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Nashville Predators 1 , Edmonton Oilers 5
Shots: 26 - 24
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/80=75 %, Challenges:38/50=74 %
PP: 1 of 2 (8 shots), Passing:72/80=90 %, Challenges:33/49=66 %
Attendance: 16093 of 17113 (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
Ticket income: 793385 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:42 0-1 Ales Hemsky [17] (Sam Gagner, Sheldon Souray)
19:09 1-1 Alexander Ovechkin [19] (Nick Spaling, Andrei Kostitsyn)
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26:06 1-2 Matt Beleskey [3] (Alex Plante, Sam Gagner)
28:48 1-3 Kyle Wellwood [10] (Shawn Horcoff, Ales Hemsky)PP
39:35 1-4 Kyle Wellwood [11] (Shawn Horcoff, Matt Beleskey)
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43:17 1-5 Patrick Eaves [4] (Gilbert Brulé)
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Penalty summary:
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06:56 Keith Ballard (5 min for fighting)
06:56 Ryan Whitney (5 min for fighting)
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21:34 Patric Hörnqvist (2 min for hooking)
24:54 Ryan Whitney (5 min for fighting)
24:54 Alexander Ovechkin (5 min for fighting)
27:32 Brendan Shanahan (5 min for high-sticking)
31:56 Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for roughing)
31:56 Keith Ballard (2 min for roughing)
32:13 Ryan Whitney (2 min for roughing)
32:13 Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for roughing)
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46:03 Ryan Whitney (5 min for fighting)
46:03 Todd Bertuzzi (5 min for fighting)
46:03 Ryan Whitney (10 min game misconduct)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joel Ward 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5.10 4
R Patric Hörnqvist 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 12.40 7
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 -1 14.30 6
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -2 19.10 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6.40 5
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 13.50 7
R Zach Budish 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 21.10 7
L Nick Spaling 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 -2 20.30 7
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 5.10 4
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 18.20 6
L Cory Stillman 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -2 15.50 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 3 5 0 3 7 -1 18.30 9
D Yannick Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
D Cody Franson 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 20.20 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 26.30 6
D Teemu Laakso 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 7
D Keith Ballard 0 0 1 2 0 0 7 -1 17.40 7
D Shea Weber 0 0 1 6 1 4 0 -2 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Al Montoya 5 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Dan Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Gilbert Brulé 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 6.50 5
R Jordan Eberle 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
R Kyle Wellwood 2 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 19.50 9
R Sam Gagner 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 20.50 9
C Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.50 5
C Mike Comrie 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 15.40 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.50 6
L Matt Beleskey 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 18.30 7
R Patrick Eaves 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 6.50 6
L Magnus Paajarvi-Svensso 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 14.10 5
L Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 18.20 7
L Ales Hemsky 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 20.40 8
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.00 6
D Alex Plante 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 30.20 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 2 0 2 27 1 16.30 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 12.00 6
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 20.20 5
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Devan Dubnyk 1 0 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Jeff Deslauriers 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kyle Wellwood
2nd star: Devan Dubnyk
3rd star: Sam Gagner

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Andrei Kostitsyn notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Kyle Wellwood scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Matt Beleskey ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Keith Ballard beat Ryan Whitney in a fight.
-Ryan Whitney fought Alexander Ovechkin in a fight.
-Ryan Whitney beat Todd Bertuzzi in a fight.

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 2( 21) , Falcons Springfield 4( 25)
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0-1 SPR Slava Trukhno (Ryan Stone, Louis Boileau-Domingue)
0-2 SPR Cam Fowler (Sam Carrick)
1-2 MIL Ryan Maki
1-3 SPR Ryan Jones (Sam Carrick, Theo Peckham)
1-4 SPR Cam Fowler (Anton Burdasov)
2-4 MIL Hugh Jessiman (Mark Santorelli)

Goalies: Mark Dekanich - Louis Boileau-Domingue

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Ottawa Senators 4 , Boston Bruins 3 (SO)
Shots: 21 - 34
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:62/74=83 %, Challenges:43/55=76 %
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:76/87=87 %, Challenges:46/56=80 %
Attendance: 20004 of 20004 (Scotiabank Place)
Ticket income: 906181 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:05 0-1 Carl Söderberg [1] (Blake Wheeler, Matt Hunwick)
14:03 1-1 Mike Fisher [13] (Duncan Keith)
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34:56 2-1 Antoine Vermette [15] (Andrei Markov)
39:31 2-2 Jarome Iginla [19] (Jaromir Jagr, Mark Recchi)
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44:02 2-3 Zach Hamill [6] (Mark Recchi, Blake Wheeler)
47:17 3-3 Daniel Alfredsson [16] (Bryan Little, Chris Kelly)
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Penalty summary:
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04:13 Benoit Pouliot (2 min for tripping)
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22:55 Mark Recchi (2 min for elbowing)
23:06 Teppo Numminen (2 min for hooking)
27:33 Chris Kelly (2 min for roughing)
27:33 Stephane Yelle (2 min for roughing)
31:26 Mark Recchi (2 min for hooking)
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50:41 Jarome Iginla (2 min for roughing)
50:41 Duncan Keith (2 min for roughing)
54:03 Erik Karlsson (2 min for slashing)
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62:54 Martin Straka (2 min for tripping)
Shootout
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Ottawa Senators win 1-0
Ottawa Senators - Benoit Pouliot, goal; Alex Kovalev, miss; Travis Zajac, miss;
Boston Bruins - Jonathan Tavares, miss; Jaromir Jagr, miss; Jarome Iginla, miss;

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 12.20 6
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -3 19.20 5
R Daniel Alfredsson 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 21.30 9
C Chris Kelly 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 7.30 6
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 17.30 6
C Travis Zajac 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -3 19.30 6
C Bryan Little 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 19.20 8
L Martin Straka 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.30 5
L Nick Foligno 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 13.20 4
L Mike Fisher 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 22.00 8
L Antoine Vermette 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 22.40 8
D Erik Karlsson 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 15.00 7
D Chris Campoli 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 20.20 7
D Duncan Keith 0 1 2 5 1 3 2 2 28.50 10
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18.20 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 20.10 7
D Andrei Markov 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 2 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 31 0 0 65.00 9
G Brian Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Recchi 0 2 3 0 1 0 4 1 6.00 6
R Blake Wheeler 0 2 3 2 1 3 0 0 15.20 7
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 18.40 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 10.40 6
C Daniel Paillé 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
C Nathan Horton 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 23.00 7
C Jonathan Tavares 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 23.40 8
R Zach Hamill 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6.00 5
L Carl Söderberg 1 0 2 5 1 4 0 0 12.40 9
L Marco Sturm 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -2 19.00 6
L Jarome Iginla 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 20.00 8
D Matt Hunwick 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 13.50 7
D Luke Schenn 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.10 6
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 1 28.00 9
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 15.40 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 23.50 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 27.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 3 0 18 0 0 65.00 6
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Alfredsson
2nd star: Pascal Leclaire
3rd star: Mark Recchi

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Antoine Vermette scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Blake Wheeler finally ended his 17 game point drought.
-Zach Hamill finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Carl Söderberg finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Binghamton Senators 7( 25) , Providence Bruins 3( 17)
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1-0 BNG Cody Bass (Akim Aliu, Jim O'Brien)
2-0 BNG Ilya Zubov (Marcel Hossa)
3-0 BNG Bryan Bickell (Kaspars Daugavins, Cody Bass)
3-1 PRO Anton Skorykh (Dennis Seidenberg)
4-1 BNG Marcel Hossa (Jakub Vojta, Ilya Zubov)
5-1 BNG Marcel Hossa (Ilya Zubov, Tommi Leinonen)
6-1 BNG Cody Bass (Tomás Kudelka)
7-1 BNG Cody Bass (Akim Aliu)
7-2 PRO Anton Skorykh (Vladimír Sobotka)
7-3 PRO Anton Skorykh (Vladimír Sobotka)

Goalies: Mike Brodeur - Dany Sabourin

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San Jose Sharks 2 , Phoenix Coyotes 3
Shots: 23 - 22
PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:51/63=79 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:57/67=85 %, Challenges:31/49=62 %
Attendance: 17483 of 17483 (HP Pavillion)
Ticket income: 809462 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:31 0-1 Dustin Brown [22] (Cody Hodgson)
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29:31 0-2 Jussi Jokinen [19] (Cody Hodgson, Ed Jovanovski)
38:29 1-2 Logan Couture [3] (Rob Blake, R.J. Umberger)
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41:11 1-3 Kyle Turris [15] (Dustin Brown, Dmitry Kulikov)
51:47 2-3 Joe Thornton [17] (Dany Heatley, Nik Antropov)
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Penalty summary:
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10:07 Robert Lang (2 min for hooking)
16:26 Tomas Kopecky (2 min for tripping)
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23:41 Robert Lang (2 min for elbowing)
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52:54 Petr Prucha (2 min for slashing)
56:07 Taylor Doherty (2 min for roughing)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Chris Gratton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 5
R Ryane Clowe 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 13.50 7
R Zack Kassian 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 21.20 6
R Nik Antropov 0 1 6 1 2 0 0 -1 18.10 7
C Niklas Sundström 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6.40 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 15.00 7
C R.J. Umberger 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 8
C Joe Thornton 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 18.10 8
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6.40 6
L Logan Couture 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.50 7
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 19.00 6
L Dany Heatley 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
D Jay Leach 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 -1 17.40 5
D Taylor Doherty 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 19.30 8
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 27.20 7
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 12.30 7
D Rob Blake 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 16.10 8
D Tyler Myers 0 0 3 5 0 5 0 -1 26.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 3 0 19 0 0 59.50 6
G Thomas Greiss 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Petr Prucha 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 9.00 5
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 12.10 6
R Corey Perry 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 19.00 7
R Dustin Brown 1 1 3 4 4 0 0 2 14.10 8
C Robert Lang 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 9.00 5
C Jeff Skinner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
C Cody Hodgson 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 19.40 7
C Kyle Turris 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
L Jan Bulis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 5
L Tomas Kopecky 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 -1 12.10 6
L Jussi Jokinen 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 8
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 19.10 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 16.10 5
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 1 22.00 8
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 21.50 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 13.30 6
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 0 5 1 3 0 1 19.30 8
D Dmitry Kulikov 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 1 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dustin Brown
2nd star: Cody Hodgson
3rd star: Kyle Turris

Notes for San Jose Sharks:

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Kyle Turris scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Corey Perry had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Jussi Jokinen ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Sharks 4( 29) , San Antonio Rampage 3( 9)
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0-1 SAN Petteri Nokelainen (Stefan Meyer, Nick Ross)
1-1 WOR Danny Biega (Jordan Messier)
2-1 WOR Sergei Brylin (Patrick White)
2-2 SAN Petteri Nokelainen (Justin Abdelkader)
2-3 SAN Vern Fiddler (Alexander Nikulin, Alexei Kaigorodov)
3-3 WOR Jeremy Roenick (Nick Petrecki)
4-3 WOR Jordan Messier (Frazer McLaren)

Goalies: Mark Owuya - Mark Visentin

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St. Louis Blues 4 , Vancouver Canucks 3 (SO)
Shots: 28 - 29
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/79=87 %, Challenges:36/55=64 %
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:78/92=84 %, Challenges:30/49=60 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Savvis Center)
Ticket income: 860922 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:31 0-1 Pavel Datsyuk [15] (Pavol Demitra, Mike Green)
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34:36 1-1 David Rundblad [4] (Eric Brewer, Alexander Radulov)
35:12 2-1 T.J. Oshie [20] (David Rundblad, David Backes)
37:51 2-2 Shane Doan [20] (Milan Hejduk, Paul Kariya)PP
38:55 2-3 Keith Tkachuk [5] (Rick Rypien, Matt Pettinger)
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58:43 3-3 David Perron [9] (Marian Gaborik, Artem Anisimov) WG
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Penalty summary:
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14:32 Matt D'Agostini (2 min for tripping)
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28:14 Lars Eller (2 min for cross-checking)
37:11 Lars Eller (2 min for roughing)
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44:32 Lars Eller (2 min for hooking)
56:05 Barret Jackman (2 min for roughing)
56:05 Marian Gaborik (2 min for roughing)
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Shootout
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St. Louis Blues win 1-0
St. Louis Blues - Erik Johnson, goal; T.J. Oshie, miss; Patrik Berglund, miss;
Vancouver Canucks - Mike Green, miss; Milan Hejduk, miss; Pavel Datsyuk, miss;

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 9.40 6
R Artem Anisimov 0 1 2 5 0 6 0 0 19.20 9
R T.J. Oshie 1 0 5 3 1 0 0 2 20.50 10
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 -1 16.00 7
C Lars Eller 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 9.20 5
C Jared Knight 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 15.40 6
C David Backes 0 1 0 5 0 4 0 2 20.00 9
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
L Jay McClement 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 4
L Alexander Steen 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 6
L Alexander Radulov 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 16.50 7
L David Perron 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 16.10 8
D Jonas Junland 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 21.20 7
D David Rundblad 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 2 18.40 10
D Erik Johnson 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 25.10 6
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 18.50 6
D Eric Brewer 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 23.10 7
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -1 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 3 0 26 0 0 65.00 7
G Simeon Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rick Rypien 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 7.50 5
R Matt Pettinger 0 1 1 3 0 5 0 0 20.10 8
R Shane Doan 1 0 5 2 1 0 0 -2 17.40 8
R Paul Kariya 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 22.30 7
C Keith Tkachuk 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 7.50 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.20 6
C Milan Hejduk 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -2 20.20 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 21.40 6
L Darcy Hordichuk 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 7.50 7
L James Neal 0 0 2 4 2 4 0 0 15.20 7
L Kirill Kabanov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 17.30 6
L Pavol Demitra 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
D Jesse Jyrkkiö 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 21.00 5
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 26.30 8
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 16.10 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 5 1 2 2 -2 17.40 7
D Mike Green 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 29.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 25 0 0 65.00 7
G Cory Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Rundblad
2nd star: T.J. Oshie
3rd star: Artem Anisimov

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

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Pavel Datsyuk scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Mike Green notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Shane Doan scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Rick Rypien ended his 6 game point drought.
-Keith Tkachuk finally ended his 22 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Peoria Rivermen 3( 34) , Manitoba Moose 2( 16)
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0-1 MAN Sergei Shirokov (Guillaume Lefebvre, Tanner Glass)
1-1 PEO Simon Hjalmarsson (Nicholas Drazenovic)
2-1 PEO Chris Porter (Vitaly Karamnov)
2-2 MAN Dan Gendur (Andreas Engqvist)
3-2 PEO D.J. King (Barry Tallackson, Philip McRae)

Goalies: Joel Vienneau - Andrew Raycroft

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Washington Capitals 5 , Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (SO)
Shots: 28 - 23
PP: 1 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:67/81=82 %, Challenges:37/54=67 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:76/91=83 %, Challenges:46/59=76 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 875468 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:45 1-0 Kris Letang [4] (Jason Spezza)PP
18:23 1-1 Nikolai Zherdev [14] (Patrick Marleau, Drew Doughty)
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27:54 1-2 Steve Downie [10] (Brandon Dubinsky, Nikolai Zherdev)
29:12 1-3 Ryan Malone [12] (Pavel Kubina, Matt Lashoff)
31:23 2-3 Louis Leblanc [10] (Thomas Vanek, Michael Grabner)
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41:03 2-4 Andrej Meszaros [3] (Patrick Marleau, Drew Doughty)
46:28 3-4 Brooks Laich [6] (Thomas Hickey, Dmitri Orlov)
49:28 4-4 Stefan Della Rovere [12] (Dmitri Orlov, Jason Spezza)
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Penalty summary:
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14:28 Dan Fritsche (2 min for slashing)
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21:44 Éric Bélanger (2 min for hooking)
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Shootout
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Washington Capitals win 1-0
Washington Capitals - Jason Spezza, miss; Thomas Vanek, miss; Jakub Voracek, goal;
Tampa Bay Lightning - Vincent Lecavalier, miss; Brian Gionta, miss; Nikolai Zherdev, miss;

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 5
R Michael Grabner 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 18.40 7
R Mason Raymond 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
R Thomas Vanek 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 9.40 5
C Adam Pettersson 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 18.40 7
C Jason Spezza 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 -1 18.30 8
C Louis Leblanc 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 17.30 7
L Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.30 6
L Brooks Laich 1 0 2 3 2 4 0 1 20.40 8
L Stefan Della Rovere 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Jakub Voracek 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 -2 18.40 5
D Thomas Hickey 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 21.50 7
D Dmitri Orlov 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 23.50 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 23.20 7
D Kris Letang 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.50 9
D Karl Alzner 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 -2 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jake Allen 4 0 19 0 0 65.00 5
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Parrish 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 9.20 6
L Ryan Craig 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 20.40 9
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -1 15.20 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 18.30 8
L Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 7.50 6
C Adam Hall 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 18.10 6
C Steve Downie 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 19.00 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.30 4
L Ryan Malone 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 18.10 8
R Brian Gionta 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.50 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 18.30 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 1 20.10 7
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 16.00 5
D Andrej Meszaros 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 28.50 9
D Matt Lashoff 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 23.00 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
D Drew Doughty 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 4 0 24 0 0 65.00 6
G Jonathan Bernier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Brandon Dubinsky
3rd star: Jason Spezza

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Louis Leblanc scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Thomas Hickey notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brooks Laich finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Kris Letang finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Karl Alzner had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Steve Downie has marked a new career high in goals with 10 tallies.
-Steve Downie scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Pavel Kubina notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Andrej Meszaros ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 3( 19) , Admirals Norfolk 1( 8)
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1-0 HER Tomas Fleischmann (Joe Corvo, David Steckel)
1-1 NOR Mitch Fadden (Brandon Bochenski)
2-1 HER François Bouchard (Jake Hauswirth)
3-1 HER Trevor Bruess (Mathieu Perreault)

Goalies: Michal Neuvirth - Antero Niittymäki