29.12.07

Toronto Maple Leafs 2 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 18 - 27
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:66/76=86 %, Challenges:32/44=71 %
PP: 0 of 6 (13 shots), Passing:65/77=84 %, Challenges:56/56=98 %
Attendance: 18819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 805453 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
------------------------------------------------------------
13:43 1-0 Nik Antropov [8] (Bryan McCabe, Ian White)
16:28 1-1 Jason Pominville [15] (Toni Lydman, Jaroslav Spacek)
------------------------------------------------------------
no scoring
------------------------------------------------------------
52:05 2-1 Chad Kilger [19] (Kyle Wellwood, Jirí Tlustý)
------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty summary:
-----------------
04:22 Clarke MacArthur (2 min for roughing)
04:22 Jason Blake (2 min for roughing)
10:23 Ian White (2 min for high-sticking)
19:34 Mark Bell (2 min for tripping)
------------------------------------------------------------
20:22 Chad Kilger (2 min for slashing)
31:32 Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for hooking)
33:49 Alexander Steen (2 min for roughing)
38:48 Alexander Steen (2 min for tripping)
------------------------------------------------------------
53:09 Marek Zagrapan (2 min for hooking)
------------------------------------------------------------

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Nik Antropov 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 12.20 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
L Chad Kilger 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19.20 8
R Alexander Steen 0 0 2 4 0 0 4 0 19.10 8
C Jeremy Williams 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 9.40 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 19.20 8
C Kyle Wellwood 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 11.30 7
C Mats Sundin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
L Mark Bell 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 8.10 6
R Jason Blake 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13.30 6
C Jirí Tlustý 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 7
C Matt Stajan 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 13.00 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 24.40 8
D Ian White 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 20.50 6
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 17.50 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 1 0 26 0 0 60.00 10
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Adam Mair 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 6.40 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
R Jason Pominville 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 19.00 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.10 5
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -1 11.30 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6.40 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.00 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 20.50 9
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 13.40 7
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 26.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 23.50 8
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 16 0 0 58.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Justin Pogge
2nd star: Nik Antropov
3rd star: Chad Kilger

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Pominville scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jason Pominville finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 4( 28) , Rochester Americans 1( 17)
------------------------------------------------------------
1-0 SJM David Ling (Staffan Kronwall, Erik Westrum)
2-0 SJM Boyd Devereaux (Wade Belak, Kris Newbury)
2-1 ROC Alexandre Bolduc (Dylan Hunter)
3-1 SJM Ben Ondrus (Alex Foster)
4-1 SJM Boyd Devereaux (Wade Belak)

Goalies: Andrew Raycroft - Adam Dennis

Nashville Predators 4 , Detroit Red Wings 2
Shots: 48 - 17
PP: 0 of 10 (23 shots), Passing:78/88=88 %, Challenges:44/48=89 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:54/74=72 %, Challenges:30/38=76 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 800897 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
------------------------------------------------------------
13:06 0-1 Brian Rafalski [2] (Niklas Kronwall, Kirk Maltby)SH
15:58 1-1 Steve Sullivan [11] (Martin Erat)
18:49 1-2 Pavel Datsyuk [15] (Henrik Zetterberg, Mikael Samuelsson)
------------------------------------------------------------
25:43 2-2 Ryan Malone [12] (Greg de Vries, David Legwand)
29:27 3-2 Chris Higgins [11] (Martin Erat, Blake Geoffrion)
------------------------------------------------------------
59:13 4-2 Martin Erat [19] (Shea Weber) EN
------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty summary:
-----------------
06:43 Kirk Maltby (2 min for holding the stick)
08:35 Kris Draper (2 min for tripping)
11:23 Henrik Zetterberg (2 min for high-sticking)
------------------------------------------------------------
21:13 Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
33:21 Nicklas Lidström (2 min for roughing)
36:19 Daniel Cleary (2 min for slashing)
------------------------------------------------------------
42:24 Chris Chelios (2 min for high-sticking)
46:15 Kirk Maltby (2 min for hooking)
50:19 Valtteri Filppula (2 min for tripping)
59:33 Chris Chelios (2 min for slashing)
------------------------------------------------------------

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 9.10 6
R Petr Sykora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.20 6
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
R Steve Sullivan 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 20.30 8
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -1 9.10 7
C Erik Christensen 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 10.20 6
C David Legwand 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 19.40 8
C Chris Higgins 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 20.50 9
L Blake Geoffrion 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 9.10 6
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 9.30 6
L Ryan Malone 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
L Martin Erat 1 2 7 1 0 0 0 3 20.40 9
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 10.00 5
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 2 22.50 8
D Shea Weber 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 27.10 8
D Greg Zanon 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 9.30 5
D Greg de Vries 0 1 4 3 0 2 0 1 22.40 8
D Ryan Suter 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 2 0 15 0 0 60.00 6
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tomas Kopecky 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 6
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 6
R Kirk Maltby 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 19.10 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -2 14.50 6
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.40 7
C Johan Franzén 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 19.20 6
C Kris Draper 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 -1 20.10 8
C Pavel Datsyuk 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 14.50 7
L Dallas Drake 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 16.20 7
L Daniel Cleary 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.40 5
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.10 6
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 -2 14.50 8
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.10 4
D Niklas Kronwall 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 22.10 7
D Brian Rafalski 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 27.30 9
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 -1 21.10 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2 28.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dominik Hasek 4 0 44 0 0 59.00 10
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Erat
2nd star: Chris Higgins
3rd star: Steve Sullivan

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Greg de Vries notched his 10th assist of the season.
-David Legwand notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Pavel Datsyuk scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Pavel Datsyuk ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Brian Rafalski ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 0( 19) , Kansas City Blades 1( 20)
------------------------------------------------------------
0-1 KCB Evan McGrath (Curtis Murphy)

Goalies: Mike McKenna - Chris Osgood

-----------------------------------------------

Edmonton Oilers 3 , Boston Bruins 5
Shots: 29 - 24
PP: 1 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:66/75=88 %, Challenges:40/49=80 %
PP: 1 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:72/84=85 %, Challenges:34/39=85 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 449730 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
------------------------------------------------------------
07:01 0-1 Jordan Staal [14] (Patrice Bergeron, Martin Havlat)
12:12 0-2 Jordan Staal [15] (Alex Tanguay, Patrice Bergeron)
------------------------------------------------------------
26:23 0-3 Patrice Bergeron [13] (Jordan Staal, Shawn Belle)PP
28:24 1-3 Ales Hemsky [9] (Joni Pitkänen, Jarret Stoll)PP
30:32 1-4 Patrice Bergeron [14] (Kristopher Letang, Matt Lashoff)
39:02 2-4 Jarret Stoll [17] (Ethan Moreau, Dick Tärnström)
------------------------------------------------------------
49:59 3-4 Joni Pitkänen [5] (Shawn Horcoff, Ales Hemsky)
59:16 3-5 Patrice Bergeron [15] (Martin Havlat, Brandon Bochenski) EN
------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty summary:
-----------------
03:26 Fernando Pisani (2 min for tripping)
14:24 Brad Marchand (2 min for tripping)
------------------------------------------------------------
25:13 Alexei Mikhnov (2 min for cross-checking)
27:56 Martin Havlat (2 min for roughing)
32:59 Alexei Mikhnov (2 min for hooking)
------------------------------------------------------------
42:44 Dennis Wideman (2 min for elbowing)
44:22 Jordan Staal (2 min for high-sticking)
51:25 Martin Havlat (2 min for slashing)
------------------------------------------------------------

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Zack Stortini 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 7
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 11.50 5
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 7
R Ales Hemsky 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 -1 20.50 9
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 10.00 5
C Patrick Thoresen 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 11.50 4
C Jarret Stoll 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 16.10 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 -1 19.20 6
L Alexei Mikhnov 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 -1 8.40 6
L Jaroslav Balastik 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 11.50 5
L Ethan Moreau 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 15.50 8
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 21.10 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -1 19.40 7
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 12.00 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -2 25.40 6
D Steve Staios 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 6
D Dick Tärnström 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 7
D Joni Pitkänen 1 1 5 6 0 1 0 -2 29.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 5 0 19 0 0 59.20 4
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
C Wacey Rabbit 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.00 6
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 8
R Patrice Bergeron 3 2 5 1 0 0 0 3 19.50 10
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 6.50 6
C Brad Marchand 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 11.00 6
C Phil Kessel 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 18.10 7
C Jordan Staal 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 4 19.10 9
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.10 6
R Brandon Bochenski 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 11.00 5
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 14.00 8
L Martin Havlat 0 2 4 1 0 0 4 1 17.50 8
D Mark Stuart 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 15.20 7
D Shawn Belle 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 23.30 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 18.50 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 5
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 20.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrice Bergeron
2nd star: Jordan Staal
3rd star: Joni Pitkänen

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Ales Hemsky finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Joni Pitkänen finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Jordan Staal scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Patrice Bergeron scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Patrice Bergeron ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Jordan Staal finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Brandon Bochenski finally ended his 18 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 18) , Providence Bruins 2( 9)
------------------------------------------------------------
0-1 PRO Konstantin Koltsov (Bobby Allen)
1-1 HAM Kyle Brodziak (Danny Syvret, Liam Reddox)
2-1 HAM Denis Grebeshkov (Stéphane Goulet)
2-2 PRO Mark Mowers (Alexander Guskov)
3-2 HAM Liam Reddox (Kyle Brodziak)

Goalies: Mathieu Garon - Tim Thomas