5 Décembre

New Jersey Devils 3 , Colorado Avalanche 1
Shots: 39 - 15
PP: 0 of 8 (14 shots), Passing:83/90=92 %, Challenges:53/61=85 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:50/72=69 %, Challenges:24/33=70 %
Attendance: 19040 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 575008 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:58 0-1 Nigel Williams [1] (Paul Stastny, Wojtek Wolski)
18:34 1-1 Dainius Zubrus [6] (Brian Gionta, Arron Asham)
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36:31 2-1 Brian Gionta [13] (Paul Martin)
39:47 3-1 Samuel Påhlsson [6] (Jamie Langenbrunner)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:38 T.J. Hensick (2 min for tripping)
15:01 Nigel Williams (2 min for hooking)
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28:03 Paul Stastny (2 min for roughing)
34:14 Paul Stastny (2 min for slashing)
37:08 Nigel Williams (2 min for slashing)
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49:25 Ben Guite (2 min for holding the stick)
54:05 Joe Sakic (2 min for slashing)
56:27 Ryan Smyth (2 min for elbowing)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Asham 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.40 5
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
R Sergei Brylin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 11.30 7
R Brian Gionta 1 1 6 3 0 0 0 2 22.50 8
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.40 6
C Travis Zajac 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 20.30 8
C John Madden 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 6
C Patrik Elias 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 22.20 8
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5.20 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12.40 6
L Dainius Zubrus 1 0 9 0 1 0 0 1 20.50 9
L Samuel Påhlsson 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 21.10 8
D Andy Greene 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 21.40 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 11.30 7
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 26.50 7
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 21.20 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
D Paul Martin 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Brad Richardson 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 -2 17.10 7
R Ian Laperriere 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.30 6
R Marek Svatos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 7
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 6
C Ben Guite 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 8.00 4
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Joe Sakic 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 -1 19.40 8
C Paul Stastny 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 16.30 7
R T.J. Hensick 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 8.00 4
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 7.30 6
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 19.10 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 14.00 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -1 19.10 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 21.20 6
D Nigel Williams 1 0 3 3 2 0 4 0 19.30 8
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 4
D Brett Clark 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 23.00 5
D Chris Pronger 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 36 0 0 60.00 10
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Gionta
2nd star: Jamie Langenbrunner
3rd star: Dainius Zubrus

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Brian Gionta notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Paul Martin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Arron Asham ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Paul Stastny notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Joe Sakic had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Ryan Smyth had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 1( 28) , Hershey Bears 1( 9)
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0-1 HER Ken Roche (Eric Healey)
1-1 ALB Grant Marshall (Mike Rupp)

Goalies: Frank Doyle - Jason Bacashihua

Ottawa Senators 4 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 31 - 24
PP: 2 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:71/90=78 %, Challenges:32/42=74 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:62/84=73 %, Challenges:19/38=48 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 612350 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:48 0-1 Tim Connolly [5] (Dmitri Kalinin, Brian Campbell)
18:22 1-1 Niko Dimitrakos [2] (Andrej Meszaros, Anton Babchuk)
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28:19 2-1 Rick Nash [14] (Dany Heatley, Anton Volchenkov)PP
31:23 3-1 Rick Nash [15] (Chris Neil, Anton Babchuk)SH
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47:58 4-1 Dany Heatley [15] (Rick Nash)PP
49:12 4-2 Tim Connolly [6] (Maxim Afinogenov)
58:13 4-3 Thomas Vanek [7])
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Penalty summary:
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09:27 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
12:12 Josh Hennessy (2 min for hooking)
18:36 Jochen Hecht (2 min for hooking)
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27:07 Ales Kotalik (2 min for elbowing)
29:41 Dany Heatley (2 min for high-sticking)
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46:41 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
48:26 Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
48:26 Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Niko Dimitrakos 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 6
R Chris Kelly 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 13.50 6
R Nathan Horton 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 -1 17.50 8
R Dany Heatley 1 1 5 2 0 1 2 -2 20.40 8
C Randy Robitaille 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 5
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12.10 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 20.00 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 20.10 6
L Chris Neil 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 2 8.50 7
L Tomas Surovy 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.50 7
L Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 18.10 7
L Rick Nash 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 21.10 9
D Anton Babchuk 0 2 0 2 1 6 0 1 14.30 8
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 13.50 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 26.40 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.20 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 -1 23.10 5
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 3 4 1 3 0 0 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 7.20 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 15.30 5
R Jason Pominville 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 13.10 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 17.30 7
C Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 18.00 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 16.00 6
C Tim Connolly 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 17.30 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 4
L Andrew Peters 0 0 2 2 4 3 5 0 17.10 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 16.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 3 3 4 1 0 2 20.00 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 5
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 24.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1 14.50 4
D Brian Campbell 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 -2 19.30 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 3 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 27 0 0 58.30 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Dany Heatley
3rd star: Tim Connolly

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Rick Nash scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Dany Heatley scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Patrick Marleau had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Anton Babchuk ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Maxim Afinogenov scored the 300th point of his career.
-Thomas Vanek ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Andrew Peters beat Chris Neil in a fight.

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 5( 49) , Rochester Americans 4( 10)
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1-0 GRD Dean McAmmond (Lawrence Nycholat)
1-1 ROC Patrick Kaleta (Marek Zagrapan, Andrej Sekera)
1-2 ROC Marty Guerin (Andrej Sekera, Robin Big Snake)
1-3 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Patrick Kaleta, Jari Sailio)
2-3 GRD Gregg Johnson (Brian McGrattan)
3-3 GRD Nick Foligno (Blair Yaworski, Lawrence Nycholat)
4-3 GRD Justin Mapletoft (Gregg Johnson)
4-4 ROC Nicklas Danielsson (Michael Ryan, Andrej Sekera)
5-4 GRD Cody Bass (Mikhail Zhukov)

Goalies: Jeff Glass - Adam Dennis

Montreal Canadiens 2 , New York Islanders 4
Shots: 27 - 28
PP: 1 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:72/82=87 %, Challenges:36/52=67 %
PP: 1 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:80/91=87 %, Challenges:20/37=52 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:24 1-0 Steve Bégin [5] (Alex Kovalev)
18:31 1-1 Bill Guerin [15] (Miroslav Satan, Andy Hilbert)
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36:26 1-2 Steve Bernier [7] (Shawn Bates, Brendan Witt)
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46:43 2-2 Marian Hossa [12] (Bryan Smolinski, Andrei Markov)PP
49:29 2-3 Steve Bernier [8] (Miroslav Satan, Mike Comrie)PP
59:57 2-4 Chris Simon [2] (Freddy Meyer, Bryan Berard) EN
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Penalty summary:
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09:37 Steve Bernier (2 min for tripping)
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22:37 Ben Walter (2 min for boarding)
24:08 Chris Simon (2 min for cross-checking)
36:43 Steve Bernier (2 min for elbowing)
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46:04 Shawn Bates (2 min for tripping)
47:35 Andrei Markov (2 min for elbowing)
56:57 Saku Koivu (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Francis Lemieux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -2 15.40 5
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 16.10 7
R Marian Hossa 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 20.40 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.20 5
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 15.00 5
C Chris Higgins 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 16.00 8
C Saku Koivu 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 17.50 7
L Tomás Pospisil 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7.20 5
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 -2 16.30 6
L Steve Bégin 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.00 8
L Bryan Smolinski 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.10 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2 18.40 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 5 1 5 0 1 18.30 8
D Andrei Markov 0 1 1 3 2 2 2 -1 25.40 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 -2 18.20 4
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 23.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 4 0 24 0 0 59.30 6
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 5
R Chris Simon 1 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 16.30 8
R Steve Bernier 2 0 3 1 2 0 4 0 16.00 7
R Bill Guerin 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 17.40 8
C Ben Walter 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 8.50 5
C Kris Beech 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 1 12.20 8
C Mike Comrie 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 15.30 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
L Andy Hilbert 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.20 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 19.30 6
L Shawn Bates 0 1 2 5 2 3 2 0 16.40 7
L Miroslav Satan 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
D Freddy Meyer 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 13.10 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 18.40 7
D Bryan Berard 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 28.10 8
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 6
D Brendan Witt 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 19.50 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Mike Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Bernier
2nd star: Miroslav Satan
3rd star: Rick DiPietro

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Bill Guerin scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 1( 20) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 5( 24)
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0-1 BRG Jeremy Colliton (Jon Sim, Jeff Tambellini)
0-2 BRG Chris Campoli (Jeff Tambellini, Jon Sim)
0-3 BRG Jon Sim (Jeff Tambellini, Jeremy Colliton)
1-3 QUE Danny Groulx (Mathieu Aubin)
1-4 BRG Evgeny Tunik (Kip Brennan)
1-5 BRG Derek MacKenzie (Steve Regier, Radek Martinek)

Goalies: Yann Danis - Wade Dubielewicz

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Dallas Stars 3
Shots: 27 - 30
PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:54/74=72 %, Challenges:42/52=79 %
PP: 0 of 8 (18 shots), Passing:79/95=83 %, Challenges:29/43=65 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 627150 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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29:49 0-1 Philippe Boucher [3] (Jere Lehtinen, Sergei Zubov)
30:11 1-1 Zach Parisé [9] (Sergei Fedorov)
37:23 1-2 Nolan Baumgartner [1] (Stu Barnes, Steve Ott)
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47:22 1-3 Brad Winchester [4] (Niklas Hagman, Jere Lehtinen)
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Penalty summary:
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00:39 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for hooking)
10:07 Michael Peca (2 min for hooking)
14:57 Sergei Zubov (2 min for roughing)
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21:02 Michael Peca (2 min for holding the stick)
25:44 Chris Kunitz (2 min for cross-checking)
34:23 Richard Park (2 min for hooking)
38:07 Michael Peca (2 min for boarding)
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44:55 Trevor Daley (2 min for boarding)
48:28 Philippe Boucher (2 min for hooking)
50:42 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for tripping)
51:54 Michael Peca (2 min for boarding)
58:16 Duvie Westcott (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Richard Park 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 7.40 5
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 11.40 6
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 4
C Corey Perry 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 -1 22.00 8
C Michael Peca 0 0 2 3 1 0 8 -1 15.40 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 8
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 19.00 6
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.40 5
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 7
L Zach Parisé 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 17.00 7
D Aaron Rome 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 18.50 7
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 24.20 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 17.50 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 21.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 4 1 3 4 -2 28.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brad Winchester 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6.40 6
R Steve Ott 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 10.20 7
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 6
R Jere Lehtinen 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 21.30 8
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 9.30 5
C Stu Barnes 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 10.20 5
C Doug Weight 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
C Mike Modano 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
L Niklas Hagman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 13.10 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 21.00 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 19.10 6
D Trevor Daley 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 16.50 7
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
D Philippe Boucher 1 0 2 2 3 1 2 1 29.20 8
D Nolan Baumgartner 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 16.30 6
D Mattias Norström 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 13.10 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 1 6 0 1 0 2 1 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 0 26 0 0 60.00 10
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marty Turco
2nd star: Brad Winchester
3rd star: Jere Lehtinen

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Jere Lehtinen notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brad Winchester ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Stu Barnes finally ended his 28 game point drought.
-Philippe Boucher finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 13) , Utah Grizzlies 6( 22)
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1-0 SYR Frans Nielsen (Adam Pineault, Marc Methot)
1-1 UTH Joel Lundqvist (Ivan Vishnevsky)
1-2 UTH Esa Pirnes (Krys Barch)
1-3 UTH Perttu Lindgren (Matt Niskanen)
1-4 UTH James Neal (Joel Lundqvist)
1-5 UTH Richard Clune
1-6 UTH Konstantin Pushkarev (Joel Lundqvist)

Goalies: Adam Munro - Tobias Stephan