December 20

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Atlanta Thrashers 1 , Los Angeles Kings 2
Shots: 15 - 27
PP: 1 of 8 (13 shots), Passing:59/73=80 %, Challenges:32/45=69 %
PP: 1 of 6 (15 shots), Passing:71/91=78 %, Challenges:38/51=73 %
Attendance: 16229 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 439806 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:33 1-0 Ilya Kovalchuk [14] (Éric Perrin, Darren Haydar)PP
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29:49 1-1 Brendan Morrison [5] (Ladislav Nagy, Thomas Hickey)PP
36:34 1-2 Jarret Stoll [8] (Alexander Frolov, Jack Johnson)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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00:11 Dustin Brown (2 min for boarding)
03:57 Brent Sopel (2 min for roughing)
07:53 Colby Armstrong (2 min for slashing)
07:53 Colby Armstrong (10 min misconduct)
09:46 Ladislav Nagy (2 min for roughing)
09:46 Niclas Hävelid (2 min for roughing)
10:53 Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for hooking)
16:21 Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for cross-checking)
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22:28 Tom Preissing (2 min for hooking)
28:08 Ken Klee (2 min for tripping)
34:29 Steve Martins (2 min for elbowing)
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40:51 Ken Klee (2 min for slashing)
43:52 Jim Slater (2 min for tripping)
48:18 Ladislav Nagy (2 min for slashing)
54:47 Vyacheslav Kozlov (2 min for tripping)
57:12 Jack Johnson (2 min for holding the stick)
58:28 Ladislav Nagy (2 min for high-sticking)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Milan Bartovic 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 8.50 5
R Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 5
R Darren Haydar 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 -1 17.20 4
C Adam Mair 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.30 4
C Jim Slater 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 11.00 5
C Éric Perrin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
L Todd White 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.50 6
L Brad Larsen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11.10 5
C Steve Martins 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 11.00 7
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8.50 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 21.00 7
D Mark Popovic 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 22.10 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 16.40 5
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -1 28.00 6
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 5
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 9.10 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 5 2 3 0 0 30.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 25 0 0 59.30 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Scott Thornton 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 5.20 5
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 13.30 7
R Kyle Calder 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 1 21.20 7
R Dustin Brown 0 0 3 3 3 3 2 0 22.20 7
C Brad Richardson 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5.20 5
C Brendan Morrison 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.00 7
C Jarret Stoll 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
C Anze Kopitar 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.30 6
L Marc-André Cliche 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.20 5
L Lauri Tukonen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 14.50 6
L Alexander Frolov 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 22.00 7
D Mark Giordano 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 5
D Thomas Hickey 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 18.20 6
D Tom Preissing 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26.00 5
D Drew Doughty 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10.10 4
D Jack Johnson 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 26.00 8
D Brent Sopel 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jason LaBarbera 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Jonathan Bernier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brendan Morrison
2nd star: Jarret Stoll
3rd star: Jack Johnson

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Brendan Morrison finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Jack Johnson finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 0( 33) , Manchester Monarchs 1( 21)
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0-1 MNC Ryan Murphy (Raitis Ivanans)

Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Dan Cloutier


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Carolina Hurricanes 3 , St. Louis Blues 1
Shots: 31 - 16
PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:82/96=85 %, Challenges:31/45=67 %
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:67/87=77 %, Challenges:20/31=62 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:36 1-0 Glen Wesley [1] (Patrick Eaves)
18:53 2-0 Justin Williams [12] (Ray Whitney, Joe Sakic)
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23:51 3-0 Eric Staal [13] (Joni Pitkänen, Tim Gleason)
31:01 3-1 Eric Brewer [6] (Petr Cajanek, Keith Tkachuk)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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07:38 Eric Staal (2 min for hooking)
13:45 Ryan Malone (2 min for boarding)
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24:59 Aleksey Morozov (2 min for slashing)
28:38 Erik Johnson (2 min for cross-checking)
36:23 David Vyborny (2 min for hooking)
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50:43 Ray Whitney (2 min for tripping)
53:43 Jeff Woywitka (2 min for hooking)
57:12 David Perron (2 min for roughing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Walker 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 13.50 7
R Patrick Eaves 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 21.20 6
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
R Justin Williams 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 15.50 8
C Zach Boychuk 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 17.20 6
C Joe Sakic 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 12.40 7
C Eric Staal 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 1 18.30 8
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.00 5
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 12.30 5
L Ray Whitney 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 12.40 7
L Aleksey Morozov 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 18.30 7
D Glen Wesley 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 25.30 8
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 12.30 7
D Tim Gleason 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 16.20 6
D Jeff Woywitka 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 24.40 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.20 4
L Marco Sturm 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 16.40 6
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.00 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 19.10 7
C Petr Cajanek 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 18.50 8
C Andy McDonald 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.20 5
C David Perron 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 19.10 7
C Jay McClement 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.20 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 18.50 7
L Martin Erat 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 15.50 6
L Paul Kariya 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 19.10 7
D Alexei Emelin 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 13.10 5
D Ian Cole 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 13.30 5
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 26.40 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.20 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -3 14.10 5
D Eric Brewer 1 0 1 6 0 4 0 1 28.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Schwarz 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Justin Williams
2nd star: Eric Staal
3rd star: Glen Wesley

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Glen Wesley ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Glen Wesley ended his 7 game point drought.
-Tim Gleason ended his 9 game point drought.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Keith Tkachuk finally ended his 13 game point drought.
-David Perron had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Paul Kariya had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Paul Kariya had his 9 game point streak snapped.
-Eric Brewer ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 3( 25) , Worcester Icecats 0( 13)
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1-0 LOW David Gove (Ryan Bayda, Niclas Wallin)
2-0 LOW Craig Adams (David Gove)
3-0 LOW Tim Conboy (Chad LaRose, Vince Bellissimo)

Goalies: Michael Leighton - Matus Kostur

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Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Ottawa Senators 4
Shots: 21 - 35
PP: 0 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:51/73=69 %, Challenges:32/41=76 %
PP: 1 of 6 (15 shots), Passing:76/85=89 %, Challenges:21/52=39 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 627150 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:03 1-0 Christian Bäckman [4] (Derick Brassard)
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26:34 1-1 Peter Forsberg [18] (Anton Volchenkov, Marek Svatos)PP
28:35 1-2 Patrick Kane [11] (Martin Havlat, Rob Blake)
30:46 1-3 Marek Svatos [9] (Daniel Alfredsson, Christoph Schubert)
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49:19 1-4 Martin Havlat [18] (Patrick Kane)
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Penalty summary:
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00:18 Martin Havlat (2 min for elbowing)
02:23 Jaroslav Balastik (2 min for tripping)
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20:18 Bryan Smolinski (2 min for hooking)
25:36 Christian Bäckman (2 min for high-sticking)
33:31 Derick Brassard (2 min for high-sticking)
36:07 Jason Williams (2 min for hooking)
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45:19 Jason Chimera (2 min for roughing)
50:03 R.J. Umberger (2 min for hooking)
56:58 Kristian Huselius (2 min for roughing)
59:33 Marek Svatos (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Legein 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 6.00 5
C Jason Chimera 0 0 2 2 0 5 2 -1 16.00 8
R Raffi Torres 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 20.40 7
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 16.00 6
C Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 -1 14.10 6
C Corey Locke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 5
C Derick Brassard 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 10.50 7
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 3 4 0 0 2 -1 15.20 7
C Alexandre Picard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.00 6
R Jaroslav Balastik 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 15.20 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 15.20 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 -1 20.30 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 15.30 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 23.20 6
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 -2 26.40 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 5 1 5 0 -1 16.00 6
D Christian Bäckman 1 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 20.10 8
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 18.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 31 0 0 60.00 7
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Williams 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.00 4
R Mark Recchi 0 0 1 3 4 3 0 0 9.10 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 15.50 8
R Patrick Kane 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 1 20.10 8
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
C Mike Fisher 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
C Peter Forsberg 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 16.40 8
C Paul Stastny 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 21.50 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 8.20 4
L Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 6
R Marek Svatos 1 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 15.50 7
L Martin Havlat 1 1 8 0 1 1 2 1 20.10 8
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 13.50 6
D Christoph Schubert 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.00 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 27.10 8
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 19.10 5
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 15.00 6
D Rob Blake 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 29.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 1 0 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Kane
2nd star: Marek Svatos
3rd star: Martin Havlat

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash had his 17 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Anton Volchenkov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Patrick Kane notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Paul Stastny had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 19) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 13)
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1-0 SYR Geoff Platt (Philippe Dupuis, Zenon Konopka)
1-1 GRD Dean McAmmond (Lawrence Nycholat)
1-2 GRD Greg Mauldin (Michal Barinka)

Goalies: Tomas Popperle - Mike Morrison

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Florida Panthers 2 , Toronto Maple Leafs 1
Shots: 24 - 13
FLA PP: 0 of 7 (15 shots), Passing:78/93=83 %, Challenges:41/57=70 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:62/88=70 %, Challenges:27/35=75 %
Attendance: 19043 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 502735 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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16:17 1-0 FLA Jozef Stumpel [8] (Richard Zednik)
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31:51 2-0 FLA Chad Kilger [7] (Rostislav Olesz, Mike Van Ryn)
37:29 2-1 Jason Blake [10] (Matthew Lombardi, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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00:11 Tomas Kaberle (2 min for slashing)
04:34 Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for tripping)
13:48 Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for tripping)
16:36 Jeremy Williams (2 min for high-sticking)
18:58 Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for diving)
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21:13 FLA Kyle Wellwood (2 min for tripping)
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50:52 Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for tripping)
56:36 Jason Blake (2 min for boarding)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Frolík 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.50 6
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 19.30 6
R Nathan Horton 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.40 7
C Brett McLean 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5.50 5
C Jozef Stumpel 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 17.00 6
C Rostislav Olesz 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 21.20 8
L Ville Peltonen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Richard Zednik 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.30 7
L Chad Kilger 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
L Cory Stillman 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 22.10 8
D Keith Ballard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 23.00 7
D Nick Boynton 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 22.40 5
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 14.50 6
D Bryan Allen 0 0 2 5 1 3 0 0 18.10 8
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 1 0 12 0 0 60.00 8
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Johnny Pohl 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.00 5
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 17.10 6
R Jason Blake 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 11.40 9
R Dale Mitchell 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 5
C Jeremy Williams 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 7.00 5
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 7
C Matt Stajan 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -1 19.30 8
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 26.20 8
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 7.00 8
L David Moss 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10.20 5
L Matthew Lombardi 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.20 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 0 4 0 1 8 -1 20.20 7
D Luke Schenn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 4
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.40 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -2 27.00 7
D Nigel Williams 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.10 5
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 23.00 7
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 29.20 4
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 2 0 22 0 0 59.30 8
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Blake
2nd star: Chad Kilger
3rd star: Jozef Stumpel

Notes for Florida Panthers:

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Jason Blake scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Matthew Lombardi notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 6( 25) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 3(
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0-1 SJM Roman Kukumberg (John Mitchell, Pavel Kubina)
0-2 SJM Yannic Seidenberg (Brett Engelhardt)
1-2 LOU Zach Bearson (Drew Larman)
2-2 LOU Christian Berglund (Vaclav Nedorost)
3-2 LOU Vaclav Nedorost (Noah Welch)
4-2 LOU Kenndal McArdle (Drew Larman)
4-3 SJM Owen Fussey (Boyd Devereaux, Erik Westrum)
5-3 LOU David Booth (Kamil Kreps)
6-3 LOU Drew Larman

Goalies: Jean-Marc Pelletier - Vesa Toskala