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Boston Bruins 3 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 29 - 17
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/77=81 %, Challenges:34/60=55 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:73/93=78 %, Challenges:23/47=47 %
Attendance: 7494 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 357464 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:45 1-0 Patrice Bergeron [7])
11:39 1-1 Blake Wheeler [6] (Shaone Morrisonn, David Backes)
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28:18 2-1 Milan Lucic [12] (Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara)
34:08 3-1 David Krejci [6] (Michael Ryder, Alexander Semin)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Cody Hodgson 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.50 6
R Rich Peverley 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18.10 5
R Michael Ryder 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
R Alexander Semin 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 17.00 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 5
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 18.10 6
C Marc Savard 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 16.00 6
C Patrice Bergeron 1 1 3 2 3 2 0 2 17.00 7
L Mathieu Perreault 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 5
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 18.10 8
C David Krejci 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 7
L Milan Lucic 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 17.00 7
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 18.10 7
D Mike Green 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 0 16.20 6
D Dougie Hamilton 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 25.30 7
D Johnny Boychuk 0 0 2 4 2 4 0 0 18.50 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 5
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Tim Thomas 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 1 0 1 0 0 7.20 6
R Alexander Steen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.30 4
R Blake Wheeler 1 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 17.10 4
R Joel Armia 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 19.00 7
C Cody McCormick 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 7.20 5
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -1 16.30 5
C David Backes 0 1 0 5 2 5 0 0 17.10 8
C Mike Fisher 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.00 6
L Colin Stuart 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 7.20 5
L Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 -1 16.30 5
L Derek Stepan 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 17.10 7
L Loui Eriksson 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -1 19.00 5
D Alexander Sulzer 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 18.40 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 4
D Erik Karlsson 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 -1 22.30 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 16.30 4
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 17.10 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 26.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Jhonas Enroth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrice Bergeron
2nd star: David Krejci
3rd star: Milan Lucic

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Zdeno Chara finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Shaone Morrisonn notched his 10th assist of the season.
-David Backes notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Blake Wheeler ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Shaone Morrisonn ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 8( 32) , Rochester Americans 0( 13)
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1-0 PRO Kurtis Foster (Carter Camper)
2-0 PRO Maxime Sauve (Carter Camper, Mike Mottau)
3-0 PRO Tyler Randell (Trent Whitfield)
4-0 PRO Jamie Tardif (Josh Hennessy)
5-0 PRO Yury Alexandrov (Jamie Arniel)
6-0 PRO Matt Bartkowski (Maxime Sauve)
7-0 PRO Colby Cohen (Josh Hennessy)
8-0 PRO Brian Rolston (Josh Hennessy)

Goalies: Anton Khudobin - Drew MacIntyre

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Nashville Predators 5 , New Jersey Devils 1
Shots: 28 - 15
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/80=82 %, Challenges:17/52=32 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/95=68 %, Challenges:10/44=22 %
Attendance: 11474 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 519772 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:05 1-0 Colin Wilson [5] (Sergei Kostitsyn, Jakub Voracek)
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25:49 1-1 Anton Volchenkov [1] (Nick Palmieri, David Clarkson)
31:23 2-1 Sergei Kostitsyn [9])
34:46 3-1 Ryan Suter [3] (Nick Spaling, Shea Weber)
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49:04 4-1 Shea Weber [5] (Ryan Suter, David Legwand)
49:55 5-1 Shea Weber [6] (Martin Erat, Niclas Bergfors)
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Penalty summary:
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Niclas Bergfors 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 8.40 5
R Patric Hörnqvist 0 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 16.20 5
R Jakub Voracek 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 1 15.40 5
R Martin Erat 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 19.20 7
C David Legwand 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 2 8.40 6
C Adam Henrique 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 16.20 5
C Colin Wilson 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 15.40 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 3 2 3 2 0 1 19.20 7
L Nick Spaling 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 8.40 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 16.20 6
L Sergei Kostitsyn 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 1 19.20 6
D Jonathon Blum 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 19.00 7
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16.00 6
D Ryan Suter 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 3 25.00 9
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 16.30 4
D Nicklas Grossmann 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 1 16.10 8
D Shea Weber 2 1 3 6 1 6 0 3 27.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pekka Rinne 1 0 6 0 0 30.00 6
G Anders Lindback 0 0 8 0 0 30.00 8

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Cory Stillman 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5.20 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 19.10 4
L Dainius Zubrus 0 0 0 2 6 2 0 -3 18.40 4
L Zach Parisé 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 16.50 5
C Jacob Josefson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7.00 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 19.10 5
C Travis Zajac 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -3 17.00 5
C Paul Stastny 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 -2 16.50 5
R Nick Palmieri 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 7.00 5
R David Clarkson 0 1 2 5 2 5 0 0 19.10 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 17.00 4
R Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 16.50 6
D Alexander Urbom 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 20.50 4
D Matt Corrente 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -3 17.30 6
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 -1 21.40 8
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 4 2 6 0 0 19.30 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -3 18.00 5
D Anton Volchenkov 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 22.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Semyon Varlamov 5 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Martin Brodeur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Shea Weber
2nd star: Ryan Suter
3rd star: Colin Wilson

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Colin Wilson finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Ryan Suter finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Shea Weber finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Travis Zajac had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Nick Palmieri finally ended his 14 game point drought.
-David Clarkson finally ended his 14 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 1( 31) , Albany River Rats 1( 5)
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0-1 ALB Eric Boulton (Mattias Tedenby, Mark Fraser)
1-1 MIL Gabriel Bourque (Brandon Yip)

Goalies: Chet Pickard - Jeff Frazee

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New York Islanders 4 , Washington Capitals 3 (SO)
Shots: 18 - 28
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:70/75=93 %, Challenges:17/40=41 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:86/105=81 %, Challenges:56/71=77 %
Attendance: 7005 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 320129 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:24 1-0 Michael Grabner [7] (Erik Cole, Mark Streit)
10:36 2-0 Michael Grabner [8] (Milan Jurcina, Ty Wishart)
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26:38 2-1 Jason Chimera [8] (Ryan Strome, Marcus Johansson)
27:06 2-2 Jason Chimera [9] (Nathan Horton, Robyn Regehr)
29:57 2-3 Marcus Johansson [4] (Tyler Seguin, Dion Phaneuf)
31:18 3-3 Erik Cole [8] (John Tavares)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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35:56 John Erskine (2 min for tripping)
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Shootout
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New York Islanders win 1-0
New York Islanders - Mark Streit, goal; Michael Grabner, miss; John Tavares, miss;
Washington Capitals - Alexander Ovechkin, miss; Nathan Horton, miss; Dion Phaneuf, miss;

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R John Persson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 8.30 5
R Nino Niederreiter 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 16.20 7
R Michael Grabner 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 18.30 7
R Erik Cole 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 21.50 6
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 -1 8.30 5
C Mike Modano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 5
C Kyle Okposo 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 18.30 6
C John Tavares 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 21.50 6
L Patrick Holland 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 8.30 4
L Kirill Kabanov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.20 5
L Josh Bailey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 6
L Blake Comeau 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 21.50 5
D Calvin de Haan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.10 5
D Ty Wishart 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 18.30 7
D Andrew MacDonald 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 -1 28.30 4
D Mark Katic 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 5
D Milan Jurcina 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 18.30 7
D Mark Streit 0 1 3 1 4 1 0 -1 29.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 3 0 25 0 0 65.00 7
G Michal Neuvirth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Matt Hendricks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
R David Jones 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 0 17.40 7
R Nathan Horton 0 1 2 4 1 4 0 1 18.20 8
R Tyler Seguin 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 -1 18.40 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 8.30 5
C Brooks Laich 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 17.40 6
C Ryan Strome 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 8
C Marcus Johansson 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 -1 18.40 8
R Joel Ward 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 5
L Troy Brouwer 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 19.40 6
L Jason Chimera 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 5 4 0 4 0 -1 20.40 10
D John Erskine 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 18.00 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 6
D Dion Phaneuf 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -1 26.40 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18.40 5
D Robyn Regehr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
D John Carlson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Braden Holtby 3 0 15 0 0 65.00 5
G Tomas Vokoun 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Chimera
2nd star: Michael Grabner
3rd star: Marcus Johansson

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Erik Cole notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Nathan Horton notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marcus Johansson finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 30) , Portland Pirates 1( 18)
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1-0 BRG Jeremy Colliton (Vladimir Gusev, Matt Donovan)
1-1 POR Dmitri Kugryshev (Jacob Micflikier)
2-1 BRG Jesse Joensuu (Dylan Reese, Frans Nielsen)

Goalies: Evgeni Nabokov - Dany Sabourin

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San Jose Sharks 1 , New York Rangers 3
Shots: 11 - 35
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:63/80=78 %, Challenges:16/42=37 %
PP: 1 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:63/77=81 %, Challenges:43/63=67 %
Attendance: 6975 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 325035 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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17:06 0-1 Marian Gaborik [17] (Joe Thornton, Evander Kane)PP
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38:17 0-2 Jonathan Huberdeau [4] (Ryan McDonagh, Sheldon Souray)
39:12 1-2 Benn Ferriero [1] (James Sheppard, J.T. Miller)
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44:22 1-3 Marian Gaborik [18] (Joe Thornton, Evander Kane)
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Penalty summary:
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03:27 Jonathan Huberdeau (2 min for tripping)
15:22 Jason Demers (2 min for hooking)
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48:11 J.T. Miller (2 min for tripping)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Benn Ferriero 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.20 6
R Chad LaRose 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -1 15.40 4
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 5
R Patrick Marleau 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20.10 5
C James Sheppard 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 4
C David Desharnais 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 -1 12.20 4
C Tim Brent 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.10 6
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 20.10 5
L J.T. Miller 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 8.30 5
L Vladimir Tarasenko 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 12.20 4
L Drayson Bowman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 5
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 20.10 5
D Yannick Weber 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 16.10 4
D Mike Weber 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 20.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 0 23.50 7
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 14.00 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 2 6 1 4 0 1 20.10 6
D Jason Demers 0 0 0 5 3 1 2 -1 25.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antti Niemi 3 0 32 0 0 60.00 9
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Prust 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 6.30 6
C Artem Anisimov 0 0 1 3 3 6 0 0 15.40 7
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 16.10 6
R Marian Gaborik 2 0 6 3 4 1 0 1 21.40 10
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6.30 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 17.40 6
C Jonathan Huberdeau 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 14.10 7
C Joe Thornton 0 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 21.40 8
L Mike Rupp 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 5
L Carl Hagelin 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15.40 4
R Jamie Benn 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 14.10 5
L Evander Kane 0 2 8 8 2 8 0 1 21.40 10
D Anton Strålman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.40 5
D Ryan McDonagh 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Michael Del Zotto 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 29.40 7
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 29.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 1 0 10 0 0 60.00 7
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Gaborik
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Evander Kane

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-James Sheppard finally ended his 12 game point drought.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Marian Gaborik scored the 300th goal of his career.
-Ryan McDonagh notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 0( 18) , Hartford Wolfpack 2( 17)
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0-1 HFD John Mitchell (Mats Zuccarello)
0-2 HFD Kris Newbury (Tommy Grant)

Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Chad Johnson