18.12.2012

Washington Capitals 3 , San Jose Sharks 2
New York Rangers 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Nashville Predators 0 , Edmonton Oilers 3
Ottawa Senators 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1

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Ottawa Senators 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 34 - 18
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:76/91=83 %, Challenges:45/48=91 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/73=82 %, Challenges:34/49=68 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 612350 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:24 1-0 Sergei Gonchar [5] (Erik Karlsson)
11:13 1-1 Derek MacKenzie [3] (Andrew Joudrey)
18:04 2-1 Kyle Turris [14] (Daniel Alfredsson, Cody Ceci)
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28:15 3-1 Ryan Smyth [10] (Kyle Turris, Daniel Alfredsson)
33:53 4-1 Jason Arnott [6] (Chris Phillips, Sergei Gonchar)
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41:18 5-1 Kyle Turris [15] (Daniel Alfredsson, Sergei Gonchar)
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Penalty summary:
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35:08 Derick Brassard (2 min for cross-checking)
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42:43 Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
42:43 Jared Boll (5 min for fighting)
54:26 Artem Anisimov (2 min for hooking)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 6.50 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 4 18.30 10
R Mika Zibanejad 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 7
C Zack Smith 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.10 7
C Jason Arnott 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 1 15.40 8
C Kyle Turris 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 4 16.00 10
C Jason Spezza 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 20.10 6
L Kaspars Daugavins 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.10 7
L Jakob Silfverberg 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 5
L Ryan Smyth 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 17.50 8
L Milan Michalek 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
D Marc Methot 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 14.20 8
D Cody Ceci 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 19.30 7
D Jared Cowen 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 25.30 7
D Chris Phillips 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 1 15.30 8
D Sergei Gonchar 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 18.30 10
D Erik Karlsson 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Craig Anderson 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Robin Lehner 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Andrew Joudrey 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 9.50 6
R Jared Boll 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 -3 17.20 7
R Cameron Atkinson 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 16.00 7
L Artem Anisimov 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 -1 16.20 7
C Derek MacKenzie 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 9.50 6
C Derick Brassard 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 -3 16.20 7
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 18.20 6
C Ryan Johansen 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 13.30 6
L Ryan Russell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.50 5
R Derek Dorsett 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -3 16.20 6
L Nick Foligno 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 18.30 5
L Matt Calvert 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 -1 13.30 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 17.30 6
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 6
D Ryan Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23.30 6
D David Savard 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 18.00 4
D Brayden McNabb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 6
D Tyler Myers 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 5 0 29 0 0 60.00 5
G Sergei Bobrovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kyle Turris
2nd star: Daniel Alfredsson
3rd star: Sergei Gonchar

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Ryan Smyth scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Chris Phillips notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Sergei Gonchar notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Kyle Turris scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Cody Ceci ended his 8 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Matt Calvert had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Chris Neil fought Jared Boll in a fight.

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 4( 26) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 9)
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1-0 Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Andre Petersson)
2-0 Eric Gryba (Wacey Hamilton)
3-0 Cole Schneider (Wacey Hamilton)
4-0 Cole Schneider (Wacey Hamilton)

Goalies: Ben Bishop - Curtis McElhinney

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Nashville Predators 0 , Edmonton Oilers 3
Shots: 17 - 28
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/81=76 %, Challenges:30/46=63 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:71/87=81 %, Challenges:37/54=67 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 503372 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:29 0-1 David Legwand [11] (Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Matt Carle)
17:04 0-2 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins [12] (Jordan Eberle)
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29:03 0-3 Jordan Eberle [13] (Ryan Whitney, Ladislav Smid)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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42:48 Ryan Thang (2 min for slashing)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Halischuk 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 14.10 5
R Brandon Yip 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 17.30 5
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 19.40 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 5
C Colin Wilson 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 14.10 6
L Ryan Thang 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 18.50 6
C Craig Smith 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
L Nick Spaling 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
L Dustin Penner 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 -1 14.10 5
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.00 4
L Martin Erat 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 20.10 6
D Mattias Ekholm 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 14.10 5
D Jonathon Blum 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 16.50 5
D Ryan Ellis 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 29.00 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 -1 15.20 6
D Roman Josi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 16.30 5
D Shea Weber 0 0 1 6 1 6 0 -1 28.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pekka Rinne 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Ryan Jones 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.00 6
L Colin Greening 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 14.00 7
R Shane Doan 0 0 2 4 3 2 0 1 16.40 7
R Jordan Eberle 1 1 3 0 4 0 0 2 19.20 7
C Samuel Pahlsson 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.00 7
C Jaden Schwartz 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 14.00 7
C David Legwand 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 8
C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 2 19.20 7
L Ben Eager 0 0 3 4 1 4 0 0 10.00 7
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 16.40 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 7
D Colin White 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.50 6
D Kevin Shattenkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 6
D Matt Carle 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 24.20 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 17.20 8
D David Musil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 23.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 17 0 0 60.00 9
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jaroslav Halak
2nd star: Jordan Eberle
3rd star: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

Notes for Nashville Predators:

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 1( 24) , Hamilton Bulldogs 1( 14)
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0-1 Darcy Hordichuk (Anton Lander, Patrick Wiercioch)
1-1 Chris Mueller

Goalies: Jeremy Smith - Devan Dubnyk

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New York Rangers 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 25 - 19
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:66/80=82 %, Challenges:28/44=62 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:67/87=77 %, Challenges:38/54=69 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 560560 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:52 1-0 Joffrey Lupul [12] (Derek Stepan, Evgeni Malkin)
19:56 1-1 Zach Bogosian [2] (Ron Hainsey, Kyle Wellwood)
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31:01 2-1 Michael Del Zotto [5] (Marian Gaborik)
34:24 3-1 Jeff Halpern [4] (Arron Asham, Brandon Segal)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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23:04 Chris Thorburn (2 min for hooking)
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46:35 Joffrey Lupul (2 min for cross-checking)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Segal 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 7.40 7
R Teddy Purcell 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 14.00 5
R Joffrey Lupul 1 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 15.20 7
R Phil Kessel 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.00 7
C Jeff Halpern 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 11.40 7
C Brian Boyle 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 14.00 7
C Derek Stepan 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 14.40 7
C Evgeni Malkin 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 21.00 7
L Arron Asham 0 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 16.00 6
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 6.20 5
L Carl Hagelin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 21.00 8
D Michael Sauer 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.00 6
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 2 5 1 5 0 2 28.00 9
D Wade Redden 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.00 6
D Dan Girardi 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 16.20 6
D Michael Del Zotto 1 0 5 3 1 0 0 1 27.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Thorburn 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1 17.30 6
R Bryan Little 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 16.30 7
R Nikolai Kulemin 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 -1 16.40 6
C Alexander Burmistrov 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 7.20 5
C Jim Slater 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 19.30 6
C Kyle Wellwood 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 16.30 6
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
L Carl Klingberg 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.20 7
L Evander Kane 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 17.30 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 16.30 6
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -1 16.40 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 20.10 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 21.40 5
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 -1 22.10 8
D Zach Bogosian 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 8
D Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 18.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ondrej Pavelec 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Al Montoya 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Del Zotto
2nd star: Joffrey Lupul
3rd star: Jeff Halpern

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Evgeni Malkin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Michael Del Zotto finally ended his 15 game goal drought.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ron Hainsey notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Zach Bogosian finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 2( 19) , Chicago Wolves 1( 17)
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1-0 Andrew Yogan (Mats Zuccarello, Tommy Grant)
2-0 Marek Hrivik (Sean Collins, Chris Kreider)
2-1 Aaron Gagnon (Kyle Neuber)

Goalies: Cameron Talbot - Mark Dekanich

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Washington Capitals 3 , San Jose Sharks 2
Shots: 30 - 26
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:79/89=88 %, Challenges:39/54=70 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:58/81=71 %, Challenges:31/35=86 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:33 0-1 Logan Couture [15] (Ryane Clowe, Joe Pavelski)
12:27 1-1 Jason Chimera [9] (Dany Heatley, John Carlson)
13:12 2-1 Alexander Ovechkin [15] (Nicklas Bäckström)
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32:06 3-1 Dany Heatley [12] (Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Bäckström)
34:16 3-2 Joe Pavelski [8] (Patrick Marleau, Andrew Desjardins)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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09:42 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for holding the stick)
17:46 Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for roughing)
17:46 Jason Demers (2 min for roughing)
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44:44 Andrew Desjardins (2 min for tripping)
48:27 Adam Burish (2 min for high-sticking)
50:28 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Troy Brouwer 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 7
R Joel Ward 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 6
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 13.00 7
R Dany Heatley 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 2 21.00 8
C Jay Beagle 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 13.20 7
C Mathieu Perreault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 20.20 7
L Jason Chimera 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 14.00 8
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 9.30 5
L Marcus Johansson 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 14.50 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 18.30 8
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 5
D Jaynen Rissling 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 20.20 7
D John Carlson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 27.00 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
D Dmitry Orlov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michal Neuvirth 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Braden Holtby 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Mike Brown 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 7.50 7
R T.J. Galiardi 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 -2 15.50 7
R Ryane Clowe 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Joe Pavelski 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 8
C Bracken Kearns 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -3 19.20 6
C Logan Couture 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14.50 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.50 6
L Andrew Desjardins 0 1 1 4 0 3 2 0 7.50 7
L Adam Burish 0 0 1 5 0 5 2 -2 17.50 8
R Martin Havlat 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
D Jason Demers 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -2 14.40 5
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 6
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 22.50 8
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 16.10 6
D Dylan Demelo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antti Niemi 3 0 27 0 0 59.30 8
G Thomas Greiss 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dany Heatley
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Joe Pavelski

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-John Carlson notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Nicklas Bäckström scored the 400th point of his career.
-Alexander Ovechkin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Joel Ward had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Nicklas Bäckström had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Logan Couture scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Ryane Clowe notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Logan Couture ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 11) , Cleveland Barons 1( 19)
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1-0 Ryan Potulny (John Erskine)
1-1 Tim Kennedy (Tommy Wingels)
2-1 Garrett Mitchell (Mattias Sjögren, Jordan Owens)
3-1 Mattias Sjögren (Garrett Mitchell, Kevin Marshall)

Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Alex Stalock