December 18

Boston Bruins 3 , New Jersey Devils 3
Shots: 30 - 30
PP: 2 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:75/90=83 %, Challenges:30/44=66 %
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:79/99=79 %, Challenges:30/47=62 %
Attendance: 6486 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 323002 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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04:18 1-0 Nathan Horton [9] (Marc Savard, Zdeno Chara)PP
17:36 1-1 Jason Arnott [9] (Brian Rolston, Petr Sykora)PP
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28:02 2-1 Marco Sturm [8] (Nathan Horton)PP
31:32 2-2 David Clarkson [3] (Jason Arnott, Brian Rolston)
34:11 3-2 Tyler Seguin [8] (Nathan Horton, Zdeno Chara)
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58:08 3-3 Jason Arnott [10] (David Clarkson, Brian Rolston) WG
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Penalty summary:
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02:56 David Clarkson (2 min for diving)
08:41 Vladimir Zharkov (2 min for tripping)
16:29 Michael Ryder (2 min for elbowing)
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27:02 Anze Kopitar (2 min for tripping)
36:21 Milan Lucic (5 min for fighting)
36:21 David Clarkson (5 min for fighting)
38:09 Rod Pelley (2 min for roughing)
38:09 Marc Savard (2 min for roughing)
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47:43 Marc Savard (2 min for hooking)
51:41 Brian Rolston (2 min for tripping)
57:39 Bryce Salvador (5 min for fighting)
57:39 Milan Lucic (5 min for fighting)
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62:16 Jason Arnott (2 min for roughing)
62:16 Zdeno Chara (2 min for roughing)

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 8.30 7
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 18.00 7
R Kyle Turris 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 17.30 6
R Nathan Horton 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 21.30 8
C Greg Campbell 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.30 6
C David Krejci 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15.50 6
C Tyler Seguin 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 18.30 6
C Marc Savard 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 -1 21.20 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.10 6
L Milan Lucic 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 15.00 6
L Marco Sturm 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 20.40 7
L Blake Wheeler 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19.10 5
D Adam McQuaid 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29.40 5
D Matt Hunwick 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 16.20 6
D Mark Stuart 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 19.20 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 2 2 8 0 8 2 0 30.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 3 0 27 0 0 65.00 8
G Nolan Schaefer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vladimir Zharkov 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 9.40 6
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 12.10 6
R David Clarkson 1 1 5 3 0 0 7 2 20.50 8
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 -1 21.10 5
C Rod Pelley 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 15.40 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 11.10 6
C Jason Arnott 2 1 4 3 0 2 2 2 16.30 10
C Anze Kopitar 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 -1 22.00 7
L Chad Wiseman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
L Petr Sykora 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.20 5
L Brian Rolston 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 2 15.30 7
L Patrik Elias 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 22.10 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 12.20 6
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 22.50 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 31.50 7
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13.50 5
D Colin White 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 18.30 7
D Andy Greene 0 0 3 2 3 1 0 -1 31.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 27 0 0 65.00 8
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Arnott
2nd star: Nathan Horton
3rd star: David Clarkson

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Zdeno Chara notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Jason Arnott notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Arnott notched the 500th assist of his career.
-Jason Arnott scored his 10th goal of the season.
-David Clarkson finally ended his 18 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Milan Lucic beat David Clarkson in a fight.
-Milan Lucic beat Bryce Salvador in a fight.

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 4( 30) , Albany River Rats 1( 16)
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1-0 PRO Zach Hamill (Jeff LoVecchio)
2-0 PRO Jeff Penner (Jeff LoVecchio)
2-1 ALB Adam Henrique (Anssi Salmela)
3-1 PRO Nathan McIver (Brad Marchand)
4-1 PRO Jordan Caron (Aaron Snow, Joe Colborne)

Goalies: Matt Dalton - Mike McKenna

New York Islanders 3 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 24 - 19
PP: 0 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:85/93=91 %, Challenges:30/46=63 %
PP: 2 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:70/91=76 %, Challenges:40/53=74 %
Attendance: 7132 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 413656 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:49 0-1 Tuomo Ruutu [14] (Joe Corvo, Mark Streit)
15:11 0-2 Tuomo Ruutu [15] (John Tavares, Joni Pitkänen)PP
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27:14 1-2 Kyle Cumiskey [1] (Dustin Penner, Zach Bogosian)
36:28 1-3 Matt Moulson [3] (Jirí Tlustý, Devin Setoguchi)PP
38:59 2-3 Dustin Byfuglien [10] (Brad Stuart, Jussi Jokinen)
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40:41 3-3 Jussi Jokinen [8] (Blake Comeau)
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Penalty summary:
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14:08 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for cross-checking)
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25:01 Kyle Okposo (2 min for hooking)
31:45 Matt Moulson (2 min for boarding)
35:31 Kirill Petrov (2 min for hooking)
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43:17 Erik Cole (2 min for tripping)
59:42 Jamie McBain (2 min for boarding)
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60:32 Erik Cole (2 min for diving)

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Knuble 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 11.40 7
R Jesse Joensuu 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.10 6
R Blake Comeau 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 17.30 9
R Dustin Penner 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 24.50 6
C Corey Trivino 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 4
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 5
C Jussi Jokinen 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 6
C Bryan Little 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 24.50 6
L Kirill Petrov 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 8.50 5
L T.J. Galiardi 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 12.00 5
L Dustin Byfuglien 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 4 1 2 1 2 1 24.20 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 13.40 5
D Brad Stuart 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 21.10 6
D Zach Bogosian 0 1 6 2 1 1 0 1 30.20 8
D Kyle Cumiskey 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 25.30 6
D James Wisniewski 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18.00 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 21.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Semyon Varlamov 3 0 16 0 0 65.00 5
G Corey Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Devin Setoguchi 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.40 7
R Chad LaRose 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1 15.10 6
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 16.30 6
R Tuomo Ruutu 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 23.50 8
C Zac Dalpe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 4
C Riley Nash 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 -1 15.10 4
C Jirí Tlustý 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
C John Tavares 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
L Oskar Osala 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8.50 5
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 -1 21.00 6
L Matt Moulson 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 14.10 8
L Erik Cole 0 0 3 1 0 1 4 -2 21.10 7
D Jay Harrison 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 19.30 6
D Mark Streit 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 5
D Ryan Suter 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 32.00 7
D Jamie McBain 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -1 15.10 6
D Joe Corvo 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 16.50 8
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 -2 33.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 21 0 0 65.00 6
G Justin Peters 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tuomo Ruutu
2nd star: Blake Comeau
3rd star: Jussi Jokinen

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Dustin Byfuglien scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Kyle Cumiskey finally ended his 29 game goal drought.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Tuomo Ruutu scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Joni Pitkänen notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 5( 30) , Lowell Lock Monsters 3( 13)
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1-0 BRG Rhett Rakhshani (Justin DiBenedetto)
2-0 BRG Matt Martin (Jack Hillen)
2-1 LOW Bobby Sanguinetti (Nick Dodge, Nicolas Blanchard)
3-1 BRG Tomás Marcinko (Jeremy Yablonski, Pierre Parenteau)
3-2 LOW Kai Kantola (David Zíma)
3-3 LOW David Zíma (Jerome Samson)
4-3 BRG Zenon Konopka (Jon Sim)
5-3 BRG Milan Jurcina (Zenon Konopka)

Goalies: Albert Roloson - Justin Pogge

Vancouver Canucks 4 , Calgary Flames 1
Shots: 34 - 25
PP: 1 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:71/92=77 %, Challenges:31/46=66 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:71/88=80 %, Challenges:24/42=55 %
Attendance: 10554 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 498149 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:58 1-0 Dan Hamhuis [2] (Daniel Sedin, Alex Burrows)PP
12:51 2-0 Jeff Tambellini [1] (Keith Ballard, Karl Alzner)
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27:54 2-1 Niklas Hagman [7] (Martin Hanzal, Matt Niskanen)
28:28 3-1 Alex Burrows [12] (Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin)
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41:52 4-1 Henrik Sedin [15] (Alex Burrows, Daniel Sedin)
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Penalty summary:
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02:17 Rene Bourque (2 min for tripping)
05:55 Mark Giordano (2 min for slashing)
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37:31 Mark Giordano (2 min for high-sticking)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rick Rypien 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 7
R Jannik Hansen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 5
R Kellan Tochkin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 6
R Alex Burrows 1 2 4 1 2 1 0 1 21.00 8
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 7
C Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 14.20 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 17.40 8
C Henrik Sedin 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 21.00 8
L Jeff Tambellini 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 7
L Tanner Glass 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.10 6
L Mason Raymond 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Daniel Sedin 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 20.20 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Alex Edler 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 18.00 6
D Dan Hamhuis 1 0 2 4 2 1 0 1 27.50 8
D Karl Alzner 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 14.50 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 16.40 7
D Keith Ballard 0 1 5 1 1 1 0 2 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Cory Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Stone 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 5
R David Moss 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 14.20 5
R Rene Bourque 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 -2 15.40 5
R Mike Grier 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 19.20 4
C Kris Versteeg 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 5
C Craig Conroy 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 14.20 4
C David Bolland 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 15.10 4
C Martin Hanzal 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 7
L Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 8.30 6
L James Neal 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 16.30 7
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 -1 16.50 7
L Niklas Hagman 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.20 6
D Philip Larsen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 4
D Cory Sarich 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 6
D Matt Niskanen 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 24.00 4
D Steve Staios 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20.20 5
D Mark Giordano 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 -1 15.20 6
D Trevor Daley 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 4 0 30 0 0 60.00 7
G Henrik Karlsson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Burrows
2nd star: Henrik Sedin
3rd star: Daniel Sedin

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Henrik Sedin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Henrik Sedin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Alex Burrows notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Ryan Kesler had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Jeff Tambellini finally ended his 32 game goal drought.
-Daniel Sedin had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Dan Hamhuis finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for Calgary Flames:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 0( 15) , Saint John Flames 4( 30)
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0-1 SJF Kai Hospelt (John Armstrong)
0-2 SJF Raitis Ivanans (Keith Seabrook, Greg Nemisz)
0-3 SJF Stefan Meyer (Keith Seabrook)
0-4 SJF Greg Nemisz (Stefan Meyer, Mikael Backlund)

Goalies: Eddie Lack - Leland Irving

Phoenix Coyotes 1 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 26 - 17
PP: 1 of 7 (11 shots), Passing:74/88=84 %, Challenges:33/44=73 %
PP: 2 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:69/88=78 %, Challenges:21/35=58 %
Attendance: 12731 of 16210 (America West Arena)
Ticket income: 603450 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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17:44 1-0 Radim Vrbata [5] (Wojtek Wolski)PP
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26:16 1-1 Lee Stempniak [9] (Mike Comrie)PP
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46:37 1-2 Bobby Ryan [10] (Rich Peverley, Eric Staal)PP
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Penalty summary:
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00:01 Bobby Ryan (2 min for holding the stick)
05:21 Ian White (2 min for cross-checking)
16:58 Anthony Stewart (2 min for slashing)
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26:09 Scottie Upshall (2 min for slashing)
27:35 Vern Fiddler (2 min for hooking)
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40:44 Spencer Machacek (2 min for elbowing)
44:41 Andrew Ference (2 min for roughing)
47:31 Akim Aliu (2 min for hooking)
50:49 Mikkel Boedker (2 min for high-sticking)
54:29 Rich Peverley (2 min for hooking)
59:35 Ron Hainsey (2 min for hooking)
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Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Viktor Tikhonov 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 8.00 7
R Radim Vrbata 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11.50 6
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 22.20 7
C Andrew Ebbett 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Vern Fiddler 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 12.30 5
C Wojtek Wolski 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
C Patrice Bergeron 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 21.10 7
L Mikkel Boedker 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.00 5
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 6
L Petr Prucha 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
L Ray Whitney 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 12.10 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 5
D Derek Morris 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 25.40 7
D Kurt Sauer 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 17.30 6
D Keith Yandle 0 0 4 4 1 4 0 0 25.30 8
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 2 0 15 0 0 59.20 6
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Spencer Machacek 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 10.30 6
C Peter Holland 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14.30 4
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 14.30 7
C Rich Peverley 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 20.30 6
C Patrice Cormier 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 5
C Alexander Burmistrov 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.40 4
C Mike Comrie 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 6
C Eric Staal 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
R Akim Aliu 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7.10 4
L Eric Boulton 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11.40 6
L Lee Stempniak 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Bobby Ryan 1 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 19.40 8
D Arturs Kulda 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 12.20 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 5
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 30.10 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.40 5
D Ian White 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 18.10 5
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 29.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ondrej Pavelec 1 0 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ondrej Pavelec
2nd star: Lee Stempniak
3rd star: Bobby Ryan

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Bobby Ryan scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Ron Hainsey had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 1( 15) , Chicago Wolves 2( 19)
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0-1 CHW Bryce Swan (Pat Rissmiller, Jim Slater)
1-1 SPR Lauri Korpikoski (Martin Látal, David Schlemko)
1-2 CHW Mike Siklenka (Jaime Sifers)

Goalies: Joel Gistedt - Drew MacIntyre