December 29

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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Phoenix Coyotes 1
Shots: 41 - 15
PP: 2 of 7 (17 shots), Passing:64/81=79 %, Challenges:57/66=85 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:54/73=73 %, Challenges:22/44=48 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:43 1-0 Saku Koivu [13] (Rick Nash, Alex Kovalev)PP
12:06 2-0 Alex Kovalev [14] (Rick Nash)
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34:12 3-0 Alex Tanguay [15] (Patrice Brisebois, Mike Komisarek)
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42:15 4-0 Rick Nash [18] (Alex Kovalev)PP
56:59 4-1 Mike York [6] (Dan Fritsche, Ryan Callahan)
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Penalty summary:
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01:04 Steven Reinprecht (2 min for elbowing)
03:15 Dan Fritsche (2 min for diving)
06:59 Saku Koivu (2 min for high-sticking)
12:18 Petr Prucha (2 min for high-sticking)
17:04 Georges Laraque (2 min for roughing)
17:04 Steven Reinprecht (2 min for roughing)
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24:16 Niko Kapanen (2 min for high-sticking)
29:17 Scott Gomez (2 min for hooking)
37:01 Rick Nash (2 min for tripping)
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41:08 Blake Wheeler (2 min for hooking)
53:45 Lukas Krajicek (2 min for cross-checking)
59:32 Craig Conroy (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 9.50 6
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 18.00 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 14.00 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 20.20 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.50 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 18.00 7
C Craig Conroy 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 13.10 7
C Saku Koivu 1 0 5 0 1 1 2 0 19.40 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.20 6
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 15.40 9
L Rick Nash 1 2 5 2 1 2 2 0 19.50 9
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 15.10 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 18.40 9
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 3 5 1 5 0 0 23.50 9
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.10 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 17.50 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Fritsche 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 9.20 7
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 19.20 5
R Petr Prucha 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 7.50 5
R Steven Reinprecht 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 -1 14.50 5
L Mike York 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10.00 7
L Robbie Schremp 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 16.20 6
C Alexander Steen 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 17.40 5
C Mats Sundin 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 21.40 6
R Ryan Callahan 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 7.10 6
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 12.10 5
L Shawn Horcoff 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 7.50 4
C Scott Gomez 0 0 1 2 7 0 2 -1 21.30 5
D Kurt Sauer 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 14.10 7
D Derek Morris 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 18.50 5
D Brendan Bell 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 25.40 8
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 20.20 6
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 23.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 4 0 37 0 0 60.00 9
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Alex Tanguay

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Rick Nash notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Alex Tanguay scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Mike York ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Lukas Krajicek had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 4( 42) , Springfield Falcons 4( 26)
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1-0 QUE Francis Lemieux
1-1 SPR Yanick Lehoux (Bill Thomas)
1-2 SPR Yanick Lehoux (Bill Thomas)
2-2 QUE Wayne Primeau (Tom Kostopoulos, Mathieu Biron)
2-3 SPR Mathias Tjärnqvist (Bryan Helmer, Chris Ferraro)
3-3 QUE Marcus Nilson (Eric Himelfarb)
3-4 SPR Bill Thomas (Travis Roche)
4-4 QUE Eric Himelfarb (Andrew Archer)

Goalies: Cédrick Desjardins - Mikael Tellqvist

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New York Rangers 1 , Colorado Avalanche 3
Shots: 22 - 25
PP: 1 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:62/79=78 %, Challenges:25/42=58 %
PP: 1 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:61/94=64 %, Challenges:25/34=71 %
Attendance: 12436 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 383028 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:02 0-1 T.J. Oshie [4] (Ian Laperriere, Jordan Leopold)
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31:38 1-1 Fredrik Sjöström [4] (Martin Straka, Nicklas Bäckström)PP
33:19 1-2 Ian Laperriere [8] (Darcy Tucker, Tyler Arnason)PP
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50:05 1-3 Wojtek Wolski [9] (Jordan Leopold)
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Penalty summary:
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03:17 Kyle Turris (2 min for cross-checking)
06:02 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for tripping)
08:56 Mark Rycroft (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:08 Maxime Talbot (2 min for hooking)
24:43 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for roughing)
30:38 Patrick Sharp (2 min for tripping)
32:51 Kyle Turris (2 min for tripping)
36:51 John-Michael Liles (2 min for elbowing)
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41:03 Ian Laperriere (2 min for boarding)
50:19 Patrick Sharp (2 min for holding the stick)
55:26 Ian Laperriere (2 min for tripping)
59:47 Ian Laperriere (2 min for high-sticking)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jared Staal 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 5
R Fredrik Sjöström 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 14.40 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 7
R Brendan Shanahan 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 -1 20.40 6
R Ryan Potulny 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13.20 5
L Dustin Boyd 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.20 6
C Kyle Turris 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 -1 13.50 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 21.30 6
L Lauri Korpikoski 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4.40 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.20 5
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 11.00 6
L Martin Straka 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -1 19.00 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 19.20 4
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 14.40 5
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -1 22.40 4
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 23.00 7
D Micheal Del Zotto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 5
D Luca Sbisa 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Al Montoya 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Stephen Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jack Skille 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.10 7
R Mark Rycroft 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 17.10 5
R Patrick Sharp 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 13.10 6
R Ian Laperriere 1 1 3 2 1 1 6 1 17.40 8
C David Krejci 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 4
C Patrik Berglund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 5
C T.J. Oshie 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 10.20 7
C Tyler Arnason 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 7
L Kris Newbury 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 6.10 7
L Mark Bell 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 20.20 6
L Wojtek Wolski 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 18.00 8
L Darcy Tucker 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 21.20 8
D Dale Purinton 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.10 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 12.00 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 24.50 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 24.30 7
D Brett Clark 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ian Laperriere
2nd star: Andrew Raycroft
3rd star: T.J. Oshie

Notes for New York Rangers:

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Ian Laperriere notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 2( 21) , Hershey Bears 0( 11)
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1-0 HFD Blair Betts (Paul Mara, Hugh Jessiman)
2-0 HFD Justin Cox (Jarkko Immonen, Dane Byers)

Goalies: Chris Holt - Martin Gerber

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New Jersey Devils 5 , Dallas Stars 1
Shots: 38 - 15
PP: 5 of 11 (18 shots), Passing:73/89=82 %, Challenges:37/49=74 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:56/80=70 %, Challenges:21/37=55 %
Attendance: 8592 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 424445 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:51 1-0 Paul Martin [7] (Brian Gionta, Patrik Elias)PP
11:32 2-0 Brian Gionta [20] (Patrik Elias, Brian Rolston)PP
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20:32 3-0 Brian Gionta [21] (Patrik Elias, Travis Zajac)PP
32:07 4-0 Colin White [2] (Johnny Oduya, Travis Zajac)PP
37:53 4-1 Brad Richards [12] (Mike Ribeiro, Jere Lehtinen)
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48:26 5-1 Brian Rolston [16] (Patrik Elias, Brian Gionta)PP
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Penalty summary:
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07:02 Philippe Boucher (2 min for tripping)
10:19 Brenden Morrow (2 min for hooking)
13:35 Trevor Daley (2 min for hooking)
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20:15 Vojtech Polak (2 min for elbowing)
26:28 James Neal (2 min for hooking)
30:57 Mike Ribeiro (2 min for elbowing)
32:56 Sean Avery (2 min for tripping)
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41:59 Steve Ott (2 min for cross-checking)
47:37 Vojtech Polak (2 min for slashing)
51:45 Brenden Morrow (2 min for high-sticking)
59:03 Trevor Daley (2 min for high-sticking)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Brylin 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6.50 6
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.00 7
R Dainius Zubrus 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 8
R Brian Gionta 2 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 22.50 8
C Bobby Holik 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6.50 5
C Travis Zajac 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 15.40 7
C John Madden 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15.30 6
C Brian Rolston 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 -1 22.00 9
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.10 5
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
L Zach Parisé 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 20.20 7
L Patrik Elias 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 20.50 8
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 10.20 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 16.30 8
D Paul Martin 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 29.40 8
D Johnny Oduya 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 24.20 7
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 14.40 7
D Colin White 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 -1 24.30 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

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Konstantin Pushkarev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
R Vojtech Polak 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 7.50 5
C Steve Ott 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 20.50 7
R Jere Lehtinen 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 28.00 8
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 6.00 6
C Stu Barnes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
C Brad Richards 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10.00 5
C Mike Modano 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 5
L James Neal 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.00 4
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 15.00 7
L Mike Ribeiro 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 14.00 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 2 2 3 1 4 0 20.20 7
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 26.20 6
D Trevor Daley 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 1 12.30 6
D Mattias Norström 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 29.50 6
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.50 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 14.10 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 5 0 33 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Gionta
2nd star: Patrik Elias
3rd star: Brian Rolston

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Paul Martin has marked a new career high in goals with 7 tallies.
-Brian Gionta scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Johnny Oduya ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Dallas Stars:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 2( 19) , Utah Grizzlies 1( 12)
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1-0 ALB Alex Korolyuk (Barry Tallackson, Andy Greene)
2-0 ALB Mike Pandolfo (Grant Marshall)
2-1 UTH Toby Petersen (Niklas Grossman)

Goalies: Frank Doyle - Tobias Stephan


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St. Louis Blues 6 , Edmonton Oilers 3
Shots: 23 - 21
PP: 2 of 7 (9 shots), Passing:66/74=89 %, Challenges:31/43=70 %
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:73/91=80 %, Challenges:28/36=75 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 525798 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:22 1-0 Milan Hejduk [16] (Martin Erat, Paul Kariya)
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28:09 2-0 Martin Erat [10] (Andy McDonald, David Perron)
29:25 2-1 Andrew Cogliano [3] (Gilbert Brulé, Ladislav Smid)
33:03 3-1 David Vyborny [16] (Eric Brewer)
35:23 3-2 Ethan Moreau [9] (Fernando Pisani, Alexei Cherepanov)
38:16 3-3 Gilbert Brulé [5] (Dustin Penner, Dick Tärnström)
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42:35 4-3 David Perron [15] (Milan Hejduk, Paul Kariya)PP
43:36 5-3 Eric Brewer [7] (David Vyborny, David Perron)PP
49:53 6-3 Ryan Malone [9] (Andy McDonald, Erik Johnson)
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Penalty summary:
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08:43 Sam Gagner (2 min for hooking)
15:45 Alexei Emelin (2 min for tripping)
18:24 Erik Johnson (2 min for slashing)
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22:04 Dick Tärnström (2 min for diving)
22:04 Dick Tärnström (10 min misconduct)
35:39 Steve Staios (2 min for roughing)
35:39 Paul Kariya (2 min for roughing)
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40:42 Ethan Moreau (2 min for slashing)
43:08 Fernando Pisani (2 min for slashing)
44:55 Alexei Emelin (2 min for hooking)
47:45 Sheldon Souray (2 min for tripping)
51:48 Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for holding the stick)
55:06 Ethan Moreau (2 min for slashing)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 5.10 5
L Marco Sturm 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 6
R Milan Hejduk 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 22.30 8
R David Vyborny 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 22.40 8
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 7.10 5
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 6
C Andy McDonald 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 7
C David Perron 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 21.40 8
C Jay McClement 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 5.10 4
L Ryan Malone 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 16.30 8
L Martin Erat 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 8
L Paul Kariya 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 1 21.10 8
D Alexei Emelin 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 13.10 4
D Ian Cole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 5
D Erik Johnson 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 23.00 7
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 16.20 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Eric Brewer 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 29.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Schwarz 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fernando Pisani 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 16.10 5
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 12.40 6
R Dustin Penner 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 12.40 6
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 -2 20.20 6
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
C Andrew Cogliano 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 15.20 6
C Gilbert Brulé 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 7
C Mike Cammalleri 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -3 15.40 5
L Ethan Moreau 1 0 2 3 0 1 4 1 17.00 9
R Sam Gagner 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 1 14.20 7
L Erik Christensen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 5
L Ales Hemsky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 16.50 6
D Steve Staios 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 26.20 8
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8.20 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 27.20 5
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.00 5
D Dick Tärnström 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 2 12.30 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -4 29.30 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 6 0 17 0 0 60.00 4
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Perron
2nd star: Milan Hejduk
3rd star: David Vyborny

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Martin Erat scored his 10th goal of the season.
-David Perron scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Milan Hejduk notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Andrew Cogliano ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 4( 20) , Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 24)
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0-1 HAM Kyle Brodziak (Tom Gilbert, David Rohlfs)
1-1 WOR Justin Maiser (Mike Glumac)
2-1 WOR Charles Linglet (Steven Later)
2-2 HAM Jean-François Jacques (Robby Dee)
2-3 HAM Brock Radunske (Chris Vande Velde)
3-3 WOR Ryan Ramsay (Dan Hinote, Micki Dupont)
4-3 WOR Tomas Mojzis (Ryan Ramsay, Micki Dupont)

Goalies: Matus Kostur - Jeff Deslauriers