22//10//2008

Minnesota Wild 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 26 - 23
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:72/85=84 %, Challenges:31/45=67 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:71/86=82 %, Challenges:38/56=66 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 900240 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:06 1-0 Antti Miettinen [4] (Marek Zidlicky, Kurtis Foster)
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21:39 2-0 James Sheppard [2] (Marc-André Bergeron)
28:47 2-1 Éric Perrin [3] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Kari Lehtonen)
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50:23 2-2 Ilya Kovalchuk [2] (Todd White, Slava Kozlov)
53:19 3-2 Éric Bélanger [2] (Marek Zidlicky, Mikko Koivu)
59:12 3-3 Colby Armstrong [3] (Éric Perrin, Ilya Kovalchuk) WG
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Penalty summary:
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31:47 Corey Locke (2 min for hooking)
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63:44 Owen Nolan (2 min for roughing)
63:44 Zach Bogosian (2 min for roughing)

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 10.00 7
R Owen Nolan 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 19.20 6
R Mikko Koivu 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 2 18.20 8
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.40 6
C Corey Locke 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10.00 5
C James Sheppard 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 18.00 6
C Éric Bélanger 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 16.30 8
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 18.50 6
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
L Antti Miettinen 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 9
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.30 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 18.20 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 2 8 1 4 0 -2 28.10 8
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 20.10 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 17.20 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 -2 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 3 0 20 0 0 65.00 6
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jim Slater 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 8.20 6
R Marty Reasoner 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -1 16.00 5
R Colby Armstrong 1 0 4 2 3 2 0 0 20.30 7
R Slava Kozlov 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 20.00 8
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 7
C Bryan Little 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 16.00 6
C Jason Williams 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Todd White 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 20.20 6
L Rich Peverly 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 4
L Chris Thorburn 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 -1 16.20 4
L Éric Perrin 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 20.30 9
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
D Mark Fraser 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 19.10 5
D Boris Valabik 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25.40 7
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 -1 15.20 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 22.20 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 1 23 0 0 64.40 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Antti Miettinen
3rd star: Éric Perrin

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Marian Gaborik had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 23) , Chicago Wolves 1( 22)
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0-1 CHW Mike Hamilton (Jesse Schultz)
1-1 HOU Serge Payer (Curtis Murphy, Josh Olson)
2-1 HOU Joel Ward (Petr Kalus)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Ondrej Pavelec

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Detroit Red Wings 3
Shots: 26 - 22
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:86/101=85 %, Challenges:7/39=17 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/78=76 %, Challenges:28/54=50 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 867650 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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04:04 1-0 Martin Havlat [4] (Rostislav Klesla)
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21:44 1-1 Patrick Kane [3] (Jiri Hudler, Kirk Maltby)
34:42 1-2 Jason Chimera [4] (Patrick Kane)
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53:35 1-3 Daniel Cleary [2] (Mikael Samuelsson, Jason Chimera)
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Penalty summary:
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17:35 Brent Sopel (2 min for elbowing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Blunden 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 11.20 7
R Derick Brassard 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12.10 5
R R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 -1 16.40 6
R Andrew Ladd 0 0 5 4 2 3 0 -1 19.50 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 -1 15.30 6
C Michael Peca 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 12.10 6
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 14.10 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 3 2 4 2 0 0 18.10 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 5
L Jakub Voracek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.10 6
L Bobby Ryan 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 -2 18.20 5
L Martin Havlat 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 18.10 7
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12.40 5
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -2 19.10 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 28.10 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 4 2 6 0 -1 17.50 7
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 4 2 3 0 0 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jiri Hudler 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.20 5
R Daniel Cleary 1 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 17.50 8
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 17.40 8
R Patrick Kane 1 1 6 2 6 3 0 2 17.00 7
C Darren Helm 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5.20 5
C Johan Franzén 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 17.50 5
C Kris Draper 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 18.40 6
C Chris Higgins 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 18.10 6
L Kirk Maltby 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.20 6
L Raffi Torres 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 17.50 7
L Jason Chimera 1 1 3 2 2 2 0 1 19.10 7
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 17.40 7
D Brett Lebda 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 19.00 8
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 2 20.30 8
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 19.20 5
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.30 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 21.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 1 0 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Osgood
2nd star: Patrick Kane
3rd star: Jason Chimera

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Bobby Ryan had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Daniel Cleary ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Tomas Holmström had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Tomas Holmström had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Brad Stuart had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 8( 31) , Kansas City Blades 0( 13)
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1-0 SYR Jeff Szwez (Yannic Seidenberg)
2-0 SYR Jekabs Redlihs
3-0 SYR Mark Rycroft (Craig MacDonald)
4-0 SYR Yannic Seidenberg
5-0 SYR Mark Rycroft (Tommy Sestito)
6-0 SYR Steven Goertzen (Mattias Trattnig)
7-0 SYR Craig MacDonald (Dan Smith)
8-0 SYR Jared Boll

Goalies: Fredrik Norrena - Adam Berkhoel

Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Tampa Bay Lightning 1
Shots: 25 - 18
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:71/94=75 %, Challenges:24/45=52 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:71/85=83 %, Challenges:20/48=40 %
Attendance: 13114 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 624227 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:14 1-0 Evgeny Malkin [3] (Petr Sykora, Philippe Boucher)
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24:03 2-0 Evgeny Malkin [4] (Sergei Gonchar)
35:53 3-0 Peter Schaefer [2] (Bill Guerin, Miroslav Satan)
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47:14 3-1 Martin St. Louis [1] (Vaclav Prospal, Matt Pettinger)
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Penalty summary:
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bill Thomas 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 7
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18.00 7
R Bill Guerin 0 1 3 2 4 2 0 1 17.10 7
R Petr Sykora 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 16.40 6
C Keven Veilleux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
C Matt Cooke 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 0 19.20 8
C Peter Schaefer 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16.30 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 8.50 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
L Miroslav Satan 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 15.50 6
L Evgeny Malkin 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 16.40 8
D Andy Wozniewski 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 19.20 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 6 1 6 0 1 17.40 8
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 0 5 1 5 0 1 23.00 9
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 20.00 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16.30 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.40 4
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 17.10 8
R Ryan Malone 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 -2 18.10 5
R Martin St. Louis 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.00 8
C Adam Hall 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 7.40 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 6
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 18.10 5
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 17.00 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 -1 7.40 5
L Gary Roberts 0 0 3 4 8 7 0 0 17.50 6
L Radim Vrbata 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 18.10 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 1 16.20 7
D David Koci 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 18.00 5
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 20.20 4
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 21.40 6
D Mike Lundin 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 17.50 6
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 18.50 5
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 4 2 3 0 0 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Malkin
2nd star: Peter Schaefer
3rd star: Philippe Boucher

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Vaclav Prospal notched the 300th assist of his career.
-Martin St. Louis ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 15) , Detroit Vipers 2( 20)
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0-1 DTV Jason Ward (Nick Tarnasky)
0-2 DTV Jay Leach (Jason Ward)

Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - Jonathan Boutin

Edmonton Oilers 2 , Phoenix Coyotes 3
Shots: 21 - 22
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:55/67=82 %, Challenges:29/44=64 %
PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:82/99=82 %, Challenges:32/46=68 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 449730 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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29:13 0-1 Petr Prucha [1] (Jared Staal, Michael Stone)
30:47 1-1 Ales Hemsky [2] (Dustin Penner, Steve Staios)
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40:52 1-2 Shane Doan [3] (Martin Hanzal, Dmitri Kalinin)
59:04 2-2 Fernando Pisani [3] (Ethan Moreau, Patrick O'Sullivan) WG
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61:57 2-3 Matthew Lombardi [3] (Martin Hanzal, Shane Doan)PP
Penalty summary:
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08:57 Robert Nilsson (2 min for tripping)
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21:54 Shane Doan (2 min for high-sticking)
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50:36 Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for tripping)
52:55 Michael Stone (2 min for hooking)
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60:45 Fernando Pisani (2 min for cross-checking)

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 12.30 7
R Andrew Cogliano 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.30 5
R Fernando Pisani 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 16.20 6
R Dustin Penner 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.20 6
C Sam Gagner 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 15.40 7
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 14.30 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 9.20 6
L Robbie Schremp 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 -1 12.30 6
L Ethan Moreau 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 20.30 7
L Ales Hemsky 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 19.40 8
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 13.20 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 27.00 5
D Steve Staios 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 26.50 9
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 12.30 5
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 19.40 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 3 0 19 0 0 61.30 6
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.10 6
R Petr Prucha 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 14.40 6
R Steven Reinprecht 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 15.40 6
R Shane Doan 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 21.30 8
C Kyle Turris 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.20 5
C Peter Mueller 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 7
C Tomas Surovy 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 15.50 5
C Matthew Lombardi 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 22.30 7
L Mikkel Bødker 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 5.20 4
L Jared Staal 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
L Garth Murray 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 19.30 5
L Martin Hanzal 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 21.10 8
D Michael Stone 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 15.00 6
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 27.40 7
D Nick Ross 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 15.40 7
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 6
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 5 2 0 4 0 -1 31.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 2 0 19 0 0 62.00 8
G Al Montoya 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Shane Doan
2nd star: Petr Prucha
3rd star: Matthew Lombardi

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Petr Prucha ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Jared Staal ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 5( 39) , Springfield Falcons 0( 12)
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1-0 HAM Ben Simon (Jason Strudwick)
2-0 HAM Matt D'Agostini (Ryan O'Marra, Danny Syvret)
3-0 HAM Ben Simon (Zack Stortini, Danny Syvret)
4-0 HAM Danny Syvret (Ben Simon, Zack Stortini)
5-0 HAM Tyler Spurgeon

Goalies: Jeff Deslauriers - Kristofer Westblom