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Minnesota Wild 3 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 27 - 29
PP: 1 of 6 (13 shots), Passing:66/70=94 %, Challenges:33/51=63 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:79/91=86 %, Challenges:39/54=70 %
Attendance: 10435 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 505054 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:32 1-0 Pierre-Marc Bouchard [3] (Marian Gaborik, Marc-André Bergeron)PP
14:47 2-0 Antti Miettinen [2] (Marek Zidlicky)
17:56 2-1 Jason Pominville [4] (Jochen Hecht, Derek Roy)
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29:54 3-1 Antti Miettinen [3] (Mikko Koivu, Éric Bélanger)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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09:44 Tyler Ennis (2 min for high-sticking)
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24:31 Tyler Ennis (2 min for high-sticking)
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45:25 Benoit Pouliot (2 min for holding the stick)
47:44 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
53:46 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
55:47 Jason Pominville (2 min for tripping)
57:07 Toni Lydman (2 min for hooking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7.40 6
R Owen Nolan 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 14.10 6
R Mikko Koivu 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 17.20 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 21.30 8
C Corey Locke 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 5
C James Sheppard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11.50 5
C Éric Bélanger 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 21.30 8
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7.00 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 13.30 5
L Antti Miettinen 2 0 4 2 1 2 0 2 16.20 9
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 12.50 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 1 6 3 0 1 0 1 26.30 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 7 1 7 0 0 14.00 8
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 26.00 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 20.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 1 0 28 0 0 60.00 10
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.40 4
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 11.50 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 4 0 1 0 4 -2 12.50 7
R Jason Pominville 1 0 4 3 2 0 2 1 21.00 8
C Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 5.40 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 20.30 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.30 7
C Derek Roy 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 21.50 7
L Tyler Ennis 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 5.00 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 13.50 8
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 -1 13.00 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 4 2 3 2 0 0 21.50 8
D Tyler Myers 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.40 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 17.30 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 28.00 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 17.20 6
D François Beauchemin 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 30.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Antti Miettinen
2nd star: Niklas Backstrom
3rd star: Marian Gaborik

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Antti Miettinen finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Andrew Brunette had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Pominville ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 1( 16) , Rochester Americans 2( 14)
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1-0 HOU Serge Payer
1-1 ROC Andrew Peters (Tomas Sinisalo, Marc-André Gragnani)
1-2 ROC Christopher Thörn (Mike Card)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Adam Dennis

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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , San Jose Sharks 2
Shots: 26 - 26
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:30/49=60 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:68/87=78 %, Challenges:42/54=76 %
Attendance: 13283 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 632271 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:19 0-1 Logan Couture [4] (Kyle McLaren, Patrick Marleau)
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28:59 0-2 Patrick Marleau [5] (Milan Michalek, Logan Couture)
29:26 1-2 Miroslav Satan [5] (Petr Sykora, Brooks Orpik)
31:33 2-2 Darryl Sydor [1] (Alex Kovalev, Marc-André Fleury)
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50:04 3-2 Sidney Crosby [3] (Evgeny Malkin, Kristopher Letang)
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Penalty summary:
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35:52 Jamie McGinn (2 min for slashing)
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44:06 Jody Shelley (2 min for slashing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 4
R Petr Sykora 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 11.30 7
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 20.20 6
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 2 20.20 6
C Matt Cooke 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 7.50 7
C Jack Skille 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 11.30 7
C Jordan Staal 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 -2 20.20 6
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 20.20 8
L Gary Roberts 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7.50 4
L Miroslav Satan 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 11.30 6
L Martin St. Louis 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 20.20 7
L Evgeny Malkin 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 20.20 8
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 7
D P.K. Subban 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 23.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 26.20 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 12.10 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 15.10 5
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 1 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Al Montoya 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 5
R Mike Grier 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 -1 20.50 6
R Milan Michalek 0 1 6 2 1 1 0 2 17.10 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 19.40 7
C Torrey Mitchell 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.30 6
C Marcel Goc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
C Patrick Marleau 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 14.00 8
C Joe Thornton 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -2 18.40 7
L Jamie McGinn 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6.30 6
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 3 2 7 2 -1 16.40 5
L Logan Couture 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 14.00 9
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 -2 18.40 8
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 19.00 5
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 14.30 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 22.20 5
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 17.40 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 20.20 8
D Rob Blake 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 26.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 23 0 0 59.20 6
G Dmitri Pätzold 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Marleau
2nd star: Sidney Crosby
3rd star: Miroslav Satan

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Brooks Orpik ended his 8 game point drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Patrick Marleau ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Joe Thornton had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 7) , Cleveland Barons 1( 10)
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1-0 WIL Dennis Bonvie (Joey Mormina)
2-0 WIL Arpad Mihaly (Dennis Bonvie, Deryk Engelland)
3-0 WIL Bill Thomas (Joey Mormina, Danny Richmond)
3-1 CLE Josh Prudden (Brennan Evans)

Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - Brian Boucher

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Washington Capitals 1 , Vancouver Canucks 1
Shots: 22 - 20
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:74/90=82 %, Challenges:31/54=56 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:68/83=81 %, Challenges:45/71=62 %
Attendance: 11190 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 519216 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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19:24 0-1 Taylor Pyatt [3])
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32:37 1-1 Viktor Kozlov [4] (Anton Gustafsson, Chris Higgins)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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51:46 Mason Raymond (2 min for tripping)
54:04 Mason Raymond (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.20 6
R Eric Fehr 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 6
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 19.50 7
R Steve Stamkos 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14.20 6
C Alexandre Giroux 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 10.20 5
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 20.40 6
C Anton Gustafsson 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 19.50 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.20 7
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 10.20 5
L Michael Nylander 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 20.40 9
L Chris Higgins 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 19.20 7
L Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 6
D Eric Mestery 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 20.40 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 1 21.10 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 -1 27.20 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 21.20 7
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 15.40 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -1 24.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 1 0 19 0 0 65.00 9
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mason Raymond 0 0 1 3 2 1 4 0 10.30 7
R Ryan Shannon 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13.00 6
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 6
R Steve Bernier 0 0 2 4 2 3 0 -1 23.30 7
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 10.30 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 17.30 6
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 18.10 6
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 23.30 6
L Artem Chubarov 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 10.30 5
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 13.00 5
L Taylor Pyatt 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 13.40 7
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -1 23.30 9
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 17.20 5
D Patrick Coulombe 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 28.00 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.00 4
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 21.00 8
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 -1 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 1 0 21 0 0 65.00 9
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Roberto Luongo
2nd star: José Theodore
3rd star: Viktor Kozlov

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Nicklas Bäckström had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Nicklas Bäckström had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Taylor Pyatt ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 24) , Manitoba Moose 0( 7)
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1-0 POR Travis Morin (Kyle Wilson, Stephen Werner)
2-0 POR Quintin Laing
3-0 POR Travis Morin (Kyle Wilson)

Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Sébastien Centomo