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Washington Capitals 5 , Philadelphia Flyers 1
Shots: 25 - 36
PP: 0 of 9 (15 shots), Passing:60/69=86 %, Challenges:34/39=85 %
PP: 0 of 7 (18 shots), Passing:61/79=77 %, Challenges:39/45=84 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:27 1-0 Karl Alzner [2] (Mike Green, Brooks Laich)SH
13:03 2-0 Chris Clark [11] (Alexander Semin, Brian Pothier)
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23:49 2-1 Eric Staal [27] (Simon Gagné, Kimmo Timonen)
36:47 3-1 Alexander Semin [28] (Eric Fehr)
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44:27 4-1 Rico Fata [3] (Michael Nylander, Brooks Laich)
48:31 5-1 Milan Jurcina [1] (Michael Nylander, Boyd Gordon)
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Penalty summary:
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00:56 Simon Gagné (2 min for hooking)
03:22 Scott Hartnell (2 min for tripping)
06:56 Glen Metropolit (2 min for high-sticking)
09:08 Alexander Semin (2 min for hooking)
13:44 Scott Hartnell (2 min for high-sticking)
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27:13 Jeff Shantz (2 min for hooking)
29:33 Eric Fehr (2 min for slashing)
30:47 Karl Alzner (2 min for high-sticking)
34:47 Scott Hartnell (2 min for high-sticking)
39:26 Simon Gagné (2 min for cross-checking)
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41:26 Eric Fehr (2 min for hooking)
45:41 Boyd Gordon (2 min for elbowing)
49:06 Ben Clymer (2 min for slashing)
51:57 Rico Fata (2 min for roughing)
51:57 Ossi Väänänen (2 min for roughing)
53:38 Alexander Semin (2 min for hooking)
58:37 Daniel Brière (2 min for high-sticking)
59:56 Eric Staal (2 min for cross-checking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 1 9.30 7
R Boyd Gordon 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 7.40 7
R Chris Clark 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 17.50 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.00 6
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.00 6
C Michael Nylander 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 10.10 6
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 11.50 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
L Brooks Laich 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 18.30 8
L Rico Fata 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 10.10 7
L Alexander Semin 1 1 3 2 0 1 4 2 18.00 9
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Milan Jurcina 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 11.50 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
D Brian Pothier 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 6
D Ben Clymer 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11.10 6
D Karl Alzner 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 3 28.30 8
D Mike Green 0 1 3 5 0 2 0 0 29.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 1 0 35 0 0 60.00 10
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Knuble 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 7.10 6
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.30 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 14.40 7
R Jeff Carter 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 21.40 7
C Jeff Shantz 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 7.10 6
C Joffrey Lupul 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
C Daniel Brière 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 -2 15.00 6
C Eric Staal 1 0 4 2 1 0 2 -2 21.30 8
L Glen Metropolit 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.10 4
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 3 1 0 0 6 0 16.30 8
L James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 14.30 5
L Simon Gagné 0 1 8 2 1 0 4 -1 20.00 8
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 23.00 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 9.40 6
D Luca Sbisa 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 25.30 7
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 23.20 6
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 10.40 6
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 5 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Al Montoya 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Semin
2nd star: Chris Clark
3rd star: Michael Nylander

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Chris Clark finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Milan Jurcina ended his 6 game point drought.
-Karl Alzner finally ended his 27 game goal drought.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Kimmo Timonen notched his 30th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 28) , Philadelphia Phantoms 1( 9)
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1-0 Oskar Osala (John Erskine)
2-0 Oskar Osala (David Steckel, Shaone Morrisonn)
3-0 Sami Lepistö (François Bouchard)
3-1 Carter Lee (Lars Jonsson)

Goalies: Semen Varlamov - Martin Houle

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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Ottawa Senators 5
Shots: 24 - 26
PP: 1 of 8 (13 shots), Passing:61/84=72 %, Challenges:29/33=85 %
PP: 0 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:61/91=67 %, Challenges:29/32=87 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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19:21 0-1 Nick Foligno [26] (Dean McAmmond, Chris Phillips)
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22:53 1-1 Tim Connolly [23] (Thomas Vanek, Henrik Tallinder)
31:47 1-2 Jonathan Toews [5] (Jarkko Ruutu)
33:19 2-2 Drew Stafford [5] (Henrik Tallinder, Clarke MacArthur)SH
35:23 3-2 Tim Connolly [24] (Gilbert Brulé, Maxim Afinogenov)PP
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46:11 3-3 Dean McAmmond [12] (Jason Spezza, Jonathan Toews)
47:29 3-4 Daniel Alfredsson [33] (Jason Spezza)
48:56 3-5 Denis Hamel [5] (Mike Fisher, Antoine Vermette)
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Penalty summary:
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00:43 Dean McAmmond (2 min for elbowing)
04:11 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for slashing)
07:29 Henrik Tallinder (2 min for high-sticking)
10:59 Dean McAmmond (2 min for boarding)
14:09 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
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28:07 Jonathan Toews (2 min for tripping)
31:59 Gilbert Brulé (2 min for high-sticking)
34:05 Nick Foligno (2 min for tripping)
36:15 Denis Hamel (2 min for hooking)
38:42 Shean Donovan (2 min for tripping)
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40:52 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for elbowing)
43:39 Jason Spezza (2 min for boarding)
49:12 Derek Roy (2 min for tripping)
51:59 Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for hooking)
56:13 Drew Stafford (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tim Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.40 4
R Dustin Penner 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -1 15.00 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.10 6
R Drew Stafford 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17.50 8
C Dan Paillé 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.40 5
C Robert Nilsson 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 12.20 5
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 8.30 5
C Tim Connolly 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 11.10 5
L Gilbert Brulé 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 19.50 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -1 21.00 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 24.50 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 11.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 -2 28.50 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.20 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.30 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 23.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 5.50 6
R Shean Donovan 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 8.10 5
R Chris Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.10 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 21.20 8
C Jonathan Toews 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 8.50 7
C Mike Fisher 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 8
C Jason Spezza 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 20.30 8
L James O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Denis Hamel 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 8.10 7
L Nick Foligno 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 17.30 7
L Dean McAmmond 1 1 4 1 0 0 4 2 13.00 8
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 14.40 7
D Filip Kuba 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 28.10 8
D Brendan Bell 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 7
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20.10 7
D Chris Phillips 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 15.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Gerber 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jonathan Toews
2nd star: Tim Connolly
3rd star: Dean McAmmond

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Derek Roy had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Dean McAmmond scored the 400th point of his career.
-Jason Spezza notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Jonathan Toews finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 0( 17) , Grand Rapids Griffins 4( 12)
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0-1 Kaspars Daugavins (Niko Dimitrakos)
0-2 Cody Bass (Chris Neil, Vitaly Anikeenko)
0-3 Martin Lapointe (Arttu Luttinen, Ilya Zubov)
0-4 Cody Bass (Brian Lee, Chris Neil)

Goalies: Jhonas Enroth - Jeff Glass

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Vancouver Canucks 3 , Chicago Blackhawks 4
Shots: 29 - 31
PP: 0 of 8 (11 shots), Passing:63/76=82 %, Challenges:36/38=92 %
PP: 1 of 7 (14 shots), Passing:73/90=81 %, Challenges:42/48=85 %
Attendance: 18422 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 539764 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:55 0-1 Dustin Byfuglien [1] (Andrei Zyuzin, Yanic Perreault)
16:27 0-2 Pavel Vorobiev [4] (Yanic Perreault)
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25:27 0-3 Dany Heatley [25] (Martin Havlat, Patrick Kane)PP
30:54 1-3 Joe Pavelski [9] (Artem Chubarov)
32:37 2-3 Ryan Kesler [9] (Henrik Sedin, Michel Ouellet)
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40:59 2-4 Martin Havlat [25] (Brian Campbell, Dany Heatley)
49:01 3-4 Artem Anisimov [3] (Alexandre Burrows, Sami Salo)
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Penalty summary:
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02:46 Pavel Vorobiev (2 min for holding the stick)
08:46 Dustin Byfuglien (2 min for hooking)
10:24 Craig Adams (2 min for tripping)
13:49 Andrew Ladd (2 min for tripping)
17:58 Ryan Kesler (2 min for tripping)
18:43 Alexandre Burrows (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:01 Martin Havlat (2 min for holding the stick)
24:34 Joe Pavelski (2 min for boarding)
27:54 Scott Niedermayer (2 min for hooking)
31:06 Shane O'Brien (5 min for fighting)
31:06 Kyle Beach (5 min for fighting)
35:25 Willie Mitchell (2 min for high-sticking)
37:44 Cam Barker (2 min for hooking)
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41:12 Kyle Beach (5 min for fighting)
41:12 Darcy Hordichuk (5 min for fighting)
43:05 Aaron Miller (2 min for cross-checking)
50:25 Jason Pominville (2 min for hooking)
54:44 Willie Mitchell (2 min for tripping)
57:25 Pavel Vorobiev (2 min for tripping)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darcy Hordichuk 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 -1 4.20 6
R Artem Anisimov 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 9.50 7
R Alexandre Burrows 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 14.30 7
R Michel Ouellet 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
C Artem Chubarov 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8.10 6
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 19.20 7
C Ryan Kesler 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 14.20 8
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
L Joe Pavelski 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 -1 11.50 8
L Mason Raymond 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10.30 5
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 17.40 8
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 -1 20.00 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 9.50 5
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 9.50 6
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 29.10 8
D Lawrence Nycholat 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 23.00 8
D Sami Salo 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 -2 18.20 8
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 4 0 27 0 0 58.20 6
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 13.40 6
R Pavel Vorobiev 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 9.00 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 -1 10.00 7
R Patrick Kane 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.10 7
C Kyle Beach 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 3.40 6
C Yanic Perreault 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 9.00 6
C Patrick Sharp 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.30 7
C Dany Heatley 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 20.20 7
L Ben Eager 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 14.50 8
L Bill Sweatt 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9.00 6
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 4 4 0 0 2 -1 17.20 7
L Martin Havlat 1 1 4 1 0 0 2 -1 20.00 8
D Dustin Byfuglien 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 10.10 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 16.40 6
D Duncan Keith 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 28.20 8
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 10.20 6
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 25.10 7
D Brian Campbell 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 -1 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Corey Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dany Heatley
2nd star: Martin Havlat
3rd star: Pavel Vorobiev

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Alexandre Burrows notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Artem Chubarov ended his 8 game point drought.

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Martin Havlat has marked a new career high in points with 69 points.
-Dany Heatley scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Martin Havlat scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Pavel Vorobiev finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Dustin Byfuglien finally ended his 33 game goal drought.
-Dustin Byfuglien finally ended his 27 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Shane O'Brien beat Kyle Beach in a fight.
-Kyle Beach fought Darcy Hordichuk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 3( 24) , Norfolk Admirals 1( 10)
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1-0 Yannick Tremblay (Mike Keane)
1-1 Petri Kontiola (Pierre Parenteau)
2-1 Jeff Cowan (Mike Brown)
3-1 Ryan Johnson (Jannik Hansen, Brad Isbister)

Goalies: Curtis Sanford - Nikolai Khabibulin