27.12.07

Florida Panthers 3 , Nashville Predators 4
Shots: 24 - 32
PP: 1 of 3 (10 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:32/46=68 %
PP: 0 of 5 (15 shots), Passing:69/80=86 %, Challenges:40/57=69 %
Attendance: 19252 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 843238 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:37 0-1 Blake Geoffrion [2] (Jordin Tootoo, Ryan Suter)
12:26 1-1 Bryan Allen [3] (Ruslan Salei, Vaclav Nedorost)
14:27 2-1 Bryan Allen [4] (Ruslan Salei, Stephen Weiss)PP
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no scoring
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42:21 2-2 Martin Erat [17] (Steve Sullivan, Ryan Suter)
46:44 3-2 Richard Zednik [12] (Bryan Allen, Ruslan Salei)
47:36 3-3 Martin Erat [18] (Shea Weber, Chris Higgins)
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60:49 3-4 Chris Higgins [10] (Martin Erat, Ryan Suter)
Penalty summary:
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09:38 Steve Sullivan (2 min for high-sticking)
13:04 Blake Geoffrion (2 min for hooking)
16:26 Stephen Weiss (2 min for roughing)
19:29 Gregory Campbell (2 min for hooking)
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31:32 Gregory Campbell (2 min for tripping)
33:41 Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for hooking)
38:12 Sean McAslan (2 min for cross-checking)
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52:05 Gregory Campbell (2 min for holding the stick)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean McAslan 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 7.30 5
R Rob Globke 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 12.20 6
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.10 7
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 20.50 7
C Vaclav Nedorost 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 7.50 8
C Brett McLean 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.20 7
C Stephen Weiss 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 13.50 6
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -2 21.10 6
L Gregory Campbell 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 1 7.30 6
L Ville Peltonen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.20 5
L Richard Zednik 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
L Milan Michalek 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 19.20 7
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 5 2 6 0 -1 13.10 7
D Ruslan Salei 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 15.40 8
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 -2 29.20 8
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 13.30 5
D Bryan Allen 2 1 5 5 1 3 0 1 23.00 10
D Chris Pronger 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 -1 27.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 28 0 0 60.50 6
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 1 3 4 3 4 0 -1 14.10 7
R Petr Sykora 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 15.10 8
R Steve Sullivan 0 1 5 1 1 0 2 3 20.50 8
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 9.00 7
C Erik Christensen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.40 6
C David Legwand 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 16.00 8
C Chris Higgins 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 21.00 8
L Blake Geoffrion 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 8.30 6
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 11.20 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 19.50 7
L Martin Erat 2 1 7 0 4 0 0 3 21.10 9
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.40 5
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 22.50 7
D Shea Weber 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 2 28.20 8
D Greg Zanon 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 11.10 5
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 21.10 7
D Ryan Suter 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 3 0 21 0 0 60.50 6
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Radek Dvorak had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Radek Dvorak had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Milan Michalek had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Ruslan Salei ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Jordin Tootoo has marked a new career high in points with 11 points.
-Ryan Suter has marked a new career high in points with 17 points.
-Steve Sullivan notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Ryan Suter has marked a new career high in assists with 16 assists.
-Chris Higgins scored his 10th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 0( 31) , Milwaukee Admirals 3( 14)
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0-1 MIL Cal O'Reilly (Martin Paroulek)
0-2 MIL Reid Cashman (Scott May)
0-3 MIL Martin Paroulek (Cal O'Reilly)

Goalies: Mike Morrison - Mike McKenna

Philadelphia Flyers 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 24 - 28
PP: 0 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:49/60=81 %, Challenges:38/46=80 %
PP: 1 of 7 (16 shots), Passing:73/84=86 %, Challenges:55/62=87 %
Attendance: 19519 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 880307 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:43 1-0 Martin St. Louis [22] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Mike Richards)
17:29 1-1 Jaroslav Spacek [6] (Derek Roy, Jason Pominville)PP
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32:44 2-1 Joffrey Lupul [13] (Mike Knuble, Braydon Coburn)
33:43 3-1 Jeff Carter [12])
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49:42 3-2 Vaclav Prospal [16] (Jason Pominville, Andrej Sekera)
59:03 4-2 Sami Kapanen [5] (Martin Skoula, Dan Boyle) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:14 Scottie Upshall (2 min for tripping)
05:25 Adam Mair (2 min for slashing)
09:09 Adam Mair (2 min for roughing)
09:09 Braydon Coburn (2 min for roughing)
14:26 Paul Gaustad (2 min for roughing)
14:26 Mike Richards (2 min for roughing)
16:15 Ryan Potulny (2 min for elbowing)
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23:36 Mike Knuble (2 min for tripping)
29:14 Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for elbowing)
38:36 Jeff Carter (2 min for tripping)
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40:43 Jochen Hecht (2 min for high-sticking)
44:17 Jeff Carter (2 min for high-sticking)
47:48 Stefan Ruzicka (2 min for boarding)
56:39 Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for tripping)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5.30 6
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 9.20 6
R Joffrey Lupul 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 18.30 7
R Martin St. Louis 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 18.30 8
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
C Ryan Potulny 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 7.30 7
C Jeff Carter 1 0 3 2 0 0 4 1 20.10 9
C Mike Richards 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 20.00 7
R Steve Downie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
L Sami Kapanen 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 8.10 6
L Mike Knuble 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 21.00 9
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 0 7 0 0 2 0 19.20 9
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 9.10 7
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 20.40 9
D Dan Boyle 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 30.10 9
D Martin Skoula 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 1 15.30 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 1 7 2 2 2 1 24.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Corey Crawford 2 0 26 0 0 60.00 9
G Martin Biron 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 1 2 0 4 0 5.20 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 7.00 5
R Jason Pominville 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 -2 21.00 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 10.50 5
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Derek Roy 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 21.30 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 11.10 7
L Vaclav Prospal 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 -2 22.10 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 -1 21.20 8
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.10 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 15.50 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 29.00 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 -3 21.20 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 0 30.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 20 0 0 58.50 5
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jeff Carter
2nd star: Joffrey Lupul
3rd star: Martin St. Louis

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Pominville notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 4( 33) , Rochester Americans 2( 9)
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0-1 ROC Josh Langfeld (Mike Card, Adrian Wichser)
1-1 PHL Robert Döme (Brent Kelly)
2-1 PHL Ben Eager (Mike Rathje)
3-1 PHL Darren Reid (Mike Rathje)
4-1 PHL Troy Riddle (Greg Black)
4-2 ROC Mike Card (Josh Langfeld)

Goalies: Martin Houle - Adam Dennis

Vancouver Canucks 3 , New York Islanders 1
Shots: 28 - 17
PP: 1 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:68/73=93 %, Challenges:27/41=64 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:67/87=77 %, Challenges:44/49=88 %
Attendance: 15492 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 749813 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:05 1-0 Sergei Gonchar [6] (Mattias Öhlund, Tim Connolly)PP
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21:25 2-0 Tim Connolly [19] (Drew Stafford, Mattias Öhlund)
35:16 3-0 Brendan Morrison [10] (Tyler Bouck, Kevin Bieksa)
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45:05 3-1 Matthew Spiller [1] (Freddy Meyer, Radek Martinek)
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Penalty summary:
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04:07 Greg Classen (2 min for hooking)
09:24 Bill Guerin (2 min for slashing)
12:57 Bill Guerin (2 min for holding the stick)
14:48 Petr Sykora (2 min for cross-checking)
19:19 Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for slashing)
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29:33 Mike Sillinger (2 min for tripping)
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46:21 Chris Campoli (2 min for slashing)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jannik Hansen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Jozef Balej 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.00 5
R Tyler Bouck 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 7
R Drew Stafford 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 20.20 5
C Petr Sykora 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.00 5
C Greg Classen 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 12.10 5
C Tim Connolly 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 18.40 7
C Brendan Morrison 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 20.40 7
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 5
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 5
L Markus Näslund 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 18.30 7
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 13.20 7
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 -1 27.10 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 6
D Sergei Gonchar 1 0 4 4 2 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
R Richard Park 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 14.40 5
R Bill Guerin 0 0 4 2 0 0 4 -1 18.10 8
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 -1 19.30 8
C Petteri Nokelainen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 12.30 6
C Mike Comrie 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 16.00 5
L Chris Simon 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 12.40 6
L Shawn Bates 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 13.50 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 15.50 7
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 17.10 8
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.50 7
D Radek Martinek 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 26.50 7
D Matthew Spiller 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 16.40 8
D Freddy Meyer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 25.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tim Connolly
2nd star: Brendan Morrison
3rd star: Sergei Gonchar

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Mattias Öhlund notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Brendan Morrison scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Tyler Bouck ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Mike Comrie had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 4( 17) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1( 14)
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1-0 MAN Tommi Santala (Alexandre Burrows, Luc Bourdon)
1-1 BRG Jeff Tambellini (Jeremy Colliton)
2-1 MAN Alexandre Burrows (Tommi Santala, Brad Isbister)
3-1 MAN Tommi Santala (Alexandre Burrows, Aaron Ward)
4-1 MAN Jeff Cowan (Lee Goren, Nathan McIver)

Goalies: Drew MacIntyre - Joey MacDonald

Washington Capitals 3 , Ottawa Senators 1
Shots: 20 - 29
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:54/67=80 %, Challenges:27/37=71 %
PP: 1 of 9 (16 shots), Passing:80/91=87 %, Challenges:46/53=85 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 915936 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:19 0-1 Mike Fisher [15] (Shean Donovan, Andrej Meszaros)PP
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39:42 1-1 Viktor Kozlov [12] (Michael Nylander, Jean-Sébastien Giguère)
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42:32 2-1 Viktor Kozlov [13] (Alexander Ovechkin)PP
48:59 3-1 Alexander Semin [15] (Brian Sutherby)
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Penalty summary:
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04:29 Jakub Klepis (2 min for slashing)
06:32 Steve Eminger (2 min for roughing)
08:41 Niko Dimitrakos (2 min for tripping)
11:23 Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for tripping)
19:47 Boyd Gordon (2 min for slashing)
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21:48 Ben Clymer (2 min for slashing)
25:24 Boyd Gordon (2 min for slashing)
28:47 Jakub Klepis (2 min for holding the stick)
34:29 Chris Clark (2 min for hooking)
35:16 Alexander Semin (2 min for elbowing)
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41:12 Sidney Crosby (2 min for hooking)
51:06 Sidney Crosby (2 min for hooking)
55:51 Shean Donovan (2 min for slashing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 5.00 5
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 9.20 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 18.20 6
R Viktor Kozlov 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 8
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.10 6
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 7.40 4
C Brian Sutherby 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 9.00 7
C Michael Nylander 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 20.20 7
L Donald Brashear 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 13.20 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 5
L Alexander Semin 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 21.50 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 11.20 7
D Ben Clymer 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21.50 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 26.50 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 22.20 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1 1 28 0 0 60.00 10
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Denis Hamel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10.30 6
R Chris Kelly 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 11.30 7
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.30 6
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.40 6
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.30 5
L Niko Dimitrakos 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 19.00 7
C Mike Fisher 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 -1 21.00 8
C Jason Spezza 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Shean Donovan 0 1 2 3 1 3 2 -1 16.00 7
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 18.50 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 -1 12.00 8
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 24.50 7
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 -1 21.00 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 16.10 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 18.50 6
D Wade Redden 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 3 0 17 0 0 60.00 5
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Viktor Kozlov
2nd star: Jean-Sébastien Giguère
3rd star: Alexander Semin

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Michael Nylander notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alexander Semin scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Mike Fisher scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Patrick Marleau had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Jason Spezza had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Wade Redden had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 5( 38) , Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 9)
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1-0 POR Brooks Laich (Chris Bourque)
1-1 GRD Danny Bois (Grant Potulny)
2-1 POR Eric Fehr (David Steckel)
3-1 POR Petr Taticek (Sean Collins)
4-1 POR Brooks Laich (Chris Bourque, Matt Bradley)
5-1 POR Brooks Laich (Josef Boumedienne)

Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Kelly Guard