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Pittsburgh Penguins 1 , Atlanta Thrashers 4
Shots: 19 - 26
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:61/82=74 %, Challenges:27/44=60 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:59/89=66 %, Challenges:33/49=66 %
Attendance: 8735 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 395695 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:43 0-1 Tobias Enström [2] (Zach Bogosian, Slava Kozlov)
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33:54 0-2 Nik Antropov [6] (Slava Kozlov, Ilya Kovalchuk)
37:54 0-3 Todd White [9] (Pavel Kubina, Ron Hainsey)
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43:13 1-3 Brian Gionta [16] (Scott Gomez, Jonathan Toews)
49:05 1-4 Ilya Kovalchuk [11] (Ron Hainsey, Todd White)
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Penalty summary:
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08:48 Marty Reasoner (2 min for boarding)
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22:49 Evander Kane (2 min for hooking)
38:25 Nik Antropov (2 min for holding the stick)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bill Guerin 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.10 5
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14.20 5
R Brian Gionta 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 -3 18.50 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
C Mike Rupp 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 8.10 5
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 12.40 7
C Scott Gomez 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 -3 20.20 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 18.50 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.10 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 -1 14.10 7
L Jan Bulis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 19.00 6
L Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 16.10 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 15.10 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -3 16.00 5
D Kris Letang 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 23.50 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 18.00 7
D Simon Despres 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 21.40 5
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 22 0 0 60.00 5
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryan Little 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.10 5
R Chris Thorburn 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 12.50 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 19.50 8
R Nik Antropov 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 17.50 8
C Jim Slater 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 13.10 8
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 15.20 6
C Evander Kane 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 16.30 7
C Todd White 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 15.00 8
L Eric Boulton 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 9.10 6
L Brett Sterling 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11.40 5
L Slava Kozlov 0 2 3 1 3 1 0 2 17.00 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 15.00 8
D Anssi Salmela 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13.10 5
D Zach Bogosian 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 20.40 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 2 2 5 0 4 0 1 26.00 9
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 4
D Tobias Enström 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 9
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 26.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd White
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Ron Hainsey

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Zach Bogosian has marked a new career high in assists with 11 assists.
-Tobias Enström finally ended his 27 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 7( 30) , Chicago Wolves 2( 13)
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1-0 WIL Aaron Boogaard (Chris Lee)
1-1 CHW Janne Kolehmainen (Rich Peverley, Juraj Valach)
2-1 WIL Tim Wallace (Nate Guenin, Dustin Jeffrey)
3-1 WIL Mark Letestu (Chris Conner, Alex Goligoski)
3-2 CHW Arturs Kulda (Janne Kolehmainen, Rich Peverley)
4-2 WIL Ben Lovejoy (Nick Johnson)
5-2 WIL Jonathan D'Aversa
6-2 WIL Aaron Boogaard (Nick Johnson, Paul Bissonnette)
7-2 WIL Mark Letestu (Eric Godard)

Goalies: Brad Thiessen - Ondrej Pavelec

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Washington Capitals 5 , San Jose Sharks 1
Shots: 35 - 20
PP: 2 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:68/78=87 %, Challenges:54/62=85 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:61/72=84 %, Challenges:19/35=52 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 848820 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:51 0-1 Brad Lukowich [2] (Ben Maxwell)
11:14 1-1 Antoine Vermette [9] (Michael Nylander)
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20:51 2-1 Marian Hossa [20] (Joe Thornton, Jason Spezza)PP
27:22 3-1 Joe Thornton [13] (Marian Hossa, Mike Green)PP
31:01 4-1 Jason Spezza [13] (Joe Thornton, Marian Hossa)
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40:12 5-1 Mike Knuble [5] (Brian Pothier, Brendan Morrison)
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Penalty summary:
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02:46 Alex Burrows (2 min for boarding)
16:08 Danny Groulx (2 min for holding the stick)
19:05 Alex Burrows (2 min for slashing)
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25:58 Matt D'Agostini (2 min for diving)
26:39 Keith Yandle (2 min for roughing)
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47:22 Matt D'Agostini (2 min for holding the stick)
56:02 Mattias Öhlund (2 min for tripping)
59:32 Patrick Kane (2 min for slashing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.40 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 15.00 9
R Mike Knuble 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 8
R Marian Hossa 1 2 5 1 2 1 0 1 20.20 8
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 7.40 5
C Brendan Morrison 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 16.40 6
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
R Jason Spezza 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 18.30 9
L Vern Fiddler 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.00 7
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.10 8
L Michael Nylander 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 8
L Joe Thornton 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 14.10 8
D Mike Green 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 28.10 8
D Brent Sopel 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 17.30 7
D Brian Pothier 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 2 4 1 1 2 1 28.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wayne Simmonds 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 8.30 7
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 13.10 5
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 14.10 7
R Patrick Kane 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 17.00 6
C Torrey Mitchell 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 16.20 6
C Ben Maxwell 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
C Derick Brassard 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 11.00 4
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
L Mason Raymond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
L Alex Burrows 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 0 15.00 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -2 18.10 7
L Devin Setoguchi 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 17.40 5
D Derek Joslin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
D Vyacheslav Voinov 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 19.40 6
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 24.50 5
D Brad Lukowich 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 20.20 6
D Danny Groulx 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 13.00 4
D Keith Yandle 0 0 1 4 3 0 2 0 26.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 5 0 30 0 0 60.00 6
G Ilya Bryzgalov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Hossa
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Jason Spezza

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Michael Nylander notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marian Hossa scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Mike Knuble finally ended his 15 game goal drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Matt D'Agostini had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 13) , Cleveland Barons 1( 12)
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0-1 CLE Dwight Helminen (Jamie McGinn, Mike Moore)
1-1 POR David Steckel (Chris Bourque)
2-1 POR Stefan Della Rovere (Patrick McNeill)

Goalies: Scott Darling - Thomas Greiss

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St. Louis Blues 3 , Edmonton Oilers 4
Shots: 26 - 22
PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:78/96=81 %, Challenges:43/59=71 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:23/42=53 %
Attendance: 13349 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 604709 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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27:08 1-0 Brad Boyes [8] (Patrik Berglund)
30:04 1-1 Andrew Cogliano [3] (Ladislav Smid, Tom Gilbert)
33:29 1-2 Fernando Pisani [10] (Dustin Penner, Tom Gilbert)
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48:49 2-2 David Backes [10] (Brad Boyes, Kyle Calder)PP
52:36 2-3 Sam Gagner [10] (Denis Grebeshkov, Tom Gilbert)
53:09 3-3 Kyle Calder [6] (T.J. Oshie, Carlo Colaiacovo)
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61:45 3-4 Fernando Pisani [11] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Ethan Moreau)
Penalty summary:
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01:25 Ethan Moreau (2 min for tripping)
18:54 Ethan Moreau (2 min for tripping)
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35:51 Sheldon Souray (2 min for slashing)
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41:05 Toni Rajala (2 min for boarding)
43:14 Carlo Colaiacovo (2 min for boarding)
47:25 Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson (2 min for cross-checking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Alexander Steen 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 8.30 5
L Kyle Calder 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 21.10 8
R Richard Zednik 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 11.40 6
R Andy McDonald 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -2 22.20 7
C Jay McClement 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 6.30 4
C David Backes 1 0 3 6 3 6 0 1 19.10 8
C Patrik Berglund 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 7
C Lars Eller 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 22.20 6
L David Perron 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 6.30 6
R T.J. Oshie 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 6
R Brad Boyes 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 15.40 8
L Paul Kariya 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 22.20 8
D Roman Polak 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.30 4
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17.40 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 -2 28.50 7
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 23.20 6
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 11.30 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -2 27.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 4 0 18 0 0 61.50 5
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Gilbert Brulé 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 8.00 5
R Robert Nilsson 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9.30 6
R Fernando Pisani 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 19.50 7
R Toni Rajala 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 -1 21.00 6
C Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 8.00 6
C Andrew Cogliano 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 10.20 5
C Sam Gagner 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 17.40 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 21.10 6
L Magnus Paajarvi-Svensso 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.30 5
L Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.40 5
L Dustin Penner 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 20.10 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 1 1 5 2 4 4 0 21.40 7
D Steve Staios 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 20.40 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 3 2 3 2 -1 30.10 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 14.30 7
D Tom Gilbert 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.30 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 3 0 23 0 0 61.50 6
G Jeff Deslauriers 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Fernando Pisani
2nd star: Tom Gilbert
3rd star: Kyle Calder

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-David Backes scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Kyle Calder finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Andy McDonald had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-T.J. Oshie finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Paul Kariya had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Carlo Colaiacovo ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Fernando Pisani scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Sam Gagner scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Fernando Pisani ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Sam Gagner ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Ladislav Smid ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 2( 21) , Hamilton Bulldogs 4( 15)
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0-1 HAM Colin McDonald (Alexei Mikhnov, Cody Wild)
1-1 WOR B.J. Crombeen (Igor Musatov)
2-1 WOR Igor Musatov (Chris Porter)
2-2 HAM Alexei Mikhnov (Linus Omark, Ryan O'Marra)
2-3 HAM Alexei Mikhnov (Ryan O'Marra)
2-4 HAM Linus Omark (Taylor Chorney)

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Ottawa Senators 1 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 13 - 22
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/80=81 %, Challenges:38/62=60 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:66/88=75 %, Challenges:30/42=69 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 908350 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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28:01 1-0 Dany Heatley [15] (Alex Tanguay, Justin Williams)
31:07 1-1 Ladislav Nagy [13] (Rick Nash)
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50:29 1-2 Erik Cole [4] (Samuel Påhlsson, Mike Commodore)
59:57 1-3 Rod Brind'Amour [8] (Nikita Filatov) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:41 Filip Kuba (2 min for boarding)
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54:19 Mike Commodore (5 min for fighting)
54:19 Jarkko Ruutu (5 min for fighting)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.20 6
R Justin Williams 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -2 20.00 6
R Jason Williams 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 14.50 5
R Alex Tanguay 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
C Chris Kelly 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.10 5
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 -2 20.30 5
C Mike Fisher 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 15.50 5
C Eric Staal 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 17.30 8
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 7.30 5
L Nick Foligno 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 -2 19.40 5
L Marco Sturm 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 5
L Dany Heatley 1 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 18.00 5
D Filip Kuba 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 -2 20.40 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 18.50 5
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 20.30 6
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 20.30 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 19.30 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 19 0 0 59.00 6
G Brian Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jared Boll 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
R Erik Cole 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 16.20 9
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
R Rick Nash 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 1 19.10 8
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 6.10 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 16.20 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 18.20 8
C Ladislav Nagy 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 19.10 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.10 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 3 1 1 3 0 1 19.20 7
L Nikita Filatov 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 17.00 5
L Kris Versteeg 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 17.20 6
D Mike Commodore 0 1 0 2 1 3 5 1 16.20 7
D Jan Hejda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 22.30 8
D Kris Russell 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 21.00 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 18.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 1 0 12 0 0 60.00 8
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Erik Cole
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Rod Brind'Amour

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Dany Heatley scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Eric Staal had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Erik Cole finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Fredrik Modin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Mike Commodore beat Jarkko Ruutu in a fight.

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 11) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 17)
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0-1 SYR Dario Bürgler (Kirill Starkov)
1-1 GRD Ryan Shannon (Martin St. Pierre, Tomás Kudelka)
2-1 GRD Ryan Shannon (Martin St. Pierre)

Goalies: Mike Brodeur - Daniel LaCosta