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Carolina Hurricanes 5 , San Jose Sharks 1
Shots: 25 - 23
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:74/80=92 %, Challenges:44/56=77 %
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:54/75=72 %, Challenges:38/45=82 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 860890 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:28 0-1 Joe Pavelski [2] (Rob Blake, Joe Thornton)PP
16:12 1-1 Sergei Samsonov [1] (Eric Staal)
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28:59 2-1 Tim Gleason [1] (Ray Whitney, Tuomo Ruutu)
33:07 3-1 Patrick Eaves [2] (Ray Whitney, Tuomo Ruutu)
35:41 4-1 Matt Cullen [1] (Sergei Samsonov, Patrick Eaves)PP
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49:28 5-1 Ray Whitney [2] (Tim Gleason, Frantisek Kaberle)
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Penalty summary:
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15:01 Chad LaRose (2 min for slashing)
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20:02 Devin Setoguchi (2 min for hooking)
21:49 Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for boarding)
35:03 Logan Couture (2 min for cross-checking)
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56:17 Bobby Hughes (2 min for boarding)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bobby Hughes 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 8.20 6
R Ryan Bayda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
R Patrick Eaves 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 3 18.20 10
R Erik Cole 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 20.20 9
C Chad LaRose 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7.30 7
C Matt Cullen 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 13.40 9
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 18.30 7
C Eric Staal 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 18.00 7
L Sergei Samsonov 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 9.00 6
L Scott Walker 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
L Ray Whitney 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 18.20 9
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 15.30 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 14.40 6
D Tim Gleason 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 18.30 8
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 21.40 7
D David Tanabe 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13.00 5
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 25.00 8
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Michael Leighton 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 1 2 0 0 2 -1 7.20 7
R Mike Grier 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 19.40 8
R Milan Michalek 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 -1 15.00 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 -1 20.10 7
C Torrey Mitchell 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 7.20 6
C Marcel Goc 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 15.20 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 14.10 6
C Joe Thornton 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
C Nick Bonino 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 7.20 5
L Logan Couture 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 15.10 6
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 13.50 6
L Joe Pavelski 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 7
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 15.20 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 14.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 6 1 1 0 -2 25.20 8
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 18.30 7
D Rob Blake 0 1 1 8 0 2 0 -2 28.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 5 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Dmitri Pätzold 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Eaves
2nd star: Ray Whitney
3rd star: Tim Gleason

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 1( 16) , Cleveland Barons 2( 24)
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0-1 CLE Tom Cavanagh (Jody Shelley, Patrick Traverse)
0-2 CLE Graham Mink (Derek Joslin)
1-2 LOW Brett Carson (Nicolas Blanchard)
Goalies: Kevin Nastiuk - Brian Boucher

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Montreal Canadiens 6 , Edmonton Oilers 3
Shots: 31 - 21
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:74/81=91 %, Challenges:54/61=87 %
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:60/72=83 %, Challenges:35/40=85 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:34 1-0 Tomas Plekanec [2])PP
11:54 1-1 Patrick O'Sullivan [1] (Ales Hemsky, Lubomir Visnovsky)PP
16:46 2-1 Saku Koivu [2] (Alex Tanguay, Roman Hamrlik)
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31:34 3-1 Sergei Kostitsyn [2] (Josh Gorges, Andrei Kostitsyn)
34:09 3-2 Gilbert Brulé [1] (Tom Gilbert, Steve Staios)
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41:21 4-2 Alex Kovalev [1] (Chris Higgins, Tomas Plekanec)
46:38 4-3 Steve Staios [1] (Ladislav Smid)
48:12 5-3 Guillaume Latendresse [1] (Patrice Brisebois, Mike Komisarek)
57:45 6-3 Andrei Kostitsyn [1] (Sergei Kostitsyn, Saku Koivu)
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Penalty summary:
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07:06 Ethan Moreau (2 min for hooking)
10:49 Andrei Markov (2 min for holding the stick)
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48:53 Zack Stortini (2 min for holding the stick)
55:47 Andrew Cogliano (2 min for roughing)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 15.50 8
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 14.20 8
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.10 7
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 8
C Robert Lang 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15.10 7
C Saku Koivu 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 16.10 9
C Tomas Plekanec 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 -1 20.10 8
L Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 21.40 8
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 14.20 7
L Chris Higgins 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 8
D Josh Gorges 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 15.50 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 18.30 8
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 -1 20.20 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 22.00 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 17.20 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Zack Stortini 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 8.10 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 16.20 6
R Andrew Cogliano 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 1 14.10 7
R Dustin Penner 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 -4 20.00 7
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.30 5
C Gilbert Brulé 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 15.10 7
C Patrick O'Sullivan 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 7
C Sam Gagner 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -3 17.20 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 12.40 6
L Robbie Schremp 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
L Shawn Horcoff 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 13.40 6
L Ales Hemsky 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -3 18.30 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 15.30 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -4 28.40 5
D Tom Gilbert 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 16.50 7
D Steve Staios 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -3 24.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 6 0 25 0 0 60.00 4
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sergei Kostitsyn
2nd star: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Tomas Plekanec

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 1( 17) , Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 14)
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1-0 QUE Mike Glumac (Kyle Chipchura, Pavel Valentenko)
1-1 HAM Liam Reddox (Taylor Chorney, Tyler Spurgeon)
1-2 HAM Ryan Flinn (Robby Dee, Danny Syvret)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Jeff Deslauriers

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Vancouver Canucks 3 , Colorado Avalanche 0
Shots: 36 - 20
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:73/90=81 %, Challenges:38/47=79 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:64/83=77 %, Challenges:34/51=65 %
Attendance: 18422 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 891625 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:24 1-0 Mats Sundin [3] (Sami Salo)
12:56 2-0 Viktor Kozlov [1] (Steve Bernier, Kyle Wellwood)PP
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34:35 3-0 Alexander Semin [2] (Pavol Demitra, Kevin Bieksa)
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Penalty summary:
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06:24 Cody McCormick (2 min for cross-checking)
11:52 Ruslan Salei (2 min for tripping)
15:01 Michael Grabner (2 min for tripping)
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24:59 Michael Grabner (2 min for cross-checking)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Shannon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 6
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 17.10 7
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 13.10 7
R Pavol Demitra 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 17.20 7
C Michael Nylander 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 5
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 20.20 6
C Kyle Wellwood 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 13.50 7
C Mats Sundin 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 16.40 8
L Michael Grabner 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 8.20 6
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 17.10 7
L Steve Bernier 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 17.30 8
L Alexander Semin 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 16.40 9
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 17.50 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Sami Salo 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 2 23.30 8
D Alexander Edler 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 18.30 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 16.00 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 0 0 20 0 0 60.00 10
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cody McCormick 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 7.30 7
R Tyler Arnason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 5
R Marek Svatos 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 -2 18.30 6
C Ben Guite 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 4
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16.20 6
C Paul Stastny 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 19.10 5
C Joe Sakic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.00 6
L Scott Parker 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 15.10 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 16.30 7
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -2 18.40 6
D Dale Purinton 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 17.10 7
D Brett Clark 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 20.10 7
D Wes O'Neill 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 23.00 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 15.40 6
D Adam Foote 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.30 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 25.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 3 0 33 0 0 60.00 9
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 0( 16) , Hershey Bears 2( 15)
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0-1 HER Riku Hahl (David Jones, Michael Vernace)
0-2 HER Riku Hahl (T.J. Hensick, Tom Fritsche)
Goalies: Jason LaBarbera - Vitaly Kolesnik