December 31

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31/12/2007
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San Jose Sharks 3 , Phoenix Coyotes 5
Shots: 30 - 29
PP: 3 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:55/76=72 %, Challenges:41/48=83 %
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:70/81=86 %, Challenges:22/39=55 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 484776 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:55 1-0 Andrej Meszaros [2] (Dan Boyle, Joe Thornton)PP
10:11 1-1 Mats Sundin [7] (Steven Reinprecht, Dan Fritsche)
18:19 2-1 Andrej Meszaros [3] (Dan Boyle, Alexei Yashin)PP
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24:23 3-1 Jonathan Cheechoo [18] (Erik Cole, Joe Thornton)PP
29:37 3-2 Steven Reinprecht [12] (Scott Gomez, Mats Sundin)
32:12 3-3 Mike York [7] (Dan Fritsche, Niko Kapanen)
38:04 3-4 Dan Fritsche [4] (Steven Reinprecht, Ed Jovanovski)PP
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59:56 3-5 Alexander Steen [8] (Scott Gomez, Blake Wheeler) EN
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Penalty summary:
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07:38 Petr Prucha (2 min for high-sticking)
14:35 Steven Reinprecht (2 min for diving)
17:06 Mats Sundin (2 min for hooking)
18:43 Michael Peca (2 min for hooking)
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22:51 Mats Sundin (2 min for holding the stick)
25:38 Andrej Meszaros (2 min for tripping)
36:15 Alexei Yashin (2 min for hooking)
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42:02 Shawn Horcoff (2 min for boarding)
54:33 Niko Kapanen (2 min for high-sticking)
56:44 Andrew Ladd (2 min for holding the stick)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Marcel Goc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.40 6
R Anson Carter 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 16.00 6
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 7
R Milan Michalek 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 14.10 6
C Curtis Brown 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
C Michael Peca 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 17.10 6
C Alexei Yashin 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 -1 16.20 7
C Joe Thornton 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 -3 20.40 7
R Mike Grier 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 5.50 5
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 5
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 -2 19.40 7
L Erik Cole 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -2 21.30 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.20 6
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 13.50 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 17.50 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 20.30 8
D Dan Boyle 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 -1 26.50 7
D Andrej Meszaros 2 0 3 2 1 3 2 -3 27.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 5 0 24 0 0 59.20 5
G Thomas Greiss 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Fritsche 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 13.30 8
C Niko Kapanen 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 15.30 6
R Petr Prucha 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 13.10 6
R Steven Reinprecht 1 2 6 0 3 0 2 3 20.50 8
L Mike York 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 7
L Robbie Schremp 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 11.00 6
C Alexander Steen 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 7
C Mats Sundin 1 1 3 1 0 0 4 2 21.30 8
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 5
R Blake Wheeler 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 5
L Shawn Horcoff 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 12.20 5
C Scott Gomez 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 20.20 8
D Kurt Sauer 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 9.20 6
D Derek Morris 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 20.20 7
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 21.50 6
D Brendan Bell 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 20.20 7
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 20.20 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dan Fritsche
2nd star: Steven Reinprecht
3rd star: Mats Sundin

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Andrej Meszaros finally ended his 26 game goal drought.

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 3( 23) , Springfield Falcons 5( 31)
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1-0 CLE Lukas Kaspar (Graham Mink, Brad Staubitz)
2-0 CLE Blair Yaworski
2-1 SPR Mathias Tjärnqvist (Chris Ferraro)
2-2 SPR Yanick Lehoux (Enver Lisin)
2-3 SPR Kevyn Adams (Ryan Stone)
2-4 SPR Enver Lisin (Yanick Lehoux, David Hale)
3-4 CLE Pat Rissmiller (Ivan Huml, Tom Cavanagh)
3-5 SPR Matt Murley (Mathias Tjärnqvist, Chris Ferraro)

Goalies: Taylor Dakers - Mikael Tellqvist

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Tampa Bay Lightning 2 , Montreal Canadiens 5
Shots: 20 - 33
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:71/82=86 %, Challenges:27/44=60 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:65/83=78 %, Challenges:33/45=71 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:54 1-0 Steve Sullivan [13] (Shane O'Brien, Markus Näslund)
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26:26 1-1 Rick Nash [19] (Andrei Markov, Carey Price)
27:28 1-2 Guillaume Latendresse [1] (Craig Conroy)
32:04 1-3 Guillaume Latendresse [2] (Alex Tanguay, Craig Conroy)
36:43 1-4 Alex Kovalev [15] (Andrei Markov)
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45:35 2-4 Wade Redden [5] (Vaclav Prospal, Vincent Lecavalier)PP
46:15 2-5 Alex Tanguay [16] (Alex Kovalev)
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Penalty summary:
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00:56 Saku Koivu (2 min for high-sticking)
17:11 Matt Carle (2 min for high-sticking)
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20:53 Fredrik Modin (2 min for high-sticking)
37:34 Steven Stamkos (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:21 Maxim Lapierre (2 min for boarding)
44:11 Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for hooking)
49:14 Markus Näslund (2 min for slashing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Hall 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.10 4
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 -1 9.30 4
R Steve Sullivan 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 19.20 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8.30 6
C Nick Tarnasky 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 11.00 4
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15.30 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 -2 20.30 8
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 -1 12.30 5
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 12.40 7
L Markus Näslund 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 20.40 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 -2 21.00 5
D Roman Polak 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 9.30 4
D Shane O'Brien 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 16.50 6
D Filip Kuba 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 -4 20.10 5
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -1 18.00 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 27.40 7
D Wade Redden 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 -3 29.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 5 0 28 0 0 60.00 5
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10.00 6
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 19.20 8
R Guillaume Latendresse 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 15.10 9
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 3 14.30 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 9.30 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Craig Conroy 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 10.40 7
C Saku Koivu 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 13.30 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 9.30 7
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.40 7
L Alex Tanguay 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 15.50 8
L Rick Nash 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 19.50 8
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15.20 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 6 3 6 0 2 29.50 9
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25.40 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 15.50 7
D Andrei Markov 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 18.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 2 1 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Shane O'Brien notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Markov notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alex Kovalev scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Guillaume Latendresse finally ended his 43 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 3( 12) , Quebec Citadelles 2( 10)
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0-1 QUE Francis Lemieux (Marcus Nilson, Mathieu Dandenault)
1-1 DTV Kyle Wanvig (Mike Egener, Tim Taylor)
1-2 QUE Francis Lemieux (Wayne Primeau)
2-2 DTV Brad Bombardir (Gary Roberts, Kyle Wanvig)
3-2 DTV Matt Smaby (Junior Lessard, Andreas Karlsson)

Goalies: Jonathan Boutin - Cédrick Desjardins