtteri Filppula (2 min for hooking)
22:24 Chris Chelios (2 min for roughing)
26:41 Joe Pavelski (2 min for hooking)
30:14 Nicklas Lidström (2 min for elbowing)
32:21 Darcy Hordichuk (2 min for roughing)
35:07 Mason Raymond (2 min for elbowing)
39:25 Niklas Kronwall (2 min for slashing)
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43:42 Marian Hossa (2 min for hooking)
52:36 Niklas Kronwall (2 min for high-sticking)
54:41 Justin Abdelkader (2 min for diving)
57:38 Kris Draper (2 min for holding the stick)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Johan Ryno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.10 6
R Justin Abdelkader 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.50 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
R Marian Hossa 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 21.10 9
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 12.10 7
C Johan Franzén 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.10 7
C Valtteri Filppula 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 13.30 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 15.20 6
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.00 6
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.40 4
L Daniel Cleary 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 19.40 8
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
D Niklas Kronwall 1 0 1 4 0 0 6 0 19.10 8
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 23.10 8
D Chris Chelios 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 13.50 7
D Brad Stuart 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 29.20 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 2 4 1 3 2 0 27.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 5 0 34 0 0 60.00 6
G Thomas McCollum 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darcy Hordichuk 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 7.10 7
R Artem Anisimov 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 10.20 6
R Alexandre Burrows 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 15.20 7
R Michel Ouellet 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 7
C Artem Chubarov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 7
C Kyle Wellwood 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 20.30 7
C Ryan Kesler 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 12.20 8
C Henrik Sedin 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 8
L Joe Pavelski 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 15.10 7
L Mason Raymond 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 0 10.20 6
L Taylor Pyatt 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11.40 8
L Daniel Sedin 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 19.30 8
D Shane O'Brien 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 14.50 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 10.20 7
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 29.50 7
D Lawrence Nycholat 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 23.20 6
D Sami Salo 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 14.00 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Henrik Sedin
2nd star: Artem Anisimov
3rd star: Marian Hossa

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Marian Hossa scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Valtteri Filppula notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Niklas Kronwall finally ended his 21 game goal drought.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Henrik Sedin has marked a new career high in goals with 19 tallies.
-Henrik Sedin scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Artem Anisimov finally ended his 34 game goal drought.
-Henrik Sedin ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Sami Salo ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Kansas City Blades 0( 14) , Manitoba Moose 3( 14)
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0-1 Jason Krog (Brad Isbister, Nolan Baumgartner)
0-2 Mike Keane (Jeff Cowan)
0-3 Jozef Balej (Jason Jaffray, Tommi Santala)

Goalies: Jimmy Howard - Curtis Sanford

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St. Louis Blues 7 , Edmonton Oilers 2
Shots: 31 - 15
PP: 2 of 9 (14 shots), Passing:69/81=85 %, Challenges:41/46=87 %
PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:59/75=78 %, Challenges:32/39=80 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 525798 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:37 1-0 Paul Kariya [19] (Andy McDonald, Brad Boyes)
12:56 2-0 T.J. Oshie [9] (Alexander Steen, David Perron)PP
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25:33 3-0 Paul Kariya [20] (Alex Pietrangelo, Andy McDonald)PP
30:01 3-1 Sheldon Souray [5] (Denis Grebeshkov, Drayson Bowman)
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43:21 4-1 Paul Kariya [21] (Andy McDonald, David Backes)
46:55 4-2 Zach Boychuk [3] (Andrew Cogliano, Erik Cole)PP
48:46 5-2 Paul Kariya [22] (Brad Boyes, Barret Jackman)
49:05 6-2 T.J. Oshie [10] (Erik Johnson)
50:05 7-2 David Perron [8] (T.J. Oshie, Erik Johnson)
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Penalty summary:
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02:17 Erik Cole (2 min for hooking)
03:45 Sam Gagner (2 min for boarding)
06:56 Alex Pietrangelo (2 min for high-sticking)
12:11 Zach Boychuk (2 min for high-sticking)
15:15 Zack Stortini (5 min for fighting)
15:15 Dan Hinote (5 min for fighting)
15:31 Jack Skille (2 min for tripping)
18:12 David Backes (2 min for boarding)
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22:21 Ales Hemsky (2 min for cross-checking)
25:01 Zach Boychuk (2 min for holding the stick)
27:44 Brett Sonne (2 min for hooking)
32:27 Jack Skille (2 min for tripping)
34:07 Shawn Horcoff (2 min for tripping)
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45:41 David Perron (2 min for slashing)
53:48 Jay McKee (2 min for high-sticking)
55:49 Ales Hemsky (2 min for tripping)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Backes 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 12.10 7
R Dan Hinote 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 -1 15.40 6
R Alexander Steen 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 19.20 7
R Andy McDonald 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 20.50 7
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 5
C T.J. Oshie 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 13.20 8
C Brad Boyes 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 3 20.10 8
L Brett Sonne 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.00 7
L D.J. King 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 10.30 6
L David Perron 1 1 4 1 0 0 2 2 15.00 8
L Paul Kariya 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 20.30 10
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 1 3 3 1 4 2 -1 26.10 9
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 11.00 6
D Barret Jackman 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 20.40 9
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 19.10 7
D Erik Johnson 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 25.00 9
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 18.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 2 0 13 0 0 60.00 6
G Marek Schwarz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Zack Stortini 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 5.00 6
R Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 13.00 6
R Jack Skille 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 8.10 5
R Sam Gagner 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 -4 20.30 7
C Riley Nash 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.30 5
C Drayson Bowman 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 18.30 6
C Andrew Cogliano 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -4 20.20 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.10 4
L Zach Boychuk 1 0 4 0 1 0 4 1 17.40 7
L Erik Cole 0 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 14.40 5
L Ales Hemsky 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 -4 18.50 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 18.50 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 5
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -4 21.50 6
D Sheldon Souray 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 19.00 7
D Steve Staios 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 17.30 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -5 24.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 7 0 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Devan Dubnyk 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Paul Kariya
2nd star: T.J. Oshie
3rd star: Andy McDonald

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Paul Kariya scored his 20th goal of the season.
-T.J. Oshie scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Drayson Bowman finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Zach Boychuk finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Zack Stortini beat Dan Hinote in a fight.

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 0( 12) , Hamilton Bulldogs 1( 16)
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0-1 Alexei Mikhnov (Rick Berry, Paul Gaustad)

Goalies: Manny Legace - Dwayne Roloson

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Los Angeles Kings 6 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 29 - 27
PP: 1 of 6 (14 shots), Passing:56/70=80 %, Challenges:45/52=84 %
PP: 3 of 10 (16 shots), Passing:75/88=85 %, Challenges:29/45=63 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 616050 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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04:05 1-0 Jack Johnson [6] (Oleg Tverdovsky, Michal Handzus)
06:01 1-1 Jarret Stoll [19] (Joe Thornton)PP
10:36 1-2 Evgeny Malkin [25] (Jarret Stoll, Joni Pitkänen)PP
11:47 2-2 Michal Handzus [17] (Drew Doughty)
14:39 2-3 Mattias Öhlund [7] (Devin Setoguchi, Jonathan Cheechoo)PP
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24:38 3-3 Rick Nash [19] (Dustin Brown, Oscar Möller)
28:53 4-3 Dustin Brown [12] (Matt Greene, Jonathan Bernier)SH
32:34 5-3 Drew Doughty [8] (Oleg Tverdovsky, Logan Couture)PP
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53:19 6-3 Ladislav Nagy [1] (Marcel Goc)
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Penalty summary:
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00:31 Dustin Brown (2 min for hooking)
04:17 Alexander Frolov (2 min for holding the stick)
08:49 Oleg Tverdovsky (2 min for high-sticking)
12:57 Logan Couture (2 min for tripping)
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21:24 Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for cross-checking)
27:39 Alexander Frolov (2 min for tripping)
31:06 Keith Yandle (2 min for boarding)
33:17 Thomas Hickey (2 min for tripping)
35:39 Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for slashing)
38:21 Ladislav Nagy (2 min for holding the stick)
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42:09 Kevin Porter (2 min for tripping)
44:28 Joe Thornton (2 min for holding the stick)
46:11 Ryane Clowe (2 min for elbowing)
50:28 Evgeny Malkin (2 min for roughing)
50:28 Kevin Porter (2 min for roughing)
51:06 Devin Setoguchi (2 min for tripping)
54:45 Kristopher Letang (2 min for elbowing)
56:52 Marc-Édouard Vlasic (2 min for tripping)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Oscar Möller 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 12.10 7
R Brad Richardson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 5
R Dustin Brown 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 3 22.00 9
C Trevor Lewis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 6
C Marcel Goc 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 6.10 6
C Logan Couture 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 17.20 7
C Michal Handzus 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 4 20.40 10
L Kevin Porter 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 8.10 5
L Ladislav Nagy 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 9.50 6
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 1 20.30 9
L Rick Nash 1 0 5 3 0 2 0 2 21.10 10
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 6.30 6
D Drew Doughty 1 1 3 2 0 3 0 2 28.50 9
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 25.40 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 10.00 5
D Matt Greene 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 20.40 7
D Jack Johnson 1 0 2 4 0 2 0 2 28.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 3 1 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 16.00 6
R Steve Bernier 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 7.50 5
R Pavol Demitra 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 14.40 7
R Jarret Stoll 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 -1 20.50 7
C Tomas Plihal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 5.10 5
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 7.50 4
C Devin Setoguchi 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -2 16.20 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 -1 19.50 7
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 -2 14.30 6
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 7.50 4
L Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 -2 17.40 7
L Joe Thornton 0 1 6 3 2 0 2 -1 20.00 8
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 7.50 6
D Mattias Öhlund 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 -2 24.50 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 -3 27.20 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 9.10 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -2 21.50 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 29.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 6 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Tyson Sexsmith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michal Handzus
2nd star: Dustin Brown
3rd star: Rick Nash

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Dustin Brown notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Ladislav Nagy finally ended his 36 game goal drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Evgeny Malkin scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Mattias Öhlund ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Zdeno Chara had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 6( 47) , Cleveland Barons 1( 7)
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0-1 Aaron Power (John Laliberte, Josh Prudden)
1-1 Matt Moulson (Sean O'Donnell)
2-1 Brian Boyle (Peter Harrold)
3-1 Matt Moulson (Brian Boyle)
4-1 Brian Boyle (Sean O'Donnell)
5-1 Gabe Gauthier (Colten Teubert)
6-1 Marc-André Cliche (Matt Moulson, Brian Boyle)

Goalies: Jeff Zatkoff - Taylor Dakers