26.9.06

Buffalo Sabres 5 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 26 - 26
BUF PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:60/73=82 %, Challenges:23/38=59 %
PIT PP: 0 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:70/91=76 %, Challenges:39/50=76 %
Attendance: 6871 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 315379 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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23:42 1-0 BUF Chris Drury [2] (Patrick Marleau, Milan Hejduk)
27:12 2-0 BUF Martin Havlat [4] (Patrick Marleau, Brad Boyes)
30:25 2-1 PIT Thomas Vanek [2] (Mark Recchi, Colby Armstrong)
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40:45 3-1 BUF Maxim Afinogenov [2] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Chris Drury)
42:13 4-1 BUF Marek Zagrapan [1] (Evgeny Malkin, Jochen Hecht)
44:13 5-1 BUF Chris Drury [3] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Martin Havlat)
59:47 5-2 PIT Konstantin Koltsov [1] (Anze Kopitar, Mark Eaton)
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Penalty summary:
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02:01 PIT Anze Kopitar (2 min for tripping)
04:49 BUF Marek Zagrapan (2 min for high-sticking)
08:02 PIT Sean Avery (2 min for hooking)
12:02 BUF Teppo Numminen (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:21 BUF Maxim Afinogenov (5 min for cross-checking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Drury
2nd star: Martin Havlat
3rd star: Maxim Afinogenov

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Other notes:

New York Rangers 3 , New York Islanders 5
Shots: 23 - 30
NYR PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:54/68=79 %, Challenges:36/46=76 %
NYI PP: 2 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:73/88=82 %, Challenges:52/58=88 %
Attendance: 1975 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 96774 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:15 1-0 NYR Martin Straka [2] (Jaromir Jagr, Sandis Ozolinsh)PP
09:42 1-1 NYI Jason Blake [3] (Chris Campoli, Alexei Yashin)PP
19:26 2-1 NYR Marcel Hossa [1] (Karel Rachunek, Jason Woolley)
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25:08 2-2 NYI Sean Hill [2] (Miroslav Satan, Alexei Yashin)
27:07 2-3 NYI Jason Blake [4] (Alexei Yashin, Miroslav Satan)PP
39:29 2-4 NYI Miroslav Satan [4] (Sean Hill)
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48:44 3-4 NYR Martin Straka [3] (Jaromir Jagr, Jed Ortmeyer)
59:11 3-5 NYI Shawn Bates [1] (Mike Sillinger) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:07 NYR Karel Rachunek (2 min for slashing)
04:18 NYI Jason Blake (2 min for tripping)
06:29 NYR Michal Rozsival (2 min for holding the stick)
09:19 NYR Jason Woolley (2 min for roughing)
09:59 NYR Karel Rachunek (2 min for cross-checking)
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25:29 NYR Jason Ward (2 min for high-sticking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Blake
2nd star: Miroslav Satan
3rd star: Alexei Yashin

Notes for New York Rangers:

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Shawn Bates ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Sean Hill ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:


Ottawa Senators 3 , Toronto Maple Leafs 2
Shots: 35 - 29
OTT PP: 0 of 7 (12 shots), Passing:76/85=89 %, Challenges:35/53=64 %
TOR PP: 0 of 3 (11 shots), Passing:51/69=73 %, Challenges:31/44=68 %
Attendance: 3700 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 166870 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:33 1-0 OTT Alex Tanguay [5] (Antoine Vermette, Jason Spezza)
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27:07 1-1 TOR Kyle Wellwood [2] (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Matt Stajan)
28:15 2-1 OTT Dany Heatley [4] (Joe Corvo, Tom Preissing)
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47:25 3-1 OTT Jason Spezza [2] (Jarome Iginla, Joe Corvo)
48:57 3-2 TOR Jeff O'Neill [3] (Mats Sundin, Darcy Tucker)
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Penalty summary:
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18:43 OTT Antoine Vermette (2 min for tripping)
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21:04 TOR Kyle Wellwood (2 min for boarding)
23:59 OTT Danny Bois (5 min for fighting)
23:59 TOR Darcy Tucker (5 min for fighting)
33:42 OTT Wade Redden (2 min for hooking)
38:06 TOR Jeff O'Neill (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:01 TOR Jeff O'Neill (2 min for hooking)
43:07 TOR Michael Peca (2 min for roughing)
44:19 TOR Matt Stajan (2 min for high-sticking)
49:44 TOR Alexander Steen (2 min for hooking)
55:08 TOR Bryan McCabe (2 min for tripping)
58:14 OTT Andrej Meszaros (2 min for high-sticking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Spezza
2nd star: Dany Heatley
3rd star: Alex Tanguay

Notes for Ottawa Senators:

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:

Other notes:
-Darcy Tucker beat Danny Bois in a fight.

Montreal Canadiens 3 , Philadelphia Flyers 3
Shots: 22 - 31
MTL PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:64/82=78 %, Challenges:34/52=64 %
PHI PP: 0 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:80/97=82 %, Challenges:39/53=72 %
Attendance: 6736 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 330738 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:19 0-1 PHI Ales Kotalik [4] (Denis Gauthier)
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31:07 1-1 MTL Alex Kovalev [3] (Andrei Markov, Sheldon Souray)
37:42 2-1 MTL Alex Kovalev [4] (Chris Higgins)
38:56 2-2 PHI Mike Knuble [4] (Alexei Zhitnik)
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43:04 3-2 MTL Chris Higgins [3] (Alex Kovalev, Guillaume Latendresse)
48:04 3-3 PHI Dmitry Yushkevich [1] (Simon Gagné, Andy McDonald)
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Penalty summary:
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05:14 MTL Sheldon Souray (2 min for cross-checking)
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26:29 MTL Mike Johnson (2 min for slashing)
28:59 PHI Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for tripping)
32:05 MTL Steve Bégin (2 min for cross-checking)
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44:13 MTL Jan Hrdina (2 min for elbowing)
50:22 PHI Dmitry Yushkevich (2 min for boarding)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Chris Higgins
3rd star: Ales Kotalik

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Denis Gauthier ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Boston Bruins 3 , New Jersey Devils 4
Shots: 24 - 19
BOS PP: 1 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:36/52=67 %
NJ PP: 2 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:72/88=81 %, Challenges:34/48=69 %
Attendance: 8782 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 392555 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:48 0-1 NJ Patrik Elias [4] (Brian Rafalski)
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29:21 1-1 BOS P.J. Axelsson [3] (Wayne Primeau)
29:57 1-2 NJ John Madden [1] (Brian Gionta, Richard Matvichuk)
35:22 2-2 BOS Stanislav Chistov [1] (Glen Murray, Nathan Dempsey)PP
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46:39 3-2 BOS Glen Murray [4] (Marco Sturm, Jeff Hoggan)
48:44 3-3 NJ Brian Gionta [3] (Patrik Elias, Scott Gomez)PP
56:41 3-4 NJ Brian Rafalski [1] (Jamie Langenbrunner, Scott Gomez)PP
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Penalty summary:
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00:41 BOS Zdeno Chara (2 min for holding the stick)
11:42 BOS Jason Pominville (2 min for high-sticking)
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30:38 NJ Brian Gionta (2 min for slashing)
33:38 NJ Sergei Brylin (2 min for hooking)
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42:53 NJ Grant Marshall (2 min for roughing)
48:04 BOS Zdeno Chara (2 min for holding the stick)
55:46 BOS Nathan Dempsey (2 min for cross-checking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Gionta
2nd star: Patrik Elias
3rd star: Brian Rafalski

Notes for Boston Bruins:

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-John Madden ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Richard Matvichuk ended his 5 game point drought.
-Brian Rafalski ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes: