29 / 1 / 2008

Atlanta Thrashers 4 , Tampa Bay Lightning 3
Shots: 17 - 33
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:57/77=74 %, Challenges:35/45=76 %
PP: 1 of 8 (17 shots), Passing:73/87=83 %, Challenges:32/35=88 %
Attendance: 12003 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 559340 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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22:38 1-0 Ilya Kovalchuk [25] (Steve Rucchin)
25:09 2-0 Sergei Fedorov [14] (Brad Larsen, Vyacheslav Kozlov)
29:52 2-1 Ales Hemsky [15] (Vincent Lecavalier, Joni Pitkänen)
36:17 2-2 Joni Pitkänen [5] (Dave Spina, Ales Hemsky)PP
37:31 3-2 Vyacheslav Kozlov [15] (Viktor Kozlov, Jordan LaVallee)
39:37 4-2 Todd White [21] (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Alexei Zhitnik)
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46:42 4-3 Craig MacDonald [10] (Jeff Halpern, Paul Ranger)
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Penalty summary:
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16:19 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for roughing)
16:19 Doug Janik (2 min for roughing)
18:26 Bobby Holik (2 min for slashing)
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30:13 Colby Armstrong (2 min for tripping)
32:51 Jeff Halpern (2 min for hooking)
35:28 Brad Larsen (2 min for hooking)
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40:47 Ken Klee (2 min for hooking)
44:03 Bobby Holik (2 min for roughing)
44:03 Chris Gratton (2 min for roughing)
47:14 Sergei Fedorov (2 min for tripping)
49:28 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for diving)
51:31 Joe Motzko (2 min for roughing)
51:31 Nick Tarnasky (2 min for roughing)
53:14 Brian Pothier (2 min for elbowing)
56:55 Ken Klee (2 min for slashing)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordan LaVallee 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 20.10 7
R Mark Recchi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9.30 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 14.10 7
C Bobby Holik 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 12.00 7
C Sergei Fedorov 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 14.50 8
C Todd White 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 13.30 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
L Joe Motzko 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.00 5
L Brad Larsen 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 -1 13.40 6
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 14.20 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 3 2 0 1 4 1 19.50 10
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 16.10 6
D Karel Pilar 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 12.40 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 26.30 6
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 -1 24.00 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 23.50 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 16.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 30 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Hedberg 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 6.00 4
R Jason Ward 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 13.00 4
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
R Ales Hemsky 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 22.20 7
C Nick Tarnasky 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 6.30 6
C Chris Gratton 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 -1 14.10 5
C Jeff Halpern 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 18.50 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
L Maxime Boisclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.00 4
L Dave Spina 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.30 5
L Craig MacDonald 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 6
L Karl Stewart 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 6
D Doug Janik 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 -1 13.50 6
D Paul Ranger 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 8
D Joni Pitkänen 1 1 3 4 0 2 0 -1 29.30 9
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -2 15.40 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 5
D Dan Boyle 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 4 0 13 0 0 58.00 4
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vyacheslav Kozlov
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Ales Hemsky

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Vyacheslav Kozlov scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Vyacheslav Kozlov notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Sergei Fedorov finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Karel Pilar had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Alexei Zhitnik had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Ales Hemsky scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Vincent Lecavalier notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Craig MacDonald scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Paul Ranger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Paul Ranger ended his 8 game point drought.
-Joni Pitkänen finally ended his 18 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 2( 45) , Detroit Vipers 1(
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1-0 CHW Chris Thorburn (Nathan Oystrick)
1-1 DTV Andre Roy (John Toffey)
2-1 CHW Eric Boulton (Milan Bartovic, Jim Slater)

Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Jonathan Boutin

Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Carolina Hurricanes 1
Shots: 34 - 21
PP: 1 of 3 (14 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:47/53=87 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:64/71=90 %, Challenges:18/46=38 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 761414 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:49 1-0 Sidney Crosby [32] (Martin Havlat, Marian Gaborik)PP
17:35 1-1 Justin Williams [18] (Brent Sopel, Matt Cullen)
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26:53 2-1 Evgeny Malkin [24] (Zach Parisé, Darryl Sydor)
28:39 3-1 Georges Laraque [6])
31:13 4-1 Evgeny Malkin [25] (Petr Sykora, Zach Parisé)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:57 Scott Walker (5 min for cross-checking)
15:13 Daniel Tjärnqvist (2 min for roughing)
15:13 Darryl Sydor (2 min for roughing)
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23:12 Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for hooking)
35:23 Daniel Tjärnqvist (2 min for elbowing)
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50:06 Sidney Crosby (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 10.10 6
R Georges Laraque 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 13.00 7
R Petr Sykora 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 8
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 17.40 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 10.10 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 13.00 7
C Evgeny Malkin 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 18.10 8
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 17.40 8
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 10.10 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 7
L Zach Parisé 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 19.10 10
L Martin Havlat 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 18.40 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 1 14.00 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 18.30 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 27.20 8
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 14.20 7
D Curtis Murphy 0 0 3 4 2 3 0 1 21.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 24.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 3 2 1 5 0 11.20 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 12.40 7
R Justin Williams 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 13.10 6
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 6 3 2 0 2 -2 19.20 6
C Keith Aucoin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 6
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 -1 12.40 5
C Matt Cullen 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 15.30 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 20.30 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 4
L Erik Cole 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 -1 18.10 4
L Ray Whitney 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 13.10 7
L Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 16.40 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 17.40 6
D Brent Sopel 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 16.40 7
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 6 1 0 4 -2 20.10 8
D Glen Wesley 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 19.20 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 18.00 6
D Wade Redden 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 -2 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 4 0 30 0 0 60.00 7
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Malkin
2nd star: Zach Parisé
3rd star: Georges Laraque

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeny Malkin scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Georges Laraque ended his 6 game goal drought.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Brent Sopel notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 28) , Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 12)
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1-0 WIL Matt Carkner (Jani Rita, Jeff Taffe)
1-1 LOW Ryan Bayda (David Gove)
1-2 LOW Nikita Alexeev (David Gove)
2-2 WIL Jani Rita (Milan Kraft)
3-2 WIL Olivier Legault (Tim Brent)

Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Michael Leighton

San Jose Sharks 6 , Columbus Blue Jackets 0
Shots: 33 - 24
PP: 2 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:74/83=89 %, Challenges:43/47=89 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:34/44=75 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 821330 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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03:59 1-0 Ryane Clowe [20] (Joe Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo)PP
06:47 2-0 Jonathan Cheechoo [21] (Pat Rissmiller, Joe Thornton)
08:46 3-0 Ryane Clowe [21] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Joe Thornton)PP
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25:42 4-0 Mike Grier [8] (Mathieu Darche, Curtis Brown)
29:11 5-0 Ryane Clowe [22] (Milan Michalek)
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54:18 6-0 Patrick Marleau [24] (Ryane Clowe, Milan Michalek)
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Penalty summary:
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02:06 Duvie Westcott (2 min for hooking)
07:37 Duvie Westcott (2 min for slashing)
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35:25 Steven Goertzen (2 min for tripping)
38:08 Mathieu Darche (2 min for hooking)
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42:22 Ryane Clowe (5 min for fighting)
42:22 Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
57:08 Alexandre Picard (2 min for high-sticking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Graham Mink 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
R Mike Grier 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 13.20 7
R Milan Michalek 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 21.20 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 20.30 9
C Marcel Goc 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Curtis Brown 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 7
C Patrick Marleau 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 17.00 8
C Joe Thornton 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 9
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 6
L Mathieu Darche 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 15.30 7
L Ryane Clowe 3 1 6 2 0 1 5 2 18.40 10
L Pat Rissmiller 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 13.50 5
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 15.50 8
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 23.00 8
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 17.10 7
D Matt Carle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 22.00 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 0 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Thomas Greiss 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 4
R Steven Goertzen 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 -1 13.20 7
R Mark Rycroft 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 19.40 7
R Teemu Selänne 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 17.20 7
C Derick Brassard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 6
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 19.10 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.20 6
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 13.10 8
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.40 5
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 20.50 7
D Jan Hejda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 4
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 -2 18.00 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 -1 29.30 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 15.20 7
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 -2 22.30 6
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 21.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 6 0 27 0 0 60.00 4
G Cristobal Huet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryane Clowe
2nd star: Evgeny Nabokov
3rd star: Jonathan Cheechoo

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Ryane Clowe scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Milan Michalek has marked a new career high in points with 36 points.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Teemu Selänne had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Teemu Selänne had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Dan Fritsche had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Dan Fritsche had his 9 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen beat Ryane Clowe in a fight.

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 2( 28) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 9)
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1-0 CLE Brad Staubitz (Mike Iggulden)
2-0 CLE Brad Staubitz (Mike Iggulden)
2-1 SYR Joakim Lindström (Derek MacKenzie)

Goalies: Taylor Dakers - Tomas Popperle

St. Louis Blues 3 , Boston Bruins 0
Shots: 30 - 31
PP: 1 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:56/67=83 %, Challenges:37/46=78 %
PP: 0 of 6 (13 shots), Passing:65/79=82 %, Challenges:47/50=92 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 889812 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:48 1-0 Paul Kariya [21] (Andy McDonald, Steve Eminger)
16:09 2-0 Paul Kariya [22] (Yan Stastny, Steve Eminger)
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28:54 3-0 Brad Boyes [17] (Paul Kariya, Steve Eminger)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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03:37 Jay McClement (2 min for diving)
06:42 Erik Johnson (2 min for hooking)
13:14 Roman Polak (2 min for hooking)
17:55 Petr Cajanek (2 min for high-sticking)
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27:05 Sergei Zinovjev (2 min for roughing)
31:13 Marc Savard (2 min for diving)
33:36 Steve Eminger (2 min for roughing)
36:16 Mark Stuart (2 min for slashing)
39:38 Andrew Ference (2 min for tripping)
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51:15 Matt Pettinger (2 min for cross-checking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 14.50 7
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 5
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18.30 7
R Andy McDonald 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 17.50 6
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
C Jay McClement 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 17.00 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 12.10 6
C Brad Boyes 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 17.40 8
L Yan Stastny 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 10.50 6
L Martin Rucinsky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 6
L Paul Kariya 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 17.40 9
D Roman Polak 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 10.30 5
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23.50 7
D Steve Eminger 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 2 26.00 8
D Jeff Woywitka 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17.20 6
D Mike Green 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 22.50 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 18.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 0 0 31 0 0 60.00 10
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 5
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 13.30 7
R Glen Murray 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 -1 18.50 9
R Patrice Bergeron 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 21.00 8
C Sergei Zinovjev 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6.10 5
C Mark Mowers 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.30 6
C Phil Kessel 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 6
C Marc Savard 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 19.50 6
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 5
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
L Marco Sturm 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 -1 20.20 5
D Aaron Ward 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.40 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 25.40 6
D Mark Stuart 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 12.40 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 23.20 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Manny Legace
2nd star: Paul Kariya
3rd star: Steve Eminger

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Steve Eminger notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Boston Bruins:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 2( 19) , Providence Bruins 3( 26)
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1-0 WOR Trent Whitfield (D.J. King)
1-1 PRO Jan Steber (Nate Thompson)
2-1 WOR Charles Linglet (Mike Glumac, Ryan Ramsay)
2-2 PRO Alexander Perezhogin (Nathan Dempsey, Wacey Rabbit)
2-3 PRO David Krejci (Martins Karsums)

Goalies: Jason Bacashihua - Alex Auld