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New York Rangers 3 , Florida Panthers 4
Shots: 23 - 22
PP: 1 of 7 (15 shots), Passing:54/69=78 %, Challenges:39/42=90 %
PP: 2 of 9 (10 shots), Passing:83/99=83 %, Challenges:37/43=84 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 560560 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:27 1-0 Tomás Marcinko [4] (Nigel Williams, Vitaly Vishnevski)
14:23 2-0 Codey Burki [10] (Ryan Hillier, Chuck Norris)
19:58 2-1 Blake Wheeler [13] (Kamil Kreps, David Perron)PP
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25:19 2-2 Jordan Staal [16] (Marc Staal)
29:49 2-3 Ryan Whitney [8] (Jordan Staal, Bryan Little)PP
33:34 3-3 Petr Prucha [12] (Evgeny Grachev, Chuck Norris)PP
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58:55 3-4 Scott Gomez [16] (Marc Staal, Blake Wheeler)SH
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Penalty summary:
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01:55 Bryan Allen (2 min for boarding)
04:32 Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for holding the stick)
07:11 Jeff Petry (2 min for holding the stick)
08:25 Ryan O'Marra (2 min for hooking)
14:34 Tomás Marcinko (2 min for hooking)
19:23 Tomás Marcinko (2 min for boarding)
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20:07 Kevin Klein (2 min for slashing)
26:47 Kamil Kreps (2 min for tripping)
28:44 Doug Weight (2 min for hooking)
31:53 Blake Wheeler (2 min for elbowing)
38:24 Scott Gomez (2 min for slashing)
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42:02 Evgeny Grachev (2 min for elbowing)
45:12 Tomás Marcinko (2 min for elbowing)
47:26 Dan Hamhuis (2 min for high-sticking)
49:25 Nigel Williams (2 min for high-sticking)
56:18 Frans Nielsen (5 min for fighting)
56:18 Colby Robak (5 min for fighting)
58:17 Ryan O'Marra (2 min for high-sticking)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Doug Weight 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 16.30 5
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16.30 6
R Chris Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4.00 5
R Tomás Marcinko 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 12.50 6
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 1 15.50 5
C Anthony Stewart 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 18.30 7
C Petr Prucha 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.40 5
C Codey Burki 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 14.50 6
L Blake Geoffrion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
L Ryan Hillier 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
L Evgeny Grachev 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 -1 20.20 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 19.20 7
D Nigel Williams 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 13.40 7
D Chuck Norris 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.40 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 26.10 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 12.00 6
D Kevin Klein 0 0 9 3 1 0 2 1 27.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 0 18 0 0 59.20 5
G Antoine Lafleur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordan Caron 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 5
R Kenndal McArdle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.30 6
R Bryan Little 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -2 18.40 6
R Blake Wheeler 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 20.50 9
C Benjamin Deschamps 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 5
C Kamil Kreps 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 17.30 6
C Ryan O'Marra 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 -2 19.00 6
C Jordan Staal 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 21.10 8
L Jeff Davis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 6
L David Perron 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 17.30 6
L Richard Zednik 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 7.20 5
L Scott Gomez 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 20.50 8
D Colby Robak 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 8.40 5
D Bryan Allen 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 10.10 6
D Marc Staal 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 29.10 9
D Vladimir Mihalik 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 19.20 6
D Jeff Petry 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -2 23.20 7
D Ryan Whitney 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 29.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Blake Wheeler
2nd star: Jordan Staal
3rd star: Marc Staal

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Codey Burki scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Tomás Marcinko finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Tomás Marcinko finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Codey Burki finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Kevin Klein had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Blake Wheeler notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:
-Frans Nielsen beat Colby Robak in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 6( 38) , Louisville Panthers 2( 11)
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1-0 Marc-Antoine Pouliot (Jason Strudwick)
1-1 Michal Repík
2-1 Bruce Graham (Ruslan Fedotenko)
2-2 Jordan LaVallee (Marek Zagrapan)
3-2 Marc-Antoine Pouliot (Craig Weller)
4-2 David Skokan (Jason Strudwick)
5-2 Marc-Antoine Pouliot (Jason Strudwick, Jarkko Immonen)
6-2 Pat Rissmiller (Patrick Thoresen)

Goalies: David LeNeveu - Tyler Plante

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Washington Capitals 1 , San Jose Sharks 5
Shots: 25 - 36
PP: 1 of 8 (13 shots), Passing:63/73=86 %, Challenges:45/49=90 %
PP: 2 of 7 (16 shots), Passing:56/70=80 %, Challenges:52/56=91 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:39 0-1 Mike Green [7] (Kristopher Letang, Drew Shore)PP
16:54 0-2 Devin Setoguchi [10] (Mike Green, Kari Lehtonen)
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28:44 1-2 Mathieu Perreault [12] (Jonathan Cheechoo, David Booth)PP
30:18 1-3 Zdeno Chara [5])
36:57 1-4 Joe Thornton [15] (Kristopher Letang, Mike Green)PP
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46:39 1-5 Brayden Schenn [13] (Jarret Stoll, Mike Green)
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Penalty summary:
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00:01 Mike Green (2 min for cross-checking)
04:38 Joe Thornton (2 min for elbowing)
09:29 Marc-Antoine Vignola (2 min for hooking)
13:01 Brian Pothier (2 min for elbowing)
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25:11 Joe Thornton (2 min for high-sticking)
27:58 Jeff Taffe (2 min for holding the stick)
29:27 Milan Jurcina (5 min for fighting)
29:27 Jonathan Tremblay (5 min for fighting)
33:45 Jeff Taffe (2 min for high-sticking)
36:23 Jakub Kindl (2 min for cross-checking)
38:02 Teemu Laakso (2 min for roughing)
38:55 Milan Jurcina (2 min for hooking)
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45:37 Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
45:37 Marc-Antoine Vignola (5 min for fighting)
47:32 Paul Gaustad (2 min for tripping)
49:55 Devin Setoguchi (2 min for high-sticking)
53:02 Alexander Steen (2 min for tripping)
56:48 Teemu Laakso (2 min for hooking)
58:47 David Krejci (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 9.00 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8.00 6
R Alexander Steen 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 -1 17.20 7
R David Booth 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 -1 19.40 8
C Tomás Kána 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 10.50 6
C Kyle Wasabi 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 8.30 7
C Mathieu Perreault 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.20 7
C David Krejci 0 0 4 3 0 0 2 0 20.30 7
L François Bouchard 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 7.40 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 7
L Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 14.20 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
D Teemu Laakso 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 16.50 8
D Jakub Kindl 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 -2 19.40 8
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 28.30 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 0 13.00 7
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 -2 24.30 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 -1 17.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 5 0 31 0 0 60.00 6
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jonathan Tremblay 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 6.40 5
R Jordan Schroeder 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.50 7
R Jarret Stoll 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 13.30 7
R Devin Setoguchi 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 19.40 9
C Curtis Brown 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 8.10 5
C Drew Shore 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 7
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 22.10 7
L Bill Thomas 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.50 5
L Jeff Taffe 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 7.40 6
L Brayden Schenn 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 18.10 8
L Joe Thornton 1 0 6 2 0 0 4 1 20.00 9
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
D Marc-Antoine Vignola 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 0 8.50 7
D Mike Green 1 3 4 3 0 1 2 3 27.50 10
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 2 21.30 9
D Zdeno Chara 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 1 26.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 1 1 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Taylor Dakers 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Green
2nd star: Devin Setoguchi
3rd star: Joe Thornton

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-David Booth notched his 10th assist of the season.
-David Krejci had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Dennis Wideman had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Devin Setoguchi scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Joe Thornton scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Devin Setoguchi ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Zdeno Chara ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Milan Jurcina fought Jonathan Tremblay in a fight.
-Chris Clark fought Marc-Antoine Vignola in a fight.

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 5( 25) , Cleveland Barons 1( 23)
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1-0 Ben Clymer (Jakub Klepis, Eric Mestery)
2-0 Jason Morgan
3-0 Eric Mestery (Boyd Gordon, Jakub Klepis)
4-0 Joe Motzko
4-1 Colby Genoway (Mike Iggulden)
5-1 Dmitri Kugryshev (David Steckel)

Goalies: Semen Varlamov - David McKee

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Nashville Predators 6 , Edmonton Oilers 2
Shots: 28 - 30
PP: 2 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:51/60=85 %, Challenges:46/47=95 %
PP: 0 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:82/92=89 %, Challenges:42/46=89 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 503372 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:17 1-0 Alexander Radulov [17] (David Legwand)
11:22 2-0 David Legwand [14] (Ryan Suter, Nicola Riopel)PP
15:21 3-0 David Legwand [15] (Alex Tanguay, Martin Erat)PP
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26:17 3-1 Steven Stamkos [22] (Luca Cunti, Charles-Olivier Roussel)
27:42 3-2 Steven Stamkos [23] (John Tavares)
37:35 4-2 Alexander Radulov [18] (David Legwand)
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41:55 5-2 Alexander Radulov [19] (Steve Sullivan)
49:37 6-2 Ville Koistinen [3] (Martin Erat, Mike Commodore)
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Penalty summary:
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03:03 Benoit Pouliot (2 min for diving)
09:47 Mike Commodore (2 min for roughing)
09:47 Gilbert Brulé (2 min for roughing)
10:26 Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for slashing)
14:44 Sheldon Souray (2 min for tripping)
18:15 Ryan Jones (2 min for tripping)
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31:06 Ryan Suter (2 min for hooking)
33:07 Mike Commodore (2 min for hooking)
35:33 Gilbert Brulé (2 min for cross-checking)
39:47 Steven Stamkos (2 min for cross-checking)
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42:04 Ryan Jones (2 min for boarding)
46:27 Charles-Olivier Roussel (2 min for tripping)
52:51 Ville Koistinen (2 min for high-sticking)
55:55 Kyle Palmieri (2 min for holding the stick)
59:32 Alexander Radulov (2 min for elbowing)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Jones 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 -1 7.30 6
R Martin Erat 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 9
R Félix-Antoine Trudeau 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 7
R Steve Sullivan 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 15.10 8
C Kyle Palmieri 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 -1 8.40 7
C Radek Bonk 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 18.40 6
C Colin Wilson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
C David Legwand 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 21.00 9
L Alexandre Burrows 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 15.00 6
L Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 5
L Alexander Radulov 3 0 5 0 0 0 2 2 16.00 9
D Mike Commodore 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 15.30 7
D Yassine Arif 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -1 16.30 7
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 29.00 9
D Ville Koistinen 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 16.10 7
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 13.40 6
D Ryan Suter 0 1 1 9 0 0 2 2 28.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nicola Riopel 2 1 28 0 0 60.00 9
G Dan Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Potulny 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
R Luca Cunti 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 7
R Jack Skille 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 20.50 7
R Steven Stamkos 2 0 4 3 1 0 2 1 21.00 10
C Drayson Bowman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Robbie Schremp 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 8.20 5
C Sam Gagner 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 19.50 6
C John Tavares 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
L Tyler Ennis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 4
L Zach Boychuk 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 -3 20.00 7
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 20.30 7
D Charles-Olivier Roussel 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 -2 19.20 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.20 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 27.00 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 12.40 5
D Gabriel Lemieux 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 -1 14.40 8
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Devan Dubnyk 6 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Cordell Glodek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Legwand
2nd star: Alexander Radulov
3rd star: Martin Erat

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-David Legwand scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Steve Sullivan notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Colin Wilson had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Ville Koistinen finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 1( 18) , Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 20)
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0-1 Mike York (Nick Palmieri)
1-1 Rich Peverley (Brandon Bochenski, Wade Belak)
1-2 Allan Rourke (Mike Brown, Fernando Pisani)

Goalies: Pekka Rinne - Dany Sabourin

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Ottawa Senators 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 20 - 21
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:69/81=85 %, Challenges:4/53=7 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:79/95=83 %, Challenges:15/56=26 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 612350 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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26:57 1-0 Ryan Shannon [8] (Denis Hamel, Filip Kuba)PP
30:24 2-0 Daniel Alfredsson [13] (Mike Fisher, Brendan Bell)
34:25 2-1 Simon Gagné [15] (Daniel Brière)
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50:54 2-2 Peter Mueller [19] (Rostislav Klesla)
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61:55 3-2 Daniel Alfredsson [14] (Brendan Bell)
Penalty summary:
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25:21 Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for slashing)
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51:55 Chris Phillips (2 min for boarding)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Claude Giroux 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 7.00 5
R Chris Kelly 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 15.00 4
R Daniel Alfredsson 2 0 5 1 4 3 0 2 19.30 8
R Richard Panik 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 18.20 6
C Jacob Josefsen 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5.30 5
C Ryan Shannon 1 0 1 2 5 5 0 0 16.30 6
C Mike Fisher 0 1 3 1 5 1 0 2 20.10 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 -2 22.00 6
L Arttu Luttinen 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -1 7.00 5
L Denis Hamel 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 15.50 6
L James O'Brien 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 18.40 6
L Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 -1 18.20 5
D Filip Kuba 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 15.30 7
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 24.00 8
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 3 4 6 2 -1 22.30 6
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 14.10 7
D Brendan Bell 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 20.20 8
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 5 4 7 0 -2 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Gerber 2 0 19 0 0 62.00 8
G Riku Helenius 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 5
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 1 7 5 0 -1 16.40 4
R Jeff Carter 0 0 5 4 3 6 0 1 20.40 8
R Dany Heatley 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 14.10 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 9.00 4
C Johan Franzén 0 0 1 4 0 6 0 -1 16.40 6
C Daniel Brière 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 14.30 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 21.50 7
L Nick Foligno 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 9.00 4
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 2 2 3 5 0 -1 15.10 5
L Simon Gagné 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 14.30 8
L Peter Mueller 1 0 4 3 7 5 0 1 21.50 7
D Cody Wild 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 15.10 5
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17.20 5
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 29.30 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -1 16.00 4
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 22.20 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 0 2 3 4 0 1 23.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 3 0 17 0 0 62.00 5
G Jake Allen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Alfredsson
2nd star: Ryan Shannon
3rd star: Brendan Bell

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Mike Fisher notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Antoine Vermette had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Simon Gagné scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Dany Heatley had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Daniel Brière had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Simon Gagné ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 5( 34) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 20)
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1-0 Ryan Vesce (Pierre-Luc Lessard, Niko Dimitrakos)
2-0 Justin Mapletoft (Grant Potulny, Danny Bois)
3-0 Niko Dimitrakos (Ryan Vesce, Patrick Wiercioch)
4-0 Niko Dimitrakos (Pierre-Luc Lessard, Ryan Vesce)
4-1 Keith Theidor (Steven Goertzen, Kevin Jarman)
4-2 Alexander Svitov (Tim Jackman)
5-2 Justin Mapletoft

Goalies: Alex Auld - Michaël Dupont