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New York Rangers 4 , Florida Panthers 3
Shots: 19 - 26
NYR PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:65/75=86 %, Challenges:49/56=86 %
FLA PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:67/72=93 %, Challenges:39/50=76 %
Attendance: 15855 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 776895 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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18:33 1-0 NYR Tomas Plekanec [7] (Paul Mara)
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21:49 2-0 NYR Nikolai Zherdev [8] (Wade Redden, Chris Drury)PP
27:36 2-1 FLA Brendan Shanahan [14] (Nathan Horton, Bryan McCabe)
30:02 2-2 FLA Rostislav Olesz [10] (Noah Welch, Keith Ballard)
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42:51 2-3 FLA Stephen Weiss [8] (Brendan Shanahan, Jay Bouwmeester)
48:45 3-3 NYR Tomas Plekanec [8] (Petr Prucha, Alex Kovalev)
51:55 4-3 NYR Markus Näslund [10] (Alex Kovalev, Dmitri Kalinin)
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Penalty summary:
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10:57 NYR Wade Redden (2 min for high-sticking)
13:25 FLA Stephen Weiss (2 min for high-sticking)
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20:52 FLA Richard Zednik (2 min for high-sticking)
25:25 NYR Petr Prucha (2 min for hooking)
31:59 NYR Marc Staal (2 min for roughing)
31:59 FLA Jay Bouwmeester (2 min for roughing)
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53:43 NYR Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for elbowing)
57:42 NYR Dmitri Kalinin (2 min for high-sticking)
59:46 NYR Dan Fritsche (2 min for hooking)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Ryan Callahan 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.00 5
R Petr Prucha 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 12.10 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 17.20 7
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 14.20 5
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.50 6
C Tomas Plekanec 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 17.50 9
C Chris Drury 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -1 20.30 7
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.00 6
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 15.10 6
L Markus Näslund 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
D Dan Girardi 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1 19.40 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15.30 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 0 24.40 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 13.50 7
D Paul Mara 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Wade Redden 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6.20 4
R Richard Zednik 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13.20 6
R Michael Frolík 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
R Nathan Horton 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 7
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 4
L Ville Peltonen 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 14.20 7
C Rostislav Olesz 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 8
C Stephen Weiss 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 20.20 7
L Chad Kilger 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
L Ray Whitney 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 16.20 6
L Cory Stillman 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 7
L Brendan Shanahan 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 19.30 8
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17.30 6
D Keith Ballard 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 24.50 8
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 16.20 7
D Noah Welch 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 24.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 4 0 15 0 0 58.20 4
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tomas Plekanec
2nd star: Alex Kovalev
3rd star: Markus Näslund

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Petr Prucha has marked a new career high in assists with 19 assists.
-Markus Näslund scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Rostislav Olesz scored his 10th goal of the season.

Other notes:


Washington Capitals 3 , San Jose Sharks 4
Shots: 24 - 29
WSH PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:63/82=76 %, Challenges:28/34=80 %
SJ PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:78/94=82 %, Challenges:43/53=79 %
Attendance: 16306 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 798994 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:12 0-1 SJ Marcel Goc [1])
15:34 0-2 SJ Devin Setoguchi [11] (Joe Pavelski, Dan Boyle)
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22:24 1-2 WSH Viktor Kozlov [12] (Nicklas Bäckström, Milan Jurcina)
31:02 1-3 SJ Ilya Kovalchuk [10])
36:56 2-3 WSH Nicklas Bäckström [10] (Milan Jurcina, Tom Poti)
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58:11 3-3 WSH Alexander Ovechkin [15] (Brian Pothier, Tom Poti) WG
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60:28 3-4 SJ Ryane Clowe [3] (Christian Ehrhoff, Ladislav Nagy)
Penalty summary:
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25:49 SJ Devin Setoguchi (2 min for high-sticking)
39:44 WSH Bryan Helmer (2 min for tripping)
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44:02 SJ Ladislav Nagy (2 min for slashing)
49:27 WSH Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for slashing)
53:58 SJ Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for cross-checking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 6.50 6
R Matt Bradley 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 19.30 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 7
L Alexander Semin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 5
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -1 9.00 6
C Michael Nylander 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 20.10 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 8
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
L Donald Brashear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 19.20 5
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 19.10 8
D Bryan Helmer 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17.20 4
D Milan Jurcina 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 16.10 8
D Tom Poti 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -2 23.30 5
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -1 21.10 7
D Mike Green 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.30 7
D Brian Pothier 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 21.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Marcel Goc 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 9.20 7
R Ryane Clowe 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 -1 16.20 7
R Devin Setoguchi 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 17.30 8
C Torrey Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8.50 5
C Logan Couture 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 13.40 7
L Joe Pavelski 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 14.20 7
L Jeremy Roenick 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 14.40 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 16.30 8
L Milan Michalek 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 7
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 12.10 7
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.20 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28.20 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 12.20 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 20.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 25.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 21 0 0 60.30 6
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marcel Goc
2nd star: Ryane Clowe
3rd star: Devin Setoguchi

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Milan Jurcina has marked a new career high in points with 13 points.
-Nicklas Bäckström scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Milan Jurcina notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Marcel Goc finally ended his 29 game goal drought.
-Marcel Goc finally ended his 21 game point drought.
-Ryane Clowe finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Ryane Clowe finally ended his 15 game point drought.

Other notes:

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Nashville Predators 4 , Edmonton Oilers 3
Shots: 35 - 27
NAS PP: 3 of 9 (10 shots), Passing:72/85=84 %, Challenges:45/54=81 %
EDM PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:69/87=79 %, Challenges:39/48=79 %
Attendance: 15720 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 793860 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:21 0-1 EDM Ales Hemsky [14] (Erik Cole, Shawn Horcoff)PP
16:42 1-1 NAS Jean-Pierre Dumont [16] (Martin Erat, Jason Arnott)PP
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34:11 2-1 NAS David Legwand [10] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Dan Hamhuis)PP
36:24 3-1 NAS Jed Ortmeyer [4] (David Legwand, Greg de Vries)SH
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43:41 3-2 EDM Ethan Moreau [9] (Erik Cole, Sheldon Souray)SH
49:57 3-3 EDM Erik Cole [12] (Steve Staios, Sheldon Souray)SH
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64:29 4-3 NAS Marek Zidlicky [7] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Dan Hamhuis)PP
Penalty summary:
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03:29 NAS Radek Bonk (2 min for hooking)
05:36 NAS Scott Nichol (2 min for hooking)
15:54 EDM Kyle Brodziak (2 min for hooking)
18:56 EDM Ethan Moreau (2 min for tripping)
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25:29 EDM Kyle Brodziak (2 min for hooking)
31:43 EDM Ethan Moreau (2 min for high-sticking)
33:41 EDM Erik Cole (2 min for hooking)
35:13 NAS Dan Hamhuis (2 min for tripping)
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42:46 EDM Fernando Pisani (2 min for boarding)
48:06 EDM Fernando Pisani (2 min for slashing)
57:11 EDM Marc-Antoine Pouliot (2 min for hooking)
59:02 NAS Jason Arnott (2 min for roughing)
59:02 EDM Ethan Moreau (2 min for roughing)
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63:44 EDM Sam Gagner (2 min for hooking)

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jerred Smithson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 18.30 8
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 -2 22.50 7
C Scott Nichol 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 9.30 6
C Radek Bonk 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 10.30 6
C Jason Arnott 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 19.30 7
C David Legwand 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 -1 23.10 8
L Jed Ortmeyer 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 9.40 5
L Vernon Fiddler 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10.30 4
L Martin Erat 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
L Steve Sullivan 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 22.50 7
D Jonathon Blum 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.50 5
D Ryan Suter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
D Marek Zidlicky 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 -2 28.50 8
D Kevin Klein 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 18.20 7
D Greg de Vries 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 22.00 8
D Dan Hamhuis 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 -2 31.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Ellis 3 0 24 0 0 64.30 7
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Mikhnov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 5
R Sam Gagner 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 -1 11.50 7
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 3 1 2 0 4 0 17.30 5
R Ales Hemsky 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 8.50 5
C Andrew Cogliano 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 11.50 6
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 12.00 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
L Dustin Penner 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 -1 16.50 6
L Ethan Moreau 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 2 19.10 10
L Erik Cole 1 2 6 3 1 1 2 2 22.50 10
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11.00 5
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 19.00 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 31.10 8
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 17.40 8
D Steve Staios 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 25.00 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 4 0 31 0 0 64.30 7
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Legwand
2nd star: Erik Cole
3rd star: Jean-Pierre Dumont

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-David Legwand scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Greg de Vries ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Erik Cole notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Steve Staios notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:


Montreal Canadiens 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 30 - 19
MTL PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:64/75=85 %, Challenges:43/47=89 %
CBS PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:69/91=75 %, Challenges:31/43=70 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 721155 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:03 1-0 MTL Mike Komisarek [1] (Andrei Markov, Saku Koivu)
14:48 1-1 CBS Mike Commodore [3] (Jakub Voracek, Fedor Tyutin)
15:33 2-1 MTL Ales Kotalik [9] (Francis Bouillon, Patrice Brisebois)
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47:43 3-1 MTL Chris Higgins [6] (Josh Gorges, Scott Gomez)
51:55 3-2 CBS Rick Nash [16] (Mike York)
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Penalty summary:
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05:04 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for hooking)
09:21 MTL Maxim Lapierre (2 min for slashing)
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26:42 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for hooking)
29:21 CBS Derek MacKenzie (2 min for holding the stick)
34:01 CBS Stefan Legein (2 min for holding the stick)
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57:32 CBS Mike Commodore (2 min for hooking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 9.10 7
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 19.40 8
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 22.30 7
C Steve Bégin 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 8.40 7
C Scott Gomez 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 14.10 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
C Saku Koivu 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 7
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.10 7
L Chris Higgins 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.40 7
L Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.20 5
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 7
D Josh Gorges 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 11.40 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 8
D Mike Komisarek 1 0 2 4 1 3 0 -1 23.40 8
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 17.00 9
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.00 7
D Andrei Markov 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 29.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Legein 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 7.00 5
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 -1 12.20 5
R Jakub Voracek 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.10 7
R Kristian Huselius 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 7
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 5
C Michael Peca 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 -1 16.20 7
C Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 7
C Mike York 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 17.10 6
L Raffi Torres 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 9.30 4
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.20 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 22.00 7
D Jan Hejda 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 15.50 5
D Mike Commodore 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 16.40 8
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.50 6
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -2 14.10 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 24.30 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 27.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 27 0 0 59.30 8
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ales Kotalik
2nd star: Chris Higgins
3rd star: Mike Komisarek

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Max Pacioretty had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Francis Bouillon ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Kristian Huselius had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Mike York had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes: