22//9//2008

Minnesota Wild 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 24 - 15
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/80=86 %, Challenges:36/52=67 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/80=81 %, Challenges:35/59=58 %
Attendance: 10230 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 495132 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:05 1-0 Antti Miettinen [3] (Kurtis Foster, Mikko Koivu)
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23:17 2-0 Mikko Koivu [1] (Antti Miettinen, Andrew Brunette)
28:29 2-1 Colby Armstrong [1] (Slava Kozlov, Ron Hainsey)
39:27 3-1 Brent Burns [1] (Benoit Pouliot, Marc-André Bergeron)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.20 6
R Owen Nolan 0 0 1 2 4 6 0 0 15.40 7
R Mikko Koivu 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 16.30 9
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 19.50 8
C Petr Kalus 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8.20 7
C Corey Locke 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.20 6
C James Sheppard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 19.50 7
L Benoit Pouliot 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 8.20 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 15.20 7
L Antti Miettinen 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 16.10 8
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 16.50 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 4 1 5 0 0 26.00 8
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.10 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18.50 7
D Brent Burns 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jim Slater 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 7.40 4
R Marty Reasoner 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 16.30 6
R Colby Armstrong 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 8
R Slava Kozlov 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -2 17.20 7
C Todd White 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.40 7
C Bryan Little 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16.30 6
C Jason Williams 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.20 6
L Rich Peverly 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.40 4
L Chris Thorburn 0 0 1 1 4 5 0 0 17.30 6
L Éric Perrin 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 18.30 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 3 2 4 1 0 -2 17.20 6
D Mark Fraser 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 4
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 19.00 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 23.30 6
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 16.30 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 20.00 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -2 23.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikko Koivu
2nd star: Antti Miettinen
3rd star: Brent Burns

Notes for Minnesota Wild:

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Colby Armstrong ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 1( 24) , Chicago Wolves 1( 18)
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0-1 CHW Milan Bartovic (Nathan Oystrick, Jonathan Granström)
1-1 HOU Clayton Stoner (Patrik Nilson)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Ondrej Pavelec

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Detroit Red Wings 3
Shots: 16 - 35
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/82=81 %, Challenges:29/54=52 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:30/48=61 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 867650 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:45 0-1 Pavel Datsyuk [6] (Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Lidström)
15:41 0-2 Marian Hossa [5] (Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk)
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26:45 1-2 Rick Nash [5] (Antoine Vermette, Jiri Novotny)
29:02 1-3 Kris Draper [2] (Daniel Cleary, Mikael Samuelsson)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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30:54 Christian Bäckman (2 min for tripping)
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43:55 Michael Blunden (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Blunden 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 9.20 5
R Derick Brassard 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 12.20 6
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 -3 17.10 6
R Kristian Huselius 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 19.10 7
C Jiri Novotny 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 9.20 5
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 14.20 7
C Michael Peca 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 19.20 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 19.00 7
L Raffi Torres 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 9.20 5
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12.20 5
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 17.10 5
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 17.00 8
D Ted Ruth 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 12.30 5
D Mike Commodore 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -2 19.20 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26.10 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 15.40 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 21.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 3 0 32 0 0 60.00 9
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Daniel Cleary 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 9.20 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 18.00 7
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 -1 13.30 6
R Marian Hossa 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 19.10 8
C Kris Draper 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 9.20 7
C Darren Helm 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 6
C Johan Franzén 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 -1 15.50 5
C Pavel Datsyuk 1 1 7 0 1 0 0 2 19.10 9
L Valtteri Filppula 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 9.20 6
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 2 5 0 5 0 0 15.40 9
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 15.50 7
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 19.10 8
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 17.20 6
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Max Nicastro 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 25.40 7
D Brett Lebda 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 16.10 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 19.00 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Thomas McCollum 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pavel Datsyuk
2nd star: Marian Hossa
3rd star: Kris Draper

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 36) , Kansas City Blades 3( 11)
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0-1 KCB Mark Cullen
0-2 KCB Carl Corazzini (Kip Miller, Mark Cullen)
0-3 KCB Mark Cullen (Kip Miller, Brad Ference)
1-3 SYR Linus Persson
2-3 SYR Kirill Starkov

Goalies: Wade Dubielewicz - Adam Berkhoel

Pittsburgh Penguins 1 , Tampa Bay Lightning 3
Shots: 17 - 24
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:58/77=75 %, Challenges:30/50=58 %
PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:82/93=88 %, Challenges:27/49=54 %
Attendance: 9213 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 438539 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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26:41 0-1 Matt Pettinger [1] (Adam Hall)
27:19 0-2 Vaclav Prospal [4] (Martin St. Louis, Sergei Gonchar)
39:22 1-2 Matt Cooke [2] (Sidney Crosby, Evgeny Malkin)
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42:01 1-3 Gary Roberts [2])
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Penalty summary:
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19:48 Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
19:48 Evgeny Artyukhin (5 min for fighting)
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21:43 Sidney Crosby (2 min for holding the stick)
28:57 Kris Beech (2 min for hooking)
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49:44 Hal Gill (2 min for roughing)
49:44 Brandon Bochenski (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bill Thomas 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.50 5
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15.20 5
R Bill Guerin 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 15.20 6
R Petr Sykora 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 -1 17.30 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 -1 7.50 5
C Kris Beech 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 15.20 6
C Matt Cooke 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 18.50 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 -1 18.00 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 9.40 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 15.20 6
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
L Evgeny Malkin 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 -1 18.20 8
D Andy Wozniewski 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 16.50 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 19.10 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 25.00 5
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18.10 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -2 23.50 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 7.40 6
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 16.30 7
R Ryan Malone 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 19.40 7
C Adam Hall 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 8.00 6
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 16.30 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 15.50 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
L Matt Pettinger 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 8.00 6
L Gary Roberts 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 1 16.30 8
L Radim Vrbata 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 -1 15.50 6
L Vaclav Prospal 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 19.40 6
D David Koci 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 16.30 7
D Mike Lundin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 26.10 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 2 21.40 6
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Gary Roberts
2nd star: Vaclav Prospal
3rd star: Sergei Gonchar

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Matt Pettinger ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Bill Guerin beat Evgeny Artyukhin in a fight.

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 11) , Detroit Vipers 2( 16)
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0-1 DTV Jason Ward (Justin Keller, Steve Downie)
1-1 WIL Milan Kraft (Jani Rita, Alex Goligoski)
1-2 DTV Jason Ward (Steve Downie)

Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - Morgan Cey

Edmonton Oilers 3 , Phoenix Coyotes 1
Shots: 36 - 18
PP: 2 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:85/93=91 %, Challenges:36/49=72 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:69/83=83 %, Challenges:21/40=51 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 449730 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:08 1-0 Richard Zednik [4] (Shawn Horcoff, Fernando Pisani)
13:52 2-0 Ales Kotalik [1] (Mike Ribeiro, Lubomir Visnovsky)PP
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25:36 3-0 Sheldon Souray [1] (Ales Kotalik, Brenden Morrow)PP
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49:43 3-1 Shane Doan [2] (Matthew Lombardi, Martin Hanzal)
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Penalty summary:
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13:12 Mikkel Bødker (2 min for tripping)
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25:06 Mikkel Bødker (2 min for hooking)
32:07 Gilbert Brulé (2 min for slashing)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ales Kotalik 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 10.50 8
R Andrew Cogliano 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
R Fernando Pisani 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 16.40 7
R Dustin Penner 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 16.40 7
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 9.40 5
C Sam Gagner 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 13.20 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 8
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 9.40 5
L Robbie Schremp 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 6
L Richard Zednik 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 16.40 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 20.00 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 17.10 5
D Sheldon Souray 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Steve Staios 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 24.40 8
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 16.10 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 6.10 5
R Petr Prucha 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 15.40 7
R Steven Reinprecht 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 5
R Shane Doan 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 19.30 5
C Kyle Turris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
C Peter Mueller 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 17.00 7
C Tomas Surovy 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 -1 17.00 4
C Matthew Lombardi 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 19.50 6
L Mikkel Bødker 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 5.40 5
L Jared Staal 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.40 4
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 19.10 6
L Martin Hanzal 0 1 4 2 3 2 0 1 18.20 7
D Michael Stone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 17.10 5
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 5 0 4 0 1 23.50 8
D Nick Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.50 5
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 3 0 33 0 0 60.00 7
G Al Montoya 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ales Kotalik
2nd star: Mike Ribeiro
3rd star: Richard Zednik

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 22) , Springfield Falcons 1( 14)
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1-0 HAM Alexei Mikhnov (Kyle Brodziak)
1-1 SPR Dave Spina (Joël Perrault)
2-1 HAM Kyle Brodziak (Danny Syvret)
3-1 HAM Mathieu Roy (Ryan O'Marra, Marc-Antoine Pouliot)

Goalies: Jeff Deslauriers - Kristofer Westblom