Let's Go Jackets!! - An EHM Dynasty

[TurnerONU22]

This is my first dynasty here on the FOFC boards, and I'm doing this for two reasons. One is that I haven't seen a hockey dynasty on here for a while and hope that the hockey fans enjoy this and can help me learn this sport better. The second is that I'm hoping a dynasty will help keep me interested and driven to play on in the career.

I normally don't post a lot around here, but I have been active in the eNFL, guiding the Steelers to the postseason and even won GM of the year.

For this dynasty, I'm taking my favorite team, the Columbus Blue Jackets, and trying to guide them to their first playoff birth and eventually, winning the Stanley Cup. I'm a relatively new hockey fan, and I love watching the Blue Jackets play. I have been to a bunch of games this season, and even though the team is one of the worst in the league, the experience is awesome. Well, enough of the introduction, lets see a little bit of this team at June 13th, 2003.

[TurnerONU22]

June 13, 2003

This is some notes I took when I looked over my new team for the first time. For this fictional career, Doug MacLean decided to resign from the GM position and to stay on as the head coach and I, Danny Turner, have been hired as the new GM of the Blue Jackets. Here's the first look at the team I have to mold and shape into a playoff contender.



Right Wingers

Nikolai Zherdev - Young Superstar, already the best scoring RW for the team, bad D

Trevor Letowski - Solid D, good on the PK, know what you're getting

Andrej Nedorost - Won't be on the roster

David Vyborny - Solid guy, a #2 liner playing on top line

Centers

Tyler Wright - Gritty, Gritty, Gritty, character guy

Espen Knutsen - An enigma at 31, IRL not with team, but I'll give him a shot

Andrew Cassels - Very good w/passes, nice setup man on 1st line

Todd Marchant - FA pickup, will compete w/Cassels for first line

Left Wingers

Rick Nash - The future of this franchise, will see top line time

Jody Shelley - Fighter, will be a league leader in PIMs

Mike Pandolfo - Not much on him, see if he can make team as #3

Geoff Sanderson - Scorer, will mix it up with Nash on first 2 lines

Hannes Hyvonen - Same as Pandolfo

D-Men

Jaroslav Spacek - Point man on the PP, brings some offensive punch

Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre - Mysterious, lost in the shuffle, will find role in camp

Scott Lachance - Same with GP, his huge contract will be moved if needed

Rostislav Klesla - 21 years old, will be top D-Man in the next couple years

Luke Richardson - Great on D, captain, veteran presence

Darryl Sydor - Similar along the lines w/Spacek, IRL traded to Tampa Bay

Goalies

Marc Denis - Very underrated, with some D help, will carry this team

Freddy Brathwaite - FA pickup, nice to have solid backup to help Denis


Minors

C Manny Malhotra - should still be w/Dallas in this game, but I'll find a place for him on the team

D Jamie Pushor - older vet, could push Grand-Pierre out

C Danny Fritsche - 18 year old who will get a chance to win a spot

G Pascal LeClaire - 20 year old who waits in the wings, might start a couple games in NHL

R David Ling - gritty guy who could beat out Nedorost




After looking at this team, I don't see us contending for a playoff spot just yet, but I can't say that conclusively. So, I will start off this season playing more of the veterans, and trying more to win now than to win later. If this isn't paying off, you'll see some more of my young guys getting more experience and some trades during the middle of the season.

Tomorrow: Look for some updates as the team gets ready at training camp and shaping up for the exhibition season.

[TurnerONU22]

Also, I'm looking for some help of how to present this dynasty, so feel free to throw some suggestions my way. I was thinking presenting a week worth's of games at a time would be nice, showing the team and the league at the same time. I just want to make this an enjoyment for myself and my readers.

Danny

[GoldenEagle]

Cool, I was thinking the other day how we never had any hockey dynasties.

[TurnerONU22]

June 23rd - Small deal, resign D Paul Manning, who will be a Syracuse Crunch (our AHL team) regular

June 25th - 2 minor league players return to the Crunch - G Andrew Penner and D Alexander Gusjkov

Fast Forward to August 29th: Training Camp starts in 16 days

August 29th - Inviting all my prospects to training camp, the intriguing prospects are:

L Jaroslav Balastik - Drafted in 6th round - 2002, could compete for that 3rd line at 23 yrs old

D Alexander Gusjkov - Drafted 7th round - 2003, at 26, we will see if he can make the team

D Dimitri Kosmachev - Drafted 3rd round - 2003, 18 yr old with loads of talent, probably needs another year in juniors

L Kevin Jarman - Drafted 4th round - 2003, anothery 18 yr old looking to surprise


September 3rd - Forgot to mention that D Luke Richardson and D Duvie Wescott (minor leaguer) are both out for 2 months.

League News: Atlanta trades LW Shawn McEachern to Toronto for D Bryan McCabe. Biggest trade I've seen so far in the league, with a couple solid veterans switching teams.

September 5th - Preseason starts today

September 6th - First game at Home v. Atlanta

Atlanta (0-0-0-0) @ Columbus (0-0-0-0)

Starting Lines for Columbus:

Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny
Nash-Cassels-Letowski
Hyvonen-Knutsen-Zherdev
Pandolfo-Wright-Nedorost

Sydor-Klesla
Spacek-Lachance
Grand-Pierre-Eriksson

Denis

Game Recap:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 35 - 16
CBS PP: 0 of 5 (16 shots), Passing:71/90=78 %, Challenges:28/37=73 %
ATL PP: 0 of 4 (1 shots), Passing:59/81=72 %, Challenges:33/44=73 %
Attendance: 9124 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 510031 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:06 1-0 CBS Rick Nash [1] (Scott Lachance, Rostislav Klesla)
15:03 2-0 CBS Geoff Sanderson [1] (David Vyborny, Darryl Sydor)
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31:37 3-0 CBS Mike Pandolfo [1] (Jaroslav Spacek, Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre)
33:44 3-1 ATL Frantisek Kaberle [1])
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48:28 3-2 ATL Patrik Stefan [1] (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Serge Aubin)
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Penalty summary:
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04:35 CBS Tyler Wright (2 min for roughing)
05:08 ATL Marc Savard (2 min for roughing)
05:08 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for roughing)
19:13 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for diving)
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26:26 ATL Kamil Piros (2 min for hooking)
29:06 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for hooking)
36:03 ATL Patrick Dwyer (2 min for tripping)
38:17 ATL Patrick Dwyer (2 min for hooking)
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40:04 ATL Jeff Cowan (2 min for hooking)
52:34 ATL Bryan McCabe (2 min for holding the stick)
59:58 CBS Hannes Hyvönen (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.00 6
R David Vyborny 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 8
C Tyler Wright 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 12.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 17.50 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
L Mike Pandolfo 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 6.40 6
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 12.40 6
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 7
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 17.10 7
D Scott Lachance 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 24.40 7
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 1 1 4 1 4 0 0 23.40 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 21.00 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 2 4 1 1 2 0 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 14 0 0 60.00 6
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Dwyer 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 7.50 5
R Francis Lessard 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 11.00 8
R Jeff Cowan 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 20.00 8
R Yuri Butsayev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 16.00 6
C Brad Schell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 5
C Kamil Piros 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 11.00 7
C Patrik Stefan 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 12.40 8
C Marc Savard 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -3 17.10 6
L Karl Stewart 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 6
L Serge Aubin 0 1 3 2 3 2 0 0 16.40 7
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -2 19.50 8
D Michael Vannelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 7
D Yannick Tremblay 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 28.10 6
D Tomas Kloucek 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 18.40 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 8
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pasi Nurminen 3 0 32 0 0 58.30 9
G Byron Dafoe 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Pandolfo
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Geoff Sanderson

Good to see Nash play well, and Pandolfo, even with a goal, didn't have a great game. Its nice to get a win, and the next game will see some different faces getting some ice time.

Post Game Notes: Scott Lachance (CBS) suffered thigh injury during the game in an incident with Ilya Kovalchuk (ATL). He is expected to be sidelined for a couple of days. I'll just put some ice on it and it'll be as good as new. It will take more than this to slow me down, he said after the game in the dressing room.

This will be the only post like this for the preseason, as I want to get through and ready for the Regular Season, which will have posts like this one.

[TurnerONU22]

September 9th - Home game vs. Detroit

Detroit (1-0-0-0) @ Columbus (1-0-0-0)

Game Recap

The Blue Jackets, playing a lot of young guys, hang with the Red Wings, even up 3-2 going into the 3rd, but Detroit scores 3 goals to win 5-3. RW Nikolai Zherdev had an outstanding game, with a goal and an assist. L Jaroslav Balastik and C Manny Malhotra played great games and helped their chances to make the club.

Detroit 5, Columbus 3

Player of the week: Vincent Lecavalier (C)
NHL has awarded Vincent Lecavalier (C) of Tampa Bay Lightning as Player Of The Week He registered 2 goals and 4 assists for 6 points in 2 games last week.

A native of Canada, Vincent Lecavalier was originally drafted to the NHL by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1st round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 388 NHL games during his career, notching 117 goals and adding 150 assists along with 232 penalty minutes. The 23 year old center has played 2 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning this season, totalling 2+4=6 with 0 PIM.

September 12th - Another home game vs. Detroit

Detroit (2-0-0-0) @ Columbus (1-1-0-0)

Game Recap

The lineup featured a more veteran presence, but this wasn't a pretty game, Columbus gets up early on a David Vyborny goal, but 2 mins later, Brett Hull follows up with a goal of his own.

With about 7 minutes left in the 3rd, Brendan Shanahan nets a goal to win the game for the Red Wings 2-1

Detroit 2, Columbus 1

Post Game Notes: David Vyborny (CBS) suffered thigh injury during the game in an incident with Chris Chelios (DET). He is expected to be sidelined for more than a month. I am sure the doc will fix it and get me back in action in abouth a month, was his answer to a reporter question after the game.

This really hurts, as we are already thin at RW and we lose a good player in Vyborny. Nobody really stood out with an outstanding game, the D played a great game, along with C Andrew Cassels.

September 15th - Home game vs. Chicago

Chicago (1-1-0-1) @ Columbus (1-2-0-0)

Game Recap

Jaroslav Spacek came out to play against his former team, and by the time he was done putting up points for the night, it was 3-0 Columbus early in the 2nd. Spacek scored 2 goals and assisted on the Letowski goal, and the Blue Jackets coast to an easy 4-2 win. Another defenseman, Rusty Klesla, put up an outstanding performance, getting the first '10' rating given out to our team.

Columbus 4, Chicago 2

September 18th - Washington comes into Columbus

Washington (1-3-0-0) @ Columbus (2-2-0-0)

Game Recap

The Blue Jackets surge out to a 3-0 lead again, thanks to 2 PP goals from Cassels and Marchant, and solid play by goaltender Marc Denis. Both young stars Zherdev and Nash played solid games on the first line, with each having an assist. A pretty boring ending as the Jackets win 3-1

Columbus 3, Washington 1

Well, that wraps up the update for now. I'll try to work on this more later as this team goes through the preseason and we see who finds a spot on the roster and who heads back home or to Syracuse.

[RPI-Fan]

FWIW, I'd rather see more about your own team (line combos and box scores) and less about the league.

But I'll be interested either way - keep up the good work!

[Blade6119]

Im happy seing the league stuff, but if no one else likes it...

[Scoobz0202]

I agree with Blade. I would like to know what is happening around the league then focus on just one team constantly. Gets boring faster, imo.

If you could do both then great :D

[TurnerONU22]

Yeah, the goal is to do a lot of both ends. Once the season starts, I'll tell you more about the final roster, as I'm carrying too many players in the preseason to go into much detail. Also, I'll post all box scores, line combos and any other news that comes up about my team. Along with that, EHM does a great job keeping league news, so I'll post a lot of it to. That way, I hope to get those in who want to know about my team, and those who want to know about the league, or both.

With that, I'm off to play some more preseason games

[TurnerONU22]

September 19th - I just noticed a somewhat decent trade from 2 days ago

Pittsburgh Penguins traded center Kris Beech and left wing Jason Jaffray to New Jersey Devils for left wing Sergei Brylin and NJ 5th round pick in 2004 draft

A native of Russia, Sergei Brylin was originally drafted to the NHL by the New Jersey Devils in the 2nd round of the 1992 entry draft. He has appeared in 441 NHL games during his career, notching 78 goals and adding 104 assists along with 156 penalty minutes. The 29 year old left wing has played 4 games with the New Jersey Devils this season, totalling 0+0=0 with 4 PIM.

A native of Canada, Kris Beech was originally drafted to the NHL by the Washington Capitals in the 1st round of the 1999 entry draft. He has appeared in 100 NHL games during his career, notching 10 goals and adding 17 assists along with 57 penalty minutes. The 22 year old center has played 5 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, totalling 0+1=1 with 4 PIM.

A bit confusing as Pittsburgh doesn't have much talent, so why they'd want to trade Beech is confusing, although Brylin should come right in on their first line.

September 21st - Another home game, vs. Carolina

Carolina (2-0-0-3) @ Columbus (3-2-0-0)

Game Recap:

Carolina takes the first 7 penalties of the game, but only puts them into a 2-1 hole, with a goal from Nedorost and Fritche for us, but a SH goal by Ron Francis for the Hurricanes in the 2nd to bring them within 1. However, Todd Marchant nets his 3rd of the preseason on yet another PP for the CBJ's as we go on to win the game 3-1. Marc Denis looks sharp again in net and I'm excited for Danny Fritche's goal, an Ohioan who has a good chance to make this club at 18 years of age.

Columbus 3, Carolina 1

September 22nd - The Tampa Bay Lightning looking at the market
The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking for some help on the left flank for their team. The Tampa Bay Lightning have been in contact with several teams and they have scouted some players in the past few days, reported the source. Tampa Bay Lightning management refused to comment the rumors.

I'm gonna send a scout down there, because if they can offer me a good deal, Geoff Sanderson might be out the door for Rick Nash to play exclusively on the first line. Let's see where this goes.

September 24th - Home game (AGAIN) against Washington (AGAIN)

Washington (1-5-0-0) @ Columbus (4-2-0-0)

Game Recap:

Washington needs help. Its as simple as that, we outshot them 43-13 and walked away with an easy 4-1 win. Pascal Leclaire came into net and played a solid game, showing why he will soon be the starting goalie for this team. Goals from Marchant, Cassels, Sydor, and Klesla offset a goal by Daininus Zubrus and a Captials team that showed no effort or heart and most players with ratings at 5. Rick Nash showed his setup abilities with 2 assists, and Darryl Sydor needed to beat someone up to get the Gordie Howe hat trick.

Columbus 4, Washington 1

September 25th - Derrick Walser frustrated
Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Derrick Walser feels frustrated about his position in the organization. He feels he's good enough to be a regular player for the team and wonders why the organization still considers him a minor league player.

A native of Canada, Derrick Walser, was originally signed as a free agent to the NHL. He has appeared in 57 NHL games during his career, notching 5 goals and adding 13 assists along with 34 penalty minutes. The 25 year old defenseman has played 2 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 0+0=0 with 0 PIM.

What's frustrating is his lack of talent, as he just played in the last game, and gave us a nice big fat 5, the worst on the team. If you're gonna go to the media and say that you feel you're a regular, then SHOW IT!!!! End of story.

In other news, Carolina Hurricanes traded center Josef Vasicek and right wing Pascal Morency to Nashville Predators for right wing Scottie Upshall and NAS 4th round pick in 2005 draft

Scottie Upshall would have been a bear to play against in a few years, I'm glad he's out of the division now.

Next Update: In a little bit, I will sim the last game of the preseason and go through my final roster after I decide it

[TurnerONU22]

September 27th - The rumor mill really makes me laugh sometimes:

Pittsburgh Penguins are rumoured to be planning a trade sending center Michal Sivek and center Ben Eaves to Los Angeles Kings for left wing Martin Straka and LA 5th round pick in 2005 draft

Rumours from various sources around the league say that the Pittsburgh Penguins are looking for a 1st line left wing and that Martin Straka would be a good fit there.

Do the Pens think that 3rd time's the charm with Straka, he's already had 2 stints with the club?

Onto the final game (AWAY!!):

Columbus (5-2-0-0) @ Chicago (2-3-0-2)

Game Recap:

A stinker of a game, but with a bright start. Nikolai Zherdev and Rick Nash start the game off with goals to put the Jackets up 2-0. However, Freddy Brathwaite really tanked in the 2nd, giving up 4 goals, with the 5th coming early in the 3rd. David Ling gets a goal for the CBJ's to make the final score a little more respectable. Derrick Walser puts up a 4 rating this time, I've had it with this kid, he's not making the big club. Winger Andrej Nedorost and Brathwaite both stink up the joint tonight, hurting Nedorost's chances of making the club and for Brathwaite.....he's gonna get less starts this year to rest Denis.

Chicago 5, Columbus 3

September 29th - Waiver Draft Day:

Here's who's unprotected from Columbus:
C Lasse Pirejta
D Jamie Pushor
C Mark Hartigan
L Hannes Hyvonen
D Derrick Walser
Other minor league guys

The biggest name out there is Manny Legace, but doesn't get picked up.

Here are the claims:
29-9-2003 Atlanta Thrashers claimed Dan LaCouture(NYR) in waiverdraft.
29-9-2003 Minnesota Wild claimed Brian Gionta(NJ) in waiverdraft.
29-9-2003 Columbus Blue Jackets claimed Marian Cisar(NAS) in waiverdraft.
29-9-2003 Toronto Maple Leafs claimed Boris Mironov(NYR) in waiverdraft.
29-9-2003 Philadelphia Flyers claimed Niclas Wallin(CAR) in waiverdraft.
29-9-2003 Philadelphia Flyers claimed Andy McDonald(DET) in waiverdraft.


We make a selection with our third choice and pick up RW Marian Cisar (anyone have any real life info on him?) from Nashville, who could come out and play on our third line, and we unprotect David Ling.

We also return our juniors that aren't under a contract, the only big name is D Dmitri Kosmachev, but I think another year in juniors will help him for next season.

October 2nd - 23-man Roster Day:

The 2003-2004 Columbus Blue Jackets:

LW Geoff Sanderson
LW Rick Nash
LW Manny Malhotra (I had to get him on this team, so I moved him to LW)
LW Jody Shelley

C Todd Marchant
C Andrew Cassels
C Espen Knutsen
C Tyler Wright
C Lasse Pirjeta

RW David Vyborny (IR)
RW Nikolai Zherdev
RW Trevor Letowski
RW Marian Cisar
RW Andrej Nedorost

D Luke Richardson (IR)
D Darryl Sydor
D Rostislav Klesla
D Scott Lachance
D Jaroslav Spacek
D Anders Eriksson
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre
D Alexander Gusjkov

G Marc Denis
G Fred Brathwaite

A couple of tough decisions here, with the toughest being sending Dan Fritsche back to juniors for the season, but we have so much talent down the middle, that I couldn't see him beating out Espen Knutsen for the 3rd line center, plus he'll get more experience in juniors. The other tough decision was on the D-man to keep. If EHM would have let be know when I had to sign my prospects by, Kosmachev would have made the team, but I like the group that I have now. If this team doesn't play well, look for a couple of trades to be made, mostly up the middle, the D-Men or Brathwaite.

I'll try to get back to this later tonight, but I can't guarantee anything. Keep the suggestions coming!!

[TurnerONU22]

October 4th - ATL-ANA trade
Atlanta Thrashers traded defenseman Frantisek Kaberle to Anaheim Mighty Ducks for center Vaclav Prospal and center Nick Smith

A native of Czech, Vaclav Prospal was originally drafted to the NHL by the Ottawa Senators in the 3rd round of the 1993 entry draft. He has appeared in 467 NHL games during his career, notching 88 goals and adding 206 assists along with 236 penalty minutes. The 28 year old center looks to stay a member of the team for a long time.

A native of Czech, Frantisek Kaberle was originally drafted to the NHL by the Los Angeles Kings in the 3rd round of the 1999 entry draft. He has appeared in 242 NHL games during his career, notching 17 goals and adding 65 assists along with 84 penalty minutes. The 29 year old defenseman looks to stay a member of the team for a long time.

October 7th - Its Game Time!!!

Game 1: Chicago (0-1-0-0) - 0 pts @ Columbus (0-0-0-0) - 0 pts

The Lines:
Nash-Cassels-Letowski
Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev
Malhotra-Knutsen-Cisar
Shelley-Wright-Ling

Klesla-Lachance
Sydor-Spacek
Grand-Pierre-Gusjkov

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Chicago Blackhawks 1
Shots: 43 - 24
CBS PP: 2 of 9 (14 shots), Passing:74/96=77 %, Challenges:40/42=93 %
CHI PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:53/71=74 %, Challenges:30/38=76 %
Attendance: 18274 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 1021516 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:45 1-0 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [1] (Darryl Sydor, Andrew Cassels)PP
11:24 2-0 CBS Todd Marchant [1] (Jaroslav Spacek, Scott Lachance)
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32:57 3-0 CBS Trevor Letowski [1] (Todd Marchant, Geoff Sanderson)
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46:54 4-0 CBS Andrew Cassels [1] (Nikolai Zherdev, Darryl Sydor)PP
57:13 4-1 CHI Kyle Calder [1] (Ville Nieminen, Igor Radulov)
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Penalty summary:
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03:33 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for cross-checking)
07:22 CHI Ryan Vandenbussche (2 min for cross-checking)
12:11 CHI Scott Nichol (2 min for holding the stick)
15:44 CHI Ryan Vandenbussche (2 min for high-sticking)
19:14 CHI Shawn Thornton (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:37 CHI Scott Nichol (2 min for hooking)
28:17 CHI Ivan Ciernik (2 min for hooking)
38:44 CBS Manny Malhotra (5 min for attempt to injury)
38:44 CBS Manny Malhotra (10 min game misconduct)
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46:19 CHI Shawn Thornton (2 min for hooking)
48:17 CBS Scott Lachance (2 min for hooking)
50:52 CHI Ivan Ciernik (2 min for slashing)
54:08 CHI Ville Nieminen (2 min for hooking)
58:14 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
58:14 CHI Kyle Calder (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Ling 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 7
R Marian Cisar 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 12.30 8
C Tyler Wright 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 11.20 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 20.20 8
C Andrew Cassels 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 7
L Jody Shelley 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.10 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 1 0 2 15 0 7.40 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 21.20 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
D Alexander Gusjkov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 14.00 7
D Scott Lachance 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 21.00 6
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 19.20 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 24.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 5.20 4
R Igor Radulov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 7
R Ryan Vandenbussche 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11.10 6
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 -1 20.10 6
C Igor Korolev 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 5
C Scott Nichol 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 11.40 7
C Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 22.10 6
L Ivan Ciernik 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 5.40 5
L Ville Nieminen 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 18.50 8
L Mark Bell 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -2 20.40 7
L Kyle Calder 1 0 5 4 0 0 2 1 24.10 9
D Stephane Robidas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 6
D Deron Quint 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 32.10 6
D Steve Poapst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Nathan Dempsey 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 19.50 8
D Alexander Karpovtsev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michael Leighton 4 0 39 0 0 60.00 9
G Steve Passmore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Andrew Cassels

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 33) , Norfolk Admirals 0( 26)
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1-0 SYR Brad Moran (Riley Cote, Trent Cull)
2-0 SYR Tim Jackman (Jean-François Plourde)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Michael Ayers

What a great start for our Blue Jackets, as we come out early, with the youngster Zherdev getting a goal, along with Marchant, Cassels and Letowski . Marc Denis plays another terrific game and I was thrilled at everyone's performance tonight, except Manny Malhotra, who made the news:

League suspends Manny Malhotra
The league board has suspended Columbus Blue Jackets player Manny Malhotra for 10 games for injuring Stephane Robidas of Chicago Blackhawks

This will result in a call up, as we only have 3 LW on the roster. But, I can't get upset after a nice victory.

October 9th - LW Mike Pandolfo gets the callup and slots in the 3rd line.

Game 2: Los Angeles (1-1-0-0) - 2 pts @ Columbus (1-0-0-0) - 2 pts

The Lines:
Nash-Cassels-Letowski
Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev
Pandolfo-Knutsen-Cisar
Shelley-Wright-Ling

Klesla-Lachance
Sydor-Spacek
Grand-Pierre-Eriksson

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 5 , Los Angeles Kings 0
Shots: 34 - 21
CBS PP: 1 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:75/93=80 %, Challenges:36/43=81 %
LA PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:56/68=82 %, Challenges:29/39=72 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 1034150 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:46 1-0 CBS Geoff Sanderson [1] (Marian Cisar, Todd Marchant)PP
19:15 2-0 CBS Geoff Sanderson [2] (Rostislav Klesla, Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre)
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33:02 3-0 CBS Trevor Letowski [2] (Andrew Cassels, Rick Nash)
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41:16 4-0 CBS Todd Marchant [2] (Geoff Sanderson, Nikolai Zherdev)
46:51 5-0 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [2] (Darryl Sydor, Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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00:55 CBS Jody Shelley (5 min for fighting)
00:55 LA Ryan Flinn (5 min for fighting)
00:55 LA Ryan Flinn (2 min for instigating)
00:55 LA Ryan Flinn (10 min misconduct)
11:52 LA Jaroslav Modry (2 min for holding the stick)
14:07 LA Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for elbowing)
16:12 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for slashing)
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28:37 LA Martin Straka (2 min for hooking)
33:42 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for tripping)
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41:22 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for boarding)
53:05 LA Sean Avery (5 min for fighting)
53:05 CBS David Ling (5 min for fighting)
53:15 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for tripping)
58:18 LA Ian Laperriere (2 min for hooking)
59:51 LA Martin Straka (2 min for slashing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Ling 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4.20 6
R Marian Cisar 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 15.10 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 2 18.10 8
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 7
C Tyler Wright 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 9.30 6
C Todd Marchant 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 22.00 9
C Andrew Cassels 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 18.00 7
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 0 4.20 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 20.20 9
L Rick Nash 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 20.10 8
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 19.10 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 23.10 7
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 21.10 8
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 2 19.20 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 27.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 0 0 21 0 0 60.00 10
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Flinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 7.00 6
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 7
R Trent Klatt 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 20.40 7
R Zigmund Palffy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 19.50 6
C Brad Chartrand 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 5
C Eric Belanger 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 13.00 6
C Jozef Stumpel 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 20.00 7
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -1 17.30 6
L Sean Avery 0 0 0 3 2 3 5 0 6.40 6
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.00 7
L Luc Robitaille 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 19.20 6
L Martin Straka 0 0 5 0 1 0 4 -1 21.00 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 14.20 4
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 18.00 6
D Mattias Norström 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 -1 22.30 7
D Janne Laukkanen 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 20.10 7
D Jaroslav Modry 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2 22.10 6
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 22.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roman Cechmanek 5 0 29 0 0 60.00 5
G Milan Hnilicka 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc Denis
2nd star: Geoff Sanderson
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:

Other notes:
-Jody Shelley beat Ryan Flinn in a fight.
-Sean Avery fought David Ling in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 23) , Manchester Monarchs 2( 22)
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1-0 SYR Don MacLean (Darrel Scoville, Martin Paroulek)
1-1 MNC David Steckel (Greg Hogeboom)
2-1 SYR Zenith Komarniski (Don MacLean)
3-1 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Mark Hartigan)
3-2 MNC Tomas Zizka (Greg Hogeboom)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Adam Hauser

Well, I thought we couldn't play much better than we did in our first game, but I was wrong. A total team effort and a team that looks like it can compete for a playoff spot. Marc Denis plays an even better game, posting a shutout and Geoff Sanderson scored twice, along with rookie Nikolai Zherdev, who gets his 2nd of the campaign. Let's see if we can keep this going at Calgary in 3 days.

On the farm, Pascal Leclaire looks good again, posting another win for the Crunch.

Well, that will be it for a couple of days, I will try to get to this some tomorrow night, but it won't be likely, as Monday looks like a better possibility.

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Let's get a couple games in late this evening!

October 10th - Good news!

David Vyborny resumes light training.
Columbus Blue Jackets right wing David Vyborny has resumed light training after his thigh injury and is listed day to day.

This will be a nice boost for the team, and help get a little more depth back to the side that needs it.

October 12th - Game @ Calgary

Columbus (2-0-0-0) 4 pts @ Calgary (2-0-0-0) 4 pts

The Lines:
Nash-Cassels-Letowski
Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev
Pandolfo-Knutsen-Cisar
Shelley-Wright-Ling

Klesla-Lachance
Sydor-Spacek
Grand-Pierre-Eriksson

Denis

As you notice, this is staying the same as the last game, hoping to keep up the good luck.

Box Score:

Calgary Flames 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 29 - 26
CGY PP: 2 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:75/87=86 %, Challenges:29/42=67 %
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:65/82=79 %, Challenges:28/38=71 %
Attendance: 17139 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 865519 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:03 1-0 CGY Chuck Kobasew [2] (Robyn Regehr, Andreas Karlsson)
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29:41 1-1 CBS Rick Nash [1] (Rostislav Klesla, Andrew Cassels)
30:21 1-2 CBS Geoff Sanderson [3] (Nikolai Zherdev, Trevor Letowski)
34:11 2-2 CGY Stephane Yelle [2] (Jarome Iginla, Martin Gelinas)PP
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46:29 3-2 CGY Radovan Somik [1] (Dean McAmmond, Stephane Yelle)PP
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Penalty summary:
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04:04 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for high-sticking)
07:08 CGY Radovan Somik (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:23 CGY Andreas Karlsson (2 min for hooking)
33:46 CBS Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (2 min for boarding)
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44:08 CGY Jordan Leopold (2 min for hooking)
46:05 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
47:29 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for hooking)
51:43 CGY Dave Lowry (2 min for roughing)
51:43 CBS Scott Lachance (2 min for roughing)
55:48 CGY Josh Green (2 min for roughing)
55:48 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for roughing)
56:15 CGY Rhett Warrener (2 min for elbowing)
58:12 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for hooking)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radovan Somik 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.40 7
R Chuck Kobasew 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 12.10 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 -2 20.10 7
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Andreas Karlsson 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 15.00 7
C Stephane Yelle 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 23.30 8
C Craig Conroy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 20.40 7
L Dave Lowry 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 7.10 5
L Josh Green 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 11.50 7
L Martin Gelinas 0 1 6 1 1 1 0 0 16.30 8
L Dean McAmmond 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -2 15.50 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 1 4 0 3 2 1 20.40 8
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 1 3 1 3 2 -2 25.20 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 20.30 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.20 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 28.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Andrei Medvedev 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Ling 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 6.00 7
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 0 1 0 4 1 19.00 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 16.40 6
C Tyler Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 13.30 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
C Andrew Cassels 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.40 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 15.20 7
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 13.30 8
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 1 19.40 7
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.50 6
D Scott Lachance 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 22.00 7
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 19.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 23.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 5 0 2 0 1 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Stephane Yelle
2nd star: Radovan Somik
3rd star: Chuck Kobasew

Notes for Calgary Flames:

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 3( 29) , Syracuse Crunch 4( 32)
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0-1 SYR Mark Hartigan (Kent McDonell)
1-1 SJF Oleg Saprykin (Mike Commodore)
2-1 SJF Eric Nystrom (Róbert Döme)
3-1 SJF Garrett Bembridge (Olivier Proulx)
3-2 SYR Riley Cote (Brad Moran)
3-3 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Mark Hartigan)
3-4 SYR Kent McDonell (Hannes Hyvönen, Mark Hartigan)

Goalies: Davis Parley - Pascal Leclaire

Ugly, ugly game as we fall 3-2 to Calgary. The team didn't seem to play well on the PK as it ended up costing the Jackets the game, as the last 2 goals for Calgary came with them having the man advantage. Sanderson comes up with another goal, and Rick Nash added his first of the season, but the defense and Denis played average games, which isn't enough to win games on the road. Hopefully, we can rebound in a couple of days.

October 14th - On the road @ Vancouver

Columbus (2-1-0-0) 4 pts @ Vancouver (1-2-0-1) 3 pts

The Lines:
Nash-Cassels-Zherdev
Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski
Pandolfo-Knutsen-Cisar
Shelley-Pirejta-Nedorost

Klesla-Lachance
Sydor-Spacek
Grand-Pierre-Eriksson

Denis

I thought that Zherdev deserved to be on the top line for tonight, plus Letowski hasn't been playing well, and was also demoted to 2nd line of PK. The 4th line has changed some as well, because I thought Wright and Ling could be playing a little better. Also, Denis has been playing excellent, so I'm giving him another game in the net.

Box Score:

Vancouver Canucks 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 35 - 24
VAN PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:64/72=88 %, Challenges:22/34=62 %
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:73/96=76 %, Challenges:28/36=75 %
Attendance: 12895 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 653776 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:08 1-0 VAN Todd Bertuzzi [1] (Brent Sopel)
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26:53 1-1 CBS Rick Nash [2] (Nikolai Zherdev)
29:42 1-2 CBS Geoff Sanderson [4] (Todd Marchant, Jaroslav Spacek)
34:56 2-2 VAN Trevor Linden [1] (Magnus Arvedson, Markus Näslund)
37:02 2-3 CBS Andrew Cassels [2] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)
38:23 3-3 VAN Markus Näslund [2] (Ed Jovanovski)
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59:38 3-4 CBS Rick Nash [3] (Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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00:21 VAN Mattias Öhlund (2 min for roughing)
00:21 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
06:46 VAN Brent Sopel (2 min for slashing)
09:09 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for cross-checking)
17:55 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
17:55 VAN Brendan Morrison (2 min for roughing)
19:53 VAN Scott Ferguson (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:16 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for tripping)
24:59 VAN Scott Ferguson (2 min for hooking)
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51:24 VAN Brent Sopel (2 min for holding the stick)
55:16 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for roughing)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
R Mike Keane 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 13.40 6
R Trevor Linden 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 18.00 7
R Todd Bertuzzi 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 -1 20.20 6
C Sean Pronger 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Matt Cooke 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 9.30 5
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 21.00 7
L Brad May 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.30 5
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 6
L Magnus Arvedson 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 -1 17.00 7
L Markus Näslund 1 1 5 0 2 0 0 1 21.00 8
D Jiri Slegr 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 12.00 5
D Brent Sopel 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 1 19.40 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 -1 29.40 7
D Scott Ferguson 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 -1 9.50 6
D Sami Salo 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 -1 30.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 4 0 20 0 0 60.00 5
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
R Marian Cisar 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 15.30 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 -1 14.10 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 2 19.50 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 17.50 7
C Todd Marchant 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
C Andrew Cassels 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 21.10 8
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.30 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.50 5
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 13.40 8
L Rick Nash 2 1 5 0 1 0 4 2 19.50 9
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 16.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.00 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 18.50 7
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 20.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 23.40 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 32 0 0 60.00 9
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Marc Denis

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 1( 15) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 35)
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0-1 SYR Mark Hartigan (Kent McDonell, Hannes Hyvönen)
1-1 MAN Paul Cabana (Chris Nielsen, Jason Lehoux)
1-2 SYR Tim Jackman (Jean-François Plourde)
1-3 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Ben Knopp)

Goalies: Alexander Auld - Pascal Leclaire

I knew that this team had to come out strong to win, and what a finish to the game!!! Nash nets the game winner with 22 seconds left into the game and plays a spetacular game along with Zherdev, so I like having them together on the same line. 3 goals came from that line, with Cassels scoring the other.

For the next update, I'll go into some more detail with the roster and stats, along with a couple more games

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October 15th- Back to back road games

Game 5: Columbus (3-1-0-0) 6 pts @ Chicago (0-3-0-1) 1 pt

Game Notes: Freddy Brathwaite will get the start in tonight's hockey game, getting his first start of the season. I don't know what to expect tonight, but I'm hoping that we can at least get a point here on the road. I'm predicting a 3-3 hockey game.

The Lines:
The Lines:
Nash-Cassels-Zherdev
Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski
Pandolfo-Knutsen-Cisar
Shelley-Pirejta-Nedorost

Klesla-Lachance
Sydor-Spacek
Grand-Pierre-Eriksson

Brathwaite

Box Score:

Chicago Blackhawks 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 20 - 42
CHI PP: 1 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:52/64=81 %, Challenges:16/24=64 %
CBS PP: 0 of 6 (13 shots), Passing:78/102=76 %, Challenges:51/56=89 %
Attendance: 16400 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 798680 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:42 0-1 CBS Andrej Nedorost [1] (Lasse Pirjetä, Espen Knutsen)
16:31 1-1 CHI Tyler Arnason [2] (Steve Sullivan, Mark Bell)
19:28 2-1 CHI Igor Radulov [2] (Igor Korolev, Kyle Calder)PP
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27:55 2-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [3] (Andrew Cassels, Rick Nash)
30:36 2-3 CBS Espen Knutsen [1] (Marian Cisar, Anders Eriksson)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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05:11 CHI Scott Nichol (2 min for hooking)
11:29 CHI Ryan Vandenbussche (2 min for boarding)
14:23 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for hooking)
18:28 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for slashing)
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22:14 CHI Steve Poapst (2 min for holding the stick)
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41:26 CHI Ryan Vandenbussche (2 min for roughing)
43:33 CHI Alexander Karpovtsev (2 min for roughing)
51:47 CHI Ivan Ciernik (2 min for hooking)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3.40 5
R Ryan Vandenbussche 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 -1 14.10 5
R Igor Radulov 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
R Steve Sullivan 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 6
C Igor Korolev 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 5
C Scott Nichol 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 16.40 6
C Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 7
C Tyler Arnason 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 7
L Ivan Ciernik 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
L Ville Nieminen 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 -1 20.30 5
L Mark Bell 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 21.50 6
L Kyle Calder 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 -2 18.50 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15.50 6
D Deron Quint 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 5
D Nathan Dempsey 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 20.00 6
D Steve Poapst 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 -1 24.00 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 6
D Alexander Karpovtsev 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 24.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Passmore 3 0 39 0 0 60.00 10
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.50 8
R Marian Cisar 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 16.10 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 21.50 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5.50 7
C Espen Knutsen 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 8
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 8
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5.50 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 13.00 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 8
L Rick Nash 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 20.40 8
D Anders Eriksson 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 14.30 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 22.10 6
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25.30 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Espen Knutsen
2nd star: Andrej Nedorost
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Ville Nieminen had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Andrew Cassels scored the 700th point of his career.
-Geoff Sanderson had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Geoff Sanderson had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 1( 22) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 23)
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0-1 SYR Martin Paroulek (Don MacLean, Paul Manning)
0-2 SYR Paul Manning (Joe Motzko, Ben Knopp)
1-2 NOR Jari Viuhkola (Quintin Laing)
1-3 SYR Mark Hartigan (Kent McDonell)

Goalies: Craig Anderson - Pascal Leclaire

Wow, these boys are surprising me very much. It just seems like the team plays solid every night, and there are a couple that step up and win the game for us. Tonight, it was Espen Knutsen, and Fred Brathwaite. Knutsen, centering 2 inexperienced forwards, had a great game, scoring his first of the season and Brathwaite shut out the Blackhawks the last 2 periods of the game, which was huge. Also, here's a newsbyte I received:

Andrew Cassels reaches a milestone !
Andrew Cassels scored the 700th point of his career in tonight's game against the Chicago Blackhawks on a goal by Nikolai Zherdev. It is just part of my job, he said after the game..

A native of Canada, Andrew Cassels was originally drafted to the NHL by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1st round of the 1987 entry draft. He has appeared in 930 NHL games during his career, notching 196 goals and adding 504 assists along with 370 penalty minutes. The 34 year old center has played 4 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 2+4=6 with 0 PIM.

This stuff really makes this game excellent, and makes me excited for the new verison coming out soon.

October 16th- Good news for the Blue Jackets!!

David Vyborny resumes full training.
Columbus Blue Jackets right wing David Vyborny has resumed full training after his thigh injury.

This resulted in Andrej Nedorost being sent down to Syracuse. Nedorost scored a goal in 2 games with the big club, but will now play for the Crunch.

We also call up D Jamie Pushor. For Syracuse, Pushor didn't register a point in 5 games, but was a +4 for the team. To that, we sent down D Alexander Gusjkov, who only played in one game for the Jackets.

Vyborny still gives me a puzzle here, as he's a great player, but youngster Zherdev has played brilliantly, in the top 10 in the league in points. I think Vyborny will start out on the 2nd line, and we'll go from there.

On the injury front, D Luke Richardson is still a couple weeks away from being healthy.

October 18th - A home game v. the Canucks

Game 6: Vancouver (1-4-0-1) 3 pt @ Columbus (4-1-0-0) 8 pts

Game Notes: Marc Denis will be back in the net tonight, with David Vyborny returning to the lineup as well. The lines will switch up some tonight, a dangerous chance, but one I think will be a good thing for this team. I'm hoping for effort tonight to keep the winning streak going.

The Lines:
The Lines:
Nash-Cassels-Zherdev
Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny
Pandolfo-Pirejta-Letowski
Shelley-Wright-Ling

Klesla-Lachance
Sydor-Spacek
Grand-Pierre-Pushor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Vancouver Canucks 3
Shots: 20 - 28
CBS PP: 1 of 7 (5 shots), Passing:76/88=86 %, Challenges:28/42=65 %
VAN PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:64/79=81 %, Challenges:31/46=66 %
Attendance: 12888 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 720439 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:49 1-0 CBS Rick Nash [4] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rostislav Klesla)
17:49 1-1 VAN Daniel Sedin [2] (Matt Cooke, Mike Keane)
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22:55 2-1 CBS Darryl Sydor [1] (Rick Nash, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
34:13 2-2 VAN Daniel Sedin [3] (Jiri Slegr, Mattias Öhlund)
39:19 2-3 VAN Magnus Arvedson [1] (Henrik Sedin, Sami Salo)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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05:13 VAN Ed Jovanovski (2 min for roughing)
11:33 VAN Scott Ferguson (2 min for hooking)
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21:09 VAN Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for cross-checking)
27:25 VAN Matt Cooke (2 min for holding the stick)
31:51 VAN Sami Salo (2 min for elbowing)
39:29 VAN Daniel Sedin (2 min for hooking)
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41:31 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
44:05 VAN Markus Näslund (2 min for hooking)
50:14 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for boarding)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Ling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -3 19.20 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 21.20 7
C Tyler Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 -1 14.10 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 -2 21.50 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 22.30 7
L Jody Shelley 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.20 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 11.30 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 19.00 6
L Rick Nash 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 20.00 8
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 10.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 14.00 5
D Scott Lachance 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 21.20 7
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 -2 18.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 27.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 4 7 1 5 0 0 29.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 25 0 0 59.30 7
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.00 7
R Mike Keane 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 10.10 7
R Trevor Linden 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 16.50 7
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 3 6 3 6 2 0 24.00 9
C Sean Pronger 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7.10 6
C Matt Cooke 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 8.10 6
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 7
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 20.50 7
L Brad May 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
L Daniel Sedin 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 2 8.10 8
L Magnus Arvedson 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 21.50 6
L Markus Näslund 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 20.50 7
D Scott Ferguson 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 6.40 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 25.30 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29.50 7
D Jiri Slegr 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 11.20 7
D Sami Salo 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 16.30 6
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Cloutier 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Sedin
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Mike Keane

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Andrew Cassels had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Magnus Arvedson ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 24) , Manitoba Moose 2( 13)
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0-1 MAN Tomas Mojzis (Kevin Estrada)
0-2 MAN R.J. Umberger (Jesse Schultz)
1-2 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Hannes Hyvönen)
2-2 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Hannes Hyvönen, Mark Hartigan)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Alexander Auld

Ugh, ugh, ugh. Maybe i jinxed my team when talking about effort, or maybe it was because I messed with something that worked, but this game was just awful. We have the young guys that come to play every night, but I need those veterans to step up as well. Klesla proves again his excellent skills, and Zherdev and Nash both register 2 point games, but the average game from everyone else, including Denis' worst game this season, and some lucky breaks for Vancouver, results in a 3-2 loss.

You see those guys who scored points for Syracuse, I think I'll call up all three guys and see what I can get from them, because their play this year in Syracuse (and Nedorost in Columbus) results in them earning some time with the Jackets.

I've got the html output for the stats, so it would be easier to see, but they don't paste well in here, and I can't get Geocities to come up, which is where I was going to put them, but once I get it to work, I'll get the stats up then.

I'm not sure how much time I'll have this week to get back to this, but I'll try to find a few minutes here and then for this week.

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Here are the links:

Columbus: http://www.geocities.com/cbjfan22/CBS.html

Syrcause: http://www.geocities.com/cbjfan22/SYR.html

Standings: http://www.geocities.com/cbjfan22/standings.html

Leaders: http://www.geocities.com/cbjfan22/scoring.html

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October 20th - Well, I promised a couple of changes to the team and that's what happened. First of all, I called up C Mark Hartigan, who is the best player on the Crunch roster, and sent down C Lasse Pirejta, as he was the only one who could be sent down without having to clear waivers. Then, I called up LW Hannes Hyvonen, who has played well with Hartigan in Syrcause. To do that, I sent RW David Ling down, as he hasn't gave us a solid game yet this season.

The big news is that I've put Tyler Wright up on the trade block, as I know he can play better, and with 6 centers deserving to be on the roster, maybe a change of scenery can help him. I'm going to wait a week or so before I go pursue a deal, waiting to see what offers come in. I'm not expecting to get much, maybe a middle of the road draft pick, but we shall see.

October 21st - On the road against the Pens


Game 7: Columbus (4-2-0-0) 8 pts @ Pittsburgh (2-4-0-0) 4 pts

Game Notes: We need to rebound tonight, and you can't ask for a better chance on the road than at Pittsburgh. This team needs to step up and play, as I'm hoping for this third line to play well for me, like they've done in Syracuse. I've made some changes to the PP and the PK, as far as lines, I'll go into them down in the next section. Tyler Wright is scratched for the night, I'm still wondering if he'll respond to being listed as 'trade bait'. Both Hartigan and Hyvonen find themselves in the lineup tonight, and I hope to find something good from them together. I really think we can win tonight.

The Lines: LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Lachance
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Sydor-Pushor
Line 3: Hyvonen-Hartigan-Letowski-Spacek-Eriksson
Line 4: Shelley-Knutsen-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Marchant
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Vyborny-Sydor-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-Sydor
PK 2: Cassels-Sanderson-Spacek-Pushor

Denis

Box Score:

Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 20 - 14
PIT PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/94=70 %, Challenges:8/33=23 %
CBS PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:83/99=83 %, Challenges:1/46=2 %
Attendance: 13849 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 637054 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:14 1-0 PIT Sergei Brylin [3])
11:03 2-0 PIT Matt Bradley [1])
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no scoring
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46:36 2-1 CBS Jody Shelley [1] (Marian Cisar, Trevor Letowski)
55:47 3-1 PIT Michal Sivek [1] (Eric Meloche)
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Penalty summary:
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02:44 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for roughing)
02:44 PIT Dave Karpa (2 min for roughing)
06:45 PIT Ramzi Abid (2 min for tripping)
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25:34 PIT Steve McKenna (2 min for roughing)
25:34 CBS Jody Shelley (2 min for roughing)
28:25 PIT Steve Webb (2 min for tripping)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 6.20 7
R Steve Webb 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15.10 6
R Matt Bradley 1 0 5 0 3 2 0 0 16.50 5
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 18.10 6
C Michal Sivek 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6.20 7
C Eric Meloche 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 14.40 7
C Milan Kraft 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 18.10 5
C Mike Eastwood 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 1 19.20 7
L Reid Simpson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 9.50 5
L Ramzi Abid 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 16.50 4
L Steve McKenna 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 16.10 7
L Sergei Brylin 1 0 4 1 4 5 0 1 18.10 8
D Ross Lupaschuk 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 15.10 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 18.20 6
D Drake Berehowsky 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 26.50 7
D Dave Karpa 0 0 0 3 1 6 2 0 18.00 7
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 21.30 7
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 4 2 2 3 0 1 20.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Robert Goepfert 1 0 13 0 0 60.00 8
G Jean-Sébastien Aubin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 6.20 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 15.40 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 -1 18.10 4
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 19.50 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 7.50 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 13.50 5
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 -1 20.20 6
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 -2 20.30 4
L Jody Shelley 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 6.20 7
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 15.40 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 -1 18.10 5
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 3 4 4 0 -2 19.50 6
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 16.40 5
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 5
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -2 24.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18.00 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -1 17.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -1 26.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 17 0 0 60.00 5
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michal Sivek
2nd star: Sergei Brylin
3rd star: Matt Bradley

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Matt Bradley ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Matt Bradley ended his 6 game point drought.
-Michal Sivek ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Michal Sivek ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Jody Shelley ended his 6 game point drought.
-Rick Nash had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 5( 31) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 23)
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1-0 WIL Cam Paddock (Tomas Surovy, Steven Crampton)
2-0 WIL Jim Abbott (Brian Holzinger)
3-0 WIL Patrick Foley (Rico Fata)
3-1 SYR Alexander Gusjkov (Andrej Nedorost)
4-1 WIL Rico Fata (Guillaume Lefebvre, Ben Eaves)
4-2 SYR Alexander Gusjkov (Lasse Pirjetä, Zenith Komarniski)
5-2 WIL Ryan Whitney

Goalies: Sébastien Caron - Pascal Leclaire

This is a game I would like to forget, but I won't for a while. This really frustrates me, as the team didn't come out to play at all, with this easily being the worst game of the season. Every team is going to have these games, so we'll chalk it up to that. Its bad when Jody Shelley is your best player out on the ice, we'll leave it at that.

October 22nd - Happy to be back home, happy to play again after last night, and happy to play the rival Nashville Predators

Game 8: Nashville (3-3-1-1) 8 pts @ Columbus (4-3-0-0) 8 pts

Game Notes: This is a must win game, there's nothing else to it. Everything will be the same, except Brathwaite will get the start in goal. I'm hoping the rest of the team will click

The Lines: LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Lachance
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Sydor-Pushor
Line 3: Hyvonen-Hartigan-Letowski-Spacek-Eriksson
Line 4: Shelley-Knutsen-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Marchant
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Vyborny-Sydor-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-Sydor
PK 2: Cassels-Sanderson-Spacek-Pushor

Brathwaite

Box Score:
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Nashville Predators 3
Shots: 36 - 21
CBS PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:76/98=77 %, Challenges:46/56=80 %
NAS PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:61/79=77 %, Challenges:26/38=66 %
Attendance: 10582 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 591534 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:29 1-0 CBS Geoff Sanderson [5] (David Vyborny, Darryl Sydor)
11:54 2-0 CBS Mark Hartigan [1] (Trevor Letowski, David Vyborny)
15:03 3-0 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [4] (Rick Nash, Andrew Cassels)PP
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31:03 3-1 NAS Denis Arkhipov [2] (Hnat Domenichelli, Jim McKenzie)
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48:27 3-2 NAS Vladimir Orszagh [4] (Rem Murray, Greg Johnson)
50:11 3-3 NAS Josef Vasicek [2] (Darren Haydar, Jim McKenzie)
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Penalty summary:
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14:17 NAS Hnat Domenichelli (2 min for holding the stick)
15:28 CBS Hannes Hyvönen (2 min for slashing)
17:58 NAS Rem Murray (2 min for holding the stick)
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59:58 NAS Jim McKenzie (2 min for cross-checking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 5
R David Vyborny 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 24.20 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 8.30 7
C Mark Hartigan 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 15.20 9
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 22.00 6
C Andrew Cassels 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 -2 24.20 8
L Jody Shelley 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 6
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 14.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 8
L Rick Nash 0 1 7 3 0 0 0 -2 24.20 7
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 14.10 6
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 18.00 6
D Scott Lachance 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -2 28.30 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.10 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 3 2 3 0 -2 30.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 3 0 18 0 0 65.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Martin Erat 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.00 6
R Darren Haydar 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15.10 6
R Vladimir Orszagh 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18.20 8
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -2 22.10 7
C Denis Arkhipov 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 9.00 7
C Josef Vasicek 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 15.10 7
C Greg Johnson 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 17.20 8
C David Legwand 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 -2 19.10 7
L Hnat Domenichelli 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 9.00 7
L Jim McKenzie 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 16.40 7
L Rem Murray 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 17.40 6
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 -2 20.40 7
D Kirill Safronov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 6
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 17.40 6
D Lubomir Sekeras 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 27.20 7
D Stan Neckar 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 21.40 8
D Jason York 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 20.20 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 27.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jan Lasak 3 0 33 0 0 65.00 9
G Tomas Vokoun 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jan Lasak
2nd star: David Vyborny
3rd star: Vladimir Orszagh

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Denis Arkhipov ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Josef Vasicek ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 6( 25) , Milwaukee Admirals 5( 30)
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1-0 SYR Kent McDonell (Brad Moran)
2-0 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Lasse Pirjetä)
2-1 MIL Timofei Shiskanov (Greg Classen)
2-2 MIL Greg Classen (Timo Helbling, Timofei Shiskanov)
2-3 MIL Landon Bathe (Andrew Hutchinson)
3-3 SYR Lasse Pirjetä (Andrej Nedorost, Derrick Walser)
3-4 MIL Simon Gamache (Adam Hall, Chris Mason)
4-4 SYR Derrick Walser (Jean-François Plourde)
5-4 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Lasse Pirjetä)
6-4 SYR Derrick Walser (Jean-François Plourde)
6-5 MIL Brandon Segal

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Chris Mason

Well, we came out with a great start, with goals by Sanderson, Zherdev and Mark Hartigan, but then completely lost it all with 3 unanswered goals by Nashville to play to a 3-3 tie. Brathwaite could have played a better game, because we just need to win these games early on in the season. I was impressed with Mark Hartigan's performance, but Trevor Letowski has let me down again. Let's see how we do in the next game.

October 25th - Home game against San Jose

Game 9: San Jose (4-2-1-0) 9 pts @ Columbus (4-3-1-0) 9 pts

Game Notes: Tyler Wright will make his way back into the lineup, along with Jean-Luc Grand Pierre. David Vyborny and Zherdev will be switching spots on the first 2 lines, trying to find the right combos. Denis will be back into the net.

The Lines: LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Vyborny-Klesla-Lachance
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Pushor
Line 3: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Letowski-Spacek-Grand-Pierre
Line 4: Shelley-Wright-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Marchant
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Vyborny-Sydor-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-Sydor
PK 2: Cassels-Wright-Spacek-Pushor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 6 , San Jose Sharks 2
Shots: 32 - 22
CBS PP: 2 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:70/86=81 %, Challenges:37/45=80 %
SJ PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:68/90=75 %, Challenges:22/40=53 %
Attendance: 8765 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 489964 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:09 0-1 SJ Scott Thornton [3] (Brad Stuart, Mike Ricci)
13:33 0-2 SJ Alexander Korolyuk [1] (Patrick Marleau, Scott Thornton)
13:57 1-2 CBS Jamie Pushor [1] (Geoff Sanderson, Todd Marchant)
15:26 2-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [5] (Scott Lachance)PP
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31:27 3-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [6] (Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla)PP
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43:47 4-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [7] (Darryl Sydor, Rostislav Klesla)
46:54 5-2 CBS Andrew Cassels [3] (Rick Nash)
52:01 6-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [8] (Todd Marchant, Geoff Sanderson)
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Penalty summary:
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02:23 CBS Jamie Pushor (2 min for hooking)
14:52 SJ Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for hooking)
15:43 CBS Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (2 min for roughing)
15:43 SJ Marco Sturm (2 min for roughing)
18:52 SJ Mike Rathje (2 min for roughing)
19:31 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for boarding)
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29:54 SJ P.J. Martin (2 min for tripping)
37:56 SJ Marco Sturm (2 min for holding the stick)
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53:32 SJ P.J. Martin (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.00 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 17.40 10
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 21.30 7
C Tyler Wright 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 5.20 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 19.10 7
C Todd Marchant 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 3 19.50 8
C Andrew Cassels 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 21.10 8
L Jody Shelley 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.40 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 13.00 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 19.30 8
L Rick Nash 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 -1 20.50 6
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 4 1 6 2 0 13.20 7
D Jamie Pushor 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 11.10 7
D Scott Lachance 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -1 25.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 17.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 19.20 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 -1 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Niko Dimitrakos 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 14.20 5
R Alexander Korolyuk 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 -1 15.00 7
R Todd Harvey 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 18.40 6
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 5
C Vincent Damphousse 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 5
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 17.30 6
C Mike Ricci 0 1 1 4 3 4 0 0 19.00 8
L Lynn Loyns 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.00 6
L Alyn McCauley 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 16.30 6
L Scott Thornton 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Marco Sturm 0 0 5 0 3 0 4 -2 14.30 6
D P.J. Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14.50 5
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 19.20 5
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 26.10 8
D Jim Fahey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 5
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 -2 19.20 7
D Brad Stuart 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 23.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 6 0 26 0 0 60.00 4
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Andrew Cassels

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Scott Lachance ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Alexander Korolyuk ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 18) , Cleveland Barons 5( 25)
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0-1 CLE Pat Rissmiller (Mark Jackson)
0-2 CLE Craig Valette (Pat Rissmiller)
1-2 SYR Lasse Pirjetä (Alexander Gusjkov, Andrej Nedorost)
2-2 SYR Lasse Pirjetä (Lanny Gare, Paul Manning)
2-3 CLE Grant Stevenson (Miroslav Zalesak, Doug Murray)
2-4 CLE Mike Morris (Tero Määttä)
2-5 CLE Tomas Plihal (Brad Boyes)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Seamus Kotyk

It was a nice relief to see us win a game, and what an effort by Nikolai Zherdev!!! Zherdev gets a natural hat trick, and scores another in the 3rd period to win this game for Columbus. He seemed comfortable on the line with Sanderson and Marchant, so I'm happy with that change, but still played well with Cassels and Nash on the PP. This was a great game, and a lot of guys tonight didn't want to want to lose. Let's hope we can build on this.

Updated stats have been posted

[TurnerONU22]

October 27th - Game vs Atlanta, this is a quick update, as I had to play this game before i could save.

Game 10: Atlanta (2-5-0-2) 6 pts @ Columbus (5-3-0-1) 11 pts

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 30 - 31
CBS PP: 1 of 4 (13 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:32/36=86 %
ATL PP: 1 of 5 (14 shots), Passing:74/86=86 %, Challenges:35/51=67 %
Attendance: 8222 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 459610 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:29 0-1 ATL Dan LaCouture [3] (Braydon Coburn, Shawn Heins)PP
16:16 1-1 CBS Todd Marchant [3] (Rostislav Klesla, Andrew Cassels)PP
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32:38 2-1 CBS Trevor Letowski [3] (Jaroslav Spacek, Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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03:47 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for hooking)
10:02 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for hooking)
14:41 ATL Randy Robitaille (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:24 ATL Randy Robitaille (2 min for cross-checking)
26:21 CBS Mike Pandolfo (5 min for attempt to injury)
36:48 ATL Jeff Cowan (5 min for cross-checking)
39:45 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for roughing)
39:45 ATL Mathias Johansson (2 min for roughing)
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42:37 ATL Bill Lindsay (2 min for boarding)
46:46 ATL Shawn Heins (2 min for roughing)
46:46 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
48:05 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
52:15 ATL Bryan McCabe (2 min for roughing)
52:15 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for roughing)
56:21 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
56:21 ATL Mathias Johansson (2 min for roughing)
57:56 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.50 6
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 19.10 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 14.30 7
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
C Tyler Wright 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 9.30 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 1 17.10 7
C Todd Marchant 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 21.30 8
C Andrew Cassels 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 1 10.10 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 10.10 7
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
D Scott Lachance 0 0 1 6 0 3 0 0 15.50 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 1 20.20 9
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 29.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 3 0 2 4 0 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 1 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff Cowan 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 4.40 6
R Mathias Johansson 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 13.10 4
R Randy Robitaille 0 0 4 0 1 0 4 -1 17.30 7
R Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 21.10 6
C Kamil Piros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 6
C Patrik Stefan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
C Marc Savard 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 6
C Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
L Bill Lindsay 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.10 5
L Dan LaCouture 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 14.00 6
L Serge Aubin 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 20.10 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.30 5
D Ivan Majesky 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 20.50 6
D Yannick Tremblay 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 28.30 5
D Shawn Heins 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 -1 16.00 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 24.50 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pasi Nurminen 2 0 28 0 0 58.20 9
G Byron Dafoe 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Trevor Letowski
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Andrew Cassels

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Vaclav Prospal had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Shawn Heins ended his 9 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 28) , Chicago Wolves 1( 17)
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1-0 SYR Zenith Komarniski (Don MacLean, Alexander Gusjkov)
1-1 CHW Brad Tapper (Mike Hamilton)
2-1 SYR Zenith Komarniski (Don MacLean)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Michael Garnett

A very good game, and it will be nice to see Manny Malhotra come back, and Luke Richardson as well.

[RPI-Fan]

Good work... surprised how much success Nash has had passing the puck thus far.

[TurnerONU22]

Good work... surprised how much success Nash has had passing the puck thus far.

Yeah, I am too, but he isn't as bad of a passer as his stats have indicated in real life this year. He just hasn't had anyone around him to finish, as I've seen many games where he could have easily had an assist if (insert center here) didn't miss a pretty easy shot. I'm not saying he's a great passer, because at one point this year, he was 30-6 in goals to assists, but in the past few games or so, he's been averaging an assist a night, so it seems he's willing to work more on that part of his game.

I guess, in this game, I'm much more surprised about Zherdev, who might be the most exciting player to watch in person because you never know what he will do. But in this game, as a rookie, he is in the top 5 in points with superstars. It will be interesting to see if he cools off soon and if so, I'm hoping a couple guys (Vyborny, Sanderson) can pick their games up.

[timmae]

keep it up!! I love the box scores... always was a hockey nut.

[TurnerONU22]

Well, I lost this update as I was getting ready to post it, so here's the box score from our game at Nashville.

Nashville Predators 6 , Columbus Blue Jackets 5
Shots: 30 - 33
NAS PP: 1 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:64/82=78 %, Challenges:29/41=69 %
CBS PP: 1 of 3 (12 shots), Passing:64/86=74 %, Challenges:30/45=65 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 819926 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:36 1-0 NAS Vladimir Orszagh [6] (Rem Murray, Greg Johnson)
04:45 2-0 NAS Scott Hartnell [3] (Vladimir Orszagh, Lubomir Sekeras)PP
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25:15 2-1 CBS Rostislav Klesla [1] (Scott Lachance, Andrew Cassels)
25:54 3-1 NAS Scott Walker [4] (Scott Hartnell, Hnat Domenichelli)
30:24 3-2 CBS David Vyborny [1] (Andrew Cassels, Rick Nash)
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43:41 3-3 CBS Rick Nash [5] (Scott Lachance, Jaroslav Spacek)
44:14 4-3 NAS Rem Murray [5] (Vladimir Orszagh)
46:17 4-4 CBS Rick Nash [6] (Nikolai Zherdev)PP
47:25 5-4 NAS David Legwand [4] (Scott Walker, Kimmo Timonen)
48:02 6-4 NAS Scott Hartnell [4] (David Legwand, Kimmo Timonen)
58:55 6-5 CBS David Vyborny [2] (Rick Nash, Scott Lachance)
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Penalty summary:
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03:03 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for tripping)
16:12 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for tripping)
19:51 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for boarding)
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22:08 NAS Mark Eaton (2 min for tripping)
36:25 NAS Greg Johnson (2 min for hooking)
39:51 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for hooking)
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45:19 NAS Greg Johnson (2 min for slashing)
53:16 CBS Andrew Cassels (2 min for tripping)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Martin Erat 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 9.50 5
R Darren Haydar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
R Vladimir Orszagh 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 20.10 8
R Scott Walker 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 20.00 9
C Denis Arkhipov 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -2 9.50 5
C Josef Vasicek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
C Greg Johnson 0 1 5 1 0 0 4 1 17.50 7
C David Legwand 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 20.30 8
L Hnat Domenichelli 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 -2 9.50 6
L Jim McKenzie 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 8.50 7
L Rem Murray 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 20.50 8
L Scott Hartnell 2 1 5 0 3 1 0 1 20.30 9
D Stan Neckar 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.10 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 18.40 6
D Lubomir Sekeras 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 -1 28.10 7
D Kirill Safronov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
D Jason York 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 24.40 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 27.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 5 0 28 0 0 60.00 5
G Jan Lasak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 6.10 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.20 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
R David Vyborny 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 14.50 8
C Tyler Wright 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 11.30 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12.00 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 24.10 8
C Andrew Cassels 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 20.30 7
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 6.10 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 8.20 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.30 6
L Rick Nash 2 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 9
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 9.00 6
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -2 18.50 4
D Scott Lachance 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 1 21.40 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 14.20 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 22.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 6 0 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Hartnell
2nd star: Vladimir Orszagh
3rd star: Rick Nash

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Josef Vasicek had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-David Vyborny ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Rostislav Klesla finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 1( 29) , Syracuse Crunch 4( 27)
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1-0 MIL Greg Classen (Timofei Shiskanov, Aaron Gionet)
1-1 SYR Riley Cote (Brad Moran)
1-2 SYR Lasse Pirjetä (Andrej Nedorost, Derrick Walser)
1-3 SYR Janne Jokila (Jean-François Plourde)
1-4 SYR Brad Moran (Pauli Levokari, Kent McDonell)

Goalies: Brian Finley - Pascal Leclaire

Then, we made a move:

Columbus Blue Jackets traded Tyler Wright to New York Islanders for Sean Bergenheim and NYI's round 5 pick in 2004

A native of Canada, Tyler Wright was originally drafted to the NHL by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1st round of the 1991 entry draft. He has appeared in 509 NHL games during his career, notching 68 goals and adding 55 assists along with 740 penalty minutes. The 30 year old center has played 7 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 0+0=0 with 0 PIM.

And then, on the 31st, we played at home against LA.

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Los Angeles Kings 3
Shots: 25 - 24
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:70/92=76 %, Challenges:39/47=81 %
LA PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:67/80=83 %, Challenges:26/40=63 %
Attendance: 8072 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 451225 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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18:53 0-1 LA Joe Corvo [1] (Mike Cammalleri, Janne Laukkanen)
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29:36 0-2 LA Ryan Flinn [1] (Mattias Norström, Joe Corvo)
39:52 0-3 LA Ian Laperriere [1] (Martin Straka, Mattias Norström)
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48:43 1-3 CBS Andrew Cassels [4] (Rick Nash, David Vyborny)
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Penalty summary:
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03:09 CBS Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (5 min for fighting)
03:09 LA Sean Avery (5 min for fighting)
03:38 LA Mike Cammalleri (2 min for boarding)
11:46 CBS Jamie Pushor (2 min for hooking)
19:08 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for slashing)
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23:09 LA Sean Avery (2 min for tripping)
25:15 CBS Andrew Cassels (2 min for cross-checking)
35:08 LA Eric Belanger (2 min for cross-checking)
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55:56 CBS Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (2 min for cross-checking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 12.00 6
R David Vyborny 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 19.00 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.50 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 11.40 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 19.10 7
C Andrew Cassels 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 -1 20.40 7
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.50 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 12.10 6
L Rick Nash 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 -1 21.00 8
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 1 2 0 2 7 0 11.10 6
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 -1 13.40 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 20.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 20.30 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 23.40 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 -1 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Flinn 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 11.00 8
R Mike Cammalleri 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 10.30 5
R Trent Klatt 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 16.20 7
R Zigmund Palffy 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 21.50 7
C Brad Chartrand 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 4
C Eric Belanger 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 16.30 7
C Jozef Stumpel 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 6
C Ian Laperriere 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
L Sean Avery 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 5.40 5
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.30 7
L Luc Robitaille 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 18.40 5
L Martin Straka 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 21.10 7
D Joe Corvo 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 8
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
D Mattias Norström 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 21.50 9
D Janne Laukkanen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 23.20 6
D Jaroslav Modry 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 15.50 7
D Aaron Miller 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Milan Hnilicka 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Roman Cechmanek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Corvo
2nd star: Mattias Norström
3rd star: Milan Hnilicka

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Ryan Flinn ended his 5 game point drought.
-Ian Laperriere ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre fought Sean Avery in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 27) , Manchester Monarchs 2( 16)
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1-0 SYR Mike Pandolfo (Lasse Pirjetä)
1-1 MNC John Tripp (Steve Kelly)
1-2 MNC Kip Brennan (Steve Kelly)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Mathieu Chouinard

Sorry for the fast update here, I didn't have anytime to rewrite these.

[General Mike]

Turner, I was wondering what league settings you're using? I wanted to get back into playing the game, and wanted the most realistic modern statistical settings.

Thanks,
Mike R

[TurnerONU22]

November 1st - Some bad and good news for the team and some big news in the league.

Rostislav Klesla injured.
Rostislav Klesla (CBS) suffered leg injury during the game in an incident with Ryan Flinn (LA). He is expected to be sidelined for a couple of days. They just want to be careful after what happened to me last time. I'll dress for tomorrows practice, then it's up to the coaching staff, he said when he was taken off the ice.

- He won't be able to go tonight, and Richardson still isn't ready, so we're losing a little depth on the blueline.

Rookie of the month: Nikolai Zherdev (R)
NHL has awarded Nikolai Zherdev (R) of Columbus Blue Jackets as Rookie Of The Month He registered 8 goals and 8 assists for 16 points in 12 games last month. He also had 1 game winning goal.

A native of Russia, Nikolai Zherdev was originally drafted to the NHL by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 1st round of the 2003 entry draft. He has appeared in 12 NHL games during his career, notching 8 goals and adding 8 assists along with 12 penalty minutes. The 19 year old right wing has played 12 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 8+8=16 with 12 PIM.

- He's had a great start to the year, let's see if he keeps it up.

Buffalo Sabres traded goaltender Mika Noronen, center Paul Gaustad and goaltender Jeff Weber to Vancouver Canucks for defenseman Mattias Öhlund

A native of Sweden, Mattias Öhlund was originally drafted to the NHL by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1st round of the 1994 entry draft. He has appeared in 410 NHL games during his career, notching 41 goals and adding 146 assists along with 329 penalty minutes. The 27 year old defenseman has played 12 games with the Vancouver Canucks this season, totalling 1+8=9 with 2 PIM.

A native of Finland, Mika Noronen was originally drafted to the NHL by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1st round of the 1997 entry draft. He has appeared in 28 NHL games during his career, booking 1 career shutouts and allowing 64 goals. The 24 year old goaltender has not yet played for the Buffalo Sabres this season. He has played 7 games with the Rochester Americans this season, totalling 0+0=0 with 0 PIM.

- I don't know what to make of this trade, honestly. The Canucks have gotten off to a great start, and the Sabres are a little down. I'm gonna have to give the trade to the Sabres, because Vancouver already has a couple of good goalies in Dan Cloutier and Hedberg. We'll see how this turns out for both teams.

And tonight, we're on the road at Dallas

Game 13: Columbus (6-5-0-1) 13 pts @ Dallas (7-2-2-1) 17 pts

Game Notes: Wow, you can't ask for a tougher game on the road when you're in a slump. With Klesla out and Richardson not back yet, I'm expecting a big loss tonight, something like 5-2. I hope these guys really prove me wrong.

The Lines: LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Vyborny-Sydor-Lachance
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Spacek-Pushor
Line 3: Malhotra-Knutsen-Letowski-Eriksson-Grand Pierre
Line 4: Shelley-Hartigan-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Sydor-Marchant
PP 2: Sanderson-Hartigan-Vyborny-Knutsen-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Pushor-Sydor
PK 2: Cassels-Malhotra-Spacek-Grand Pierre

Denis

Box Score:

Dallas Stars 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 5
Shots: 35 - 27
DAL PP: 3 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:73/84=86 %, Challenges:36/54=65 %
CBS PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:73/87=83 %, Challenges:26/37=68 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (American Airlines Center)
Ticket income: 854700 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:41 1-0 DAL Pierre Turgeon [3] (Stu Barnes)
12:55 1-1 CBS David Vyborny [3] (Geoff Sanderson, Todd Marchant)
19:55 2-1 DAL Mike Modano [6] (Bill Guerin, Sergei Zubov)PP
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30:04 2-2 CBS Espen Knutsen [2] (Trevor Letowski, Nikolai Zherdev)
31:17 3-2 DAL Jon Klemm [2] (Richard Matvichuk, Pierre Turgeon)PP
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41:09 3-3 CBS Geoff Sanderson [6] (Jaroslav Spacek)
42:09 3-4 CBS Trevor Letowski [4] (Espen Knutsen, Manny Malhotra)
55:31 4-4 DAL Adam Graves [4] (Stu Barnes, Richard Matvichuk)PP
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62:14 4-5 CBS Darryl Sydor [2] (David Vyborny, Rick Nash)
Penalty summary:
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02:38 DAL Richard Matvichuk (2 min for high-sticking)
15:21 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for hooking)
19:15 CBS Jody Shelley (2 min for boarding)
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23:02 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
31:04 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for roughing)
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51:08 DAL Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
51:08 CBS Jody Shelley (5 min for fighting)
54:04 CBS Andrew Cassels (2 min for roughing)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Young 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.40 5
R Stu Barnes 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 -3 20.20 5
R Bill Guerin 0 1 4 0 1 0 5 -1 14.50 8
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 7
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
C Pierre Turgeon 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 -3 21.20 6
C Jason Arnott 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 14.10 7
C Mike Modano 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
L Steve Ott 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 5
L Barrett Heisten 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 15.20 6
L Mikko Eloranta 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 16.00 7
L Adam Graves 1 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 20.20 8
D John Erskine 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -3 16.20 6
D Richard Matvichuk 0 2 0 2 3 1 2 -1 20.30 6
D Sergei Zubov 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 24.10 6
D Don Sweeney 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -3 15.30 4
D Jon Klemm 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 20.50 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ron Tugnutt 5 0 22 0 0 62.20 4
G Marty Turco 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 9.50 6
R Trevor Letowski 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 2 13.40 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 16.40 7
R David Vyborny 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 16.50 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 12.10 7
C Todd Marchant 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 20.50 6
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 18.20 6
L Jody Shelley 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 0 9.10 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 18.10 8
L Geoff Sanderson 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 18.40 8
L Rick Nash 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 18.00 8
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 2 18.50 7
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.30 6
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 25.20 7
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 13.50 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 22.30 7
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 31 0 0 62.20 7
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Trevor Letowski
2nd star: David Vyborny
3rd star: Espen Knutsen

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Richard Matvichuk ended his 9 game point drought.
-Jon Klemm ended his 9 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Andrew Cassels had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Darryl Sydor ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Bill Guerin beat Jody Shelley in a fight.

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 3( 41) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 18)
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0-1 SYR Martin Paroulek (Tyler Sloan)
1-1 UTH Brett Draney (Jeff Bateman)
1-2 SYR Lasse Pirjetä (Lanny Gare, Andrej Nedorost)
2-2 UTH Mathias Tjärnqvist (Warren Peters, David Bararuk)
3-2 UTH Chris St. Jacques (Garrett Stafford)
3-3 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Lasse Pirjetä)

Goalies: Jason Bacashihua - Karl Goehring

Sydor wins it in OT against his former team!! What a big win for our team as we beat the best team in the league at their own place. We got a lot of solid games from our guys, especially our 3rd liners, something we needed on the road. Also, it helped that their guys didn't play a good game, with less than stellar goaltending by former Blue Jacket Ron Tugnutt. I hope we can carry this momentum into our next game.

November 4th - We get another game on the road, this time we are at Ottawa, the 3rd best team in the Eastern Conference

Game 14: Columbus (7-5-0-1) 15 pts @ Ottawa (7-3-1-1) 16 pts

Game Notes: We get another tough road game, so I don't know how my team will respond, but I just hope to get a point out of this game. We get Luke Richardson back on the D-line. This is his first game of the season, and I hope that his stellar defensive play will help this team out even more. Because of this, we get a couple of changes to the defense, with Pushor being scratched, but no changes to the forwards. I'm rooting for a 3-3 tie.

The Lines: LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Vyborny-Sydor-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Spacek-Grand Pierre
Line 3: Malhotra-Knutsen-Letowski-Eriksson-Lachance
Line 4: Shelley-Hartigan-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Sydor-Marchant
PP 2: Sanderson-Hartigan-Vyborny-Knutsen-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Sydor
PK 2: Cassels-Malhotra-Spacek-Lachance

Denis

Box Score:

Ottawa Senators 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 28 - 16
OTT PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/86=80 %, Challenges:21/39=52 %
CBS PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:64/91=70 %, Challenges:35/49=70 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 900950 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:02 1-0 OTT Vaclav Varada [1] (Shaun Van Allen)
17:47 2-0 OTT Martin Havlat [4] (Daniel Alfredsson)
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34:59 2-1 CBS Jaroslav Spacek [1] (Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, Espen Knutsen)
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54:54 3-1 OTT Chris Neil [1] (Petr Schastlivy, Anton Volchenkov)
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Penalty summary:
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00:25 OTT Zdeno Chara (2 min for roughing)
00:25 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
03:47 OTT Todd White (2 min for cross-checking)
15:52 OTT Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
15:52 CBS Rick Nash (5 min for fighting)
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26:29 OTT Dennis Bonvie (2 min for tripping)
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45:42 OTT Zdeno Chara (5 min for fighting)
45:42 CBS Jody Shelley (5 min for fighting)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dennis Bonvie 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 9.00 7
R Chris Neil 1 0 2 0 1 1 5 1 12.20 7
R Marian Hossa 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 17.30 7
C Shaun Van Allen 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.40 6
C Bryan Smolinski 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 14.10 7
C Todd White 0 0 2 4 1 0 2 1 17.50 7
C Radek Bonk 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 19.20 6
L Vaclav Varada 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 8.20 7
L Petr Schastlivy 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12.20 5
L Jody Hull 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 15.30 6
L Martin Havlat 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 19.30 8
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 13.00 7
D Curtis Leschyshyn 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 21.30 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 4 3 3 7 0 25.40 8
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 14.10 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 20.00 8
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 -1 25.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Patrick Lalime 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Martin Prusek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.10 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 11.50 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 8
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.20 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 21.40 6
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 9.50 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 -1 14.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 20.00 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 5 0 7 0 19.10 4
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 17.00 6
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 -1 17.10 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 22.00 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 15.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 8
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 24.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Neil
2nd star: Vaclav Varada
3rd star: Martin Havlat

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Chris Neil ended his 8 game point drought.
-Marian Hossa had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Vaclav Varada ended his 9 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Jaroslav Spacek finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Chris Neil beat Rick Nash in a fight.
-Zdeno Chara fought Jody Shelley in a fight.

Farm game result:
Binghamton Senators 5( 38) , Syracuse Crunch 6( 30)
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1-0 BNG Alexandre Giroux (Greg Watson)
1-1 SYR Janne Jokila (Jean-François Plourde)
1-2 SYR Lanny Gare (Don MacLean)
2-2 BNG Brandon Bochenski (Antoine Vermette)
2-3 SYR Riley Cote (Don MacLean)
3-3 BNG Peter Schaefer (Jan Platil, Jan Bohac)
4-3 BNG Jan Bohac
4-4 SYR Ben Knopp (Jean-François Plourde)
4-5 SYR Mike Pandolfo (Lasse Pirjetä)
5-5 BNG Darryl Bootland (Greg Watson)
5-6 SYR Lanny Gare (Brad Moran)

Well, we played a so-so game, and you can't do that on the road against a great team. Our first line didn't impress me at all, and maybe I'll make some changes on it, getting Zherdev back on the first line, or swtching centers, or something to help it out. Also, with Klesla coming back, we'll have an extra defenseman who will end up being sent down to Syracuse, I'll take some time to see who I feel deserves it, and who can be sent down without having to clear waivers.

November 5th - We make a couple of changes to the roster and the lineup. First of all, we send D Anders Eriksson and LW Hannes Hyvonen down to Syracuse, and call up RW Andrej Nedorost. Then, we move both Marchant and Zherdev up to the first line with Nash, sending Cassels and Vyborny to the 2nd line. Also, we put in Nedorost for Cisar, and we scratch Grand Pierre for the evening.

We get Edmonton at home, a game I feel we have a good shot at winning, and one I would love to have. We're gonna put Fred Brathwaite in the net in the hopes that he'll bring a good game, giving Denis a needed rest. Let's see what the game brings

Game 15: Edmonton (6-6-0-3) 15 pts @ Columbus (7-6-0-1) 15 pts

Game Notes: I think I covered everything I want to in the first couple of sections. I see a 3-2 win for the good guys.

The Lines: LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Sydor-Pushor
Line 3: Malhotra-Knutsen-Letowski-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Shelley-Hartigan-Nedorost

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Klesla
PP 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Spacek-Malhotra

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Sydor
PK 2: Cassels-Malhotra-Spacek-Lachance

Brathwaite

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Edmonton Oilers 3
Shots: 24 - 33
CBS PP: 1 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:70/92=76 %, Challenges:41/56=71 %
EDM PP: 0 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:57/70=81 %, Challenges:18/28=62 %
Attendance: 10756 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 601261 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:05 0-1 EDM Eric Brewer [2])
17:31 1-1 CBS Rick Nash [7] (Andrew Cassels, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
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26:04 1-2 EDM Brad Isbister [4] (Steve Staios, Adam Oates)
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59:23 1-3 EDM Shawn Horcoff [5] (Ethan Moreau) EN
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Penalty summary:
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05:31 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
13:13 EDM Ales Hemsky (2 min for high-sticking)
16:18 EDM Rocky Thompson (2 min for hooking)
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27:13 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for tripping)
30:25 CBS Andrej Nedorost (2 min for hooking)
38:13 EDM Mike Comrie (2 min for holding the stick)
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47:18 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for roughing)
50:39 EDM Jason Smith (2 min for roughing)
50:39 CBS Manny Malhotra (2 min for roughing)
53:31 EDM Ethan Moreau (2 min for slashing)
56:09 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.20 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.00 5
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 13.40 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 -1 17.30 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.20 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 8
C Andrew Cassels 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.30 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 20.30 7
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.40 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 -1 18.20 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 13.40 6
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 17.30 6
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 19.30 7
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.00 6
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 3 2 3 2 -1 23.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 16.40 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 20.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 26.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 3 0 30 0 0 58.50 9
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 14.10 7
R Shawn Horcoff 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 10.50 8
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 6 0 6 0 1 16.00 9
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
C Jarrett Stoll 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 8.30 7
C Mike York 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.40 7
C Adam Oates 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 6
C Mike Comrie 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 17.00 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 8.30 6
L Ethan Moreau 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 10.50 7
L Brad Isbister 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.40 8
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 18.10 7
D Rocky Thompson 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 12.20 6
D Steve Staios 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 19.50 7
D Jason Smith 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 26.30 7
D Alexei Semenov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 18.30 6
D Cory Cross 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14.00 6
D Eric Brewer 1 0 3 3 1 3 0 1 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tommy Salo 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tommy Salo
2nd star: Shawn Horcoff
3rd star: Brad Isbister

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Shawn Horcoff ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Radek Dvorak had his 9 game point streak snapped.
-Ryan Smyth had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Ryan Smyth had his 12 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 20) , Toronto Roadrunners 4( 20)
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0-1 TRN Sean McAslan (Chad Hinz, Jan Horacek)
1-1 SYR Brad Moran (Martin Paroulek, Pascal Leclaire)
2-1 SYR Lanny Gare (Ben Knopp, Don MacLean)
3-1 SYR Tyler Sloan (Don MacLean, Lanny Gare)
3-2 TRN Jesse Niinimäki (Raffi Torres, Doug Lynch)
3-3 TRN Brad Winchester
3-3 TRN Brad Winchester (, Mathieu Roy)
3-4 TRN Michael Henrich (Jesse Niinimäki)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Kristian Antila

Well, that didn't go too good, but I'll stick with the group of people that I have, because I think we have some potential here. I think Edmonton came in and played an excellent game, and we were just so close, but ended up just short. I'm ready to get deep into the season and see what these guys can do.

The stats will be updated shortly and will be available at the links above

[TurnerONU22]

Turner, I was wondering what league settings you're using? I wanted to get back into playing the game, and wanted the most realistic modern statistical settings.

Thanks,
Mike R

I just stuck with the settings in the game, I'm not sure how accurate they will be, as I have a feeling that the scoring is going to be a little higher than it is now. I didn't know this game well enough when I started to accurately change the settings. I'm playing with the 1.16 version, if that helps any, but I just started with the default settings.

[General Mike]

I just stuck with the settings in the game, I'm not sure how accurate they will be, as I have a feeling that the scoring is going to be a little higher than it is now. I didn't know this game well enough when I started to accurately change the settings. I'm playing with the 1.16 version, if that helps any, but I just started with the default settings.
Thanks for the reply. I always had the same problem with settings, especially trying to get inline stats for my team specifically. I saw the other teams have realistic scoring leaders, but my top guy would only have around 70 points or so, and my goalies GAA would be like high 2s, low 3s.

[TurnerONU22]

November 6th - Well, 3 big pieces of news in the league today, with only one affecting us.

Martin St. Louis injured.
Martin St. Louis (TB) suffered leg injury during the game in an incident with Bryan McCabe (ATL). He is expected to be sidelined for almost half a year. Give me a break please, I don't want to talk about my injury now, he said after the game in the dressing room.

- He's had a pretty decent season so far, with 8 pts in 13 games, but its still not good to lose him for, most likely, the rest of the season.

PHI-LA trade
Philadelphia Flyers traded defenseman Nikita Korovkin, center Claude Lapointe and center Colin Fraser to Los Angeles Kings for right wing Zigmund Palffy

A native of Slovakia, Zigmund Palffy was originally drafted to the NHL by the New York Islanders in the 2nd round of the 1991 entry draft. He has appeared in 623 NHL games during his career, notching 306 goals and adding 333 assists along with 300 penalty minutes. The 31 year old right wing has played 16 games with the Los Angeles Kings this season, totalling 4+5=9 with 2 PIM.

A native of Canada, Claude Lapointe was originally drafted to the NHL by the Colorado Avalanche in the of the 1988 entry draft. He has appeared in 837 NHL games during his career, notching 122 goals and adding 175 assists along with 689 penalty minutes. The 35 year old center has not yet played for the Philadelphia Flyers this season. He has played 12 games with the Philadelphia Phantoms this season, totalling 2+7=9 with 10 PIM.

- Hmmmm....another confusing trade here, I guess Philly was looking for a little more scoring punch on the RW, even though they already have Recchi, Kapanen, and Amonte. This leaves LA a little short on the wing now, but both Korovin and Fraser are both good prospects who have the chance to play in LA someday.

Anders Eriksson claimed off waivers.
St. Louis Blues claimed Anders Eriksson, who had been with Columbus Blue Jackets, off waivers.

- I really didn't expect this one, I thought Eriksson would slide right through waivers with no problem, but now one of my rivals have picked him up. I'm not really worried about it, because he didn't impress me in his time here, but it will hurt to lose some depth at that position in case of more injuries.

November 9th - We get a home game against San Jose

Game 16: San Jose (6-5-2-0) 14 pts @ Columbus (7-7-0-1) 15 pts

Game Notes: Tonight, we have Grand Pierre going in for Pushor and we have Cisar going in for Nedorost. Denis will stay in net, as we try to get a win to push us back above .500.

The Lines: LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Sydor-Grand Pierre
Line 3: Malhotra-Knutsen-Letowski-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Shelley-Hartigan-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Klesla
PP 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Spacek-Malhotra

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Sydor
PK 2: Cassels-Malhotra-Spacek-Lachance

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , San Jose Sharks 1
Shots: 33 - 20
CBS PP: 1 of 10 (18 shots), Passing:79/96=82 %, Challenges:37/40=90 %
SJ PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:60/80=75 %, Challenges:26/37=68 %
Attendance: 6906 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 386046 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:55 1-0 CBS Todd Marchant [4] (Rick Nash)
15:08 2-0 CBS Todd Marchant [5] (Nikolai Zherdev, Darryl Sydor)PP
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no scoring
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48:27 2-1 SJ Scott Thornton [7] (Scott Hannan, Brad Stuart)
59:22 3-1 CBS Trevor Letowski [5] (Espen Knutsen, Andrew Cassels) EN
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Penalty summary:
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00:48 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for high-sticking)
04:05 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for tripping)
04:44 SJ Kyle McLaren (2 min for roughing)
04:44 CBS Andrew Cassels (2 min for roughing)
07:55 SJ Wayne Primeau (2 min for holding the stick)
11:51 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for tripping)
13:54 SJ Marco Sturm (2 min for cross-checking)
15:48 SJ Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for roughing)
19:21 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for hooking)
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21:59 SJ Scott Thornton (2 min for hooking)
24:05 SJ Mike Rathje (2 min for hooking)
31:01 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for elbowing)
36:13 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for high-sticking)
37:33 SJ Mike Ricci (2 min for hooking)
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41:49 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for high-sticking)
51:23 CBS Rick Nash (5 min for fighting)
51:23 SJ Kyle McLaren (5 min for fighting)
51:31 SJ Mike Rathje (2 min for cross-checking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 9.00 6
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 7.50 7
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 23.00 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 -1 20.10 7
C Todd Marchant 2 0 5 3 0 0 0 1 24.50 9
L Jody Shelley 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 11.00 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 22.20 9
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 17.50 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 18.50 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14.10 6
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.40 5
D Luke Richardson 0 0 1 4 0 3 4 0 16.00 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 22.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 32.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6.40 5
R Niko Dimitrakos 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 6
R Alexander Korolyuk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.10 5
R Todd Harvey 0 0 3 1 2 0 6 -1 20.50 5
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 16.50 5
C Vincent Damphousse 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 5
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.40 5
C Mike Ricci 0 0 4 3 0 1 2 -2 21.00 7
L Lynn Loyns 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.00 4
L Alyn McCauley 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 9.50 5
L Scott Thornton 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 19.50 8
L Marco Sturm 0 0 3 2 2 0 2 -1 17.10 7
D P.J. Martin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 26.10 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 3 1 1 7 -1 26.10 6
D Jim Fahey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 5
D Scott Hannan 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Brad Stuart 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 30 0 0 59.20 9
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd Marchant
2nd star: Trevor Letowski
3rd star: Marc Denis

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Andrew Cassels notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:

Other notes:
-Kyle McLaren beat Rick Nash in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 22) , Cleveland Barons 1( 24)
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1-0 SYR Derrick Walser (Lasse Pirjetä)
2-0 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Lasse Pirjetä, Derrick Walser)
2-1 CLE Marcel Goc (Rob Davison)
3-1 SYR Ben Knopp (Don MacLean)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Dmitri Pätzold

An outstanding performance by our team, even with excellent goaltending by San Jose. Marchant steps up and gets 2 goals in the first period, then we play sound defense and have great goaltending to win the game 3-1. I was really happy with the team and how they played, this was a big win for us to get back above .500.

November 11th - Another home game, this time against Anaheim

Game 17: Anaheim (6-6-3-1) 16 pts @ Columbus (8-7-0-1) 17 pts

Game Notes: Pushor goes back in for Grand Pierre, but we're keeing Cisar in the lineup, with Nedorost sitting out for another game. I might make another callup here by the next game or so, but I'm not sure who yet. Denis stays in net again tonight, he deserves it after his last game. Anaheim is another one of those teams that are right about at our level, and the more games we can win, the better.

The Lines: LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Sydor-Pushor
Line 3: Malhotra-Knutsen-Letowski-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Shelley-Hartigan-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Klesla
PP 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Spacek-Malhotra

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Sydor
PK 2: Cassels-Malhotra-Spacek-Lachance

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3
Shots: 27 - 23
CBS PP: 1 of 7 (13 shots), Passing:63/83=75 %, Challenges:36/44=80 %
ANA PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:58/81=71 %, Challenges:34/47=70 %
Attendance: 7400 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 413660 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:13 0-1 ANA Ruslan Salei [3] (Keith Carney, Samuel Påhlsson)PP
18:47 1-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [9] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)PP
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no scoring
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46:57 2-1 CBS Marian Cisar [1] (Jody Shelley, Mark Hartigan)
48:13 2-2 ANA Samuel Påhlsson [3] (Jaroslav Bednar, Frantisek Kaberle)
49:58 2-3 ANA Craig Johnson [2] (Petr Sykora, Sergei Fedorov)
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Penalty summary:
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03:39 ANA Jaroslav Bednar (2 min for tripping)
05:35 ANA Vitaly Vishnevski (2 min for tripping)
13:31 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for cross-checking)
14:44 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for tripping)
17:32 ANA Todd Simpson (2 min for tripping)
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20:56 ANA Sandis Ozolinsh (2 min for high-sticking)
30:51 ANA Sergei Fedorov (2 min for high-sticking)
33:14 ANA Cory Pecker (2 min for slashing)
38:19 ANA Stanislav Chistov (2 min for elbowing)
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43:21 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for cross-checking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 15.30 5
R David Vyborny 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 25.50 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 7.20 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 10.20 6
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 11.10 7
C Todd Marchant 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 -1 31.00 8
L Jody Shelley 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7.20 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.50 4
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 -1 25.50 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 -1 11.10 7
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 22.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 -1 12.50 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 27.50 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 34.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 20 0 0 59.00 6
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cory Pecker 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.50 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 13.00 8
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
R Petr Sykora 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 17.40 6
C Jason Krog 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 22.00 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
L Michal Grosek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 12.20 7
L Craig Johnson 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 21.10 7
D Keith Carney 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 1 25.40 9
D Todd Simpson 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 15.40 7
D Ruslan Salei 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.10 7
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Samuel Påhlsson
2nd star: Jean-Sébastien Giguère
3rd star: Jaroslav Bednar

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Marian Cisar finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Jody Shelley ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 11) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 0( 10)
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1-0 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Janne Jokila)
2-0 SYR Ben Knopp (Don MacLean)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Ilja Bryzgalov

Well, we faced another hot goalie and this time, we weren't as fortunate as we were the previous game. I thought Cisar's goal would be the final one, but Anaheim tied it up and went on to win the game. Our third line played very poorly, something that really surprised me. Maybe we can change a couple things up there, see if we can get something to make them play a little better. One thing, I'm thinking about calling up Pascal Leclaire to give him a taste of the action here. I'm not sure yet on the call, but he's played awesome in Syracuse, and deserves a shot.

[Chief Rum]

Just wanted to let you know I am reading. Keep up the good work.

CR

[Blade6119]

Im reading as well, good job so far.

[RPI-Fan]

Great job so far...

Have you thought about balancing the lines a little bit? After your first two lines you've got only one guy who can do anything offensively (Knutsen).

Maybe you could try moving Letowski to the 2nd line, and Vyborny down to the 3rd? Then maybe call up a LW to take Malhotra's place - it doesn't look like he's been doing anythign lately?

Again, great job, I'm enjoying reading!:)

[Blade6119]

Anyone got a link to the dl of latest EHM version?

[TurnerONU22]

Just wanted to let you know I am reading. Keep up the good work.

CR

Im reading as well, good job so far.

Thanks for the compliments!!

Great job so far...

Have you thought about balancing the lines a little bit? After your first two lines you've got only one guy who can do anything offensively (Knutsen).

Maybe you could try moving Letowski to the 2nd line, and Vyborny down to the 3rd? Then maybe call up a LW to take Malhotra's place - it doesn't look like he's been doing anythign lately?

Again, great job, I'm enjoying reading!

That's a good point you make, along with another good suggestion. The reason I haven't moved Letowski up, is that he's been playing worse than anyone on the team, according to his average rating. One thing I might look for now is a LW with some offense. I'd like to move Malhotra down to the fourth line and Shelley out. If Shelley fought like he does for the real Blue Jackets, I'd keep him, but it seems that he's just not doing his job well enough. The other problem about calling up a LW is that I have none down on the farm that can provide any better offense than Malhotra has. Hyvonen or Pandolfo are rated around where Malhotra is, but both play a far worse defensive game. I've already simmed the next game against Dallas, but I'll try a couple different things to get some offense on that third line.

And Blade, go to: hxxp://www.fhockey.com and you'll find the game there

[TurnerONU22]

November 14th - Home game against Dallas

Game 18: Dallas (8-3-3-1) 20 pts @ Columbus (8-8-0-1) 17 pts

Game Notes: I don't recall the exact moves I made for this game, because I simmed it a couple days ago, but I know Denis is starting.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Sydor-Pushor
Line 3: Malhotra-Knutsen-Nedorost-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Shelley-Hartigan-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Klesla
PP 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Spacek-Malhotra

PK 1: Marchant-???(I don't remember)-Richardson-Sydor
PK 2: Cassels-Malhotra-Spacek-Lachance

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 5 , Dallas Stars 3
Shots: 28 - 37
CBS PP: 3 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:75/83=90 %, Challenges:41/45=89 %
DAL PP: 2 of 3 (13 shots), Passing:56/65=86 %, Challenges:34/43=77 %
Attendance: 11401 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 637317 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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04:59 0-1 DAL Mike Modano [9] (Sergei Zubov)
11:18 0-2 DAL Teppo Numminen [2] (Brenden Morrow, Bill Guerin)PP
11:33 1-2 CBS Mark Hartigan [2] (Rick Nash)
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26:11 2-2 CBS Todd Marchant [6] (Rick Nash, Darryl Sydor)PP
27:53 3-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [10] (Rick Nash, Darryl Sydor)PP
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43:58 4-2 CBS Rick Nash [8] (Todd Marchant, Darryl Sydor)PP
46:11 4-3 DAL Bill Guerin [8] (Mike Modano, Brenden Morrow)PP
50:15 5-3 CBS Todd Marchant [7] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)
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Penalty summary:
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09:44 CBS Jody Shelley (2 min for elbowing)
15:49 DAL Mikko Eloranta (2 min for hooking)
19:02 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for roughing)
19:02 DAL Antti Miettinen (2 min for roughing)
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24:15 DAL Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
24:15 CBS Jody Shelley (5 min for fighting)
24:55 DAL Brenden Morrow (2 min for slashing)
27:22 DAL Brenden Morrow (2 min for tripping)
34:37 DAL Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
34:37 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
38:34 DAL Scott Young (2 min for hooking)
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42:12 DAL Brenden Morrow (2 min for high-sticking)
44:45 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for holding the stick)
50:33 CBS David Vyborny (2 min for hooking)
57:29 DAL Bill Guerin (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.40 7
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 16.10 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 8
C Mark Hartigan 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 9.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 16.00 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 18.30 8
C Todd Marchant 2 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 20.10 9
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 6.50 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15.30 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Rick Nash 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 19.30 9
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13.30 6
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.10 6
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 25.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 3 2 3 0 2 0 0 24.00 9
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 26.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 34 0 0 60.00 9
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Young 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8.30 5
R Stu Barnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.30 4
R Bill Guerin 1 1 6 1 0 0 9 -1 20.00 8
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 22.00 8
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 5
C Jason Arnott 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 14.10 7
C Pierre Turgeon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 6
C Mike Modano 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 1 21.10 8
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 8.30 6
L Mikko Eloranta 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 -1 8.20 6
L Adam Graves 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -1 14.20 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 2 2 1 2 0 6 1 19.40 7
D Don Sweeney 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 11.40 4
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 21.20 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 27.50 8
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 9.30 7
D Jon Klemm 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 21.40 6
D Teppo Numminen 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 28.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 5 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Ron Tugnutt 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Darryl Sydor

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Sergei Zubov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Teppo Numminen finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Jody Shelley beat Bill Guerin in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 16) , Utah Grizzlies 0( 19)
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1-0 SYR Mike Pandolfo (Kent McDonell)
2-0 SYR Alexander Gusjkov (Lasse Pirjetä)
3-0 SYR Mike Pandolfo (Pauli Levokari, Kent McDonell)
4-0 SYR Martin Paroulek (Lasse Pirjetä, Hannes Hyvönen)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Mike Smith

Rick Nash came to play tonight and won the game for us, along with a solid game by goaltender Marc Denis. Nash really helped out on the power play, with 1 goal and 2 assists, and then contributed to the other two Blue Jacket goals. We had a lot of outstanding games last night and our guys really deserved the victory. Another note, with his second shutout in a row, I think that Pascal Leclaire deserves a start with the Blue Jackets in his next game.

November 16th - We have an away game up at Detroit

Game 19: Columbus (9-8-0-1) 19 pts @ Detroit (9-5-2-1) 21 pts

Game Notes: Pascal Leclaire will get the start tonight on the road against one of the best teams in the league. This might seem like I'm already conceding this game to the Wings, but I was planning on giving Denis the night off anyway, and I think that Pascal deserves a start after 2 straight shutouts. Tonight, we have Letowski on the 2nd line, Vyborny on the 3rd line, and Cisar scratched. We keep Grand Pierre scratched because we don't feel he deserves the shot moreso than our other D-men.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Letowski-Sydor-Pushor
Line 3: Malhotra-Knutsen-Vyborny-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Shelley-Hartigan-Nedorost

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Klesla
PP 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Spacek-Malhotra

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Sydor
PK 2: Cassels-Malhotra-Spacek-Lachance

Leclaire

Box Score:

Detroit Red Wings 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 5
Shots: 31 - 28
DET PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:60/74=81 %, Challenges:31/43=70 %
CBS PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:69/89=77 %, Challenges:29/41=69 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 973173 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:34 1-0 DET Steve Thomas [2] (Marty McInnis, Chris Chelios)
10:31 1-1 CBS Todd Marchant [8] (Rick Nash, Luke Richardson)
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33:55 1-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [11] (Andrej Nedorost, Mark Hartigan)
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41:29 1-3 CBS Andrew Cassels [5] (Geoff Sanderson, Jamie Pushor)
44:08 2-3 DET Marty McInnis [2] (Steve Thomas, Kris Draper)
46:49 3-3 DET Pavel Datsyuk [8] (Ray Whitney, Mathieu Dandenault)
49:33 4-3 DET Steve Yzerman [4] (Brett Hull, Chris Chelios)
53:39 4-4 CBS Andrew Cassels [6] (Geoff Sanderson, David Vyborny)
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60:54 4-5 CBS Todd Marchant [9] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)PP
Penalty summary:
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02:54 DET Sheldon Souray (2 min for roughing)
02:54 CBS Scott Lachance (2 min for roughing)
13:52 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for roughing)
13:52 DET Steve Thomas (2 min for roughing)
14:12 DET Chris Chelios (2 min for slashing)
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21:46 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for hooking)
31:17 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for holding the stick)
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44:23 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for roughing)
51:03 DET Sheldon Souray (5 min for fighting)
51:03 CBS Jody Shelley (5 min for fighting)
51:31 DET Mathieu Schneider (2 min for high-sticking)
56:51 DET Chris Chelios (2 min for diving)
59:38 DET Sheldon Souray (2 min for roughing)
59:38 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
59:53 DET Boyd Devereaux (2 min for tripping)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marty McInnis 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 8.40 6
R Jason Williams 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 18.20 7
R Darren McCarty 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 -1 15.50 6
R Brett Hull 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 -1 15.40 7
C Kris Draper 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 8.40 6
C Boyd Devereaux 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 13.20 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 7
C Steve Yzerman 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 18.10 7
L Steve Thomas 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 8.40 7
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.20 6
L Ray Whitney 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 -1 19.30 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 3 2 3 9 1 14.50 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 18.50 7
D Chris Chelios 0 2 1 2 1 2 4 0 22.10 7
D Jason Woolley 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.50 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 -2 18.30 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Curtis Joseph 5 0 23 0 0 61.00 4
G Dominik Hasek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 8.10 6
R David Vyborny 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 15.10 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 11.10 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 22.00 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 8.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 14.50 7
C Andrew Cassels 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 16.00 8
C Todd Marchant 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 22.00 8
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -2 7.00 5
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 19.40 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 2 3 0 2 0 2 2 12.40 8
L Rick Nash 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 22.00 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 17.00 5
D Jamie Pushor 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
D Luke Richardson 0 1 0 4 1 0 6 0 23.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 21.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 5 1 5 0 -1 30.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 27 0 0 61.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrew Cassels
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Marty McInnis ended his 5 game point drought.
-Steve Thomas finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Steve Thomas finally ended his 14 game point drought.
-Brendan Shanahan had his 8 game goal streak snapped.
-Brendan Shanahan had his 8 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Andrew Cassels scored the 200th goal of his career.
-Andrew Cassels ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Jamie Pushor ended his 5 game point drought.
-Luke Richardson ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Jody Shelley beat Sheldon Souray in a fight.

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 46) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 14)
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1-0 GRD Igor Grigorenko (Derek King, Tomas Kopecky)
2-0 GRD Rob Millar (Pär Bäcker)
2-1 SYR Mike Pandolfo (Alexander Gusjkov, Martin Paroulek)

Goalies: Stefan Liv - Karl Goehring

Unbelievable!!! Marchant scores on the PP in overtime against an awesome team such as the Red Wings. I was waiting for the comeback by Detroit, and they even took the lead in the middle of the 3rd period. However, Andrew Cassels had an awesome goal that tied up the game. We took advantage of the PP in overtime and Marchant scored his 2nd of the night to win. It was awesome to get Leclaire his first ever NHL victory, as he played a good game for being at Detroit for his first game. Luckily, our guys got the breaks tonight to win the game.

[TurnerONU22]

November 17th - 2nd end of a back to back at home against Florida

But first, we made the headlines:

Columbus Blue Jackets claimed Mariusz Czerkawski, who had been with New York Islanders, off waivers.

This fell right into our lap, as we were looking for a LW who could bring some offense to that third line, and I think that Czerkawski can do this. He had 5 goals in 15 games with the Isles, and this will create a little competition between Malhotra and Shelley for some playing time. However, Czerkawski won't be able to be with the team in time for tonights game.

Also, we sent Pascal Leclaire back down to Syracuse.

Game 20: Florida (7-9-0-0) 14 pts @ Columbus (10-8-0-1) 21 pts

Game Notes: Marc Denis will be back in net. Also, Jean-Luc Grand Pierre will be making his way back into the lineup, after playing very little the past few games, with Scotty Lachance scratched. We also stick with Nedorost on the 4th line, and Cisar scratched.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Letowski-Sydor-Pushor
Line 3: Malhotra-Knutsen-Vyborny-Spacek-Grand Pierre
Line 4: Shelley-Hartigan-Nedorost

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Klesla
PP 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Spacek-Malhotra

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Malhotra-Spacek-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Florida Panthers 2
Shots: 36 - 20
CBS PP: 0 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:73/95=76 %, Challenges:34/43=77 %
FLA PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:63/82=76 %, Challenges:25/38=64 %
Attendance: 13160 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 735644 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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15:34 0-1 FLA Ivan Novoseltsev [4] (Vaclav Nedorost)
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29:39 1-1 CBS Andrew Cassels [7] (Geoff Sanderson, Trevor Letowski)
30:36 2-1 CBS Andrew Cassels [8] (Geoff Sanderson, Darryl Sydor)
37:07 2-2 FLA Matt Cullen [9] (Viktor Kozlov)
37:56 3-2 CBS Geoff Sanderson [7] (Trevor Letowski, Jamie Pushor)
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59:15 4-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [6] (Jamie Pushor, Luke Richardson) EN
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Penalty summary:
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12:36 CBS Jamie Pushor (2 min for cross-checking)
18:31 CBS Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (2 min for roughing)
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31:14 FLA Mikael Samuelsson (2 min for tripping)
32:24 FLA Andreas Lilja (2 min for holding the stick)
33:49 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
33:49 FLA Branislav Mezei (2 min for roughing)
38:28 FLA Pavel Trnka (2 min for roughing)
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48:18 FLA Lyle Odelein (2 min for elbowing)
55:39 FLA Darcy Hordichuk (2 min for elbowing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.10 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 12.40 7
R Trevor Letowski 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 4 19.30 9
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -2 23.30 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 14.30 7
C Andrew Cassels 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 17.40 9
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 -2 23.30 6
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.20 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.50 6
L Geoff Sanderson 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 17.40 9
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 -2 23.30 6
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 10.40 6
D Jamie Pushor 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 4 16.40 7
D Luke Richardson 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 -2 23.10 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.40 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 4 24.40 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 3 1 3 2 -2 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Valeri Bure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 4
R Ivan Novoseltsev 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.10 6
R Kristian Huselius 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 13.10 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 -1 19.20 8
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 9.30 6
C Matt Cullen 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 20.40 7
L Darcy Hordichuk 0 0 3 4 1 4 2 0 14.30 8
L Vaclav Nedorost 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 10.10 5
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 14.20 7
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 20.30 7
D Mathieu Biron 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 16.30 5
D Pavel Trnka 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 14.30 7
D Lyle Odelein 0 0 0 6 1 2 2 -1 27.00 7
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 13.40 6
D Branislav Mezei 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 -1 19.00 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 4 0 32 0 0 59.00 7
G Steve Shields 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Trevor Letowski
2nd star: Andrew Cassels
3rd star: Geoff Sanderson

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Darryl Sydor notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Nikolai Zherdev had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Todd Marchant had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Rick Nash had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Florida Panthers:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 23) , San Antonio Rampage 2( 21)
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1-0 SYR Lasse Pirjetä (Hannes Hyvönen)
1-1 SA Lukas Krajicek (Juraj Kolnik, Petr Taticek)
1-2 SA Josh Olson (Lukas Krajicek)
2-2 SYR Jean-François Plourde (Tim Jackman, Karl Goehring)
3-2 SYR Martin Paroulek (Lasse Pirjetä, Hannes Hyvönen)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Travis Scott

We get another big win here, not having a let down after that awesome game we played against the Red Wings the night before. Our first line seemed a little sluggish, so our 2nd line, with Sandy, Cassels and Letowski, tore up the Panthers and scored all 4 goals. This was nice to see, especially from Letowski, who seems to be playing a lot better with Cassels and Sanderson. Let's see if we can keep riding this winning streak, as this put us in first place in our division.

November 19th - We get a home game against the best team in the league, the Colorado Avalanche.

Game 21: Colorado (15-3-0-1) 31 pts @ Columbus (11-8-0-1) 23 pts

Game Notes: Mariusz Czerkawski will make his debut tonight as a Columbus Blue Jacket, and will find himself on the 3rd line tonight. Marian Cisar will take Nedorost's place on the 4th line, and we will see Manny Malhotra scratched. We'll stick with the defensive pairings that we had for our last game and Marc Denis will play in net.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Letowski-Sydor-Pushor
Line 3: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Vyborny-Spacek-Grand Pierre
Line 4: Shelley-Hartigan-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Klesla
PP 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Spacek-Knutsen

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Vyborny-Spacek-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Colorado Avalanche 4
Shots: 31 - 27
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:74/89=83 %, Challenges:32/49=64 %
COL PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:65/78=83 %, Challenges:27/52=50 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 1034150 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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17:32 1-0 CBS David Vyborny [4] (Trevor Letowski, Geoff Sanderson)
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34:39 1-1 COL Brett Clark [1] (Alex Tanguay, Andrei Nikolishin)
36:09 2-1 CBS Rick Nash [9] (Nikolai Zherdev, Luke Richardson)
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43:13 2-2 COL Joe Sakic [8] (Martin Skoula, Derek Morris)
44:04 3-2 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski [6] (Espen Knutsen)
47:57 3-3 COL Steve Konowalchuk [5] (Joe Sakic, Teemu Selänne)
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64:01 3-4 COL Milan Hejduk [15] (Peter Forsberg)
Penalty summary:
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04:08 CBS Andrej Nedorost (2 min for slashing)
11:25 COL Steve Konowalchuk (2 min for tripping)
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22:22 COL Steve Konowalchuk (2 min for tripping)
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50:59 COL Chris McAllister (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 8.40 6
R David Vyborny 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 -1 17.20 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 23.10 7
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.40 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 3 3 2 3 0 -1 18.40 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 21.00 7
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 15.40 6
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 16.30 6
D Luke Richardson 0 1 1 6 3 9 0 0 26.20 9
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 17.10 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.10 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 31.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 23 0 0 64.10 5
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Charlie Stephens 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 9.00 5
R Dan Hinote 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 12.30 6
R Teemu Selänne 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 7
R Milan Hejduk 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 21.30 7
C Kent Manderville 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.30 6
C Andrei Nikolishin 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 18.30 6
C Joe Sakic 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 8
C Peter Forsberg 0 1 4 3 1 3 0 0 22.00 9
L Brad Larsen 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 9.00 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 12.20 6
L Steve Konowalchuk 1 0 2 1 3 0 4 0 15.10 7
L Paul Kariya 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 21.30 5
D Brett Clark 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 14.00 7
D Martin Skoula 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 7
D Derek Morris 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 32.00 8
D Chris McAllister 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 14.50 6
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
D Rob Blake 0 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 30.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 3 0 28 0 0 64.10 8
G Dominic Roussel 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Sakic
2nd star: Milan Hejduk
3rd star: Peter Forsberg

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Geoff Sanderson notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Milan Hejduk scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Steve Konowalchuk ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 18) , Hershey Bears 0( 7)
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1-0 SYR Lasse Pirjetä (Martin Paroulek, Alexander Gusjkov)
2-0 SYR Kent McDonell (Don MacLean, Mike Pandolfo)
3-0 SYR Kent McDonell (Tyler Sloan, Brad Moran)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Philippe Sauvé

We had some great chances to win this game, but we ultimately lost in overtime. We got a great goal from Nash and from Czerkawski, who scored on a breakaway goal in his first game with Columbus. I really think he'll be a solid pickup for us, one that didn't cost us any of our prospects. Marc Denis played a little of a down game, but he still helped us out some. It will be exciting to see what the next few weeks of hockey holds for this club.

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Well, I lost what I had wrote, so here's the box scores for the last 2 games

Vancouver Canucks 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 20 - 36
VAN PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:57/74=77 %, Challenges:47/58=79 %
CBS PP: 0 of 7 (16 shots), Passing:78/94=82 %, Challenges:42/46=89 %
Attendance: 18422 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 875045 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:36 1-0 VAN Trevor Linden [9] (Ed Jovanovski, Sami Salo)
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26:14 1-1 CBS Trevor Letowski [7] (Darryl Sydor, Rostislav Klesla)
35:15 1-2 CBS Espen Knutsen [3] (David Vyborny, Jaroslav Spacek)
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49:02 2-2 VAN Magnus Arvedson [8] (Scott Ferguson, Mike Keane)
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Penalty summary:
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02:37 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski (2 min for roughing)
10:12 VAN Daniel Sedin (2 min for hooking)
14:07 VAN Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for diving)
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20:24 VAN Fedor Fedorov (2 min for cross-checking)
26:27 VAN Daniel Sedin (2 min for roughing)
30:09 VAN Fedor Fedorov (2 min for slashing)
31:47 VAN Brad May (2 min for tripping)
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40:16 VAN Brad May (5 min for fighting)
40:16 CBS Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (5 min for fighting)
59:59 VAN Bryan Allen (2 min for hooking)
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62:45 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 11.50 7
R Fedor Fedorov 0 0 3 5 2 2 4 0 10.50 8
R Mike Keane 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 22.00 9
R Trevor Linden 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 19.50 8
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.40 5
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10.20 6
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 19.50 7
L Brad May 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 -1 9.40 5
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 9.50 6
L Magnus Arvedson 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 22.00 8
L Markus Näslund 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 23.20 7
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.40 6
D Scott Ferguson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.10 7
D Sami Salo 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 29.10 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 15.10 7
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 29.40 6
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 31.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Cloutier 2 0 34 0 0 65.00 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 6
R David Vyborny 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.30 7
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 16.00 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 6 1 0 0 2 -1 29.40 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 6
C Espen Knutsen 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 12.30 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 -1 34.40 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 7.30 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 10.00 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 -1 29.40 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.50 6
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 11.20 6
D Luke Richardson 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 -1 26.30 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 13.00 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 26.40 9
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -1 39.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 2 0 18 0 0 65.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dan Cloutier
2nd star: Mike Keane
3rd star: Trevor Letowski

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Sami Salo notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Magnus Arvedson scored the 100th goal of his career.
-Matt Cooke had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Espen Knutsen ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Brad May beat Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre in a fight.

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 5( 41) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 12)
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1-0 MAN Tim Smith (Chris Nielsen, Tomas Mojzis)
2-0 MAN Paul Gaustad
3-0 MAN Jimmy Roy (Artem Chubarov)
3-1 SYR Martin Paroulek (Don MacLean)
4-1 MAN Nathan Smith
5-1 MAN Artem Chubarov
5-2 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Alexander Gusjkov)

Goalies: Alexander Auld - Pascal Leclaire

Dallas Stars 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 32 - 24
DAL PP: 3 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:66/81=81 %, Challenges:53/63=82 %
CBS PP: 1 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:59/69=85 %, Challenges:38/44=84 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (American Airlines Center)
Ticket income: 886150 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:31 1-0 DAL Bill Guerin [10] (Brenden Morrow)PP
08:33 1-1 CBS Rick Nash [10] (Todd Marchant, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
10:39 2-1 DAL Sergei Zubov [2] (Brenden Morrow, Mike Modano)PP
12:19 3-1 DAL Sergei Zubov [3])PP
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no scoring
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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05:19 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for tripping)
07:37 DAL Philippe Boucher (2 min for elbowing)
09:35 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for holding the stick)
12:03 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for cross-checking)
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21:08 DAL Teppo Numminen (2 min for cross-checking)
26:16 DAL Bill Guerin (2 min for high-sticking)
29:42 DAL Adam Graves (5 min for fighting)
29:42 CBS Manny Malhotra (5 min for fighting)
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49:28 DAL Jason Arnott (2 min for hooking)
57:31 CBS Andrew Cassels (2 min for high-sticking)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Young 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.20 5
R Stu Barnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
R Bill Guerin 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 19.00 8
R Jere Lehtinen 0 0 3 2 3 1 0 0 19.50 8
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 7
C Pierre Turgeon 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.20 9
C Jason Arnott 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 16.10 7
C Mike Modano 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 21.00 7
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 15.20 7
L Mikko Eloranta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 6
L Adam Graves 0 0 3 1 0 1 5 0 14.30 7
D Tim Wedderburn 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 16.40 7
D Sergei Zubov 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 26.00 9
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18.30 7
D Jon Klemm 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 17.00 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Ron Tugnutt 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
R David Vyborny 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 22.30 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 12.30 8
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 23.00 7
C Todd Marchant 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 23.40 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 5.50 5
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 4
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 23.10 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 21.50 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 26.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 5
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 22.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 0 23.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sergei Zubov
2nd star: Bill Guerin
3rd star: Brenden Morrow

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Bill Guerin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Brenden Morrow notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Sergei Zubov finally ended his 19 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash scored his 10th goal of the season.

Other notes:
-Adam Graves beat Manny Malhotra in a fight.

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 1( 20) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 17)
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0-1 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Alexander Gusjkov, Lasse Pirjetä)
1-1 UTH David Bararuk (Jeff Bateman)
1-2 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Lasse Pirjetä, Hannes Hyvönen)
1-3 SYR Lasse Pirjetä (Andrej Nedorost, Hannes Hyvönen)

Goalies: Jason Bacashihua - Pascal Leclaire

Well, I was happy how we played against Vancouver, but our PK fell apart against the Stars. I'll try to update again tonight, but I'm not sure.

By the way, the stats have been updated at the page above.

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November 25th - We get a chance to redeem our last lost against Dallas tonight at home......against Dallas. We call up C Lasse Pirejta and send down C Mark Hartigan. Hartigan had started to stall out, and didn't bring anything too impressive to the table. I'm going to see if Pirejta can play a little better with a few games here. If not, I might try to take a little more of a risk and try a younger C from the organization, Brad Moran.

Game 24: Dallas (11-6-3-1) 26 pts @ Columbus (11-9-1-2) 25 pts

Game Notes: Pirejta will center the 4th line, with Manny Malhotra staying at LW, instead of Shelley. Scott Lachance will be scratched for the evening and Jamie Pushor will be starting in his place.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Letowski-Sydor-Grand Pierre
Line 3: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Vyborny-Spacek-Pushor
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirejta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Klesla
PP 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Spacek-Knutsen

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Grand Pierre-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 6 , Dallas Stars 4
Shots: 27 - 26
CBS PP: 2 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:62/82=75 %, Challenges:29/39=72 %
DAL PP: 2 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:70/81=86 %, Challenges:32/43=72 %
Attendance: 10776 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 602379 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:46 1-0 CBS Rick Nash [11] (Rostislav Klesla, Todd Marchant)
17:26 1-1 DAL Sergei Zubov [4] (Teppo Numminen, Mike Modano)PP
19:18 2-1 CBS Rick Nash [12] (Todd Marchant, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
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31:02 3-1 CBS David Vyborny [5] (Andrew Cassels, Geoff Sanderson)PP
38:39 3-2 DAL Jere Lehtinen [7] (Mike Modano, Adam Graves)
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46:37 3-3 DAL Jere Lehtinen [8] (Jon Klemm, Pierre Turgeon)PP
47:25 3-4 DAL Stu Barnes [2] (Philippe Boucher, Mikko Eloranta)
48:53 4-4 CBS Trevor Letowski [8] (Nikolai Zherdev, Luke Richardson)
49:21 5-4 CBS Geoff Sanderson [8] (Marc Denis)
59:22 6-4 CBS Geoff Sanderson [9] (Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, Rostislav Klesla) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:48 CBS Lasse Pirjetä (2 min for tripping)
16:49 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski (2 min for holding the stick)
18:08 DAL Stu Barnes (2 min for holding the stick)
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29:12 DAL Jon Klemm (2 min for tripping)
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43:51 CBS David Vyborny (2 min for tripping)
44:35 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for cross-checking)
54:42 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 4.10 5
R David Vyborny 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 11.10 7
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 21.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 20.20 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 4.10 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 13.40 6
C Andrew Cassels 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 19.30 7
C Todd Marchant 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 26.10 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4.10 4
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 10.10 5
L Geoff Sanderson 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 3 17.00 9
L Rick Nash 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 20.20 8
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 11.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 20.30 7
D Luke Richardson 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 27.30 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.50 5
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 1 0 7 2 3 0 3 19.40 9
D Rostislav Klesla 0 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 1 22 0 0 60.00 5
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Young 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
R Stu Barnes 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 12.20 7
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 19.40 7
R Jere Lehtinen 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 -3 20.00 7
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Pierre Turgeon 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 16.50 8
C Mike Modano 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 -3 20.20 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 6
L Mikko Eloranta 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 12.20 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
L Adam Graves 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 -3 19.20 5
D Tim Wedderburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 6
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 16.00 7
D Sergei Zubov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 26.00 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 6
D Jon Klemm 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 18.10 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -3 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 6 0 21 0 0 59.00 4
G Ron Tugnutt 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Geoff Sanderson
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Rostislav Klesla

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rostislav Klesla notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Todd Marchant notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Philippe Boucher ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 9) , Utah Grizzlies 0( 17)
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1-0 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Derrick Walser, Hannes Hyvönen)
2-0 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Aaron Johnson)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Jason Bacashihua

What an offensive output!! Nash and Sanderson both tally 2 goals for the game, and a streaking Letowski scores, along with David Vyborny. We're taking advantage of the PP and its really exciting. I'm very impressed with almost everyone's play this evening. LW Manny Malhotra keeps playing poorly, and look for Shelley to get some time in there. Also, I love having 7 solid defenseman, with Grand Pierre playing his best game of the year. In Syracuse news, Pascal Leclaire posts another shutout and Nedorost has all the scoring for the game. I'm very excited for the future of this organization.

November 29th - Home game against New Jersey

Game 25: New Jersey (13-6-2-2) 30 pts @ Columbus (12-9-1-2) 27 pts

Game Notes: Jody Shelley gets the start tonight, Marc Denis stays in net, and Scott Lachance comes in for Jamie Pushor.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Letowski-Sydor-Grand Pierre
Line 3: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Vyborny-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Shelley-Pirejta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Klesla
PP 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Spacek-Knutsen

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Grand Pierre-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , New Jersey Devils 3
Shots: 27 - 27
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:65/76=85 %, Challenges:43/52=81 %
NJ PP: 2 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:55/75=73 %, Challenges:40/47=83 %
Attendance: 14397 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 804793 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:08 1-0 CBS Geoff Sanderson [10] (Andrew Cassels, Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre)
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25:51 1-1 NJ Igor Larionov [5] (Jeff Friesen, Oleg Petrov)PP
29:09 1-2 NJ Jamie Langenbrunner [11] (Scott Gomez, Patrik Elias)PP
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47:38 1-3 NJ Christian Berglund [1] (Scott Niedermayer, Sean Brown)
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Penalty summary:
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01:16 NJ Grant Marshall (2 min for slashing)
07:34 CBS Jody Shelley (5 min for fighting)
07:34 NJ Sean Brown (5 min for fighting)
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21:03 NJ Colin White (2 min for slashing)
25:16 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for roughing)
28:15 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for holding the stick)
34:53 NJ Sean Brown (2 min for boarding)
37:45 NJ Sean Brown (2 min for roughing)
39:48 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for high-sticking)
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43:12 CBS Jody Shelley (5 min for fighting)
43:12 NJ Colin White (5 min for fighting)
55:41 CBS Jody Shelley (2 min for boarding)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 5
R David Vyborny 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 19.00 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 21.20 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15.10 6
C Andrew Cassels 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 21.20 8
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 25.30 6
L Jody Shelley 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 0 3.10 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8.40 4
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 19.20 8
L Rick Nash 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 22.40 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9.40 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 21.20 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 -1 24.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 14.40 6
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 24 0 0 59.30 7
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Oleg Petrov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.20 7
R Jamie Langenbrunner 1 0 4 4 1 1 0 -1 19.50 8
R Vitali Yachmenev 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
R Grant Marshall 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 17.30 7
C Jeff Shantz 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 6.20 8
C Igor Larionov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 6
C Scott Gomez 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 16.10 7
C John Madden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
L Christian Berglund 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.20 7
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 18.00 6
L Patrik Elias 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 17.20 9
L Jeff Friesen 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
D Sean Brown 0 1 1 3 0 2 9 -1 17.50 7
D Colin White 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 0 16.00 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 30.10 8
D Tommy Albelin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 6
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
D Scott Stevens 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 22.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 1 0 26 0 0 60.00 10
G Corey Schwab 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Brodeur
2nd star: Jamie Langenbrunner
3rd star: Igor Larionov

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Geoff Sanderson scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:

Other notes:
-Jody Shelley beat Sean Brown in a fight.
-Jody Shelley beat Colin White in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 15) , Albany River Rats 1( 19)
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1-0 SYR Martin Paroulek (Pauli Levokari, Brad Moran)
1-1 ALB Ray Giroux (Joey Tenute)
2-1 SYR Alexander Gusjkov (Andrej Nedorost)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Matus Kostur

Wow, this was an unimpressive game. Our PK really needs some help, as I've tried different tactics, so I might change up some people to see if we can stop the PP. Czerkawski played another unimpressive game, along with Marian Cisar. I really need to make a move to get a great player, that can play on the PK. Its time to go looking for someone.

[RPI-Fan]

Man, Pirjeta really, really tore up Syracuse. Guess he's still a year away, though.

Keep up the good work!

[TurnerONU22]

Man, Pirjeta really, really tore up Syracuse. Guess he's still a year away, though.

Keep up the good work!

The downside to Pirjeta is that he's already 29, he was one of Doug MacLean's experiments, drafting overage Euros in the later rounds of the draft. He probably won't be with the team next season, as I hope that Danny Fritchse will be ready, but you never know.

[General Mike]

Anyone got a link to the dl of latest EHM version?
hxxp://www.fhockey.com/pages/EHM%20game.htm

[TurnerONU22]

December 2nd- Home game against Washington

Game 26: Washington (13-8-0-2) 28 pts @ Columbus (12-10-1-2) 27 pts

Game Notes: Brathwaite gets the start in net, and only a couple of changes, if I recall.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Letowski-Sydor-Lachance
Line 3: Malhotra-Knutsen-Vyborny-Spacek-Grand Pierre
Line 4: Shelley-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Klesla
PP 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny-Spacek-Knutsen

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Vyborny-Spacek-Sydor

Brathwaite

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Washington Capitals 4
Shots: 19 - 30
CBS PP: 1 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:51/68=75 %, Challenges:23/28=79 %
WSH PP: 2 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:88/104=84 %, Challenges:45/56=78 %
Attendance: 12569 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 702607 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:39 0-1 WSH Michael Nylander [2] (Dainius Zubrus, Jean-François Fortin)
16:05 0-2 WSH Michael Nylander [3] (Kip Miller, Michal Rozsival)PP
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21:41 1-2 CBS Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre [1] (Darryl Sydor)
27:48 2-2 CBS Rostislav Klesla [2] (Nikolai Zherdev, Todd Marchant)PP
28:16 2-3 WSH Dainius Zubrus [5] (Sergei Berezin, Rick Berry)
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47:31 2-4 WSH Sergei Gonchar [5] (Jaromir Jagr, Kip Miller)PP
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Penalty summary:
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00:43 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
14:57 CBS Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (2 min for hooking)
17:46 WSH Stephen Peat (2 min for elbowing)
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26:51 WSH Stephen Peat (2 min for tripping)
28:27 WSH Peter Bondra (2 min for slashing)
34:07 WSH Peter Bondra (2 min for holding the stick)
36:23 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for high-sticking)
38:22 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for tripping)
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45:51 CBS Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (5 min for attempt to injury)
45:51 CBS Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (10 min game misconduct)
50:51 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for holding the stick)
53:21 WSH Peter Bondra (2 min for roughing)
54:28 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for roughing)
54:28 WSH Robert Lang (2 min for roughing)
56:12 WSH Kip Miller (2 min for holding the stick)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3.40 4
R David Vyborny 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8.20 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 16.50 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 -1 24.00 7
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3.50 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 19.40 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 5 2 1 1 4 -1 30.20 7
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3.40 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 13.30 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.30 5
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 24.00 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 26.40 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 -2 24.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 15.40 5
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 1 0 1 3 0 2 17 1 9.40 8
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 -2 34.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stephen Peat 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 6.30 4
R Mike Grier 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 10.10 7
R Peter Bondra 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 20.20 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 -1 18.20 8
C Michael Nylander 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 9
C Dainius Zubrus 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 6.30 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 6
C Robert Lang 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 19.10 6
L Kip Miller 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 15.50 7
L Sergei Berezin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.30 6
L Tyson Nash 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.00 7
L Bates Battaglia 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
D Jean-François Fortin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 28.30 6
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24.30 7
D Rick Berry 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 18.40 8
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Sergei Gonchar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kolzig 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Sébastien Charpentier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Nylander
2nd star: Dainius Zubrus
3rd star: Jaromir Jagr

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rostislav Klesla finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Kip Miller notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Dainius Zubrus finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 20) , Portland Pirates 0( 22)
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1-0 SYR Mark Hartigan (Lanny Gare)
2-0 SYR Mike Pandolfo (Mark Hartigan)
3-0 SYR Martin Paroulek (Brad Moran, Derrick Walser)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Matt Yeats

Not a good game at all, Brathwaite was a little rusty, but he got no help, again on the PK. I'm really doubting if I should go after someone just yet, because I'm not totally confident that this is a playoff team. I might just end up making a couple of moves as we get closer to the deadline.

December 3rd - Back to back night at Chicago

But first, Jean-Luc Grand Pierre got suspended for 9 games for injuring Mike Grier, so we call up D Paul Manning from Syracuse, who will be in the lineup tonight. Manning has 3 pts in 15 games for the Crunch, with a plus 4, and he'll go into the lineup for Scott Lachance.

Game 27: Columbus (12-11-1-2) 27 pts @ Chicago (6-17-0-3) 15 pts

Game Notes: Marc Denis will be in net tonight as the lines get changed up a good amount, mostly on the PP, but a couple of defensive changes as well. The scratches for tonight are Lachance and Malhotra. I'm interested to see how we can come out and play against a team I know that we're better than.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Letowski-Spacek- Richardson
Line 3: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Vyborny-Manning-Pushor
Line 4: Shelley-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Sydor-Klesla
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Spacek-Richardson

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Pushor-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Chicago Blackhawks 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 27 - 28
CHI PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/87=71 %, Challenges:34/37=89 %
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:60/74=81 %, Challenges:42/50=82 %
Attendance: 7272 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 351964 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:09 1-0 CHI Alexander Karpovtsev [1] (Alex Zhamnov)
13:37 2-0 CHI Shawn Thornton [4] (Bryan Berard, Steve McCarthy)
16:32 2-1 CBS Trevor Letowski [9] (Andrew Cassels, Todd Marchant)
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38:56 2-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [10] (Jaroslav Spacek, Paul Manning)
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43:52 3-2 CHI Steve Sullivan [5] (Bryan Berard, Steve McCarthy)
50:01 3-3 CBS Rick Nash [13] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rostislav Klesla)
55:52 3-4 CBS David Vyborny [6] (Espen Knutsen, Mariusz Czerkawski)
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Penalty summary:
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07:05 CHI Nathan Dempsey (2 min for elbowing)
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25:04 CHI Shawn Thornton (2 min for tripping)
33:47 CHI Steve Sullivan (2 min for slashing)
39:01 CHI Theoren Fleury (2 min for boarding)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 7.30 5
R Ryan Vandenbussche 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.10 6
R Theoren Fleury 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 -3 16.40 7
R Steve Sullivan 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 17.20 7
C Igor Korolev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.30 5
C Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 12.10 7
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 13.10 6
C Alex Zhamnov 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 21.10 7
L Ville Nieminen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.30 5
L Ivan Ciernik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
L Mark Bell 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 19.20 7
L Kyle Calder 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 18.20 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
D Nathan Dempsey 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 16.20 5
D Alexander Karpovtsev 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 29.10 9
D Steve McCarthy 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.10 7
D Deron Quint 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -3 24.20 6
D Bryan Berard 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jocelyn Thibault 4 0 24 0 0 58.00 6
G Steve Passmore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4.40 5
R David Vyborny 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 17.20 8
R Trevor Letowski 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 16.00 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 22.00 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 4.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 21.30 8
C Todd Marchant 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 6
L Jody Shelley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 4.40 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 19.00 5
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 22.00 7
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 15.40 6
D Luke Richardson 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 19.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 24.50 7
D Paul Manning 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.10 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Trevor Letowski
2nd star: David Vyborny
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Shawn Thornton ended his 8 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Trevor Letowski scored his 10th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 3( 28) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 18)
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1-0 NOR Igor Radulov (Nicolas Corbeil, Mattias Wennerberg)
2-0 NOR Reto Von Arx (Mikhail Yakubov, Steve Poapst)
2-1 SYR Kent McDonell (Scott Heffernan, Don MacLean)
3-1 NOR Yorick Treille (Ajay Baines)

Goalies: Michael Ayers - Pascal Leclaire

Well, I'm happy that we got the win, even though we made it a little tougher than it needed to be. We got down in a nice hole early, and had to come back twice for the victory. However, I still think we can play better, so I'm going to tinker with the lines, along with some of the strategies.

December 6th - I changed the lines a little bit, trying to get a little more defense on that top line, so I moved Zherdev down to the 2nd line, moving Vyborny up to the first and Letowski back down to the 3rd. That leaves the 3rd line a slight bit weaker on the offensive end than I would like, but that first line just got too bad in its own end.

We play at home against Phoenix.

Game 28: Phoenix (14-12-1-2) 31 pts @ Columbus (13-11-1-2) 29 pts

Game Notes: Denis stays in net, Malhotra stays scratched and Pushor gets the scratch tonight. I think Manning deserved another start tonight, and he'll give this team a little needed spark from Syracuse.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Vyborny-Klesla-Sydor
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Zherdev-Spacek-Richardson
Line 3: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Letowski-Manning-Lachance
Line 4: Shelley-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Sydor-Klesla
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Spacek-Manning

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Lachance-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Phoenix Coyotes 2
Shots: 27 - 32
CBS PP: 1 of 3 (10 shots), Passing:71/90=78 %, Challenges:26/40=63 %
PHO PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:62/80=77 %, Challenges:39/48=79 %
Attendance: 11505 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 643130 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:16 0-1 PHO Daymond Langkow [11] (Jan Hrdina, Shane Doan)PP
12:59 1-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [12] (Andrew Cassels, Luke Richardson)
17:09 2-1 CBS Andrew Cassels [9] (Rick Nash, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
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31:01 2-2 PHO Shane Doan [11] (Jan Hrdina, Andrei Nazarov)
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49:06 3-2 CBS Andrew Cassels [10] (Nikolai Zherdev, Jaroslav Spacek)
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Penalty summary:
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02:19 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for boarding)
05:22 CBS David Vyborny (2 min for hooking)
15:15 PHO Chris Gratton (2 min for roughing)
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37:45 PHO Jan Hrdina (2 min for tripping)
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50:39 PHO Brad Ference (2 min for diving)
52:44 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for holding the stick)
58:47 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for slashing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.50 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16.10 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 23.10 9
R David Vyborny 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 16.30 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3.50 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
C Andrew Cassels 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 22.20 8
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 24.00 7
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.50 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.50 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 18.20 6
L Rick Nash 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 21.20 6
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
D Luke Richardson 0 1 0 5 0 4 4 1 21.50 8
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 26.20 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 4 6 1 4 0 0 31.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Landon Wilson 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 8.30 5
R Daniel Cleary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 5
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.20 6
R Shane Doan 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 21.10 8
C Krystofer Kolanos 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 8.30 7
C Chris Gratton 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 0 13.50 6
C Daymond Langkow 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 15.30 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
L Andrei Nazarov 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 0 12.30 8
L Brian Savage 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10.00 5
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 16.40 7
L Jan Hrdina 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 20.50 9
D Brad Ference 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11.30 6
D David Tanabe 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.40 5
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 24.00 9
D Cale Hulse 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 15.30 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 28.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brian Boucher 3 0 24 0 0 59.30 7
G Sean Burke 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Andrew Cassels
3rd star: Shane Doan

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Andrew Cassels scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Jan Hrdina notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Shane Doan ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 21) , Springfield Falcons 1( 24)
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1-0 SYR Mark Hartigan (Andrej Nedorost, Derrick Walser)
1-1 SPR Darren McLachlan (Scott Polaski, Eduard Lewandowski)
2-1 SYR Lanny Gare (Brad Moran)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Jeff Pietrasiak

Whew, we win another close game, thanks to some stellar play by that 2nd line (sans Sanderson). If we keep winning games like this, its going to make my life as a GM a lot more difficult. I really like the top 2 lines, but I'd like to see a little better play from my other 2, along with maybe another stellar defensman or 2. I might go look to send out a defenseman somewhere and bring in a pick that I could use to trade later.

[TurnerONU22]

*******BREAKING NEWS********

Its 3 o'clock here on Sunday December 7th and we have some breaking news in from a source inside the Blue Jackets organization.

Columbus Blue Jackets trade
Columbus Blue Jackets traded Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, Louis Mandeville and Ivan Tkachenko to Tampa Bay Lightning for Dan Boyle

A native of Canada, Dan Boyle, was originally signed as a free agent to the NHL. He has appeared in 273 NHL games during his career, notching 30 goals and adding 96 assists along with 127 penalty minutes. The 27 year old defenseman has played 26 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning this season, totalling 2+12=14 with 6 PIM.

A native of Canada, Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre was originally drafted to the NHL by the St. Louis Blues in the 7th round of the 1995 entry draft. He has appeared in 233 NHL games during his career, notching 5 goals and adding 16 assists along with 294 penalty minutes. The 26 year old defenseman has played 20 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 1+5=6 with 35 PIM.

This looks to be a big trade here for Columbus, as Grand Pierre never seemed to get on the good side of management, and everyone knew that GM Turner was actively seeking a solid defenseman. Dan Boyle brings a nice game to the Blue Jackets and should be able to help out on the PP and the PK, along with being on the 2nd line, most likely. He looks to be able to play well with Darryl Sydor or Jamie Pushor (according to the scouting report). Boyle is familiar with the area, having played his college hockey at Miami (OH) University, a little over an hour away from Columbus.

[RPI-Fan]

FWIW, I saw the Syracuse Crunch play last night (at the Albany River Rats).

Moran scored a nice goal, coming out of the penalty box he took a crisp pass and gained 2-3 steps on the defender who he was originally even with, then beat the goalie (who blows) over his left shoulder.

In overtime, the Rats got a breakaway, but Steve Kariya couldn't finish, and with 20 seconds left, the Rats stood around. Syracuse brought it back the other way and the Rats had pretty much no one playing defense. A shot and rebound later, and the Crunch won with 6 seconds left. Pretty typical of Albany.

[TurnerONU22]

FWIW, I saw the Syracuse Crunch play last night (at the Albany River Rats).

Moran scored a nice goal, coming out of the penalty box he took a crisp pass and gained 2-3 steps on the defender who he was originally even with, then beat the goalie (who blows) over his left shoulder.

In overtime, the Rats got a breakaway, but Steve Kariya couldn't finish, and with 20 seconds left, the Rats stood around. Syracuse brought it back the other way and the Rats had pretty much no one playing defense. A shot and rebound later, and the Crunch won with 6 seconds left. Pretty typical of Albany.

Yeah, I liked watching Moran when he came up this year for a few games when Cassels was hurt. They put him right onto the first line and he scored a nice goal in his first game on Brodeur. I'd like to see the Crunch play a game, they used to have a couple of games a year at Nationwide so the CBJ fans could see their young guys, but they didn't this year. I hope they restart that again next year.

Also, what did you think of Leclaire in net? I was very impressed when he came up earlier this year for a couple of games, and I heard the game before the Albany game, he posted a 50-save shutout, and the Crunch got outshot 50-9 and still won 1-0. That's amazing.

[TurnerONU22]

A quick game this morning

December 8th - Home game against Buffalo and Dan Boyle's debut!!

Game 29: Buffalo (12-12-2-2) 28 pts @ Columbus (14-11-1-2) 31 pts

Game Notes: Dan Boyle makes his debut tonight on the 2nd line, paired with Darryl Sydor, and also paired with Sydor on the PP and the PK. Spacek and Lachance are the scratches on the defensive end. Jody Shelley gets the scratch at LW. Marc Denis starts in net.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Vyborny-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Zherdev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Letowski-Pushor-Manning
Line 4: Shelley-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Sydor-Boyle
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Klesla-Manning

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Boyle-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 25 - 29
CBS PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:69/79=87 %, Challenges:45/47=93 %
BUF PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:65/73=89 %, Challenges:40/46=85 %
Attendance: 10020 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 560118 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:51 1-0 CBS Rick Nash [14] (Andrew Cassels)PP
11:44 1-1 BUF Tim Connolly [3] (Dmitri Kalinin, James Patrick)
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39:33 1-2 BUF Chris Drury [9] (Alexei Zhitnik, Jay McKee)
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52:15 1-3 BUF Jiri Novotny [1] (James Patrick)
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Penalty summary:
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07:42 BUF Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for elbowing)
16:57 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for slashing)
19:28 BUF Dmitri Kalinin (2 min for hooking)
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23:49 BUF Sean McMorrow (2 min for hooking)
32:44 BUF Eric Boulton (5 min for high-sticking)
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44:03 BUF Sean McMorrow (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.30 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 8.50 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 23.40 8
R David Vyborny 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 5.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 10.50 6
C Andrew Cassels 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 25.40 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 8.50 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 27.10 7
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 9.30 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 26.10 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 20.50 5
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 12.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 26.00 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 24.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 26 0 0 59.30 7
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean McMorrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 8.50 6
R Jiri Novotny 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 11.00 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16.50 6
C Curtis Brown 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
C Tim Connolly 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 11.00 8
C Daniel Briere 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 7
C Chris Drury 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
L Eric Boulton 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 0 11.10 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 14.50 6
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 9
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 15.30 8
D James Patrick 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 12.40 7
D Jay McKee 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 23.10 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 29.20 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 17.30 7
D Andy Delmore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 25.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Miller
2nd star: Jiri Novotny
3rd star: Tim Connolly

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Chris Drury scored the 300th point of his career.
-Tim Connolly ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 23) , Rochester Americans 2( 18)
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1-0 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Mark Hartigan)
2-0 SYR Mark Hartigan (Alexander Gusjkov)
3-0 SYR Scott Heffernan (Don MacLean)
4-0 SYR Mike Pandolfo (Andrej Nedorost, Derrick Walser)
4-1 ROC Matt Loen (Jason Botterill , Norm Milley)
4-2 ROC Jason Pominville (Michael Ryan)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Tom Askey

Wow, I thought we'd have this game in the bag, but we just came out a little flat tonight. The pairings and everything seemed to work well together, but we just got outplayed tonight, there's not much more you can say about it. I don't really think it was the changes I made, I think it was more of the team just not really playing their best game tonight. Oh well, lets hope we can get the next game.

[RPI-Fan]

Laclaire didn't play all that great, I didn't think. The Rats got 40+ shots, but there weren't a lot of great shots. Basically, he didn't give up any bad goals, but on the same token, didn't bail Syracuse out at all either.

[TurnerONU22]

December 10th - Mike Keenan strikes again...

Ed Olczyk fired
Pittsburgh Penguins have fired head coach Ed Olczyk in order to shake up the team and get it out of the losing streak. The team has announced that Mike Keenan will be taking over the position.

How many teams does this make for Keenan now???

Back to the Jackets, we go on the road to Anaheim.

Game 30: Columbus (14-12-1-2) 31 pts @ Anaheim (14-9-4-1) 33 pts

Game Notes: We make some changes for the evening, sending Paul Manning down to Syracuse (for now) along with Jody Shelley, and call up C Brad Moran and RW Andrej Nedorost. I'm going to put them on the 3rd line and see how they can play with some more time than normal. Also, Freddy Brathwaite gets the start tonight in net.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Vyborny-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Cassels-Zherdev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Czerkawski-Moran-Nedorost-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Knutsen-Letowski

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Sydor-Boyle
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Klesla-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Boyle-Sydor

Brathwaite

Box Score:

Anaheim Mighty Ducks 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 29 - 30
ANA PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:56/68=82 %, Challenges:34/39=85 %
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:67/81=82 %, Challenges:36/50=70 %
Attendance: 16360 of 17174 (Arrowhead Pond)
Ticket income: 752560 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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17:26 1-0 ANA Craig Johnson [5] (Rob Niedermayer, Frantisek Kaberle)
18:01 1-1 CBS Darryl Sydor [3] (Espen Knutsen)
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31:49 2-1 ANA Aaron Gavey [2] (Sandis Ozolinsh, Keith Carney)
32:16 3-1 ANA Keith Carney [3] (Mike LeClerc, Steve Rucchin)
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45:19 4-1 ANA Sergei Fedorov [14] (Petr Sykora, Mike LeClerc)
46:49 5-1 ANA Stanislav Chistov [8] (Sergei Fedorov, Petr Sykora)PP
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Penalty summary:
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05:34 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for cross-checking)
08:15 ANA Jason Krog (2 min for roughing)
09:27 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
09:27 ANA Vitaly Vishnevski (2 min for roughing)
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33:06 ANA Sandis Ozolinsh (2 min for high-sticking)
37:48 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for hooking)
38:46 CBS Andrew Cassels (2 min for hooking)
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45:21 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for slashing)
48:25 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for high-sticking)
55:52 ANA Ruslan Salei (2 min for hooking)
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.10 7
R Michal Grosek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 10.00 6
R Rob Niedermayer 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 10.40 7
R Petr Sykora 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 16.50 8
C Jason Krog 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 10.10 7
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 -1 15.50 8
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 7
C Sergei Fedorov 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
L Aaron Gavey 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 10.10 7
L Stanislav Chistov 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 7
L Craig Johnson 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10.00 7
L Mike LeClerc 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 2 21.00 9
D Todd Simpson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 10.30 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
D Keith Carney 1 1 1 4 0 3 0 3 28.00 10
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 -1 15.50 8
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 5 1 4 2 1 20.00 8
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 3 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1 0 29 0 0 60.00 10
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 10.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 -3 18.50 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 -1 19.50 7
C Brad Moran 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.20 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 11.50 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 -3 21.40 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 -1 27.10 9
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 6.00 8
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 15.10 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 -1 23.30 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 25.50 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 -1 27.50 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -3 25.20 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 5 0 24 0 0 60.00 5
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Keith Carney
2nd star: Sergei Fedorov
3rd star: Mike LeClerc

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Steve Rucchin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Aaron Gavey ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Keith Carney ended his 7 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Darryl Sydor finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 3( 35) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 16)
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1-0 CIN Viktor Wallin (Scooter Smith)
2-0 CIN Scooter Smith (Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau)
3-0 CIN Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau (Patrick Yetman)
3-1 SYR Lanny Gare (Jean-François Plourde)

Goalies: Eddy Ferhi - Pascal Leclaire

Wow, we just got totally outplayed on the road and got steamrolled 5-1. Nobody really impressed me with their play, and I'm thinking about going back to the lines I had a couple of weeks ago, with Zherdev and Nash together. I'll make a decision come the next game.

December 13th - We stay on the road and play Phoenix

Game 31: Columbus (14-13-1-2) 31 pts @ Phoenix (14-14-1-3) 32 pts

Game Notes: I scheduled an extra practice the day before, and I'm hoping that it helps give the guys a spark tonight. Not really much to note tonight, the scratches are the same, but Denis will start. I have made a few line changes, however, and we shall see how these work out.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Vyborny-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Moran-Nedorost

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Lachance-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Richardson-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Phoenix Coyotes 1 , Columbus Blue Jackets 7
Shots: 22 - 28
PHO PP: 0 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:61/82=74 %, Challenges:28/32=84 %
CBS PP: 1 of 8 (17 shots), Passing:83/99=83 %, Challenges:33/48=67 %
Attendance: 16200 of 16200 (Glendale Arena)
Ticket income: 780840 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:51 0-1 CBS Darryl Sydor [4] (Andrew Cassels, Geoff Sanderson)PP
13:31 1-1 PHO Branko Radivojevic [4] (David Tanabe, Paul Mara)
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28:16 1-2 CBS Espen Knutsen [4] (David Vyborny, Nikolai Zherdev)
29:13 1-3 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [13] (Rick Nash, Manny Malhotra)
31:03 1-4 CBS Todd Marchant [10] (Trevor Letowski)SH
32:59 1-5 CBS Espen Knutsen [5] (Andrew Cassels, Rostislav Klesla)SH
33:56 1-6 CBS Espen Knutsen [6])SH
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53:12 1-7 CBS Rick Nash [15] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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02:58 PHO Cale Hulse (2 min for slashing)
05:03 CBS Andrew Cassels (2 min for roughing)
08:37 PHO Jeff Taffe (2 min for tripping)
09:29 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
09:29 PHO Cale Hulse (2 min for roughing)
13:59 PHO Cale Hulse (2 min for roughing)
13:59 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for roughing)
15:01 CBS Scott Lachance (2 min for slashing)
19:47 PHO Mike Sillinger (2 min for elbowing)
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22:01 PHO Chris Gratton (2 min for cross-checking)
24:32 PHO Jeff Taffe (2 min for hooking)
29:39 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for high-sticking)
31:36 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for boarding)
31:36 CBS Trevor Letowski (10 min misconduct)
32:07 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for roughing)
36:48 PHO Cale Hulse (2 min for elbowing)
39:01 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
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41:34 PHO Daymond Langkow (2 min for high-sticking)
51:16 PHO Landon Wilson (2 min for hooking)
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Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Landon Wilson 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 6.50 5
R Daniel Cleary 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 17.10 6
R Branko Radivojevic 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.40 7
R Shane Doan 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 -3 20.30 8
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6.20 6
C Chris Gratton 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 -1 14.20 4
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 -2 17.20 6
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 14.30 5
L Andrei Nazarov 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -1 14.40 5
L Brian Savage 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.30 5
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 6
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 20.00 6
D Brad Ference 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
D David Tanabe 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 -2 22.20 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -2 27.40 6
D Cale Hulse 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 -1 16.40 7
D Paul Mara 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 -2 23.40 7
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -3 22.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brian Boucher 5 0 12 0 0 33.00 4
G Sean Burke 2 0 9 0 0 27.00 5

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.40 5
R David Vyborny 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 9.50 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 2 0 0 0 14 0 10.10 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 2 6 0 1 1 0 2 25.50 10
C Brad Moran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 16.40 10
C Todd Marchant 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 19.20 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 4 28.50 8
L Manny Malhotra 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7.10 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 8
L Rick Nash 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 2 24.50 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 16.20 7
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 27.20 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15.20 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 7.20 5
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 11.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 2 4 2 5 0 0 5 42.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Espen Knutsen
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Andrew Cassels

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Branko Radivojevic finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Branko Radivojevic finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Rick Nash scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Espen Knutsen ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Todd Marchant finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 2( 40) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 20)
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1-0 SPR Matthew Spiller (Erik Westrum, Jason Jaspers)
1-1 SYR Mark Hartigan
2-1 SPR Loic Burkhalter (Michael Schutte, Peter Fregoe)

Goalies: David LeNeveu - Pascal Leclaire

Um......is this my team? We scored not one, not two, but THREE shorthanded goals, and one of those during a 5-on-3. This is amazing, but it seemed like some changes actually worked, as I put Lachance out there on that PK 1 line, and told them to be agressive, because of their high endurance, and then I told the PK 2 line to be a little passive, because they don't have the endurance of PK 1. Well, it seemed to work very well. I'm not sure how well the screen and shoot strategy worked on PP 1, so I might change that back to what I had before. What a performance tonight!!

[TurnerONU22]

December 13th - We find out Spacek will be out for a week, so we'll stick with the 6 healthy defensemen that we have. We're out at San Jose tonight.

Game 32: Columbus (15-13-1-2) 33 pts @ San Jose (11-14-2-0) 24 pts

Game Notes: We make some changes for the evening, sending Paul Manning down to Syracuse (for now) along with Jody Shelley, and call up C Brad Moran and RW Andrej Nedorost. I'm going to put them on the 3rd line and see how they can play with some more time than normal. Also, Freddy Brathwaite gets the start tonight in net.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Vyborny-Pushor-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Moran-Nedorost

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Boyle-Pushor

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Lachance-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Richardson-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

San Jose Sharks 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 23 - 35
SJ PP: 0 of 4 (12 shots), Passing:59/79=74 %, Challenges:29/36=78 %
CBS PP: 3 of 11 (19 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:40/51=76 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (HP Pavillion)
Ticket income: 830049 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:59 1-0 SJ Todd Harvey [6] (Vincent Damphousse, Patrick Marleau)
11:31 1-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [14] (Rick Nash, Andrew Cassels)PP
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35:56 1-2 CBS Andrew Cassels [11] (Rostislav Klesla, Darryl Sydor)PP
39:49 1-3 CBS Andrew Cassels [12] (Rostislav Klesla, Darryl Sydor)PP
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49:34 2-3 SJ Alexander Korolyuk [6] (Scott Hannan, Kyle McLaren)
58:35 2-4 CBS Darryl Sydor [5] (Luke Richardson) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:49 SJ Matt Carkner (2 min for cross-checking)
06:59 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for tripping)
07:13 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for boarding)
11:18 SJ Matt Carkner (2 min for slashing)
12:52 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for high-sticking)
18:01 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for hooking)
18:46 SJ Wayne Primeau (2 min for hooking)
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24:01 CBS Jamie Pushor (2 min for tripping)
26:08 SJ Kyle McLaren (2 min for slashing)
31:58 SJ Matt Carkner (2 min for hooking)
35:07 CBS Manny Malhotra (5 min for fighting)
35:07 SJ Matt Carkner (5 min for fighting)
35:07 SJ Matt Carkner (2 min for instigating)
35:07 SJ Matt Carkner (10 min misconduct)
35:39 SJ Kyle McLaren (2 min for roughing)
35:39 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
37:06 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for slashing)
38:23 SJ Mike Ricci (2 min for high-sticking)
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49:49 SJ Vincent Damphousse (2 min for hooking)
51:43 SJ Brad Stuart (2 min for hooking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
R Scott Parker 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 8.30 6
R Alexander Korolyuk 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.30 6
R Todd Harvey 1 0 2 5 1 3 4 1 20.10 9
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17.10 5
C Mark Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
C Mike Ricci 0 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 19.00 6
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 14.00 8
L Alyn McCauley 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 4
L Scott Thornton 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 18.30 9
L Vincent Damphousse 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 11.00 6
L Marco Sturm 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 19.00 7
D Matt Carkner 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 5.10 4
D Scott Hannan 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 1 2 5 0 2 4 0 28.00 8
D Jim Fahey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.20 7
D Mike Rathje 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 24.10 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 5 3 0 0 2 1 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 4 0 31 0 0 59.20 7
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.00 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.10 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 4 1 0 0 4 -1 24.20 7
C Brad Moran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.00 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.40 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 17.00 6
C Andrew Cassels 2 1 8 0 1 0 0 -1 31.30 8
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 4.00 7
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 15.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 -1 25.20 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 1 2 2 3 1 3 0 1 26.10 10
D Luke Richardson 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 21.10 5
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15.00 5
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 2 5 2 3 2 0 -2 31.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrew Cassels
2nd star: Darryl Sydor
3rd star: Todd Harvey

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Vincent Damphousse had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Scott Hannan ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rostislav Klesla has marked a new career high in assists with 15 assists.
-Rostislav Klesla has marked a new career high in points with 17 points.

Other notes:
-Manny Malhotra fought Matt Carkner in a fight.

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 4( 32) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 15)
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0-1 SYR Mike Pandolfo (Janne Jokila, Ben Knopp)
0-2 SYR Jeremy Reich (Tim Jackman)
1-2 CLE Tomas Plihal (Christian Ehrhoff, Marcel Goc)
2-2 CLE Grant Stevenson (P.J. Martin)
3-2 CLE Tomas Plihal (Marcel Goc, Mike Morris)
3-3 SYR Mark Hartigan (Kent McDonell, Mike Pandolfo)
4-3 CLE Willie Levesque (Grant Stevenson)

Goalies: Seamus Kotyk - Pascal Leclaire

A big win for the guys tonight, as we get 3 power play goals, and great special teams play and solid goaltending. Darryl Sydor played an outstanding game, with a goal and two assists, and Andrew Cassels had two goals and an assist. From the news section:

Rostislav Klesla reaches career high !
Rostislav Klesla marked a new career high in assists with 15 assists after assisting in tonights game against San Jose Sharks on a goal by Andrew Cassels. It's a joy to be playing with these guys, they are the best teammates anyone could have, he said after the game in the dressing room.

A native of Czech, Rostislav Klesla was originally drafted to the NHL by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 1st round of the 2000 entry draft. He has appeared in 184 NHL games during his career, notching 14 goals and adding 37 assists along with 175 penalty minutes. The 21 year old defenseman has played 29 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 2+15=17 with 24 PIM.

Rostislav Klesla reaches career high !
Rostislav Klesla marked a new career high in points with 17 after assisting in tonights game against San Jose Sharks on a goal by Andrew Cassels. I'm not out here to set records, but it's always nice to get the points, was his only comment for the media..

We played a great game, and seem to be on a roll. I think this team can get into the playoffs without having to sell out on the future.

December 16th - Remember Derrick Walser, the one I complained about at the end of training camp? Well, he's been having a great season down in Syracuse and I feel that he can come up and contribute some for us, so we shall see if he is ready to play for us this time. We sent down both RW Andrej Nedorost and C Brad Moran to Syracuse.

We're still on the road, at the Avalanche

Game 33: Columbus (16-13-1-2) 35 pts @ Colorado (23-4-1-3) 50 pts

Game Notes: Derrick Walser starts tonight for Jamie Pushor, Lasse Pirjeta and Marian Cisar find their ways back into the lineup and Freddy Brathwaite gets the start in net. Let's see if we can find a way to beat Colorado

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Vyborny-Walser-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Boyle-Walser

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Lachance-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Richardson-Sydor

Brathwaite

Box Score:

Colorado Avalanche 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 25 - 14
COL PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:65/84=77 %, Challenges:37/50=72 %
CBS PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:68/88=77 %, Challenges:23/42=53 %
Attendance: 18007 of 18007 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 794109 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:31 1-0 COL Peter Forsberg [20] (Paul Kariya, Brad Larsen)
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30:35 2-0 COL Steve Konowalchuk [8] (Joe Sakic, Adam Foote)
34:05 2-1 CBS Darryl Sydor [6] (Dan Boyle, Todd Marchant)
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48:47 3-1 COL Steve Konowalchuk [9] (Teemu Selänne)
53:23 4-1 COL Teemu Selänne [12] (Steve Konowalchuk, Joe Sakic)
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Penalty summary:
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00:08 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for slashing)
13:53 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for slashing)
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20:38 COL Derek Morris (2 min for slashing)
23:41 COL Derek Morris (2 min for slashing)
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40:44 COL Chris McAllister (5 min for fighting)
40:44 CBS Manny Malhotra (5 min for fighting)
41:49 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sébastien Bordeleau 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 10.30 7
R Dan Hinote 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 12.10 6
R Teemu Selänne 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 14.20 9
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Kent Manderville 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 11.50 6
C Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 10.50 6
C Joe Sakic 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 17.00 7
C Peter Forsberg 1 0 7 2 0 2 0 1 20.20 9
L Brad Larsen 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 10.30 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14.40 6
L Steve Konowalchuk 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 3 13.40 9
L Paul Kariya 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
D Chris McAllister 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 12.10 5
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 16.20 6
D Derek Morris 0 0 1 3 0 2 4 0 27.20 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13.50 6
D Adam Foote 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 20.10 8
D Rob Blake 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 1 0 13 0 0 60.00 8
G Dominic Roussel 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3.50 5
R David Vyborny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 22.10 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 21.50 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.50 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.10 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 -1 24.10 6
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 -1 22.40 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 3.40 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 -1 21.50 4
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 15.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 20.50 8
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 -1 22.30 6
D Derrick Walser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 5
D Dan Boyle 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 19.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 30.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 4 0 21 0 0 58.50 5
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Konowalchuk
2nd star: Teemu Selänne
3rd star: Peter Forsberg

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Peter Forsberg scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Steve Konowalchuk notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Milan Hejduk had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Brad Larsen ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:
-Chris McAllister beat Manny Malhotra in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 4( 28) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 14)
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1-0 HER Steve Moore (Frantisek Skladany, Mikhail Kuleshov)
2-0 HER Nick Bootland (Sergei Klyazmin, John-Michael Liles)
2-1 SYR Scott Heffernan (Martin Paroulek, Lanny Gare)
3-1 HER Steve Moore (Mikhail Kuleshov)
4-1 HER Frantisek Skladany (Agris Saviels)

Goalies: Philippe Sauvé - Karl Goehring

Well, I guess Colorado showed why they are the best team in the league, as they completely shut down Nash and really exposed the lack of offense our team has. I didn't expect much from tonight and Brathwaite didn't stand on his head as we needed to have a chance in this game. I hope our guys take the positives out of this game and what they need to do better to have a chance at winning.

[TurnerONU22]

December 18th - We stay on the road, at Montreal

Game 34: Columbus (16-14-1-2) 35 pts @ Montreal (12-16-3-2) 29 pts

Game Notes: Pushor goes back in for Walser for the evening and Denis goes back into the net.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Vyborny-Pushor-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Boyle-Richardson

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Lachance-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Richardson-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Montreal Canadiens 1 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 19 - 20
MTL PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:73/102=71 %, Challenges:21/43=47 %
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (1 shots), Passing:83/101=82 %, Challenges:20/49=40 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Bell Center)
Ticket income: 912613 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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35:25 1-0 MTL Steve Begin [5] (Yanic Perreault, Joe Juneau)
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46:16 1-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [15] (Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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03:05 MTL Craig Rivet (2 min for hooking)
17:09 MTL Darren Langdon (2 min for tripping)
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26:14 MTL Darren Langdon (5 min for fighting)
26:14 CBS Jamie Pushor (5 min for fighting)
36:32 MTL Gordie Dwyer (2 min for tripping)
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59:22 MTL Stephane Quintal (5 min for fighting)
59:22 CBS Manny Malhotra (5 min for fighting)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Gordie Dwyer 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 9.00 7
R Donald Audette 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 16.50 6
R Niklas Sundström 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 20.50 6
R Richard Zednik 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 -1 18.30 7
C Marcel Hossa 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Yanic Perreault 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 16.50 8
C Joe Juneau 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 17.40 8
C Saku Koivu 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
L Darren Langdon 0 0 1 0 2 0 7 0 8.30 4
L Steve Begin 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 15.50 6
L Andreas Dackell 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 15.20 5
L Chad Kilger 0 0 2 1 2 5 0 -1 23.00 6
D Stephane Quintal 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 16.20 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 19.50 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 -1 29.30 6
D Karl Dykhuis 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 21.20 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 16.30 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 24.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 1 0 19 0 0 65.00 9
G José Théodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4.40 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 18.50 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 2 2 7 2 0 1 26.50 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4.40 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.40 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 21.00 6
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 26.50 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4.30 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.40 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -1 21.10 6
L Rick Nash 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 1 26.50 6
D Scott Lachance 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -1 24.20 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 1 5 2 7 0 1 27.50 6
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 12.30 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 -1 23.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 3 1 4 0 1 29.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 1 0 18 0 0 65.00 9
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mathieu Garon
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Yanic Perreault

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Steve Begin ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Steve Begin ended his 5 game point drought.
-Andreas Dackell had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash has marked a new career high in assists with 23 assists.
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Darryl Sydor had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Darryl Sydor had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Darren Langdon beat Jamie Pushor in a fight.
-Stephane Quintal beat Manny Malhotra in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 5( 26) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 16)
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0-1 SYR Janne Jokila (Jean-François Plourde, Ben Knopp)
1-1 HAM Marc-Andre Thinel (Christian Larrivée)
2-1 HAM Tomas Plekanec (Alexander Perezhogin)
2-2 SYR Lanny Gare (Don MacLean)
3-2 HAM Pierre Dagenais (Benoit Gratton)
4-2 HAM Tomas Plekanec (Alexander Perezhogin)
4-3 SYR Scott Heffernan (Andrej Nedorost, Mark Hartigan)
5-3 HAM Alexander Buturlin (Chris Higgins)

I'm glad I wasn't at that game, it looked ugly and I'm just happy to come away with a point after that game. I liked Denis' performance on the evening, and I think our guys kept trying and put a lot of effort into getting our point. Also:

18-12-2003 Rick Nash reaches career high !
Rick Nash marked a new career high in assists with 23 assists after assisting in tonights game against Montreal Canadiens on a goal by Nikolai Zherdev. You gotta' hand it to their team today, they came to play and made us work for everything we got, he said as he packed up his gear.

A native of Canada, Rick Nash was originally drafted to the NHL by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 1st round of the 2002 entry draft. He has appeared in 107 NHL games during his career, notching 32 goals and adding 45 assists along with 104 penalty minutes. The 19 year old left wing has played 33 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 15+23=38 with 26 PIM.

Nash has been having a terrific season and looks to keep getting better and better, the future looks bright with the Rick and Nik show.

December 21st - We get Spacek back for tonight, which means Walser gets sent back down to Syracuse. We're back to Nationwide Arena against Ottawa

[B]Game 35: Ottawa (17-9-2-4) 40 pts @ Columbus (16-14-1-3) 36 pts [/B]

Game Notes: Spacek comes in for Walser. Other than that, nothing new. This is a boring section for now.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Vyborny-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Lachance-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Richardson-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Ottawa Senators 4
Shots: 32 - 25
CBS PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:63/75=84 %, Challenges:54/58=91 %
OTT PP: 0 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:60/71=84 %, Challenges:39/45=84 %
Attendance: 11214 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 626862 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:54 1-0 CBS Todd Marchant [11] (David Vyborny, Geoff Sanderson)PP
07:42 1-1 OTT Daniel Alfredsson [14] (Wade Redden)
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37:48 1-2 OTT Todd White [9] (Jason Spezza, Daniel Alfredsson)
39:31 2-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [11] (Geoff Sanderson, Todd Marchant)
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47:53 2-3 OTT Radek Bonk [15] (Daniel Alfredsson, Chris Neil)
48:24 2-4 OTT Daniel Alfredsson [15] (Martin Havlat, Wade Redden)
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Penalty summary:
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05:06 OTT Chris Neil (2 min for hooking)
09:22 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for diving)
13:25 OTT Anton Volchenkov (2 min for roughing)
16:42 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski (2 min for slashing)
19:17 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for hooking)
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24:55 OTT Mike Fisher (2 min for high-sticking)
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50:41 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski (2 min for boarding)
54:04 OTT Petr Schastlivy (2 min for boarding)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.30 6
R David Vyborny 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.40 8
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 -2 25.20 7
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 15.20 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 8
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -2 31.40 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.30 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -1 9.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 25.20 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 13.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 26.10 9
D Luke Richardson 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 -2 24.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 33.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 21 0 0 59.00 5
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3.50 7
R Mike Fisher 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 13.50 7
R Jason Spezza 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 2 2 6 1 0 1 0 3 20.30 10
C Shaun Van Allen 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 7.00 7
C Bryan Smolinski 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16.30 5
C Todd White 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
C Radek Bonk 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 3 20.00 7
L Dennis Bonvie 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.20 5
L Petr Schastlivy 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 18.00 7
L Jody Hull 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 13.40 6
L Martin Havlat 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 15.20 8
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22.10 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 22.40 7
D Curtis Leschyshyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 22.00 6
D Wade Redden 0 2 4 3 0 2 0 3 21.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Patrick Lalime 2 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Martin Prusek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Alfredsson
2nd star: Wade Redden
3rd star: Patrick Lalime

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Geoff Sanderson scored the 600th point of his career.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Radek Bonk scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Daniel Alfredsson scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 7( 32) , Binghamton Senators 2( 13)
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1-0 SYR Brad Moran (Martin Paroulek)
2-0 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Mark Hartigan)
3-0 SYR Lanny Gare (Don MacLean, Aaron Johnson)
4-0 SYR Jody Shelley (Alexander Gusjkov, Brad Moran)
5-0 SYR Janne Jokila (Jean-François Plourde)
6-0 SYR Jody Shelley (Alexander Gusjkov)
6-1 BNG Greg Watson (Grant Potulny, Billy Thompson)
6-2 BNG Peter Schaefer (Serge Payer)
7-2 SYR Derrick Walser (Andrej Nedorost)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Billy Thompson

Ugh, Denis played a bad game and it really cost us tonight. We were right in the game and our team gave up 2 quick goals in the middle of the 3rd that put the nail in the coffin. Let's hope we can do something about this in our next game. More news:

21-12-2003 Geoff Sanderson reaches a milestone !
Geoff Sanderson scored the 600th point of his career in tonight's game against the Ottawa Senators on a goal by Trevor Letowski. My parents came to see this game so I just had to deliver, he said as camera flashes went off..

A native of Canada, Geoff Sanderson was originally drafted to the NHL by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2nd round of the 1990 entry draft. He has appeared in 882 NHL games during his career, notching 310 goals and adding 290 assists along with 361 penalty minutes. The 31 year old left wing has played 34 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 10+14=24 with 6 PIM.

December 23rd - We call up G Pascal Leclaire and LW Mike Pandolfo as we go on the road to face the NY Islanders.

[B]Game 36: Columbus (16-15-1-3) 36 pts @ NY Islanders (13-14-2-4) 32 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Leclaire gets the start in net in a spur of the moment situation and Pandolfo comes in to play on the 3rd line. We'll be facing a former Blue Jacket as Tyler Wright centers their fourth line.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Knutsen-Vyborny-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Lachance-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Richardson-Sydor

Leclaire

Box Score:

New York Islanders 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 28 - 33
NYI PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:62/74=83 %, Challenges:38/44=84 %
CBS PP: 0 of 6 (15 shots), Passing:74/87=85 %, Challenges:36/45=78 %
Attendance: 16295 of 16295 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 751199 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:08 0-1 CBS Andrew Cassels [13] (Nikolai Zherdev, Marian Cisar)
14:31 1-1 NYI Kori Davison [3] (Tyler Wright, Kenny Jönsson)
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28:52 1-2 CBS Mike Pandolfo [1] (Jaroslav Spacek, Espen Knutsen)
29:27 2-2 NYI Mattias Weinhandl [5] (Oleg Kvasha, Eric Godard)
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59:35 3-2 NYI Jason Blake [9] (Mark Parrish, Alexei Yashin)
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Penalty summary:
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10:37 NYI Eric Cairns (2 min for high-sticking)
12:02 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for roughing)
12:02 NYI Mark Parrish (2 min for roughing)
19:56 NYI Eric Godard (2 min for hooking)
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23:55 NYI Oleg Kvasha (2 min for hooking)
26:39 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for high-sticking)
29:57 NYI Arron Asham (2 min for tripping)
38:34 NYI Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
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50:14 NYI Michael Peca (2 min for cross-checking)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Asham 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 11.40 6
R Mattias Weinhandl 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 8
R Dave Scatchard 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 6
R Mark Parrish 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 20.50 10
C Tyler Wright 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 7.00 7
C Oleg Kvasha 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 -1 13.40 7
C Michael Peca 0 0 3 5 2 2 2 0 17.30 7
C Alexei Yashin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
L Kori Davison 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5.40 5
L Eric Godard 0 1 2 4 0 3 2 -1 13.40 8
L Shawn Bates 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 6
L Jason Blake 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 14.40 8
D Eric Cairns 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 14.50 6
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27.00 5
D Kenny Jönsson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 20.30 7
D Radek Martinek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 13.40 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Garth Snow 2 0 31 0 0 60.00 10
G Dusan Salficky 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 10.40 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 27.50 7
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 9.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.30 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 13.10 5
C Andrew Cassels 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 29.10 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 10.00 7
L Mike Pandolfo 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 27.50 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 -1 28.30 6
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 22.00 4
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 13.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 36.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Garth Snow
2nd star: Mattias Weinhandl
3rd star: Mark Parrish

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Jason Blake has marked a new career high in goals with 9 tallies.
-Oleg Kvasha finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Marian Cisar finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Mike Pandolfo ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 21) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 18)
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1-0 BRG Martin Kariya (Brian Collins, Ben Guite)
1-1 SYR Mark Hartigan (Andrej Nedorost, Derrick Walser)
1-2 SYR Mark Hartigan (Andrej Nedorost, Lanny Gare)
2-2 BRG Jared Smyth (Kevin Haller)

Goalies: Wade Dubielewicz - Karl Goehring

Only 35 more seconds and we would have had another point to add to our total, but they managed to score. I thought Leclaire did a good job tonight, and its good to get him some experience up here. Mike Pandolfo scored tonight and played very well, earning some more time up here on that 3rd line. Let's try again to see if we can get 2 points.

December 26th - Hoping Christmas will recharge our batteries, as we go to St. Louis

[B]Game 37: Columbus (16-16-1-3) 36 pts @ St. Louis (10-16-3-2) 25 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Brathwaite comes in net tonight, as he really needs to play again, and Denis can use the rest some more. Everything else remains the same.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Knutsen-Vyborny-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Lachance-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Richardson-Sydor

Brathwaite

Box Score:

St. Louis Blues 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 23 - 30
STL PP: 2 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:60/71=84 %, Challenges:39/52=73 %
CBS PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:76/91=83 %, Challenges:39/42=90 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Savvis Center)
Ticket income: 858996 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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17:52 1-0 STL Jeff Heerema [3] (Niclas Hävelid, Eric Boguniecki)
18:32 2-0 STL Keith Tkachuk [14] (Scott Mellanby, Chris Pronger)PP
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26:18 2-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [16] (Rick Nash, Andrew Cassels)
32:18 2-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [12] (Geoff Sanderson, Darryl Sydor)
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42:58 3-2 STL Keith Tkachuk [15] (Scott Mellanby)PP
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Penalty summary:
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09:29 STL Bryce Salvador (5 min for fighting)
09:29 CBS Manny Malhotra (5 min for fighting)
15:01 STL Barret Jackman (2 min for tripping)
18:09 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for high-sticking)
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34:12 CBS Manny Malhotra (5 min for fighting)
34:12 STL Jamal Mayers (5 min for fighting)
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41:04 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for hooking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 6.10 4
R Eric Boguniecki 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 7
R Dallas Drake 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 6
R Scott Mellanby 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 19.30 7
C John Pohl 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 -1 18.30 6
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 8
C Doug Weight 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 16.40 8
L Reed Low 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 8.40 6
L Jeff Heerema 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 6
L Scott Pellerin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 6
L Keith Tkachuk 2 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 19.00 8
D Tom Koivisto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 5
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 14.50 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 24.00 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 6
D Alexander Khavanov 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Chris Pronger 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 2 0 28 0 0 60.00 9
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.00 6
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 21.30 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8.10 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 22.30 6
C Andrew Cassels 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 21.10 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 6.50 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 23.30 8
L Rick Nash 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 6
D Luke Richardson 0 0 1 4 2 6 0 1 25.50 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 13.10 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 3 0 20 0 0 59.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Keith Tkachuk
2nd star: Scott Mellanby
3rd star: Jeff Heerema

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Keith Tkachuk scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Pavol Demitra had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:
-Bryce Salvador fought Manny Malhotra in a fight.
-Manny Malhotra fought Jamal Mayers in a fight.

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 3( 17) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 15)
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1-0 WOR Mike Danton (Trevor Byrne)
1-1 SYR Martin Paroulek (Brad Moran, Derrick Walser)
2-1 WOR Mike Danton (Peter Sejna)
3-1 WOR Igor Valeev (Mike Danton)

Goalies: Curtis Sanford - Pascal Leclaire

This is getting really frustrating....

Media criticises the Columbus Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets are spinning in a 5 game winless streak. Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Nikolai Zherdev commented about their recent play: It seems like everything is going wrong now. It's not the best of times for us right now...

I don't know if its that I'm expecting too much out of this team and this is really their level of play, but I really think we have a playoff team right here. These next few weeks will tell.

[TurnerONU22]

December 27th - Back to back tonight at Philly

Game 38: Columbus (16-17-1-3) 36 pts @ Philadelphia (19-10-2-3) 43 pts

Game Notes: Denis starts tonight and Jamie Pushor comes in for Scott Lachance. Nothing else to say

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Knutsen-Vyborny-Spacek-Pushor
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Pushor-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Richardson-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Philadelphia Flyers 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 38 - 25
PHI PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:62/69=89 %, Challenges:54/61=87 %
CBS PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:76/87=87 %, Challenges:37/46=78 %
Attendance: 19519 of 19519 (Wachovia Center)
Ticket income: 925200 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:15 1-0 PHI Tony Amonte [11] (Mark Recchi, Marcus Ragnarsson)
17:26 2-0 PHI Jonas Höglund [11] (Simon Gagné, Eric Weinrich)
19:47 2-1 CBS Geoff Sanderson [11] (Dan Boyle, Todd Marchant)
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35:36 2-2 CBS Dan Boyle [3] (Darryl Sydor, Todd Marchant)
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43:05 3-2 PHI Tony Amonte [12] (Todd Fedoruk, Chris Therien)
48:59 3-3 CBS Andrew Cassels [14] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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16:59 PHI Keith Primeau (5 min for fighting)
16:59 CBS Jamie Pushor (5 min for fighting)
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56:57 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for slashing)
59:33 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for slashing)
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61:17 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for high-sticking)

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sami Kapanen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.10 6
R Tony Amonte 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 15.40 8
R Mark Recchi 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.30 7
R Zigmund Palffy 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 22.50 7
C Michal Handzus 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
C Simon Gagné 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 16.30 9
C Keith Primeau 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 -1 13.30 7
C Jeremy Roenick 0 0 4 4 1 3 0 -2 24.00 8
L Donald Brashear 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 11.50 7
L Jonas Höglund 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
L John LeClair 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 -2 22.20 7
D Wade Belak 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 12.30 7
D Marcus Ragnarsson 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 20.50 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 31.50 7
D Chris Therien 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 12.30 7
D Eric Weinrich 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 22.30 7
D Eric Desjardins 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 -2 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Robert Esche 3 0 22 0 0 65.00 6
G Jeff Hackett 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.40 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 12.00 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 21.20 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.40 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 -1 15.50 6
C Todd Marchant 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 21.10 7
C Andrew Cassels 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 23.20 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 8.40 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 12.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 17.50 9
L Rick Nash 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 14.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 25.00 8
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 -1 30.10 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 13.30 7
D Dan Boyle 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 18.40 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 -1 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 35 0 0 65.00 9
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tony Amonte
2nd star: Geoff Sanderson
3rd star: Dan Boyle

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Tony Amonte scored the 800th point of his career.
-Eric Weinrich notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Todd Fedoruk ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Geoff Sanderson finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Dan Boyle finally ended his 26 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Keith Primeau beat Jamie Pushor in a fight.

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 1( 20) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 12)
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0-1 SYR Don MacLean (Janne Jokila)
0-2 SYR Derrick Walser (Brad Moran, Martin Paroulek)
0-3 SYR Martin Paroulek (Brad Moran, Aaron Johnson)
1-3 PHL Ben Stafford (Vaclav Pletka)

Goalies: Neil Little - Pascal Leclaire

I'll take a point tonight, its a start, because we came from 2 goals down and then 1 goal down to tie the game up twice. It was nice to see Sanderson finally score a goal, because he really needed it and I hope it really gets him on a roll, as he is a streaky player. Denis played a great game as well, and helped us stay close and not let this game get out of hand.

December 29th - We call up C Mark Hartigan and send down C Lasse Pirjeta, trying to mix some things up a little bit.

Game 39: Carolina (14-12-1-7) 36 pts @ Columbus (16-17-1-4) 37 pts

Game Notes: Marc Denis stays in net for the evening, with Hartigan going into the 4th line, and Lachance coming back into the lineup for Pushor. Czerkawski comes back in for Pandolfo for the evening on the 3rd line, and with that, those are the only changes for the evening.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Vyborny-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Hartigan-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Cassels-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Vyborny-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Lachance-Klesla
PK 2: Cassels-Knutsen-Richardson-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Carolina Hurricanes 4
Shots: 23 - 33
CBS PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:58/78=74 %, Challenges:28/40=68 %
CAR PP: 1 of 6 (14 shots), Passing:64/83=77 %, Challenges:37/44=82 %
Attendance: 7327 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 409579 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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16:12 1-0 CBS Rick Nash [16] (Nikolai Zherdev)PP
19:07 1-1 CAR Jaroslav Svoboda [8])PP
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20:36 2-1 CBS Andrew Cassels [15] (Rostislav Klesla)
30:51 3-1 CBS Mark Hartigan [3] (Jaroslav Spacek)
33:24 3-2 CAR Erik Cole [11] (Sean Hill, Bret Hedican)
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55:31 3-3 CAR Rod Brind'Amour [11] (Jeff O'Neill)SH
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60:58 3-4 CAR Rod Brind'Amour [12] (Jeff O'Neill, Erik Cole)
Penalty summary:
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15:48 CAR Scottie Upshall (2 min for high-sticking)
18:02 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for tripping)
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24:09 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for elbowing)
34:27 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
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46:13 CBS David Vyborny (2 min for tripping)
47:59 CBS Andrew Cassels (2 min for holding the stick)
50:26 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for boarding)
53:51 CAR Jesse Boulerice (2 min for tripping)
56:25 CAR Kevyn Adams (2 min for slashing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 8.40 5
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 9.50 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 18.00 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Mark Hartigan 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 8.40 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 22.00 6
C Andrew Cassels 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 21.00 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 8.40 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 14.00 6
L Rick Nash 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -3 23.50 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 6 5 2 2 1 24.00 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 10.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 14.10 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 32.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 29 0 0 61.00 6
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 6.20 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
R Kevyn Adams 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 15.10 8
R Jeff O'Neill 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 22.00 9
C Marty Murray 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 6.20 5
C Eric Staal 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 -1 10.20 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 2 0 5 2 0 0 0 3 21.30 10
C Ron Francis 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 21.00 7
L Jesse Boulerice 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 -1 6.20 6
L Martin Spanhel 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 -1 9.20 7
L Jaroslav Svoboda 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 21.10 8
L Erik Cole 1 1 6 0 0 2 0 2 21.30 9
D Tomas Malec 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 17.20 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
D Bret Hedican 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 25.50 7
D Bob Boughner 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17.20 6
D Glen Wesley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21.00 6
D Sean Hill 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 22.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kevin Weekes 3 0 20 0 0 61.00 6
G Jamie Storr 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rod Brind'Amour
2nd star: Jeff O'Neill
3rd star: Erik Cole

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash has marked a new career high in points with 40 points.
-Andrew Cassels scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jaroslav Spacek notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Sean Hill notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ron Francis had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 15) , Lowell Lock Monsters 3( 19)
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1-0 SYR Don MacLean (Kent McDonell, Janne Jokila)
1-1 LOW Tomas Kurka (Michael Zigomanis)
2-1 SYR Lasse Pirjetä (Andrej Nedorost)
2-2 LOW Don Smith (Allan Rourke)
2-3 LOW Chad LaRose (Tomas Kurka, Michael Zigomanis)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Patrick DesRochers

Well, I thought we could really win this game and I thought we had it won at the end, but a late goal by Carolina (shorthanded!!) sent the game to overtime and then Carolina scores in OT to win. This is getting a little old and we find ourselves in the news again..

Media criticises the Columbus Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets are spinning in a 7 game winless streak. Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Trevor Letowski commented about their recent play: Things are not looking good for us but I think if we stay positive, we can climb out of this hole.

We need some practice.....and a trade.

[TurnerONU22]

December 31st - We get that trade done

CBS-BOS trade
Columbus Blue Jackets traded Andrew Cassels to Boston Bruins for Mark Stuart and BOS's round 1 pick in 2004

A native of USA, Mark Stuart was originally drafted to the NHL by the Boston Bruins in the 1st round of the 2003 entry draft. He has not yet played at NHL level. The 19 year old defenseman has not yet played for the Boston Bruins this season.

A native of Canada, Andrew Cassels was originally drafted to the NHL by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1st round of the 1987 entry draft. He has appeared in 965 NHL games during his career, notching 209 goals and adding 519 assists along with 386 penalty minutes. The 34 year old center has played 39 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 15+19=34 with 16 PIM.

I'm really happy with this deal, I think we definately got the better end of it. Cassels is an older center with a big salary, and we're getting a first round pick and a future NHL blueliner. This also gives the team the shakeup we're looking for.

Nikita Alexeev claimed off waivers.
Columbus Blue Jackets claimed Nikita Alexeev, who had been with Tampa Bay Lightning, off waivers.

Another move I really like and is our third waiver pickup of the season, and I believe, will be our best. Alexeev is only 22 and our scouts are in love with him, and he should easily unseat Cisar and could even allow us to make another trade w/a right winger.

We have a home game tonight w/ Philly

Game 40: Philadelphia (20-10-2-4) 46 pts @ Columbus (16-17-2-4) 38 pts

Game Notes: Alexeev isn't with the team yet, so he won't be in the lineup. We start Fred Brathwaite in net, hoping that he can win this game for us and Denis isn't 100%. The Cassels trade allows us to start Hartigan on the 3rd line and Pirjeta, who gets the callup, on the 4th line. We get Pandolfo back in the lineup and we keep Lachance in for Pushor.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Vyborny-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Vyborny-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Lachance-Klesla
PK 2: Malhotra-Knutsen-Richardson-Sydor

Brathwaite

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Philadelphia Flyers 4
Shots: 31 - 29
CBS PP: 0 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:68/78=87 %, Challenges:37/46=78 %
PHI PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:58/75=77 %, Challenges:41/49=82 %
Attendance: 10337 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 577839 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:31 0-1 PHI Tony Amonte [13] (Eric Weinrich, Simon Gagné)PP
12:15 0-2 PHI Jeremy Roenick [12] (John LeClair, Zigmund Palffy)
13:36 1-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [13] (Espen Knutsen, Dan Boyle)
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25:59 2-2 CBS David Vyborny [7] (Mike Pandolfo, Mark Hartigan)
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45:02 2-3 PHI John LeClair [16] (Kim Johnsson, Jeremy Roenick)
47:32 2-4 PHI Zigmund Palffy [13] (Tony Amonte, Chris Therien)
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Penalty summary:
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02:49 PHI Jim Vandermeer (2 min for roughing)
02:49 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for roughing)
03:36 PHI Todd Fedoruk (2 min for boarding)
09:12 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for high-sticking)
15:31 PHI Eric Weinrich (2 min for hooking)
18:48 PHI Todd Fedoruk (2 min for high-sticking)
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32:03 PHI Todd Fedoruk (2 min for roughing)
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56:51 PHI Todd Fedoruk (2 min for hooking)
57:44 PHI Donald Brashear (2 min for roughing)
57:44 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
R David Vyborny 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 8
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.20 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 25.00 7
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.20 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 12.20 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 8
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 25.00 5
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.40 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 12.20 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 25.00 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 24.30 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 -1 18.40 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15.10 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 -2 31.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 4 0 25 0 0 58.30 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sami Kapanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3.40 5
R Tony Amonte 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 8
R Mark Recchi 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 11.10 7
R Zigmund Palffy 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 17.40 10
C Michal Handzus 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 9.00 4
C Simon Gagné 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
C Keith Primeau 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 17.10 7
C Jeremy Roenick 1 1 5 2 0 1 0 2 20.30 10
L Donald Brashear 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 9.00 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 3 4 2 3 8 0 14.30 7
L Jonas Höglund 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 12.30 6
L John LeClair 1 1 2 5 0 2 0 3 20.50 10
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 18.40 7
D Marcus Ragnarsson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 26.30 8
D Chris Therien 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 22.30 7
D Eric Weinrich 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 -1 16.30 7
D Eric Desjardins 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Hackett 2 0 29 0 0 60.00 9
G Robert Esche 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Zigmund Palffy
2nd star: Jeremy Roenick
3rd star: John LeClair

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-David Vyborny finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Nikolai Zherdev had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 22) , Philadelphia Phantoms 1( 19)
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1-0 SYR Brad Moran (Andrej Nedorost, Hannes Hyvönen)
2-0 SYR Derrick Walser (Don MacLean)
2-1 PHL Andre Savage (Dennis Seidenberg)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Neil Little

Well, we're in a hole that we really can't get out of. We just need to get on a roll, and get some good playing from our goaltending (Brathwaite isn't doing well at all). Let's hope that the team will be ready for the next game, and hope that we can win.

Good news:

Rookie of the month: Nikolai Zherdev (R)
NHL has awarded Nikolai Zherdev (R) of Columbus Blue Jackets as Rookie Of The Month He registered 5 goals and 9 assists for 14 points in 15 games last month.

A native of Russia, Nikolai Zherdev was originally drafted to the NHL by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 1st round of the 2003 entry draft. He has appeared in 40 NHL games during his career, notching 16 goals and adding 26 assists along with 34 penalty minutes. The 19 year old right wing has played 40 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 16+26=42 with 34 PIM.

Zherdev is awesome for us, and the Rick and Nik show will be ready to go in a couple of years.

January 1st - Ron Wilson fired
San Jose Sharks have fired head coach Ron Wilson in order to shake up the team and get it out of the losing streak. The team has announced that Kevin Constantine will be taking over the position.

January 2nd - Columbus Blue Jackets players selected to World Junior Championships
World Junior Championships (U-20) in icehockey are about to start. The following players from Columbus Blue Jackets organization have been selected to represent their countries:

-Sean Bergenheim (FIN)
-Raffaele Sannitz (SUI)
-Joakim Lindström (SWE)
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (NOR)
-Mark Stuart (USA)
-Arsi Piispanen (FIN)

I'm really happy to see these 6 in competition, but I think Danny Fritsche should have made it on the USA team. He's 28 goals, 28 assists in 30 games for Sarnia of the OHL, with a +39!!

We have a home game tonight against Edmonton

Game 41: Edmonton (19-17-1-4) 43 pts @ Columbus (16-18-2-4) 38 pts

Game Notes: Alexeev will go on the 4th line for the evening, and we'll leave everything else in tact. Denis will start in net tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Vyborny-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirjeta-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Vyborny-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Lachance-Klesla
PK 2: Malhotra-Knutsen-Richardson-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 5 , Edmonton Oilers 3
Shots: 33 - 25
CBS PP: 2 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:74/85=87 %, Challenges:37/46=78 %
EDM PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:49/62=79 %, Challenges:36/40=87 %
Attendance: 6570 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 367263 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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03:54 1-0 CBS Nikita Alexeev [3] (Rostislav Klesla, Jaroslav Spacek)
17:15 1-1 EDM Steve Staios [3] (Cory Cross, Adam Oates)
19:06 2-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [17] (Todd Marchant, Rick Nash)PP
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29:05 2-2 EDM Mike Comrie [14] (Ryan Smyth, Eric Brewer)
31:35 3-2 CBS Rick Nash [17] (Nikolai Zherdev, Todd Marchant)
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41:28 4-2 CBS Rick Nash [18] (Todd Marchant, Nikolai Zherdev)
47:35 4-3 EDM Mike York [9] (Jason Chimera, Shawn Horcoff)
50:52 5-3 CBS Espen Knutsen [7] (Dan Boyle, David Vyborny)PP
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Penalty summary:
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07:08 EDM Steve Staios (2 min for roughing)
07:08 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
08:47 EDM Rocky Thompson (2 min for high-sticking)
11:07 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for slashing)
18:13 EDM Cory Cross (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:49 EDM Mike Comrie (2 min for slashing)
50:16 EDM Steve Staios (2 min for hooking)
54:51 EDM Steve Staios (2 min for tripping)
57:07 EDM Cory Cross (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.10 7
R David Vyborny 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 15.50 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 23.30 9
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8.50 6
C Espen Knutsen 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 8
C Todd Marchant 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 25.30 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 6
L Rick Nash 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 1 23.30 9
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 11.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -3 20.10 6
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 23.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 15.40 7
D Dan Boyle 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -1 19.50 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 30.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 11.40 9
R Shawn Horcoff 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.40 5
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 13.30 7
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 21.10 7
C Jarrett Stoll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
C Mike York 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 17.20 8
C Adam Oates 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 7
C Mike Comrie 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 17.30 8
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Jason Chimera 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 7
L Brad Isbister 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -2 19.10 8
L Ryan Smyth 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 18.40 8
D Rocky Thompson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11.40 6
D Cory Cross 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 -1 17.30 7
D Jason Smith 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 28.40 7
D Doug Lynch 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.40 6
D Steve Staios 1 0 3 3 0 1 6 -1 23.30 8
D Eric Brewer 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ty Conklin 5 0 28 0 0 60.00 5
G Tommy Salo 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Todd Marchant

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rostislav Klesla notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Rick Nash has marked a new career high in goals with 18 tallies.
-Todd Marchant notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 17) , Toronto Roadrunners 0( 21)
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1-0 SYR Martin Paroulek (Don MacLean, Lanny Gare)
2-0 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Andrej Nedorost, Derrick Walser)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Kristian Antila

Its about time!!!! My new pickup scores just under 4 minutes into the game, and Rick Nash scores 2 goals. Our offense just really played excellent tonight, and Denis played well enough to get our team the victory. We were due to win a game and now, I hope we can use this to try to get this team back into the playoffs.

[TurnerONU22]

Stats have been updated

[Johnny93g]

If you guys make the playoffs, ill be impressed. How in the world did you get a first round pick for Andrew Cassells, I mean, I mean I like Cassells, he's a solid player, but thats a great deal. Alexeev has a chance to be a good hockey player. Good luck the rest of the season

[TurnerONU22]

If you guys make the playoffs, ill be impressed. How in the world did you get a first round pick for Andrew Cassells, I mean, I mean I like Cassells, he's a solid player, but thats a great deal. Alexeev has a chance to be a good hockey player. Good luck the rest of the season

I don't know how either, but the Bruins really wanted Cassels, moreso than any other team in the East, it seemed. They also sent Mark Stuart, who was drafted in the 1st round this past season, so its almost like getting 2 1st rounders for Cassels. I'll take that deal and run any day of the week. I also think Alexeev has a good chance to stay with this team.

Thanks and hope you enjoy the rest of the season!!

[TurnerONU22]

January 6th - We get an offer for Syracuse D Alexander Gusjkov from Colorado, but it wasn't anything I was interested in, so I passed.

Also, we send RW Marian Cisar down to Syracuse

Speaking of Colorado, we'll be at the Pepsi Center this evening.

Game 42: Columbus (17-18-2-4) 40 pts @ Colorado (26-9-1-4) 57 pts

Game Notes: We keep the same lineup as the previous game, so nothing big to note here.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Richardson
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Vyborny-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirjeta-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Vyborny-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Lachance-Klesla
PK 2: Malhotra-Knutsen-Richardson-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Colorado Avalanche 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 36 - 19
COL PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:59/72=81 %, Challenges:56/68=81 %
CBS PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/81=80 %, Challenges:23/43=52 %
Attendance: 18007 of 18007 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 842728 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:24 1-0 COL Rob Blake [4] (Paul Kariya, Peter Forsberg)
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28:02 1-1 CBS Todd Marchant [12] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rostislav Klesla)
31:06 2-1 COL Steve Konowalchuk [11] (Derek Morris, Rob Blake)
31:24 3-1 COL Derek Morris [4] (Martin Skoula, Joe Sakic)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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06:54 COL Derek Morris (2 min for roughing)
06:54 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for roughing)
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24:49 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for roughing)
24:49 COL Steve Konowalchuk (2 min for roughing)
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45:59 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for holding the stick)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sébastien Bordeleau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 5
R Dan Hinote 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 6
R Teemu Selänne 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 6
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 21.30 7
C Kent Manderville 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 8.20 6
C Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 10.50 7
C Joe Sakic 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 8
C Peter Forsberg 0 1 6 1 1 1 0 1 21.30 9
L Brad Larsen 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 7
L Steve Konowalchuk 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 2 18.30 9
L Paul Kariya 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 21.00 7
D Chris McAllister 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 12.00 8
D Martin Skoula 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 20.20 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 1 4 3 4 0 0 27.10 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13.40 6
D Derek Morris 1 1 4 3 2 3 2 1 21.40 7
D Rob Blake 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Dominic Roussel 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 8.10 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 10.40 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 -1 20.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 20.40 7
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.10 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10.40 4
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.00 6
C Todd Marchant 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 8.40 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 -1 19.30 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 -1 25.30 4
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 21.30 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 26.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 33 0 0 59.20 9
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Konowalchuk
2nd star: Derek Morris
3rd star: Rob Blake

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Paul Kariya notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Joe Sakic notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 25) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 16)
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0-1 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Andrej Nedorost, Derrick Walser)
1-1 HER Mikhail Kuleshov (Steve Moore)
2-1 HER Charlie Stephens (Tom Gilbert)

Goalies: Philippe Sauvé - Pascal Leclaire

Well, I think we tried our best, but we gave up two quick goals which gave them the victory. A few of our guys just didnt play well at all, most notably Rick Nash, who had a 4 rating for the game. Marc Denis played well, and didn't allow this game to get completely out of hand. Also, we had Mike Pandolfo go down to injury, so he'll be out about a week.

January 7th - Back to back at Edmonton

Game 43: Columbus (17-19-2-4) 40 pts @ Edmonton (20-18-1-4) 45 pts

Game Notes: We scratch Luke Richardson and put Jamie Pushor into the lineup. We put Czerkawski in for the injured Pandolfo on the 3rd line and that's about it. Fred Brathwaite will start tonight in net to give Marc Denis a rest.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Pushor-Boyle
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Vyborny-Spacek-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirjeta-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Vyborny-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Lachance-Klesla
PK 2: Malhotra-Knutsen-Pushor-Sydor

Brathwaite

Box Score:

Edmonton Oilers 6 , Columbus Blue Jackets 0
Shots: 27 - 23
EDM PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:41/46=87 %
CBS PP: 0 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:66/84=78 %, Challenges:26/33=76 %
Attendance: 14476 of 17100 (Rexall Place)
Ticket income: 691953 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:43 1-0 EDM Mike Comrie [16] (Ryan Smyth)PP
11:13 2-0 EDM Raffi Torres [1] (Mike York, Rocky Thompson)
12:24 3-0 EDM Ales Hemsky [6] (Ryan Smyth, Ethan Moreau)
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no scoring
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46:09 4-0 EDM Radek Dvorak [14] (Ryan Smyth, Jason Smith)
49:04 5-0 EDM Brad Isbister [12] (Georges Laraque)SH
57:03 6-0 EDM Radek Dvorak [15])SH
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Penalty summary:
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05:05 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for tripping)
12:48 EDM Adam Oates (2 min for slashing)
15:23 EDM Doug Lynch (2 min for slashing)
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27:36 EDM Steve Staios (5 min for attempt to injury)
28:41 EDM Georges Laraque (2 min for roughing)
28:41 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for roughing)
38:37 EDM Eric Brewer (2 min for roughing)
38:37 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
38:41 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
38:41 EDM Radek Dvorak (2 min for roughing)
38:54 EDM Steve Staios (5 min for fighting)
38:54 CBS Jamie Pushor (5 min for fighting)
39:45 EDM Doug Lynch (2 min for roughing)
39:45 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for roughing)
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41:13 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for hooking)
44:43 EDM Steve Staios (2 min for roughing)
44:43 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
48:46 EDM Rocky Thompson (2 min for tripping)
51:57 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for high-sticking)
54:06 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for roughing)
54:06 EDM Steve Staios (2 min for roughing)
56:48 EDM Cory Cross (2 min for high-sticking)
57:11 EDM Jason Smith (2 min for roughing)
57:11 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 14.00 7
R Shawn Horcoff 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10.00 6
R Ales Hemsky 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 13.30 7
R Radek Dvorak 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 2 19.40 9
C Jarrett Stoll 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 7
C Mike York 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 16.20 7
C Mike Comrie 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
C Adam Oates 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 15.10 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
L Raffi Torres 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 9.50 8
L Brad Isbister 1 0 5 3 0 2 0 1 21.00 10
L Ryan Smyth 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 19.40 9
D Rocky Thompson 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 15.30 7
D Cory Cross 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 19.00 6
D Jason Smith 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 3 27.20 10
D Doug Lynch 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 13.40 7
D Steve Staios 0 0 2 1 0 1 14 0 14.10 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 30.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tommy Salo 0 0 23 0 0 60.00 10
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9.30 7
R David Vyborny 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 6.30 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 12.20 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -4 29.30 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 5.40 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 16.10 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -3 30.40 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 9.40 5
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 5.40 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -2 16.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 0 2 0 4 -2 23.50 6
D Scott Lachance 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 6
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 13.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 -3 30.50 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 9.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 -3 32.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tommy Salo
2nd star: Radek Dvorak
3rd star: Ryan Smyth

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Ethan Moreau notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Georges Laraque notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Radek Dvorak scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jason Smith ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:
-Steve Staios fought Jamie Pushor in a fight.

Farm game result:
Toronto Roadrunners 2( 36) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 19)
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0-1 SYR Alexander Gusjkov (Andrej Nedorost)
1-1 TRN Jesse Niinimäki
2-1 TRN Bobby Allen (Jesse Niinimäki)

Goalies: Kristian Antila - Pascal Leclaire

It doesn't get much worse than this, I don't even want to comment on it. And on top of it all...

David Vyborny injured.
David Vyborny (CBS) suffered thigh injury during the game in an incident with Steve Staios (EDM). He is expected to be sidelined for a couple of months. Looks like I'll be riding the bike for awhile, he murmured as he grimaced in pain.

This is even worse, but it will get Alexeev some more time on the ice for us to see how he will be.

I'll try to update again tonight, but I'm not 100% sure on that yet.

[TurnerONU22]

January 10th - First of all, we extend Darryl Sydor's contract to a 2 year deal for $2.5 million dollars per year, which sounds bad, but is actually a million dollars cheaper than now, so I'm pleased.

We take on Vancouver at home

Game 44: Vancouver (22-16-1-3) 48 pts @ Columbus (17-20-2-4) 40 pts

Game Notes: Nice change of the lines tonight, so I hope that works for us and get something going.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
Line 2: Nash-Knutsen-Letowski-Spacek-Boyle
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Alexeev-Richardson-Lachance
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Nash-Knutsen-Cisar-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Malhotra-Knutsen-Spacek-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Vancouver Canucks 4
Shots: 27 - 33
CBS PP: 1 of 7 (11 shots), Passing:59/72=81 %, Challenges:35/42=81 %
VAN PP: 1 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:72/84=85 %, Challenges:46/53=85 %
Attendance: 9935 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 555366 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:07 1-0 CBS Todd Marchant [13] (Nikolai Zherdev, Geoff Sanderson)PP
13:19 1-1 VAN Todd Bertuzzi [17] (Brendan Morrison, Markus Näslund)PP
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29:13 1-2 VAN Matt Cooke [8] (Henrik Sedin, Bryan Allen)
31:39 1-3 VAN Markus Näslund [20] (Todd Bertuzzi, Jarkko Ruutu)
36:02 2-3 CBS Manny Malhotra [1] (Marian Cisar, Nikita Alexeev)
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43:46 2-4 VAN Brad May [3] (Fedor Fedorov, Jarkko Ruutu)
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Penalty summary:
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04:42 VAN Martin Grenier (2 min for hooking)
06:49 VAN Daniel Sedin (2 min for high-sticking)
12:36 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for hooking)
14:22 VAN Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for hooking)
17:27 VAN Scott Ferguson (2 min for holding the stick)
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32:37 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for holding the stick)
39:21 VAN Martin Grenier (2 min for cross-checking)
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41:17 VAN Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for tripping)
44:06 CBS Manny Malhotra (5 min for fighting)
44:06 VAN Ed Jovanovski (5 min for fighting)
47:34 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for hooking)
50:13 VAN Trevor Linden (2 min for slashing)
57:33 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for cross-checking)
59:13 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for holding the stick)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 10.40 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.40 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.50 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 -2 27.00 7
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 4
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 -1 15.30 6
C Todd Marchant 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 32.50 7
L Manny Malhotra 1 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 8.50 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 -2 27.00 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 -1 16.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 39.00 8
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7.10 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 15.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 36.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 29 0 0 60.00 6
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 11.40 7
R Mike Keane 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 13.20 6
R Trevor Linden 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 15.50 8
R Todd Bertuzzi 1 1 7 4 1 2 2 1 20.20 9
C Fedor Fedorov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
C Matt Cooke 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.10 9
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.10 7
C Brendan Morrison 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
L Brad May 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.20 5
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 12.20 6
L Magnus Arvedson 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 19.40 7
L Markus Näslund 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 18.30 10
D Martin Grenier 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 8.40 6
D Scott Ferguson 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 18.10 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30.00 5
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 12.50 6
D Bryan Allen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 22.10 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Cloutier 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd Bertuzzi
2nd star: Markus Näslund
3rd star: Dan Cloutier

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 30th assist of the season.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Markus Näslund scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Fedor Fedorov ended his 6 game point drought.
-Matt Cooke ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Ed Jovanovski had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Ed Jovanovski beat Manny Malhotra in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 13) , Manitoba Moose 4( 18)
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0-1 MAN René Vydareny (Kevin Estrada)
0-2 MAN Jesse Schultz (R.J. Umberger)
1-2 SYR Kent McDonell (Alexander Gusjkov)
1-3 MAN Justin Morrison (Nathan Smith)
1-4 MAN Ryan Ready (Jesse Schultz, Tomas Mojzis)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Alexander Auld

Well, that didn't work too well, but we'll keep plugging along here. I really like the first line together, a combo I believe played together on the 2nd line at the beginning of the year, when Nash-Cassels-Vyborny composed the first line. I'll keep the lines mainly like this for a couple more games to see if it can work.

January 12th - We get a home game against Chicago, which I think we can win.

Game 45: Chicago (13-25-0-4) 30 pts @ Columbus (17-21-2-4) 40 pts

Game Notes: Pushor goes in for Lachance, and Alexeev finds himself on the PP 2 line.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
Line 2: Nash-Knutsen-Letowski-Spacek-Boyle
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Alexeev-Richardson-Pushor
Line 4: Malhotra-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Nash-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Malhotra-Knutsen-Spacek-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Chicago Blackhawks 1
Shots: 34 - 19
CBS PP: 1 of 7 (7 shots), Passing:82/93=88 %, Challenges:39/47=81 %
CHI PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:54/64=84 %, Challenges:31/43=70 %
Attendance: 6865 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 383754 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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14:09 1-0 CBS Nikita Alexeev [4] (Rick Nash, Espen Knutsen)PP
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28:28 2-0 CBS Espen Knutsen [8] (Rick Nash, Geoff Sanderson)
37:42 3-0 CBS Trevor Letowski [14] (Dan Boyle, Espen Knutsen)
39:58 3-1 CHI Tuomo Ruutu [6] (Kyle Calder, Deron Quint)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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08:34 CHI Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for high-sticking)
09:51 CHI Theoren Fleury (2 min for elbowing)
13:43 CHI Ryan Vandenbussche (2 min for hooking)
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23:39 CBS Jamie Pushor (5 min for fighting)
23:39 CHI Shawn Thornton (5 min for fighting)
23:52 CHI Theoren Fleury (2 min for tripping)
30:04 CHI Ivan Ciernik (2 min for slashing)
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44:09 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for cross-checking)
47:58 CHI Ryan Vandenbussche (2 min for slashing)
54:28 CHI Theoren Fleury (2 min for roughing)
57:41 CHI Shawn Thornton (5 min for fighting)
57:41 CBS Manny Malhotra (5 min for fighting)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7.40 7
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.10 7
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 14.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 29.00 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 7.40 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 7.40 5
C Espen Knutsen 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 14.40 9
C Todd Marchant 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 29.50 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 8.40 4
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 7.40 7
L Rick Nash 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 13.40 8
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 29.00 8
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 -1 10.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 35.00 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 8.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 16.00 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 35.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 0 4.50 5
R Ryan Vandenbussche 0 0 0 2 3 1 4 -1 9.40 4
R Theoren Fleury 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 17.30 7
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 6
C Blake Bellefeuille 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5.40 5
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 13.30 5
C Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 17.50 8
C Alex Zhamnov 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 6
L Ville Nieminen 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7.30 5
L Ivan Ciernik 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 14.20 6
L Mark Bell 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Kyle Calder 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 7
D Steve Poapst 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 24.00 7
D Deron Quint 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 28.50 6
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 4
D Nathan Dempsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 23.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jocelyn Thibault 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Steve Passmore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Espen Knutsen
2nd star: Nikita Alexeev
3rd star: Trevor Letowski

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Espen Knutsen notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Kyle Calder notched his 10th assist of the season.

Other notes:
-Jamie Pushor fought Shawn Thornton in a fight.
-Shawn Thornton beat Manny Malhotra in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 22) , Norfolk Admirals 2( 21)
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1-0 SYR Kent McDonell (Brad Moran, Aaron Johnson)
1-1 NOR Mattias Wennerberg (Pavel Vorobiev)
2-1 SYR Ben Knopp (Lanny Gare)
2-2 NOR Pavel Vorobiev (Travis Moen, Mattias Wennerberg)
3-2 SYR Jean-François Plourde (Mike Souza)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Michael Leighton

We get a nice win, even though it was against Chicago. Great game from Denis and a very good job all around by our team. I would like to see Nash get some more ice time, so I think he'll go back on the top PP line. Other than that, I was pleased with how we played.

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12-1-2004 Jaroslav Spacek agrees on a contract.
Jaroslav Spacek has signed a $1,900,000 per year, 4 year deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

A native of Czech, Jaroslav Spacek was originally drafted to the NHL by the Florida Panthers in the 5th round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 403 NHL games during his career, notching 35 goals and adding 117 assists along with 260 penalty minutes. The 29 year old defenseman has played 41 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 1+11=12 with 18 PIM.

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12-1-2004 Nikita Alexeev agrees on a contract.
Nikita Alexeev has signed a $1,200,000 per year, 3 year deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

A native of Russia, Nikita Alexeev was originally drafted to the NHL by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1st round of the 2000 entry draft. He has appeared in 108 NHL games during his career, notching 12 goals and adding 8 assists along with 24 penalty minutes. The 22 year old right wing has played 27 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 4+2=6 with 10 PIM. He has also played 14 games with the Syracuse Crunch this season, totalling 7+2=9 with 12 PIM.

Two good deals made here, even though Spacek wasn't a sure decision.

Claude Julien fired
Montreal Canadiens have fired head coach Claude Julien in order to shake up the team and get it out of the losing streak. The team has announced that Robbie Ftorek will be taking over the position.

They're having a down season, and should be playing a lot better

[TurnerONU22]

January 15th - Espen Knutsen agrees on a contract.
Espen Knutsen has signed a $2,000,000 per year, 3 year deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

A native of Norway, Espen Knutsen was originally drafted to the NHL by the Carolina Hurricanes in the of the 1990 entry draft. He has appeared in 234 NHL games during his career, notching 38 goals and adding 88 assists along with 121 penalty minutes. The 32 year old center has played 41 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 8+11=19 with 18 PIM.


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14-1-2004 David Vyborny agrees on a contract.
David Vyborny has signed a $1,400,000 per year, 3 year deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

A native of Czech, David Vyborny was originally drafted to the NHL by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2nd round of the 1993 entry draft. He has appeared in 271 NHL games during his career, notching 53 goals and adding 72 assists along with 52 penalty minutes. The 28 year old right wing has played 38 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 7+9=16 with 8 PIM.

Good extensions here, I think, and both should play a nice role on our team for the future.

We have a home game against Minnesota

Game 46: Minnesota (17-22-1-4) 39 pts @ Columbus (18-21-2-4) 42 pts

Game Notes: Nash gets moved with Sanderson on the PP lines, and Pandolfo comes in for Malhotra, and will go in on the 3rd line, with Sanderson coming in on the PK 2 line.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
Line 2: Nash-Knutsen-Letowski-Spacek-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev-Richardson-Pushor
Line 4: Czerkawski-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Spacek-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Minnesota Wild 4
Shots: 28 - 33
CBS PP: 0 of 9 (15 shots), Passing:67/78=85 %, Challenges:38/41=90 %
MIN PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:67/87=77 %, Challenges:34/40=82 %
Attendance: 7169 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 400747 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:14 0-1 MIN Sergei Zholtok [13] (Pascal Dupuis)
19:43 0-2 MIN Bill Muckalt [3] (Richard Park, Matt Johnson)
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32:36 0-3 MIN Jim Dowd [11] (Brad Bombardir, Nick Schultz)
37:59 1-3 CBS Dan Boyle [4] (Espen Knutsen, Rick Nash)
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43:48 1-4 MIN Marian Gaborik [19] (Andrew Brunette, Sergei Zholtok)
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Penalty summary:
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03:42 MIN Jason Marshall (2 min for high-sticking)
09:38 MIN Jim Dowd (2 min for hooking)
16:07 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
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21:55 MIN Marian Gaborik (2 min for tripping)
25:06 MIN Bill Muckalt (2 min for hooking)
27:33 MIN Jim Dowd (2 min for hooking)
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41:36 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for roughing)
44:29 MIN Bill Muckalt (2 min for tripping)
47:12 MIN Jason Marshall (2 min for slashing)
57:08 MIN Wes Walz (2 min for tripping)
57:15 MIN Matt Johnson (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 16.50 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.10 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -2 24.30 7
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.00 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 18.00 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 -3 27.10 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5.50 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.00 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 22.40 6
D Jamie Pushor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.50 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 18.30 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 -2 29.00 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 12.00 5
D Dan Boyle 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 -3 32.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 29 0 0 60.00 6
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bill Muckalt 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 7.20 6
R Jim Dowd 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 14.50 6
R Wes Walz 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 18.40 7
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 6 3 0 0 2 1 21.10 8
C Richard Park 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 7
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 9.30 6
C Jason Wiemer 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 5
C Sergei Zholtok 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 14.40 8
L Matt Johnson 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 15.00 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 12.40 7
L Darby Hendrickson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 6
D Jason Marshall 0 0 3 2 1 1 4 1 12.20 6
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 27.40 8
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 28.40 7
D Brad Bombardir 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11.40 6
D Nick Schultz 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 16.00 8
D Filip Kuba 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 23.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 1 0 27 0 0 60.00 10
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Manny Fernandez
2nd star: Sergei Zholtok
3rd star: Bill Muckalt

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Nick Schultz notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Richard Park finally ended his 13 game point drought.
-Sergei Zholtok ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 0( 26) , Houston Aeros 4( 24)
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0-1 HOU James Patterson (Marc Chouinard)
0-2 HOU Mikko Koivu (Dan Cavanaugh)
0-3 HOU Nick Greenough (Kyle Clark, Marc Cavosie)
0-4 HOU Alexandre Daigle (Mika Hannula)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Barry Brust

Well, we just got outplayed by our expansion counterparts, in what I think is the worst game of the season for us. Nobody seemed like they wanted to play and Minnesota came out strong and took advantage of horrible goaltending, a leaky defense, and no scoring. This is pathetic, truly pathetic.

[TurnerONU22]

January 16th - Rostislav Klesla agrees on a contract.
Rostislav Klesla has signed a $2,200,000 per year, 3 year deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

A native of Czech, Rostislav Klesla was originally drafted to the NHL by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 1st round of the 2000 entry draft. He has appeared in 199 NHL games during his career, notching 14 goals and adding 43 assists along with 181 penalty minutes. The 21 year old defenseman has played 44 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 2+21=23 with 30 PIM.

Nice to see this deal completed, as Klesla will be with this team for a long time.

January 17th - The back end of a home and home against Minnesota

Game 47: Columbus (18-22-2-4) 42 pts @ Minnesota (18-22-1-4) 41 pts

Game Notes: Lachance comes back in for Pushor, and that's about it.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
Line 2: Nash-Knutsen-Letowski-Spacek-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev-Richardson-Lachance
Line 4: Czerkawski-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Spacek-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Minnesota Wild 1 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 18 - 26
MIN PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:59/76=77 %, Challenges:26/35=72 %
CBS PP: 2 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:75/88=85 %, Challenges:35/40=85 %
Attendance: 12694 of 18600 (X-Cel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 608042 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:44 0-1 CBS Rostislav Klesla [3] (Todd Marchant, Darryl Sydor)PP
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28:03 1-1 MIN Sergei Zholtok [14] (Pascal Dupuis, Willie Mitchell)
35:26 1-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [15] (Dan Boyle, Rostislav Klesla)
37:36 1-3 CBS Geoff Sanderson [12] (Nikita Alexeev, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:52 MIN Matt Johnson (2 min for hooking)
08:15 MIN Bill Muckalt (2 min for hooking)
09:35 MIN Willie Mitchell (2 min for tripping)
12:56 MIN Darby Hendrickson (2 min for slashing)
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25:57 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for roughing)
25:57 MIN Nick Schultz (2 min for roughing)
30:27 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
36:08 MIN Jason Wiemer (2 min for holding the stick)
38:14 MIN Rickard Wallin (2 min for tripping)
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40:31 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
54:19 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for holding the stick)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bill Muckalt 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 10.10 5
R Jim Dowd 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 5
R Wes Walz 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Richard Park 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.40 5
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 9.40 6
C Jason Wiemer 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 14.10 6
C Sergei Zholtok 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 20.10 7
L Matt Johnson 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 14.30 6
L Darby Hendrickson 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 8.30 5
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.10 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 17.20 8
D Jason Marshall 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 27.50 7
D Brad Bombardir 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.30 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20.00 7
D Filip Kuba 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 13.50 6
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 17.00 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 20.00 7
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 8.00 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.50 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 20.50 7
C Todd Marchant 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 24.20 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.50 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 22.40 9
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 20.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 28.00 8
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 12.20 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 20.40 8
D Rostislav Klesla 1 1 4 4 1 2 0 0 31.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rostislav Klesla
2nd star: Trevor Letowski
3rd star: Geoff Sanderson

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Willie Mitchell ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Trevor Letowski scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Geoff Sanderson ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Rostislav Klesla finally ended his 20 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 27) , Syracuse Crunch 4( 33)
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0-1 SYR Kent McDonell (Alexander Gusjkov, Brad Moran)
1-1 HOU Marc Cavosie (Maxime Fortunus, Kyle Clark)
2-1 HOU Nick Greenough (Marc Cavosie)
2-2 SYR Jody Shelley (Kent McDonell, Brad Moran)
2-3 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Martin Paroulek)
2-4 SYR Alexander Gusjkov (Jody Shelley)

Goalies: Barry Brust - Pascal Leclaire

I like the team's attitude tonight, and which was to spoil Minnesota's chance of winning both of the back to back. Our special teams was excellent tonight, scoring two goals on the PP and allowing none on the PP. Letowski adds another goal and is probably the most surprising player on the team this year, and makes my decisions tough over the next year. That first line is clicking together well, I just wish it was the 2nd line and not the first, but I think we'll see that happen soon. This could mean the end for a guy like Vyborny, as he could be traded at the deadline, if he is healthy by then.

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January 21st - All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2004 All-Star Game have been decided according to votes given by hockey fans around the world. The fans voted the starting lineup consisting of 1 goaltender, 2 defenseman, 1 left wing, 1 center and 1 right wing for both North America All-Stars and World All-Stars. Here are the final results of the voting:

North America World
R Todd Bertuzzi R Jaromir Jagr
C Joe Thornton C Peter Forsberg
L Ryan Smyth L Markus Näslund
D Brian Leetch D Nicklas Lidström
D Chris Pronger D Sergei Zubov
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère G Nikolai Khabibulin

Traditionally, the coaching staff of the two All-Star teams will selected rest of the players to participate in this most profilic annual sports event. The following players have been selected to the All-Star teams by the coaching staff.
North America World
Right wings Right wings
R Brett Hull
R Bill Guerin
R Glen Murray
R Milan Hejduk
R Daniel Alfredsson
R Alexei Kovalev

Centers Centers
C Mike Modano
C Brendan Morrison
C Eric Lindros
C Sergei Fedorov
C Radek Bonk
C Mats Sundin

Left wings Left wings
L Paul Kariya
L Brendan Shanahan
L Keith Tkachuk
L Sergei Samsonov
L Miroslav Satan
L Patrik Elias

Defensemen Defensemen
D Scott Niedermayer
D Wade Redden
D Bryan McCabe
D Ed Jovanovski
D Kim Johnsson
D Teppo Numminen
D Tomas Kaberle
D Sergei Gonchar

Goalies Goalies
G Roberto Luongo
G Martin Brodeur
G Pasi Nurminen
G Dominik Hasek


This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 9 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 10 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.

I didn't think we'd have anyone on the team, but I was still hoping. As you see, this game still has the old format of the All-Star game.

We have a home game against Tampa Bay tonight.

Game 48: Tampa Bay (16-26-2-2) 36 pts @ Columbus (19-22-2-4) 44 pts

Game Notes: Same lineup as last game for now, and we'll stick with Denis in the net for the evening. I think this is the first time we've played Tampa Bay since the trade for Dan Boyle. Now we have both Boyle and Alexeev, two former Lightning players and we'll be facing Jean-Luc Grand Pierre, a former defenseman of ours.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
Line 2: Nash-Knutsen-Letowski-Spacek-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev-Richardson-Lachance
Line 4: Czerkawski-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Richardson-Klesla
PK 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Spacek-Sydor

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Tampa Bay Lightning 3
Shots: 30 - 26
CBS PP: 1 of 5 (13 shots), Passing:65/78=83 %, Challenges:34/47=70 %
TB PP: 2 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:61/81=75 %, Challenges:34/40=82 %
Attendance: 6852 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 383027 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:06 0-1 TB Dave Andreychuk [14] (Ruslan Fedotenko)
17:05 0-2 TB Brad Richards [10] (Fredrik Modin, Jassen Cullimore)PP
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no scoring
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46:29 1-2 CBS Espen Knutsen [9] (Nikita Alexeev, Geoff Sanderson)PP
59:06 1-3 TB Fredrik Modin [9] (Brad Lukowich)PP EN
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Penalty summary:
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16:01 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for slashing)
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27:17 TB Chris Dingman (2 min for high-sticking)
29:24 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:35 TB Sheldon Keefe (2 min for hooking)
48:53 TB Brad Lukowich (2 min for boarding)
55:07 TB Andre Roy (2 min for high-sticking)
58:04 CBS Scott Lachance (2 min for tripping)
59:21 TB Fredrik Modin (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 22.50 7
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 7.10 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 9.50 4
C Espen Knutsen 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 16.10 8
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 26.00 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.10 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.50 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 17.20 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 22.30 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 -1 10.50 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 30.00 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 14.30 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 30.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 23 0 0 58.50 6
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andre Roy 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 7.30 6
R Chris Dingman 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 17.20 7
R Shane Willis 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.20 6
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 19.10 7
C Martin Cibak 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Tim Taylor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 5
C Brad Richards 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 15.00 7
L Sheldon Keefe 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7.30 5
L Fredrik Modin 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 16.00 7
L Cory Stillman 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
L Dave Andreychuk 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 8
D Sascha Goc 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.20 6
D Jassen Cullimore 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 19.10 5
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 26.30 9
D Brad Lukowich 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 18.00 8
D Cory Sarich 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 16.50 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 1 0 29 0 0 60.00 10
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Khabibulin
2nd star: Fredrik Modin
3rd star: Brad Richards

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Brad Richards scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Brad Richards finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Dave Andreychuk ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 25) , Pensacola Ice Pilots 3( 20)
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0-1 PEN Trevor Baker (Ronald Petrovicky)
0-2 PEN Ryan Craig (Evgeni Artukhin, Andreas Holmqvist)
1-2 SYR Mike Souza (Martin Paroulek, Jean-François Plourde)
2-2 SYR Don MacLean (Derrick Walser)
3-2 SYR Mike Souza (Jean-François Plourde)
3-3 PEN Gerard Dicaire (Ronald Petrovicky, Trevor Baker)
4-3 SYR Don MacLean (Derrick Walser, Andrej Nedorost)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Michal Lanicek

Our offense didn't show up tonight at all, and our team didn't have their best game this evening. Denis didn't look too hot tonight, and we'll be trying everything here to get this team going. I think that Leclaire will come up and start his third game.

January 23rd - We make a few moves before the game, calling up G Pascal Leclaire, D Paul Manning and C Brad Moran, and sending down D Jamie Pushor, C Mark Hartigan and LW Manny Malhotra. Hartigan has been playing awful and could use some confidence building, Pushor needs some playing time, and Malhotra needs to regain his game.

While all of this is going on, we head to Boston.

[U]Game 49: Columbus (19-23-2-4) 44 pts @ Boston (28-10-1-7) 64 pts[/U]

Game Notes: A bunch of changes in the lineups noted below. We face Andrew Cassels, the second time in as many games that we've faced a former Blue Jacket from this season. Pascal Leclaire gets the start in net tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-Spacek
Line 2: Nash-Knutsen-Zherdev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Alexeev-Richardson-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Sydor

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Spacek-Richardson

Leclaire

Box Score:

Boston Bruins 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 34 - 35
BOS PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:45/60=75 %, Challenges:36/38=92 %
CBS PP: 0 of 9 (20 shots), Passing:78/92=84 %, Challenges:28/36=75 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 813260 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:07 0-1 CBS Espen Knutsen [10] (Geoff Sanderson, Nikita Alexeev)
11:05 0-2 CBS Jaroslav Spacek [2] (Geoff Sanderson, Todd Marchant)
15:56 1-2 BOS Rob Zamuner [5] (Jeff Jillson, Ian Moran)
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28:55 2-2 BOS Glen Murray [22] (Sergei Samsonov, Joe Thornton)
33:36 2-3 CBS Espen Knutsen [11] (Rick Nash)
34:04 2-4 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [18] (Espen Knutsen, Rick Nash)
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49:48 3-4 BOS Joe Thornton [25] (Sergei Samsonov, P.J. Stock)
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Penalty summary:
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00:06 BOS Sergei Samsonov (2 min for hooking)
06:08 BOS Mike Knuble (2 min for high-sticking)
17:31 BOS Sandy McCarthy (2 min for boarding)
19:57 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for elbowing)
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25:22 BOS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for hooking)
35:19 BOS Martin Lapointe (2 min for tripping)
37:27 BOS Rob Zamuner (2 min for cross-checking)
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40:44 BOS Sandy McCarthy (2 min for hooking)
51:36 BOS Sergei Samsonov (2 min for tripping)
55:28 BOS Travis Green (2 min for slashing)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sandy McCarthy 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 8.00 6
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 15.30 7
R Mike Knuble 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 10.00 6
R Glen Murray 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 15.40 9
C Travis Green 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 9.20 5
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
C Brian Rolston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 21.00 6
C Joe Thornton 1 1 7 3 0 3 0 2 20.40 10
L P.J. Stock 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 5
L Rob Zamuner 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 11.50 7
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 11.10 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 15.40 8
D Jeff Jillson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.00 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -2 18.20 7
D Dan McGillis 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 29.10 7
D Ian Moran 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 -2 22.50 7
D Nick Boynton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Félix Potvin 4 0 31 0 0 60.00 7
G Andrew Raycroft 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 7.20 4
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.40 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 32.20 8
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 8.10 6
C Brad Moran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 7.20 5
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 16.30 10
C Todd Marchant 0 1 4 2 1 0 2 1 29.30 7
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 7.20 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 25.10 8
L Geoff Sanderson 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 19.20 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 37.40 8
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 5
D Dan Boyle 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 19.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 33.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Espen Knutsen
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Pascal Leclaire

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Ian Moran notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Joe Thornton scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Joe Thornton scored the 400th point of his career.
-Rob Zamuner finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Sergei Samsonov had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Espen Knutsen scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Geoff Sanderson notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Rick Nash notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Jaroslav Spacek finally ended his 30 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 3( 21) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 11)
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1-0 PRO Martin Samuelsson
2-0 PRO Brett Nowak (Darren Van Oene, Sergei Zinovjev)
2-1 SYR Mike Souza (Alexander Gusjkov)
3-1 PRO Mike Gellard (Martin Samuelsson, Kris Vernarsky)

Goalies: Jordan Sigalet - Karl Goehring

Well, well, well, what do we have here? Our team goes into Boston and wins a very close game, playing what could be one of our best games of the season. Pascal Leclaire played his best game yet as a Blue Jacket and has earned himself another start in the next game. Knutsen was on fire tonight, with two goals (one on a breakway) and an assist. The line of Nash-Knutsen-Zherdev could stick now, along with the great first line. Let's see if we can follow this up with another win.

Breaking news at the end of the game:

Manny Malhotra claimed off waivers.
Nashville Predators claimed Manny Malhotra, who had been with Columbus Blue Jackets, off waivers.

This is very interesting, so lets see if the Preds can do something with Malhotra, who we will be facing very often now.

January 27th - We have a home game against Phoenix. By the way, Malhotra scores a goal and an assist in his first game for Nashville. Why couldn't he do that for me?

[U]Game 50: Phoenix (19-24-1-8) 47 pts @ Columbus (20-23-2-4) 46 pts[/U]

Game Notes: If we want to contend for a playoff spot, this is a must win game. Phoenix sits in the 8th spot right now, and we're in 10th, with LA between us and Phoenix, also at 47 points. We'll stick with the group from last game, but at the last second, I've decided to start Denis at home, because its the safer choice.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-Spacek
Line 2: Nash-Knutsen-Zherdev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Alexeev-Richardson-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Sydor

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Spacek-Richardson

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Phoenix Coyotes 4
Shots: 29 - 27
CBS PP: 0 of 7 (19 shots), Passing:59/74=79 %, Challenges:36/50=70 %
PHO PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:55/82=67 %, Challenges:43/49=86 %
Attendance: 6040 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 337636 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:39 0-1 PHO Daymond Langkow [23] (Shane Doan, David Tanabe)
12:09 0-2 PHO Ladislav Nagy [19] (Mike Sillinger)
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29:11 1-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [16] (Todd Marchant, Rostislav Klesla)SH
35:15 1-3 PHO Mike Sillinger [13])SH
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42:32 1-4 PHO Brian Savage [6] (Krystofer Kolanos, Mike Johnson)
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Penalty summary:
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07:36 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for roughing)
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21:32 PHO Darren McLachlan (2 min for high-sticking)
28:44 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for slashing)
31:07 PHO Landon Wilson (2 min for hooking)
32:56 PHO Chris Gratton (2 min for elbowing)
34:34 PHO Daymond Langkow (2 min for boarding)
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43:18 PHO Brian Savage (2 min for hooking)
46:53 PHO Daymond Langkow (2 min for cross-checking)
54:59 PHO Landon Wilson (5 min for attempt to injury)
56:43 PHO Paul Mara (2 min for roughing)
56:43 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.50 4
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 -3 21.00 5
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 16.20 6
C Brad Moran 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 6.50 5
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 18.10 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 28.30 7
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -3 23.00 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 21.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 4 2 1 3 0 -1 31.50 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 7.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 17.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 35.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Landon Wilson 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 0 7.10 6
R Mike Johnson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.10 7
R Daniel Cleary 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 13.00 7
R Shane Doan 0 1 3 6 0 3 0 1 20.20 9
C Chris Gratton 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 18.20 6
C Krystofer Kolanos 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 7.10 6
C Mike Sillinger 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 15.20 8
C Daymond Langkow 1 0 3 2 0 0 4 0 24.40 7
L Darren McLachlan 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 7.10 6
L Brian Savage 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 7.10 6
L Ladislav Nagy 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 8
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Matthew Spiller 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 9.00 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 24.10 8
D David Tanabe 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 26.50 9
D Brad Ference 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7.40 6
D Paul Mara 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 22.50 7
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 0 3 6 0 4 0 0 29.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brian Boucher 1 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Sean Burke 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Sillinger
2nd star: Shane Doan
3rd star: Daymond Langkow

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Krystofer Kolanos finally ended his 26 game point drought.
-Brian Savage finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Brian Savage finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 20) , Springfield Falcons 2( 29)
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0-1 SPR Eduard Lewandowski (Kiel McLeod)
1-1 SYR Martin Paroulek (Aaron Johnson)
1-2 SPR Kiel McLeod
1-2 SPR Kiel McLeod (, Fredrik Sjöström)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Jeff Pietrasiak

I'm very upset with the team right now, as they just all decided to not show up in a big game like this one. Denis really let me down tonight, as I gave him a chance to prove why he is the #1 goalie and he let in a couple of soft goals. Mike Sillinger, a former Jacket, scored on the shorthanded goal and really turned the momentum that we had into Phoenix's. Where can this team go from here? Letowski goes down with an injury, which hurts us even more.

January 31st - We make a small move.

Jaroslav Bednar claimed off waivers.
Columbus Blue Jackets claimed Jaroslav Bednar, who had been with Anaheim Mighty Ducks, off waivers.

Bednar, who is only 27, should be able to come in and play right away on our third line and has the potential to stick around even after the injuries.

We have a home game against Nashville.

[U]Game 51: Nashville (18-28-3-4) 43 pts @ Columbus (20-24-2-4) 46 pts[/U]

Game Notes: Pascal Leclaire gets the start tonight, Scott Lachance will fill in for Paul Manning and Jaroslav Bednar comes in on the third line. Other than that, we'll keep everything else the same. We face Manny Malhotra, so that will be interesting to see how he does.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
Line 2: Nash-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Bednar-Richardson-Lachance
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Sydor

PK 1: Marchant-Knutseni-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Sanderson-Spacek-Richardson

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Nashville Predators 4
Shots: 24 - 32
CBS PP: 0 of 11 (15 shots), Passing:71/86=82 %, Challenges:33/36=89 %
NAS PP: 0 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:62/87=71 %, Challenges:28/38=71 %
Attendance: 6216 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 347475 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:28 1-0 CBS Darryl Sydor [7] (Dan Boyle, Espen Knutsen)
18:28 2-0 CBS Lasse Pirjetä [1] (Luke Richardson)
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35:09 2-1 NAS Manny Malhotra [3] (Josef Vasicek)
36:37 2-2 NAS Vern Fiddler [1] (Martin Erat, Denis Arkhipov)
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45:56 3-2 CBS Espen Knutsen [12] (Rick Nash, Dan Boyle)
50:21 3-3 NAS Scott Walker [6] (David Legwand)SH
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62:48 3-4 NAS Josef Vasicek [9] (Scott Walker)
Penalty summary:
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00:04 NAS Vladimir Orszagh (2 min for roughing)
00:55 NAS Scott Hartnell (2 min for hooking)
03:08 NAS Scott Walker (2 min for roughing)
07:28 NAS Scott Nichol (2 min for holding the stick)
18:55 NAS Martin Erat (2 min for cross-checking)
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24:55 NAS Jason York (2 min for tripping)
27:01 NAS Scott Hartnell (2 min for boarding)
30:52 NAS Scott Nichol (2 min for hooking)
38:27 NAS Vladimir Orszagh (2 min for diving)
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40:15 NAS Jason York (2 min for tripping)
47:46 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for holding the stick)
50:16 NAS Jim McKenzie (2 min for hooking)
52:55 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for hooking)
55:01 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for diving)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4.50 4
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 14.50 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 31.00 6
C Brad Moran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4.50 5
C Lasse Pirjetä 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.20 7
C Espen Knutsen 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 18.50 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 36.50 7
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 4.50 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 6.00 6
L Rick Nash 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 26.50 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 21.10 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 20.50 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 -3 36.00 7
D Luke Richardson 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6.20 7
D Dan Boyle 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 17.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 4 3 0 2 2 -2 38.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 28 0 0 62.50 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Nichol 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 6.00 5
R Martin Erat 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 9.30 7
R Scott Walker 1 1 4 2 2 0 2 1 17.40 8
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 -1 17.30 6
C Rem Murray 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Denis Arkhipov 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.10 6
C Josef Vasicek 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 17.20 8
C David Legwand 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 23.50 9
L Jim McKenzie 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 12.30 5
L Vern Fiddler 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 11.10 7
L Manny Malhotra 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 13.10 7
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 2 2 1 1 4 0 21.50 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.40 6
D Jason York 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 19.40 5
D Lubomir Sekeras 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 32.50 5
D Stan Neckar 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 17.40 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 13.50 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 31.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 21 0 0 62.50 4
G Jan Lasak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Walker
2nd star: Josef Vasicek
3rd star: Espen Knutsen

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Espen Knutsen has marked a new career high in goals with 12 tallies.
-Dan Boyle notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Lasse Pirjetä finally ended his 26 game goal drought.
-Lasse Pirjetä finally ended his 24 game point drought.
-Darryl Sydor finally ended his 17 game goal drought.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Vladimir Orszagh had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 21) , Milwaukee Admirals 4( 25)
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1-0 SYR Ben Knopp (Riley Cote, Jamie Pushor)
1-1 MIL Matt Koalska (Simon Gamache)
1-2 MIL Wyatt Smith
1-3 MIL Timofei Shiskanov (Simon Gamache, Matt Koalska)
1-4 MIL Jonas Andersson (Darren Haydar, Steven Spencer)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Chris Mason

Now we lose to a very bad Nashville team at home, this is just pathetic.

The stats will be uploaded to the links shortly.

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February 1st - We send Pascal Leclaire down to Syracuse to get some starting time down there. Also, we have to go on the road to St. Louis.

Game 52: Columbus (20-24-3-4) 47 pts @ St. Louis (24-19-3-5) 56 pts

Game Notes: Denis starts tonight and Manning comes back in for Lachance. I'm not sure what else to do here.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
Line 2: Nash-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Bednar-Richardson-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Sydor

PK 1: Marchant-Knutseni-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Sanderson-Spacek-Richardson

Denis

Box Score:

St. Louis Blues 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 35 - 25
STL PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:62/74=83 %, Challenges:45/53=83 %
CBS PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:73/84=86 %, Challenges:31/38=79 %
Attendance: 19165 of 19260 (Savvis Center)
Ticket income: 896922 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:04 0-1 CBS Todd Marchant [14] (Rostislav Klesla, Jaroslav Spacek)
14:29 1-1 STL Scott Mellanby [15] (Pavol Demitra, Alexander Khavanov)
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28:39 2-1 STL Eric Boguniecki [8] (Ryan Johnson, Scott Pellerin)
30:47 2-2 CBS Geoff Sanderson [13] (Todd Marchant, Rostislav Klesla)
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49:08 2-3 CBS Nikita Alexeev [5] (Espen Knutsen, Darryl Sydor)
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Penalty summary:
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03:24 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for tripping)
19:37 STL Chris Pronger (2 min for tripping)
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22:21 CBS Paul Manning (2 min for roughing)
37:22 CBS Nikita Alexeev (2 min for tripping)
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43:16 CBS Jaroslav Bednar (2 min for high-sticking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 9.10 5
R Eric Boguniecki 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 20.00 8
R Scott Mellanby 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 11.40 7
R Dallas Drake 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 -2 19.10 7
C John Pohl 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 6
C Ryan Johnson 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 15.20 6
C Pavol Demitra 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
C Doug Weight 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 18.40 7
L Reed Low 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 7
L Scott Pellerin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 8
L Petr Cajanek 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 7
L Jeff Heerema 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 20.40 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 17.50 7
D Alexander Khavanov 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 13.00 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 -2 27.00 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 7
D Al MacInnis 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 -2 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 3 0 22 0 0 58.20 6
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.30 5
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 7.40 7
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 16.50 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 21.10 7
C Brad Moran 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.30 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 24.00 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 5 1 2 0 0 2 28.20 9
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.40 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 20.40 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 7.40 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 24.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 2 28.20 8
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 10.20 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 2 32.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 33 0 0 60.00 10
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc Denis
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Rostislav Klesla

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Scott Mellanby scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Eric Boguniecki finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Chris Pronger had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikita Alexeev ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Todd Marchant ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 4( 31) , Syracuse Crunch 6( 26)
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0-1 SYR Mike Souza (Don MacLean, Aaron Johnson)
0-2 SYR Mark Hartigan (Andrej Nedorost, Hannes Hyvönen)
1-2 WOR Colin Hemingway (Matt Walker, Greg Black)
1-3 SYR Jody Shelley (Riley Cote)
2-3 WOR Mike Danton (Igor Valeev, Marc Brown)
2-4 SYR Mike Souza (Don MacLean)
3-4 WOR Mike Danton (Trevor Byrne)
4-4 WOR Marc Brown (Colin Hemingway, Greg Black)
4-5 SYR Ben Knopp (Riley Cote)
4-6 SYR Martin Paroulek (Don MacLean)

Goalies: Levente Szuper - Karl Goehring

Huge win for us!! Marc Denis played one of his best games of the season when we really needed it tonight, on the road against a tough St. Louis team. Nikita Alexeev proves again why he was a great pickup for us this season, and I'm ready to see Letowski come back.

February 4th - Home game against Detroit


Game 53: Detroit (36-14-3-3) 78 pts @ Columbus (21-24-3-4) 49 pts

Game Notes: We'll keep everything the same as it was against St. Louis.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
Line 2: Nash-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Bednar-Richardson-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Sydor

PK 1: Marchant-Knutseni-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Sanderson-Spacek-Richardson

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Detroit Red Wings 4
Shots: 27 - 36
CBS PP: 1 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:54/63=85 %, Challenges:25/30=80 %
DET PP: 0 of 7 (13 shots), Passing:77/87=88 %, Challenges:45/49=90 %
Attendance: 9205 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 514560 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:53 0-1 DET Steve Thomas [5] (Henrik Zetterberg, Jason Woolley)
17:06 0-2 DET Ray Whitney [16] (Brett Hull, Pavel Datsyuk)
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26:17 1-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [19] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)PP
30:31 1-3 DET Pavel Datsyuk [19] (Darren McCarty, Jiri Fischer)
35:05 1-4 DET Mathieu Dandenault [3])
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50:03 2-4 CBS Todd Marchant [15] (Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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01:21 DET Brendan Shanahan (2 min for slashing)
04:58 DET Tomas Holmström (2 min for slashing)
12:41 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for hooking)
14:54 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for boarding)
18:45 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski (2 min for hooking)
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24:31 DET Darren McCarty (2 min for boarding)
35:36 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for slashing)
39:21 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for tripping)
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40:45 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for high-sticking)
47:03 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for tripping)
55:37 DET Kris Draper (2 min for high-sticking)
56:29 DET Darren McCarty (2 min for elbowing)
59:17 DET Brendan Shanahan (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.20 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.40 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 22.50 9
C Brad Moran 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.20 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 16.50 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 -2 18.40 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 27.10 8
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.20 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.20 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -2 17.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 21.10 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 -1 8.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 16.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -1 35.20 5
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 14.20 5
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 11.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 33.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 32 0 0 60.00 7
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marty McInnis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Kris Draper 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 9.20 6
R Darren McCarty 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 2 18.40 7
R Brett Hull 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 18.30 7
C Boyd Devereaux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
C Pavel Datsyuk 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 16.40 8
C Steve Yzerman 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 10.40 7
L Steve Thomas 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 9.20 7
L Ray Whitney 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 18.10 10
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 6 2 0 0 4 0 21.50 8
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
D Jiri Fischer 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 13.00 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 26.00 7
D Jason Woolley 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 18.00 9
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dominik Hasek 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pavel Datsyuk
2nd star: Ray Whitney
3rd star: Mathieu Dandenault

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Pavel Datsyuk ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Jiri Fischer ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 21) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 36)
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1-0 SYR Don MacLean
2-0 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Andrej Nedorost, Derrick Walser)
2-1 GRD Tomas Kopecky (Jason Williams , Jamie Rivers)
2-2 GRD Pär Bäcker (Tomas Kopecky, Jamie Rivers)
3-2 SYR Jamie Pushor (Riley Cote)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Joey MacDonald

When the Red Wings are on, they are impossible to beat, and that was proven tonight. I thought our guys played a B+ game, which would be solid against Detroit. However, Detroit played excellent and just rolled over us. The defense of ours could have held up a little better, but I won't complain against these forwards.

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February 6th - We have a home game against St. Louis, a big game for both teams, as we sit in 10th, 5 pts out of the playoffs and St. Louis is in 7th.

Game 54: St. Louis (25-20-3-5) 58 pts @ Columbus (21-25-3-4) 49 pts

Game Notes: We move Nash up to the first line and Sanderson down to the second.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Bednar-Richardson-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Sydor

PK 1: Marchant-Knutseni-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Sanderson-Spacek-Richardson

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , St. Louis Blues 4
Shots: 31 - 36
CBS PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:71/86=82 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
STL PP: 1 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:61/81=75 %, Challenges:32/40=78 %
Attendance: 6727 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 376039 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:36 1-0 CBS Rostislav Klesla [4] (Jaroslav Spacek, Brad Moran)
14:55 2-0 CBS Rick Nash [19] (Rostislav Klesla, Todd Marchant)PP
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28:41 2-1 STL Jeff Heerema [7] (Eric Boguniecki, Al MacInnis)PP
31:57 2-2 STL Eric Boguniecki [9] (Pavol Demitra, Al MacInnis)
34:53 2-3 STL Petr Cajanek [10] (Al MacInnis, Doug Weight)
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47:55 3-3 CBS Espen Knutsen [13] (Mike Pandolfo, Rick Nash)
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61:14 3-4 STL Petr Cajanek [11] (Dallas Drake, Jamal Mayers)
Penalty summary:
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06:14 STL Alexander Khavanov (2 min for hooking)
10:19 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for holding the stick)
14:33 STL Scott Mellanby (2 min for hooking)
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27:38 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski (2 min for cross-checking)
29:56 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for tripping)
36:29 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for hooking)
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43:05 STL Scott Mellanby (2 min for high-sticking)
54:54 CBS Brad Moran (2 min for hooking)
57:55 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for holding the stick)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7.50 5
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 7
C Brad Moran 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 9.10 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 1 0 6 1 0 1 2 -1 24.10 9
C Todd Marchant 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 -2 29.10 7
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6.40 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 16.10 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 5
L Rick Nash 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 22.20 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 9.20 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 26.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 25.30 5
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 10.30 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 -1 32.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 32 0 0 61.20 7
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -1 8.40 5
R Eric Boguniecki 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 20.50 7
R Scott Mellanby 0 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 13.10 7
R Dallas Drake 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 18.40 7
C Jay McClement 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 8.40 5
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
C Pavol Demitra 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 22.00 8
C Doug Weight 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 16.50 7
L Reed Low 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 -1 11.30 6
L Scott Pellerin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.30 7
L Jeff Heerema 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 22.00 8
L Petr Cajanek 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 16.50 7
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.00 5
D Alexander Khavanov 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 21.30 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 30.20 9
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.50 5
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 17.50 6
D Al MacInnis 0 3 5 4 0 0 0 1 30.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 3 0 28 0 0 61.20 8
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Al MacInnis
2nd star: Eric Boguniecki
3rd star: Petr Cajanek

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Brad Moran ended his 8 game point drought.
-Mike Pandolfo finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Rick Nash finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Pavol Demitra notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Petr Cajanek has marked a new career high in goals with 10 tallies.
-Petr Cajanek scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jeff Heerema ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Petr Cajanek ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 0( 13) , Worcester Icecats 1( 17)
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0-1 WOR Tom Koivisto (Blake Evans)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Curtis Sanford

We could have really used the other point tonight, especially since St. Louis sneaks outta here with both, but you have to start somewhere and I thought we played a pretty good game. I'm getting the feeling that this isn't a playoff team I have on my hands, but I'd still like us try to get some things going. Nash gets a goal for us, his first in a while, and Knutsen gives us a great game, probably becoming the most surprising player on our team. Sanderson gets hurt and is day to day, we're hoping he's back for the next game. What a goaltender's battle down in Syracuse, where the Crunch end up on the wrong side of a 1-0 game.

February 8th - Well, Sandy won't be ready for tonights game, so Jody Shelley gets the callup from Syracuse to play on the 4th line. We go to Detroit tonight, so i'm just hoping for a close game.

[B]Game 55: Columbus (21-25-4-4) 50 pts @ Detroit (37-14-3-3) 80 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Czerkawski gets moved up to the 2nd line and the PP 2 line, and Shelley comes in on the 4th line and on the PK 2 line. Other than that, everything else remains the same.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
Line 2: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Bednar-Richardson-Manning
Line 4: Shelley-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
PP 2: Czerkawski-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Sydor

PK 1: Marchant-Knutsen-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Shelley-Spacek-Richardson

Denis

Box Score:

Detroit Red Wings 6 , Columbus Blue Jackets 0
Shots: 34 - 26
DET PP: 3 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:74/86=86 %, Challenges:44/50=86 %
CBS PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:68/75=90 %, Challenges:31/45=67 %
Attendance: 18896 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 882443 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:56 1-0 DET Steve Yzerman [15] (Brendan Shanahan, Brett Hull)PP
08:34 2-0 DET Mathieu Schneider [6])PP
10:52 3-0 DET Brett Hull [24] (Brendan Shanahan, Steve Yzerman)
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26:31 4-0 DET Nicklas Lidström [9] (Steve Yzerman, Mathieu Schneider)PP
28:07 5-0 DET Steve Yzerman [16] (Boyd Devereaux, Marty McInnis)
29:52 6-0 DET Mathieu Dandenault [4] (Ray Whitney, Pavel Datsyuk)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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05:07 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
06:55 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for holding the stick)
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25:11 CBS Lasse Pirjetä (2 min for holding the stick)
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41:01 DET Brendan Shanahan (2 min for hooking)
43:37 DET Derian Hatcher (2 min for hooking)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marty McInnis 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Kris Draper 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12.10 6
R Darren McCarty 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 20.10 8
R Brett Hull 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 19.30 9
C Boyd Devereaux 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 6
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.10 6
C Steve Yzerman 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 19.30 10
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.40 7
L Steve Thomas 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 10.00 7
L Ray Whitney 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
L Brendan Shanahan 0 2 3 3 0 3 2 2 19.20 9
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 12.10 6
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 1 4 0 4 2 1 22.00 8
D Mathieu Schneider 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 24.20 10
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 22.50 9
D Nicklas Lidström 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 26 0 0 60.00 10
G Dominik Hasek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 8.50 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 22.10 7
C Brad Moran 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.10 4
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 8.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 22.50 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 -1 26.00 7
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.50 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 8.50 5
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 22.10 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 23.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 -1 27.30 4
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 10.50 5
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 21.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 -1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 5 0 0 11.00 4
G Fred Brathwaite 3 0 23 0 0 49.00 5

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Yzerman
2nd star: Curtis Joseph
3rd star: Mathieu Schneider

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Steve Yzerman scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Marty McInnis ended his 8 game point drought.
-Mathieu Schneider finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
-Nicklas Lidström finally ended his 15 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 7( 33) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 14)
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1-0 GRD Jason Woolley (Tomas Kopecky)
2-0 GRD Pär Bäcker (Tomas Kopecky)
2-1 SYR Martin Paroulek (Aaron Johnson, Mike Souza)
3-1 GRD Tomas Kopecky
4-1 GRD Jason Williams (Nathan Robinson)
5-1 GRD Rob Millar (Hugo Boisvert)
6-1 GRD Jason Williams
7-1 GRD Ryan Barnes (Nathan Robinson)
7-2 SYR Mike Souza (Kent McDonell)

Goalies: Stefan Liv - Pascal Leclaire

Well, we brought our D game with us, and Detroit just completely dominated us throughout the 60 minutes. Denis looked horrendous and Brathwaite came in and looked just as bad. I'm just glad the game is over with and we can get healthy over All Star Break

February 9th - Its skills competition night

The annual All-Star event kicked off today with the skill competitions. Team North America and Team World competed in six different races and the fans got to see their stars shine.

Team World won the puck control relay with a team of Sergei Fedorov, Peter Forsberg and Markus Näslund.

Sergei Fedorov of Team World won the fastest skater competition, beating Joe Thornton in the final.

Brendan Shanahan of Team North America won the hardest shot competition with a result of 91 MPH, beating Peter Forsberg in the final.

Jaromir Jagr of Team World won the accuracy shooting competition, beating Joe Thornton in the final.

Roberto Luongo of Team North America won the goalie competition (pass&score), beating Nikolai Khabibulin in the final.

Team North America won the breakaway relay with a team of Joe Thornton, Mike Modano and Todd Bertuzzi.

February 10th - And today is the game

Team North America 6 , Team World 13
Shots: 30 - 51
TNA PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/78=88 %, Challenges:33/33=97 %
TW PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/64=93 %, Challenges:67/70=94 %
Ticket income: 0 Match televised: No


Boxscore for the game:
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02:48 1-0 TNA Todd Bertuzzi [1] (Mike Modano, Brendan Shanahan)
04:33 1-1 TW Sergei Samsonov [1] (Miroslav Satan, Nikolai Khabibulin)
06:41 2-1 TNA Todd Bertuzzi [2] (Brendan Shanahan, Mike Modano)
10:15 2-2 TW Sergei Zubov [1] (Nicklas Lidström, Radek Bonk)
11:25 3-2 TNA Brendan Morrison [1] (Mike Modano, Brendan Shanahan)
13:11 3-3 TW Miroslav Satan [1] (Tomas Kaberle)
13:54 3-4 TW Sergei Samsonov [2] (Nicklas Lidström)
14:41 3-5 TW Peter Forsberg [1] (Nicklas Lidström)
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22:36 3-6 TW Daniel Alfredsson [1] (Patrik Elias, Sergei Fedorov)
24:42 4-6 TNA Joe Thornton [1] (Glen Murray)
28:06 4-7 TW Sergei Fedorov [1] (Daniel Alfredsson, Sergei Gonchar)
29:03 4-8 TW Mats Sundin [1] (Tomas Kaberle, Mattias Öhlund)
31:18 5-8 TNA Joe Thornton [2] (Keith Tkachuk)
31:49 5-9 TW Jaromir Jagr [1] (Markus Näslund, Peter Forsberg)
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43:51 5-10 TW Daniel Alfredsson [2] (Sergei Fedorov)
44:14 5-11 TW Kim Johnsson [1] (Tomas Kaberle, Mats Sundin)
45:45 6-11 TNA Joe Thornton [3] (Wade Redden)
46:06 6-12 TW Nicklas Lidström [1] (Milan Hejduk)
46:31 6-13 TW Peter Forsberg [2] (Nicklas Lidström, Sergei Zubov)
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Penalty summary:
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( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -4 15.00 7
R Brett Hull 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 14.10 5
R Todd Bertuzzi 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 -3 16.40 7
R Glen Murray 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 14.10 8
C Eric Lindros 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -4 15.00 5
C Brendan Morrison 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 14.10 8
C Mike Modano 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 -3 16.40 7
C Joe Thornton 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 14.10 8
L John LeClair 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -4 15.00 6
L Paul Kariya 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.10 6
L Brendan Shanahan 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 -3 16.40 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 14.10 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 15.40 5
D Chris Pronger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 19.50 5
D Wade Redden 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 24.30 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 16.10 6
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -4 19.30 5
D Brian Leetch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 24.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 5 0 10 0 0 20.10 4
G Martin Brodeur 8 0 26 0 0 39.50 4

Team World scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Milan Hejduk 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 14.10 7
R Alexei Kovalev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 15.00 6
R Daniel Alfredsson 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 14.00 9
R Jaromir Jagr 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 16.50 8
C Radek Bonk 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 14.10 7
C Mats Sundin 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 15.00 8
C Sergei Fedorov 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 14.00 9
C Peter Forsberg 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 16.50 9
L Sergei Samsonov 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 14.10 8
L Miroslav Satan 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 15.00 8
L Patrik Elias 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 14.00 7
L Markus Näslund 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.50 8
D Kim Johnsson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 16.20 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 15.50 7
D Sergei Zubov 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 27.50 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 17.20 8
D Mattias Öhlund 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 15.50 7
D Nicklas Lidström 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 3 26.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 3 1 7 0 0 20.10 4
G Dominik Hasek 3 0 16 0 0 39.50 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nicklas Lidström
2nd star: Daniel Alfredsson
3rd star: Peter Forsberg

Notes for Team North America:

Notes for Team World:

Other notes:

10-2-2004 NHL All-Star Game
Team World has won the annual NHL All-Star game with a score of 13-6. Game MVP was Nicklas Lidström.

A native of Sweden, Nicklas Lidström was originally drafted to the NHL by the Detroit Red Wings in the 3rd round of the 1989 entry draft. He has appeared in 993 NHL games during his career, notching 172 goals and adding 556 assists along with 708 penalty minutes. The 33 year old defenseman has played 58 games with the Detroit Red Wings this season, totalling 9+31=40 with 20 PIM.

February 12th - Sandy is ready to go, so Shelley will be scratched for the evening. Letowski should be back by the next game. Tonight's game is at home against the Rangers. Also, at the last second, we decide to send Shelley down for Pascal Leclaire and start him in net tonight.

[B]Game 54: NY Rangers (30-17-2-7) 69 pts @ Columbus (21-26-4-4) 50 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Sandy comes back in, and Lachance comes in for Richardson. Leclaire starts in net for Denis

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Bednar-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Sydor

PK 1: Marchant-Knutseni-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Sanderson-Spacek-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 9 , New York Rangers 1
Shots: 28 - 30
CBS PP: 2 of 9 (8 shots), Passing:81/86=94 %, Challenges:22/35=61 %
NYR PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:60/79=75 %, Challenges:34/39=85 %
Attendance: 8456 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 472691 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:54 1-0 CBS Marian Cisar [2] (Jaroslav Bednar, Lasse Pirjetä)
16:32 2-0 CBS Brad Moran [1] (Marian Cisar, Jaroslav Bednar)
18:58 3-0 CBS Rick Nash [20] (Nikolai Zherdev, Todd Marchant)PP
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21:45 4-0 CBS Todd Marchant [16] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)PP
24:55 5-0 CBS Geoff Sanderson [14] (Darryl Sydor, Jaroslav Spacek)
31:46 6-0 CBS Espen Knutsen [14] (Nikita Alexeev, Nikolai Zherdev)
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42:22 7-0 CBS Rostislav Klesla [5] (Jaroslav Spacek, Todd Marchant)
54:07 7-1 NYR Darius Kasparaitis [1] (Chris Simon, Anson Carter)
55:19 8-1 CBS Nikita Alexeev [6] (Geoff Sanderson, Espen Knutsen)
56:46 9-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [20] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)
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Penalty summary:
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01:24 NYR Alexei Kovalev (2 min for slashing)
11:05 NYR Matthew Barnaby (2 min for holding the stick)
13:12 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for hooking)
18:01 NYR Alexei Kovalev (2 min for hooking)
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21:17 NYR Alexei Kovalev (2 min for high-sticking)
26:21 NYR Mark Messier (2 min for roughing)
33:36 NYR Matthew Barnaby (2 min for tripping)
37:25 NYR Jed Ortmeyer (2 min for holding the stick)
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47:05 NYR Bobby Holik (2 min for holding the stick)
49:32 NYR Chris Simon (2 min for cross-checking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6.30 8
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 7
R Nikita Alexeev 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 3 14.30 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 3 4 3 1 1 0 1 29.10 10
C Brad Moran 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 6.30 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.50 6
C Espen Knutsen 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 14.30 9
C Todd Marchant 1 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 29.10 8
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 6.30 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Geoff Sanderson 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 17.00 9
L Rick Nash 1 2 5 1 0 0 2 1 29.10 9
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 15.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 3 36.00 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9.00 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 17.40 6
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 33.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 1 0 29 0 0 60.00 10
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
R Chris Simon 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 16.50 7
R Anson Carter 0 1 3 3 0 4 0 -3 19.50 7
R Alexei Kovalev 0 0 4 1 2 0 6 -3 16.00 6
C Garth Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Mark Messier 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 11.30 5
C Eric Lindros 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 -3 20.30 7
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -2 20.40 6
L Jan Hlavac 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
L Matthew Barnaby 0 0 1 3 0 2 4 0 10.30 8
L Petr Nedved 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 9.20 5
L Martin Rucinsky 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 17.10 5
D Dale Purinton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Vladimir Malakhov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -4 17.30 6
D Greg de Vries 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 29.50 7
D Darius Kasparaitis 1 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 24.00 9
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 8.00 4
D Brian Leetch 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 26.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Blackburn 4 0 6 0 0 21.40 4
G Mike Dunham 5 0 13 0 0 38.00 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Rick Nash

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Marian Cisar finally ended his 29 game goal drought.
-Marian Cisar finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Jaroslav Bednar finally ended his 21 game point drought.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Darius Kasparaitis ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 0( 19) , Hartford Wolfpack 2( 32)
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0-1 HFD Dusty Jamieson (Nathan Martz, Paul Healey)
0-2 HFD Dusty Jamieson (Ryan Cuthbert)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Jason LaBarbera

Wow, as some of you may have noticed if you read this right after i originally posted, we stunk up the place. However, the game had a RTE, so I had to replay this game, and boy how good did we play. Richardson had a talk with Cisar a couple days beforehand, and he played one of his best games of the season. 9 goals is amazing and Pascal Leclaire played the best game of his short NHL career and assured himself of starting the next game.

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February 13th - A couple of decent trades occured:

FLA-DAL trade
Florida Panthers traded defenseman Pavel Trnka and center Tanner Glass to Dallas Stars for center Niko Kapanen

A native of Finland, Niko Kapanen was originally drafted to the NHL by the Dallas Stars in the 6th round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 133 NHL games during his career, notching 8 goals and adding 37 assists along with 52 penalty minutes. The 25 year old center has played 42 games with the Dallas Stars this season, totalling 3+7=10 with 6 PIM.

A native of Czech, Pavel Trnka was originally drafted to the NHL by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 5th round of the 1994 entry draft. He has appeared in 372 NHL games during his career, notching 12 goals and adding 58 assists along with 286 penalty minutes. The 27 year old defenseman has played 28 games with the Florida Panthers this season, totalling 1+8=9 with 14 PIM. He has also played 19 games with the San Antonio Rampage this season, totalling 1+2=3 with 20 PIM.


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PHO-OTT trade
Phoenix Coyotes traded defenseman Brad Ference, goaltender Jean-Marc Pelletier and right wing Loic Burkhalter to Ottawa Senators for right wing Mike Fisher

A native of Canada, Mike Fisher was originally drafted to the NHL by the Ottawa Senators in the 2nd round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 261 NHL games during his career, notching 49 goals and adding 50 assists along with 180 penalty minutes. The 23 year old right wing has played 37 games with the Ottawa Senators this season, totalling 5+4=9 with 10 PIM.

A native of Canada, Brad Ference was originally drafted to the NHL by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1st round of the 1997 entry draft. He has appeared in 230 NHL games during his career, notching 5 goals and adding 29 assists along with 540 penalty minutes. The 24 year old defenseman has played 48 games with the Phoenix Coyotes this season, totalling 1+4=5 with 80 PIM. He has also played 3 games with the Springfield Falcons this season, totalling 0+1=1 with 10 PIM.

A native of USA, Jean-Marc Pelletier was originally drafted to the NHL by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2nd round of the 1997 entry draft. He has appeared in 2 NHL games during his career, booking 0 career shutouts and allowing 11 goals. The 25 year old goaltender has not yet played for the Phoenix Coyotes this season.

In the first trade, Florida picks up a nice young C in Kapanen, without having to give up too much. In the second trade, my scouts think Fisher will become a stud, so I think Phoenix wins, but Ottawa picks up a needed backup goalie and some needed depth on the blueline with Ference.

Also:

Bob Hartley fired
Atlanta Thrashers have fired head coach Bob Hartley in order to shake up the team and get it out of the losing streak. The team has announced that Ted Nolan will be taking over the position.

Nolan finally gets a job in the NHL again here, but I don't think firing Hartley was the answer in Atlanta.

February 14th - On Valentine's Day, we're in Toronto

Game 57: Columbus (22-26-4-4) 52 pts @ NY Rangers (27-23-2-5) 61 pts

Game Notes: Letowski comes back in for the night and Cisar is scratched, maybe the toughest decision I've had to make. He plays his best game of the year, but I can't find a place for him in the lineup. Richardson remains scratched and Leclaire stays in net.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Alexeev-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Spacek
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Boyle-Sydor

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Spacek-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 33 - 22
TOR PP: 3 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:62/77=80 %, Challenges:45/47=93 %
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:67/75=89 %, Challenges:41/46=87 %
Attendance: 12645 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 614546 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:25 1-0 TOR Carlo Colaiacovo [2] (Tomas Kaberle, Mats Sundin)PP
12:38 2-0 TOR Carlo Colaiacovo [3] (Joe Nieuwendyk)PP
17:12 2-1 CBS Rick Nash [21] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rostislav Klesla)
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40:25 3-1 TOR Alexander Mogilny [25] (Tomas Kaberle, Mats Sundin)PP
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Penalty summary:
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01:55 TOR Mats Sundin (2 min for hooking)
07:36 TOR Niclas Wallin (2 min for slashing)
10:16 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for hooking)
12:19 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
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33:06 TOR Darcy Tucker (2 min for hooking)
36:39 TOR Mats Sundin (2 min for slashing)
38:42 CBS Brad Moran (2 min for holding the stick)
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51:28 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for holding the stick)
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Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darcy Tucker 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 10.20 5
R Robert Reichel 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 10.30 6
R Tie Domi 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 6
R Alexander Mogilny 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 6
C Nik Antropov 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 10.00 8
C Tom Fitzgerald 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
C Joe Nieuwendyk 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 12.30 7
C Mats Sundin 0 2 4 2 0 0 4 0 19.40 8
L Shayne Corson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
L Shawn McEachern 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
L Gary Roberts 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 9
L Owen Nolan 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
D Boris Mironov 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 15.10 6
D Bryan Marchment 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 -1 15.50 8
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 24.30 7
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 11.50 6
D Carlo Colaiacovo 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 25.00 8
D Tomas Kaberle 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 27.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ed Belfour 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Trevor Kidd 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.50 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 3 3 1 0 2 1 19.10 9
C Brad Moran 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.50 5
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 18.30 8
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 25.00 9
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 4
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 10.40 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 23.50 6
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 29.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 30 0 0 59.50 9
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Carlo Colaiacovo
2nd star: Tomas Kaberle
3rd star: Alexander Mogilny

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Alexander Mogilny scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Carlo Colaiacovo ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 3( 35) , Syracuse Crunch 5( 14)
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1-0 SJM Nathan Barrett (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Kyle Wellwood)
1-1 SYR Jeremy Reich (Kent McDonell)
2-1 SJM Ben Ondrus (Harold Druken, Kris Newbury)
2-2 SYR Ben Knopp (Riley Cote)
2-3 SYR Don MacLean (Hannes Hyvönen, Derrick Walser)
3-3 SJM Alexei Ponikarovsky (Kyle Wellwood, Brendan Bell)
3-4 SYR Janne Jokila (Jeremy Reich)
3-5 SYR Jeremy Reich (Janne Jokila)

Goalies: Jean-François Racine - Karl Goehring

Our PK really let us down tonight, as they let up 3 goals on 4 PP's that Toronto had. Leclaire has another great game, but he'll go back down to Syracuse and help them out for a few games. Brathwaite will be kept around in emergencies, as he's just not playing well and I'd rather Leclaire get the experience. Let's hope our offense can step it up some more.

A filled news day after the game:

Valeri Bure claimed off waivers.
Washington Capitals claimed Valeri Bure, who had been with Florida Panthers, off waivers.


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14-2-2004 League suspends Kent Manderville
The league board has suspended Colorado Avalanche player Kent Manderville for 4 games for injuring Ilya Kovalchuk of Atlanta Thrashers.


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14-2-2004 Ilya Kovalchuk injured.
Ilya Kovalchuk (ATL) suffered knee injury during the game in an incident with Kent Manderville (COL). He is expected to be sidelined for at least four months. Ouch, I can barely move, so lets not even mention hockey, were his words after the game.


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14-2-2004 Brian Sutter fired
Chicago Blackhawks have fired head coach Brian Sutter in order to shake up the team and get it out of the losing streak. The team has announced that Bob Hartley will be taking over the position.

First, Bure has been playing horrible this year, with loads of talent. The Caps will try to see if they can get him going. Also, it stinks to see Kovalchuk get hurt, especially for 4 months. Then, Sutter gets fired and replaced by Hartley, which is bad b/c he's now in my division.

February 16th - I decide to seed Nikita Alexeev down to Syracuse, as he'll be the 5th man out for the Jackets and the experience on the top line down there and getting a lot more time should help him out better. He might get a chance to come back up, but he's slumping a little bit and I'd like to see him regain his form down in Syracuse. I also sent down Leclaire back to the Crunch as well.

We have an away game tonight against Nashville

Game 58: Columbus (22-27-4-4) 52 pts @ Nashville (20-31-3-4) 47 pts

Game Notes: I really think we're out of the playoffs now, but a win tonight could start some momentum. If not, we might look to make a trade or two at the deadline here. Richardson come in tonight for Spacek, who is the only scratch of the evening. We move some of the RW'ers around, getting Leto on the 3rd line.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Bednar-Sydor-Richardson
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Boyle-Manning

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Lachance-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Nashville Predators 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 21 - 36
NAS PP: 0 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:57/78=73 %, Challenges:32/35=88 %
CBS PP: 0 of 7 (14 shots), Passing:74/91=81 %, Challenges:43/43=97 %
Attendance: 13082 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 575608 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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25:42 0-1 CBS Todd Marchant [17] (Rick Nash, Dan Boyle)
27:56 0-2 CBS Espen Knutsen [15] (Darryl Sydor)
32:58 0-3 CBS Marian Cisar [3] (Dan Boyle, Brad Moran)
36:46 1-3 NAS Josef Vasicek [11] (Stan Neckar, Mark Eaton)
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48:07 1-4 CBS Todd Marchant [18] (Trevor Letowski)SH
52:31 2-4 NAS Vladimir Orszagh [20] (David Legwand, Denis Arkhipov)
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Penalty summary:
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00:29 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
06:45 NAS Dan Hamhuis (2 min for tripping)
11:47 NAS Jason York (2 min for elbowing)
14:25 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for hooking)
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21:49 NAS Jim McKenzie (2 min for hooking)
37:33 CBS Brad Moran (2 min for slashing)
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41:26 NAS Vern Fiddler (2 min for tripping)
43:31 NAS Jason York (2 min for hooking)
46:23 CBS Brad Moran (2 min for hooking)
55:27 NAS Mark Eaton (2 min for hooking)
57:35 NAS Scott Hartnell (2 min for hooking)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Martin Erat 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 6
R Adam Hall 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.00 8
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 6
R Vladimir Orszagh 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 6
C Denis Arkhipov 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.20 6
C Josef Vasicek 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15.30 9
C Greg Johnson 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
C David Legwand 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
L Vern Fiddler 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 9.20 4
L Jim McKenzie 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 19.30 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 4 3 1 0 2 -1 20.40 6
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 17.00 6
D Jason York 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 16.50 5
D Lubomir Sekeras 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -2 27.10 5
D Stan Neckar 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 21.50 7
D Mark Eaton 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 8.40 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jan Lasak 4 0 32 0 0 60.00 7
G Tomas Vokoun 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 22.20 9
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 9.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 17.50 7
C Brad Moran 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 6.00 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 21.50 7
C Espen Knutsen 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 8
C Todd Marchant 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 22.20 9
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.30 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 17.50 9
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 17.50 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 22.20 7
D Dan Boyle 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 28.10 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 2 28.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd Marchant
2nd star: Marian Cisar
3rd star: Trevor Letowski

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Vladimir Orszagh scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Mark Eaton ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Espen Knutsen scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Darryl Sydor notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 5( 36) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 17)
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0-1 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Don MacLean, Nikita Alexeev)
1-1 MIL Simon Gamache (Timofei Shiskanov, Andrei Mukhachev)
2-1 MIL Jonas Andersson (Matt Koalska)
3-1 MIL Mathieu Darche (Aaron Gionet, Brian Finley)
3-2 SYR Jeremy Reich (Pauli Levokari)
4-2 MIL Timofei Shiskanov (Jordin Tootoo)
5-2 MIL Landon Bathe

Goalies: Brian Finley - Pascal Leclaire

A nice win for this team who came out and competed hard on the road. Its nice to see Cisar playing this well for us, as he was about to lose his job with this team. Marchant scored a huge SH goal for us that really changed the momentum of the game. The team just played a great game together and deserved the victory tonight.

February 17th - Back to back, at home against Pittsburgh

Game 59: Pittsburgh (16-32-4-5) 41 pts @ Columbus (23-27-4-4) 54 pts

Game Notes: Everything stays the same tonight, as this should be an easy win for us.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Bednar-Sydor-Richardson
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Boyle-Manning

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Lachance-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 6
Shots: 27 - 28
CBS PP: 1 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:63/72=87 %, Challenges:21/41=50 %
PIT PP: 1 of 5 (2 shots), Passing:71/94=75 %, Challenges:32/37=84 %
Attendance: 6286 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 351388 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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03:56 0-1 PIT Shane Endicott [3] (Mike Eastwood, Matt Bradley)
11:42 0-2 PIT Milan Kraft [11] (Brooks Orpik)PP
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28:53 1-2 CBS Geoff Sanderson [15] (Darryl Sydor)
29:35 1-3 PIT Sergei Brylin [16] (Matt Bradley)
31:45 2-3 CBS Geoff Sanderson [16] (Espen Knutsen, Jaroslav Bednar)
33:28 2-4 PIT Matt Bradley [13] (Dick Tärnström, Noah Welch)
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40:48 2-5 PIT Aleksey Morozov [11] (Mario Lemieux)
49:36 3-5 CBS Trevor Letowski [17] (Geoff Sanderson, Lasse Pirjetä)PP
51:22 3-6 PIT Mario Lemieux [14] (Ramzi Abid)
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Penalty summary:
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01:23 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for slashing)
11:27 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for slashing)
15:46 CBS Paul Manning (2 min for elbowing)
17:49 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for hooking)
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41:41 CBS Luke Richardson (2 min for tripping)
47:43 PIT Drake Berehowsky (2 min for boarding)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 5.50 6
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -3 13.50 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 15.20 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 4 1 4 1 0 -2 20.30 6
C Brad Moran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -3 16.20 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 2 19.50 8
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 22.30 7
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 7.30 5
L Geoff Sanderson 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 17.10 9
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 20.30 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2 9.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 17.20 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -3 34.40 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -3 16.30 6
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 2 14.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 -2 26.50 4
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 6 0 18 0 0 51.30 4
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 4 0 0 8.30 6

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Webb 0 0 2 5 1 5 0 0 8.20 7
R Mike Eastwood 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 12.20 8
R Matt Bradley 1 2 3 2 1 2 0 2 18.50 8
R Aleksey Morozov 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 7
C Matt Hussey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Kelly Buchberger 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.30 7
C Milan Kraft 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 18.50 7
C Mario Lemieux 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
L Steve McKenna 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.10 6
L Shane Endicott 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.30 6
L Sergei Brylin 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 17.50 7
L Ramzi Abid 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 21.30 8
D Dan Focht 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.30 6
D Noah Welch 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 17.00 8
D Dick Tärnström 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 26.00 8
D Dave Karpa 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 13.30 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 24.00 7
D Drake Berehowsky 0 0 1 4 0 3 2 1 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Aubin 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Robert Goepfert 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Matt Bradley
2nd star: Geoff Sanderson
3rd star: Mario Lemieux

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Geoff Sanderson scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Brooks Orpik notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mario Lemieux notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Matt Bradley ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 20) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 15)
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0-1 WIL Colby Armstrong (Rico Fata, Ryan Whitney)
1-1 SYR Janne Jokila (Jeremy Reich)
2-1 SYR Kent McDonell (Jeremy Reich)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Andy Chiodo

Pathetic.....just pathetic. Marc Denis can't put two games together in a row, and maybe I shouldn't have started him on the 2nd night of a back to back, but he had 100% stamina and I thought he would have been ready. Our defense played their collective worst game of the season, and Klesla, our most consistant guy, gave us the worst game of his season. These guys thought they could have just coasted out there and won, but nope, we got our butts kicked by the worst team in the league at home. Truly pathetic.

[TurnerONU22]

February 20th - We make a trade, sending our veteran D-man and captain, Luke Richardson to Ottawa for a couple of 5th round picks, one in 04 and one in 05. That's the best deal we could get for him and his large salary. I'm very happy with this deal, as I feel that it will give us some ammo come draft day. Darryl Sydor becomes our new captain

We have a home game tonight @ San Jose

Game 60: Columbus (23-28-4-4) 54 pts @ San Jose (17-33-4-4) 42 pts

Game Notes: With Pittsburgh's victory, San Jose is now the 2nd worst team in the league. Denis starts the game tonight, with no scratches.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Bednar-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Lachance-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

San Jose Sharks 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 34 - 24
SJ PP: 0 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:77/92=83 %, Challenges:46/50=90 %
CBS PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:76/93=81 %, Challenges:28/40=68 %
Attendance: 12082 of 17438 (HP Pavillion)
Ticket income: 535232 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:36 1-0 SJ Brad Stuart [6] (Kyle McLaren, Patrick Marleau)
13:02 2-0 SJ Mike Ricci [11] (Marco Sturm)
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33:46 2-1 CBS Todd Marchant [19] (Nikolai Zherdev, Darryl Sydor)PP
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54:53 2-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [18] (Marc Denis)
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Penalty summary:
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10:53 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski (2 min for hooking)
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22:07 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for tripping)
32:23 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for elbowing)
39:58 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for slashing)
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44:31 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for cross-checking)
50:23 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for tripping)
52:48 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for slashing)
56:07 SJ Mike Ricci (2 min for tripping)
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62:59 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for tripping)

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 5
R Mike Morris 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 12.30 5
R Scott Parker 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 21.50 6
R Todd Harvey 0 0 2 3 0 1 6 0 21.10 8
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 4
C Mark Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 7
C Mike Ricci 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 23.00 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 20.50 6
L Scott Thornton 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 12.10 6
L Alyn McCauley 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10.00 5
L Marco Sturm 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 16.30 5
L Vincent Damphousse 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 21.30 6
D Matt Carkner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 4
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 5
D Kyle McLaren 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 2 32.20 8
D Jim Fahey 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 6
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 23.50 7
D Brad Stuart 1 0 6 5 0 4 0 0 32.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 2 0 22 0 0 65.00 7
G Evgeny Nabokov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 6.10 6
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 12.30 7
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 16.20 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 25.50 8
C Brad Moran 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 6.10 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 10.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 -1 20.40 7
C Todd Marchant 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 32.00 8
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 6.10 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 16.50 5
L Rick Nash 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 25.50 5
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 29.40 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -2 26.10 6
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.00 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 -1 18.10 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 36.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 1 32 0 0 65.00 10
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc Denis
2nd star: Brad Stuart
3rd star: Trevor Letowski

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Patrick Marleau notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Brad Stuart finally ended his 27 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 4( 34) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 11)
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0-1 SYR Janne Jokila (Alexander Gusjkov)
1-1 CLE Tomas Plihal (Marcel Goc)
2-1 CLE Christian Ehrhoff (Marcel Goc)
2-2 SYR Jeremy Reich (Alexander Gusjkov)
3-2 CLE Tomas Plihal (Marcel Goc)
4-2 CLE Jon DiSalvatore (Tomas Plihal)

Goalies: Dmitri Pätzold - Pascal Leclaire

Well, we'll take a point on the road, but if our guys had played better, we could have won this game in regulation.

February 21st - Back to back games, this one against Anaheim.

Game 61: Columbus (23-28-4-5) 55 pts @ Anaheim (27-22-5-5) 64 pts

Game Notes: Brathwaite gets his first start in a while (*cough*AUDITION*cough*)

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Bednar-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Lachance-Boyle

Brathwaite

Box Score:

Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 31 - 31
ANA PP: 1 of 6 (13 shots), Passing:67/74=90 %, Challenges:32/33=94 %
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:72/86=83 %, Challenges:30/36=81 %
Attendance: 6287 of 17174 (Arrowhead Pond)
Ticket income: 330695 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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21:56 1-0 ANA Mike LeClerc [9] (Steve Rucchin, Ruslan Salei )PP
29:47 2-0 ANA Mike LeClerc [10] (Rob Niedermayer, Petr Sykora)
30:23 3-0 ANA Mike LeClerc [11] (Ruslan Salei , Vitaly Vishnevski)
36:16 3-1 CBS Geoff Sanderson [17] (Jaroslav Bednar, Espen Knutsen)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:43 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for hooking)
06:49 ANA Sergei Fedorov (2 min for hooking)
13:28 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for boarding)
15:03 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for roughing)
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20:44 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for tripping)
30:56 CBS Brad Moran (2 min for boarding)
39:23 ANA Rob Niedermayer (2 min for hooking)
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44:47 ANA Rob Niedermayer (2 min for roughing)
50:01 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for slashing)
57:01 ANA Mike LeClerc (2 min for elbowing)
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Smirnov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
R Michal Grosek 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.00 6
R Rob Niedermayer 0 1 3 0 1 0 4 1 17.20 7
R Petr Sykora 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
C Tony Martensson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 16.50 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 21.00 8
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 20.40 8
L Aaron Gavey 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
L Jason Krog 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 7
L Mike LeClerc 3 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 14.50 9
L Craig Johnson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 17.10 7
D Keith Carney 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 29.10 8
D Todd Simpson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 7
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 7.20 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 15.10 7
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
C Brad Moran 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 15.10 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 28.20 7
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 7
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 8
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 18.50 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 29.50 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 23.10 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -1 13.50 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 31.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 3 0 28 0 0 57.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike LeClerc
2nd star: Steve Rucchin
3rd star: Ruslan Salei

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Steve Rucchin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mike LeClerc scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Vitaly Vishnevski ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 2( 20) , Syracuse Crunch 6( 36)
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0-1 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Jean-François Plourde)
0-2 SYR Martin Paroulek (Riley Cote)
1-2 CIN Sheldon Brookbank (Sean Starke)
1-3 SYR Don MacLean (Derrick Walser)
1-4 SYR Janne Jokila
1-5 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Jean-François Plourde)
1-6 SYR Don MacLean (Hannes Hyvönen)
2-6 CIN Patrick Yetman (Dirk Southern)

Goalies: Eddy Ferhi - Pascal Leclaire

Our offense has just totally disappeared, totally. Brathwaite played well, and not much else to say.

[MizzouRah]

I'm really enjoying this dynasty, oh how I long for EHM:FE. :)

How is St. Louis doing?


Todd

[TurnerONU22]

I'm really enjoying this dynasty, oh how I long for EHM:FE. :)

How is St. Louis doing?


Todd

Its times like this that make me wish they had some sort of team schedule, where you could look at how a team has done over the course of the season.

In this case, St. Louis has done something very memorable. I remember at a good part of the season, probably 25 games in, they were last in the Western Conference, something very shocking when you think of the talent. However, they've been able to overcome the big hole they dug for themselves and manage to get in the playoff race, tied for the last spot w/Phoenix. When we get within about 10 games of the end of the season, I'll put up a playoff race thing, showing the points of the teams having a chance.

I'm glad you're enjoying it, I hope you continue to do so.

[MizzouRah]

Its times like this that make me wish they had some sort of team schedule, where you could look at how a team has done over the course of the season.

In this case, St. Louis has done something very memorable. I remember at a good part of the season, probably 25 games in, they were last in the Western Conference, something very shocking when you think of the talent. However, they've been able to overcome the big hole they dug for themselves and manage to get in the playoff race, tied for the last spot w/Phoenix. When we get within about 10 games of the end of the season, I'll put up a playoff race thing, showing the points of the teams having a chance.

I'm glad you're enjoying it, I hope you continue to do so.

Thanks for the update!


Todd

[TurnerONU22]

February 24th - On the road at LA after a couple days break

Game 62: Columbus (23-29-4-5) 55 pts @ Los Angeles (28-21-1-11) 68 pts

Game Notes: Denis goes back in net, and that's all

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Bednar-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Lachance-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Los Angeles Kings 1 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 31 - 30
LA PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:68/75=90 %, Challenges:32/37=84 %
CBS PP: 1 of 2 (9 shots), Passing:61/67=91 %, Challenges:48/56=84 %
Attendance: 14385 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 706304 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:27 0-1 CBS Todd Marchant [20] (Rostislav Klesla, Dan Boyle)
12:43 1-1 LA Trent Klatt [24] (Sean Avery , Mattias Norström)
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35:26 1-2 CBS Todd Marchant [21] (Rostislav Klesla, Darryl Sydor)PP
37:36 1-3 CBS Lasse Pirjetä [2] (Trevor Letowski)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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02:57 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for holding the stick)
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23:46 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for high-sticking)
26:26 CBS Scott Lachance (2 min for hooking)
31:16 LA Mattias Norström (5 min for attempt to injury)
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43:43 LA Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for roughing)
43:43 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
53:32 LA Adam Deadmarsh (2 min for holding the stick)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 6
R Alexander Frolov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 6
R Luc Robitaille 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 7
R Trent Klatt 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 20.30 8
C Jozef Stumpel 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.00 5
C Eric Belanger 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 9.20 7
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 20.20 7
C Jason Allison 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 22.10 7
L Jared Aulin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 6
L Claude Lapointe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 5
L Sean Avery 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 7
L Adam Deadmarsh 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 20.00 6
D Tim Gleason 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 6
D Jaroslav Modry 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 26.00 7
D Janne Laukkanen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 6
D Mattias Norström 0 1 2 5 2 4 5 1 19.50 8
D Aaron Miller 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 -1 28.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Milan Hnilicka 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Roman Cechmanek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.30 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.50 7
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.00 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 34.10 9
C Brad Moran 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 11.10 8
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 20.00 8
C Todd Marchant 2 0 7 2 1 0 0 1 27.50 9
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.30 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 6.20 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 16.20 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 25.10 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 -1 23.30 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 32.00 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 8.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.10 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 1 32.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 1 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd Marchant
2nd star: Rostislav Klesla
3rd star: Marc Denis

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Mattias Norström notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Luc Robitaille had his 10 game point streak snapped.
-Jason Allison had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Mattias Norström ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Todd Marchant has marked a new career high in goals with 21 tallies.
-Rostislav Klesla notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Trevor Letowski notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Lasse Pirjetä finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 1( 12) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 16)
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1-0 MNC Yannick Lehoux (John Tripp)

Goalies: Mathieu Chouinard - Pascal Leclaire

Todd Marchant has a terrific game tonight, along with Marc Denis, and the Jackets steal a game on the road from a playoff team in the Kings. This team just has to play some solid defense and we'll be in every game every night. I was pleased with our effort and performance. However, Jaroslav Bednar will be out for a couple of months, so Alexeev will be called back up from Syracuse.

February 25th - Back to back tonight at Phoenix

Game 63: Columbus (24-29-4-5) 57 pts @ Phoenix (25-25-2-11) 63 pts

Game Notes: Where to start?? Alexeev comes in for Bednar, as Bednar is out for a couple of months. Dan Boyle isn't up to par for tonight's game, so we call up Derrick Walser for tonight and put him into the lineup. Also, Brathwaite starts as we know Denis doesn't like back to back games.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Manning-Spacek
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Letowski-Walser-Lachance
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Walser-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Lachance-Spacek

Brathwaite

Box Score:

Phoenix Coyotes 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 0
Shots: 41 - 21
PHO PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:52/56=92 %, Challenges:52/55=92 %
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:40/43=90 %
Attendance: 12992 of 16200 (Glendale Arena)
Ticket income: 630112 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:13 1-0 PHO Mike Fisher [7] (Jeff Taffe, Igor Knyazev)
10:28 2-0 PHO Landon Wilson [6] (Daniel Cleary)
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31:55 3-0 PHO Shane Doan [17] (Jan Hrdina, Dmitry Yushkevich)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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02:16 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for elbowing)
03:07 PHO Jan Hrdina (2 min for roughing)
03:07 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for roughing)
12:24 PHO Mike Sillinger (2 min for elbowing)
15:11 PHO Paul Mara (2 min for high-sticking)
18:37 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for hooking)
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27:48 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for roughing)
27:48 PHO Dmitry Yushkevich (2 min for roughing)
33:18 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for diving)
37:08 PHO Mike Sillinger (2 min for elbowing)
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56:56 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for high-sticking)
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Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Landon Wilson 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.30 7
R Mike Fisher 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 16.00 6
R Mike Johnson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
R Shane Doan 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 20.30 8
C Daniel Cleary 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.30 6
C Chris Gratton 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 17.00 6
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.30 7
L Brian Savage 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 9.30 6
L Jeff Taffe 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 9.40 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
L Jan Hrdina 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 20.20 8
D Matthew Spiller 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
D David Tanabe 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 22.40 8
D Paul Mara 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 2 28.10 8
D Igor Knyazev 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 13.00 7
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.50 7
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brian Boucher 0 0 21 0 0 60.00 10
G Sean Burke 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 20.00 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 12.20 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 -1 21.00 7
C Brad Moran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 -1 12.20 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 27.20 7
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -1 10.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.20 6
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 4 3 0 1 2 -1 32.40 8
D Derrick Walser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 16.00 4
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 32.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fred Brathwaite 3 0 38 0 0 60.00 10
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Boucher
2nd star: Landon Wilson
3rd star: Mike Fisher

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Landon Wilson finally ended his 40 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 0( 27) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 14)
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0-1 SYR Kent McDonell (Jean-François Plourde, Alexander Gusjkov)

Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - Pascal Leclaire

Well, we got totally outplayed tonight, getting almost doubled on shots. Brathwaite had one of his best games of the season tonight and we get nothing to show for it. The defense was really shoddy tonight, with Boyle out of the lineup. It just looked like we were worn out and ready to go home.

Feburary 28th - Home against Anaheim


Game 64: Anaheim (28-24-5-6) 67 pts @ Columbus (24-30-4-5) 57 pts

Game Notes: Boyle comes back in for Walser, and Denis starts tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Lachance-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3
Shots: 33 - 25
CBS PP: 0 of 7 (14 shots), Passing:72/82=87 %, Challenges:35/45=76 %
ANA PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:63/88=71 %, Challenges:40/47=83 %
Attendance: 6786 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 379338 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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12:24 0-1 ANA Aaron Gavey [5] (Tony Martensson, Samuel Påhlsson)
15:18 1-1 CBS Geoff Sanderson [18] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)
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20:15 1-2 ANA Rob Niedermayer [11] (Mike LeClerc, Steve Rucchin)
38:46 1-3 ANA Petr Sykora [28] (Craig Johnson, Keith Carney)
39:22 2-3 CBS Nikita Alexeev [7] (Geoff Sanderson)
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47:39 3-3 CBS Geoff Sanderson [19] (Trevor Letowski, Lasse Pirjetä)
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61:42 4-3 CBS Todd Marchant [22] (Espen Knutsen)SH
Penalty summary:
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03:15 CBS Paul Manning (2 min for slashing)
09:54 ANA Vitaly Vishnevski (2 min for holding the stick)
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29:06 ANA Sandis Ozolinsh (2 min for slashing)
31:48 ANA Stanislav Chistov (2 min for slashing)
34:32 ANA Stanislav Chistov (2 min for slashing)
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45:27 ANA Aaron Gavey (2 min for elbowing)
48:08 ANA Stanislav Chistov (2 min for roughing)
52:12 ANA Mike LeClerc (2 min for holding the stick)
58:52 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for tripping)
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61:02 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for hooking)

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 20.00 7
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 10.50 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 23.10 7
C Brad Moran 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 19.30 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 13.50 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 -2 26.40 8
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.50 6
L Geoff Sanderson 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 19.10 9
L Rick Nash 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 -3 23.10 6
D Scott Lachance 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 4 1 1 1 2 2 23.10 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 -1 29.30 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 9.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 19.50 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 -2 30.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 22 0 0 61.50 6
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michal Grosek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 5
R Alexei Smirnov 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.20 7
R Rob Niedermayer 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 11.40 7
R Petr Sykora 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.00 7
C Tony Martensson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 19.30 8
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 21.50 7
L Aaron Gavey 1 0 1 3 1 3 2 1 6.10 8
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 2 0 1 0 6 -1 15.00 6
L Mike LeClerc 0 1 5 3 0 2 2 -2 19.50 10
L Craig Johnson 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 14.20 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 5
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 22.20 5
D Keith Carney 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 25.50 8
D Mark Popovic 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 23.40 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 -1 14.50 6
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 21.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 4 0 29 0 0 61.50 6
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Geoff Sanderson
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Trevor Letowski

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant notched his 30th assist of the season.

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Rob Niedermayer ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Samuel Påhlsson finally ended his 15 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 19) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 2( 15)
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0-1 CIN Patrick Yetman (Dirk Southern, Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau)
0-2 CIN Timo Pärssinen (Mike Stuart)
1-2 SYR Don MacLean (Aaron Johnson)
2-2 SYR Kent McDonell (Mike Souza)
3-2 SYR Mike Souza (Jean-François Plourde)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Ilja Bryzgalov

We get a great win in OT by a goal from Todd Marchant, who has been playing terrific hockey lately. Denis has an alright game and could have played a little better. I thought our defense played a lot better with Boyle out there and Spacek seemed to have a better game. I'm pleased with this team and I hope we can get to .500 by the end of the season.

[TurnerONU22]

March 1st - We go into Detroit to play the Red Wings

Game 64: Columbus (25-30-4-5) 59 pts @ Detroit (43-15-3-4) 93 pts

Game Notes: Same lineup as our last game

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Lachance-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Detroit Red Wings 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 38 - 25
DET PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:64/73=87 %, Challenges:34/48=69 %
CBS PP: 0 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:69/81=85 %, Challenges:26/35=72 %
Attendance: 19055 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 910828 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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16:54 1-0 DET Tomas Kopecky [1] (Tomas Holmström, Steve Thomas)
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27:49 2-0 DET Ray Whitney [21] (Darren McCarty, Brett Hull)
32:42 2-1 CBS Rick Nash [22] (Nikolai Zherdev, Todd Marchant)
34:05 3-1 DET Ray Whitney [22] (Brett Hull, Steve Yzerman)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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00:12 DET Brendan Shanahan (2 min for tripping)
06:46 DET Nicklas Lidström (2 min for hooking)
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20:47 DET Jiri Fischer (2 min for hooking)
29:01 DET Jiri Fischer (2 min for hooking)
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44:24 DET Brendan Shanahan (2 min for high-sticking)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marty McInnis 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 6
R Kris Draper 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.20 6
R Darren McCarty 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 20.10 8
R Brett Hull 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
C Tomas Kopecky 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 7
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 8
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 12.00 7
C Steve Yzerman 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
L Tomas Holmström 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 7
L Steve Thomas 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 7
L Ray Whitney 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 14.40 9
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 19.50 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 17.20 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 13.50 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 21.40 6
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 0 16.10 7
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 24.20 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Curtis Joseph 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Dominik Hasek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 4
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.00 8
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -1 15.20 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 27.50 8
C Brad Moran 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.50 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10.00 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 7
C Todd Marchant 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 27.50 7
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6.50 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.30 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 16.50 5
L Rick Nash 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 -1 27.50 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 10.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 26.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 23.10 6
D Paul Manning 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 -1 34.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 35 0 0 58.50 9
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ray Whitney
2nd star: Darren McCarty
3rd star: Brett Hull

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Brett Hull notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Pavel Datsyuk had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Tomas Holmström finally ended his 14 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 25) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 23)
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1-0 GRD Ryan Barnes (Mark Mowers)
1-1 SYR Riley Cote

Goalies: Stefan Liv - Pascal Leclaire

We hung around there for a while, which is all we can ask for. Marc Denis came back with a great game, and it was nice to see Nash get back on the board tonight. Give us a couple of years and we'll have a great chance at beating teams like Detroit.

March 7th - A very nice break we got, as we'll hopefully be rested up to play Carolina on the road. The trade deadline is now a week away and I hope to make another move by that time. Carolina is in 9th place right now in the East, 4 pts out of a playoff spot.

Game 65: Columbus (25-31-4-5) 59 pts @ Carolina (28-26-2-9) 67 pts

Game Notes: Again, we stick with the same lineup.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Lachance-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Carolina Hurricanes 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 23 - 30
CAR PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:60/76=78 %, Challenges:30/35=83 %
CBS PP: 1 of 8 (8 shots), Passing:70/81=86 %, Challenges:49/52=92 %
Attendance: 14338 of 18715 (RBC Center)
Ticket income: 653813 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:23 0-1 CBS Todd Marchant [23] (Nikolai Zherdev, Marian Cisar)
14:33 0-2 CBS Brad Moran [2] (Rostislav Klesla, Paul Manning)
19:43 0-3 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [21] (Rick Nash, Darryl Sydor)PP
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30:55 1-3 CAR Erik Cole [20] (Jeff O'Neill, Ron Francis)PP
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53:48 2-3 CAR Bret Hedican [9] (Erik Cole, Jeff O'Neill)
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Penalty summary:
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01:17 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for roughing)
01:17 CAR Ron Francis (2 min for roughing)
03:29 CBS Brad Moran (2 min for high-sticking)
19:04 CAR Jeff O'Neill (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:28 CAR Sean Hill (2 min for cross-checking)
29:51 CBS Paul Manning (2 min for hooking)
31:47 CAR Jesse Boulerice (2 min for roughing)
33:37 CAR Kevyn Adams (2 min for holding the stick)
36:14 CAR Bob Boughner (2 min for slashing)
39:14 CAR Jesse Boulerice (2 min for roughing)
39:14 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
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48:37 CAR Sean Hill (2 min for high-sticking)
57:48 CAR Kevyn Adams (2 min for tripping)
59:57 CAR Jeff O'Neill (2 min for hooking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pavel Brendl 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 5
R Kevyn Adams 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 -1 20.20 5
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 11.00 7
R Jeff O'Neill 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 1 20.00 8
C Marty Murray 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
C Eric Staal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 19.20 6
C Ron Francis 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 12.40 7
L Damian Surma 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 5
L Jesse Boulerice 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 -1 13.10 7
L Jaroslav Svoboda 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 10.10 4
L Erik Cole 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 16.50 7
D Bob Boughner 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 23.20 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 16.30 6
D Bret Hedican 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 7
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 16.30 6
D Glen Wesley 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 23.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jamie Storr 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 7
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 22.10 8
C Brad Moran 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 7.00 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 12.50 6
C Todd Marchant 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 26.30 8
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 21.40 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 26.20 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23.30 6
D Paul Manning 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 10.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 -1 19.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 3 4 1 2 0 2 30.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Brad Moran
3rd star: Todd Marchant

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Erik Cole scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Erik Cole notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Erik Cole finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Bret Hedican ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Bret Hedican ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Brad Moran ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 3( 19) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 21)
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0-1 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Hannes Hyvönen, Aaron Johnson)
1-1 LOW Troy Ferguson (Tomas Malec)
1-2 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Don MacLean, Andrej Nedorost)
2-2 LOW Ryan Bayda (François Beauchemin)
3-2 LOW Craig Adams (David Evans)

Goalies: Daniel Boisclair - Pascal Leclaire

We really hung on tonight and got the big win on the road. The biggest thing on the road is to get on the board first and then try to keep gaining a lead. Our guys did that tonight, got out to a 3 goal lead, then spent the game protecting it. Klesla played an outstanding game tonight, and its nice to see guys like Moran chipping in as well. Great job guys!

[Johnny93g]

How bout a look at the standings

[TurnerONU22]

March 9th - Another road game, this one at Florida

Game 67: Columbus (26-31-4-5) 61 pts @ Florida (23-37-0-8) 54 pts

Game Notes: I called up Leclaire for tonights game and he'll start in net for us this evening.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Lachance-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Florida Panthers 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 32 - 33
FLA PP: 0 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:63/73=86 %, Challenges:41/47=85 %
CBS PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:72/84=85 %, Challenges:45/52=84 %
Attendance: 14483 of 19008 (Office Depot Center)
Ticket income: 680701 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:26 0-1 CBS Todd Marchant [24] (Espen Knutsen, Darryl Sydor)
17:48 0-2 CBS Nikita Alexeev [8] (Darryl Sydor, Dan Boyle)
19:48 1-2 FLA Stephen Weiss [5] (Mathieu Biron, Mike Van Ryn)
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30:03 1-3 CBS Trevor Letowski [19] (Nikita Alexeev, Geoff Sanderson)
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48:12 2-3 FLA Kristian Huselius [18] (Vaclav Nedorost, Marcus Nilson)
56:49 3-3 FLA Vaclav Nedorost [10] (Matt Cullen, Mike Van Ryn)
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Penalty summary:
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13:08 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for hooking)
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20:06 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski (2 min for hooking)
30:56 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for elbowing)
33:45 FLA Niklas Hagman (2 min for hooking)
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52:52 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski (2 min for tripping)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Niklas Hagman 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 9.00 5
R Ivan Novoseltsev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 7
R Kristian Huselius 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.10 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -2 20.00 6
C Nathan Horton 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 9.00 7
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 6
C Matt Cullen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 23.00 7
L Darcy Hordichuk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.10 5
L Stephen Weiss 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 8
L Vaclav Nedorost 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 6
L Marcus Nilson 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 22.40 8
D Mathieu Biron 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 5
D Mike Van Ryn 0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1 21.20 8
D Lyle Odelein 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 -2 26.20 7
D Branislav Mezei 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 15.50 7
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 19.40 8
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 5 3 0 3 0 -2 29.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Shields 3 0 30 0 0 65.00 9
G Roberto Luongo 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 -1 8.00 5
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 15.20 8
R Nikita Alexeev 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 19.30 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -1 18.00 8
C Brad Moran 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.00 7
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.00 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 23.50 7
C Todd Marchant 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24.40 7
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -1 8.00 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 11.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 8
L Rick Nash 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 18.00 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 28.40 8
D Dan Boyle 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 24.10 6
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 3 1 3 0 -1 31.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 29 0 0 65.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikita Alexeev
2nd star: Darryl Sydor
3rd star: Trevor Letowski

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Mike Van Ryn notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marcus Nilson notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Vaclav Nedorost scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Stephen Weiss finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Mathieu Biron ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Espen Knutsen notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Geoff Sanderson notched the 300th assist of his career.
-Trevor Letowski ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
San Antonio Rampage 5( 32) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 14)
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1-0 SA Kristian Kudroc (Vince Bellissimo, David Morisset)
2-0 SA Josh Olson (Juraj Kolnik, Petr Taticek)
3-0 SA Josh Olson (Filip Novak)
4-0 SA Josh Olson (Petr Taticek, Juraj Kolnik)
5-0 SA Lee Goren (Matt Dzieduszycki)

Goalies: Simon Lajeunesse - Karl Goehring


We get a nice tie on the road, even thought we lost a nice 3-1 lead. Leclaire plays pretty good and it was nice to see a good performance from Alexeev as well. Sanderson gets his 300th assist, a very great accomplishment for this terrific player. I'm just glad we didn't have a let down game.

Tonight's Games:
Boston 3, Edmonton 2
Atlanta 1, NY Rangers 3
NY Islanders 4, Minnesota 1
Florida 3, Columbus 3
Phoenix 3, Chicago 1

Standings:

Eastern Conference
Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*New Jersey Devils 68 45 14 4 5 99 .728 228 145 19.34 86.63 9-0-1-0 23-5-4-1 22-9-0-4
*Ottawa Senators 67 39 17 3 8 89 .664 213 178 21.57 84.07 5-5-0-0 22-6-2-4 17-11-1-4
*Washington Capitals 67 32 23 2 10 76 .567 203 194 21.43 84.77 5-3-0-2 17-8-0-8 15-15-2-2
*Boston Bruins 68 37 18 1 12 87 .640 215 179 17.48 80.90 3-4-0-3 23-4-0-6 14-14-1-6
*Philadelphia Flyers 67 37 18 3 9 86 .642 215 174 20.85 85.58 6-2-0-2 22-5-3-5 15-13-0-4
*Toronto Maple Leafs 69 34 26 4 5 77 .558 199 190 15.28 81.12 6-2-2-0 20-12-2-2 14-14-2-3
*New York Rangers 67 33 26 2 6 74 .552 207 191 13.87 83.52 3-7-0-0 20-10-2-3 13-16-0-3
*Buffalo Sabres 68 30 27 3 8 71 .522 201 204 13.70 85.13 4-3-0-3 17-11-2-4 13-16-1-4
Carolina Hurricanes 67 28 27 2 10 68 .507 186 203 17.71 82.05 1-8-0-1 17-10-2-3 11-17-0-7
New York Islanders 68 27 32 4 5 63 .463 192 205 16.42 84.74 5-3-1-1 18-13-3-3 9-19-1-2
Tampa Bay Lightning 68 26 35 2 5 59 .434 188 191 14.17 80.63 4-4-0-2 14-13-1-3 12-22-1-2
Florida Panthers 69 23 37 0 9 55 .399 187 205 14.29 86.57 3-5-0-2 12-16-0-5 11-21-0-4
Montreal Canadiens 68 21 37 4 6 52 .382 162 211 10.95 84.07 3-6-0-1 13-17-2-3 8-20-2-3
Atlanta Thrashers 68 21 37 2 8 52 .382 152 205 12.89 82.31 4-5-0-1 13-14-0-6 8-23-2-2
Pittsburgh Penguins 67 20 37 4 6 50 .373 140 195 12.04 82.91 4-5-0-1 13-17-0-4 7-20-4-2

Western Conference
Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Detroit Red Wings 69 46 15 4 4 100 .725 221 164 16.29 85.88 8-1-1-0 29-3-3-1 17-12-1-3
*Colorado Avalanche 68 46 15 1 6 99 .728 230 168 18.39 88.14 10-0-0-0 30-5-0-1 16-10-1-5
*Dallas Stars 67 39 19 3 6 87 .649 209 167 18.64 81.86 6-3-0-1 24-7-1-1 15-12-2-5
*Vancouver Canucks 67 37 23 2 5 81 .604 214 185 17.92 86.90 6-2-0-2 21-9-1-3 16-14-1-2
*Los Angeles Kings 68 31 24 2 11 75 .551 205 193 16.67 86.22 5-3-1-1 17-9-2-4 14-15-0-7
*Anaheim Mighty Ducks 68 31 25 6 6 74 .544 176 177 14.43 84.54 4-3-1-2 20-8-2-4 11-17-4-2
*Edmonton Oilers 68 31 26 1 10 73 .537 200 191 16.92 83.38 4-3-0-3 19-9-1-6 12-17-0-4
*Phoenix Coyotes 69 28 27 2 12 70 .507 191 185 12.64 85.51 4-3-1-2 18-10-2-7 10-17-0-5
St. Louis Blues 68 28 28 4 8 68 .500 194 214 16.80 83.86 1-5-1-3 17-12-0-5 11-16-4-3
Minnesota Wild 68 27 33 2 6 62 .456 182 189 13.65 84.44 3-7-0-0 15-12-1-5 12-21-1-1
Columbus Blue Jackets 67 26 31 4 6 62 .463 181 199 13.48 80.77 4-4-0-2 13-15-4-1 13-16-0-5
Calgary Flames 66 22 29 2 13 59 .447 179 201 13.94 83.83 4-4-1-1 13-15-1-5 9-14-1-8
Nashville Predators 68 21 39 3 5 50 .368 166 211 12.11 86.08 1-8-0-1 13-16-2-3 8-23-1-2
San Jose Sharks 67 19 37 4 7 49 .366 151 213 13.51 84.37 2-5-0-3 11-15-2-3 8-22-2-4
Chicago Blackhawks 68 20 43 0 5 45 .331 141 201 13.31 83.80 2-8-0-0 13-17-0-2 7-26-0-3


I hope this is a nice addition to the reports, I'll add the scores for each day, but then just do the standings for every game that I play.

March 10th - Back to back tonight at Tampa Bay

Game 68: Columbus (26-31-4-6) 62 pts @ Tampa Bay (26-35-2-5) 59 pts

Game Notes: Denis goes back in net for the evening, and yet again, no changes.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Lachance-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Tampa Bay Lightning 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 38 - 18
TB PP: 0 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:80/93=86 %, Challenges:47/51=90 %
CBS PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:59/73=80 %, Challenges:34/43=77 %
Attendance: 9900 of 19758 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 452430 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:24 1-0 TB Cory Sarich [6] (Brad Richards)
03:57 2-0 TB Sheldon Keefe [5] (Pavel Kubina, Brad Lukowich)
17:12 2-1 CBS Nikita Alexeev [9] (Geoff Sanderson, Rick Nash)
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22:07 3-1 TB Cory Sarich [7] (Jassen Cullimore, Brad Richards)
24:09 4-1 TB Cory Stillman [28] (Pavel Kubina, Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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13:15 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for boarding)
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27:29 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for high-sticking)
30:45 TB Alexander Svitov (2 min for cross-checking)
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45:53 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski (2 min for hooking)
59:59 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andre Roy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.10 7
R Chris Dingman 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 13.20 8
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 16.20 8
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 21.10 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 9.10 8
C Tim Taylor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
C Brad Richards 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 9
L Sheldon Keefe 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 9.10 7
L Dave Andreychuk 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 2 16.20 8
L Cory Stillman 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 21.10 8
D Sascha Goc 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
D Jassen Cullimore 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 2 19.20 8
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 29.00 7
D Brad Lukowich 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 13.40 6
D Cory Sarich 2 0 6 2 1 1 0 2 19.30 8
D Pavel Kubina 0 2 4 2 0 3 0 1 27.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G John Grahame 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 7
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 7.50 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 16.40 8
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.40 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -2 18.30 6
C Brad Moran 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 24.20 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.50 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 -1 16.40 6
L Rick Nash 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -2 18.30 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 12.20 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -1 26.30 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -2 21.30 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 11.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -1 17.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -2 31.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 34 0 0 60.00 7
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Cory Sarich
2nd star: Pavel Kubina
3rd star: Brad Richards

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Brad Lukowich has marked a new career high in points with 16 points.
-Brad Richards notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Cory Stillman has marked a new career high in goals with 28 tallies.
-Sheldon Keefe finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
-Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Pensacola Ice Pilots 2( 28) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 17)
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1-0 PEN John Nail (Ryan Craig)
2-0 PEN Anton But (James Chalmers)

Goalies: Evgeny Konstantinov - Pascal Leclaire

Well, we just got outplayed tonight at Tampa. It was nice to see Alexeev get on the board again, even though he didn't play a great game. With goaltending, I'm really thinking about a change. I'm going to go with both Denis and Leclaire next year, I believe, but even that could change here at the deadline. Leclaire will definately be getting more time down the end of the season here, both in Columbus and Syracuse.

Tonight's Games:
Buffalo 1, Washington 2
Dallas 2, Vancouver 4
New Jersey 4, Philly 0
St. Louis 3, Nashville 0
Ottawa 4, NY Rangers 3
Anaheim 4, Montreal 1
Pittsburgh 3, Calgary 2
Tampa Bay 4, Columbus 1
Colorado 3, Toronto 3
Los Angeles 5, Chicago 3
San Jose 4, Detroit 2

Standings:
Eastern Conference
Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*New Jersey Devils 69 46 14 4 5 101 .732 232 145 19.78 86.83 9-0-1-0 24-5-4-1 22-9-0-4
*Ottawa Senators 68 40 17 3 8 91 .669 217 181 21.29 84.28 6-4-0-0 23-6-2-4 17-11-1-4
*Washington Capitals 68 33 23 2 10 78 .574 205 195 21.29 84.56 6-2-0-2 17-8-0-8 16-15-2-2
*Boston Bruins 68 37 18 1 12 87 .640 215 179 17.48 80.90 3-4-0-3 23-4-0-6 14-14-1-6
*Philadelphia Flyers 68 37 19 3 9 86 .632 215 178 20.63 84.91 6-3-0-1 22-5-3-5 15-14-0-4
*Toronto Maple Leafs 70 34 26 4 6 78 .557 202 193 15.02 81.36 6-2-1-1 20-12-2-2 14-14-2-4
*New York Rangers 68 33 26 3 6 75 .551 210 195 13.72 83.70 3-6-1-0 20-10-2-3 13-16-1-3
*Buffalo Sabres 69 30 28 3 8 71 .514 202 206 13.90 85.24 3-4-0-3 17-12-2-4 13-16-1-4
Carolina Hurricanes 67 28 27 2 10 68 .507 186 203 17.71 82.05 1-8-0-1 17-10-2-3 11-17-0-7
New York Islanders 68 27 32 4 5 63 .463 192 205 16.42 84.74 5-3-1-1 18-13-3-3 9-19-1-2
Tampa Bay Lightning 69 27 35 2 5 61 .442 192 192 13.94 80.72 4-4-0-2 15-13-1-3 12-22-1-2
Florida Panthers 69 23 37 0 9 55 .399 187 205 14.29 86.57 3-5-0-2 12-16-0-5 11-21-0-4
Montreal Canadiens 69 21 38 4 6 52 .377 163 215 10.78 83.39 2-7-0-1 13-17-2-3 8-21-2-3
Atlanta Thrashers 68 21 37 2 8 52 .382 152 205 12.89 82.31 4-5-0-1 13-14-0-6 8-23-2-2
Pittsburgh Penguins 68 21 37 4 6 52 .382 143 197 12.12 83.02 4-5-0-1 14-17-0-4 7-20-4-2

Western Conference
Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Colorado Avalanche 69 46 15 1 7 100 .725 233 171 18.21 88.44 9-0-0-1 30-5-0-2 16-10-1-5
*Detroit Red Wings 70 46 16 4 4 100 .714 223 168 16.19 85.99 7-2-1-0 29-3-3-1 17-13-1-3
*Dallas Stars 68 39 20 3 6 87 .640 211 171 18.52 81.94 6-3-0-1 24-8-1-1 15-12-2-5
*Vancouver Canucks 68 38 23 2 5 83 .610 218 187 17.86 87.01 7-1-0-2 21-9-1-3 17-14-1-2
*Los Angeles Kings 69 32 24 2 11 77 .558 210 196 16.72 86.43 5-3-1-1 18-9-2-4 14-15-0-7
*Anaheim Mighty Ducks 69 32 25 6 6 76 .551 180 178 15.11 84.69 5-3-1-1 21-8-2-4 11-17-4-2
*Edmonton Oilers 68 31 26 1 10 73 .537 200 191 16.92 83.38 4-3-0-3 19-9-1-6 12-17-0-4
*St. Louis Blues 69 29 28 4 8 70 .507 197 214 16.67 83.91 2-5-1-2 18-12-0-5 11-16-4-3
Phoenix Coyotes 69 28 27 2 12 70 .507 191 185 12.64 85.51 4-3-1-2 18-10-2-7 10-17-0-5
Minnesota Wild 68 27 33 2 6 62 .456 182 189 13.65 84.44 3-7-0-0 15-12-1-5 12-21-1-1
Columbus Blue Jackets 68 26 32 4 6 62 .456 182 203 13.44 81.13 3-5-0-2 13-15-4-1 13-17-0-5
Calgary Flames 67 22 30 2 13 59 .440 181 204 13.84 83.88 4-5-0-1 13-15-1-5 9-15-1-8
San Jose Sharks 68 20 37 4 7 51 .375 155 215 13.39 84.46 3-4-0-3 12-15-2-3 8-22-2-4
Nashville Predators 69 21 40 3 5 50 .362 166 214 12.06 86.18 1-8-0-1 13-16-2-3 8-24-1-2
Chicago Blackhawks 69 20 44 0 5 45 .326 144 206 13.10 83.74 2-8-0-0 13-17-0-2 7-27-0-3


There's a nice race to follow here in the West, with St. Louis and Phoenix tied for that last playoff spot. I'll focus in the last couple of games on these teams, if there still in a race together.

[Johnny93g]

Without a huge push, you guys are out of it, but you could still catch up, but your Jackets don't seem to have any consistensy....Is Ovechkin in the upcoming draft, any thought of trading some vets for kids , and maybe go after Ovechkin....hehehe......he could put Columbus on the NHL map

[TurnerONU22]

Without a huge push, you guys are out of it, but you could still catch up, but your Jackets don't seem to have any consistensy....Is Ovechkin in the upcoming draft, any thought of trading some vets for kids , and maybe go after Ovechkin....hehehe......he could put Columbus on the NHL map

Ovechkin is in the upcoming draft, but I'm too far out of that first spot and there's no way I'd be able to get it unless I give away the farm. I'm hoping to lose some more to get someone like Barker or Olesz (both who are in this draft as well)

Update to the dynasty to come now!

[TurnerONU22]

March 11th - Three trades made today:

11-3-2004 DAL-BUF trade
Dallas Stars traded defenseman Martin Vagner and goaltender Tobias Stephan to Buffalo Sabres for left wing Daniel Briere and BUF 5th round pick in 2004 draft

A native of Canada, Daniel Briere was originally drafted to the NHL by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1st round of the 1996 entry draft. He has appeared in 341 NHL games during his career, notching 102 goals and adding 109 assists along with 176 penalty minutes. The 26 year old left wing has played 69 games with the Buffalo Sabres this season, totalling 25+28=53 with 18 PIM.


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11-3-2004 FLA-TOR trade
Florida Panthers traded defenseman Branislav Mezei, center Kamil Kreps and right wing John Hecimovic to Toronto Maple Leafs for center Nik Antropov

A native of Russia, Nik Antropov was originally drafted to the NHL by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 249 NHL games during his career, notching 41 goals and adding 65 assists along with 217 penalty minutes. The 24 year old center has played 48 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs this season, totalling 6+6=12 with 18 PIM.

A native of Slovakia, Branislav Mezei was originally drafted to the NHL by the New York Islanders in the 1st round of the 1999 entry draft. He has appeared in 133 NHL games during his career, notching 5 goals and adding 14 assists along with 152 penalty minutes. The 23 year old defenseman has played 56 games with the Florida Panthers this season, totalling 2+8=10 with 77 PIM.

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11-3-2004 TOR-VAN trade
Toronto Maple Leafs traded defenseman Ian White, center Alexander Steen and right wing Shaun Landolt to Vancouver Canucks for goaltender Dan Cloutier and VAN 5th round pick in 2004 draft

A native of Canada, Dan Cloutier was originally drafted to the NHL by the New York Rangers in the 1st round of the 1994 entry draft. He has appeared in 290 NHL games during his career, booking 12 career shutouts and allowing 707 goals. The 27 year old goaltender has played 45 games with the Vancouver Canucks this season, allowing 116 goals on 1041 while booking 2 shutouts.

Interesting to see Vancover deal Cloutier to Toronto, who already has Belfour. Also interesting to see Toronto deal away Antropov as well, they're making some interesting moves.

Tonight's Scores:

NY Islanders 3, Florida 2
Carolina 3, Edmonton 3
Minnesota 3, Nashville 3
Atlanta 1, Ottawa 3
Washington 4, Calgary 4
Vancouver 5, Dallas 3
Phoenix 3, Detroit 3

March 12th - First of all, we get an offer from Pittsburgh for Darryl Sydor, but the three prospects weren't that great, so we declined. However, there were a couple deals made:

12-3-2004 MTL-DAL trade
Montreal Canadiens traded defenseman Patrick Traverse and goaltender Joni Puurula to Dallas Stars for right wing Scott Young and left wing Francis Wathier

A native of USA, Scott Young was originally drafted to the NHL by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1st round of the 1986 entry draft. He has appeared in 1118 NHL games during his career, notching 324 goals and adding 381 assists along with 402 penalty minutes. The 36 year old right wing has played 69 games with the Dallas Stars this season, totalling 8+6=14 with 20 PIM.

A native of Canada, Patrick Traverse was originally drafted to the NHL by the Ottawa Senators in the 3rd round of the 1992 entry draft. He has appeared in 284 NHL games during his career, notching 14 goals and adding 52 assists along with 115 penalty minutes. The 29 year old defenseman has played 6 games with the Montreal Canadiens this season, totalling 0+1=1 with 2 PIM.


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12-3-2004 NAS-MIN trade
Nashville Predators traded left wing Konstantin Glazachev and left wing Landon Bathe to Minnesota Wild for right wing Brian Gionta and MIN 5th round pick in 2004 draft

A native of USA, Brian Gionta was originally drafted to the NHL by the New Jersey Devils in the 3rd round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 116 NHL games during his career, notching 22 goals and adding 26 assists along with 50 penalty minutes. The 25 year old right wing has played 25 games with the Minnesota Wild this season, totalling 6+6=12 with 19 PIM.


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12-3-2004 PIT-COL trade
Pittsburgh Penguins traded defenseman Drake Berehowsky and center Stephen Dixon to Colorado Avalanche for left wing Alex Tanguay

A native of Canada, Alex Tanguay was originally drafted to the NHL by the Colorado Avalanche in the 1st round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 379 NHL games during his career, notching 99 goals and adding 184 assists along with 167 penalty minutes. The 24 year old left wing has played 69 games with the Colorado Avalanche this season, totalling 16+24=40 with 36 PIM.

A native of Canada, Drake Berehowsky was originally drafted to the NHL by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round of the 1990 entry draft. He has appeared in 562 NHL games during his career, notching 34 goals and adding 111 assists along with 869 penalty minutes. The 32 year old defenseman has played 69 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, totalling 3+17=20 with 88 PIM.

Very interesting, as Colorado solidifies their blueline at the expense of a great younger player in Tanguay. Scott Young goes from a great Dallas team to a bigger role in Montreal and hopefully will help them in the playoffs.


Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 4, Pittsburgh 3
San Jose 3, Montreal 0

March 13th - Only one trade today:

13-3-2004 WSH-PHO trade
Washington Capitals traded defenseman Patrick Wellar to Phoenix Coyotes for defenseman Jere Karalahti

A native of Finland, Jere Karalahti was originally drafted to the NHL by the Los Angeles Kings in the 6th round of the 1993 entry draft. He has appeared in 166 NHL games during his career, notching 8 goals and adding 24 assists along with 128 penalty minutes. The 28 year old defenseman has played 17 games with the Phoenix Coyotes this season, totalling 0+4=4 with 2 PIM.

Not a big deal, but Phoenix adds some depth on the blueline.

Tonight's Scores:

New Jersey 3, St. Louis 3
Atlanta 4, Phoenix 2
Nashville 2, Colorado 0
Tampa Bay 3, Edmonto 1
Chicago 3, Dallas 1
Vancouver 7, Philadelphia 3

March 14th - Today is the deadline, but unlike real life, the deadline is til midnight, so I'm going to make a trade or two after the game this evening, as we take on Calgary at home.

Game 69: Calgary (22-30-2-14) 60 pts @ Columbus (26-32-4-6) 62 pts

Game Notes: No changes for the evening.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Pandolfo-Pirjeta-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Moran-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Lachance-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Calgary Flames 5
Shots: 26 - 30
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (0 shots), Passing:62/75=82 %, Challenges:25/42=58 %
CGY PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:66/87=75 %, Challenges:37/43=84 %
Attendance: 6985 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 390462 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:57 0-1 CGY Eric Nystrom [1] (Blair Betts, Steven Reinprecht)
16:35 1-1 CBS Rick Nash [23] (Nikolai Zherdev, Marian Cisar)
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31:35 1-2 CGY Dean McAmmond [18] (Stephane Yelle, Jarome Iginla)
32:33 1-3 CGY Craig Conroy [23] (Martin Gelinas, Chris Clark)
38:16 2-3 CBS Jaroslav Spacek [3] (Espen Knutsen)
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43:11 2-4 CGY Chris Clark [8] (Craig Conroy, Martin Gelinas)
55:42 3-4 CBS Todd Marchant [25] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rostislav Klesla)
59:43 3-5 CGY Toni Lydman [1] (Dean McAmmond, Stephane Yelle) EN
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Penalty summary:
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08:48 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for hooking)
19:33 CGY Chuck Kobasew (2 min for elbowing)
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23:13 CGY Dean McAmmond (2 min for tripping)
26:17 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for high-sticking)
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45:51 CGY Toni Lydman (2 min for hooking)
49:24 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.10 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 14.20 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13.30 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 5 1 0 0 2 1 24.30 9
C Brad Moran 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 5.10 4
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 12.30 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
C Todd Marchant 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 1 28.50 8
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.10 4
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -3 10.00 4
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13.30 5
L Rick Nash 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 24.30 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -3 13.40 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 5 5 3 0 0 27.00 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 21.50 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 12.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 15.10 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 30.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 5 0 25 0 0 58.30 5
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radovan Somik 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 10.20 7
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14.20 5
R Chris Clark 1 1 3 5 2 4 0 2 21.00 9
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 21.20 8
C Blair Betts 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 7.50 7
C Steven Reinprecht 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
C Craig Conroy 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
C Stephane Yelle 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 15.40 9
L Eric Nystrom 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 7
L Josh Green 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 12.30 6
L Martin Gelinas 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 9
L Dean McAmmond 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 18.50 8
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16.00 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 21.40 7
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 28.00 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.20 5
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 5
D Toni Lydman 1 0 3 2 0 2 2 1 24.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Roman Turek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Clark
2nd star: Craig Conroy
3rd star: Stephane Yelle

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Jaroslav Spacek finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Jaroslav Spacek finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Toni Lydman finally ended his 33 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 22) , Saint John Flames 3( 17)
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0-1 SJF Deryk Engelland (Oleg Saprykin, Matthew Lombardi)
0-2 SJF Oleg Saprykin (Wade Davis)
1-2 SYR Jean-François Plourde (Mike Souza)
1-3 SJF Matt Doman (Olivier Proulx)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Davis Parley

This game we didn't show up at all, and really made me upset, as we are just very inconsistant and don't win the games that we should be winning. Nasher gets on the board tonight, and I think that the rest of the season will be getting some young guys in and letting them play.

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 4, Montreal 3
Ottawa 3, Washington 2
Columbus 3, Calgary 5
Pittsburgh 2, NY Islanders 5
Toronto 3, Phoenix 4
Florida 3, Edmonton 2
Boston 4, NY Rangers 3
Minnesota 3, St. Louis 2
Anaheim 4, Philadelphia 0
San Jose 5, Los Angeles 3

Standings:

Western:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Detroit Red Wings 71 46 16 4 5 101 .711 226 171 15.94 85.88 6-2-1-1 29-3-3-1 17-13-1-4
*Colorado Avalanche 70 46 16 1 7 100 .714 233 173 18.09 88.61 8-1-0-1 30-5-0-2 16-11-1-5
*Dallas Stars 70 39 22 3 6 87 .621 215 179 18.60 82.40 4-5-0-1 24-8-1-1 15-14-2-5
*Vancouver Canucks 70 40 23 2 5 87 .621 230 193 18.31 86.31 7-1-0-2 23-9-1-3 17-14-1-2
*Anaheim Mighty Ducks 70 33 25 6 6 78 .557 184 178 15.24 84.75 5-3-1-1 22-8-2-4 11-17-4-2
*Los Angeles Kings 70 32 25 2 11 77 .550 213 201 16.67 86.49 5-4-1-0 18-9-2-4 14-16-0-7
*Edmonton Oilers 71 31 28 1 11 74 .521 206 200 17.09 83.64 3-4-0-3 19-9-1-6 12-19-0-5
*Phoenix Coyotes 72 29 28 2 13 73 .507 200 195 13.03 85.60 4-4-0-2 18-10-2-8 11-18-0-5
St. Louis Blues 71 29 29 4 9 71 .500 202 220 16.54 84.36 1-5-1-3 18-12-0-5 11-17-4-4
Minnesota Wild 70 28 33 2 7 65 .464 188 194 13.12 84.13 4-5-0-1 16-12-1-6 12-21-1-1
Columbus Blue Jackets 69 26 33 4 6 62 .449 185 208 13.31 81.40 3-5-0-2 13-16-4-1 13-17-0-5
Calgary Flames 69 23 30 2 14 62 .449 190 211 13.61 84.04 4-5-0-1 13-15-1-5 10-15-1-9
San Jose Sharks 70 22 37 4 7 55 .393 163 218 13.54 84.59 5-4-0-1 14-15-2-3 8-22-2-4
Nashville Predators 71 22 40 3 6 53 .373 171 217 12.31 86.48 2-6-0-2 14-16-2-3 8-24-1-3
Chicago Blackhawks 70 21 44 0 5 47 .336 147 207 12.84 83.59 3-7-0-0 14-17-0-2 7-27-0-3

Eastern:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*New Jersey Devils 70 46 14 4 6 102 .729 235 148 19.64 87.02 8-0-1-1 24-5-4-2 22-9-0-4
*Ottawa Senators 70 42 17 3 8 95 .679 223 184 21.00 84.68 8-2-0-0 24-6-2-4 18-11-1-4
*Washington Capitals 70 33 24 2 11 79 .564 211 202 21.14 84.70 5-2-0-3 17-8-0-9 16-16-2-2
*Boston Bruins 69 38 18 1 12 89 .645 219 182 17.97 81.09 3-4-0-3 24-4-0-6 14-14-1-6
*Philadelphia Flyers 70 37 21 3 9 86 .614 218 189 21.02 84.02 6-4-0-0 22-5-3-5 15-16-0-4
*New York Rangers 70 34 26 4 6 78 .557 217 202 14.44 83.47 3-5-2-0 21-10-2-3 13-16-2-3
*Toronto Maple Leafs 71 34 27 4 6 78 .549 205 197 15.05 81.82 5-3-1-1 20-13-2-2 14-14-2-4
*Buffalo Sabres 69 30 28 3 8 71 .514 202 206 13.90 85.24 3-4-0-3 17-12-2-4 13-16-1-4
Carolina Hurricanes 69 29 27 2 11 71 .514 193 209 18.15 82.10 2-6-0-2 18-10-2-4 11-17-0-7
New York Islanders 70 29 32 4 5 67 .479 200 209 16.30 84.08 7-1-1-1 19-13-3-3 10-19-1-2
Tampa Bay Lightning 70 28 35 2 5 63 .450 195 193 13.95 80.36 5-3-0-2 16-13-1-3 12-22-1-2
Florida Panthers 71 24 38 0 9 57 .401 192 210 14.29 86.88 3-6-0-1 13-16-0-5 11-22-0-4
Atlanta Thrashers 70 22 38 2 8 54 .386 157 210 12.77 81.98 4-5-0-1 14-15-0-6 8-23-2-2
Montreal Canadiens 71 21 39 5 6 53 .373 166 222 10.90 82.80 1-7-1-1 13-17-2-3 8-22-3-3
Pittsburgh Penguins 70 21 38 5 6 53 .379 148 206 12.75 82.26 4-4-1-1 14-18-0-4 7-20-5-2

Trades:

14-3-2004 CBS-ANA trade
Columbus Blue Jackets traded David Vyborny to Anaheim Mighty Ducks for Shane Hynes and ANA's round 4 pick in 2005

A native of Czech, David Vyborny was originally drafted to the NHL by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2nd round of the 1993 entry draft. He has appeared in 271 NHL games during his career, notching 53 goals and adding 72 assists along with 52 penalty minutes. The 28 year old right wing has played 38 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 7+9=16 with 8 PIM.


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14-3-2004 CBS-COL trade
Columbus Blue Jackets traded Fred Brathwaite to Colorado Avalanche for COL's round 3 pick in 2004 and COL's round 5 pick in 2005

A native of Canada, Fred Brathwaite, was originally signed as a free agent to the NHL. He has appeared in 248 NHL games during his career, booking 15 career shutouts and allowing 617 goals. The 31 year old goaltender has played 15 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, allowing 47 goals on 335 while booking 0 shutouts.

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14-3-2004 TB-ANA trade
Tampa Bay Lightning traded center Alexander Polushin and center Alexander Svitov to Anaheim Mighty Ducks for defenseman Keith Carney

A native of USA, Keith Carney was originally drafted to the NHL by the Buffalo Sabres in the 4th round of the 1988 entry draft. He has appeared in 799 NHL games during his career, notching 41 goals and adding 157 assists along with 742 penalty minutes. The 34 year old defenseman has played 70 games with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks this season, totalling 5+20=25 with 42 PIM.

A native of Russia, Alexander Svitov was originally drafted to the NHL by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1st round of the 2001 entry draft. He has appeared in 94 NHL games during his career, notching 7 goals and adding 10 assists along with 74 penalty minutes. The 21 year old center has played 31 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning this season, totalling 3+6=9 with 16 PIM.


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14-3-2004 PIT-CAR trade
Pittsburgh Penguins traded center Guillaume Lefebvre, left wing Sergei Anshakov and center Joe Jensen to Carolina Hurricanes for defenseman Danny Markov and CAR 5th round pick in 2005 draft

A native of Russia, Danny Markov was originally drafted to the NHL by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 9th round of the 1995 entry draft. He has appeared in 405 NHL games during his career, notching 25 goals and adding 105 assists along with 275 penalty minutes. The 27 year old defenseman has played 69 games with the Carolina Hurricanes this season, totalling 6+23=29 with 35 PIM.

A native of Canada, Guillaume Lefebvre was originally drafted to the NHL by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 7th round of the 2000 entry draft. He has appeared in 36 NHL games during his career, notching 4 goals and adding 6 assists along with 8 penalty minutes. The 22 year old center has played 7 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, totalling 2+2=4 with 4 PIM. He has also played 37 games with the Wilkes-Barre Penguins this season, totalling 14+15=29 with 20 PIM.


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14-3-2004 PHO-NYR trade
Phoenix Coyotes traded center Jakub Koreis, defenseman Matthew Spiller and defenseman Sean Sullivan to New York Rangers for right wing Anson Carter and NYR 5th round pick in 2004 draft

A native of Canada, Anson Carter was originally drafted to the NHL by the Colorado Avalanche in the of the 1992 entry draft. He has appeared in 522 NHL games during his career, notching 162 goals and adding 193 assists along with 160 penalty minutes. The 29 year old right wing has played 70 games with the New York Rangers this season, totalling 19+26=45 with 10 PIM.

A native of Canada, Matthew Spiller was originally drafted to the NHL by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2nd round of the 2001 entry draft. He has appeared in 25 NHL games during his career, notching 0 goals and adding 4 assists along with 53 penalty minutes. The 21 year old defenseman has played 25 games with the Phoenix Coyotes this season, totalling 0+4=4 with 53 PIM. He has also played 37 games with the Springfield Falcons this season, totalling 5+5=10 with 36 PIM.

We were going into the deadline looking to get rid of Vyborny and we got a prospect for him in Shane Hynes, a very physical, yet talented player and who I think will fit well on a 3rd line or a 4th line in the future. Also, we dumped Freddy Brathwaite to Colorado for some picks, as the Avalanche needed a better backup for Aebischer and with Leclaire getting more playing time, we just felt it was the right move.

It was weird to see Svitov traded as well, as he's with Columbus in real life now, and he goes to Anaheim as Tampa Bay picks up Keith Carney, a solid defenseman. Also, it was strange to see the Rangers, a team fighting for a playoff spot, trade Anson Carter for some prospects. Another weird trade was Pittsburgh picking up Danny Markov, a good player for the Hurricanes.

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March 15th - Off day

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 4, Colorado 3
New Jersey 4, Minnesota 2
Atlanta 6, Carolina 3
Nashville 3, Calgary 2
Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 3
Chicago 2, Detroit 1

March 16th - Game on the road at Washington.

Game 70: Columbus (26-33-4-6) 62 pts @ Washington (33-24-2-11) 79 pts

Game Notes: A couple of little moves on the blueline, with Walser getting in for Lachance and Moran moving up for Pirjeta. Pascal Leclaire will start this evening, his 8th game with us this season.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Pandolfo-Moran-Letowski-Walser-Manning
Line 4: Czerkawski-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Pirjeta-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Washington Capitals 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 32 - 33
WSH PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:57/69=82 %, Challenges:41/44=91 %
CBS PP: 1 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:85/98=86 %, Challenges:39/48=79 %
Attendance: 18054 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 848538 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:05 0-1 CBS Rick Nash [24] (Todd Marchant)
10:48 1-1 WSH Jaromir Jagr [39] (Valeri Bure, Sergei Gonchar)
14:29 1-2 CBS Rick Nash [25] (Todd Marchant, Rostislav Klesla)PP
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22:13 2-2 WSH Valeri Bure [5] (Mike Grier, Vaclav Varada)
31:26 2-3 CBS Geoff Sanderson [20] (Darryl Sydor, Espen Knutsen)
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42:22 3-3 WSH Sergei Gonchar [13] (Oleg Tverdovsky, Robert Lang)
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63:36 4-3 WSH Robert Lang [17] (Jaromir Jagr, Sergei Gonchar)
Penalty summary:
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13:38 WSH Brendan Witt (2 min for boarding)
15:02 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski (2 min for hooking)
16:27 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for tripping)
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42:36 WSH Bates Battaglia (2 min for elbowing)
48:09 WSH Sergei Gonchar (2 min for slashing)
55:29 WSH Vaclav Varada (2 min for hooking)
58:42 WSH Jere Karalahti (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Valeri Bure 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
R Mike Grier 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 -1 22.10 7
R Peter Bondra 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 7
R Jaromir Jagr 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 3 15.30 9
C Dainius Zubrus 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.50 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 19.10 8
C Robert Lang 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 3 14.50 8
L Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
L Vaclav Varada 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 -1 19.30 8
L Tyson Nash 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12.30 6
L Bates Battaglia 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 15.30 6
D Jakub Cutta 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 13.10 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 25.20 6
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 25.30 8
D Jere Karalahti 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 -1 14.10 7
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 4 0 3 2 0 21.40 7
D Sergei Gonchar 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 27.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kolzig 3 0 30 0 0 63.30 9
G Sébastien Charpentier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 4
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -1 13.30 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 12.10 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 27.50 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Brad Moran 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.00 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -1 15.10 7
C Todd Marchant 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 31.30 8
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 8.20 4
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 6
L Rick Nash 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 30.30 9
D Derrick Walser 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 24.30 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 27.40 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 11.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 16.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 5 6 1 2 0 0 36.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 28 0 0 63.30 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sergei Gonchar
2nd star: Jaromir Jagr
3rd star: Robert Lang

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Oleg Tverdovsky notched his 30th assist of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant scored the 400th point of his career.
-Rick Nash scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Geoff Sanderson scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Geoff Sanderson ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 5( 33) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 16)
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0-1 SYR Alexander Gusjkov (Riley Cote)
1-1 POR Miroslav Durak (Trent Whitfield )
2-1 POR Garret Stroshein (Michael Holmqvist)
3-1 POR Chris Hajt (Darcy Verot)
4-1 POR Trent Whitfield (Matt Pettinger, Nolan Yonkman)
5-1 POR Connor Dunlop (Darcy Verot)

Goalies: Maxime Ouellet - Karl Goehring

We should have won this game tonight, but we gave it away with some crappy goals. Our defense really let us down tonight, I think I'm going to send back Walser to Syracuse as he's not just cutting it at all up here.

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 2, Colorado 1
Ottawa 2, Phoenix 1
Florida 3, Pittsburgh 5
Washington 4, Columbus 3
Dallas 4, Anaheim 5

March 17th - Back to back games, this one at home agains the NY Islanders. We send down Brad Moran and call up Mark Hartigan, along with Hannes Hyvonen, because of an injury to Mike Pandolfo that will keep him out of tonight's game. Also, Marc Denis goes back in net tonight.

Game 71: NY Islanders (29-32-4-5) 67 pts @ Columbus (26-33-5-6) 63 pts

Game Notes: Hartigan comes onto the 3rd line, Lachance comes back in for Walser, and Hyvonen will play on the 4th line, with Czerkawski coming up to the third.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Hyvonen-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , New York Islanders 4
Shots: 31 - 37
CBS PP: 0 of 8 (14 shots), Passing:69/77=89 %, Challenges:34/40=82 %
NYI PP: 1 of 5 (13 shots), Passing:64/85=75 %, Challenges:35/38=89 %
Attendance: 7119 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 397951 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:14 1-0 CBS Darryl Sydor [8] (Jaroslav Spacek, Espen Knutsen)
15:55 1-1 NYI Michael Peca [27] (Shawn Bates, Garth Snow)
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27:11 2-1 CBS Dan Boyle [5] (Nikolai Zherdev, Marian Cisar)
30:49 2-2 NYI Mattias Weinhandl [7] (Andreas Johansson, Mattias Timander)
34:49 2-3 NYI Roman Hamrlik [11] (Janne Niinimaa, Mark Parrish)
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43:14 3-3 CBS Todd Marchant [26] (Nikolai Zherdev, Marian Cisar)
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61:18 3-4 NYI Mattias Weinhandl [8] (Michael Peca, Andreas Johansson)PP
Penalty summary:
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01:47 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for tripping)
19:28 NYI Andreas Johansson (2 min for tripping)
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23:23 NYI Eric Godard (2 min for tripping)
27:36 NYI Eric Godard (2 min for roughing)
31:12 NYI Eric Godard (2 min for tripping)
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40:14 CBS Dan Boyle (2 min for hooking)
46:03 CBS Scott Lachance (2 min for holding the stick)
48:29 NYI Kenny Jönsson (2 min for hooking)
49:58 NYI Dave Scatchard (2 min for tripping)
52:11 NYI Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
52:11 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for roughing)
52:28 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
55:08 NYI Eric Cairns (2 min for high-sticking)
57:31 NYI Michael Peca (2 min for slashing)
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60:19 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for slashing)

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.40 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1 20.00 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 3 0 2 0 2 2 21.00 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 11.30 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.20 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 6
C Todd Marchant 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 2 26.20 8
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.40 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.20 4
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.10 5
L Rick Nash 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 20.50 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 8.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 24.10 8
D Dan Boyle 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 27.20 9
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 13.00 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 18.30 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 31.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 33 0 0 61.20 7
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Asham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 5
R Mattias Weinhandl 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 8
R Dave Scatchard 0 0 2 4 0 3 2 0 17.40 8
R Mark Parrish 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 22.10 8
C Shawn Bates 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 6.30 6
C Oleg Kvasha 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 7
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Michael Peca 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 22.20 9
L Eric Godard 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 -1 6.30 5
L Andreas Johansson 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 14.30 8
L Branko Radivojevic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
L Jason Blake 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
D Mattias Timander 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
D Radek Martinek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 6
D Janne Niinimaa 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 28.50 7
D Eric Cairns 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 10.30 6
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 22.20 7
D Roman Hamrlik 1 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 30.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Garth Snow 3 1 28 0 0 61.20 8
G Dusan Salficky 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mattias Weinhandl
2nd star: Michael Peca
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Marian Cisar notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Darryl Sydor finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
-Dan Boyle finally ended his 23 game goal drought.

Notes for New York Islanders:
-Mattias Weinhandl has marked a new career high in goals with 7 tallies.
-Mark Parrish has marked a new career high in assists with 31 assists.
-Alexei Yashin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Janne Niinimaa finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Kenny Jönsson had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 14) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 0( 24)
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1-0 SYR Lanny Gare (Don MacLean, Alexander Gusjkov)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Rick DiPietro

Another subpar game for our whole team, as I think we've just really given up on this season. I'd like to see some of those 3rd and 4th line guys come with the occassional good game, but it just seems like they are just awful. I want to see some effort out of those guys, so I think you'll see a different team this time next year.

Tonight's Scores:

Los Angeles 3, San Jose 4
New Jersey 3, NY Rangers 1
Vancouver 4, Nashville 1
Montreal 4, Buffalo 0
Atlanta 2, Boston 4
Florida 6, Toronto 2
Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 3
Columbus 3, NY Islanders 4
Detroit 4, Anaheim 2
Calgary 3, St. Louis 2
Edmonton 3, Philadelphia 4

[Johnny93g]

=TurnerONU22
11-3-2004 FLA-TOR trade
Florida Panthers traded defenseman Branislav Mezei, center Kamil Kreps and right wing John Hecimovic to Toronto Maple Leafs for center Nik Antropov

11-3-2004 TOR-VAN trade
Toronto Maple Leafs traded defenseman Ian White, center Alexander Steen and right wing Shaun Landolt to Vancouver Canucks for goaltender Dan Cloutier and VAN 5th round pick in 2004 draft.

NOOOO....what are we doing.....Steen, White and Antropov, all gone not nothing....NOTHING :mad:

[TurnerONU22]

March 18th - Off day

Tonight's Scores:

Chicago 3, Phoenix 3
Dallas 2, Ottawa 5
Vancouver 1, Minnesota 3
Washington 3, Colorado 4
Carolina 2, NY Islanders 4
San Jose 2, Nashville 1

March 19th - A home game for us against Detroit

Game 72: Detroit (47-17-4-5) 103 pts @ Columbus (26-33-6-6) 64 pts

Game Notes: Mike Pandolfo will be held out another game, as he's almost ready (i.e. he could play tomorrow). Pascal Leclaire goes back in net for us tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Hyvonen-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 8 , Detroit Red Wings 2
Shots: 29 - 42
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:46/55=83 %, Challenges:37/46=78 %
DET PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:75/83=90 %, Challenges:49/54=89 %
Attendance: 7791 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 435517 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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06:51 1-0 CBS Nikita Alexeev [10] (Jaroslav Spacek, Rostislav Klesla)
13:48 1-1 DET Kris Draper [9] (Henrik Zetterberg, Steve Yzerman)
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23:26 2-1 CBS Scott Lachance [1] (Lasse Pirjetä)
37:33 2-2 DET Tomas Holmström [6] (Henrik Zetterberg, Kris Draper)
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41:15 3-2 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski [7] (Mark Hartigan)
42:25 4-2 CBS Todd Marchant [27] (Rick Nash)
42:42 5-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [22] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)
43:43 6-2 CBS Nikita Alexeev [11] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)
47:28 7-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [23] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)
54:28 8-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [20] (Scott Lachance, Paul Manning)
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Penalty summary:
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00:36 DET Brendan Shanahan (2 min for tripping)
11:09 DET Brendan Shanahan (2 min for tripping)
17:09 CBS Paul Manning (2 min for hooking)
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24:49 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
26:47 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for slashing)
34:23 DET Kris Draper (2 min for tripping)
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51:53 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for holding the stick)
55:07 DET Sheldon Souray (2 min for cross-checking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5.50 5
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 17.00 6
R Nikita Alexeev 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 11.30 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 2 1 4 1 2 0 4 3 23.20 9
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 8.10 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 8.20 8
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 16.40 5
C Todd Marchant 1 2 4 0 2 0 0 3 29.10 9
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.50 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.20 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 5
L Rick Nash 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 23.20 9
D Scott Lachance 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 9.40 8
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 24.50 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 25.30 8
D Paul Manning 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 11.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 17.10 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 4 31.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 2 0 40 0 0 60.00 10
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marty McInnis 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 8.00 7
R Kris Draper 1 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 13.00 7
R Darren McCarty 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 -1 19.40 8
R Brett Hull 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -5 16.50 6
C Boyd Devereaux 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 10.30 5
C Henrik Zetterberg 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 8
C Steve Yzerman 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 -5 16.50 6
L Steve Thomas 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 8.00 6
L Tomas Holmström 1 0 2 5 2 3 0 0 17.50 9
L Ray Whitney 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 6
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 -4 19.40 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 16.40 5
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -5 24.10 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 16.30 6
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 19.30 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -5 26.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Curtis Joseph 8 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Dominik Hasek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Nikita Alexeev
3rd star: Todd Marchant

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikita Alexeev scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Rick Nash notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Todd Marchant has marked a new career high in points with 61 points.
-Trevor Letowski has marked a new career high in goals with 20 tallies.
-Trevor Letowski scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Mariusz Czerkawski finally ended his 43 game goal drought.
-Mariusz Czerkawski finally ended his 38 game point drought.
-Paul Manning ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Henrik Zetterberg notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Kris Draper ended his 6 game point drought.
-Tomas Holmström finally ended his 36 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 16) , Grand Rapids Griffins 9( 28)
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0-1 GRD Matt Ellis (Danny Groulx, Pär Bäcker)
0-2 GRD Mark Mowers
1-2 SYR Janne Jokila (Jean-François Plourde)
1-3 GRD Tomek Valtonen (Mark Mowers)
2-3 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Alexander Gusjkov)
2-4 GRD Mark Mowers (Tomek Valtonen, Joey MacDonald)
3-4 SYR Martin Paroulek (Jean-François Plourde, Tyler Sloan)

Yeah, you read that right too. Something unbelievable happened there in that third period, as my best guess is that someone beat up Joseph after the second period, stole his jersey and equipment, put them on and came out there and put on a great job......for the Jackets. This was amazing, as almost half the shots we put on CuJo in the third went in. If it wasn't for Pascal Leclaire standing on his head in the first 2 periods, there might not been a chance for us to think we were in this game. Alexeev seems to look like a steal more and more each day, up to 11 goals on the season. Zherdev and Nash look like......well, Zherdev and Nash, the former w/2 goals and the latter w/4 assists. I love games like this!

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 3, Atlanta 2
Columbus 8, Detroit 2
Minnesota 4, Dallas 0
Calgary 6, Philadelphia 0
Edmonton 2, New Jersey 3
Los Angeles 2, Anaheim 2

Standings:

Western

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Detroit Red Wings 74 47 18 4 5 103 .696 233 183 15.82 86.25 5-3-1-1 30-3-3-1 17-15-1-4
*Colorado Avalanche 73 47 18 1 7 102 .699 241 182 17.63 88.21 6-3-0-1 30-5-0-2 17-13-1-5
*Dallas Stars 73 39 24 4 6 88 .603 221 193 18.94 82.64 3-6-1-0 24-9-2-1 15-15-2-5
*Vancouver Canucks 72 41 24 2 5 89 .618 235 197 18.49 85.45 6-2-0-2 24-10-1-3 17-14-1-2
*Anaheim Mighty Ducks 73 34 26 6 7 81 .555 193 188 15.31 83.75 6-2-1-1 22-8-2-4 12-18-4-3
*Los Angeles Kings 72 32 26 2 12 78 .542 218 207 16.20 86.19 4-4-1-1 18-10-2-5 14-16-0-7
*Edmonton Oilers 73 31 29 2 11 75 .514 211 207 17.38 84.09 3-4-1-2 19-10-2-6 12-19-0-5
*Phoenix Coyotes 74 29 29 2 14 74 .500 204 200 12.71 85.48 3-4-0-3 18-10-2-8 11-19-0-6
St. Louis Blues 72 29 30 4 9 71 .493 204 223 16.48 84.50 1-6-1-2 18-12-0-5 11-18-4-4
Minnesota Wild 73 30 34 2 7 69 .473 197 199 13.61 84.76 5-4-0-1 17-12-1-6 13-22-1-1
Columbus Blue Jackets 72 27 33 6 6 66 .458 199 218 12.94 81.86 3-4-2-1 14-16-5-1 13-17-1-5
Calgary Flames 72 25 31 2 14 66 .458 201 216 14.57 83.79 5-4-0-1 15-15-1-5 10-16-1-9
San Jose Sharks 72 24 37 4 7 59 .410 169 222 13.39 84.75 6-4-0-0 15-15-2-3 9-22-2-4
Nashville Predators 74 23 42 3 6 55 .372 176 225 13.26 85.86 2-6-0-2 15-16-2-3 8-26-1-3
Chicago Blackhawks 72 22 44 0 6 50 .347 152 211 12.69 84.21 3-6-0-1 15-17-0-3 7-27-0-3

Eastern

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*New Jersey Devils 73 49 14 4 6 108 .740 245 153 18.92 87.61 8-0-1-1 26-5-4-2 23-9-0-4
*Ottawa Senators 72 44 17 3 8 99 .688 230 187 20.86 84.71 9-1-0-0 25-6-2-4 19-11-1-4
*Washington Capitals 72 34 25 2 11 81 .563 218 209 20.87 84.78 5-3-0-2 18-9-0-9 16-16-2-2
*Boston Bruins 71 40 18 1 12 93 .655 225 185 18.08 80.68 5-4-0-1 25-4-0-6 15-14-1-6
*Philadelphia Flyers 72 38 22 3 9 88 .611 222 198 20.46 82.38 5-5-0-0 22-5-3-5 16-17-0-4
*New York Rangers 72 35 27 4 6 80 .556 221 207 13.99 83.64 4-4-2-0 22-10-2-3 13-17-2-3
*Toronto Maple Leafs 73 34 28 4 7 79 .541 210 206 14.80 82.26 4-4-0-2 20-13-2-2 14-15-2-5
*Buffalo Sabres 71 31 29 3 8 73 .514 206 213 14.14 84.40 3-4-0-3 18-12-2-4 13-17-1-4
New York Islanders 72 31 32 4 5 71 .493 208 214 16.14 84.40 8-1-1-0 19-13-3-3 12-19-1-2
Carolina Hurricanes 71 29 29 2 11 71 .500 198 219 18.12 82.09 1-7-0-2 18-11-2-4 11-18-0-7
Tampa Bay Lightning 72 29 35 2 6 66 .458 203 199 13.69 81.03 5-2-0-3 17-13-1-4 12-22-1-2
Florida Panthers 73 25 39 0 9 59 .404 201 217 13.93 86.94 3-6-0-1 14-17-0-5 11-22-0-4
Atlanta Thrashers 73 23 40 2 8 56 .384 167 220 13.71 82.13 4-6-0-0 15-16-0-6 8-24-2-2
Montreal Canadiens 72 22 39 5 6 55 .382 170 222 12.27 82.97 2-7-1-0 14-17-2-3 8-22-3-3
Pittsburgh Penguins 72 22 39 5 6 55 .382 156 214 12.50 82.58 4-5-1-0 14-18-0-4 8-21-5-2

March 20th - We decide to send down Derrick Walser, who hasn't played much for us, and Mike Pandolfo, as I think he would benefit better from playing on the top line for Syracuse.

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, Toronto 1
St. Louis 3, NY Islanders 3
Montreal 3, Florida 2
Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 3
Vancouver 3, San Jose 4

March 21st - We have a home game against Colorado

[B]Game 73: Colorado (47-18-1-7) 102 pts @ Columbus (27-33-6-6) 66 pts [/B]

Game Notes: We didn't mess with the lines, but with some strategies, hoping to get our PP a little more juice than it has. This is the second straight game that we've faced a team with over a hundred points, and I'm hoping we can play just as well as we did against Detroit.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Hyvonen-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

olumbus Blue Jackets 4 , Colorado Avalanche 2
Shots: 23 - 30
CBS PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:60/70=85 %, Challenges:31/41=73 %
COL PP: 0 of 2 (9 shots), Passing:71/84=84 %, Challenges:41/54=74 %
Attendance: 9838 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 549944 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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13:51 1-0 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [24] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)
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26:47 1-1 COL Charlie Stephens [3] (Brad Larsen, Joe Sakic)
32:44 1-2 COL Andrei Nikolishin [11] (Riku Hahl, Mikhail Kuleshov)
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44:13 2-2 CBS Geoff Sanderson [21] (Espen Knutsen, Trevor Letowski)
46:05 3-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [25] (Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla)
59:26 4-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [21] (Nikita Alexeev, Darryl Sydor) EN
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Penalty summary:
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34:35 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for tripping)
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42:07 COL Mikhail Kuleshov (2 min for slashing)
53:32 CBS Hannes Hyvönen (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.30 5
R Trevor Letowski 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 17.30 8
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 8.30 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 12.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 20.40 8
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 12.10 6
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 18.40 6
L Rick Nash 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 15.30 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 20.10 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 24.20 6
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 13.30 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 2 0 28 0 0 60.00 9
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Yuri Butsayev 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
R Mikhail Kuleshov 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 12.10 6
R Charlie Stephens 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 15.50 6
R Teemu Selänne 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -3 22.00 6
C Kent Manderville 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Andrei Nikolishin 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Joe Sakic 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
C Peter Forsberg 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -2 20.20 7
L Jordan Krestanovich 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 7
L Riku Hahl 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.10 6
L Brad Larsen 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 18.00 9
L Paul Kariya 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 20.00 6
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 14.00 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
D Derek Morris 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -3 28.30 7
D Drake Berehowsky 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 15.10 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 15.40 7
D Rob Blake 0 0 5 2 1 2 0 -3 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 4 0 19 0 0 58.30 5
G Dominic Roussel 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Trevor Letowski
3rd star: Todd Marchant

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 25th goal of the season.

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Brad Larsen notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Andrei Nikolishin ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 23) , Hershey Bears 4( 27)
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1-0 SYR Aaron Johnson (Don MacLean)
1-1 HER Marek Svatos (Tomas Slovak)
2-1 SYR Kent McDonell (Brad Moran)
2-2 HER Tomas Slovak (Ryan Steeves, Frantisek Skladany)
2-3 HER Agris Saviels (Steve Moore)
2-4 HER John-Michael Liles (Tomas Slovak, Sergei Klyazmin)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Peter Budaj

We do it again!!! This team is playing its best hockey right now, with everybody clicking well together. Zherdev scores two goals on the night, with two helpers from Nash, Alexeev gets an assist, and Leclaire plays an awesome game against the Avalanche. Our young guys look awesome!!

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 1, Boston 3
Columbus 4, Colorado 2
Toronto 4, Florida 3
Washington 5, Tampa Bay 1
Philadelphia 4, NY Rangers 1
Minnesota 1, Detroit 4
Dallas 1, Phoenix 4
Anaheim 0, Ottawa 3
Los Angeles 3, Edmonton 1

March 22nd - Off day

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 2, Montreal 4
Nashville 1, Minnesota 3
St. Louis 3, Vancouver 2
Tampa Bay 4, Washington 0
Chicago 4, Detroit 3
Calgary 1, New Jersey 0
San Jose 3, Ottawa 5

March 23rd - Another off day

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 4, Pittsburgh 3
Philadelphia 1, Colorado 4
Florida 7, Atlanta 1
Dallas 3, NY Islanders 3

March 24th - Home game against Calgary

[B]Game 74: Calgary (26-31-2-14) 66 pts @ Columbus (28-33-6-6) 68 pts [/B]

Game Notes: Denis goes back in net, but other than that, no changes in the lineup.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Hyvonen-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Calgary Flames 3
Shots: 25 - 28
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:50/65=76 %, Challenges:27/33=79 %
CGY PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:80/98=81 %, Challenges:34/51=65 %
Attendance: 7128 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 398455 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:45 0-1 CGY Jarome Iginla [37] (Dean McAmmond)PP
10:47 0-2 CGY Stephane Yelle [18] (Jarome Iginla, Radovan Somik)
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28:13 1-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [26] (Rostislav Klesla)
29:44 2-2 CBS Espen Knutsen [16] (Nikita Alexeev, Jaroslav Spacek)
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46:03 3-2 CBS Rostislav Klesla [6] (Todd Marchant, Lasse Pirjetä)
46:49 4-2 CBS Todd Marchant [28] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)
49:22 4-3 CGY Dave Lowry [5] (Radovan Somik, Blair Betts)
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Penalty summary:
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03:52 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:26 CGY Martin Gelinas (2 min for slashing)
33:29 CGY Chris Clark (2 min for elbowing)
36:09 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for tripping)
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41:39 CGY Chuck Kobasew (2 min for hooking)
49:55 CBS Dan Boyle (2 min for tripping)
50:46 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for roughing)
54:38 CGY Radovan Somik (2 min for elbowing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 -1 23.50 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.40 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 15.50 9
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.40 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 -1 10.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 24.50 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 4 3 0 0 2 2 20.10 9
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10.10 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 21.00 6
L Rick Nash 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 15.50 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 11.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 1 20.40 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 4 3 1 3 2 2 27.30 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 13.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 21.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 1 1 2 3 1 3 0 2 25.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radovan Somik 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 1 10.30 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 -1 15.40 6
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 12.50 5
R Jarome Iginla 1 1 4 3 0 3 0 -2 21.00 9
C Blair Betts 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 6
C Steven Reinprecht 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.00 6
C Craig Conroy 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Stephane Yelle 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 18.30 8
L Dave Lowry 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6.10 5
L Josh Green 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 9.50 5
L Martin Gelinas 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 16.00 7
L Dean McAmmond 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 -2 19.30 7
D Petr Buzek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 24.20 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22.00 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 29.30 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roman Turek 4 0 21 0 0 58.00 5
G Miikka Kiprusoff 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Rostislav Klesla

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Espen Knutsen finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Rostislav Klesla finally ended his 17 game goal drought.

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Jarome Iginla notched his 40th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 18) , Saint John Flames 2( 16)
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0-1 SJF Matthew Lombardi (Oleg Saprykin, Darren Lynch)
1-1 SYR Janne Jokila (Jeremy Reich)
2-1 SYR Mike Souza (Kent McDonell)
2-2 SJF Garrett Bembridge (Brennan Evans, Ryan Hollweg)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Davis Parley

Wow, another good win for us, a great comeback from 2 down in the first period and Zherdev gets a big goal for us to cut the lead in half, then Knutsen gets on the board to tie it up. It was nice to see Klesla get a goal, because he's been the best player on our team this year, and he's another young guy, at 22. I'd like to see us just keep winning, and you never know what could happen.

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 1, Vancouver 4
NY Rangers 2, Nashville 2
Columbus 4, Calgary 3
St. Louis 4, Chicago 5
Los Angeles 2, Phoenix 4
Boston 3, Carolina 2
Montreal 2, Washington 3
Toronto 2, New Jersey 4
Tampa Bay 1, Atlanta 0
Detroit 3, Ottawa 4
Anaheim 4, Edmonton 3

March 25th - Off day

Tonight's Scores:

Philadelphia 1, Pittsburgh 0
Minnesota 4, Colorado 3
Chicago 1, Calgary 1
NY Rangers 2, Buffalo 4
Dallas 5, St. Louis 2
Anaheim 6, NY Islanders 2

March 26th - In what might be the biggest game of our franchise, we play at Edmonton tonight. If we win tonight, we find ourselves only 3 points out of the 8th playoff spot. This is awesome!

[B]Game 75: Columbus (29-33-6-6) 75 pts [/B] @ Edmonton (31-31-2-11) 75 pts

Game Notes: Leclaire replaces Denis for the night, and again, no other changes.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Hyvonen-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Edmonton Oilers 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 27 - 23
EDM PP: 3 of 4 (14 shots), Passing:62/82=75 %, Challenges:33/45=71 %
CBS PP: 2 of 11 (11 shots), Passing:76/87=87 %, Challenges:26/41=61 %
Attendance: 16873 of 17100 (Rexall Place)
Ticket income: 779533 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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17:04 0-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [27] (Geoff Sanderson, Todd Marchant)PP
18:52 0-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [22] (Geoff Sanderson, Espen Knutsen)PP
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20:55 1-2 EDM Eric Brewer [11] (Steve Staios, Mike Comrie)PP
39:53 2-2 EDM Steve Staios [5] (Eric Brewer, Mike Comrie)PP
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42:09 3-2 EDM Mike Comrie [25] (Ryan Smyth, Shawn Horcoff)PP
50:04 4-2 EDM Jarrett Stoll [4] (Jason Smith)
50:47 5-2 EDM Ryan Smyth [36] (Jason Smith, Mike Comrie)
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Penalty summary:
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06:05 EDM Rocky Thompson (2 min for hooking)
10:35 EDM Jason Smith (2 min for elbowing)
12:39 CBS Rick Nash (5 min for fighting)
12:39 EDM Steve Staios (5 min for fighting)
13:11 EDM Jani Rita (2 min for hooking)
15:44 EDM Ethan Moreau (2 min for tripping)
17:19 EDM Rocky Thompson (2 min for hooking)
18:11 EDM Jason Smith (2 min for boarding)
19:48 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for roughing)
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22:05 EDM Rocky Thompson (2 min for hooking)
24:54 EDM Rocky Thompson (2 min for high-sticking)
32:57 EDM Rocky Thompson (2 min for hooking)
33:59 EDM Eric Brewer (2 min for hooking)
37:25 CBS Scott Lachance (5 min for attempt to injury)
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43:18 CBS Lasse Pirjetä (2 min for hooking)
44:28 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for high-sticking)
58:41 EDM Cory Cross (2 min for tripping)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ethan Moreau 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 4.20 6
R Georges Laraque 0 0 3 4 2 4 0 0 19.30 8
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 22.20 7
R Shawn Horcoff 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 20.10 8
C Jarrett Stoll 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3.30 5
C Adam Oates 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.30 5
C Mike York 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 5
C Mike Comrie 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 9
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.10 5
L Jani Rita 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 11.10 7
L Brad Isbister 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 18.40 8
L Ryan Smyth 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 19.20 8
D Rocky Thompson 0 0 1 3 0 0 10 0 9.40 6
D Steve Staios 1 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 20.00 8
D Jason Smith 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 2 22.40 8
D Alexei Semenov 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 18.20 6
D Cory Cross 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20.50 6
D Eric Brewer 1 1 4 4 0 2 2 2 28.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ty Conklin 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Tommy Salo 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3.40 5
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 23.50 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 21.40 7
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.00 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
C Todd Marchant 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 -2 31.50 7
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.40 5
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 17.00 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 1 0 1 5 -2 19.20 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 0 9.40 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 21.30 5
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 11.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 -2 34.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 15.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Comrie
2nd star: Eric Brewer
3rd star: Ryan Smyth

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Steve Staios notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mike Comrie notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Mike Comrie scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Ryan Smyth notched his 50th assist of the season.
-Jason Smith has marked a new career high in points with 21 points.
-Jarrett Stoll finally ended his 19 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:
-Rick Nash beat Steve Staios in a fight.

Farm game result:
Toronto Roadrunners 2( 23) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 22)
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0-1 SYR Brad Moran (Mike Pandolfo)
0-2 SYR Tim Jackman (Alexander Gusjkov)
1-2 TRN Tony Salmelainen (Jesse Niinimäki)
2-2 TRN Chad Hinz (J.J. Hunter)

Goalies: Kristian Antila - Karl Goehring

If you're Scott Lachance, you don't want to come near me right now. Up 2-1 late in the second, Lachance attempts to injure someone, and gets a 5 minute major for it. At the end of those 5 minutes, the Oilers are up 3-2 with all of the momentum. Pascal Leclaire didn't play a great game, and Klesla went out hurt in the second period as well. I knew we had a very very slim chance of making the playoffs and this but all seals our fate.

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 5, Montreal 3
Ottawa 3, New Jersey 1
Washington 2, Boston 3
Edmonton 5, Columbus 2
Los Angeles 4, San Jose 5

Standings:

Western

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Detroit Red Wings 77 48 18 6 5 107 .695 243 192 15.80 85.51 3-3-3-1 30-3-4-1 18-15-2-4
*Colorado Avalanche 76 48 19 2 7 105 .691 250 191 17.38 88.43 4-4-1-1 30-5-0-2 18-14-2-5
*Dallas Stars 76 40 25 4 7 91 .599 230 202 19.23 83.07 2-6-1-1 25-10-2-2 15-15-2-5
*Vancouver Canucks 75 42 26 2 5 91 .607 244 205 18.73 85.56 6-3-0-1 24-11-1-3 18-15-1-2
*Anaheim Mighty Ducks 76 36 27 6 7 85 .559 203 196 15.88 83.49 6-3-0-1 24-9-2-4 12-18-4-3
*Los Angeles Kings 75 33 27 3 12 81 .540 227 217 16.52 85.20 3-4-2-1 19-11-3-5 14-16-0-7
*Phoenix Coyotes 76 31 29 2 14 78 .513 212 203 12.84 85.83 5-3-0-2 18-10-2-8 13-19-0-6
*Edmonton Oilers 76 32 31 2 11 77 .507 220 216 18.34 84.24 2-6-1-1 20-10-2-6 12-21-0-5
St. Louis Blues 76 30 32 4 10 74 .487 216 238 16.48 83.92 2-6-0-2 19-13-0-6 11-19-4-4
Minnesota Wild 76 32 35 2 7 73 .480 205 207 13.42 84.48 6-3-0-1 18-13-1-6 14-22-1-1
Columbus Blue Jackets 75 29 34 6 6 70 .467 209 228 12.92 80.93 4-3-2-1 16-16-5-1 13-18-1-5
Calgary Flames 75 26 32 2 15 69 .460 206 221 14.56 83.89 5-3-0-2 16-15-1-5 10-17-1-10
San Jose Sharks 75 26 38 4 7 63 .420 181 234 14.00 83.65 8-2-0-0 15-16-2-3 11-22-2-4
Nashville Predators 76 23 43 3 7 56 .368 179 230 13.10 86.10 2-6-0-2 15-17-2-3 8-26-1-4
Chicago Blackhawks 75 24 44 0 7 55 .367 162 219 14.13 84.59 5-3-0-2 16-17-0-4 8-27-0-3

Eastern

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*New Jersey Devils 76 50 16 4 6 110 .724 250 159 18.94 85.96 6-2-1-1 26-5-4-2 24-11-0-4
*Ottawa Senators 76 48 17 3 8 107 .704 245 194 21.57 85.43 10-0-0-0 26-6-2-4 22-11-1-4
*Washington Capitals 76 36 27 2 11 85 .559 228 219 21.08 84.59 5-4-0-1 19-10-0-9 17-17-2-2
*Boston Bruins 75 44 18 1 12 101 .673 237 191 17.99 81.74 8-1-0-1 27-4-0-6 17-14-1-6
*Philadelphia Flyers 75 40 23 3 9 92 .613 228 203 20.69 82.77 4-6-0-0 24-6-3-5 16-17-0-4
*New York Rangers 75 35 29 4 7 81 .540 226 217 13.62 83.74 3-4-2-1 22-11-2-4 13-18-2-3
*Toronto Maple Leafs 76 35 30 4 7 81 .533 217 216 15.02 81.37 2-6-0-2 21-14-2-2 14-16-2-5
*Buffalo Sabres 75 32 32 3 8 75 .500 216 227 13.80 84.69 2-7-0-1 18-14-2-4 14-18-1-4
Carolina Hurricanes 75 31 31 2 11 75 .500 210 231 17.55 82.23 3-5-0-2 20-12-2-4 11-19-0-7
New York Islanders 75 31 33 4 7 73 .487 216 226 15.88 83.58 7-1-0-2 19-13-3-3 12-20-1-4
Tampa Bay Lightning 75 31 36 2 6 70 .467 209 204 13.87 80.85 6-2-0-2 19-13-1-4 12-23-1-2
Florida Panthers 76 26 41 0 9 61 .401 213 225 13.90 86.52 4-5-0-1 15-17-0-5 11-24-0-4
Montreal Canadiens 76 24 41 5 6 59 .388 182 234 12.82 83.18 4-5-1-0 15-18-2-3 9-23-3-3
Pittsburgh Penguins 75 23 40 6 6 58 .387 163 222 11.93 82.52 3-5-2-0 15-18-0-4 8-22-6-2
Atlanta Thrashers 75 23 42 2 8 56 .373 168 228 13.55 82.61 3-7-0-0 15-16-0-6 8-26-2-2

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March 27th - Rusty Klesla went down injured in the game, and won't be ready for tonight, so we call up D Aaron Johnson to fill the void. Johnson, a third round pick in 2001, looked to be a prospect who might never make it, but he has played lights out this year for Syracuse, really developing his game. I'd like to see him come up tonight and play well at Calgary.

Game 76: Columbus (29-34-6-6) 70 pts @ Calgary (26-32-2-15) 69 pts

Game Notes: The injury to Klesla has forced a couple of changes in the lines, with Lachance pairing with Johnson and Manning pairing with Spacek, and Boyle with Sydor. Johnson also finds himself on the PP 2nd unit. Marc Denis gets the start tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Manning-Spacek
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Letowski-Lachance-Johnson
Line 4: Hyvonen-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Boyle-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Johnson-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Spacek
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Calgary Flames 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 28 - 27
CGY PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:64/83=77 %, Challenges:40/49=80 %
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:82/97=84 %, Challenges:40/49=80 %
Attendance: 11643 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 572835 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:59 0-1 CBS Mariusz Czerkawski [8] (Trevor Letowski, Nikita Alexeev)
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26:51 1-1 CGY Craig Conroy [25] (Robyn Regehr, Jordan Leopold)
31:32 2-1 CGY Craig Conroy [26] (Dean McAmmond, Jarome Iginla)
35:16 2-2 CBS Espen Knutsen [17] (Geoff Sanderson, Nikita Alexeev)
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48:58 3-2 CGY Dave Lowry [6] (Radovan Somik, Toni Lydman)
52:01 3-3 CBS Trevor Letowski [23] (Mark Hartigan, Espen Knutsen)
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Penalty summary:
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10:11 CGY Jordan Leopold (2 min for cross-checking)
19:29 CBS Paul Manning (2 min for slashing)
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21:37 CGY Jarome Iginla (2 min for hooking)
29:17 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for boarding)
37:49 CGY Dave Lowry (2 min for hooking)
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46:09 CGY Chris Clark (2 min for high-sticking)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radovan Somik 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.10 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 5 2 4 2 -1 17.30 7
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 6
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 22.00 9
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8.50 5
C Steven Reinprecht 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 18.00 7
C Craig Conroy 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 9
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21.50 7
L Dave Lowry 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 8.50 7
L Josh Green 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 14.40 6
L Martin Gelinas 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 14.20 7
L Dean McAmmond 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 7
D Petr Buzek 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 16.10 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 -1 23.40 8
D Jordan Leopold 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 24.00 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.20 6
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 21.10 6
D Toni Lydman 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 28.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roman Turek 3 0 24 0 0 65.00 7
G Miikka Kiprusoff 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 -1 9.10 6
R Trevor Letowski 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 16.30 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 24.50 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.10 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 10.50 7
C Espen Knutsen 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 16.00 8
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 29.10 7
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 9.10 5
L Mariusz Czerkawski 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 10.50 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 16.00 5
L Rick Nash 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 -1 24.50 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 12.30 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 14.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -2 32.20 7
D Aaron Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 12.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 21.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 4 3 2 0 -3 36.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 25 0 0 65.00 7
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Craig Conroy
2nd star: Trevor Letowski
3rd star: Espen Knutsen

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Craig Conroy scored his 25th goal of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikita Alexeev notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Nikolai Zherdev had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Todd Marchant had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 4( 31) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 14)
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1-0 SJF Matthew Lombardi (Wade Davis)
1-1 SYR Scott Heffernan (Kent McDonell, Don MacLean)
2-1 SJF Andreas Karlsson (Marcel Jenni)
3-1 SJF Oleg Saprykin (Darren Lynch, Matthew Lombardi)
4-1 SJF Andreas Karlsson (Matt Davidson)
4-2 SYR Derrick Walser (Brad Moran)

Goalies: Davis Parley - Karl Goehring

Well, we looked to play a solid game and came away with a hard earned 3-3 tie and a point. Letowski came through late in the game with a nice goal, and Alexeev had two assists on the night. Our rookie Aaron Johnson finished with a +2 on the evening, maybe earning himself another game.

Tonight's Scores:

Pittsburgh 3, Boston 2
Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 3
Calgary 3, Columbus 3
San Jose 2, Los Angeles 4

March 28th - Off day

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 3, NY Islanders 4
Toronto 3, Buffalo 0
Atlanta 1, Carolina 4
Nashville 5, St. Louis 4
Florida 0, Montreal 4
Washington 1, Philadelphia 3
Minnesota 2, Anaheim 4
Chicago 2, Ottawa 4
Edmonton 5, Vancouver 2
Colorado 3, Dallas 4

March 29th - Klesla's not ready for tonight's game at Los Angeles, so Johnson will stay up and in the lineup.

[B]Game 77: Columbus (29-34-6-7) 71 pts @ Los Angeles (34-27-3-12) 83 pts [/B]

Game Notes: Leclaire gets the start this evening, and that is the only change.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-LD-RD
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Manning-Spacek
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Letowski-Lachance-Johnson
Line 4: Hyvonen-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Boyle-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Johnson-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Spacek
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Los Angeles Kings 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 44 - 24
LA PP: 2 of 7 (16 shots), Passing:85/97=87 %, Challenges:38/46=80 %
CBS PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:27/39=67 %
Attendance: 13607 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 662661 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:22 0-1 CBS Dan Boyle [6] (Darryl Sydor, Todd Marchant)PP
14:16 0-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [28] (Rick Nash)
15:55 1-2 LA Alexander Frolov [19] (Sean Avery , Mattias Norström)
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28:53 2-2 LA Alexander Frolov [20] (Martin Straka, Jason Allison)PP
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44:55 2-3 CBS Todd Marchant [29] (Nikolai Zherdev, Marian Cisar)
49:08 3-3 LA Lubomir Visnovsky [5] (Alexander Frolov, Jason Allison)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:33 LA Ian Laperriere (2 min for hooking)
05:44 LA Ryan Flinn (2 min for slashing)
12:01 LA Alexander Frolov (2 min for tripping)
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20:41 CBS Dan Boyle (2 min for hooking)
22:54 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for hooking)
26:32 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for slashing)
27:37 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for high-sticking)
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45:09 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
47:19 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for hooking)
52:53 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for boarding)
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62:34 LA Jozef Stumpel (2 min for hooking)

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Flinn 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1 10.20 7
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 6
R Alexander Frolov 2 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 19.20 9
R Trent Klatt 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 15.00 8
C Jozef Stumpel 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 16.10 5
C Eric Belanger 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 12.30 6
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 11.30 7
C Jason Allison 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 -1 20.10 8
L Claude Lapointe 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 -1 10.20 5
L Sean Avery 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 17.00 8
L Adam Deadmarsh 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 17.10 7
L Martin Straka 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 21.50 7
D Janne Laukkanen 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 20.10 7
D Jaroslav Modry 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 31.40 8
D Tim Gleason 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Mattias Norström 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 15.30 7
D Aaron Miller 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 23.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roman Cechmanek 3 0 21 0 0 65.00 6
G Milan Hnilicka 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 17.50 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 14.30 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 5 0 1 0 2 2 18.50 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 7.50 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 -1 23.50 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 28.10 9
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 7.30 5
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 17.20 5
L Rick Nash 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 18.50 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.10 5
D Dan Boyle 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 26.00 7
D Aaron Johnson 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 27.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 35.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 41 0 0 65.00 10
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Frolov
2nd star: Pascal Leclaire
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Mattias Norström has marked a new career high in assists with 22 assists.
-Sean Avery has marked a new career high in points with 17 points.
-Sean Avery notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexander Frolov scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Alexander Frolov notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alexander Frolov finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
-Lubomir Visnovsky ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Mattias Norström ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Espen Knutsen had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Dan Boyle ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 2( 25) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 19)
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0-1 SYR Kent McDonell (Mike Souza, Don MacLean)
0-2 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Mike Pandolfo, Don MacLean)
1-2 MNC Yannick Lehoux (Scott Barney, Greg Hogeboom)
2-2 MNC Greg Hogeboom (Derek Armstrong)

Goalies: Mathieu Chouinard - Karl Goehring

Leclaire stands on his head tonight and again, does his job to only let three goals by on 44 shots, as we got outshot by 20, and still managed to grab a point. He is really making Marc Denis expendable at this point, but I think they'll both split time next year. Leclaire will get the next start.

Tonight's Scores:

NY Islanders 4, NY Rangers 2
New Jersey 3, Toronto 3
Pittsburgh 0, Chicago 3
Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 3
Detroit 4, Anaheim 3
Calgary 5, Vancouver 3
Los Angeles 3, Columbus 3
San Jose 3, Phoenix 3

Standings:

Western

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Detroit Red Wings 78 49 18 6 5 109 .699 247 195 15.54 85.61 4-3-2-1 31-3-4-1 18-15-2-4
*Colorado Avalanche 77 48 19 3 7 106 .688 253 195 17.58 88.07 3-4-2-1 30-5-1-2 18-14-2-5
*Dallas Stars 77 41 25 4 7 93 .604 234 205 19.41 82.81 2-6-1-1 25-10-2-2 16-15-2-5
*Vancouver Canucks 77 42 28 2 5 91 .591 249 215 18.69 85.51 5-5-0-0 24-11-1-3 18-17-1-2
*Anaheim Mighty Ducks 78 37 28 6 7 87 .558 210 202 16.05 83.93 6-3-0-1 24-9-2-4 13-19-4-3
*Los Angeles Kings 77 34 27 3 13 84 .545 234 222 16.81 85.16 3-4-1-2 19-11-3-6 15-16-0-7
*Edmonton Oilers 77 33 31 2 11 79 .513 225 218 18.31 84.38 2-6-1-1 21-10-2-6 12-21-0-5
*Phoenix Coyotes 77 31 29 2 15 79 .513 215 206 12.58 85.90 5-2-0-3 18-10-2-8 13-19-0-7
St. Louis Blues 77 30 32 5 10 75 .487 220 243 16.61 83.82 2-5-1-2 19-13-0-6 11-19-5-4
Minnesota Wild 77 32 36 2 7 73 .474 207 211 13.29 84.23 5-4-0-1 18-14-1-6 14-22-1-1
Columbus Blue Jackets 77 29 34 6 8 72 .468 215 234 12.91 80.82 3-3-2-2 16-16-5-1 13-18-1-7
Calgary Flames 77 27 32 2 16 72 .468 214 227 14.47 83.88 5-2-0-3 17-15-1-6 10-17-1-10
San Jose Sharks 77 26 39 4 8 64 .416 186 241 13.78 83.85 7-2-0-1 15-17-2-4 11-22-2-4
Nashville Predators 77 24 43 3 7 58 .377 184 234 13.27 85.95 3-5-0-2 16-17-2-3 8-26-1-4
Chicago Blackhawks 77 25 45 0 7 57 .370 167 223 14.54 84.93 5-3-0-2 16-18-0-4 9-27-0-3

Eastern

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*New Jersey Devils 77 50 16 4 7 111 .721 253 162 18.87 86.09 5-2-1-2 26-5-4-3 24-11-0-4
*Ottawa Senators 77 49 17 3 8 109 .708 249 196 21.26 85.38 10-0-0-0 26-6-2-4 23-11-1-4
*Washington Capitals 77 36 28 2 11 85 .552 229 222 21.13 84.64 4-5-0-1 19-11-0-9 17-17-2-2
*Boston Bruins 76 44 19 1 12 101 .664 239 194 17.86 81.90 8-1-0-1 27-4-0-6 17-15-1-6
*Philadelphia Flyers 77 41 24 3 9 94 .610 234 209 20.99 82.59 4-6-0-0 24-6-3-5 17-18-0-4
*Toronto Maple Leafs 78 36 30 4 8 84 .538 223 219 14.95 81.58 2-5-0-3 22-14-2-2 14-16-2-6
*New York Rangers 77 35 30 5 7 82 .532 231 225 13.74 83.10 2-4-3-1 22-11-3-4 13-19-2-3
*New York Islanders 77 33 33 4 7 77 .500 224 231 16.77 83.57 7-1-0-2 20-13-3-3 13-20-1-4
Carolina Hurricanes 76 32 31 2 11 77 .507 214 232 17.48 82.54 4-4-0-2 20-12-2-4 12-19-0-7
Buffalo Sabres 76 32 33 3 8 75 .493 216 230 13.72 84.67 2-7-0-1 18-14-2-4 14-19-1-4
Tampa Bay Lightning 77 32 37 2 6 72 .468 216 210 13.99 80.00 6-2-0-2 20-14-1-4 12-23-1-2
Montreal Canadiens 78 26 41 5 6 63 .404 189 236 13.50 83.33 5-4-1-0 15-18-2-3 11-23-3-3
Florida Panthers 77 26 42 0 9 61 .396 213 229 13.80 86.21 3-6-0-1 15-18-0-5 11-24-0-4
Pittsburgh Penguins 77 24 41 6 6 60 .390 166 227 11.66 82.40 4-4-2-0 16-19-0-4 8-22-6-2
Atlanta Thrashers 76 23 43 2 8 56 .368 169 232 13.23 82.68 3-7-0-0 15-17-0-6 8-26-2-2

March 30th - Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, Washington 1
Carolina 4, Atlanta 0
Ottawa 3, Buffalo 1
Florida 5, Tampa Bay 2
Edmonton 0, Dallas 5
Colorado 4, Phoenix 3

March 31st - Another off day, but we'll practice extra today.

Tonight's Scores:

Los Angeles 3, Vancouver 4
Philadelphia 2, NY Rangers 2
New Jersey 3, Nashville 4
Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 3
Buffalo 3, NY Islanders 5
Montreal 6, Toronto 4
Detroit 3, Minnesota 2
Anaheim 3, San Jose 4
Calgary 3, Dallas 2

April 1st - Rookie of the month: Nikolai Zherdev (R)
NHL has awarded Nikolai Zherdev (R) of Columbus Blue Jackets as Rookie Of The Month He registered 8 goals and 9 assists for 17 points in 13 games last month. He also had 2 game winning goals.

A native of Russia, Nikolai Zherdev was originally drafted to the NHL by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 1st round of the 2003 entry draft. He has appeared in 77 NHL games during his career, notching 28 goals and adding 44 assists along with 62 penalty minutes. The 19 year old right wing has played 77 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 28+44=72 with 62 PIM.

I'm still amazed that Zherdev has played this awesome this year, I would love to get a young centerman between him and Nash and just have an awesome 1st line for about 15 years.

By the way, we have St. Louis tonight.

[B]Game 78: St. Louis (31-32-5-10) 77 pts @ Columbus (29-34-6-8) 72 pts [/B]

Game Notes: We send Aaron Johnson back down to Syracuse, as Klesla makes his way into the lineup tonight. Leclaire will remain in net. St. Louis is only 2 points out of the playoffs and really could use a win this evening.

The Lines:
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Hyvonen-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , St. Louis Blues 3
Shots: 34 - 34
CBS PP: 1 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:70/88=79 %, Challenges:40/43=90 %
STL PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:63/75=84 %, Challenges:41/55=73 %
Attendance: 6172 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 345015 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:28 1-0 CBS Todd Marchant [30] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)PP
12:53 1-1 STL Scott Mellanby [22] (Jeff Heerema, Ryan Johnson)
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26:37 1-2 STL Scott Mellanby [23] (Barret Jackman, Alexander Khavanov)
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50:36 2-2 CBS Rick Nash [26] (Todd Marchant, Nikolai Zherdev)
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63:18 2-3 STL Scott Pellerin [8] (Jamal Mayers, Bryce Salvador)
Penalty summary:
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01:41 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for slashing)
06:19 STL Keith Tkachuk (2 min for hooking)
09:21 STL Chris Pronger (2 min for tripping)
19:38 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
19:38 STL Dallas Drake (2 min for roughing)
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24:07 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for tripping)
26:45 STL Scott Mellanby (2 min for high-sticking)
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45:28 STL Alexander Khavanov (2 min for high-sticking)
52:43 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for tripping)
57:01 STL Chris Pronger (2 min for slashing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 -1 11.50 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 21.00 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 12.00 5
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 -1 15.30 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 27.00 9
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.50 5
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 15.20 5
L Rick Nash 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.00 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 29.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 5 1 2 0 0 31.40 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 12.00 6
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 10.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -2 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 31 0 0 63.20 9
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Boguniecki 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.40 6
R Jamal Mayers 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 14.30 6
R Scott Mellanby 2 0 6 1 2 0 2 2 19.00 8
R Dallas Drake 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 22.10 6
C Steve Dubinsky 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 5
C John Pohl 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 12.30 5
C Ryan Johnson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 15.40 7
C Doug Weight 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 19.40 6
L Reed Low 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 12.50 6
L Scott Pellerin 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 10.10 8
L Jeff Heerema 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 18.40 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 6 4 2 1 2 -1 21.40 10
D Bryce Salvador 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 6
D Alexander Khavanov 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 21.20 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 2 2 1 1 4 -1 29.50 8
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 6
D Barret Jackman 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 7
D Al MacInnis 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 30.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 2 0 32 0 0 63.20 10
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Mellanby
2nd star: Chris Osgood
3rd star: Todd Marchant

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Todd Marchant notched his 40th assist of the season.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Doug Weight had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Bryce Salvador ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 17) , Worcester Icecats 2( 28)
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1-0 SYR Aaron Johnson (Brad Moran, Andrej Nedorost)
2-0 SYR Brad Moran (Andrej Nedorost, Mike Pandolfo)
2-1 WOR Jeremy Yablonski (Mike Danton, Michel Riesen)
3-1 SYR Kent McDonell (Don MacLean)
3-2 WOR Igor Valeev (Christian Bäckman)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Levente Szuper

We go to overtime again, but just manage to lose. Leclaire played another great game in net, and it was nice to see Nash score. A player that is really slumping is Geoff Sanderson, who just seems lost out on the ice right now. I don't know what to do with him just yet, but he needs a wakeup call.

Tonight's Scores:

Ottawa 3, Carolina 1
Chicago 6, Edmonton 2
Washington 3, NY Rangers 5
Tampa Bay 2, Boston 3
Nashville 2, Atlanta 0
Columbus 2, St. Louis 3
Phoenix 2, Colorado 3

Standings:

Western

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*Detroit Red Wings 79 50 18 6 5 111 .703 250 197 15.41 85.87 4-3-2-1 32-3-4-1 18-15-2-4
*Colorado Avalanche 79 50 19 3 7 110 .696 260 200 18.31 88.39 4-4-2-0 31-5-1-2 19-14-2-5
*Dallas Stars 79 42 26 4 7 95 .601 241 208 19.88 83.08 3-5-1-1 25-10-2-2 17-16-2-5
*Vancouver Canucks 78 43 28 2 5 93 .596 253 218 18.51 85.02 5-5-0-0 24-11-1-3 19-17-1-2
*Anaheim Mighty Ducks 79 37 29 6 7 87 .551 213 206 16.06 84.07 5-4-0-1 24-10-2-4 13-19-4-3
*Los Angeles Kings 78 34 27 4 13 85 .545 237 226 17.17 85.31 3-3-2-2 19-11-4-6 15-16-0-7
*Edmonton Oilers 79 33 33 2 11 79 .500 227 229 18.21 83.64 2-7-1-0 21-11-2-6 12-22-0-5
*St. Louis Blues 79 32 32 5 10 79 .500 226 247 16.25 83.90 3-4-1-2 19-13-0-6 13-19-5-4
Phoenix Coyotes 79 31 31 2 15 79 .500 220 213 12.34 85.14 3-4-0-3 18-11-2-8 13-20-0-7
Calgary Flames 78 28 32 2 16 74 .474 217 229 14.38 83.93 6-2-0-2 18-15-1-6 10-17-1-10
Minnesota Wild 78 32 37 2 7 73 .468 209 214 13.07 84.36 5-4-0-1 18-14-1-6 14-23-1-1
Columbus Blue Jackets 78 29 34 7 8 73 .468 217 237 13.01 81.05 3-2-3-2 16-16-6-1 13-18-1-7
San Jose Sharks 78 27 39 4 8 66 .423 190 244 13.62 83.85 7-2-0-1 15-17-2-4 12-22-2-4
Nashville Predators 79 26 43 3 7 62 .392 190 237 13.86 86.09 5-3-0-2 17-17-2-3 9-26-1-4
Chicago Blackhawks 78 26 45 0 7 59 .378 173 225 14.98 84.86 6-2-0-2 17-18-0-4 9-27-0-3

Eastern

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Ottawa Senators 79 51 17 3 8 113 .715 255 198 21.47 85.82 10-0-0-0 28-6-2-4 23-11-1-4
*New Jersey Devils 78 50 17 4 7 111 .712 256 166 18.81 85.84 5-3-0-2 26-6-4-3 24-11-0-4
*Washington Capitals 79 36 30 2 11 85 .538 233 230 21.04 84.75 3-7-0-0 19-12-0-9 17-18-2-2
*Boston Bruins 78 46 19 1 12 105 .673 245 197 17.48 82.14 9-1-0-0 28-4-0-6 18-15-1-6
*Philadelphia Flyers 78 41 24 3 10 95 .609 236 211 20.36 82.73 4-5-0-1 24-6-3-6 17-18-0-4
*New York Rangers 79 36 30 5 8 85 .538 238 230 13.61 83.33 2-4-2-2 22-11-3-4 14-19-2-4
*Toronto Maple Leafs 79 36 31 4 8 84 .532 227 225 14.91 81.72 2-5-0-3 22-14-2-2 14-17-2-6
*New York Islanders 78 34 33 4 7 79 .506 229 234 16.51 83.43 7-1-0-2 20-13-3-3 14-20-1-4
Carolina Hurricanes 78 33 32 2 11 79 .506 219 235 17.81 82.69 5-5-0-0 21-12-2-4 12-20-0-7
Buffalo Sabres 78 32 35 3 8 75 .481 220 238 13.61 84.69 2-8-0-0 18-15-2-4 14-20-1-4
Tampa Bay Lightning 79 32 39 2 6 72 .456 220 218 13.89 80.40 5-4-0-1 20-15-1-4 12-24-1-2
Montreal Canadiens 79 27 41 5 6 65 .411 195 240 13.39 83.38 6-3-1-0 16-18-2-3 11-23-3-3
Florida Panthers 78 27 42 0 9 63 .404 218 231 13.91 86.32 4-5-0-1 16-18-0-5 11-24-0-4
Pittsburgh Penguins 78 24 42 6 6 60 .385 168 230 11.50 82.55 3-5-2-0 16-20-0-4 8-22-6-2
Atlanta Thrashers 78 23 45 2 8 56 .359 169 238 12.88 81.99 2-8-0-0 15-17-0-6 8-28-2-2

[Johnny93g]

Two things unusual about the thrashing of Detroit....
1. Columbus thrashed Detroit
2. Rick Nash passed the Puck....I know he's good, but I'd bet he'd have 10 4 goal games before 1 4 assist games......

[TurnerONU22]

April 2nd - Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 4, Montreal 3
Philly 5, Chicago 3
NY Islanders 2, Pittsburgh 3 (A HUGE loss for the Islanders)
Florida 4, Boston 3
Dallas 5, Calgary 3
Vancouver 4, Edmonton 1
Los Angeles 3, Colorad 4
San Jose 6, Minnesota 2

April 3rd - Home game against Nashville

Game 79: Nashville (26-43-3-7) 62 pts @ Columbus (29-34-7-8) 73 pts
Game Notes: Denis starts tonight, and that is the only change.

The Lines:
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Hyvonen-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 5 , Nashville Predators 0
Shots: 31 - 15
CBS PP: 1 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:79/91=86 %, Challenges:39/51=75 %
NAS PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:66/88=75 %, Challenges:16/31=50 %
Attendance: 6204 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 346803 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:13 1-0 CBS Rostislav Klesla [7] (Dan Boyle, Todd Marchant)
02:43 2-0 CBS Geoff Sanderson [22] (Nikita Alexeev)
06:38 3-0 CBS Geoff Sanderson [23] (Nikita Alexeev, Espen Knutsen)
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24:37 4-0 CBS Espen Knutsen [18] (Geoff Sanderson, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
27:39 5-0 CBS Nikita Alexeev [12] (Geoff Sanderson, Jaroslav Spacek)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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10:27 NAS Jim McKenzie (2 min for hooking)
19:36 NAS Vladimir Orszagh (2 min for roughing)
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22:05 NAS Scott Walker (2 min for tripping)
24:06 NAS Jim McKenzie (2 min for high-sticking)
37:45 NAS David Legwand (2 min for roughing)
37:45 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
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45:45 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for holding the stick)
50:59 NAS Martin Erat (2 min for holding the stick)
54:51 NAS Vladimir Orszagh (2 min for holding the stick)
57:05 NAS Jim McKenzie (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 13.20 6
R Nikita Alexeev 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 11.50 9
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 5 2 1 1 2 1 27.50 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 5
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 17.20 8
C Todd Marchant 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 28.40 7
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 6
L Geoff Sanderson 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 16.10 8
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 27.50 7
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 8.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 16.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 33.50 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 9.40 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 25.20 9
D Dan Boyle 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 0 0 15 0 0 60.00 9
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brian Gionta 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.50 6
R Adam Hall 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 11.50 6
R Scott Walker 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 18.00 7
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 -2 15.30 6
C Josef Vasicek 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 8.40 5
C Rem Murray 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
C Greg Johnson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 7
C David Legwand 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -2 21.40 6
L Jim McKenzie 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 -1 12.20 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 11.50 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 14.50 7
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 -2 19.00 7
D Kirill Safronov 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 16.10 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 11.30 6
D Lubomir Sekeras 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -3 28.40 5
D Stan Neckar 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 13.30 7
D Jason York 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 21.10 6
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -3 29.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 4 0 9 0 0 24.40 4
G Jan Lasak 1 0 17 0 0 35.20 8

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc Denis
2nd star: Geoff Sanderson
3rd star: Nikita Alexeev

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant has marked a new career high in assists with 41 assists.
-Jaroslav Spacek notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Geoff Sanderson notched his 30th assist of the season.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-David Legwand had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 6( 27) , Milwaukee Admirals 2( 18)
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0-1 MIL Vern Fiddler (Matt Koalska, Andrew Hutchinson)
0-2 MIL Brandon Segal (Darren Haydar)
1-2 SYR Don MacLean (Kent McDonell, Pauli Levokari)
2-2 SYR Lanny Gare (Jean-François Plourde)
3-2 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Brad Moran, Alexander Gusjkov)
4-2 SYR Brad Moran (Andrej Nedorost)
5-2 SYR Kent McDonell (Don MacLean)
6-2 SYR Tim Jackman (Aaron Johnson)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Brian Finley

A textbook win for the Jackets as we just dominated Nashville in every facet of the game. Our goaltending was great, our defense was great and our offense was terrific. Sanderson must have heard I was talking about him, as he came out with 2 goals and 2 assists and his linemate Alexeev ended up with three points. This is the team I like to see!

Tonight's Scores:

St. Louis 2, Carolina 3 (Carolina goes 2 pts up and STL still is tied for 7th)
Atlanta 1, Philly 0
Columbus 5, Nashville 0
New Jersey 3, Florida 3
Washingotn 2, Ottawa 6
Anaheim 3, Los Angeles 2

April 4th - Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 0, Carolina 2
Boston 2, Buffalo 0
Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 3
Toronto 2, NY Islanders 6
Chicago 3, Calgary 1
Dallas 1, Detroit 2
Edmonton 0, Minnesota 3
Vancouver 3, Phoenix 3

Playoff Race:

Western:
7. Phoenix - 80 gp - 80 pts
8. Edmonton - 81 gp - 79 pts
9. St. Louis - 80 gp - 79 pts
10. Minnesota - 80 gp - 75 pts
11. Columbus - 80 gp - 75 pts

Eastern:
6. NY Rangers - 80 gp - 85 pts
7. Toronto - 80 gp - 84 pts
8. Carolina - 80 gp - 83 pts
9. NY Islanders - 80 gp - 81 pts

April 5th - We go into St. Louis tonight to try and smash their playoff hopes.

[B]Game 80: Columbus (30-34-7-8) 75 pts @ St. Louis (32-33-5-10) 79 pts @ [/B]

Game Notes: Theoretically, we are still in the playoff race, as we are 4 pts out of 8th, but 2 games down on Edmonton. If we win tonight, we get within 4 pts (hopefully). No changes to the lineup this evening.

The Lines:
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Hyvonen-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

St. Louis Blues 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 5
Shots: 31 - 22
STL PP: 0 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:70/82=85 %, Challenges:41/48=83 %
CBS PP: 3 of 7 (7 shots), Passing:59/78=75 %, Challenges:34/39=85 %
Attendance: 13262 of 19260 (Savvis Center)
Ticket income: 623314 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:05 0-1 CBS Todd Marchant [31] (Trevor Letowski, Rostislav Klesla)SH
15:04 0-2 CBS Todd Marchant [32] (Rostislav Klesla, Darryl Sydor)PP
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36:16 0-3 CBS Geoff Sanderson [24] (Espen Knutsen, Trevor Letowski)PP
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47:29 1-3 STL Dallas Drake [22] (Chris Pronger, Keith Tkachuk)
48:27 1-4 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [29] (Todd Marchant, Rostislav Klesla)PP
49:15 2-4 STL Jamal Mayers [8] (Keith Tkachuk, Reed Low)
50:28 2-5 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [30] (Rostislav Klesla, Scott Lachance)
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Penalty summary:
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02:19 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for elbowing)
07:09 CBS Hannes Hyvönen (2 min for roughing)
11:13 CBS Marian Cisar (2 min for hooking)
14:47 STL Niclas Hävelid (2 min for elbowing)
16:19 STL Reed Low (2 min for roughing)
16:19 CBS Scott Lachance (2 min for roughing)
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24:56 STL Jamal Mayers (2 min for boarding)
27:02 STL Keith Tkachuk (2 min for hooking)
35:17 STL Jamal Mayers (2 min for hooking)
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43:23 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
47:42 STL Dallas Drake (2 min for boarding)
53:34 STL Bryce Salvador (2 min for roughing)
56:39 STL Chris Pronger (2 min for hooking)
59:12 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for holding the stick)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Riesen 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 12.00 6
R Eric Boguniecki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 5
R Jamal Mayers 1 0 1 3 0 2 4 0 9.20 7
R Dallas Drake 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 20.40 7
C Steve Dubinsky 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 5
C John Pohl 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 7
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 11.30 6
C Doug Weight 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 19.00 5
L Reed Low 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 14.50 8
L Scott Pellerin 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 11.00 8
L Petr Cajanek 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 2 3 2 0 1 2 0 20.50 9
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14.10 5
D Alexander Khavanov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
D Chris Pronger 0 1 4 3 0 1 2 0 28.20 9
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12.30 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 19.00 7
D Al MacInnis 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 5 0 17 0 0 60.00 4
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 6.50 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 2 3 3 0 1 0 -1 19.30 9
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 2 0 4 2 0 1 2 1 21.00 9
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 5
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 10.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
C Todd Marchant 2 1 4 1 0 0 2 2 28.50 9
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.50 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 10.10 6
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 11.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 21.00 7
D Scott Lachance 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 -2 11.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 12.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 33.10 10
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 13.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 29.20 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 20.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 29 0 0 60.00 9
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd Marchant
2nd star: Rostislav Klesla
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Chris Pronger notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Jamal Mayers finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Darryl Sydor notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Rostislav Klesla notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Scott Lachance ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 1( 19) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 16)
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1-0 WOR Christian Bäckman (Aaron Foster, Mike Danton)
1-1 SYR Aaron Johnson (Brad Moran)
1-2 SYR Martin Paroulek (Tyler Sloan, Lanny Gare)
1-3 SYR Martin Paroulek (Pauli Levokari)

Goalies: Curtis Sanford - Karl Goehring

Everything is coming together at the right time as we play some great hockey and just beat up on the Blues. When they tried to come back, we had an immediate answer for them. Zherdev gets two goals, Marchant gets another two and Sanderson has the 5th. Denis plays some terrific goalie and puts me between a rock and a hard place. Do I play the hot goalie on no days rest, or do I go with the well rested Leclaire? That will be the decision of the year.

Tonight's Scores:

St. Louis 2, Columbus 5
Atlanta 0, Florida 3
Nashville 2, Washington 1
Montreal 3, New Jersey 4
Tampa Bay 3, NY Rangers 3
Detroit 4, Calgary 2
Colorado 3, Los Angeles 3
San Jose 1, Anaheim 3

Playoff Race:

Western:
7. Phoenix - 80 gp - 80 pts
8. Edmonton - 81 gp - 79 pts
9. St. Louis - 81 gp - 79 pts
10. Columbus - 80 gp - 77 pts
11. Minnesota - 80 gp - 75 pts

Eastern:
6. NY Rangers - 81 gp - 86 pts
7. Toronto - 80 gp - 84 pts
8. Carolina - 80 gp - 83 pts
9. NY Islanders - 80 gp - 81 pts

April 6th - We're at Minnesota

[B]Game 81: Columbus (31-34-7-8) 77 pts @ Minnesota (33-38-2-7) 75 pts @ [/B]

Game Notes: I'm going with...........Denis, as he's not that tired and I really feel that he'll give us the best chance to win. However, I'll be quick at the trigger to pull him if I need to.

The Lines:
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Hyvonen-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Minnesota Wild 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 0
Shots: 43 - 21
MIN PP: 2 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:68/76=89 %, Challenges:49/57=84 %
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:55/64=85 %, Challenges:40/45=87 %
Attendance: 8222 of 18600 (X-Cel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 398767 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:25 1-0 MIN Andrew Brunette [22] (Marian Gaborik)PP
11:53 2-0 MIN Richard Park [11] (Matt Johnson, Kyle Wanvig)
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no scoring
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48:01 3-0 MIN Willie Mitchell [7] (Jason Wiemer)PP
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Penalty summary:
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03:37 MIN Erik Reitz (2 min for hooking)
08:58 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for slashing)
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20:41 MIN Jason Beckett (2 min for hooking)
36:03 MIN Willie Mitchell (2 min for tripping)
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47:53 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for hooking)
53:04 MIN Rickard Wallin (2 min for slashing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kyle Wanvig 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.10 7
R Jim Dowd 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 13.40 7
R Wes Walz 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 20.10 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 8
C Richard Park 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 6
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 12.40 6
C Jason Wiemer 0 1 6 1 1 1 0 0 18.20 8
C Sergei Zholtok 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 8
L Matt Johnson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.40 5
L Darby Hendrickson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
L Andrew Brunette 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 8
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
D Jason Beckett 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 13.50 6
D Jason Marshall 0 0 1 5 0 4 0 1 23.30 8
D Willie Mitchell 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 27.40 7
D Erik Reitz 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 7.20 6
D Nick Schultz 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 22.00 7
D Filip Kuba 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 21 0 0 60.00 10
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 14.30 8
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 23.30 8
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 4
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 21.20 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 24.00 7
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 23.00 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 21.40 8
D Scott Lachance 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 21.40 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 29.10 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.40 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 9 0 0 12.00 5
G Pascal Leclaire 1 0 31 0 0 48.00 10

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Manny Fernandez
2nd star: Marian Gaborik
3rd star: Andrew Brunette

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Andrew Brunette has marked a new career high in goals with 22 tallies.
-Jason Wiemer notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Andrew Brunette finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Willie Mitchell ended his 5 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 24) , Syracuse Crunch 4( 19)
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1-0 HOU Mikko Koivu
1-1 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Alexander Gusjkov)
1-2 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Brad Moran)
1-3 SYR Mike Pandolfo (Alexander Gusjkov, Brad Moran)
1-4 SYR Kent McDonell (Mike Souza, Don MacLean)
2-4 HOU Derek Boogaard (James Patterson, Alexandre Daigle)

Goalies: Barry Brust - Karl Goehring

It didn't matter who I had in net, because we got no offense from our team. Denis came out and let up two easier goals, and then Leclaire came in and played wonderfully, really making myself mad as I knew Denis wasn't totally rested. Unless a miracle happens, we are done.

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 1, Washington 3
Philadelphia 3, Buffalo 3
NY Islanders 3, Ottawa 1
Boston 3, Atlanta 1
Minnesota 3, Columbus 0
Chicago 6, Toronto 3
Phoenix 3, Anaheim 3

Playoff Race:

Western:
7. Phoenix - 81 gp - 81 pts
8. Edmonton - 81 gp - 79 pts
9. St. Louis - 81 gp - 79 pts
10. Minnesota - 81 gp - 77 pts
11. Columbus - 81 gp - 77 pts

Eastern:
6. NY Rangers - 81 gp - 86 pts
7. Toronto - 81 gp - 84 pts
8. NY Islanders - 81 gp - 83 pts
9. Carolina - 81 gp - 83 pts

April 7th - Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Nashville 4, Vancouver 2
New Jersey 4, Pittsburgh 2
San Jose 5, Dallas 3
Florida 3, NY Rangers 1
Buffalo 3, NY Islanders 4
Montreal 2, Philly 3
Ottawa 4, Toronto 1
St. Louis 2, Detroit 3 (Keeps us alive!!!)
Calgary 5, Los Angeles 0
Colorado 3, Edmonton 0 (Keeps us alive!!!)

Playoff Race:

Western:
7. Phoenix - 81 gp - 81 pts
8. Edmonton - 82 gp - 79 pts
9. St. Louis - 82 gp - 79 pts (Out of playoffs for sure)
10. Minnesota - 81 gp - 77 pts
11. Columbus - 81 gp - 77 pts

Eastern:
6. NY Rangers - 82 gp - 86 pts
7. NY Islanders - 82 gp - 85 pts
8. Toronto - 82 gp - 84 pts
9. Carolina - 81 gp - 83 pts (They win, they're in)

April 8th - Home game against Chicago

[B]Game 82: Chicago (28-46-0-7) 63 pts @ Columbus (31-35-7-8) 77 pts @ [/B]

Game Notes: Very interesting storylines here. First of all, Pascal Leclaire has came down with the flu, and will not play tonight, unless in an emergency, making my decision to start Denis very easy. If we win and Minnesota loses at home against Vancouver, we tie for 8th with Edmonton, but I don't know if we win the tiebraker. If Minnesota wins, its a 3-way tie, and I think they have the tiebraker over us, but again, I'm not sure. All I know is that we need to win to have a chance.

The Lines:
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Boyle
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Spacek
Line 3: Czerkawski-Hartigan-Letowski-Lachance-Manning
Line 4: Hyvonen-Pirjeta-Cisar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Boyle-Spacek

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Klesla
PK 2: Pirjeta-Knutsen-Manning-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Chicago Blackhawks 5
Shots: 29 - 29
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:36/50=70 %
CHI PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:62/77=80 %, Challenges:29/40=70 %
Attendance: 6458 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 361002 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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06:48 1-0 CBS Trevor Letowski [24] (Todd Marchant, Rostislav Klesla)
14:23 2-0 CBS Trevor Letowski [25] (Paul Manning, Scott Lachance)
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23:27 3-0 CBS Trevor Letowski [26] (Mariusz Czerkawski, Mark Hartigan)
24:47 4-0 CBS Rick Nash [27] (Rostislav Klesla)
34:11 4-1 CHI Igor Korolev [3] (Tyler Arnason, Eric Daze)
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40:45 4-2 CHI Kyle Calder [21] (Steve Sullivan)
43:48 4-3 CHI Mark Bell [17] (Duncan Keith, Tyler Arnason)
46:35 4-4 CHI Steve Sullivan [18] (Kyle Calder, Alex Zhamnov)
54:47 4-5 CHI Nathan Dempsey [6] (Tyler Arnason)
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Penalty summary:
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04:31 CBS Hannes Hyvönen (2 min for hooking)
16:44 CHI Yorick Treille (2 min for boarding)
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31:54 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:42 CHI Ville Nieminen (2 min for roughing)
41:42 CBS Dan Boyle (2 min for roughing)
48:04 CHI Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for tripping)
52:49 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for tripping)
57:47 CHI Igor Korolev (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
R Trevor Letowski 3 0 4 1 2 2 0 -2 29.30 10
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 11.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10.40 6
C Lasse Pirjetä 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 4
C Mark Hartigan 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.50 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 13.10 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 30.00 7
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 8.00 7
L Mariusz Czerkawski 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8.50 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 6
L Rick Nash 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 23.30 8
D Scott Lachance 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 9.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 15.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 2 2 5 4 4 2 -1 35.50 8
D Paul Manning 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 10.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 25.10 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 23.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 5 0 24 0 0 60.00 5
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Yorick Treille 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 9.20 5
R Ryan Vandenbussche 0 0 1 4 2 5 0 1 12.10 7
R Ville Nieminen 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 12.20 7
R Steve Sullivan 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 19.00 9
C Igor Korolev 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 9.20 8
C Tyler Arnason 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 16.10 7
C Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 13.00 7
C Alex Zhamnov 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 21.30 7
L Jan Hlavac 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9.20 5
L Mark Bell 1 0 1 3 0 5 0 1 17.20 9
L Eric Daze 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 7
L Kyle Calder 1 1 5 0 3 1 0 0 18.00 8
D Duncan Keith 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 13.10 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.20 7
D Deron Quint 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 28.20 7
D Stephane Robidas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.10 5
D Nathan Dempsey 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 23.50 8
D Bryan Berard 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jocelyn Thibault 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Steve Passmore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Trevor Letowski
2nd star: Steve Sullivan
3rd star: Tyler Arnason

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Trevor Letowski has marked a new career high in points with 40 points.
-Trevor Letowski scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Paul Manning ended his 9 game point drought.

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Nathan Dempsey has marked a new career high in goals with 6 tallies.
-Igor Korolev ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Eric Daze had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Kyle Calder ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 19) , Norfolk Admirals 4( 18)
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0-1 NOR Igor Radulov (Blake Bellefeuille)
1-1 SYR Aaron Johnson (Brad Moran, Alexander Gusjkov)
1-2 NOR Blake Bellefeuille (Igor Radulov)
1-3 NOR Pavel Vorobiev (Nicolas Corbeil, Travis Moen)
1-4 NOR Matt Keith (Reto Von Arx)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Michael Leighton

I don't wanna commenton this at all, I just know that these guys don't deserve the playoffs by folding like this. Marc Denis has just gotten on my bad side these last games where he's cost us the game by letting in a couple softies. He's on a short leash next year and Leclaire will be given the chance to win the starting job.

Today's Scores:

Carolina 5, Pittsburgh 3 (Carolina knocks Toronto out of the playoffs)
Minnesota 6, Vancouver 2 (Minnesota gets into the playoffs)
Boston 3, New Jersey 3
Atlanta 1, Tampa Bay 1
Columbus 4, Chicago 5
Phoenix 3, San Jose 1

Final Standings:

Western

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Detroit Red Wings 82 53 18 6 5 117 .713 259 202 15.38 86.49 7-1-2-0 33-3-4-1 20-15-2-4
*Colorado Avalanche 82 52 19 3 8 115 .701 270 206 18.46 88.46 6-1-2-1 32-5-1-3 20-14-2-5
*Dallas Stars 82 43 28 4 7 97 .591 250 218 19.66 83.03 4-5-0-1 26-11-2-2 17-17-2-5
*Vancouver Canucks 82 44 30 2 6 96 .585 264 232 18.63 84.23 3-6-0-1 25-11-1-4 19-19-1-2
*Anaheim Mighty Ducks 82 39 29 6 8 92 .561 222 212 16.62 84.29 5-3-0-2 25-10-2-4 14-19-4-4
*Los Angeles Kings 82 34 29 5 14 87 .530 245 241 16.98 84.26 2-3-3-2 19-12-4-6 15-17-1-8
*Phoenix Coyotes 82 32 31 2 17 83 .506 229 220 12.58 84.67 3-3-0-4 19-11-2-9 13-20-0-8
*Minnesota Wild 82 35 38 2 7 79 .482 223 222 14.42 84.28 6-4-0-0 20-14-1-6 15-24-1-1
Edmonton Oilers 82 33 36 2 11 79 .482 228 239 17.74 83.88 2-8-0-0 21-12-2-6 12-24-0-5
St. Louis Blues 82 32 35 5 10 79 .482 232 258 15.33 83.29 3-5-1-1 19-16-0-6 13-19-5-4
Columbus Blue Jackets 82 31 36 7 8 77 .470 231 247 13.33 81.08 4-3-1-2 17-17-6-1 14-19-1-7
Calgary Flames 82 29 35 2 16 76 .463 228 241 13.86 83.75 4-4-0-2 19-15-1-6 10-20-1-10
San Jose Sharks 82 29 41 4 8 70 .427 203 255 14.80 83.74 5-4-0-1 17-18-2-4 12-23-2-4
Nashville Predators 82 28 44 3 7 66 .402 196 245 13.92 85.99 5-4-0-1 19-17-2-3 9-27-1-4
Chicago Blackhawks 82 29 46 0 7 65 .396 190 238 15.51 84.78 7-2-0-1 19-18-0-4 10-28-0-3

Eastern

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
----------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -------- ------------ ------------
*Ottawa Senators 82 53 18 3 8 117 .713 266 204 21.68 85.97 9-1-0-0 29-6-2-4 24-12-1-4
*New Jersey Devils 82 52 17 4 9 117 .713 270 177 19.87 85.54 4-3-0-3 27-6-4-4 25-11-0-5
*Washington Capitals 82 37 32 2 11 87 .530 239 239 20.95 85.02 3-7-0-0 19-13-0-9 18-19-2-2
*Boston Bruins 82 48 20 1 13 110 .671 256 205 17.00 82.61 7-2-0-1 30-4-0-7 18-16-1-6
*Philadelphia Flyers 82 43 25 3 11 100 .610 247 220 19.83 82.13 5-3-0-2 25-6-3-7 18-19-0-4
*New York Rangers 82 36 32 5 9 86 .524 242 238 13.35 83.19 1-5-1-3 22-12-3-4 14-20-2-5
*New York Islanders 82 37 34 4 7 85 .518 244 243 16.12 83.11 6-2-0-2 21-14-3-3 16-20-1-4
*Carolina Hurricanes 82 36 33 2 11 85 .518 230 243 17.49 82.59 7-3-0-0 22-13-2-4 14-20-0-7
Toronto Maple Leafs 82 36 34 4 8 84 .512 233 241 15.20 80.70 2-7-0-1 22-15-2-2 14-19-2-6
Buffalo Sabres 82 33 36 4 9 79 .482 230 250 14.20 84.49 2-6-1-1 19-15-3-4 14-21-1-5
Tampa Bay Lightning 82 32 40 2 8 74 .451 227 226 13.85 80.54 3-5-0-2 20-15-1-5 12-25-1-3
Florida Panthers 82 30 42 0 10 70 .427 231 238 13.98 86.23 6-3-0-1 18-18-0-5 12-24-0-5
Montreal Canadiens 82 27 43 6 6 66 .402 203 251 13.47 83.10 5-4-1-0 16-20-2-3 11-23-4-3
Pittsburgh Penguins 82 26 44 6 6 64 .390 180 244 12.29 83.16 4-5-1-0 17-20-0-4 9-24-6-2
Atlanta Thrashers 82 24 47 2 9 59 .360 172 245 13.14 82.58 1-8-0-1 16-18-0-7 8-29-2-2

Kovalchuck and Ovechkin on the same line, wow!!!!! Atlanta has the best chance to get him, but Pittsburgh and Chicago (eek, my division!) still have a shot. We'll have the 10th pick, not too bad.

Columbus's Stats:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
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R *Nikolai Zherdev CBS 82 30 46 76 -10 66 12 16 28 0 0 0 299 10.0 47.2 4 42 149 22 49 13 -36 30 82 4 6 0 0 7.4
C Todd Marchant CBS 82 32 43 75 -10 24 11 15 26 4 1 5 279 11.5 62.3 6 77 111 24 72 10 -62 64 82 2 7 0 0 7.2
L Rick Nash CBS 82 27 48 75 -2 53 10 15 25 0 0 0 285 9.5 49.0 3 21 145 21 78 12 -66 23 82 2 5 3 1 7.2
L Geoff Sanderson CBS 81 24 30 54 6 22 3 9 12 0 0 0 190 12.6 54.7 4 22 136 17 50 10 -40 27 27 3 4 0 0 6.8
D Rostislav Klesla CBS 78 7 42 49 -6 42 2 9 11 0 3 3 178 3.9 0 1 166 135 30 74 117 43 105 5 1 3 0 0 7.7
C Espen Knutsen CBS 78 18 28 46 8 46 3 3 6 2 1 3 165 10.9 48.4 3 32 62 15 18 30 12 43 71 2 4 0 0 7.0
R Trevor Letowski CBS 75 26 15 41 3 50 2 1 3 1 3 4 147 17.7 37.4 2 68 63 16 34 41 7 39 26 2 3 0 0 6.4
D Darryl Sydor CBS 82 8 30 38 1 28 2 14 16 0 0 0 115 7.0 0 1 105 65 24 38 51 13 82 82 4 4 0 0 7.1
D Dan Boyle CBS 79 6 25 31 -8 14 2 2 4 0 1 1 114 5.3 0 0 78 56 23 48 45 -3 71 19 1 3 0 0 6.8
R Nikita Alexeev CBS 59 12 13 25 0 12 1 2 3 0 0 0 99 12.1 17.6 2 7 47 12 26 10 -16 9 37 2 3 0 0 6.2
D Jaroslav Spacek CBS 76 3 21 24 -1 34 0 2 2 0 0 0 69 4.3 0 0 61 56 18 30 50 20 64 23 1 2 0 0 6.3
R Jaroslav Bednar CBS 61 5 9 14 -11 32 1 2 3 0 0 0 88 5.7 47.6 0 34 47 11 30 21 -9 13 0 1 2 0 0 6.6
R Marian Cisar CBS 70 3 11 14 -2 38 0 1 1 0 0 0 64 4.7 14.3 1 16 37 7 22 18 -4 9 25 1 1 0 0 5.6
L Mariusz Czerkawski CBS 70 8 5 13 -3 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 83 9.6 35.7 1 3 56 8 29 11 -18 10 40 1 2 0 0 5.8
D Scott Lachance CBS 67 1 8 9 -8 21 0 1 1 0 0 0 17 5.9 0 0 54 16 13 24 52 28 44 12 1 1 0 0 6.2
C Mark Hartigan CBS 39 3 6 9 -4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 8.3 42.8 0 15 22 9 15 15 0 10 39 1 3 0 0 5.9
C Lasse Pirjetä CBS 58 2 6 8 -16 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 50 4.0 27.6 0 28 24 9 13 28 15 9 49 1 1 0 0 6.0
D *Paul Manning CBS 36 0 4 4 -14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 32 4 11 7 23 16 10 31 0 1 0 0 6.0
C *Brad Moran CBS 25 2 2 4 -1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 12.5 36.2 1 4 6 6 6 6 0 5 25 1 1 0 0 5.6
D Jamie Pushor CBS 21 1 3 4 -1 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16.7 0 0 12 5 12 5 9 4 11 0 0 2 4 0 6.0
L *Mike Pandolfo CBS 39 1 2 3 -13 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 2.6 50.0 0 14 32 9 23 12 -11 4 0 1 1 0 0 6.0
L Jody Shelley CBS 24 1 1 2 -1 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7.7 0.0 0 16 10 6 10 16 6 2 1 1 1 7 5 6.1
R *Andrej Nedorost CBS 10 1 1 2 -1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12.5 100. 0 2 3 6 3 1 -2 0 7 1 1 0 0 6.1
D *Aaron Johnson CBS 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6.5
D Derrick Walser CBS 3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.6
L Hannes Hyvönen CBS 16 0 0 0 -3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 5 8 8 8 7 -1 1 12 0 0 0 0 5.7
D Alexander Gusjkov CBS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0


Name Tea GP G A PTS W L OtL T SA PCT SO GAA GA Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
*Pascal Leclaire CBS 14 0 0 0 5 4 3 2 420 91.1 0 2.90 41 8.07
Marc Denis CBS 56 0 2 2 25 20 4 4 1380 89.8 2 2.85 156 7.30

For next year, I'd like to have a simple web page to update everything on, that way the posts are less cluttered.

For the upcoming playoffs, since i'm not in them, I'm just going to tell you who wins each round.

[TurnerONU22]

NOOOO....what are we doing.....Steen, White and Antropov, all gone not nothing....NOTHING :mad:

I truly believe this is what cost Toronto the playoffs, they should have never made either move, as they were sitting pretty, but then just fell apart.

Two things unusual about the thrashing of Detroit....
1. Columbus thrashed Detroit
2. Rick Nash passed the Puck....I know he's good, but I'd bet he'd have 10 4 goal games before 1 4 assist games......

Yeah, both of these really surprised me, but I think it was more of CuJo playing the worst game of the year and we playing one of our best. Also, wait and see about Nash, in real life, if we can pick up someone in FA or through our system that can sit in front of the net, allowing him to setup some other guys.

[TurnerONU22]

Well, for the playoffs, the Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup in 7 games against the Colorado Avalanche. Colorado was close to losing to Phoenix in the first round, but came back down two game to win and then cruised to the finals. Hopefully I can be in this next year.

We had a handful of guys play in the World Championships this year:

-Geoff Sanderson (CAN)
-Espen Knutsen (NOR)
-Mariusz Czerkawski (POL)
-Scott Lachance (USA)
-Marian Cisar (SVK)
-Andrej Nedorost (SVK)
-Hannes Hyvönen (FIN)
-Jekabs Redlihs (LAT)
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (NOR)
-Nikolai Zherdev (RUS)
-Alexander Gusjkov (RUS)

which was won by team Sweden, who beat up on the USA in the finals. Sweden was lead by Mats Sundin, who was the tournament MVP with 5 goals and 12 assists.

The all-star teams found us having one Blue Jacket in Nicky Zherdev, the first team all-Rookie.

1st All-Stars
R Jarome Iginla
C Peter Forsberg
L Markus Näslund
D Nicklas Lidström
D Sergei Gonchar
G Martin Brodeur

2nd All-Stars
R Marian Hossa
C Joe Thornton
L Patrik Elias
D Sandis Ozolinsh
D Chris Pronger
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère

1st All-Rookies
R Nikolai Zherdev
C Eric Staal
L Jeff Heerema
D Carlo Colaiacovo
D Braydon Coburn
G Ryan Miller

2nd All-Rookies
R Mike Morris
C Tuomo Ruutu
L Colby Armstrong
D Brooks Orpik
D Dan Hamhuis
G Robert Goepfert

The Awards (winner in bold)

NHL nominates players for NHL Awards
The NHL has released the annual list of award nominees. For each category in which the winner is voted, there are three nominees. The annual NHL Awards Ceremony is held right after the Stanley Cup Finals.

Here are the candidates for season 2003-04:

Jack Adams Award
1. Dave Lewis, Detroit Red Wings
2. Pat Burns, New Jersey Devils
3. Jacques Martin, Ottawa Senators
Annual award given to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success

Calder Memorial Trophy
1. Carlo Colaiacovo, Toronto Maple Leafs
2. Nikolai Zherdev, Columbus Blue Jackets
3. Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
Annual award given to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League

Hart Memorial Trophy
1. Patrik Elias, New Jersey Devils
2. Markus Näslund, Vancouver Canucks
3. Peter Forsberg, Colorado Avalanche
Annual award given to the player judged to be the most valuable to his team

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1. Patrik Elias, New Jersey Devils
2. Markus Näslund, Vancouver Canucks
3. Ryan Smyth, Edmonton Oilers
Annual award given to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability

James Norris Memorial Trophy
1. Sandis Ozolinsh, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
2. Scott Niedermayer, New Jersey Devils
3. Nicklas Lidström, Detroit Red Wings
Annual award given to the defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position

Frank J. Selke Trophy
1. Bobby Holik, New York Rangers
2. Georges Laraque, Edmonton Oilers
3. Owen Nolan, Toronto Maple Leafs
Annual award given to the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game

The other awards (to the best of my memory):

Stanley Cup Champions - Boston Bruins
Art Ross Trophy - Marcus Naslund
Maurice Richard Trophy - Alexei Kovalev
Jennings Trophy - Martin Brodeur
Vezina Trophy - Martin Brodeur
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: Colorado Avalanche
Prince of Wales Trophy: Boston Bruins
Presidents' Trophy: Ottawa Senators
Conn Smythe Trophy: Joe Thornton

After all of this, I finally arrived at Draft Day 2004, with Atlanta having the first pick, then Pittsburgh, then Chicago.

Atlanta drafts Alexander Ove.................wait......they draft Rostislav Olesz instead. What is going on here????? Atlanta passes on the best prospect in the draft to grab the 2nd best RW (behind Ovechkin).

Pittsburgh drafts Alexander Ove......................wait again......they draft Robbie Schremp. What are they thinking????? They get very lucky that Ovechkin falls to them, and then blunder that chance to take a C.

Chicago gets up and drafts Ovechkin this time. That's great, just what I need, to face Ovechkin 6 times a year.

Well, we're sitting at the 10th pick, but Florida comes up at the 7th and we fall in love with C Evan McGrath, as he'll be a stud playmaker to put between Nash and Zherdev. So, we give up our pick and a 4th rounder to move up and get him. In the OHL, he posted 82 goals and 82 assists in 76 games, and should be a terrific player for us. The only thing I'm worried about is that his defense is a little lacking and I'm afraid of putting Nash, Zherdev and McGrath together (eventually) and have no defense.

Towards the end of the first round, we have Boston's pick, and we take Nikolai Lemtyugov, a guy in the mold of another Nikolai, Zherdev that is. He's a great scorer and could be a great 2nd line guy in the future.

The rest of our draft:

2 / 40 Dwight Corrales - Defenseman from Providence who is great in his own end

3 / 70 Mike Green - Talented offensive defenseman who has a lot of potential

3 / 87 Gustav Engman - Defenseman, An underrated guy, but our scouts loved his defense

5 / 130 Kirk Conn - LW, Not sure about him, but he has that grit

5 / 138 Mark Kolanos - RW, a lot like Conn, but with some more potential

5 / 150 Christoph Ullmann - LW, the last pick, played for Germany in the World Championships, so he'll get some experience for a young guy. I'll keep an eye out for him.

[TurnerONU22]

The next big event after the draft is the training camp and some free agency as well. Since I was such a bad team, many talented players don't want to come to Columbus to play. One guy that I convinced to come is Sean O'Donnell, formerly of the Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins. I felt I needed a strong defensive presence to help out on my PK, along with my offensive defensemen. O'Donnell should find himself on the top line and the top PK line with Klesla, who already seem to have a good chemistry together.

In training camp, we finish with one of the best records, going (6-2-0-0) and playing very well. We got to see some of our young guys in action, such as C Evan McGrath, who played awesome, centering a PP line with Zherdev and Nash, D Mark Stuart, Dwight Corrales, Aaron Johnson and Alexander Gusjkov, all fighting for a spot in Columbus.

Ultimately, I decided to send Corrales, C Dan Fritsche, D Dmitry Kosmachev, D Mike Green and D Gustav Engmann back to juniors. Those were the ones I reached a contract with. Also, Mark Stuart barely lost the 6th D-Man spot to Paul Manning. I felt Stuart would develop better in Syracuse as the top guy, than as the 6th guy in Columbus. He'll be teaming up with Aaron Johnson to form one of the best bluelines in the AHL.

When the waiver draft came around, I noticed three glaring weaknesses: Left wing, toughness and an enforcer. Welcome Todd Fedoruk in from Philadelphia, who is young, has a solid game, and will be great on our fourth line and could step up to the third if needed. He'll be a breath of fresh air for this "soft" team. After the draft, we put Marian Cisar on waivers and was claimed by the Wild.

Our Opening Day Roster:

Left Wing:

LW Rick Nash - He had an awesome sophomore season and hopes to keep getting better
LW Geoff Sanderson - A terrific 2nd line winger, will help bring some scoring
LW Mike Pandolfo - A quiet, but sound player, maybe our weakest player
LW Todd Fedoruk - The new fighter, but skilled player we needed

Center:

C Todd Marchant - A career season for Marchant hopefully catapaults him into the elite
C Espen Knutsen - Maybe the best player you've never heard of, 46 pts in 03-04
C Evan McGrath - The stud rookie earned a spot in this team, will be on top PP
C Mark Hartigan - A solid player who won't be here next year, as we are full of depth

Right Wing:

RW Nikolai Zherdev - The rookie of the year looks to follow Nash and avoid soph slump
RW Nikita Alexeev - Our steal last year from Tampa, this kid could be great
RW Trevor Letowski - Our great PK guy, has a solid game
RW Jaroslav Bednar - Will do the job as our 4th line guy

Defensemen:

D Rusty Klesla - A star in the making, he's got it all
D Sean O'Donnell - Our FA pickup should bring some help to our goalies
D Darryl Sydor - The captain looks to have a solid game still while leading
D Dan Boyle - Picked up from TB, has talent on the offensive end
D Jaroslav Spacek - Will be playing where he belongs, and it should help him
D Paul Manning - Had to fend off 3 kids, but still only 25 and loads of potential

Goalies:

G Pascal Leclaire - Will be given the chance to be our starter for a long time
G Marc Denis - Let us down when we needed him, he needs to regain his form

We're ready for our opening night at Calgary

[TurnerONU22]

Before we start, here are the retirees that I missed:

30-6-2004 Tony Hrkac retires
Tony Hrkac has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Dave Andreychuk retires
Dave Andreychuk has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 James Patrick retires
James Patrick has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Dave Lowry retires
Dave Lowry has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Phil Housley retires
Phil Housley has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Ron Francis retires
Ron Francis has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Arturs Irbe retires
Arturs Irbe has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Robert Kron retires
Robert Kron has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Steve Heinze retires
Steve Heinze has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Joe Nieuwendyk retires
Joe Nieuwendyk has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Brett Hull retires
Brett Hull has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Mike Keane retires
Mike Keane has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Ed Belfour retires
Ed Belfour has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Steve Yzerman retires
Steve Yzerman has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Joaquin Gage retires
Joaquin Gage has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Chris Chelios retires
Chris Chelios has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Igor Larionov retires
Igor Larionov has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Scott Mellanby retires
Scott Mellanby has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Dixon Ward retires
Dixon Ward has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Luc Robitaille retires
Luc Robitaille has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Kelly Buchberger retires
Kelly Buchberger has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Eric Weinrich retires
Eric Weinrich has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Mark Messier retires
Mark Messier has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Vladimir Malakhov retires
Vladimir Malakhov has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Cliff Ronning retires
Cliff Ronning has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Bill Houlder retires
Bill Houlder has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Paul Ranheim retires
Paul Ranheim has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Mark Recchi retires
Mark Recchi has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Jody Hull retires
Jody Hull has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Eric Desjardins retires
Eric Desjardins has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Bryan Marchment retires
Bryan Marchment has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Dallas Drake retires
Dallas Drake has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Mike Eastwood retires
Mike Eastwood has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Scott Young retires
Scott Young has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Al MacInnis retires
Al MacInnis has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Jeff Finley retires
Jeff Finley has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Gary Roberts retires
Gary Roberts has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Shayne Corson retires
Shayne Corson has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Steve Thomas retires
Steve Thomas has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Murray Baron retires
Murray Baron has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Curtis Joseph retires
Curtis Joseph has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Adam Oates retires
Adam Oates has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Peter Bondra retires
Peter Bondra has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Tommy Albelin retires
Tommy Albelin has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Mario Lemieux retires
Mario Lemieux has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Claude Lemieux retires
Claude Lemieux has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Jiri Dopita retires
Jiri Dopita has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2004 Dominik Hasek retires
Dominik Hasek has announced his retirement


Here's the only big trade:

31-8-2004 PHI-BUF trade
Philadelphia Flyers traded right wing Alexander Drozdetsky and center Patrick Sharp to Buffalo Sabres for left wing Miroslav Satan

A native of Slovakia, Miroslav Satan was originally drafted to the NHL by the Edmonton Oilers in the 5th round of the 1993 entry draft. He has appeared in 702 NHL games during his career, notching 261 goals and adding 273 assists along with 275 penalty minutes. The 29 year old left wing is eagerly waiting to hit the ice once the season starts.

We also made a trade, shipping Scott Lachance to Buffalo for a 5th round pick, trying to dump salary there.

There were some FA signings, but the transaction page already advanced, so I didn't get to write them down. If you see anyone in a weird place, ask me and I'll find out for ya.

Now, to the 2004-2005 season

[Johnny93g]

Atlanta drafts Alexander Ove.................wait......they draft Rostislav Olesz instead. What is going on here????? Atlanta passes on the best prospect in the draft to grab the 2nd best RW (behind Ovechkin).

Pittsburgh drafts Alexander Ove......................wait again......they draft Robbie Schremp. What are they thinking????? They get very lucky that Ovechkin falls to them, and then blunder that chance to take a C.

Chicago gets up and drafts Ovechkin this time. That's great, just what I need, to face Ovechkin 6 times a year.

ARE YOU SERIOUS????? Thats almost unbelievable....You should have jumped up after Pittsburgh passed.....

[TurnerONU22]

October 4th - Opening Night of NHL Hockey

Tonight's Scores:

Dallas 2, Colorado 1

October 5th - Its our opening game against Calgary

Game 1: Columbus (0-0-0-0) 0 pts @ Calgary (0-0-0-0) 0 pts

Game Notes: Pascal Leclaire starts tonight in net against Mikka Kipursoff from Calgary. Evan McGarth makes his NHL debut tonight for Columbus, centering the 3rd line with Trevor Letowski and Mike Pandolfo.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Fedoruk-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-McGrath-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Manning

Leclaire

Box Score:

Calgary Flames 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 27 - 30
CGY PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:67/81=82 %, Challenges:26/32=78 %
CBS PP: 0 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:79/93=84 %, Challenges:36/40=87 %
Attendance: 16338 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 779323 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:12 1-0 CGY Toni Lydman [1] (Oleg Saprykin, Steven Reinprecht)PP
11:29 1-1 CBS Rick Nash [1] (Todd Marchant, Rostislav Klesla)
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33:04 1-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [1] (Sean O'Donnell)SH
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45:58 2-2 CGY Martin Gelinas [1] (Andrew Ference, Jordan Leopold)
46:56 3-2 CGY Denis Gauthier [1] (Josh Green, Rhett Warrener)
47:49 3-3 CBS Mike Pandolfo [1] (Trevor Letowski)
49:05 4-3 CGY Dean McAmmond [1] (Jarome Iginla, Jordan Leopold)
49:26 4-4 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [1] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)
57:58 5-4 CGY Stephane Yelle [1] (Dean McAmmond)
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Penalty summary:
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00:01 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
00:01 CGY Rhett Warrener (5 min for fighting)
03:08 CGY Josh Green (2 min for cross-checking)
05:42 CGY Oleg Saprykin (2 min for boarding)
08:35 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for hooking)
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21:55 CGY Martin Gelinas (2 min for tripping)
24:33 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
26:03 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for roughing)
32:09 CBS Jaroslav Bednar (2 min for slashing)
35:03 CGY Rhett Warrener (2 min for cross-checking)
36:01 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for roughing)
36:01 CGY Chris Clark (2 min for roughing)
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53:17 CGY Blair Betts (2 min for hooking)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radovan Somik 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 9.40 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 0 16.10 7
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 12.40 7
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10.20 6
C Steven Reinprecht 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
C Stephane Yelle 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 20.50 8
L Oleg Saprykin 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 -1 11.40 7
L Josh Green 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 18.30 7
L Martin Gelinas 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 9.00 8
L Dean McAmmond 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 8
D Denis Gauthier 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 20.50 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 15.50 7
D Toni Lydman 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 -1 26.50 8
D Rhett Warrener 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 11.20 6
D Andrew Ference 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 -1 25.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roman Turek 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Miikka Kiprusoff 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7.10 7
R Trevor Letowski 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 14.20 9
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.20 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 21.20 7
C Todd Marchant 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 18.40 8
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.10 6
L Mike Pandolfo 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 8.50 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 20.20 7
L Rick Nash 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 -1 18.10 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 11.00 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 -1 25.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 18.10 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 4 1 2 0 1 28.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dean McAmmond
2nd star: Jordan Leopold
3rd star: Trevor Letowski

Notes for Calgary Flames:

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:
-Sean O'Donnell fought Rhett Warrener in a fight.

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 3( 18) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 27)
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1-0 SJF Oleg Saprykin
1-1 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Mike Souza)
2-1 SJF Greg Moore (Olivier Proulx)
2-2 SYR Riley Cote (Aaron Johnson)
3-2 SJF Martin Sonnenberg (Deryk Engelland)

Goalies: Brent Krahn - Karl Goehring

We went down fighting on the road, only if our goaltening would have been a little better, we would have been good. This is going to be a tough season in the net if neither Leclaire or Denis will step up. I was impressed with all our skaters tonight, McGrath played a solid game, Nash and Zherdev both scored and O'Donnell dropped the gloves a SECOND into the game, showing that the Jackets aren't going to be a soft team anymore.

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, Toronto 3
Buffalo 4, Chicago 3
New Jersey 5, Edmonton 1
Calgary 5, Columbus 4
Phoenix 4, St. Louis 1

October 6th - We play on back to back nights, against Vancouver

Game 2: Columbus (0-1-0-0) 0 pts @ Vancouver (0-0-0-0) 0 pts

Game Notes: This is Vancouver's first game of the season. Marc Denis will start for us tonight, as we try to get our first win of the season. Everyone else will stay the same.

The Lines:[/B]
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Fedoruk-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-McGrath-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Manning

Denis

Box Score:

Vancouver Canucks 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 5
Shots: 30 - 32
VAN PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:58/65=89 %, Challenges:36/42=83 %
CBS PP: 1 of 7 (7 shots), Passing:83/100=83 %, Challenges:38/39=95 %
Attendance: 18386 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 838402 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:13 1-0 VAN Daniel Sedin [1] (Bryan Allen, Henrik Sedin)
15:25 1-1 CBS Geoff Sanderson [1] (Espen Knutsen)
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22:47 1-2 CBS Todd Marchant [1] (Rick Nash, Nikolai Zherdev)
25:47 2-2 VAN Brendan Morrison [1] (Todd Bertuzzi, Markus Näslund)
26:24 3-2 VAN Todd Bertuzzi [1] (Markus Näslund, Brendan Morrison)
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48:45 3-3 CBS Rostislav Klesla [1] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)
51:41 3-4 CBS Espen Knutsen [1] (Geoff Sanderson, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
58:37 3-5 CBS Espen Knutsen [2] (Nikita Alexeev, Nikolai Zherdev) EN
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Penalty summary:
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00:53 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for diving)
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31:51 VAN Ed Jovanovski (2 min for tripping)
33:32 VAN Ivan Ciernik (2 min for cross-checking)
36:28 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for high-sticking)
38:48 VAN Sami Salo (2 min for high-sticking)
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40:47 VAN Brad May (2 min for high-sticking)
43:15 VAN Jesse Schultz (5 min for fighting)
43:15 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
48:59 VAN Daniel Sedin (2 min for holding the stick)
51:03 VAN Ed Jovanovski (2 min for holding the stick)
54:49 VAN Kirill Koltsov (2 min for high-sticking)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 5.50 6
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
R Trevor Linden 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 14.20 6
R Todd Bertuzzi 1 1 5 2 0 1 0 1 22.00 10
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.30 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 7
C Brandon Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.00 6
C Brendan Morrison 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.10 9
L Brad May 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16.00 5
L Daniel Sedin 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 13.00 7
L Ivan Ciernik 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -2 11.20 5
L Markus Näslund 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 8
D Bryan Allen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Kirill Koltsov 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 14.30 5
D Sami Salo 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 25.00 7
D Scott Ferguson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 23.30 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 0 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 5 0 27 0 0 59.20 5
G Mika Noronen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 5.40 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 10.00 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 17.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 24.30 9
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 5.40 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1 16.50 7
C Espen Knutsen 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 9
C Todd Marchant 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.40 8
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 -1 5.20 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 8.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 9
L Rick Nash 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 24.30 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 10.20 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21.00 5
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 20.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 12.50 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25.20 7
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 30.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Espen Knutsen
2nd star: Todd Bertuzzi
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat Jesse Schultz in a fight.

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 3( 28) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 24)
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1-0 MAN R.J. Umberger (Kevin Estrada)
1-1 SYR Aaron Johnson (Greg Maudlin, Shane Hynes)
2-1 MAN Jimmy Roy (R.J. Umberger)
2-2 SYR Shane Hynes (Aaron Johnson, Greg Maudlin)
3-2 MAN Tim Smith (Ryan Kesler)
3-3 SYR Mike Souza (Brad Moran, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)

Goalies: Alexander Auld - Karl Goehring

A big win for our team, as we were on the verge of starting 0-2. Marc Denis stepped up big in the third and shut the Canucks down. Klesla came through big with a tying goal and Knutsen finished the game off with a PP and a SH goal. Our young guys played another great game, really making me excited if we can keep playing like this. We get a few nights off after this.

Tonight's Scores:

Philly 5, Montreal 3
Atlanta 3, Anaheim 5
Florida 4, Edmonton 3
Tampa Bay 3, NY Islanders 4
Vancouver 3, Columbus 5
Los Angeles 4, Minnesota 5
San Jose 4, St. Louis 3
Pittsburgh 4, Nashville 1

March 7th- Our first off day

Tonight's Scores:

Washington 3, NY Rangers 4
Buffalo 4, Anaheim 1
Carolina 4, Atlanta 5
Toronton 3, Dallas 4
New Jersey 3, Boston 5
Ottawa 5, Montreal 3
Detroit 4, Chicago 4
Vancouver 2, Colorado 4
Phoenix 4, Minnesota 1
Nashville 4, Pittsburgh 5

March 8th- 2nd off day

Tonight's Scores:

Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 2
Tampa Bay 3, Edmonton 4

March 9th- 3rd off day, we get some extra practice in

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, Florida 4
Detroit 3, Anaheim 1
Ottawa 4, Dallas 2

March 10th- 4th off day

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 3, Dallas 4
Montreal 3, Vancouver 4
Calgary 3, Colorado 1

March 11th - Finally, we're at home, against those Canucks

Game 3: Vancouver (1-2-0-0) 2 pts @ Columbus (1-1-0-0) 2 pts

Game Notes: Pascal Leclaire gets the start for us tonight, and other than that, no changes again.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Fedoruk-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-McGrath-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Manning

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Vancouver Canucks 3
Shots: 21 - 28
CBS PP: 1 of 5 (2 shots), Passing:60/75=80 %, Challenges:38/54=69 %
VAN PP: 1 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:67/80=83 %, Challenges:28/49=56 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 871350 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:21 1-0 CBS Nikita Alexeev [1] (Geoff Sanderson, Espen Knutsen)PP
18:03 1-1 VAN Scott Ferguson [1] (Brendan Morrison, Trevor Linden)PP
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30:14 1-2 VAN Todd Bertuzzi [3] (Markus Näslund, Brad May)
32:35 1-3 VAN Henrik Sedin [1] (Trevor Linden, Scott Ferguson)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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09:15 VAN Daniel Sedin (2 min for roughing)
15:49 VAN Brad May (5 min for fighting)
15:49 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
17:18 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for hooking)
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36:07 VAN Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for hooking)
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44:29 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for tripping)
46:48 VAN Ivan Ciernik (2 min for hooking)
55:34 VAN Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for tripping)
57:05 VAN Brent Sopel (2 min for tripping)
59:55 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for boarding)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 13.20 7
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 24.10 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 8.40 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 19.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 13.30 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 18.20 5
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.00 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 11.10 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 24.10 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 11.50 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 18.30 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -1 21.20 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 12.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 -1 22.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 7 1 5 2 -1 33.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Bouck 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8.10 6
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 0 3 5 1 4 0 11.20 6
R Trevor Linden 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 1 17.20 8
R Todd Bertuzzi 1 0 3 5 3 5 0 1 20.30 8
C Matt Cooke 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 8.10 6
C Brandon Reid 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.10 6
C Henrik Sedin 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 18.20 7
C Brendan Morrison 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 22.10 8
L Brad May 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 10.50 6
L Ivan Ciernik 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10.10 6
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 15.20 7
L Markus Näslund 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 17.20 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.20 6
D Scott Ferguson 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 8
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 25.50 5
D Kirill Koltsov 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.00 7
D Brent Sopel 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 1 22.50 8
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 31.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mika Noronen 1 0 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Trevor Linden
2nd star: Scott Ferguson
3rd star: Mika Noronen

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:

Other notes:
-Brad May beat Sean O'Donnell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 19) , Manitoba Moose 2( 21)
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0-1 MAN Kevin Estrada (R.J. Umberger)
1-1 SYR Greg Maudlin (Jaroslav Balastik)
2-1 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Greg Maudlin)
3-1 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Alexander Gusjkov)
3-2 MAN René Vydareny (Nathan Smith)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Alexander Auld

Well, I thought we had a good shot, we just didn't get the offense we've need tonight, and maybe Leclaire needs to not play so much right now. Our team was a little sluggish from not playing in a while, so I hope they'll be ready tomorrow night at Chicago.

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 3, Montreal 6
Washington 4, Atlanta 3
Columbus 1, Vancouver 3
Ottaway 2, NY Islanders 4
Minnesota 3, New Jersey 3
Anaheim 1, St. Louis 2
Los Angeles 3, Boston 1

March 12th - Our second back to back, this one at Chicago

Game 4: Columbus (1-2-0-0) 2 pts @ Chicago (0-0-1-1) 2 pts

Game Notes: Marc Denis gets the start tonight in net, as he has the only victory for us. This is our first game against Alexander Ovechkin, who plays RW on the first line for Chicago and leads the team with 4 pts in 2 games (1 goal, 3 assists)

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Fedoruk-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-McGrath-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Manning

Denis

Box Score:

Chicago Blackhawks 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 0
Shots: 22 - 29
CHI PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:56/64=87 %, Challenges:25/37=65 %
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (1 shots), Passing:80/97=82 %, Challenges:43/51=82 %
Attendance: 20500 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 959400 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:25 1-0 CHI Steve McCarthy [1] (Kyle Calder, Blake Bellefeuille)
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37:12 2-0 CHI Eric Daze [1])SH
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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01:55 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for tripping)
17:29 CBS Nikita Alexeev (2 min for hooking)
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24:51 CHI Bryan Berard (2 min for boarding)
28:32 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
28:32 CHI Yorick Treille (5 min for fighting)
35:58 CHI Anton Babchuk (2 min for boarding)
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47:06 CHI Ryan Vandenbussche (2 min for hooking)
53:49 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for hooking)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Vandenbussche 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 7.00 6
R Ville Nieminen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13.10 6
R Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 14.10 6
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 18.40 6
C Yorick Treille 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6.10 6
C Blake Bellefeuille 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 13.40 7
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
C Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 7 1 6 0 0 20.40 10
L Jan Hlavac 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.50 6
L Mark Bell 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
L Kyle Calder 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 14.10 7
L Eric Daze 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 20.00 8
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 14.50 6
D Steve McCarthy 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 16.40 8
D Deron Quint 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 28.50 6
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
D Nathan Dempsey 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 15.30 7
D Bryan Berard 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 29 0 0 60.00 10
G Steve Passmore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 12.40 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12.20 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -2 24.20 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 7.40 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 15.20 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 15.20 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 21.40 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 0 7.20 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.40 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 15.40 8
L Rick Nash 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 24.20 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.10 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 4 3 0 2 2 -1 28.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 4
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 23.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 -2 33.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 20 0 0 59.20 8
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jocelyn Thibault
2nd star: Eric Daze
3rd star: Steve McCarthy

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat Yorick Treille in a fight.

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 3( 21) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 22)
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1-0 NOR Vaclav Varada (Matt Keith, Josef Marha)
2-0 NOR Igor Radulov (Jari Viuhkola)
2-1 SYR Shane Hynes (Greg Maudlin)
3-1 NOR Travis Moen (Stephane Robidas, Brandin Côté)

Goalies: Michael Leighton - Karl Goehring

Our offense has disappeared in our last two games, but I'm still confident in this team. Marc Denis plays another great game, we just needed the PP to come through in the clutch.

Tonight's Scores:

Dallas 2, New Jersey 4
Chicago 2, Columbus 0
Calgary 3, Detroit 5
Edmonton 3, Colorado 3
San Jose 5, Phoenix 3

March 13th - Extra practice today

Tonight's Scores:

Toronto 2, Philly 4
Florida 4, Carolina 6
Pittsburgh 2, Tampa Bay 3
Nashville 4, Atlanta 2
St. Louis 4, Minnesota 2
Vancouver 2, Buffalo 2
Anaheim 1, Boston 3

March 14th - Another off day

Tonight's Scores:

Montreal 4, Chicago 3
NY Islanders 4, Calgary 0
Ottawa 3, Toronto 4
Philly 3, Los Angeles 4
Pittsburgh 4, NY Rangers 6
Dallas 3, Atlanta 1
Nashville 5, Carolina 3
Colorado 4, Detroit 0
Phoenix 7, New Jersey 1
Edmonton 4, Buffalo 2
San Jose 3, Boston 3

March 15th - Home game against Calgary

Game 5: Calgary (2-2-0-0) 4 pts @ Columbus (1-3-0-0) 2 pts

Game Notes: Marc Denis gets the start tonight in net again, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with Leclaire yet. Everything else stays the same

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Fedoruk-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-McGrath-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Manning

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Calgary Flames 4
Shots: 29 - 29
CBS PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:65/84=77 %, Challenges:30/41=71 %
CGY PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:64/85=75 %, Challenges:26/39=65 %
Attendance: 8787 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 413867 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:01 1-0 CBS Todd Marchant [2] (Rick Nash, Sean O'Donnell)
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25:27 1-1 CGY Jarome Iginla [1] (Oleg Saprykin)
28:35 1-2 CGY Steven Reinprecht [1] (Martin Gelinas, Rhett Warrener)
37:08 2-2 CBS Rick Nash [2] (Evan McGrath, Darryl Sydor)
39:29 2-3 CGY Chuck Kobasew [3] (Martin Gelinas, Steven Reinprecht)
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50:14 2-4 CGY Jarome Iginla [2] (Radovan Somik, Oleg Saprykin)
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Penalty summary:
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23:24 CBS Jaroslav Bednar (2 min for elbowing)
34:46 CGY Radovan Somik (2 min for diving)
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47:14 CGY Matthew Lombardi (2 min for hooking)
51:14 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 7.00 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 12.30 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 24.00 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 6
C Evan McGrath 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 12.50 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 7
C Todd Marchant 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 23.40 8
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -1 16.30 7
L Rick Nash 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 24.00 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 18.00 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 1 7 2 6 0 -2 27.50 9
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -1 9.10 4
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 22.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 32.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 25 0 0 59.30 6
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radovan Somik 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -1 10.10 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 11.50 7
R Chuck Kobasew 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 16.30 8
R Jarome Iginla 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 20.40 9
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 8.00 5
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.20 6
C Steven Reinprecht 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 18.40 9
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 21.30 7
L Oleg Saprykin 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 12.10 5
L Josh Green 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 -1 12.40 7
L Martin Gelinas 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 14.40 6
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 1 18.30 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
D Rhett Warrener 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 20.00 8
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 28.30 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 5
D Andrew Ference 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 16.10 8
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 2 0 27 0 0 60.00 9
G Roman Turek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jarome Iginla
2nd star: Steven Reinprecht
3rd star: Miikka Kiprusoff

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Calgary Flames:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 8( 32) , Saint John Flames 0( 15)
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1-0 SYR Shane Hynes (Jaroslav Balastik, Aaron Johnson)
2-0 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Scott Heffernan)
3-0 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Mark Stuart, Andrej Nedorost)
4-0 SYR Mike Souza (Brad Moran)
5-0 SYR Brad Moran (Mike Souza, Alexander Gusjkov)
6-0 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Jaroslav Balastik)
7-0 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Andrej Nedorost)
8-0 SYR Brad Moran

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Andrei Medvedev

I don't know what's going wrong here, if its not one thing, its the other, Marc Denis played an okay game, and I think we need to get our offense going again, so I'm going to mess with a couple things.

Tonight's Scores:

Minnesota 4, Vancouver 2
Columbus 2, Calgary 4
Tampa Bay 2, Washington 3
Chicago 2, Detroit 1
Anaheim 1, Phoenix

March 16th - Off day

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 3, Los Angeles 4
Edmonton 1, Ottawa 3

March 17th - Home game against St. Louis

Game 6: St. Louis (2-2-1-0) 5 pts @ Columbus (1-4-0-0) 2 pts

Game Notes: Pascal Leclaire gets the start tonight for us in net, and our changes in the PP move McGrath off of it for now, along with Alexeev, as we try to get back to basics.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Fedoruk-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Manning

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , St. Louis Blues 1
Shots: 30 - 31
CBS PP: 0 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:70/84=83 %, Challenges:34/40=82 %
STL PP: 0 of 2 (9 shots), Passing:71/82=86 %, Challenges:41/53=75 %
Attendance: 6674 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 314346 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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02:16 1-0 CBS Geoff Sanderson [2] (Espen Knutsen, Todd Marchant)
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33:31 1-1 STL Pavol Demitra [2] (Teemu Selänne, Petr Cajanek)
35:48 2-1 CBS Todd Fedoruk [1] (Mark Hartigan, Rostislav Klesla)
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48:58 3-1 CBS Todd Marchant [3] (Trevor Letowski)SH
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Penalty summary:
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06:13 STL Jamal Mayers (2 min for holding the stick)
07:53 STL Barret Jackman (2 min for high-sticking)
13:46 STL Jamal Mayers (2 min for cross-checking)
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21:08 STL Reed Low (5 min for fighting)
21:08 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
31:17 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for hooking)
36:11 STL Keith Tkachuk (2 min for roughing)
36:11 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for roughing)
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41:33 STL Jamal Mayers (2 min for hooking)
48:46 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for hooking)
49:57 STL Keith Tkachuk (5 min for fighting)
49:57 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
57:29 STL Chris Pronger (2 min for high-sticking)
58:13 STL Jamal Mayers (2 min for elbowing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 15.20 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.20 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 22.00 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 8.50 8
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.00 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 24.50 8
L Todd Fedoruk 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 8.50 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 20.20 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 22.00 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7.30 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 25.20 8
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 1 2 1 12 1 22.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 6 4 0 2 0 1 32.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 1 0 30 0 0 60.00 10
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Riesen 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 9.00 5
R Eric Boguniecki 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 -1 11.10 6
R Teemu Selänne 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 -1 20.00 7
C Jay McClement 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.40 5
C Pavol Demitra 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 7
C Doug Weight 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
L Reed Low 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 13.10 5
L Petr Cajanek 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 7
L Magnus Arvedson 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 -1 21.50 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 5 0 1 0 7 -2 20.40 7
D Trevor Byrne 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
D Alexander Khavanov 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 16.10 7
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 27.00 7
D Karl Dykhuis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 19.00 6
D Chris Pronger 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 -1 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd Marchant
2nd star: Todd Fedoruk
3rd star: Geoff Sanderson

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Fedoruk ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Todd Fedoruk ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:

Other notes:
-Reed Low beat Sean O'Donnell in a fight.
-Keith Tkachuk fought Sean O'Donnell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 13) , Worcester Icecats 2( 30)
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1-0 SYR Shane Hynes (Jaroslav Balastik, Greg Maudlin)
1-1 WOR David Backes (Peter Sejna, Blake Evans)
2-1 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Scott Heffernan, Greg Maudlin)
2-2 WOR Colin Hemingway (Aaron Foster, Greg Black)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Konstantin Barulin

A big win for us tonight, and Leclaire plays that game we've been looking for. Our offense still is a little lacking, but I think we'll be good with that. I'm going to put McGrath on the 2nd PP for the next game, as I think he'll help out there better than Knutsen will.

Tonight's Scores:

New Jersey 3, Toronto 2
Atlanta 3, Colorado 3
Washington 2, Philly 4
Columbus 3, St. Louis 1
Montreal 3, Buffalo 5
NY Islanders 3, Los Angeles 0
Nashville 2, Anaheim 3
Vancouver 5, Boston 3

Standings:

Western:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Los Angeles Kings 6 4 1 1 0 9 .750 18 17 11.76 89.29 4-1-1-0 2-0-1-0 2-1-0-0
*Vancouver Canucks 7 3 3 0 1 7 .500 21 22 16.67 81.48 3-3-0-1 1-2-0-1 2-1-0-0
*Chicago Blackhawks 5 2 1 1 1 6 .600 14 13 15.00 81.25 2-1-1-1 2-0-0-0 0-1-1-1
*Phoenix Coyotes 5 4 1 0 0 8 .800 21 9 14.29 95.65 4-1-0-0 3-0-0-0 1-1-0-0
*Dallas Stars 6 4 2 0 0 8 .667 17 16 26.92 88.89 4-2-0-0 2-1-0-0 2-1-0-0
*Calgary Flames 5 3 2 0 0 6 .600 15 16 15.79 90.00 3-2-0-0 2-1-0-0 1-1-0-0
*Colorado Avalanche 6 2 2 0 2 6 .500 16 13 23.08 76.19 2-2-0-2 1-0-0-0 1-2-0-2
*San Jose Sharks 3 2 0 0 1 5 .833 12 9 17.65 100.0 2-0-0-1 2-0-0-1 0-0-0-0
Detroit Red Wings 5 2 2 0 1 5 .500 13 14 19.05 85.19 2-2-0-1 1-0-0-1 1-2-0-0
Nashville Predators 5 2 2 1 0 5 .500 16 17 7.41 76.47 2-2-1-0 2-1-1-0 0-1-0-0
Minnesota Wild 5 2 2 0 1 5 .500 15 17 14.29 77.78 2-2-0-1 1-0-0-1 1-2-0-0
Edmonton Oilers 6 2 3 0 1 5 .417 16 20 20.83 82.00 2-3-0-1 1-1-0-1 1-2-0-0
St. Louis Blues 6 2 3 1 0 5 .417 13 17 9.09 94.74 2-3-1-0 1-0-0-0 1-3-1-0
Columbus Blue Jackets 6 2 4 0 0 4 .333 15 18 7.14 87.50 2-4-0-0 1-2-0-0 1-2-0-0
Anaheim Mighty Ducks 7 2 5 0 0 4 .286 13 20 19.05 90.00 2-5-0-0 0-3-0-0 2-2-0-0

Eastern:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*New York Islanders 4 4 0 0 0 8 1.000 15 5 14.29 90.91 4-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 2-0-0-0
*Buffalo Sabres 5 3 1 0 1 7 .700 17 13 16.67 84.00 3-1-0-1 2-0-0-0 1-1-0-1
*Florida Panthers 3 2 1 0 0 4 .667 12 12 21.05 100.0 2-1-0-0 1-1-0-0 1-0-0-0
*Philadelphia Flyers 4 3 0 1 0 7 .875 16 11 14.71 83.33 3-0-1-0 1-0-1-0 2-0-0-0
*Boston Bruins 7 3 3 0 1 7 .500 23 22 13.33 76.67 3-3-0-1 1-1-0-0 2-2-0-1
*New Jersey Devils 6 3 2 0 1 7 .583 19 20 15.38 88.46 3-2-0-1 2-1-0-0 1-1-0-1
*Ottawa Senators 5 3 2 0 0 6 .600 17 14 14.29 82.61 3-2-0-0 2-2-0-0 1-0-0-0
*New York Rangers 4 2 1 1 0 5 .625 16 17 10.00 82.35 2-1-1-0 0-1-1-0 2-0-0-0
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 2 2 0 0 4 .500 15 14 12.50 86.67 2-2-0-0 1-2-0-0 1-0-0-0
Washington Capitals 4 2 2 0 0 4 .500 12 13 17.65 87.50 2-2-0-0 1-2-0-0 1-0-0-0
Montreal Canadiens 6 2 4 0 0 4 .333 22 25 14.29 81.82 2-4-0-0 1-2-0-0 1-2-0-0
Carolina Hurricanes 4 1 1 2 0 4 .500 16 18 15.38 77.78 1-1-2-0 0-0-2-0 1-1-0-0
Atlanta Thrashers 6 1 3 1 1 4 .333 17 23 12.00 70.00 1-3-1-1 0-1-0-1 1-2-1-0
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 1 3 0 0 2 .250 11 13 13.04 88.89 1-3-0-0 0-3-0-0 1-0-0-0
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 1 4 0 0 2 .200 14 19 14.29 78.26 1-4-0-0 0-2-0-0 1-2-0-0

Team Stats:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
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C Todd Marchant CBS 6 3 4 7 -2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 17 17.6 65.7 0 6 8 20 5 0 -5 4 88 2 2 0 0 7.3
L Rick Nash CBS 6 2 4 6 -2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 11.8 83.3 0 1 9 22 2 0 -2 3 88 1 2 0 0 7.5
C Espen Knutsen CBS 6 2 3 5 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 12 16.7 57.5 1 1 6 17 2 0 -2 3 77 1 2 0 0 7.1
L Geoff Sanderson CBS 6 2 2 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 18 11.1 21.4 0 3 6 17 2 1 -1 1 33 1 2 0 0 7.5
D Rostislav Klesla CBS 6 1 2 3 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 5.9 0 0 21 11 31 4 12 8 8 11 1 2 0 0 8.3
R Nikolai Zherdev CBS 6 1 2 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 4.8 16.7 0 4 19 22 2 2 0 4 88 1 2 0 0 8.0
R Trevor Letowski CBS 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 13 7.7 43.3 0 3 3 11 2 4 2 2 32 1 1 0 0 7.0
R Nikita Alexeev CBS 6 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 8.3 50.0 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 43 1 2 0 0 6.5
D Sean O'Donnell CBS 6 0 2 2 -3 26 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 13 2 24 5 10 5 4 100 0 1 4 0 6.8
C Mark Hartigan CBS 6 0 1 1 -1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 47.1 0 7 2 7 2 5 3 3 45 0 1 0 0 6.6
D Darryl Sydor CBS 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 7 21 5 3 -2 2 88 0 1 0 0 6.3
L Mike Pandolfo CBS 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50.0 50.0 0 3 3 8 2 6 4 0 6 1 1 0 0 6.1
C *Evan McGrath CBS 6 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 46.9 0 3 4 14 2 3 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 6.5
L Todd Fedoruk CBS 6 1 0 1 -1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11.1 100. 1 3 3 7 2 3 1 1 90 1 1 2 2 6.1
D Jaroslav Spacek CBS 6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 7 12 3 8 5 1 29 0 1 0 0 5.6
D Dan Boyle CBS 6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 2 19 3 2 -1 3 25 0 0 0 0 6.1
D Paul Manning CBS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 10 1 9 8 1 37 0 0 0 0 6.1
R Jaroslav Bednar CBS 6 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 4 1 8 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6.3


Name Tea GP G A PTS W L OtL T SA PCT SO GAA GA Ra
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*Pascal Leclaire CBS 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 77 89.5 0 3.00 9 7.00
Marc Denis CBS 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 72 88.9 0 3.02 9 7.33

[TurnerONU22]

Well, I had problems getting connected to the internet the past two days, but I've played a bunch of hockey in the meantime. Here's what you have missed:

24-10-2004 BUF-WSH trade
Buffalo Sabres traded center Petr Pohl, defenseman Oscar Hedman and left wing Chris McNamara to Washington Capitals for right wing Jaromir Jagr

A native of Czech, Jaromir Jagr was originally drafted to the NHL by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round of the 1990 entry draft. He has appeared in 1038 NHL games during his career, notching 551 goals and adding 773 assists along with 707 penalty minutes. The 32 year old right wing has played 6 games with the Washington Capitals this season, totalling 5+4=9 with 2 PIM.

27-10-2004 Mike Keenan fired
Pittsburgh Penguins have fired head coach Mike Keenan in order to shake up the team and get it out of the losing streak. The team has announced that Brian Sutter will be taking over the position.

4-11-2004 ANA-WSH trade
Anaheim Mighty Ducks traded Alexander Svitov to Washington Capitals for Washington Capitals 1st round pick in 2006 draft

12-11-2004 Doug MacLean fired
Columbus Blue Jackets have fired head coach Doug MacLean in order to shake up the team and get it out of the losing streak. The team has announced that Mike Keenan will be taking over the position.

20-11-2004 PIT-CHI trade
Pittsburgh Penguins traded defenseman Ross Lupaschuk and center Robbie Schremp to Chicago Blackhawks for right wing Alexander Ovechkin

A native of Russia, Alexander Ovechkin was originally drafted to the NHL by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1st round of the 2004 entry draft. He has appeared in 18 NHL games during his career, notching 4 goals and adding 8 assists along with 2 penalty minutes. The 19 year old right wing has played 18 games with the Chicago Blackhawks this season, totalling 4+8=12 with 2 PIM.

A native of Canada, Ross Lupaschuk was originally drafted to the NHL by the Washington Capitals in the 2nd round of the 1999 entry draft. He has appeared in 60 NHL games during his career, notching 3 goals and adding 9 assists along with 104 penalty minutes. The 23 year old defenseman has played 19 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, totalling 0+1=1 with 59 PIM.

A native of USA, Robbie Schremp was originally drafted to the NHL by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round of the 2004 entry draft. He has appeared in 19 NHL games during his career, notching 3 goals and adding 5 assists along with 0 penalty minutes. The 18 year old center has played 19 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, totalling 3+5=8 with 0 PIM.

25-11-2004 Darryl Sutter fired
Calgary Flames have fired head coach Darryl Sutter in order to shake up the team and get it out of the losing streak. The team has announced that Vyacheslav Fetisov will be taking over the position.

Well, first of all, we started out really slow, and then fired MacLean, bringing in Mike Keenan, who helped us play a lot better since and we're only a couple of games below .500 now.

Also, Pittsburgh could have just taken Ovechkin in the draft and it wouldn't have cost them an additional top prospect in Lupaschuk.

Alright, now that we're caught up, lets go Jackets!

[TurnerONU22]

Here's some updated Standings:

Western:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Colorado Avalanche 25 16 4 1 4 37 .740 83 62 18.11 77.46 9-0-0-1 11-1-1-1 5-3-0-3
*St. Louis Blues 24 13 7 3 1 30 .625 76 68 15.91 89.44 6-2-1-1 8-2-2-0 5-5-1-1
*Dallas Stars 25 13 11 1 0 27 .540 80 72 18.69 87.63 5-5-0-0 8-3-1-0 5-8-0-0
*Vancouver Canucks 28 14 9 2 3 33 .589 93 90 18.27 82.76 5-4-0-1 9-3-1-2 5-6-1-1
*Nashville Predators 26 12 10 2 2 28 .538 82 81 15.60 82.43 4-5-1-0 7-6-1-1 5-4-1-1
*Minnesota Wild 27 10 9 4 4 28 .519 81 80 12.61 84.96 5-2-1-2 6-2-2-3 4-7-2-1
*San Jose Sharks 22 12 7 1 2 27 .614 72 63 10.99 84.44 5-3-1-1 7-3-0-1 5-4-1-1
*Phoenix Coyotes 27 12 12 1 2 27 .500 81 86 16.04 83.06 2-7-0-1 8-2-0-2 4-10-1-0
Los Angeles Kings 27 12 12 2 1 27 .500 78 84 15.87 84.14 3-6-0-1 7-3-1-0 5-9-1-1
Columbus Blue Jackets 28 10 13 1 4 25 .446 81 90 9.45 80.81 5-2-1-2 6-6-0-2 4-7-1-2
Edmonton Oilers 27 9 12 0 6 24 .444 83 89 17.17 85.19 3-3-0-4 6-6-0-3 3-6-0-3
Detroit Red Wings 26 11 14 0 1 23 .442 66 81 14.29 87.96 3-7-0-0 8-7-0-1 3-7-0-0
Calgary Flames 28 10 15 0 3 23 .411 80 97 13.51 84.03 2-7-0-1 6-5-0-2 4-10-0-1
Chicago Blackhawks 26 9 14 1 2 21 .404 76 86 15.22 78.16 2-7-0-1 4-6-0-0 5-8-1-2
Anaheim Mighty Ducks 26 9 14 1 2 21 .404 68 82 18.37 82.94 4-4-1-1 5-5-0-1 4-9-1-1

Eastern:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Ottawa Senators 26 16 9 0 1 33 .635 85 76 21.71 81.05 9-1-0-0 11-4-0-0 5-5-0-1
*New Jersey Devils 26 15 8 0 3 33 .635 81 66 13.86 86.32 6-4-0-0 9-3-0-2 6-5-0-1
*Florida Panthers 24 14 5 1 4 33 .688 88 64 10.64 88.06 7-2-0-1 9-2-0-1 5-3-1-3
*Philadelphia Flyers 24 14 5 1 4 33 .688 91 60 21.92 83.10 7-0-0-3 7-3-1-2 7-2-0-2
*Boston Bruins 26 14 8 0 4 32 .615 97 76 21.19 78.87 6-2-0-2 9-3-0-2 5-5-0-2
*Buffalo Sabres 24 13 6 2 3 31 .646 79 69 14.52 84.68 5-4-1-0 8-2-2-1 5-4-0-2
*New York Rangers 26 14 11 1 0 29 .558 89 83 19.80 81.62 5-5-0-0 7-4-1-0 7-7-0-0
*Tampa Bay Lightning 25 13 10 1 1 28 .560 72 85 12.63 83.67 4-5-0-1 8-3-0-0 5-7-1-1
New York Islanders 24 11 9 2 2 26 .542 76 75 19.80 83.96 6-4-0-0 6-3-1-1 5-6-1-1
Atlanta Thrashers 26 10 12 1 3 24 .462 77 89 16.67 83.17 5-4-0-1 6-5-0-2 4-7-1-1
Montreal Canadiens 27 11 15 0 1 23 .426 84 91 15.09 87.16 3-6-0-1 7-6-0-0 4-9-0-1
Carolina Hurricanes 24 7 11 2 4 20 .417 68 80 15.22 78.67 2-5-0-3 4-3-2-2 3-8-0-2
Toronto Maple Leafs 25 9 15 0 1 19 .380 80 85 22.34 79.76 3-7-0-0 6-6-0-1 3-9-0-0
Washington Capitals 24 8 14 0 2 18 .375 61 72 17.65 84.55 4-5-0-1 5-6-0-1 3-8-0-1
Pittsburgh Penguins 25 7 16 0 2 16 .320 61 87 13.00 82.35 4-6-0-0 4-7-0-2 3-9-0-0

And some team stats:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
L Rick Nash CBS 28 10 16 26 -6 20 2 5 7 0 0 0 106 9.4 70.0 0 6 38 22 12 1 -11 10 110 1 3 0 0 7.4
C Espen Knutsen CBS 28 9 14 23 -5 18 1 3 4 0 0 0 67 13.4 54.6 3 15 22 17 10 0 -10 13 99 5 6 0 0 7.1
C Todd Marchant CBS 23 6 15 21 -3 4 1 4 5 2 2 4 82 7.3 63.6 0 26 26 25 18 7 -11 17 0 2 4 0 0 7.5
R Trevor Letowski CBS 28 12 9 21 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 6 56 21.4 43.5 3 27 40 14 17 10 -7 17 54 3 3 0 0 6.8
R Nikolai Zherdev CBS 28 8 9 17 -7 4 4 2 6 0 0 0 107 7.5 52.0 1 19 56 23 11 3 -8 12 110 2 2 0 0 7.7
D Rostislav Klesla CBS 28 4 9 13 1 8 2 2 4 0 1 1 75 5.3 0 0 75 58 32 21 47 26 35 33 1 3 0 0 8.1
L Geoff Sanderson CBS 28 7 5 12 -9 12 0 2 2 0 0 0 63 11.1 46.7 1 8 30 16 14 4 -10 15 55 1 2 0 0 6.5
L Todd Fedoruk CBS 26 5 6 11 3 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 12.8 26.7 1 29 19 10 16 23 7 4 3 1 2 10 7 6.7
R Nikita Alexeev CBS 28 5 5 10 -2 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 48 10.4 16.7 0 4 19 12 8 1 -7 8 65 2 3 0 0 6.6
L Mike Pandolfo CBS 28 4 6 10 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 14.3 33.3 0 15 17 7 13 18 5 1 28 1 4 0 0 6.3
D Dan Boyle CBS 28 1 8 9 -2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 15 6.7 0 0 21 19 18 18 10 -8 18 47 1 4 0 0 6.3
D Darryl Sydor CBS 28 1 7 8 -1 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 26 3.8 0 0 31 33 21 18 14 -4 11 110 1 2 0 0 6.6
R Jaroslav Bednar CBS 28 2 5 7 8 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 36 5.6 14.3 0 18 17 9 13 17 4 1 28 1 3 0 0 6.2
C *Evan McGrath CBS 28 2 5 7 -1 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 35 5.7 38.5 1 4 13 13 10 5 -5 3 28 1 2 0 0 6.3
C Mark Hartigan CBS 28 3 3 6 4 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 8.1 50.2 0 24 11 7 6 17 11 6 67 1 2 0 0 6.3
D Jaroslav Spacek CBS 25 1 5 6 -5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 20 5.0 0 0 25 19 14 13 19 6 17 14 1 2 0 0 6.1
D Sean O'Donnell CBS 25 0 4 4 6 79 0 0 0 0 1 1 25 0 0 0 50 15 24 18 38 20 22 3 0 1 8 3 6.9
D Paul Manning CBS 28 0 2 2 -3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 28 9 12 8 23 15 13 59 0 1 0 0 6.2
C Don MacLean CBS 5 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 33.3 0 0 1 6 1 0 -1 0 5 0 2 0 0 6.2
L *Mike Souza CBS 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33.3 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 -1 0 2 1 2 0 0 6.5
D *Mark Stuart CBS 5 0 1 1 -1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 11 1 0 -1 0 5 0 1 0 0 6.2
D *Aaron Johnson CBS 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 0 5.0


Name Tea GP G A PTS W L OtL T SA PCT SO GAA GA Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
Marc Denis CBS 14 0 2 2 5 8 0 1 318 89.6 0 2.88 37 7.21
*Pascal Leclaire CBS 16 0 2 2 5 5 1 3 411 89.0 0 3.29 51 7.06


December 3rd - We have an off day

Tonight's Scores:

NY Islanders 1, Philly 3
Carolina 3, Toronto 4
NY Rangers 3, Colorado 4
Chicago 3, Detroit 5
Vancouver 1, San Jose 2
Los Angeles 2, Anaheim 6

December 4th - Another off day

Tonight's Scores:

Ottawa 3, Florida 4
Calgary 1, San Jose 3
Washington 1, Boston 3
Edmonton 3, Nashville 1

December 5th[/B] - Yet another off day

Tonight's Scores:

Philly 3, Colorado 5
Montreal 2, Buffalo 1
Toronto 3, Pittsburgh 3
St. Louis 4, Los Angeles 4

[I]December 6th - Home game against Ottawa

Game 29: Ottawa (16-10-0-1) 33 pts @ Columbus (10-13-1-4) 25 pts

Game Notes: Todd Marchant is still out with an injury, and should be back for the next game. For now, we have Donald MacLean up for us and playing pretty good. Pascal Leclaire gets the start in net for the evening.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Knutsen-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-Hartigan-Alexeev-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Pandolfo-MacLean-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Knutsen-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Knutsen-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Sanderson-Sydor-Manning

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Ottawa Senators 4
Shots: 23 - 27
CBS PP: 0 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:68/80=85 %, Challenges:21/37=55 %
OTT PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:72/90=80 %, Challenges:28/40=68 %
Attendance: 15306 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 782137 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:22 1-0 CBS Geoff Sanderson [8] (Rick Nash, Nikolai Zherdev)
10:12 1-1 OTT Peter Schaefer [4] (Antoine Vermette)
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25:44 1-2 OTT Marian Hossa [11] (Todd White, Jason Spezza)
37:23 2-2 CBS Espen Knutsen [10] (Rick Nash, Mike Pandolfo)
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47:46 2-3 OTT Zdeno Chara [3] (Marian Hossa, Jason Spezza)
57:52 3-3 CBS Trevor Letowski [13])
59:04 3-4 OTT Chris Neil [6] (Bryan Smolinski)
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Penalty summary:
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02:24 OTT Martin Havlat (2 min for cross-checking)
14:34 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for tripping)
17:32 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for elbowing)
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29:35 OTT Peter Schaefer (2 min for holding the stick)
33:45 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for tripping)
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43:22 OTT Petr Schastlivy (2 min for hooking)
49:21 OTT Chris Neil (2 min for hooking)
52:33 OTT Peter Schaefer (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.50 4
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 10.10 5
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 10.30 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 27.40 7
C Don MacLean 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 7.50 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 9.00 4
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9.20 6
C Espen Knutsen 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 29.10 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 -2 13.00 7
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 14.00 5
L Rick Nash 0 2 3 3 4 1 0 -1 31.20 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 9.10 5
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9.50 5
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 24.50 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -2 12.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 5 0 5 0 1 25.10 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 -1 35.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.30 7
R Petr Schastlivy 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 13.50 7
R Chris Neil 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 10.40 7
R Marian Hossa 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 19.20 8
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 7.30 6
C Bryan Smolinski 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 13.20 7
C Radek Bonk 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -3 22.40 7
C Jason Spezza 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 24.00 8
L Peter Schaefer 1 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 7.50 6
L Stephen Weiss 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 9.10 7
L Martin Havlat 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 14.20 6
L Todd White 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 11.00 6
D Chris Phillips 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 15.50 7
D Zdeno Chara 1 0 2 5 2 5 0 1 28.40 9
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 18.50 7
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Wade Redden 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 28.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Patrick Lalime 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Jean-Marc Pelletier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Hossa
2nd star: Jason Spezza
3rd star: Zdeno Chara

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Espen Knutsen scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Bryan Smolinski notched the 300th assist of his career.
-Chris Neil ended his 5 game point drought.
-Peter Schaefer ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Martin Havlat had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 33) , Binghamton Senators 2( 18)
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0-1 BNG Greg Zanon (Brad Ference, Jan Bohac)
0-2 BNG Alexandre Giroux (Darryl Bootland)
1-2 SYR Alexander Gusjkov (Jean-François Plourde)
2-2 SYR Mike Souza (Brad Moran)
3-2 SYR Ben Knopp (Alexander Gusjkov)
4-2 SYR Mike Souza (Brad Moran)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Ray Emery

I'm really really disappointed, as we fought back with under 4 minutes to go to score to tie it up and then lose in the final 90 seconds, it really hurts. Neither goalie has given me a few great games in a row this season, so I'm just sticking with Leclaire. It will be nice to have Marchant back for our next game, but Manning will be out. Either Aaron Johnson or Mark Stuart will be called up for the game.

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 5, Atlanta 3
New Jersey 2, Tampa Bay 0
Detroit 6, Los Angeles 3
Columbus 3, Ottawa 4
Pittsburgh 3, Boston 3
Florida 3, NY Islanders 3
Washington 2, Carolina 3
Vancouver 3, Nashville 1
Phoenix 1, Edmonton 4
San Jose 3, Dallas 3

December 7th - We send Donald MacLean back down to Syracuse and call up Mark Stuart, our rookie defenseman acquired from Boston last season.

6-12-2004 Bruce Cassidy fired
Washington Capitals have fired head coach Bruce Cassidy in order to shake up the team and get it out of the losing streak. The team has announced that Paul Maurice will be taking over the position.

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 3, Philly 1
Calgary 3, Nashville 1
Chicago 2, Minnesota 4
Anaheim 3, Dallas 4

December 8th - Home game against New Jersey

[B]Game 30: New Jersey (16-8-0-3) 35 pts @ Columbus (10-14-1-4) 25 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Marchant comes back into the lineup tonight and Leclaire goes back into the net. Our lines come back to be a little more like they were at the start of the season, but with Stuart in for Manning.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Fedoruk-Sydor-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , New Jersey Devils 5
Shots: 28 - 28
CBS PP: 0 of 7 (7 shots), Passing:63/75=84 %, Challenges:35/41=83 %
NJ PP: 2 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:39/51=75 %
Attendance: 13491 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 689390 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:27 0-1 NJ Scott Gomez [7] (Jeff Friesen, Brian Rafalski)
13:51 0-2 NJ Jim Dowd [8] (Colin White, Scott Niedermayer)PP
19:11 1-2 CBS Todd Fedoruk [6] (Evan McGrath, Todd Marchant)
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30:45 2-2 CBS Todd Marchant [7] (Trevor Letowski, Rostislav Klesla)SH
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41:06 2-3 NJ Scott Gomez [8] (Grant Marshall, David Hale)
44:59 2-4 NJ Brian Rafalski [3] (Jim Dowd, Jeff Friesen)PP
49:06 2-5 NJ Patrik Elias [16] (Jim Dowd, Colin White)
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Penalty summary:
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07:14 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for elbowing)
09:43 NJ Cam Janssen (2 min for roughing)
13:22 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for slashing)
14:18 NJ Scott Gomez (2 min for tripping)
16:12 NJ Grant Marshall (2 min for elbowing)
19:35 NJ David Hale (2 min for hooking)
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23:09 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for hooking)
29:06 CBS Mark Stuart (2 min for tripping)
36:52 NJ Turner Stevenson (5 min for fighting)
36:52 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
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41:42 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for high-sticking)
43:22 CBS Dan Boyle (2 min for hooking)
47:41 NJ Sean Brown (5 min for fighting)
47:41 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
50:46 NJ Scott Gomez (2 min for tripping)
56:15 NJ Kris Beech (2 min for slashing)
57:32 NJ Turner Stevenson (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 6.00 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 17.00 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 5.40 5
C Evan McGrath 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 18.00 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 9.10 5
C Todd Marchant 1 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 27.10 9
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 8.00 6
L Todd Fedoruk 1 0 2 0 1 0 10 1 6.10 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 17.30 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.00 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 -2 21.50 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 4 1 2 2 1 22.20 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.00 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 17.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 31.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 23 0 0 58.20 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cam Janssen 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.00 6
R Jay Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 7
R Jim Dowd 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 15.50 9
R Vitali Yachmenev 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 11.50 6
C Oleg Petrov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 6
C Scott Gomez 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 17.50 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 9.40 7
C John Madden 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 7
L Turner Stevenson 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 14.00 6
L Grant Marshall 0 1 2 2 4 0 2 0 20.20 7
L Patrik Elias 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 12.40 7
L Jeff Friesen 0 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 21.50 9
D Sean Brown 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 10.50 7
D Colin White 0 2 5 2 0 2 0 1 19.50 8
D Brian Rafalski 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 30.00 8
D David Hale 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14.10 6
D Scott Stevens 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 28.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 0 26 0 0 60.00 9
G Scott Clemmensen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jim Dowd
2nd star: Scott Gomez
3rd star: Jeff Friesen

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Trevor Letowski notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Rostislav Klesla notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Trevor Letowski had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Todd Fedoruk ended his 8 game goal drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Jeff Friesen notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Scott Gomez ended his 5 game goal drought.
-David Hale ended his 8 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat Turner Stevenson in a fight.
-Todd Fedoruk beat Sean Brown in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 30) , Albany River Rats 5( 29)
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0-1 ALB Ilkka Pikkarainen (Mike Rupp, Krisjanis Redlihs)
1-1 SYR Brad Moran
1-2 ALB Maxim Balmochnykh (Barry Tallackson)
1-3 ALB Zach Parise (Krisjanis Redlihs)
1-4 ALB Mike Rupp (Ilkka Pikkarainen, Zach Parise)
2-4 SYR Riley Cote (Aaron Johnson, Jean-François Plourde)
2-5 ALB Adrian Foster (Steve Kariya)
3-5 SYR Kent McDonell (Don MacLean)
4-5 SYR Jean-François Plourde

Pathetic tonight, as we had no defense, little offense, and horrible goaltending, as Leclaire let in a couple soft goals. We'll be getting in some extra practice tomorrow.

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rnagers 3, Buffalo 2
Toronto 1, Montreal 3
Columbus 2, New Jersey 5
Tampa Bay 3, Colorado 2
Washington 2, Florida 3
Detroit 1, Boston 5
Minnesota 7, Los Angeles 0
San Jose 3, Edmonton 1

December 9th - Extra Practice on our off day

Tonight's Scores:

Philly 2, Atlanta 4
Boston 4, NY Rangers 1
Montreal 4, Toronto 1
NY Islanders 3, Washington 2
Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1
Floirda 5, Colorado 4
St. Louis 3, Chicago 1
Calgary 3, Carolina 1
Vancouver 2, Anaheim 1

December 10th - Home game against Pittsburgh

[B]Game 31: Pittsburgh (7-17-0-4) 18 pts @ Columbus (10-15-1-4) 25 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Manning comes back for Stuart, who gets sent back down to Syracuse. We make a couple minor changes in the lineup, but put Denis in net.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 25 - 28
CBS PP: 1 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:65/78=83 %, Challenges:47/55=83 %
PIT PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:66/80=82 %, Challenges:32/37=84 %
Attendance: 6166 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 315083 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:06 1-0 CBS Geoff Sanderson [9] (Darryl Sydor, Dan Boyle)
12:53 1-1 PIT Alexander Ovechkin [7] (Alex Tanguay, Glen Wesley)
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26:56 2-1 CBS Rick Nash [11] (Nikolai Zherdev, Todd Marchant)PP
30:04 3-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [9] (Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla)
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48:48 3-2 PIT Rob Zamuner [9] (Milan Kraft, Alexander Ovechkin)
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Penalty summary:
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05:03 PIT Steve Webb (2 min for hooking)
18:32 PIT Sergei Brylin (2 min for tripping)
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20:59 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for boarding)
26:18 PIT Colby Armstrong (2 min for roughing)
32:21 PIT Noah Welch (2 min for boarding)
34:34 PIT Steve Webb (2 min for hooking)
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40:04 PIT Jason York (2 min for slashing)
42:34 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for slashing)
44:46 PIT Noah Welch (2 min for hooking)
50:47 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for tripping)
55:13 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
55:13 PIT Noah Welch (5 min for fighting)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.50 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.00 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 31.40 9
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.50 5
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 12.10 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 0 36.10 9
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 -1 7.10 6
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 8
L Rick Nash 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 31.40 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 7.50 5
D Dan Boyle 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 20.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 9.00 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 32.00 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 3 4 3 2 2 0 33.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 26 0 0 60.00 9
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Webb 0 0 1 3 1 2 4 0 11.00 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 6.30 6
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 5
R Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 18.00 8
C Michal Sivek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 5
C Toby Petersen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 10.20 6
C Sergei Brylin 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 15.30 7
C Milan Kraft 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 6
L Steve McKenna 0 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 8.10 8
L Konstantin Koltsov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 16.00 6
L Rob Zamuner 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 19.00 7
D Jason York 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -1 10.10 6
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 5
D Danny Markov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30.50 6
D Curtis Leschyshyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.30 5
D Noah Welch 0 0 1 4 0 1 9 0 24.30 8
D Glen Wesley 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 24.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 22 0 0 58.00 6
G Jean-Sébastien Aubin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Alexander Ovechkin

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Trevor Letowski had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Alexander Ovechkin ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Rob Zamuner ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat Noah Welch in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 14) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 21)
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1-0 SYR Mike Souza (Andrej Nedorost)
1-1 WIL Tomas Surovy (Steven Crampton)
2-1 SYR Greg Maudlin (Mark Stuart, Jaroslav Balastik)

Goalies: David St. Germain - Sébastien Caron

We got the needed win tonight, even though it was pretty ugly. Denis played a solid game, and probably earned himself another start or two. I'm going to send Leclaire down to Syracuse for a couple games before he comes back up, I hope it helps him regain his confidence.

Tonight's Scores:

Minnesota 2, Nashville 3
New Jersey 2, NY Islanders 6
Columbus 3, Pittsburgh 2
Chicago 1, St. Louis 3
Los Angeles 1, Dallas 5
Phoenix 3, Detroit 4
Edmonton 2, Anaheim 0

December 11th - Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Philly 6, Washington 1
Colorado 3, Tampa Bay 2

December 12th - Another off day

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 2, Buffalo 3
NY Islanders 3, Atlanta 1
Nashville 1, New Jersey 4
San Jose 3, NY Rangers 0

December 13th - Home game against Florida

[B]Game 32: Florida (17-5-1-5) 40 pts @ Columbus (11-15-1-4) 27 pts[/B]

Game Notes: We've got a tough team tonight in a surprising Florida team, who has come on really strong this year, leading the Eastern Conference in points. Let's hope Marc Denis can get the job done tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Florida Panthers 1
Shots: 36 - 29
CBS PP: 3 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:67/80=83 %, Challenges:42/45=91 %
FLA PP: 0 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:56/67=83 %, Challenges:45/54=81 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 945350 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:05 1-0 CBS Rick Nash [12] (Todd Marchant, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
10:42 2-0 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [10] (Rick Nash)PP
12:14 3-0 CBS Nikita Alexeev [6] (Dan Boyle, Geoff Sanderson)PP
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27:33 3-1 FLA Mikael Samuelsson [5] (Viktor Kozlov, Roberto Luongo)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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03:56 FLA Niklas Hagman (2 min for cross-checking)
09:42 FLA Kristian Huselius (2 min for slashing)
11:25 FLA Darcy Hordichuk (2 min for high-sticking)
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29:02 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for hooking)
37:45 FLA Darcy Hordichuk (2 min for hooking)
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41:04 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for high-sticking)
45:49 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for boarding)
51:13 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 18.50 6
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 -1 13.40 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.50 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 8.20 5
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 10.50 7
C Todd Marchant 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 26.40 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 7
L Rick Nash 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 9
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 17.30 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 4 1 3 2 0 28.30 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14.40 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 16.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 31.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 1 0 28 0 0 60.00 10
G Karl Goehring 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darcy Hordichuk 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 7.10 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 11.00 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 20.10 6
R Kristian Huselius 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16.40 6
C Nik Antropov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 7
C Nathan Horton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.00 6
C Niko Kapanen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 20.50 7
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7.50 5
L Vaclav Nedorost 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 6
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Matt Cullen 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 19.20 8
D Kristian Kudroc 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11.20 4
D Filip Novak 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 23.10 8
D Mathieu Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 4
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 24.00 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 1 33 0 0 60.00 9
G Steve Shields 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Marc Denis

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Rick Nash notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Dan Boyle notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nikita Alexeev finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Viktor Kozlov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Olli Jokinen had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Marcus Nilson had his 8 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 25) , San Antonio Rampage 1( 17)
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1-0 SYR Mike Souza (Mark Stuart)
2-0 SYR Don MacLean (Christoph Ullmann)
3-0 SYR Mike Souza (Brad Moran)
3-1 SA Vince Bellissimo (Greg Jacina)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Travis Scott

It was an awesome win for us, to dominate the best team in the East at home. A great job for Denis in net and Nash and Zherdev continue to play awesome. I think Denis has earned some more time in net, giving Leclaire some more time to develop down in Syracuse.

Tonight's Scores:

Columbus 3, Florida 1
Montreal 4, Calgary 5
Pittsburgh 2, Ottawa 3
Washington 3, Chicago 2
Colorado 5, New Jersey 1
Minnesota 4, Carolina 1
Dallas 3, Vancouver 4
Los Angeles 3, Detroit 5

Standings:

Western:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Colorado Avalanche 31 20 5 2 4 46 .742 106 79 20.27 79.35 8-1-1-0 13-1-1-1 7-4-1-3
*San Jose Sharks 27 16 7 1 3 36 .667 86 69 11.30 85.71 7-2-0-1 9-3-0-2 7-4-1-1
*St. Louis Blues 27 15 7 3 2 35 .648 86 74 17.00 90.07 7-1-1-1 9-2-2-1 6-5-1-1
*Vancouver Canucks 32 17 10 2 3 39 .609 103 97 18.26 84.89 7-3-0-0 11-4-1-2 6-6-1-1
*Minnesota Wild 31 13 10 4 4 34 .548 98 86 13.60 85.92 5-2-1-2 8-3-2-3 5-7-2-1
*Dallas Stars 29 15 12 1 1 32 .552 95 83 17.78 87.74 5-4-0-1 8-4-1-0 7-8-0-1
*Detroit Red Wings 31 15 15 0 1 31 .500 87 98 18.75 87.79 7-3-0-0 9-8-0-1 6-7-0-0
*Nashville Predators 31 13 14 2 2 30 .484 89 96 14.84 83.15 4-6-0-0 7-7-1-1 6-7-1-1
Edmonton Oilers 31 12 13 0 6 30 .484 93 94 18.02 86.96 4-3-0-3 8-6-0-3 4-7-0-3
Calgary Flames 32 13 16 0 3 29 .453 92 106 14.73 82.61 5-4-0-1 8-6-0-2 5-10-0-1
Columbus Blue Jackets 32 12 15 1 4 29 .453 92 102 10.67 81.74 3-4-1-2 8-8-0-2 4-7-1-2
Los Angeles Kings 33 12 17 2 2 28 .424 91 117 15.07 81.92 0-8-0-2 7-6-1-0 5-11-1-2
Phoenix Coyotes 29 12 14 1 2 27 .466 85 94 15.65 80.92 2-7-0-1 8-4-0-2 4-10-1-0
Anaheim Mighty Ducks 30 10 17 1 2 23 .383 78 92 17.21 82.89 2-6-1-1 5-6-0-1 5-11-1-1
Chicago Blackhawks 31 9 19 1 2 21 .339 85 104 13.08 77.57 1-9-0-0 4-9-0-0 5-10-1-2

Eastern:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Florida Panthers 29 17 6 1 5 40 .690 104 79 12.93 85.54 6-3-0-1 10-2-0-2 7-4-1-3
*Ottawa Senators 30 19 10 0 1 39 .650 97 86 21.68 81.25 8-2-0-0 12-5-0-0 7-5-0-1
*New Jersey Devils 31 18 10 0 3 39 .629 95 80 15.32 86.36 6-4-0-0 10-4-0-2 8-6-0-1
*Boston Bruins 31 17 9 0 5 39 .629 114 85 21.90 79.31 7-2-0-1 10-4-0-2 7-5-0-3
*Philadelphia Flyers 29 16 8 1 4 37 .638 106 74 21.35 80.23 7-3-0-0 8-5-1-2 8-3-0-2
*Buffalo Sabres 28 15 8 2 3 35 .625 88 77 14.86 84.62 4-6-0-0 9-2-2-1 6-6-0-2
*New York Rangers 31 16 14 1 0 33 .532 101 99 16.67 79.76 5-5-0-0 9-5-1-0 7-9-0-0
*New York Islanders 29 14 10 2 3 33 .569 92 86 19.83 83.74 5-4-0-1 8-4-1-1 6-6-1-2
Montreal Canadiens 31 14 15 1 1 30 .484 97 99 18.18 87.69 5-3-1-1 9-6-1-0 5-9-0-1
Tampa Bay Lightning 28 14 12 1 1 30 .536 77 92 12.50 82.57 5-4-0-1 9-3-0-0 5-9-1-1
Atlanta Thrashers 29 11 14 1 3 26 .448 85 99 16.67 84.35 3-6-0-1 6-5-0-2 5-9-1-1
Toronto Maple Leafs 29 10 17 0 2 22 .379 89 98 20.37 79.59 4-5-0-1 6-7-0-2 4-10-0-0
Carolina Hurricanes 28 8 14 2 4 22 .393 76 93 14.29 79.55 1-8-0-1 4-4-2-2 4-10-0-2
Washington Capitals 30 9 19 0 2 20 .333 72 92 16.26 82.61 1-8-0-1 6-9-0-1 3-10-0-1
Pittsburgh Penguins 30 7 19 0 4 18 .300 72 101 13.56 81.97 2-6-0-2 4-8-0-3 3-11-0-1

Stats:

League Leaders by Points and Save %:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
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C Joe Thornton BOS 30 18 21 39 22 61 3 5 8 0 1 1 118 15.3 63 1 62 52 20 7 53 46 14 17 5 10 9 4 8.6
L Ryan Smyth EDM 31 17 21 38 13 2 2 6 8 0 0 0 112 15.2 50 3 32 48 18 17 20 3 7 113 4 9 0 0 7.7
L Sergei Samsonov BOS 31 13 24 37 23 8 2 7 9 0 0 0 136 9.6 38 2 16 70 19 23 4 -19 4 54 4 7 0 0 7.5
R Glen Murray BOS 29 21 16 37 27 12 7 2 9 1 1 2 112 18.8 45 3 43 60 20 26 27 1 10 19 6 7 0 0 8.2
C Mike Comrie EDM 31 17 19 36 14 8 5 8 13 0 0 0 96 17.7 64 1 5 31 18 11 1 -10 16 113 4 7 0 0 7.2
L Markus Näslund VAN 32 21 14 35 14 2 7 4 11 0 0 0 138 15.2 56 4 21 64 18 8 10 2 8 119 4 6 0 0 7.9
L Brendan Shanahan DET 31 18 17 35 2 77 6 5 11 0 0 0 128 14.1 18 4 46 57 19 18 28 10 16 119 4 5 5 0 8.1
R Zigmund Palffy PHI 29 14 21 35 9 16 8 10 18 0 0 0 80 17.5 50 1 8 43 18 12 5 -7 9 117 5 8 1 0 7.2
C Olli Jokinen FLA 29 15 20 35 13 4 4 3 7 1 1 2 95 15.8 47 2 29 31 20 10 12 2 10 111 2 7 0 0 7.5
R Todd Bertuzzi VAN 32 17 17 34 17 40 4 5 9 2 1 3 129 13.2 61 2 83 64 20 23 68 45 34 86 3 5 4 0 8.4
C Peter Forsberg COL 31 15 18 33 17 16 4 6 10 0 1 1 132 11.4 58 4 50 44 20 8 40 32 11 124 3 8 0 0 8.1
L Jeff Friesen NJ 29 13 20 33 6 10 1 7 8 2 0 2 87 14.9 70 2 51 56 19 20 44 24 37 18 2 13 0 0 8.2
R Milan Hejduk COL 31 19 13 32 17 4 8 6 14 0 0 0 107 17.8 71 3 42 48 19 23 16 -7 10 48 3 11 0 0 7.8
L Rick Nash CBS 32 12 20 32 -7 22 4 6 10 0 0 0 121 9.9 71 0 9 50 22 16 2 -14 10 114 2 3 0 0 7.5
R Kristian Huselius FLA 29 14 18 32 13 16 3 5 8 0 0 0 101 13.9 44 2 14 44 18 16 2 -14 18 111 3 8 0 0 7.5
L Patrik Elias NJ 31 17 15 32 16 0 1 5 6 0 0 0 120 14.2 50 1 32 62 18 12 22 10 16 115 4 9 0 0 8.0
L Paul Kariya COL 30 11 21 32 14 2 3 9 12 0 0 0 110 10.0 31 2 6 58 19 17 4 -13 3 24 3 7 0 0 7.5
L Eric Daze CHI 31 14 18 32 1 4 3 5 8 2 1 3 101 13.9 30 3 53 44 19 19 24 5 18 66 3 11 0 0 7.7
C Jeremy Roenick PHI 29 13 19 32 7 12 4 12 16 0 0 0 113 11.5 55 0 44 48 20 10 34 24 13 114 3 7 0 0 8.1
L Miroslav Satan PHI 29 12 19 31 -3 8 6 8 14 0 0 0 102 11.8 31 1 15 48 19 12 1 -11 13 76 2 11 0 0 7.3
C Mike Modano DAL 29 14 17 31 -3 2 5 5 10 0 1 1 92 15.2 56 4 17 44 20 7 5 -2 17 113 4 7 0 0 7.6
L Martin Straka LA 33 13 17 30 -9 12 3 10 13 0 0 0 101 12.9 46 1 12 65 19 13 3 -10 15 58 3 9 0 0 7.4
R Jaromir Jagr BUF 26 13 17 30 7 14 4 9 13 0 0 0 87 14.9 71 3 27 47 18 22 9 -13 15 20 3 5 0 0 7.3
L Owen Nolan TOR 29 10 19 29 4 52 4 6 10 0 0 0 104 9.6 34 2 65 39 20 20 52 32 13 111 2 4 8 5 7.9
C Adam Hall NAS 31 12 17 29 1 49 5 4 9 0 0 0 84 14.3 58 1 34 33 17 15 12 -3 10 35 3 9 7 3 7.2
C Saku Koivu MTL 31 13 16 29 -11 4 2 8 10 0 0 0 94 13.8 49 0 5 34 19 13 1 -12 16 113 2 5 0 0 7.1
C Pavel Datsyuk DET 31 10 19 29 2 0 2 7 9 0 0 0 100 10.0 77 0 32 34 18 11 9 -2 13 119 5 8 0 0 7.6
R Teemu Selänne STL 27 18 10 28 7 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 100 18.0 29 3 3 45 18 10 1 -9 8 82 6 9 0 0 7.5
R Pavel Bure NYR 31 17 11 28 12 8 3 8 11 0 0 0 102 16.7 46 5 1 46 15 10 3 -7 4 36 4 9 0 0 7.2
R Alexei Kovalev NYR 31 11 17 28 8 48 1 4 5 0 0 0 113 9.7 50 4 23 60 16 25 10 -15 13 120 2 3 0 0 7.5
R Mark Parrish NYI 29 11 17 28 -5 14 3 7 10 0 0 0 115 9.6 58 1 49 55 20 27 30 3 15 116 2 4 0 0 7.9
R Alexander Mogilny TOR 29 12 16 28 5 8 2 8 10 0 0 0 93 12.9 44 0 21 39 19 19 6 -13 12 111 2 6 0 0 7.3
C Brendan Morrison VAN 32 8 20 28 10 4 1 7 8 0 1 1 100 8.0 52 1 24 33 20 5 3 -2 18 39 2 6 0 0 7.5
L Petr Nedved NYR 31 12 15 27 2 12 3 6 9 0 0 0 95 12.6 58 0 4 49 19 24 1 -23 9 120 5 5 0 0 6.5
L Stanislav Chistov ANA 30 10 17 27 -5 28 6 6 12 0 0 0 89 11.2 26 1 2 54 18 20 0 -20 9 55 3 6 0 0 7.0
L Matt Cullen FLA 29 10 17 27 14 6 2 1 3 1 0 1 80 12.5 49 2 24 45 20 15 9 -6 19 111 2 5 0 0 7.6
C Eric Lindros NYR 31 11 16 27 14 32 7 2 9 0 2 2 109 10.1 51 1 31 33 20 15 17 2 14 120 2 4 0 0 7.4
R Tony Amonte PHI 29 9 18 27 2 24 5 6 11 0 0 0 74 12.2 0 3 10 56 17 15 3 -12 10 114 3 5 0 0 7.3
R Dany Heatley ATL 29 16 10 26 1 30 2 3 5 0 0 0 92 17.4 50 3 27 64 18 10 8 -2 14 29 3 5 0 0 7.8
C Steven Reinprecht CGY 32 11 15 26 -8 2 6 2 8 0 0 0 87 12.6 52 2 7 49 17 19 1 -18 13 103 5 5 0 0 7.0
L Adam Deadmarsh LA 33 12 14 26 -2 20 3 3 6 0 0 0 93 12.9 40 2 60 50 19 19 54 35 25 71 3 8 0 0 7.8
R Jim Dowd NJ 31 9 17 26 16 20 2 5 7 0 0 0 78 11.5 50 2 21 33 15 20 20 0 15 116 2 4 0 0 7.2
C Vincent Lecavalier TB 28 10 15 25 8 15 0 4 4 0 0 0 99 10.1 73 4 10 48 18 6 2 -4 9 103 2 4 1 0 7.6
C Tuomo Ruutu CHI 31 8 17 25 1 32 1 1 2 0 0 0 74 10.8 41 0 68 21 19 7 30 23 14 113 2 6 0 0 7.6
L P.J. Axelsson BOS 31 12 13 25 1 6 2 7 9 0 0 0 82 14.6 27 2 13 31 16 18 4 -14 7 60 2 4 0 0 6.9
C Todd Marchant CBS 26 7 18 25 -3 4 1 6 7 3 2 5 96 7.3 65 0 33 29 26 21 9 -12 23 3 2 4 0 0 7.6
L Jason Blake NYI 29 11 14 25 -2 6 6 7 13 0 0 0 101 10.9 58 1 20 46 20 31 11 -20 9 116 3 4 0 0 7.1
C Jason Allison LA 33 10 15 25 -3 32 4 3 7 0 0 0 95 10.5 62 1 32 35 19 13 3 -10 13 97 2 6 0 0 7.2
R Anson Carter PHO 29 12 13 25 2 2 3 4 7 0 0 0 80 15.0 39 1 54 53 20 35 32 -3 23 113 4 6 0 0 7.6
C Joe Sakic COL 31 14 11 25 0 2 4 5 9 0 0 0 96 14.6 58 1 24 37 17 4 5 1 17 85 2 4 0 0 7.3


Name Tea GP G A PTS W L OtL T SA PCT SO GAA GA Ra
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Martin Biron BUF 10 0 0 0 6 1 1 2 265 92.3 1 2.16 22 8.10
Steve Passmore CHI 7 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 151 92.1 0 2.85 13 8.14
Roberto Luongo FLA 23 0 3 3 13 6 0 3 658 91.8 0 2.56 59 8.48
Martin Gerber ANA 9 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 266 91.7 0 2.74 24 8.11
*Dmitri Pätzold SJ 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 66 91.7 0 1.90 6 7.50
*Marc-André Fleury PIT 21 0 0 0 4 14 0 2 619 91.4 0 2.90 58 8.10
Rick DiPietro NYI 20 0 1 1 12 5 1 2 503 91.3 1 2.38 48 8.00
Dwayne Roloson MIN 7 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 238 91.2 0 3.24 23 8.00
Ron Tugnutt DAL 7 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 195 91.1 0 2.73 19 7.86
Martin Brodeur NJ 27 0 1 1 16 9 0 2 645 91.1 1 2.33 63 7.85
Marty Turco DAL 22 0 0 0 12 8 1 1 593 91.0 0 2.67 59 7.91
Jeff Hackett PHI 27 0 0 0 15 6 1 4 644 91.0 1 2.40 64 7.74
Jean-Sébastien Giguère ANA 22 0 1 1 7 12 1 1 691 91.0 0 3.17 68 8.18
Tomas Vokoun NAS 26 0 2 2 12 11 1 1 727 91.0 0 2.76 72 7.85
Sean Burke PHO 21 0 0 0 10 9 0 2 562 90.8 0 2.75 57 8.05
Olaf Kolzig WSH 25 0 1 1 6 17 0 1 713 90.8 0 2.91 72 7.72
Manny Fernandez MIN 24 0 0 0 11 7 3 3 600 90.8 2 2.51 61 7.63
Brent Johnson STL 20 0 0 0 10 5 3 2 524 90.7 0 2.68 54 7.70
Zac Bierk ATL 15 0 0 0 3 8 1 3 427 90.5 0 3.18 45 7.33
Andrew Raycroft BOS 26 0 2 2 15 6 0 5 659 90.5 0 2.61 69 7.81
Tommy Salo EDM 25 0 1 1 9 9 0 5 646 90.5 1 2.78 68 7.44
Roman Cechmanek LA 21 0 1 1 11 9 0 0 548 90.4 0 2.94 58 7.81
Jocelyn Thibault CHI 27 0 0 0 7 14 1 2 819 90.3 1 3.31 88 7.74
Marc Denis CBS 16 0 2 2 7 8 0 1 372 90.3 0 2.69 40 7.50
David Aebischer COL 22 0 0 0 15 5 0 2 488 90.2 2 2.40 53 7.45
José Théodore MTL 26 0 0 0 12 12 1 1 679 90.2 0 2.84 74 7.42
Dan Blackburn NYR 8 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 222 90.2 0 3.01 24 7.38
Johan Hedberg VAN 20 0 1 1 8 8 1 3 514 90.2 0 2.91 56 7.20
Ryan Miller BUF 18 0 1 1 9 7 1 1 489 90.1 0 2.98 54 7.39
Steve Shields FLA 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 183 90.1 0 3.11 20 7.43
Mika Noronen VAN 13 0 1 1 9 2 1 0 326 90.1 0 2.75 36 7.23
Kevin Weekes CAR 20 0 0 0 7 9 1 3 535 90.1 1 2.97 59 7.15
Robert Esche PHI 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 63 90.0 0 2.71 7 6.67
Miikka Kiprusoff CGY 24 0 1 1 9 12 0 3 693 89.9 0 3.26 78 7.58
Chris Osgood STL 7 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 170 89.9 0 2.71 19 7.29
Evgeny Nabokov SJ 24 0 1 1 13 7 1 2 543 89.9 1 2.53 61 7.04
*Stefan Liv DET 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 149 89.8 0 3.03 17 6.67
Nikolai Khabibulin TB 21 0 4 4 12 8 1 0 524 89.6 0 2.90 61 7.67
Byron Dafoe TOR 18 0 0 0 5 10 0 2 489 89.6 0 3.22 57 7.28
Trevor Kidd TOR 12 0 0 0 5 7 0 0 326 89.6 0 3.35 38 7.58
Mike Dunham NYR 23 0 1 1 13 9 1 0 627 89.4 0 3.22 74 7.57
Félix Potvin DET 26 0 0 0 12 13 0 0 673 89.3 0 3.18 81 7.35
*Jean-Marc Pelletier OTT 11 0 0 0 7 4 0 0 268 89.3 0 2.92 32 7.36
*Maxime Ouellet WSH 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 131 89.1 0 3.08 16 7.50
Roman Turek CGY 9 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 211 89.0 0 3.06 26 7.11
Mathieu Garon MTL 5 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 162 89.0 0 3.97 20 7.40
*Hannu Toivonen BOS 5 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 112 88.9 1 2.81 14 6.40
Dominic Roussel COL 9 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 198 88.8 0 2.70 25 6.67
Jamie Storr CAR 9 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 236 88.7 1 3.51 30 6.56
Pasi Nurminen ATL 16 0 0 0 8 6 0 0 392 88.7 0 3.30 50 7.00

Team Stats:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
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L Rick Nash CBS 32 12 20 32 -7 22 4 6 10 0 0 0 121 9.9 71.4 0 9 50 22 16 2 -14 10 114 2 3 0 0 7.5
C Todd Marchant CBS 26 7 18 25 -3 4 1 6 7 3 2 5 96 7.3 64.6 0 33 29 26 21 9 -12 23 3 2 4 0 0 7.6
C Espen Knutsen CBS 32 10 14 24 -6 20 1 3 4 0 0 0 73 13.7 54.7 3 18 25 17 11 0 -11 15 103 5 6 0 0 7.0
R Trevor Letowski CBS 32 13 10 23 0 2 0 0 0 4 3 7 63 20.6 43.0 3 29 44 14 20 10 -10 18 58 3 5 0 0 6.6
R Nikolai Zherdev CBS 32 10 12 22 -7 4 5 4 9 0 0 0 119 8.4 51.9 3 21 63 23 13 3 -10 14 114 2 2 0 0 7.7
D Rostislav Klesla CBS 32 4 11 15 0 12 2 2 4 0 2 2 91 4.4 0 0 87 69 32 24 55 31 37 37 1 3 0 0 8.0
L Geoff Sanderson CBS 32 9 6 15 -8 12 0 3 3 0 0 0 73 12.3 46.0 1 8 34 16 15 4 -11 18 59 1 2 0 0 6.5
L Todd Fedoruk CBS 30 6 6 12 1 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 13.3 26.5 1 32 24 9 18 26 8 5 7 1 2 13 10 6.7
R Nikita Alexeev CBS 32 6 5 11 -4 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 58 10.3 28.6 0 5 25 12 9 2 -7 8 69 2 3 0 0 6.6
L Mike Pandolfo CBS 32 4 7 11 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 13.3 33.3 0 15 19 7 14 18 4 1 32 1 4 0 0 6.3
D Dan Boyle CBS 32 1 10 11 -2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 17 5.9 0 0 27 21 18 19 12 -7 24 51 1 4 0 0 6.3
D Darryl Sydor CBS 32 1 8 9 -1 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 29 3.4 0 0 39 33 21 18 23 5 14 114 1 2 0 0 6.7
C *Evan McGrath CBS 32 2 6 8 0 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 38 5.3 40.4 1 5 14 13 11 5 -6 5 32 1 2 0 0 6.3
R Jaroslav Bednar CBS 32 2 5 7 7 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 39 5.1 14.3 0 21 21 8 14 18 4 1 32 1 3 0 0 6.1
D Jaroslav Spacek CBS 29 1 5 6 -8 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 23 4.3 0 0 26 22 14 15 20 5 19 18 1 2 0 0 6.1
C Mark Hartigan CBS 32 3 3 6 2 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 7.1 48.3 0 27 11 7 6 18 12 6 71 1 2 0 0 6.1
D Sean O'Donnell CBS 29 0 4 4 7 85 0 0 0 0 1 1 27 0 0 0 63 17 24 22 47 25 26 7 0 1 8 3 7.0
D Paul Manning CBS 31 0 2 2 -5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 28 12 12 11 23 12 13 2 0 1 0 0 6.1
C Don MacLean CBS 6 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 28.9 0 2 1 6 1 0 -1 1 6 0 2 0 0 6.3
L *Mike Souza CBS 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33.3 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 -1 0 2 1 2 0 0 6.5
D *Mark Stuart CBS 6 0 1 1 -1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 11 1 0 -1 0 6 0 1 0 0 6.1
D *Aaron Johnson CBS 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 0 5.0


Name Tea GP G A PTS W L OtL T SA PCT SO GAA GA Ra
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Marc Denis CBS 16 0 2 2 7 8 0 1 372 90.3 0 2.69 40 7.50
*Pascal Leclaire CBS 18 0 2 2 5 7 1 3 457 88.4 0 3.44 60 6.78

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December 14th- Off Day for us

Tonight's Scores:

Toronto 4, Calgary 3
Atlanta 9, Minnesota 2
Nashville 2, Vancouver 4
Phoenix 1, Tampa Bay 3
Anaheim 1, NY Rangers 3
San Jose 4, Detroit 2

December 15th- On the road against Colorado

Game 33: Columbus (12-15-1-4) 29 pts @ Colorado (20-5-2-4) 46 pts

Game Notes: The lineup is the same that played against Colorado. If we are to have a chance against the Avalance, we need to score against their 28th ranked Penalty Kill %, which is at 79.35%. If we can get 2 powerplay goals, I really think we have a chance to steal a point tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Colorado Avalanche 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 32 - 21
COL PP: 4 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:76/94=80 %, Challenges:49/58=83 %
CBS PP: 0 of 2 (0 shots), Passing:54/68=79 %, Challenges:32/40=78 %
Attendance: 18007 of 18007 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 889545 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:28 1-0 COL Milan Hejduk [20] (Peter Forsberg, Paul Kariya)PP
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28:51 1-1 CBS Espen Knutsen [11] (Dan Boyle, Sean O'Donnell)
31:54 2-1 COL Rob Blake [5] (Martin Skoula, Joe Sakic)PP
33:59 3-1 COL Martin Skoula [3] (Marek Svatos, Peter Forsberg)PP
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42:37 3-2 CBS Rick Nash [13] (Nikolai Zherdev, Sean O'Donnell)
50:26 4-2 COL Charlie Stephens [1] (Steve Konowalchuk, Joe Sakic)
56:18 5-2 COL Peter Forsberg [16] (Steve Konowalchuk, Milan Hejduk)PP
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Penalty summary:
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00:32 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for holding the stick)
05:35 COL Peter Forsberg (2 min for hooking)
08:02 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for high-sticking)
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20:02 COL Marek Svatos (2 min for hooking)
31:48 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for tripping)
32:56 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for cross-checking)
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40:22 COL Peter Worrell (5 min for fighting)
40:22 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
48:24 COL Rob Blake (2 min for roughing)
48:24 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
53:13 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for roughing)
54:05 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for high-sticking)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mikhail Kuleshov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.50 4
R Marek Svatos 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.50 7
R Charlie Stephens 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 7
R Milan Hejduk 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 21.30 10
C Kent Manderville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.10 5
C Alex Zhamnov 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.00 7
C Joe Sakic 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Peter Forsberg 1 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 21.20 9
L Peter Worrell 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 -1 10.50 5
L Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 11.00 7
L Steve Konowalchuk 0 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 19.00 8
L Paul Kariya 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 21.10 7
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 6
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
D Derek Morris 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 22.50 7
D Tomas Slovak 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
D Martin Skoula 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 24.00 8
D Rob Blake 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 -1 26.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Dominic Roussel 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8.30 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 15.40 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 19.10 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 8.00 5
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 10.20 6
C Espen Knutsen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 8
C Todd Marchant 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 26.30 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 8.40 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 6.50 5
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 16.30 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 8.20 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 17.30 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 2 1 6 2 6 0 1 32.30 10
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 12.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 22.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 6 0 3 4 1 26.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 5 0 27 0 0 60.00 5
G Karl Goehring 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Milan Hejduk
2nd star: Peter Forsberg
3rd star: Martin Skoula

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Milan Hejduk scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Peter Forsberg notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Charlie Stephens ended his 5 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:
-Peter Worrell beat Todd Fedoruk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 22) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 14)
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0-1 SYR Mike Souza (Brad Moran, Mark Stuart)
1-1 HER Steve Moore (Cody McCormick)
2-1 HER Sean Collins (Ryan Steeves)

Goalies: Philippe Sauvé - David St. Germain

Our special teams really let us down tonight, allowing 4 powerplay goals and not taking any shots on our own 2 powerplays. That was the deciding factor, as Denis didn't stand on his head tonight for us, which he can't do everygame, but our guys needed to step it up tonight, and they didn't. Hopefully we can get a point tomorrow night in St. Louis.

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 3, Buffalo 1
Philly 3, Montreal 2
NY Islanders 3, Ottawa 3
Pittsburgh 4, Florida 2
Washington 1, St. Louis 3
Colorado 5, Columbus 2
Dallas 3, Chicago 3
Los Angeles 2, NY Rangers 1

December 16th - We call up Pascal Leclaire to start tonights game, sending Karl Goering back down to Syracuse.

[B]Game 34: Columbus (12-16-1-4) 29 pts @ St. Louis (16-7-3-2) 37 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Leclaire gets the start tonight in net, and we'll go from there to see who will be starting in the future. We're playing the best PK in the Western Conference tonight, and hopefully we can score on them. No other changes in the lineup tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

St. Louis Blues 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 6
Shots: 32 - 24
STL PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:75/81=92 %, Challenges:37/48=75 %
CBS PP: 1 of 3 (1 shots), Passing:59/75=78 %, Challenges:33/39=82 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Savvis Center)
Ticket income: 828180 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:29 0-1 CBS Rick Nash [14] (Nikolai Zherdev, Todd Marchant)PP
10:18 1-1 STL Teemu Selänne [19] (Keith Tkachuk, Doug Weight)
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29:37 2-1 STL Petr Cajanek [5] (Bryce Salvador, Barret Jackman)
31:02 2-2 CBS Rick Nash [15] (Todd Marchant)
32:22 2-3 CBS Geoff Sanderson [10] (Rick Nash, Pascal Leclaire)
37:05 3-3 STL Keith Tkachuk [12] (Teemu Selänne, Chris Pronger)
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40:58 3-4 CBS Rick Nash [16] (Todd Marchant, Sean O'Donnell)
43:46 4-4 STL Jamal Mayers [5] (Pavol Demitra, Alexander Khavanov)
47:32 4-5 CBS Todd Marchant [8] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)
59:21 4-6 CBS Trevor Letowski [14] (Evan McGrath, Espen Knutsen) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:44 STL Chris Pronger (2 min for elbowing)
08:43 STL Chris Pronger (2 min for hooking)
13:47 STL Chris Pronger (2 min for holding the stick)
18:06 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for cross-checking)
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26:54 STL Reed Low (5 min for fighting)
26:54 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
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52:28 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for hooking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Riesen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 10.20 6
R Eric Boguniecki 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 14.20 7
R Jamal Mayers 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 14.00 7
R Teemu Selänne 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 8
C Steve Dubinsky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 10.20 6
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 12.40 7
C Pavol Demitra 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 8
C Doug Weight 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 6
L Reed Low 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 -2 12.20 6
L Petr Cajanek 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 13.20 8
L Magnus Arvedson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 17.00 5
L Keith Tkachuk 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 20.30 9
D Karl Dykhuis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
D Alexander Khavanov 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 25.40 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 6
D Barret Jackman 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 21.40 6
D Chris Pronger 0 1 2 0 1 0 6 -2 22.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 6 0 18 0 0 59.00 4
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 5.20 6
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 18.10 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 18.30 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.20 5
C Evan McGrath 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 -1 15.50 7
C Todd Marchant 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 3 22.20 10
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.20 5
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 14.20 7
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 -1 18.00 9
L Rick Nash 3 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 18.30 10
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 15.10 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 19.40 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 1 3 3 3 5 1 21.20 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 20.50 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 3 25.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 1 28 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Trevor Letowski

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Eric Boguniecki had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Jamal Mayers finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Magnus Arvedson had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Todd Marchant notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Geoff Sanderson scored his 10th goal of the season.

Other notes:
-Reed Low beat Sean O'Donnell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 5( 25) , Syracuse Crunch 4( 22)
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0-1 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Brad Moran)
0-2 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Per Mårs, Alexander Gusjkov)
1-2 WOR Marc Brown (Mike Danton, Aris Brimanis)
2-2 WOR Troy Riddle (Anders Eriksson, John Pohl)
3-2 WOR Peter Sejna (Niclas Hävelid, Greg Black)
3-3 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Mark Stuart)
4-3 WOR Niclas Hävelid (Peter Sejna, Greg Black)
4-4 SYR Christoph Ullmann (Kent McDonell, Don MacLean)
5-4 WOR Igor Valeev (Jay McClement, Aaron Foster)

Goalies: Konstantin Barulin - David St. Germain

Other than the goaltender, there aren't many guys out on the ice that can singlehandedly win a game. Well, Rick Nash did just that for us. Nash gets the first hat trick of his career, along with getting 2 assists, totaling 5 points, tying a Blue Jackets record. It was nice to see us give Leclaire some support and give him a win, even when he didn't have his best stuff. This was a huge win for us tonight, beating one of the best teams in the West in their own place.

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 2, Florida 1
Boston 2, Carolina 1
Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 2
Toronto 1, NY Islanders 4
New Jersey 2, Philly 3
Ottawa 1, Calgary 3
Atlanta 3, Vancouver 5
St. Louis 4, Columbus 6
Nashville 2, Chicago 4
Phoenix 3, San Jose 3
Edmonton 3, Detroit 1
Anaheim 5, Tampa Bay 3

Bob Hartley fired
Chicago Blackhawks have fired head coach Bob Hartley in order to shake up the team and get it out of the losing streak. The team has announced that Jacques Demers will be taking over the position.

December 17th - Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Minnesota 4, Dallas 3
Los Angeles 1, Tampa Bay 2

Decebmer 18th - Home game against Vancouver

[B]Game 35: Vancouver (19-10-2-3) 43 pts @ Columbus (13-16-1-4) 31 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Marc Denis goes back in net for us tonight, as Leclaire is still not 100% after his last game. Vancouver is leading the West in most goals, but they give up a lot too. Naslund is tied for the league lead with 40 pts and Bertuzzi is up there too. Jovanowski is 2nd in the league for most points for a defenseman. Our defense has to play big tonight to shut down their power.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Vancouver Canucks 3
Shots: 30 - 31
CBS PP: 3 of 12 (12 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:41/45=89 %
VAN PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:57/71=80 %, Challenges:35/48=71 %
Attendance: 16105 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 822966 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:41 1-0 CBS Todd Marchant [9] (Rick Nash)PP
10:18 1-1 VAN Trevor Linden [10] (Matt Cooke, Brendan Morrison)
14:22 2-1 CBS Rostislav Klesla [5] (Darryl Sydor, Todd Marchant)PP
14:46 2-2 VAN Ivan Ciernik [4] (Johan Hedberg)SH
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25:17 3-2 CBS Rick Nash [17] (Nikolai Zherdev, Darryl Sydor)PP
34:59 3-3 VAN Sami Salo [4] (Todd Bertuzzi, Jesse Schultz)
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44:16 4-3 CBS Todd Marchant [10] (Rick Nash, Sean O'Donnell)
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Penalty summary:
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00:09 VAN Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for hooking)
00:19 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
00:19 VAN Brent Sopel (2 min for roughing)
02:34 VAN Brad May (2 min for hooking)
03:56 VAN Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for hooking)
06:55 VAN Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for tripping)
13:16 VAN Martin Grenier (2 min for high-sticking)
14:13 VAN Scott Ferguson (2 min for high-sticking)
19:12 VAN Matt Cooke (2 min for hooking)
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20:55 VAN Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for elbowing)
24:01 VAN Ivan Ciernik (2 min for high-sticking)
30:11 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for hooking)
32:11 CBS Dan Boyle (2 min for holding the stick)
37:07 VAN Ed Jovanovski (5 min for fighting)
37:07 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
39:54 VAN Brad May (2 min for roughing)
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46:24 VAN Brad May (2 min for roughing)
50:25 VAN Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for high-sticking)
58:38 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
58:38 VAN Jesse Schultz (5 min for fighting)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 10.40 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 19.30 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.40 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 20.40 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
C Todd Marchant 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 -1 22.40 9
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 -1 8.20 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 22.30 8
L Rick Nash 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 -1 20.10 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 23.30 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 1 2 1 1 5 -1 17.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 21.00 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 -1 20.10 9
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 3 4 1 1 0 -2 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jesse Schultz 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 1 7.30 6
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 17.10 6
R Trevor Linden 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 12.50 8
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 1 4 5 0 2 6 0 19.10 8
C Brandon Reid 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.00 5
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 12.30 7
C Matt Cooke 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 12.40 8
C Brendan Morrison 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 -1 20.40 6
L Brad May 0 0 4 1 2 0 6 0 17.00 6
L Ivan Ciernik 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 8.30 6
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.40 7
L Markus Näslund 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
D Martin Grenier 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 12.50 7
D Scott Ferguson 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 20.50 6
D Sami Salo 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 26.10 7
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11.10 6
D Brent Sopel 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 23.30 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 -1 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 4 1 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Mika Noronen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd Marchant
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Darryl Sydor

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Darryl Sydor notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Todd Marchant scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Trevor Linden scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Markus Näslund had his 7 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Ed Jovanovski fought Sean O'Donnell in a fight.
-Todd Fedoruk beat Jesse Schultz in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 12) , Manitoba Moose 3( 32)
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0-1 MAN Carlyle Lewis (Ty Morris)
0-2 MAN Ty Morris (Ryan Kesler)
1-2 SYR Brad Moran (Martin Paroulek, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
1-3 MAN Ryan Kesler (Alexander Steen)

Goalies: David St. Germain - Alexander Auld

With 12 powerplays, I hoped that we'd get a couple, but three really helped out a lot as we win a close game at home against a great team. Nash gets three points tonight, putting him leading the league in points with 41 in 35 games. A great win for our team, a good job by Denis and hopefully we can carry this momentum. As of now, we're in the top 8 of the Western, so we're in the middle of things now.

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 3, Florida 1
Atlanta 2, San Jose 1
Columbus 4, Vancouver 3
Montreal 7, Detroit 1

WSH-LA trade
Washington Capitals traded center Dustin Boyd, goaltender Sébastien Charpentier and goaltender Maxime Gingras to Los Angeles Kings for right wing Alexander Frolov

A native of Russia, Alexander Frolov was originally drafted to the NHL by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1st round of the 2000 entry draft. He has appeared in 196 NHL games during his career, notching 43 goals and adding 43 assists along with 117 penalty minutes. The 22 year old right wing has played 35 games with the Los Angeles Kings this season, totalling 7+4=11 with 27 PIM.

A native of Canada, Sébastien Charpentier was originally drafted to the NHL by the Washington Capitals in the 4th round of the 1995 entry draft. He has appeared in 32 NHL games during his career, booking 0 career shutouts and allowing 93 goals. The 27 year old goaltender has not yet played for the Washington Capitals this season. He has played 15 games with the Portland Pirates this season, totalling 0+1=1 with 0 PIM.

December 19th - Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, New Jersey 5
NY Islanders 4, Carolina 1
Colorado 3, Calgary 1
Anaheim 5, Washington 1

December 20th - Home game against San Jose

[B]Game 36: San Jose (17-8-1-4) 39 pts @ Columbus (14-16-1-4) 33 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Pascal Leclaire gets the start this evening. Rick Nash has 8 points in his last two games, which is just amazing. San Jose seems to get their scoring from everywhere, but Mike Sillinger, a former Jacket, leads the team with 24 points.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , San Jose Sharks 2
Shots: 28 - 22
CBS PP: 1 of 8 (5 shots), Passing:73/80=91 %, Challenges:43/45=93 %
SJ PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:59/71=83 %, Challenges:35/40=85 %
Attendance: 15152 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 774268 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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28:13 1-0 CBS Todd Marchant [11] (Rick Nash)PP
31:09 1-1 SJ Cam Barker [6] (Mike Sillinger, Mike Ricci)
35:41 1-2 SJ Marco Sturm [9] (Cam Barker)
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48:32 2-2 CBS Geoff Sanderson [11] (Espen Knutsen, Darryl Sydor)
49:56 3-2 CBS Mike Pandolfo [5] (Todd Fedoruk, Paul Manning)
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Penalty summary:
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01:02 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for elbowing)
01:17 SJ Mike Ricci (2 min for tripping)
06:23 SJ Travis Green (2 min for elbowing)
10:02 SJ Kyle McLaren (2 min for roughing)
10:02 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for roughing)
11:13 SJ Scott Parker (2 min for tripping)
14:21 SJ Jonathan Tremblay (2 min for roughing)
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27:19 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for elbowing)
36:18 SJ Mike Sillinger (2 min for tripping)
38:18 SJ Scott Parker (2 min for slashing)
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42:33 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for slashing)
58:27 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for holding the stick)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.10 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 -1 34.00 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.10 5
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 8
C Todd Marchant 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 -1 32.40 9
L Mike Pandolfo 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5.10 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.50 7
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 -1 34.00 8
D Paul Manning 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 17.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 28.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 5 1 3 0 -1 42.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jonathan Tremblay 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 8.50 6
R Jon DiSalvatore 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10.20 6
R Scott Parker 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 16.30 7
R Todd Harvey 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 20.40 6
C Travis Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.50 6
C Greg Johnson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12.50 7
C Mike Ricci 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 20.20 7
L Milan Michalek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
L Scott Thornton 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.00 6
L Marco Sturm 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.20 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 22.00 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 27.40 7
D Alexander Karpovtsev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
D Cam Barker 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 24.10 8
D Brad Stuart 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 25 0 0 58.50 7
G Dmitri Pätzold 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd Marchant
2nd star: Mike Pandolfo
3rd star: Geoff Sanderson

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Todd Fedoruk ended his 5 game point drought.
-Rick Nash had his 5 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Marco Sturm ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 30) , Cleveland Barons 2( 27)
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1-0 SYR Martin Paroulek (Brad Moran, Aaron Johnson)
1-1 CLE Miroslav Zalesak (Mike Morris)
2-1 SYR Kent McDonell (Don MacLean)
2-2 CLE Marcel Goc (Brad Boyes)
3-2 SYR Martin Paroulek (Brad Moran)

Goalies: David St. Germain - Patrick Ehelechner

Another big win at home in another 1 goal game. Leclaire plays a solid game and keeps our team in the game, and it was nice to see Pandolfo, a gritty guy, get the winning goal. It was also nice to see Geoff Sanderson get on the board as well, since he's been struggling lately to get some goals.

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 4, St. Louis 3
Atlanta 4, Buffalo 2
Columbus 3, San Jose 2
Ottawa 5, Nashville 2
Florida 3, Pittsburgh 2
Philly 0, Dallas 5
Minnesota 5, Toronto 4
Vancouver 2, Edmonton 4
Phoenix 4, Calgary 1
Los Angeles 5, Washington 6

December 21st - Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 2, Ottawa 4
Buffalo 5, Atlanta 2
New Jersey 4, San Jose 2
Detroit 5, Toronto 2
Montreal 5, Nashville 1
NY Islanders 4, Dallas 2
Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 1
Chicago 2, Edmonton 4
Colorado 4, Anaheim 5

Player of the week: Todd Marchant (C)
NHL has awarded Todd Marchant (C) of Columbus Blue Jackets as Player Of The Week He registered 4 goals and 4 assists for 8 points in 4 games last week. He also had 2 game winning goals.

A native of USA, Todd Marchant was originally drafted to the NHL by the New York Rangers in the 7th round of the 1993 entry draft. He has appeared in 791 NHL games during his career, notching 179 goals and adding 272 assists along with 520 penalty minutes. The 31 year old center has played 30 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 11+22=33 with 6 PIM.

December 22nd - We have a home game against Los Angeles

[B]Game 37: Los Angeles (13-19-2-2) 30 pts @ Columbus (15-16-1-4) 35 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Leclaire goes back in net this evening, and we still keep the lineup as is for now.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Los Angeles Kings 1
Shots: 28 - 19
CBS PP: 3 of 7 (9 shots), Passing:78/97=80 %, Challenges:34/41=81 %
LA PP: 1 of 3 (1 shots), Passing:63/75=84 %, Challenges:28/48=57 %
Attendance: 10277 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 525156 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:55 1-0 CBS Nikita Alexeev [7] (Evan McGrath, Geoff Sanderson)PP
14:08 1-1 LA Mike Cammalleri [7] (Jason Allison, Martin Straka)PP
17:45 2-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [11] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)PP
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27:46 3-1 CBS Todd Marchant [12] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)PP
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43:21 4-1 CBS Todd Marchant [13] (Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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03:16 LA Jon Sim (2 min for roughing)
03:56 LA Jason Allison (2 min for high-sticking)
07:33 CBS Paul Manning (2 min for slashing)
10:23 LA John Tripp (2 min for high-sticking)
13:37 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for high-sticking)
17:21 LA David Steckel (2 min for hooking)
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24:41 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for high-sticking)
27:16 LA David Steckel (2 min for hooking)
31:11 LA Adam Deadmarsh (2 min for tripping)
37:45 LA Ian Laperriere (2 min for roughing)
37:45 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for roughing)
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42:49 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
42:49 LA Ryan Flinn (5 min for fighting)
53:09 LA John Tripp (2 min for elbowing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 8.00 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.40 6
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 17.40 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 8.00 6
C Evan McGrath 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 19.00 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 15.40 8
C Todd Marchant 2 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 17.20 8
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 10.50 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 22.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 9
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13.30 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 25.30 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 17.00 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 20.00 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 20.30 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 6 0 2 0 1 23.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Flinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8.20 6
R Jon Sim 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 -1 11.20 5
R Mike Cammalleri 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 16.30 5
R Trent Klatt 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 19.50 7
C David Steckel 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 8.10 6
C Jozef Stumpel 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 4
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 16.00 8
C Jason Allison 0 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 20.10 6
L John Tripp 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 9.30 6
L Sean Avery 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 12.10 7
L Adam Deadmarsh 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 16.40 6
L Martin Straka 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
D Drake Berehowsky 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 16.20 5
D Mattias Norström 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 22.40 6
D Janne Laukkanen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 21.10 4
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 5
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 4 5 2 0 0 29.00 4
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Milan Hnilicka 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Roman Cechmanek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd Marchant
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Rick Nash

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:

Other notes:
-Ryan Flinn beat Todd Fedoruk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 10) , Manchester Monarchs 3( 23)
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0-1 MNC Scott Barney
1-1 SYR Greg Maudlin (Andrej Nedorost)
1-2 MNC Jared Aulin (Joe Corvo, Scott Barney)
1-3 MNC Connor James (Jerred Smithson)

Goalies: David St. Germain - Mathieu Chouinard

A big win, even though it was against a lackluster Los Angeles team. We've won 4 games in a row now, and get back to .500, which means a lot to our playoff hopes. Hopefully we can get some more solid goaltending down the stretch and we can get some timely goal scoring. Now that we're at .500, we're not gonna stop there.

Tonight's Scores:

Columbus 4, Los Angeles 1
Florida 3, Philly 4
Minnesota 1, Anaheim 3
Calgary 2, Vancouver 4
Phoenix 2, Washington 1

Standings:

Western:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Colorado Avalanche 34 22 5 3 4 51 .750 118 87 22.75 80.20 7-1-2-0 15-1-2-1 7-4-1-3
*San Jose Sharks 32 17 10 1 4 39 .609 98 83 11.45 85.50 5-3-0-2 10-3-0-2 7-7-1-2
*St. Louis Blues 30 16 8 4 2 38 .633 96 85 16.52 89.51 6-2-1-1 9-3-2-1 7-5-2-1
*Vancouver Canucks 37 20 12 2 3 45 .608 121 112 16.03 83.44 7-3-0-0 11-5-1-2 9-7-1-1
*Minnesota Wild 35 15 12 4 4 38 .543 110 105 13.77 85.63 5-3-1-1 10-4-2-3 5-8-2-1
*Columbus Blue Jackets 37 16 16 1 4 37 .500 111 117 13.19 80.00 6-4-0-0 11-8-0-2 5-8-1-2
*Edmonton Oilers 34 15 13 0 6 36 .529 104 99 17.07 87.31 7-2-0-1 9-6-0-3 6-7-0-3
*Dallas Stars 33 16 14 1 2 35 .530 108 94 18.79 88.70 3-5-0-2 8-4-1-1 8-10-0-1
Detroit Red Wings 35 16 18 0 1 33 .471 96 114 17.46 85.53 6-4-0-0 10-8-0-1 6-10-0-0
Phoenix Coyotes 33 14 15 1 3 32 .485 95 102 14.50 82.19 3-5-0-2 10-5-0-3 4-10-1-0
Anaheim Mighty Ducks 35 14 18 1 2 31 .443 97 104 17.01 83.10 6-4-0-0 7-7-0-1 7-11-1-1
Calgary Flames 37 14 20 0 3 31 .419 102 122 15.03 82.80 5-5-0-0 8-7-0-2 6-13-0-1
Nashville Predators 35 13 18 2 2 30 .429 96 114 13.99 84.85 2-8-0-0 7-9-1-1 6-9-1-1
Los Angeles Kings 37 13 20 2 2 30 .405 100 130 14.46 80.51 1-8-0-1 8-8-1-0 5-12-1-2
Chicago Blackhawks 34 10 20 1 3 24 .353 94 113 13.27 78.63 1-8-0-1 4-10-0-0 6-10-1-3

Eastern:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Ottawa Senators 34 21 11 0 2 44 .647 110 96 20.00 82.17 7-2-0-1 13-6-0-0 8-5-0-2
*New Jersey Devils 34 20 11 0 3 43 .632 106 88 16.15 86.96 6-4-0-0 11-5-0-2 9-6-0-1
*Florida Panthers 34 18 9 2 5 43 .632 114 94 13.33 85.26 4-4-1-1 11-2-1-2 7-7-1-3
*Philadelphia Flyers 33 19 9 1 4 43 .652 116 86 20.32 79.17 6-4-0-0 9-6-1-2 10-3-0-2
*Boston Bruins 34 18 11 0 5 41 .603 121 95 21.62 81.05 6-3-0-1 11-6-0-2 7-5-0-3
*New York Islanders 33 17 10 2 4 40 .606 107 93 18.32 84.17 6-2-0-2 10-4-1-2 7-6-1-2
*New York Rangers 35 19 15 1 0 39 .557 112 106 16.30 80.90 5-5-0-0 11-5-1-0 8-10-0-0
*Buffalo Sabres 32 17 10 2 3 39 .609 98 87 14.19 81.82 6-4-0-0 11-2-2-1 6-8-0-2
Montreal Canadiens 35 17 16 1 1 36 .514 115 106 19.71 88.41 6-2-1-1 12-6-1-0 5-10-0-1
Tampa Bay Lightning 32 17 13 1 1 36 .563 88 100 12.10 84.68 6-3-0-1 10-3-0-0 7-10-1-1
Atlanta Thrashers 34 14 16 1 3 32 .471 105 114 19.33 85.71 4-6-0-0 9-6-0-2 5-10-1-1
Toronto Maple Leafs 33 11 19 1 2 25 .379 100 115 19.49 79.49 4-4-1-1 7-8-0-2 4-11-1-0
Carolina Hurricanes 31 9 16 2 4 24 .387 81 100 15.63 81.25 2-8-0-0 5-4-2-2 4-12-0-2
Washington Capitals 34 10 22 0 2 22 .324 81 107 17.39 82.51 2-8-0-0 6-10-0-1 4-12-0-1
Pittsburgh Penguins 34 8 22 0 4 20 .294 81 113 13.08 81.34 1-7-0-2 5-8-0-3 3-14-0-1

League Leaders:

Forwards:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
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L Rick Nash CBS 37 17 27 44 -4 26 6 10 16 0 0 0 138 12.3 77 0 9 58 22 16 2 -14 11 119 5 7 0 0 7.6
L Markus Näslund VAN 37 26 16 42 18 4 7 4 11 0 0 0 159 16.4 58 5 31 80 18 9 12 3 9 124 4 7 0 0 8.0
C Joe Thornton BOS 33 19 22 41 22 66 4 5 9 0 1 1 128 14.8 63 1 71 56 20 7 62 55 17 20 5 10 10 5 8.6
L Sergei Samsonov BOS 34 14 26 40 26 8 2 7 9 0 0 0 146 9.6 45 2 19 77 19 27 4 -23 6 57 4 7 0 0 7.5
L Ryan Smyth EDM 34 19 21 40 15 4 3 6 9 0 0 0 126 15.1 45 3 36 49 18 17 22 5 9 116 4 9 0 0 7.8
L Brendan Shanahan DET 35 21 19 40 4 94 7 5 12 0 0 0 145 14.5 18 4 54 64 19 21 34 13 20 123 4 5 6 0 8.1
R Todd Bertuzzi VAN 37 18 22 40 21 46 4 5 9 2 1 3 148 12.2 62 2 97 71 20 27 78 51 40 91 3 6 4 0 8.4
R Glen Murray BOS 32 21 19 40 28 12 7 3 10 1 1 2 122 17.2 47 3 45 67 20 29 27 -2 14 22 6 7 0 0 8.1

Defensemen:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
D Braydon Coburn ATL 34 6 21 27 3 2 2 2 4 0 1 1 63 9.5 0 2 64 24 28 23 32 9 47 111 2 4 0 0 7.6
D Ed Jovanovski VAN 37 3 22 25 16 95 0 3 3 0 1 1 96 3.1 0 1 99 42 27 29 91 62 43 124 1 5 13 4 8.2
D Mattias Öhlund BUF 32 3 22 25 9 16 1 4 5 0 1 1 73 4.1 0 0 47 49 27 24 24 0 43 102 1 7 0 0 7.9
D Brian Leetch NYR 35 7 17 24 15 4 0 5 5 0 1 1 92 7.6 0 0 37 54 27 12 26 14 29 124 2 3 0 0 7.6
D Filip Kuba MIN 31 5 18 23 14 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 70 7.1 0 1 54 30 26 25 27 2 33 19 1 3 0 0 7.5
D Tomas Kaberle TOR 33 5 17 22 6 6 2 2 4 0 1 1 83 6.0 0 1 112 35 28 17 97 80 31 33 1 4 0 0 8.2
D Martin Skoula COL 33 3 18 21 1 2 2 12 14 0 0 0 45 6.7 0 1 16 22 19 17 4 -13 22 28 1 4 0 0 6.6
D Sami Salo VAN 37 4 17 21 3 12 1 3 4 0 0 0 57 7.0 0 0 30 32 25 28 4 -24 41 124 1 3 0 0 6.9
D Kim Johnsson PHI 33 5 16 21 10 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 63 7.9 0 1 36 31 27 15 16 1 33 118 1 6 0 0 7.2

Goalies:

Rick DiPietro NYI 23 0 1 1 15 5 1 2 568 91.6 1 2.24 52 8.13
Roberto Luongo FLA 27 0 3 3 13 9 1 3 765 91.5 0 2.62 71 8.30
Jean-Sébastien Giguère ANA 24 0 1 1 9 12 1 1 765 91.4 0 3.07 72 8.29
Sean Burke PHO 23 0 0 0 11 9 0 3 636 91.2 0 2.68 61 8.22
*Marc-André Fleury PIT 23 0 0 0 4 16 0 2 677 91.2 0 2.95 65 8.04
Martin Brodeur NJ 30 0 1 1 18 10 0 2 737 91.2 1 2.36 71 7.93
Marty Turco DAL 25 0 0 0 13 9 1 2 674 91.1 1 2.62 66 7.88
Jeff Hackett PHI 30 0 0 0 17 7 1 4 732 90.8 1 2.49 74 7.73

Rookies:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
R *Alexander Ovechkin PIT 33 8 17 25 8 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 86 9.3 38.5 2 31 42 19 23 5 -18 21 19 2 4 0 0 7.1
D *Cam Barker SJ 29 6 14 20 7 42 1 6 7 0 0 0 28 21.4 0 1 15 23 18 13 13 0 18 14 3 5 2 1 6.7
R *Marek Svatos COL 34 6 14 20 6 22 3 7 10 0 0 0 66 9.1 27.3 2 1 35 14 23 1 -22 9 34 2 3 0 0 6.4
D *Mark Popovic ANA 35 2 14 16 2 4 0 6 6 0 0 0 57 3.5 0 0 24 30 21 27 8 -19 35 51 1 4 0 0 6.8
C *Robbie Schremp CHI 32 4 11 15 -16 17 1 4 5 0 0 0 73 5.5 33.4 0 10 25 17 12 1 -11 12 13 1 4 1 0 6.7
R *Dustin Brown LA 35 5 9 14 -3 58 3 4 7 0 0 0 53 9.4 20.0 1 18 37 10 18 7 -11 8 0 1 2 0 0 6.4

Name Tea GP G A PTS W L OtL T SA PCT SO GAA GA Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
*Dmitri Pätzold SJ 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 87 91.6 0 1.93 8 7.60
*Marc-André Fleury PIT 23 0 0 0 4 16 0 2 677 91.2 0 2.95 65 8.04
*Stefan Liv DET 7 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 165 89.2 0 3.19 20 6.29
*Maxime Ouellet WSH 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 131 89.1 0 3.08 16 7.50
*Jean-Marc Pelletier OTT 12 0 0 0 7 5 0 0 283 89.0 0 2.92 35 7.17

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December 23rd - On the road against Boston, but first, a trade.

ANA-BOS trade
Anaheim Mighty Ducks traded right wing Rob Niedermayer and defenseman Chris Petrow to Boston Bruins for defenseman Nick Boynton and BOS 5th round pick in 2005 draft

A native of Canada, Nick Boynton was originally drafted to the NHL by the Washington Capitals in the 1st round of the 1997 entry draft. He has appeared in 280 NHL games during his career, notching 16 goals and adding 73 assists along with 270 penalty minutes. The 25 year old defenseman has played 34 games with the Boston Bruins this season, totalling 1+9=10 with 30 PIM.

A native of Canada, Rob Niedermayer was originally drafted to the NHL by the Florida Panthers in the 1st round of the 1993 entry draft. He has appeared in 757 NHL games during his career, notching 136 goals and adding 218 assists along with 646 penalty minutes. The 29 year old right wing has played 34 games with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks this season, totalling 5+4=9 with 36 PIM.

Game 38: Columbus (16-16-1-4) 37 pts @ Boston (18-11-0-5) 41 pts

Game Notes: Marc Denis gets the start tonight to go for Columbus' fifth straight victory. I'm looking for a good effort tonight, and to steal a point away, but I'd really like to see that winning streak continue.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Boston Bruins 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 32 - 17
BOS PP: 1 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:74/95=77 %, Challenges:50/57=86 %
CBS PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:60/78=76 %, Challenges:19/39=47 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 825555 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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02:02 1-0 BOS Glen Murray [22])
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28:31 2-0 BOS Patrice Bergeron [4] (Dan McGillis, Ian Moran)
39:35 2-1 CBS Todd Marchant [14] (Nikolai Zherdev)PP
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41:34 2-2 CBS Rick Nash [18] (Nikolai Zherdev, Jaroslav Bednar)
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61:25 3-2 BOS Sergei Samsonov [15] (Joe Thornton, Jeff Jillson)PP
Penalty summary:
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05:41 BOS Joe Thornton (5 min for fighting)
05:41 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
09:15 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for hooking)
12:59 BOS Ian Moran (2 min for roughing)
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24:05 CBS Jaroslav Bednar (2 min for cross-checking)
38:22 BOS Mike Knuble (2 min for diving)
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53:55 BOS Martin Lapointe (2 min for roughing)
53:55 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for roughing)
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60:08 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for boarding)

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrice Bergeron 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
R Sandy McCarthy 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.00 7
R Mike Knuble 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 15.50 8
R Glen Murray 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 22.10 7
C Martin Lapointe 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 10.50 7
C Andrew Cassels 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 12.40 7
C Brian Rolston 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 17.10 8
C Joe Thornton 0 1 5 7 0 7 5 1 24.20 10
L Colton Orr 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 6
L P.J. Stock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Sergei Samsonov 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 21.30 8
D Jeff Jillson 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 16.20 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 16.40 7
D Ian Moran 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 28.30 7
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11.20 7
D Jonathan Girard 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.50 7
D Dan McGillis 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 28.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 2 0 15 0 0 61.30 6
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 7.30 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15.20 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -2 16.20 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 19.40 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 7.30 4
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 13.00 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 16.20 7
C Todd Marchant 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 24.40 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 12.30 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 19.00 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 19.40 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 21.10 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 2 1 1 7 1 24.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14.20 4
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 19.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 6 1 3 0 1 30.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 29 0 0 61.30 8
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrice Bergeron
2nd star: Glen Murray
3rd star: Joe Thornton

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Sergei Samsonov scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Jaroslav Bednar finally ended his 13 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Joe Thornton beat Sean O'Donnell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 2( 31) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 15)
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0-1 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Mike Souza, Aaron Johnson)
0-2 SYR Don MacLean (Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
1-2 PRO Matt Herr (Carl Corazzini)
1-3 SYR Mark Stuart (Andrej Nedorost)
2-3 PRO Carl Corazzini (Matt Herr)

Goalies: Jordan Sigalet - David St. Germain

Well, we got our point tonight going into overtime, so I was pleased. Marc Denis really kept us in the game, as we got outshot 32-17. Nash got the game-tying goal, showing why he is the best player on our team, and maybe one of the best in the game. I hope we can get him on the All-Star team this season. Zherdev gets two assists on the evening, and has been showing flashes of breaking out very soon. This team is really really close now, and I think we have a chance at making the playoffs this season.

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 4, Nashville 2
New Jersey 4, Carolina 0
Toronto 3, Chicago 1
Buffalo 1, San Jose 1
Boston 3, Columbus 2
Montreal 3, Ottawa 2
NY Islanders 2, Detroit 3
Atlanta 3, Florida 3
Pittsburgh 3, Dallas 2
Tampa Bay 1, Philly 3
St. Louis 0, Los Angeles 2
Colorado 2, Edmonton 3

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December 24th and 25th are off days for the entire league. Merry Christmas!!

December 26th - We're off til tomorrow

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 3, Pittsburgh 4
Tampa Bay 3, Carolina 1
Washington 2, Ottawa 3
St. Louis 6, Detroit 2
Nashville 1, Colorado 4
Anaheim 3, San Jose 0

December 27th - Home game against Minnesota

Game 39: Minnesota (15-12-4-4) 38 pts @ Columbus (16-16-2-4) 38 pts

Game Notes: We'll hope to keep our points streak alive now and hope to get two tonight against a tough Wild team. They're a mediocre road team, only 5-8-2-1, so I hope we can take advantage of it. Leclaire gets the call in net this evening.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Minnesota Wild 4
Shots: 26 - 26
CBS PP: 0 of 6 (6 shots), Passing:65/78=83 %, Challenges:33/43=75 %
MIN PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:71/93=76 %, Challenges:31/38=79 %
Attendance: 14473 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 739570 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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27:25 1-0 CBS Rick Nash [19] (Sean O'Donnell)
27:54 1-1 MIN Andrew Brunette [8] (Nick Schultz, Sergei Zholtok)
28:15 1-2 MIN Alex Henry [2] (Erik Reitz, Brad Bombardir)
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47:14 1-3 MIN Sergei Zholtok [14] (Andrew Brunette, Marian Gaborik)PP
47:49 2-3 CBS Jaroslav Bednar [3] (Mike Pandolfo, Sean O'Donnell)
49:53 2-4 MIN Matt Johnson [1] (Bill Muckalt, Wes Walz)
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Penalty summary:
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02:28 MIN Andrew Brunette (2 min for holding the stick)
02:41 MIN Marian Gaborik (2 min for tripping)
12:44 MIN Andrei Zyuzin (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:26 MIN Alex Henry (2 min for boarding)
31:37 MIN Jason Wiemer (2 min for tripping)
37:32 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
37:32 MIN Alex Henry (5 min for fighting)
38:26 MIN Darby Hendrickson (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:42 CBS Nikita Alexeev (2 min for tripping)
46:27 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for slashing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 6.10 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 -3 18.40 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 5
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 20.40 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 13.00 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 20.10 8
L Mike Pandolfo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12.00 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 19.40 6
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 20.40 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 13.30 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -3 23.00 4
D Sean O'Donnell 0 2 1 1 1 1 5 2 18.10 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 22.30 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -3 17.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 22 0 0 59.30 5
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bill Muckalt 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 7.10 6
R Wes Walz 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 18.00 8
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.50 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 21.00 8
C Erik Rasmussen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.10 5
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 6
C Sergei Zholtok 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 8
C Jason Wiemer 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 20.40 7
L Matt Johnson 1 0 3 3 1 3 0 1 15.40 8
L Alex Henry 1 0 2 1 0 1 7 0 8.20 8
L Andrew Brunette 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 12.20 6
L Darby Hendrickson 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 18.40 7
D Brad Bombardir 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
D Nick Schultz 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24.20 7
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 23.40 8
D Erik Reitz 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 22.40 7
D Filip Kuba 0 0 1 7 1 1 0 1 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sergei Zholtok
2nd star: Marian Gaborik
3rd star: Matt Johnson

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Sean O'Donnell notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jaroslav Bednar finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
-Todd Marchant had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Todd Marchant had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Wes Walz notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Matt Johnson ended his 9 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Sean O'Donnell beat Alex Henry in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 21) , Houston Aeros 1( 28)
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1-0 SYR Don MacLean (Kent McDonell)
1-1 HOU Stephane Veilleux (Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
2-1 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Aaron Johnson)

Goalies: David St. Germain - Frederic Cloutier

We get a subpar game all around, and let an easy win slip away from us. Leclaire didn't play too well, giving up some easy goals and allowing Minnesota to stop our momentum after Nash's goal. Our defense was a little soft tonight, and we just let Minnesota dictate how the game was going to be played tonight, and we let them play their slow style game and they beat us at it. I hope we see some better effort next game.

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 3, NY Rangers 1
Toronto 3, Atlanta 2
Philly 3, Detroit 3
Columbus 2, Minnesota 4
NY Islanders 2, Boston 1
Pittsburgh 1, Ottawa 3
Florida 3, New Jersey 5
Chicago 1, Phoenix 3
Dallas 5, Los Angeles 3
Colorado 2, Vancouver 4
Edmonton 7, Montreal 4

December 28th- Off day, as we travel to Chicago

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 4, Washington 3
Tampa Bay 3, New Jersey 1
Nashville 4, Los Angeles 3
St. Louis 1, Anaheim 3
San Jose 0, Vancouver 3

December 29th- At Chicago tonight

[U]Game 40: Columbus (16-17-2-4) 38 pts @ Chicago (10-22-1-3) 24 pts[/U]

Game Notes: I'd like to see us win tonight against a weak Chicago team. Leclaire gets the call tonight and I hope he can rebound from his last game. Nash has a 9 game point streak, which has to be one of the best in the league.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Chicago Blackhawks 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 23 - 40
CHI PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:62/68=91 %, Challenges:30/32=90 %
CBS PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:70/78=89 %, Challenges:56/56=98 %
Attendance: 18213 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 826870 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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06:34 1-0 CHI Mark Bell [4] (Tyler Arnason, Ville Nieminen)
15:01 1-1 CBS Rick Nash [20] (Mike Pandolfo, Mark Hartigan)
17:54 1-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [12] (Rick Nash)PP
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28:36 2-2 CHI Jan Hlavac [7] (Tuomo Ruutu, Robbie Schremp)
31:28 2-3 CBS Jaroslav Bednar [4] (Rostislav Klesla, Mark Hartigan)
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46:35 3-3 CHI Robbie Schremp [5] (Steve Sullivan, Bryan Berard)
47:05 3-4 CBS Nikita Alexeev [8] (Espen Knutsen, Darryl Sydor)
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Penalty summary:
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04:16 CHI Vaclav Varada (2 min for tripping)
16:57 CHI Steve McCarthy (2 min for hooking)
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23:32 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for tripping)
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40:41 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for slashing)
42:45 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for cross-checking)
48:48 CHI Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for tripping)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Vandenbussche 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 5
R Ville Nieminen 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 14.30 6
R Jan Hlavac 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 6
R Steve Sullivan 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
C Blake Bellefeuille 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 5
C Tyler Arnason 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 5
C Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 2 4 0 0 2 -1 16.00 7
C Robbie Schremp 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 9
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8.10 5
L Mark Bell 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 6
L Kyle Calder 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.20 5
L Eric Daze 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
D Ross Lupaschuk 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 22.50 5
D Deron Quint 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -1 27.40 6
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 13.30 5
D Nathan Dempsey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 5
D Bryan Berard 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Passmore 4 0 36 0 0 59.30 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 8.30 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 8.30 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 10.40 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 17.30 9
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 -1 23.20 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 8.30 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
L Rick Nash 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 26.30 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 23.20 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 27.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Jaroslav Bednar
3rd star: Nikita Alexeev

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Tuomo Ruutu has marked a new career high in points with 28 points.
-Tuomo Ruutu notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Robbie Schremp finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Mark Hartigan finally ended his 13 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 7( 37) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 21)
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1-0 NOR Alexander Kojevnikov (Nicolas Corbeil, Duncan Keith)
2-0 NOR Igor Radulov (Matt Ellison)
2-1 SYR Martin Paroulek (Aaron Johnson)
2-2 SYR Per Mårs (Christoph Ullmann, Martin Paroulek)
3-2 NOR Josef Marha (Dmitri Levinsky)
4-2 NOR Dmitri Levinsky (Ajay Baines)
4-3 SYR Mike Souza (Andrej Nedorost, Greg Maudlin)
5-3 NOR Nicolas Corbeil (Pavel Vorobiev, Alexander Kojevnikov)
6-3 NOR Alexander Kojevnikov (Pavel Vorobiev, Nicolas Corbeil)
7-3 NOR Nicolas Corbeil (Alexander Kojevnikov)

Goalies: Michael Ayers - David St. Germain

Whew, we got a nice goal to take a 4-3 lead and hang on for the win against a scrappy Blackhawks team. Leclaire plays an alright game, but gets the offense to win the game. Nash scores his 20th of the season and gets another assist, upping his points streak to 10 games. Alexeev plays another good game, as this youngster has developed nicely in his time with the team.

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 1, Toronto 3
Philly 5, Atlanta 3
NY Islanders 3, Washington 1
Florida 5, Boston 1
Detroit 5, Carolina 2
Minnesota 1, Phoenix 3
Chicago 3, Columbus 4
Dallas 2, Anaheim 4
Calgary 2, Edmonton 3
Colorado 2, Nashville 4

December 30th - Off night, as we play at home tomorrow against Anaheim

Tonight's Scores:

Vancouver 3, Montreal 5
NY Islanders 3, Buffalo 5
Florida 0, Ottawa 3
Pittsburgh 1, Toronto 2
Atlanta 4, New Jersey 4
Tampa Bay 4, Boston 2
St. Louis 2, Phoenix 2
San Jose 1, Edmonton 3

December 31st- We send Leclaire to play in Syracuse tonight, bringing up Goering to backup Denis.

[U]Game 41: Anaheim (17-18-1-2) 37 pts @ Columbus (17-17-2-4) 40 pts [/U]

Game Notes: I wanted to get both McGrath and Letowski, along with Sanderson out of their slumps, so I put them all together to see if I could get something going.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Alexeev-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3
Shots: 32 - 28
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:77/90=85 %, Challenges:61/64=93 %
ANA PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:52/65=80 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
Attendance: 11642 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 594907 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:29 1-0 CBS Jaroslav Spacek [2] (Paul Manning, Nikita Alexeev)
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28:08 1-1 ANA Sergei Fedorov [12] (Stanislav Chistov, Aaron Gavey)
32:31 1-2 ANA Joffrey Lupul [3] (Nick Boynton, Todd Simpson)
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41:45 1-3 ANA Mike LeClerc [8] (Samuel Påhlsson, Craig Johnson)
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Penalty summary:
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12:42 ANA Vitaly Vishnevski (2 min for tripping)
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25:11 ANA Vitaly Vishnevski (2 min for roughing)
25:11 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for roughing)
34:26 ANA Stanislav Chistov (2 min for cross-checking)
36:41 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for hooking)
39:04 ANA Joffrey Lupul (2 min for tripping)
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51:01 ANA Joffrey Lupul (2 min for hooking)
53:36 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for slashing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 14.10 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 13.30 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 22.10 9
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 4
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.00 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 -1 22.10 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 1 9.50 8
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 19.40 8
L Rick Nash 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 22.10 9
D Paul Manning 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 12.00 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 20.00 5
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 22.50 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 22.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 28.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 25 0 0 59.50 7
G Karl Goehring 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joffrey Lupul 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 9.10 7
R Pierre-Alexandre Parent 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 7.10 7
R David Vyborny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 6
R Petr Sykora 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
C Tony Martensson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.10 5
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.40 8
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 20.30 7
C Sergei Fedorov 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
L Aaron Gavey 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11.10 6
L Mike LeClerc 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 9.50 8
L Craig Johnson 0 1 2 3 2 3 0 -1 21.10 8
L Stanislav Chistov 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 16.10 8
D Todd Simpson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 -1 20.30 6
D Nick Boynton 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 28.30 8
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.20 6
D Mark Popovic 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 -1 19.40 7
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 1 0 31 0 0 60.00 10
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jean-Sébastien Giguère
2nd star: Joffrey Lupul
3rd star: Sergei Fedorov

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Rick Nash had his 10 game point streak snapped.
-Jaroslav Spacek finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Jaroslav Spacek finally ended his 14 game point drought.

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Todd Simpson ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 16) , Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 3( 20)
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0-1 CIN Viktor Wallin (Cory Pecker, Joel Stepp)
0-2 CIN Cory Pecker (Joel Stepp)
0-3 CIN Tim Brent (Brandon Rogers)
1-3 SYR Greg Maudlin (Mike Souza)
2-3 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Mark Stuart)
3-3 SYR Mike Souza (Per Mårs, Alexander Gusjkov)
4-3 SYR Kent McDonell (Wade Winkler)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Eddy Ferhi

We couldn't figure out Giguere tonight, as he had an awesome game, beating us 3-1. Nash's streak finally comes to an end, but I hope he can start another one beginning next game. I still wanna give these 2nd and 3rd lines a couple more games together before I tweak again.

Tonight's Scores:

Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 3
Minnesota 1, Los Angeles 3
Columbus 1, Anaheim 3
Carolina 4, Chicago 1
Detroit 3, Philly 3
Calgary 1, Montreal 3
Dallas 5, NY Rangers 3

January 1st- Beginning of couple off days

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 3, Boston 3
Atlanta 5, Washington 3
Nashville 5, Edmonton 3
St. Louis 2, Vancouver 1
Phoenix 5, San Jose 0

January 2nd - Off day

[B]Tonight's Scores:[/I]

Toronto 5, St. Louis 1
Philly 2, New Jersey 3
NY Islanders 3, Montreal 1
Colorado 3, Anaheim 2

[I]January 3rd[/I] - Another off day

Columbus Blue Jackets players selected to World Junior Championships
World Junior Championships (U-20) in icehockey are about to start. The following players from Columbus Blue Jackets organization have been selected to represent their countries:

-Dimitri Kosmachev (RUS)
-Gustav Engman (SWE)
-Arsi Piispanen (FIN)
-Nikolai Lemtyugov (RUS)
-Dwight Corrales (USA)

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 4, Tampa Bay 6
Detroit 3, Vancouver 3
Pittsburgh 2, Atlanta 3
Ottawa 3, Buffalo 1
Minnesota 4, Washington 3
Chicago 4, Edmonton 1
San Jose 3, Calgary 3
Los Angeles 3, Florida 3

January 4th - Leclaire and Goering switch, and we have a home game against Dallas

[U]Game 42: Dallas (18-16-1-2) 39 pts @ Columbus (17-18-2-4) 40 pts [/U]

Game Notes: Leclaire needs to step up tonight and win us this game, as he hasn't done that, and needs to, to regain his confidence. I hope these middle 2 lines do something tonight to help us get back to .500.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Alexeev-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Dallas Stars 4
Shots: 28 - 32
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:61/77=79 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
DAL PP: 1 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:80/90=88 %, Challenges:44/52=83 %
Attendance: 15825 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 808658 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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12:12 1-0 CBS Rostislav Klesla [6] (Sean O'Donnell)
15:37 2-0 CBS Todd Fedoruk [7] (Espen Knutsen, Nikita Alexeev)
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31:34 3-0 CBS Trevor Letowski [15] (Darryl Sydor, Rostislav Klesla)
31:57 3-1 DAL Jere Lehtinen [10] (Daniel Briere, Jason Arnott)
38:41 3-2 DAL Mikko Eloranta [7] (Bill Guerin, Jere Lehtinen)
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48:24 3-3 DAL Patrick Traverse [3] (Stu Barnes, Shane Hnidy)
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62:57 3-4 DAL Teppo Numminen [7] (Bill Guerin, Daniel Briere)PP
Penalty summary:
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03:09 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for hooking)
05:12 DAL Steve Ott (2 min for boarding)
12:27 DAL Steve Ott (2 min for cross-checking)
17:19 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for roughing)
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21:24 DAL Stu Barnes (2 min for diving)
39:05 DAL Jason Arnott (2 min for hooking)
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42:17 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for cross-checking)
53:47 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for boarding)
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61:34 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for tripping)

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.20 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 14.30 7
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 19.50 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 19.10 8
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 -1 22.20 8
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Todd Fedoruk 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 10.40 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 21.00 8
L Rick Nash 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 21.50 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 -1 23.40 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 15.30 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 21.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 1 1 5 2 1 1 0 -1 33.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 28 0 0 63.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rob Valicevic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 7.30 6
R Stu Barnes 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 11.00 6
R Bill Guerin 0 2 3 5 1 2 0 1 23.00 9
R Jere Lehtinen 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 21.30 8
C Artem Chernov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 7.30 6
C Pierre Turgeon 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9.30 6
C Jason Arnott 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 21.30 7
C Mike Modano 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 24.20 10
L Steve Ott 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 -3 7.30 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 15.10 5
L Mikko Eloranta 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11.40 8
L Daniel Briere 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 1 19.10 7
D Patrick Traverse 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 18.10 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 23.40 6
D Shane Hnidy 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 14.10 7
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 20.50 7
D Teppo Numminen 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 3 0 25 0 0 63.00 7
G Ron Tugnutt 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Bill Guerin
2nd star: Jere Lehtinen
3rd star: Mikko Eloranta

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Trevor Letowski scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Todd Fedoruk ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Jere Lehtinen scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Shane Hnidy ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 19) , Utah Grizzlies 5( 29)
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1-0 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Mike Souza, Aaron Johnson)
1-1 UTH Gino Guyer (Dan Jancevski, Justin Cox)
2-1 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Mike Souza, Greg Maudlin)
2-2 UTH Ruslan Bernikov (Jeff Bateman)
2-3 UTH Chris St. Jacques (Garrett Stafford)
2-4 UTH Justin Cox (Gino Guyer)
2-5 UTH Zenon Konopka (John Erskine)

Goalies: David St. Germain - Mike Smith

Leclaire didn't win us the game, that's for sure. I don't know what he's gonna do, because I can't keep giving him chances to win this job. This is three games in a row that he's put up a lackluster effort, along with a bad game in Syracuse. I really want to see him succeed, but we should have won this game tonight with the lead that we had.

Tonight's Scores:

Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 2
Columbus 3, Dallas 4
Philly 3, NY Islanders 0
St. Louis 1, Nashville 2
Colorado 5, San Jose 3
Phoenix 3, NY Rangers 3
Anaheim 1, Florida 4

Todd Fedoruk agrees on a contract.
Todd Fedoruk has signed a $800,000 per year, 4 year deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

A native of Canada, Todd Fedoruk was originally drafted to the NHL by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 7th round of the 1997 entry draft. He has appeared in 292 NHL games during his career, notching 23 goals and adding 32 assists along with 616 penalty minutes. The 25 year old left wing has played 40 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 7+7=14 with 108 PIM.


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Paul Manning agrees on a contract.
Paul Manning has signed a $490,000 per year, 4 year deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

A native of Canada, Paul Manning was originally drafted to the NHL by the Calgary Flames in the 3rd round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 85 NHL games during his career, notching 0 goals and adding 8 assists along with 20 penalty minutes. The 25 year old defenseman has played 41 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 0+4=4 with 6 PIM.

January 5th- On the road at Minnesota

[U]Game 43: Columbus (17-18-3-4) 41 pts @ Minnesota (17-14-4-4) 42 pts[/U]

Game Notes: Denis gets the net tonight, in the hope that we can steal a win here when we need one. Lets go Jackets!

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Alexeev-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Minnesota Wild 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 22 - 26
MIN PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:70/79=88 %, Challenges:42/52=79 %
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:75/84=89 %, Challenges:31/41=73 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (X-Cel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 818400 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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19:12 1-0 MIN Erik Rasmussen [4] (Matt Johnson, Willie Mitchell)
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27:32 1-1 CBS Evan McGrath [3] (Dan Boyle, Paul Manning)
38:09 1-2 CBS Geoff Sanderson [12] (Rick Nash, Sean O'Donnell)
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49:19 2-2 MIN Andrei Zyuzin [3] (Andrew Brunette, Jason Wiemer)
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60:53 2-3 CBS Todd Marchant [15] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)
Penalty summary:
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01:51 MIN Andrei Zyuzin (2 min for holding the stick)
09:58 MIN Alex Henry (2 min for tripping)
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27:57 MIN Rickard Wallin (2 min for hooking)
31:28 MIN Alex Henry (5 min for fighting)
31:28 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
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57:22 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for hooking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bill Muckalt 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.50 7
R Wes Walz 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11.10 7
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 19.10 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 20.50 7
C Erik Rasmussen 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 9.50 8
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 12.30 8
C Jason Wiemer 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.10 8
C Sergei Zholtok 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 21.30 7
L Matt Johnson 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 11.10 8
L Alex Henry 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 9.00 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
L Darby Hendrickson 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 -2 20.50 7
D Erik Reitz 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 10.30 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 22.30 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30.40 7
D Brad Brown 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 11.40 7
D Andrei Zyuzin 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 18.40 7
D Filip Kuba 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 -1 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 3 0 23 0 0 61.00 6
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.40 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 13.40 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 24.30 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Evan McGrath 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 7
C Todd Marchant 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 26.00 8
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 13.50 7
L Geoff Sanderson 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14.40 7
L Rick Nash 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 24.40 8
D Paul Manning 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 1 3 1 2 7 1 19.30 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 1 32.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 20 0 0 61.00 8
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Evan McGrath
3rd star: Todd Marchant

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Erik Rasmussen ended his 5 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Rick Nash notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Evan McGrath finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Geoff Sanderson ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Alex Henry fought Sean O'Donnell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 20) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 18)
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1-0 HOU Mikko Koivu (Maxime Fortunus, Stephane Veilleux)
2-0 HOU Kyle Wanvig (Mikko Koivu)
2-1 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Mark Stuart)
2-2 SYR Martin Paroulek (Per Mårs)
3-2 HOU Kyle Wanvig (Mikko Koivu)

Goalies: Barry Brust - David St. Germain

What a win!! It was nice to see Denis play a solid game, and some nice timely goals by McGrath, who is showing some poise and by Marchant in OT. Nash had 2 assists on the night, and this win really helps our team gain some confidence.

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 4, Ottawa 2
Atlanta 1, Boston 4
Pittsburgh 3, Montreal 1
Washington 3, New Jersey 3
Minnesota 2, Columbus 3
Chicago 4, Vancouver 1
Los Angeles 9, Calgary 1

Standings:

Western:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Colorado Avalanche 40 25 8 3 4 57 .713 136 104 21.88 79.46 6-3-1-0 17-4-2-1 8-4-1-3
*St. Louis Blues 37 18 12 4 3 43 .581 109 102 14.69 89.60 3-5-1-1 11-6-2-2 7-6-2-1
*Dallas Stars 38 19 16 1 2 41 .539 126 110 18.60 89.47 4-5-0-1 10-5-1-1 9-11-0-1
*Vancouver Canucks 43 22 15 2 4 50 .581 136 128 15.23 83.42 4-5-0-1 11-6-1-2 11-9-1-2
*Edmonton Oilers 40 19 15 0 6 44 .550 124 117 16.06 87.29 8-2-0-0 10-6-0-3 9-9-0-3
*Columbus Blue Jackets 43 18 18 3 4 43 .500 126 136 12.75 80.14 6-2-2-0 11-10-1-2 7-8-2-2
*Minnesota Wild 40 17 14 5 4 43 .538 122 119 13.82 86.08 5-4-1-0 11-6-3-3 6-8-2-1
*San Jose Sharks 39 17 15 1 6 41 .526 106 106 12.03 84.66 0-8-0-2 10-5-0-3 7-10-1-3
Detroit Red Wings 41 18 19 0 4 40 .488 115 133 17.22 84.57 3-4-0-3 11-8-0-3 7-11-0-1
Phoenix Coyotes 38 17 15 1 5 40 .526 111 109 15.38 83.54 5-2-0-3 11-5-0-4 6-10-1-1
Anaheim Mighty Ducks 41 18 20 1 2 39 .476 113 115 15.38 83.12 8-2-0-0 8-8-0-1 10-12-1-1
Nashville Predators 41 17 20 2 2 38 .463 114 131 14.37 86.44 4-6-0-0 9-10-1-1 8-10-1-1
Los Angeles Kings 43 16 21 3 3 38 .442 123 144 13.90 80.82 4-4-1-1 9-8-1-1 7-13-2-2
Calgary Flames 41 14 23 0 4 32 .390 109 140 14.62 82.76 2-7-0-1 8-9-0-2 6-14-0-2
Chicago Blackhawks 40 12 24 1 3 28 .350 108 129 14.39 80.60 3-6-0-1 6-12-0-0 6-12-1-3

Eastern:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Ottawa Senators 41 25 14 0 2 52 .634 129 112 19.32 80.75 6-4-0-0 14-6-0-0 11-8-0-2
*New Jersey Devils 40 23 12 0 5 51 .638 126 103 15.19 86.03 5-3-0-2 12-5-0-2 11-7-0-3
*Florida Panthers 40 20 11 2 7 49 .613 132 110 14.38 84.82 3-4-1-2 12-4-1-2 8-7-1-5
*Philadelphia Flyers 39 22 10 1 6 51 .654 135 99 19.53 82.91 6-2-0-2 11-7-1-3 11-3-0-3
*Tampa Bay Lightning 39 22 15 1 1 46 .590 112 119 14.77 84.46 7-3-0-0 14-4-0-0 8-11-1-1
*Boston Bruins 40 20 14 0 6 46 .575 135 112 21.56 80.67 3-6-0-1 12-6-0-2 8-8-0-4
*New York Islanders 39 20 13 2 4 46 .590 120 107 18.00 83.01 6-3-0-1 13-6-1-2 7-7-1-2
*Buffalo Sabres 39 19 12 3 5 46 .590 116 106 16.49 83.06 4-3-1-2 12-3-3-3 7-9-0-2
New York Rangers 40 21 17 1 1 44 .550 127 122 15.23 80.52 5-4-0-1 13-5-1-0 8-12-0-1
Montreal Canadiens 41 20 19 1 1 42 .512 132 125 18.47 89.24 6-4-0-0 13-6-1-0 7-13-0-1
Atlanta Thrashers 41 16 19 1 5 38 .463 126 138 17.65 85.98 4-4-0-2 10-7-0-4 6-12-1-1
Toronto Maple Leafs 39 17 19 1 2 37 .474 121 123 17.45 81.34 7-2-1-0 11-8-0-2 6-11-1-0
Carolina Hurricanes 37 11 20 2 4 28 .378 95 120 15.65 81.25 3-7-0-0 7-5-2-2 4-15-0-2
Pittsburgh Penguins 40 11 25 0 4 26 .325 95 127 12.34 80.92 4-6-0-0 7-11-0-3 4-14-0-1
Washington Capitals 40 10 26 1 3 24 .300 96 129 18.52 83.49 1-7-1-1 6-11-0-2 4-15-1-1

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January 6th - Off Day, but two key renegotiations for us:

Pascal Leclaire agrees on a contract.
Pascal Leclaire has signed a $1,800,000 per year, 3 year deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

A native of Canada, Pascal Leclaire was originally drafted to the NHL by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 1st round of the 2001 entry draft. He has appeared in 38 NHL games during his career, booking 0 career shutouts and allowing 119 goals. The 22 year old goaltender has played 24 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, allowing 78 goals on 593 while booking 0 shutouts. He has also played 7 games with the Syracuse Crunch this season, allowing 15 goals on 145 while booking 0 shutouts.


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Rick Nash agrees on a contract.
Rick Nash has signed a $1,400,000 per year, 3 year deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

A native of Canada, Rick Nash was originally drafted to the NHL by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 1st round of the 2002 entry draft. He has appeared in 199 NHL games during his career, notching 64 goals and adding 100 assists along with 157 penalty minutes. The 20 year old left wing has played 43 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 20+30=50 with 26 PIM.


Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 2, Philly 3
Carolina 1, Colorado 3
NY Islanders 1, Phoenix 3
Toronto 5, Montreal 2
New Jersey 5, Washington 3
Ottawa 4, Atlanta 1
Boston 1, Dallas 3
St. Louis 2, Minnesota 2
Nashville 1, Buffalo 3
Anaheim 3, Calgary 1
Edmonton 3, Detroit 4
San Jose 2, Florida 1

January 7th - Home game against Colorado

Game 44: Colorado (26-8-3-4) 59 pts @ Columbus (18-18-3-4) 43 pts

Game Notes: We keep Denis in net as he's been playing very well lately. I think we have a chance tonight if Denis plays well and our defense comes out strong.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Alexeev-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Colorado Avalanche 5
Shots: 14 - 33
CBS PP: 1 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:50/62=80 %, Challenges:32/39=80 %
COL PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:82/94=87 %, Challenges:50/60=82 %
Attendance: 17853 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 912288 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:05 0-1 COL Paul Kariya [15] (Peter Worrell)
10:12 1-1 CBS Trevor Letowski [16] (Darryl Sydor, Rostislav Klesla)
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30:26 2-1 CBS Nikita Alexeev [9] (Evan McGrath, Geoff Sanderson)PP
35:56 2-2 COL Paul Kariya [16] (Derek Morris, Joe Sakic)PP
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46:57 2-3 COL Milan Hejduk [24] (Peter Forsberg, Paul Kariya)
59:43 2-4 COL Marek Svatos [7] (Tomas Slovak, Karlis Skrastins) EN
59:57 2-5 COL Steve Konowalchuk [9] (Alex Zhamnov) EN
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Penalty summary:
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12:03 COL Marek Svatos (2 min for diving)
19:33 COL Tom Gilbert (2 min for hooking)
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21:33 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for high-sticking)
23:52 COL Steve Konowalchuk (2 min for hooking)
29:08 COL Peter Worrell (2 min for hooking)
32:39 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
32:39 COL Peter Worrell (5 min for fighting)
35:32 CBS Jaroslav Bednar (2 min for slashing)
39:05 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for roughing)
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41:23 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for elbowing)
48:03 CBS Geoff Sanderson (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 7.50 6
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 7
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 18.10 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 10.10 7
C Evan McGrath 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 -1 16.40 5
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 24.50 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.00 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 -1 7.40 6
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -1 18.30 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8.50 5
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 22.20 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 -1 24.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 12.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 -1 20.30 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 6 1 3 0 -1 31.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 5 0 28 0 0 59.20 5
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mikhail Kuleshov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
R Marek Svatos 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 14.20 8
R Charlie Stephens 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 8.50 7
R Milan Hejduk 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Kent Manderville 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.50 7
C Alex Zhamnov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 12.40 7
C Joe Sakic 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 8
C Peter Forsberg 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 1 24.00 9
L Peter Worrell 0 1 0 2 2 2 7 0 10.50 5
L Steve Konowalchuk 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 2 16.00 8
L Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 11.00 6
L Paul Kariya 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 10
D Tomas Slovak 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 16.20 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
D Derek Morris 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 29.00 7
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 16.10 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
D Rob Blake 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 2 0 12 0 0 60.00 4
G Dominic Roussel 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Paul Kariya
2nd star: Marek Svatos
3rd star: Milan Hejduk

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Paul Kariya scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Joe Sakic notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marek Svatos finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Rob Blake had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk fought Peter Worrell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 19) , Hershey Bears 8( 35)
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0-1 HER Sean Collins (Ryan Steeves)
1-1 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Aaron Johnson, Greg Maudlin)
1-2 HER Bruce Richardson (Sean Collins)
1-3 HER Sean Collins (Bruce Richardson)
2-3 SYR Mike Souza (Greg Maudlin)
2-4 HER Sean Collins (Ryan Steeves)
2-5 HER Sean Collins (Ryan Steeves)
2-6 HER Frantisek Skladany (Brett Hemingway)
2-7 HER Brett Hemingway (Steve Moore)
3-7 SYR Riley Cote (Ben Knopp, Aaron Johnson)
3-8 HER Ryan Steeves

Goalies: David St. Germain - Peter Budaj

With only 14 shots on goal, its really tough to score more than a goal or two. Tonight, we really needed to put more pressure on the Avalanche, and maybe we could have had a real chance to win. Oh well, I think I might move the 2nd and 3rd lines back to where they were.

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 2, NY Islanders 1
Chicago 3, Tampa Bay 2
Columbus 2, Colorado 5
Vancouver 3, Detroit 5

January 8th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Atlanta 3, Pittsburgh 1
NY Rangers 2, Dallas 5
St. Louis 1, New Jersey 4
Edmonton 6, Nashville 1

January 9th- Home game against Phoenix


[U]Game 45: Phoenix (18-15-1-5) 42 pts @ Columbus (18-19-3-4) 43 pts[/U]

Game Notes: We switch lines 2 and 3 back to how they were and we have Leclaire in net tonight. I'd like to get and stay above .500, so a win here would be big.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Boyle

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Phoenix Coyotes 3
Shots: 29 - 33
CBS PP: 1 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:58/74=78 %, Challenges:35/46=74 %
PHO PP: 1 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:57/76=75 %, Challenges:32/39=80 %
Attendance: 11953 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 610798 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:09 1-0 CBS Rostislav Klesla [7] (Darryl Sydor, Todd Marchant)PP
13:05 1-1 PHO Shane Doan [15] (Anson Carter, Paul Mara)SH
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22:54 1-2 PHO Mike Fisher [13] (Jeff Taffe, Marcus Smith)
35:34 1-3 PHO Daniel Cleary [9] (Shane Doan, Dmitry Yushkevich)PP
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Penalty summary:
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04:51 PHO Jan Hrdina (2 min for hooking)
11:37 PHO Daniel Cleary (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:53 PHO Paul Mara (2 min for tripping)
30:17 PHO Jan Hrdina (2 min for slashing)
33:46 CBS Jaroslav Bednar (2 min for tripping)
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40:51 PHO Jeff Taffe (2 min for boarding)
47:38 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for high-sticking)
51:56 PHO Jan Hrdina (2 min for holding the stick)
56:13 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for boarding)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.20 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11.20 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 17.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 21.00 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 7.10 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 22.20 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 7.10 5
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 9.10 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 -1 24.50 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 16.40 6
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 23.30 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 2 1 2 4 0 22.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 17.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 -1 29.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 30 0 0 60.00 9
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Pronger 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Mike Fisher 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 14.40 7
R Shane Doan 1 1 4 3 0 2 0 1 19.30 9
R Anson Carter 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
C Ladislav Nagy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Daniel Cleary 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 19.00 8
C Chris Gratton 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14.20 7
L Landon Wilson 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 7.30 7
L Jeff Taffe 0 1 3 1 3 0 2 1 14.20 6
L Jason Krog 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 3 1 0 0 6 0 16.40 7
D Marcus Smith 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 6
D David Tanabe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 22.40 7
D Igor Knyazev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22.40 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 18.50 7
D Paul Mara 0 1 3 4 0 4 2 1 22.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brian Boucher 1 0 28 0 0 60.00 10
G Sean Burke 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Boucher
2nd star: Shane Doan
3rd star: Mike Fisher

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Shane Doan scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 19) , Springfield Falcons 3( 31)
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1-0 SYR Martin Paroulek (Jaroslav Balastik, Scott Heffernan)
1-1 SPR Scott Polaski (Erik Westrum)
1-2 SPR Scott Polaski (Andrei Nazarov)
2-2 SYR Christoph Ullmann (Don MacLean)
2-3 SPR Fredrik Sjöström (Cale Hulse, David LeNeveu)
3-3 SYR Mark Stuart (Andrej Nedorost)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - David LeNeveu

What an awful performance tonight as nobody showed up and just seemed to let Phoenix push us around. Nash went out of the game early, but should only be out a day or two, so I hope he's ready for the next game. These boys are gonna be practicing hard tomorrow.

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, Pittsburgh 2
Carolina 1, Florida 3
Columbus 1, Phoenix 3
NY Islanders 4, Chicago 2
San Jose 2, Buffalo 5

January 10th- 1st off day of 2

Tonight's Scores:

Detroit 5, Colorado 3
Montreal 0, Boston 3
Ottawa 3, Tampa Bay 3
Philly 4, Phoenix 5
Washington 1, Dallas 1
Minnesota 3, Atlanta 1
Vancouver 3, Nashville 2
Edmonton 3, Toronto 5
Los Angeles 6, St. Louis 3

January 11th- Off Day #2

Tonight's Scores:

Calgary 2, Nashville 3
Anaheim 4, Buffalo 3
San Jose 4, St. Louis 5

January 12th- We're at Dallas, but without Rick Nash, who isn't 100% just yet. We call up LW Mike Souza, C Greg Mauldin, and D Mark Stuart, along with sending down D Paul Manning to Syracuse.

[U]Game 46: Columbus (18-20-3-4) 43 pts @ Dallas (21-16-1-3) 46 pts[/U]

Game Notes: Some callups find their way into the lineup, and we go with Leclaire tonight in net. With Nash out, the many changes are listed below.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Pandolfo-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Souza-Mauldin-Bednar

PP 1: Sanderson-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Stuart

Leclaire

Box Score:

Dallas Stars 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 38 - 21
DAL PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:73/79=92 %, Challenges:43/54=78 %
CBS PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:54/70=77 %, Challenges:46/49=92 %
Attendance: 17211 of 18500 (American Airlines Center)
Ticket income: 867435 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:52 1-0 DAL Jason Arnott [9] (Stu Barnes, Jere Lehtinen)
14:37 2-0 DAL Stu Barnes [13] (Teppo Numminen, Sergei Zubov)
16:46 2-1 CBS Todd Fedoruk [8] (Jaroslav Spacek, Darryl Sydor)
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31:45 3-1 DAL Stu Barnes [14] (Jere Lehtinen, Marty Turco)
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44:38 4-1 DAL Steve Ott [5] (Artem Chernov, Pierre Turgeon)
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Penalty summary:
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26:07 CBS Greg Maudlin (2 min for hooking)
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41:32 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for cross-checking)
49:58 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for tripping)
56:45 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for high-sticking)
59:43 DAL Aaron Downey (5 min for fighting)
59:43 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rob Valicevic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.20 6
R Aaron Downey 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 0 10.40 6
R Stu Barnes 2 1 4 4 1 0 0 2 21.10 10
R Jere Lehtinen 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
C Artem Chernov 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 9.20 8
C Pierre Turgeon 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
C Jason Arnott 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 13.50 8
C Mike Modano 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
L Steve Ott 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 9.20 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
L Mikko Eloranta 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 13.50 6
L Daniel Briere 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Patrick Traverse 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 19.10 5
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 22.30 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 25.40 8
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.20 6
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 6
D Sergei Zubov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 1 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Ron Tugnutt 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 13.40 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 -2 17.20 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
C Greg Maudlin 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5.50 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 11.50 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -2 24.00 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 18.20 9
L Mike Souza 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Todd Fedoruk 1 0 2 0 1 1 9 -1 11.50 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 16.40 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 23.10 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 21.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 17.40 5
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 21.10 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 13.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -2 24.20 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 22.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 34 0 0 60.00 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Stu Barnes
2nd star: Jere Lehtinen
3rd star: Artem Chernov

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Stu Barnes finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Fedoruk has marked a new career high in goals with 8 tallies.

Other notes:
-Aaron Downey beat Todd Fedoruk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 4( 22) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 10)
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0-1 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Jean-François Plourde, Aaron Johnson)
0-2 SYR Jean-François Plourde (Andrej Nedorost, Hannes Hyvönen)
1-2 UTH Gino Guyer (Justin Cox)
2-2 UTH Mathias Tjärnqvist (Brett Draney)
3-2 UTH David Bararuk (Gino Guyer, Justin Cox)
4-2 UTH Chris St. Jacques (Marcus Kristofferson)
4-3 SYR Aaron Johnson (Carsen Germyn)

Goalies: Jason Bacashihua - David St. Germain

Well, we can't score at all, so this is just a little tough to swallow right now. Let's hope that Nash can come back and give this team a little spark.

Tonight's Scores:

Pittsburgh 1, NY Islanders 2
Tampa Bay 4, New Jersey 2
Ottawa 2, Phoenix 3
Florida 5, Carolina 3
Washington 2, Montreal 0
Detroit 3, Chicago 1
Minnesota 1, Colorado 3
Dallas 4, Columbus 1
Vancouver 3, Edmonton 3
Los Angeles 3, Buffalo 4

January 13th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, NY Rangers 0
Montreal 2, Phoenix 4
Philly 3, Ottawa 3
NY Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 1
Atlanta 4, Washington 2
Florida 3, New Jersey 3
Anaheim 3, St. Louis 4
Calgary 5, Toronto 3
San Jose 1, Nashville 3

January 14th- Another off day

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 3, Los Angeles 2
NY Rangers 1, Minnesota 4
Tampa Bay 3, Dallas 2
Chicago 2, Colorado 1
Vancouver 4, Toronto 0
Edmonton 8, Calgary 1

January 15th- On the road against San Jose

[U]Game 47: Columbus (18-21-3-4) 43 pts @ San Jose (18-17-2-6) 44 pts[/U]

Game Notes: Nash gets back into the lineup, which results in a couple of changes in the lineup. Leclaire gets the call again.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Stuart
Line 4: Souza-Mauldin-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Stuart

Leclaire

Box Score:

San Jose Sharks 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 0
Shots: 26 - 25
SJ PP: 2 of 5 (4 shots), Passing:78/85=91 %, Challenges:34/43=77 %
CBS PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:64/78=82 %, Challenges:27/38=69 %
Attendance: 6532 of 17438 (HP Pavillion)
Ticket income: 329212 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:47 1-0 SJ Brad Stuart [6] (Patrick Marleau, Cam Barker)PP
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27:59 2-0 SJ Patrick Marleau [14] (Mike Ricci, Brad Stuart)PP
32:29 3-0 SJ Mike Sillinger [14] (Alyn McCauley)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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01:12 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for hooking)
08:03 CBS Mark Stuart (2 min for hooking)
15:08 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
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26:29 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for cross-checking)
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53:37 CBS Mike Souza (2 min for roughing)
55:18 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for holding the stick)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jonathan Tremblay 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 5
R Jon DiSalvatore 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 7
R Scott Parker 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 16.40 7
R Todd Harvey 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 0 20.50 6
C Travis Green 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 7
C Greg Johnson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
C Alyn McCauley 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 16.40 7
C Mike Ricci 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Scott Thornton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
L Mike Sillinger 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 12.00 7
L Patrick Marleau 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
L Marco Sturm 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 19.10 7
D Jim Fahey 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.10 6
D Alexander Karpovtsev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 27.20 8
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.40 5
D Cam Barker 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 23.10 8
D Brad Stuart 1 1 4 8 0 7 0 0 29.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 0 0 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Dmitri Pätzold 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.30 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 19.10 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 18.40 7
C Greg Maudlin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.40 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 13.40 5
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 26.10 7
L Mike Souza 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 8.30 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 11.40 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 13.40 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -1 15.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 16.10 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 25.30 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 12.40 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 17.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 32.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Nabokov
2nd star: Brad Stuart
3rd star: Mike Sillinger

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Brad Stuart notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alyn McCauley notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike Ricci finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Marco Sturm had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 8( 35) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 21)
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1-0 CLE Marcel Goc (Brad Boyes)
2-0 CLE Mike Morris (Josh Gorges)
3-0 CLE Lynn Loyns (Mike Morris, Jonas Fiedler)
3-1 SYR Martin Paroulek (Alexander Gusjkov)
4-1 CLE Marcel Goc (Tomas Plihal)
5-1 CLE Michal Macho
6-1 CLE Michal Macho
6-2 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Andrej Nedorost)
7-2 CLE David Cloutier (Matthew Carle, Mike Morris)
8-2 CLE Jonas Fiedler (Mike Morris)

Goalies: Seamus Kotyk - David St. Germain

Another ugly offensive performance tonight, and Leclaire was again lackluster. I wish he would get it together and keep us in some games a little better, I really don't know what to do here. I'm thinking about sending him to Syracuse for the rest of the season, or moving Denis to another team for some nice return.

Tonight's Scores:

Pittsburgh 2, Los Angeles 0
Florida 4, Dallas 3
Detroit 2, Minnesota 4
San Jose 3, Columbus 0
Phoenix 3, St. Louis 2

January 16th- We return Stuart, Souza and Mauldin back to Syracuse, calling up Manning. We're at Edmonton tonight.

[U]Game 47: Columbus (18-22-3-4) 43 pts @ Edmonton (21-16-1-7) 50 pts[/U]

Game Notes: Denis gets the start tonight, as we really need to get a win this evening. I hope our good offense shows up tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Manning

Denis

Box Score:

Edmonton Oilers 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 22 - 30
EDM PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:55/76=72 %, Challenges:31/41=73 %
CBS PP: 0 of 9 (11 shots), Passing:78/92=84 %, Challenges:36/44=80 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Rexall Place)
Ticket income: 781470 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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21:31 1-0 EDM Steve Staios [5] (Alexei Semenov, Mike York)PP
38:59 1-1 CBS Espen Knutsen [12] (Todd Marchant, Nikolai Zherdev)
39:35 1-2 CBS Darryl Sydor [2] (Dan Boyle, Espen Knutsen)
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54:15 2-2 EDM Jarrett Stoll [10] (Ethan Moreau, Rocky Thompson)
56:53 3-2 EDM Ryan Smyth [24] (Shawn Horcoff, Mike Comrie)
59:34 3-3 CBS Todd Marchant [16] (Trevor Letowski, Rostislav Klesla)SH WG
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Penalty summary:
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00:22 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for elbowing)
08:19 EDM Ethan Moreau (2 min for high-sticking)
16:23 EDM Doug Lynch (2 min for roughing)
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21:29 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for cross-checking)
22:01 EDM Rocky Thompson (2 min for elbowing)
25:21 EDM Doug Lynch (2 min for boarding)
33:38 EDM Jason Smith (2 min for slashing)
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41:56 EDM Rocky Thompson (2 min for hooking)
47:02 EDM Mike York (2 min for high-sticking)
51:28 EDM Doug Lynch (2 min for tripping)
54:44 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for boarding)
58:05 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
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62:28 EDM Doug Lynch (2 min for slashing)

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22.00 6
R Ethan Moreau 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 8.40 8
R Shawn Horcoff 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 -1 13.10 7
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.20 7
C Jason Chimera 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 7
C Jarrett Stoll 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 8.40 8
C Mike York 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 -1 9.50 6
C Mike Comrie 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 5
L Jani Rita 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 15.00 7
L Brad Isbister 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 21.30 8
L Ales Hemsky 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 9.50 6
L Ryan Smyth 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 18.50 7
D Rocky Thompson 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 1 14.50 7
D Steve Staios 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 7
D Doug Lynch 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 -1 29.20 6
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 20.20 6
D Alexei Semenov 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 22.30 8
D Eric Brewer 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 34.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tommy Salo 3 0 27 0 0 65.00 8
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 14.30 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 11.40 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 27.40 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 9.40 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 6
C Espen Knutsen 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 7.30 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 32.40 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.40 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 9.30 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 13.20 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 27.40 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 14.20 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 2 4 1 2 4 0 22.50 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 16.30 5
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 22.50 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 4 5 2 4 0 0 40.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 19 0 0 64.40 6
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Espen Knutsen
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Jarrett Stoll

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Jarrett Stoll scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Espen Knutsen finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Darryl Sydor finally ended his 29 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Toronto Roadrunners 4( 25) , Syracuse Crunch 6( 27)
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0-1 SYR Mark Stuart (Scott Heffernan, Andrej Nedorost)
0-2 SYR Brad Moran (Andrej Nedorost)
1-2 TRN David Rohlfs (Jesse Niinimäki, Brad Winchester)
1-3 SYR Aaron Johnson (Greg Maudlin, Andrej Nedorost)
2-3 TRN Brad Winchester (Colin McDonald)
2-4 SYR Brad Moran (Mark Stuart)
3-4 TRN Jan Horacek (Colin McDonald, Dan Baum)
3-5 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Jaroslav Balastik)
3-6 SYR Brad Moran (Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
4-6 TRN Dan Smith (Tony Salmelainen)

Goalies: Phil Osaer - Karl Goehring

I took a big risk and pulled Denis when Klesla had the puck in the middle of the ice. Klesla dumped it in, Marchant intercepted a pass and scored with under 30 seconds to go, which stole us a point that we most desparately needed. Hopefully we can go from here in a positive direction.

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 7, Tampa Bay 4
NY Rangers 1, New Jersey 1
Toronto 3, Anaheim 3
Montreal 3, Carolina 4
Philly 2, Boston 4
Nashville 3, Vancouver 3
Colorado 5, NY Islanders 3
Edmonton 3, Columbus 3

Standings:

Western:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Colorado Avalanche 46 29 10 3 4 65 .707 156 118 21.00 79.20 6-4-0-0 18-4-2-1 11-6-1-3
*Phoenix Coyotes 44 23 15 1 5 52 .591 132 121 14.95 83.58 8-0-0-2 12-5-0-4 11-10-1-1
*Detroit Red Wings 46 22 20 0 4 48 .522 134 147 17.26 85.00 5-2-0-3 13-9-0-3 9-11-0-1
*Vancouver Canucks 48 24 16 2 6 56 .583 152 141 14.37 84.83 3-4-0-3 13-7-1-3 11-9-1-3
*Edmonton Oilers 46 21 16 1 8 51 .554 150 134 15.06 87.73 4-3-1-2 12-7-1-4 9-9-0-4
*Minnesota Wild 45 20 15 5 5 50 .556 136 128 15.03 87.33 5-3-1-1 12-7-3-3 8-8-2-2
*Dallas Stars 44 22 17 2 3 49 .557 144 122 17.91 88.73 6-2-1-1 11-5-1-1 11-12-1-2
*St. Louis Blues 43 20 15 4 4 48 .558 126 124 14.71 89.38 3-5-0-2 11-7-2-3 9-8-2-1
San Jose Sharks 44 19 17 2 6 46 .523 118 120 12.72 84.36 2-6-1-1 12-7-1-3 7-10-1-3
Anaheim Mighty Ducks 45 20 21 1 3 44 .489 126 126 15.54 82.86 6-3-0-1 10-9-0-1 10-12-1-2
Columbus Blue Jackets 48 18 22 3 5 44 .458 133 154 12.50 79.64 2-6-1-1 11-12-1-2 7-10-2-3
Nashville Predators 47 19 23 2 3 43 .457 127 149 13.33 88.19 6-3-0-1 9-11-1-2 10-12-1-1
Los Angeles Kings 47 17 24 3 3 40 .426 134 156 14.43 81.78 4-4-1-1 10-9-1-1 7-15-2-2
Calgary Flames 45 15 26 0 4 34 .378 118 157 14.53 82.65 1-8-0-1 9-10-0-2 6-16-0-2
Chicago Blackhawks 44 14 26 1 3 32 .364 116 139 14.00 79.86 4-6-0-0 8-12-0-0 6-14-1-3

Eastern:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*New Jersey Devils 45 25 13 0 7 57 .633 141 115 14.53 86.62 4-2-0-4 13-5-0-2 12-8-0-5
*Ottawa Senators 45 26 15 0 4 56 .622 141 122 19.59 81.61 5-3-0-2 15-7-0-1 11-8-0-3
*Florida Panthers 45 23 12 2 8 56 .622 148 122 15.38 85.71 5-3-0-2 14-4-1-3 9-8-1-5
*Philadelphia Flyers 43 23 11 2 7 55 .640 147 113 19.41 82.68 4-2-1-3 11-8-2-4 12-3-0-3
*Buffalo Sabres 44 23 12 4 5 55 .625 138 120 17.29 83.01 6-2-1-1 13-3-3-3 10-9-1-2
*Boston Bruins 45 24 15 0 6 54 .600 148 119 21.35 81.06 5-4-0-1 14-7-0-2 10-8-0-4
*New York Islanders 45 23 16 2 4 52 .578 134 121 17.16 85.00 5-5-0-0 15-7-1-2 8-9-1-2
*Tampa Bay Lightning 44 24 17 1 2 51 .580 128 136 14.38 83.93 6-3-0-1 16-4-0-0 8-13-1-2
New York Rangers 45 21 21 1 2 45 .500 133 137 14.38 79.78 2-6-0-2 13-8-1-1 8-13-0-1
Montreal Canadiens 46 20 24 1 1 42 .457 139 143 17.03 87.79 2-8-0-0 13-9-1-0 7-15-0-1
Toronto Maple Leafs 44 19 21 1 3 42 .477 137 140 16.39 81.51 7-2-0-1 12-8-0-3 7-13-1-0
Atlanta Thrashers 45 18 21 1 5 42 .467 135 148 16.67 85.56 4-5-0-1 12-7-0-4 6-14-1-1
Carolina Hurricanes 43 14 23 2 4 34 .395 109 137 15.34 81.02 5-5-0-0 9-7-2-2 5-16-0-2
Pittsburgh Penguins 45 12 29 0 4 28 .311 102 138 12.21 83.24 3-7-0-0 8-12-0-3 4-17-0-1
Washington Capitals 44 11 28 1 4 27 .307 104 139 18.50 83.54 1-6-1-2 7-11-0-3 4-17-1-1

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January 17th- Off Day #1 of 3

Tonight's Scores:

Ottawa 3, Anaheim 1
Washington 4, Los Angeles 0
Minnesota 5, Detroit 3
Chicago 1, Florida 4
Dallas 3, Nashville 5
Phoenix 3, Pittsburgh 1
San Jose 3, Calgary 1

January 18th- Off Day #2 of 3

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 2, Boston 4
NY Rangers 3, Ottawa 1
Toronto 3, Atlanat 4
New Jersey 4, Philly 3
Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 5
St. Louis 6, Vancouver 3
Colorado 2, Edmonton 1

January 19th- Off Day #3 of 3

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 4, Florida 3
Dallas 3, Pittsburgh 5
Nashville 4, Boston 3
Minnesota 1, NY Islanders 3
Chicgao 1, Atlanta 3
Los Angeles 2, Phoenix 3

January 20th- At Vancouver

Game 49: Columbus (18-22-3-5) 44 pts @ Vancouver (24-17-2-6) 56 pts

Game Notes: Leclaire in net tonight, as he gets one more chance to stay up here with the big club for a regular basis. If not, he'll probably be sent down to Syracuse for most of the rest of the season.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Manning

Leclaire

Box Score:

Vancouver Canucks 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 31 - 36
VAN PP: 1 of 3 (1 shots), Passing:59/70=84 %, Challenges:33/41=78 %
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:68/84=80 %, Challenges:38/44=84 %
Attendance: 16167 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 782482 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:11 1-0 VAN Brendan Morrison [13] (Ed Jovanovski)
11:18 1-1 CBS Sean O'Donnell [1] (Todd Marchant)
12:13 2-1 VAN Sami Salo [5] (Ed Jovanovski, Brendan Morrison)
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26:35 2-2 CBS Todd Marchant [17] (Nikolai Zherdev, Jaroslav Bednar)
29:15 3-2 VAN Ivan Ciernik [9] (Trevor Linden)
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43:48 4-2 VAN Trevor Linden [12] (Markus Näslund, Brendan Morrison)PP
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Penalty summary:
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03:43 VAN Ruslan Salei (2 min for elbowing)
14:47 VAN Brad May (2 min for hooking)
19:24 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for hooking)
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38:57 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
38:57 VAN Marc-Andre Roy (5 min for fighting)
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43:26 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for slashing)
44:44 VAN Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
51:39 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for tripping)
58:54 VAN Ruslan Salei (2 min for holding the stick)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 11.30 7
R Fedor Fedorov 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 17.50 6
R Ivan Ciernik 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 7
R Trevor Linden 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 14.50 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 5
C Brandon Reid 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.00 7
C Matt Cooke 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 18.50 8
C Brendan Morrison 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 8
L Marc-Andre Roy 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 6.40 7
L Brad May 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 -2 16.00 7
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.30 7
L Markus Näslund 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 16.40 7
D Martin Grenier 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 14.30 6
D Kirill Koltsov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 6
D Sami Salo 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 23.00 9
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 -2 17.50 7
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 19.30 5
D Ed Jovanovski 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 2 0 34 0 0 60.00 10
G Mika Noronen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 7.20 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 10.30 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 14.40 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 23.20 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12.40 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 16.20 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 23.40 8
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.50 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 18.40 8
L Rick Nash 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 23.20 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 19.40 7
D Sean O'Donnell 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 20.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 22.40 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 27 0 0 59.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brendan Morrison
2nd star: Trevor Linden
3rd star: Sami Salo

Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Ed Jovanovski notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Ivan Ciernik has marked a new career high in goals with 9 tallies.
-Trevor Linden finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Sami Salo finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Sean O'Donnell ended his 5 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Sean O'Donnell fought Marc-Andre Roy in a fight.

Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 2( 27) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 22)
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1-0 MAN Alexander Steen (Justin Morrison)
2-0 MAN Nathan Smith (Jesse Schultz)
2-1 SYR Jean-François Plourde (Aaron Johnson)
2-2 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Greg Maudlin)
2-3 SYR Don MacLean (Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)

Goalies: Alexander Auld - David St. Germain

Well, Leclaire didn't play well again, and I really think he needs some more time with Syracuse now. Goehring will get the callup to be Denis' backup incase of emergencies, with Leclaire getting starts on back-to-back nights for Columbus.

Tonight's Scores:

Philly 4, Washington 5
Carolina 1, Anaheim 5
San Jose 1, Colorado 3
Montreal 1, NY Rangers 4
Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 3
New Jersey 3, Florida 3
Ottawa 2, Buffalo 3
St. Louis 4, Edmonton 3
Vancouver 4, Columbus 2

January 21st- Back to back, tonight at Calgary

[U]Game 50: Columbus (18-23-3-5) 44 pts @ Calgary (15-27-0-4) 34 pts[/U]

Game Notes: Denis gets the start tonight and we decide to bump Knutsen up to the top line for the night. If we don't get something going, I might break up Nash and Zherdev, putting Zherdev on the 2nd line, but we'll see.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Knutsen-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Sanderson-Marchant-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Sydor
PP 2: Sanderson-McGrath-Alexeev-Spacek-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Sanderson-Sydor-Manning

Denis

Box Score:

Calgary Flames 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 29 - 28
CGY PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:72/84=85 %, Challenges:32/39=80 %
CBS PP: 0 of 7 (5 shots), Passing:68/77=88 %, Challenges:26/34=74 %
Attendance: 7374 of 17139 (Pengrowth Saddledome)
Ticket income: 340679 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:56 1-0 CGY Matthew Lombardi [3] (Jordan Leopold, Toni Lydman)
15:37 2-0 CGY Oleg Saprykin [6] (Steven Reinprecht, Toni Lydman)PP
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26:21 2-1 CBS Todd Marchant [18] (Geoff Sanderson, Rick Nash)
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47:16 3-1 CGY Steven Reinprecht [15] (Chuck Kobasew, Jarome Iginla)
47:32 3-2 CBS Trevor Letowski [17] (Jaroslav Spacek, Paul Manning)
51:27 4-2 CGY Dean McAmmond [10] (Stephane Yelle, Jarome Iginla)
55:08 5-2 CGY Martin Gelinas [13] (Jordan Leopold)
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Penalty summary:
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01:59 CGY Toni Lydman (2 min for hooking)
02:08 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
02:08 CGY Rhett Warrener (2 min for roughing)
04:14 CGY Denis Gauthier (2 min for roughing)
08:05 CGY Chris Clark (2 min for hooking)
14:57 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for high-sticking)
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21:28 CGY Denis Gauthier (2 min for hooking)
27:04 CGY Rhett Warrener (2 min for high-sticking)
29:42 CGY Denis Gauthier (5 min for fighting)
29:42 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
36:04 CGY Denis Gauthier (2 min for holding the stick)
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56:53 CGY Rhett Warrener (5 min for fighting)
56:53 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
59:39 CGY Dean McAmmond (2 min for hooking)
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Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radovan Somik 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6.50 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 11.10 6
R Chuck Kobasew 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
R Jarome Iginla 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 20.10 8
C Matthew Lombardi 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 6.10 5
C Blair Betts 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 5
C Steven Reinprecht 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
C Stephane Yelle 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
L Oleg Saprykin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.40 7
L Josh Green 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 18.30 6
L Martin Gelinas 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 17.30 8
L Dean McAmmond 1 0 6 1 1 1 2 1 19.30 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 0 11.20 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 3 29.10 8
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.30 6
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 -1 12.40 7
D Toni Lydman 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 3 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roman Turek 2 0 26 0 0 60.00 9
G Miikka Kiprusoff 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2.40 5
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 12.40 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 21.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 23.30 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.50 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17.50 7
C Todd Marchant 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 19.50 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 1 2 0 1 7 0 9.20 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -2 19.00 6
L Rick Nash 0 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 24.10 8
D Paul Manning 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 19.20 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 19.40 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 5 0 24 0 0 60.00 5
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steven Reinprecht
2nd star: Jarome Iginla
3rd star: Stephane Yelle

Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Steven Reinprecht scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Dean McAmmond scored his 10th goal of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Trevor Letowski ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat Denis Gauthier in a fight.
-Rhett Warrener beat Sean O'Donnell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Saint John Flames 3( 24) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 17)
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1-0 SJF Ladislav Balaz
2-0 SJF Matt Doman (Andreas Karlsson)
3-0 SJF Garrett Bembridge

Goalies: Brent Krahn - David St. Germain

Another dreadful performance, it would be nice to get this team headed in the right direction. I'm not getting good goaltending from neither Denis nor Leclaire. The defense has been playing very dreadful, and I think I know what its time for.......

Tonight's Scores:

Minnesota 3, Philly 5
Washington 1, NY Islanders 1
Nasvhille 3, St. Louis 4
Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 4
Calgary 5, Columbus 2
Chicago 0, Pittsburgh 2
Los Angeles 2, Colorado 4
Phoenix 3, Dallas 1

January 22nd- Well, we make a move here:

CBS-NYI trade
Columbus Blue Jackets traded Geoff Sanderson to New York Islanders for Roman Hamrlik

A native of Czech, Roman Hamrlik was originally drafted to the NHL by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1st round of the 1992 entry draft. He has appeared in 921 NHL games during his career, notching 126 goals and adding 348 assists along with 1040 penalty minutes. The 30 year old defenseman has played 47 games with the New York Islanders this season, totalling 4+15=19 with 56 PIM.

A native of Canada, Geoff Sanderson was originally drafted to the NHL by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2nd round of the 1990 entry draft. He has appeared in 979 NHL games during his career, notching 336 goals and adding 315 assists along with 393 penalty minutes. The 32 year old left wing has played 50 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 12+9=21 with 16 PIM.

Well, Sanderson was in a slump and could easily be a top line winger for the Islanders. New York had 4 solid defensemen and could trade Hamrlik without giving up too much. Now, we add another solid piece to our defense, and look to help our goaltending out. This means that Manning will be sent down to Syracuse or will be kept up to play in a rotation with Spacek.

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, Florida 4
Carolina 1, NY Rangers 3
New Jersey 6, Anaheim 2
Dallas 3, Edmonton 0
Vancouver 2, San Jose 4

January 23rd- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 5, Detroit 2
Montreal 0, St. Louis 4
NY Islanders 2, Toronto 2
Tampa Bay 5, Atlanta 1
Nashville 4, Washington 3
Calgary 5, Phoenix 3

January 24th- We send Leclaire down to Syracuse to get some playing time, and we call up Mike Souza to play 4th line LW, along with Andrej Nedorost to play for an injured Jaroslav Bednar.

[U]Game 51: Nashville (22-23-3-3) 50 pts @ Columbus (18-24-3-5) 44 pts[/U]

Game Notes: Let's hope that Hamrlik helps out the defense some, as he'll be playing on the 2nd line. Denis gets the start for us tonight

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Knutsen-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Fedoruk-Marchant-Alexeev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Pandolfo-McGrath-Letowski-Manning-Boyle
Line 4: Souza-Hartigan-Nedorost

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Fedoruk-Sydor-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 5 , Nashville Predators 3
Shots: 27 - 32
CBS PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:56/71=78 %, Challenges:38/40=92 %
NAS PP: 1 of 8 (13 shots), Passing:70/78=89 %, Challenges:37/48=75 %
Attendance: 8519 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 435320 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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07:52 0-1 NAS Brian Gionta [13] (Kimmo Timonen)PP
09:57 1-1 CBS Todd Marchant [19] (Roman Hamrlik, Darryl Sydor)
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28:16 1-2 NAS David Legwand [12])SH
33:21 1-3 NAS Brian Gionta [14] (David Legwand, Tomas Vokoun)
35:38 2-3 CBS Rick Nash [21] (Espen Knutsen, Mark Hartigan)
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49:22 3-3 CBS Mark Hartigan [4] (Mike Souza, Rostislav Klesla)
54:27 4-3 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [13] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)
58:34 5-3 CBS Todd Marchant [20] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)
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Penalty summary:
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02:43 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for tripping)
04:31 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for cross-checking)
06:33 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for hooking)
13:01 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for cross-checking)
15:27 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
15:27 NAS Jim McKenzie (5 min for fighting)
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24:47 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for tripping)
27:32 NAS Jim McKenzie (2 min for boarding)
36:24 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
36:24 NAS Scott Walker (5 min for fighting)
36:46 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for high-sticking)
39:52 CBS Mike Souza (2 min for slashing)
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42:08 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for high-sticking)
55:44 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
55:44 NAS Jim McKenzie (5 min for fighting)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 17.40 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 18.30 9
C Mark Hartigan 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6.40 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
C Todd Marchant 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 27.00 9
L Mike Souza 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 6.40 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 10.40 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 14.50 6
L Rick Nash 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 18.30 10
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.10 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 5 0 3 4 -1 19.50 9
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 4 0 3 7 4 31.00 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 3 6 0 4 0 3 36.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Karl Goehring 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Walker 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 7.10 5
R Darren Haydar 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 12.30 5
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
C Denis Arkhipov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Josef Vasicek 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 11.50 5
C Adam Hall 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 20.20 6
C David Legwand 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 9
L Jim McKenzie 0 0 1 2 0 1 12 0 6.30 7
L Martin Erat 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 15.50 6
L Brian Gionta 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 17.40 7
D Stan Neckar 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 11.00 6
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 16.00 7
D Lubomir Sekeras 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 27.50 7
D Kirill Safronov 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 18.20 6
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 28.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 5 1 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Jan Lasak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd Marchant
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Espen Knutsen notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Todd Marchant scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Mark Hartigan finally ended his 22 game goal drought.

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Brian Gionta has marked a new career high in goals with 13 tallies.
-David Legwand notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jamie Langenbrunner had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jamie Langenbrunner had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Adam Hall had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Scott Hartnell had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Scott Hartnell had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk fought Jim McKenzie in a fight.
-Sean O'Donnell fought Scott Walker in a fight.
-Todd Fedoruk fought Jim McKenzie in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 13) , Milwaukee Admirals 1( 12)
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0-1 MIL Robert Schnabel (Libor Pivko)
1-1 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Sean Bergenheim, Aaron Johnson)
2-1 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Sean Bergenheim, Brad Moran)

In the third period, I reunited the line of Nash-Marchant-Zherdev, and we got the last two goals from that line. Its going back together and hopefully will help us get some more offense. Hamrlik played an awesome game tonight, and Nash was everywhere on the ice. Denis did a great job out there tonight as we came from two down to win.

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 3, Carolina 3
Atlanta 4, Florida 3
Columbus 5, Nashville 3
Pittsburgh 3, Montreal 0
Ottawa 3, Boston 0
Dallas 7, Philly 1
Edmonton 2, Phoenix 3
San Jose 3, Vancouver 2
Los Angeles 1, Minnesota 3

January 25th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1
Washington 1, Ottawa 2
St. Louis 6, Philly 4
Chicago 3, New Jersey 0
Anaheim 5, Calgary 1

January 26th- Home game against LA


[U]Game 52: Los Angeles (17-28-3-3) 40 pts @ Columbus (19-24-3-5) 46 pts[/U]

Game Notes: Marchant stays on that top line after last game, so he switches with Knutsen.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Pandolfo-McGrath-Letowski-Manning-Boyle
Line 4: Souza-Hartigan-Nedorost

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Fedoruk-Sydor-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Los Angeles Kings 3
Shots: 17 - 38
CBS PP: 1 of 4 (2 shots), Passing:50/63=79 %, Challenges:26/35=72 %
LA PP: 0 of 7 (10 shots), Passing:90/101=89 %, Challenges:46/52=86 %
Attendance: 7617 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 389230 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:14 0-1 LA Ryan Flinn [2] (Jon Sim, Aaron Miller)
13:44 0-2 LA Jozef Stumpel [11] (Dustin Brown)
17:21 1-2 CBS Todd Marchant [21] (Darryl Sydor, Todd Fedoruk)SH
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26:48 1-3 LA Adam Deadmarsh [17] (Jason Allison)SH
28:08 2-3 CBS Rick Nash [22] (Todd Marchant, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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02:16 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for slashing)
06:48 LA Jon Sim (2 min for boarding)
17:03 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for slashing)
19:36 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for high-sticking)
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24:25 LA Ryan Flinn (2 min for hooking)
24:51 LA Ian Laperriere (2 min for high-sticking)
38:29 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:45 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for tripping)
45:25 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for hooking)
49:17 LA Jon Sim (2 min for elbowing)
58:14 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 21.00 5
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 20.00 4
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 10.40 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 6.40 8
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -2 11.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 10.30 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 31.20 7
L Mike Souza 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 11.30 4
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 10.50 6
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 14.20 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 0 25.40 7
D Paul Manning 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 -1 8.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 0 13.10 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 38.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 35 0 0 60.00 9
G Karl Goehring 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Flinn 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 6.20 7
R Dustin Brown 0 1 2 4 1 3 0 0 14.10 8
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
R Trent Klatt 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 8.50 5
C Jozef Stumpel 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 17.10 8
C Eric Belanger 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 10.30 7
C Jason Allison 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 23.30 7
L Jon Sim 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 6.20 5
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10.50 7
L Martin Straka 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -1 21.20 7
L Adam Deadmarsh 1 0 5 3 1 3 0 1 18.50 9
D Janne Laukkanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 5
D Drake Berehowsky 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15.00 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 29.00 6
D Mattias Norström 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 17.20 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 23.30 7
D Aaron Miller 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 22.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roman Cechmanek 2 0 15 0 0 60.00 6
G Milan Hnilicka 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Adam Deadmarsh
2nd star: Ryan Flinn
3rd star: Dustin Brown

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Fedoruk ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Ryan Flinn ended his 6 game point drought.
-Jon Sim ended his 7 game point drought.
-Aaron Miller ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 0( 11) , Manchester Monarchs 6( 31)
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0-1 MNC Yannick Lehoux (Scott Barney)
0-2 MNC Jared Aulin (Tuukka Mantyla)
0-3 MNC Dan Welch (Brady Murray, Jerred Smithson)
0-4 MNC Jerred Smithson (Dan Welch)
0-5 MNC Brady Murray (Jerred Smithson)
0-6 MNC Yannick Lehoux (Scott Barney)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Mathieu Chouinard

Wow, that was such a pathetic effort by our entire team, we get outshot by 21 shots, and still manage to keep it a close game, thanks to the great goaltending of Marc Denis. I hope this team plays better for the next game.

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 1, Boston 3
NY Rangers 1, NY Islanders 6
Columbus 2, Los Angeles 3
Florida 9, Toronto 1
Dallas 5, San Jose 2
Vancouver 5, Phoenix 3
Colorado 3, Chicago 3

Standings:

Western:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Colorado Avalanche 50 32 10 3 5 72 .720 168 125 21.43 78.79 7-2-0-1 19-4-2-2 13-6-1-3
*Phoenix Coyotes 50 27 17 1 5 60 .600 150 137 15.21 83.71 8-2-0-0 14-5-0-4 13-12-1-1
*St. Louis Blues 48 25 15 4 4 58 .604 150 137 17.71 89.34 7-3-0-0 14-7-2-3 11-8-2-1
*Vancouver Canucks 53 26 19 2 6 60 .566 168 159 13.85 84.58 4-4-0-2 15-8-1-3 11-11-1-3
*Dallas Stars 50 25 20 2 3 55 .550 166 138 19.00 87.04 4-4-1-1 14-7-1-1 11-13-1-2
*Minnesota Wild 49 22 17 5 5 54 .551 148 140 15.85 87.50 5-3-1-1 13-9-3-3 9-8-2-2
*San Jose Sharks 49 22 19 2 6 52 .531 131 133 12.90 82.91 5-4-1-0 14-8-1-3 8-11-1-3
*Edmonton Oilers 50 21 19 2 8 52 .520 156 146 14.86 86.29 2-4-2-2 12-8-1-4 9-11-1-4
Nashville Predators 52 22 24 3 3 50 .481 146 167 13.24 87.97 5-3-1-1 11-11-2-2 11-13-1-1
Anaheim Mighty Ducks 49 22 23 1 3 48 .490 139 137 15.31 83.46 4-5-0-1 11-9-0-1 11-14-1-2
Detroit Red Wings 49 22 23 0 4 48 .490 141 161 17.51 84.88 4-4-0-2 13-10-0-3 9-13-0-1
Columbus Blue Jackets 52 19 25 3 5 46 .442 144 169 12.08 80.11 2-7-0-1 12-13-1-2 7-12-2-3
Los Angeles Kings 52 18 28 3 3 42 .404 142 172 14.09 82.02 3-7-0-0 10-12-1-1 8-16-2-2
Calgary Flames 49 17 28 0 4 38 .388 130 170 15.03 83.18 3-6-0-1 11-10-0-2 6-18-0-2
Chicago Blackhawks 49 15 29 1 4 35 .357 124 151 14.29 80.12 4-5-0-1 9-15-0-0 6-14-1-4

Eastern:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Florida Panthers 51 26 14 2 9 63 .618 174 138 15.00 86.01 6-2-0-2 15-4-1-3 11-10-1-6
*Ottawa Senators 50 29 17 0 4 62 .620 152 130 20.47 82.72 4-4-0-2 17-8-0-1 12-9-0-3
*New Jersey Devils 49 27 14 0 8 62 .633 154 126 13.99 85.88 4-2-0-4 15-5-0-3 12-9-0-5
*Buffalo Sabres 48 26 13 4 5 61 .635 151 130 16.59 83.56 8-1-1-0 15-4-3-3 11-9-1-2
*Tampa Bay Lightning 49 28 18 1 2 59 .602 148 149 14.37 83.78 6-3-0-1 18-4-0-0 10-14-1-2
*Boston Bruins 50 26 18 0 6 58 .580 161 133 21.70 80.56 6-4-0-0 14-8-0-2 12-10-0-4
*New York Islanders 49 25 16 2 6 58 .592 146 126 17.99 85.26 5-3-0-2 15-7-1-3 10-9-1-3
*Philadelphia Flyers 48 24 15 2 7 57 .594 164 138 19.61 80.56 3-5-1-1 11-9-2-4 13-6-0-3
New York Rangers 50 24 22 1 3 52 .520 147 149 14.04 80.07 3-5-0-2 14-9-1-2 10-13-0-1
Atlanta Thrashers 49 21 22 1 5 48 .490 147 160 18.56 85.34 6-4-0-0 13-7-0-4 8-15-1-1
Toronto Maple Leafs 49 20 24 1 4 45 .459 149 161 16.92 79.63 3-5-0-2 13-9-0-3 7-15-1-1
Montreal Canadiens 50 20 28 1 1 42 .420 144 159 16.41 86.39 0-10-0-0 13-12-1-0 7-16-0-1
Carolina Hurricanes 47 14 26 2 5 35 .372 116 152 14.21 79.61 3-6-0-1 9-10-2-2 5-16-0-3
Pittsburgh Penguins 49 15 30 0 4 34 .347 113 144 14.05 83.52 5-5-0-0 9-12-0-3 6-18-0-1
Washington Capitals 49 13 30 1 5 32 .327 118 150 18.59 83.27 3-4-0-3 8-12-0-4 5-18-1-1

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January 27th- We get a few days off here

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 1, New Jersey 1
Montreal 5, Atlanta 3
Anaheim 3, Minnesota 3
Boston 3, Philly 4
Ottawa 3, NY Rangers 3
NY Islanders 3, Buffalo 1
Pittsburgh 6, Washington 2
Flordia 2, Tampa Bay 2
Detroit 3, Los Angeles 4
St. Louis 4, San Jose 1
Nashville 6, Colorado 3
Calgary 0, Edmonton 3

January 28th- Another off day

Tonight's Scores:

Atlanta 0, New Jersey 3
Montreal 2, Toronto 3
Edmonton 4, Chicago 3

January 29th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 2, Tampa Bay 0
NY Rangers 5, Washington 3
St. Louis 1, Ottawa 1
Phoenix 1, Nashville 0

January 30th- We get Jaroslav Bednar back, but Zherdev is out day-to-day, so we'll get to see some more makeshift lines.

Game 53: Columbus (19-25-3-5) 46 pts @ Philadelphia (25-15-2-7) 59 pts

Game Notes: Letowski will play on the top lines tonight, with Nedorost moving up to the third line. Denis will get the start tonight, as we call up Leclaire to get ready to play tomorrow night. We also put Spacek in for Manning, trying to switch up the two.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Pandolfo-McGrath-Nedorost-Spacek-Boyle
Line 4: Souza-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Fedoruk-Sydor-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Philadelphia Flyers 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 39 - 17
PHI PP: 2 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:68/80=85 %, Challenges:47/52=88 %
CBS PP: 0 of 5 (2 shots), Passing:47/60=78 %, Challenges:33/43=75 %
Attendance: 19519 of 19519 (Wachovia Center)
Ticket income: 938863 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:57 1-0 PHI Donald Brashear [5] (Justin Williams, Wade Belak)
18:04 1-1 CBS Nikita Alexeev [10] (Roman Hamrlik, Sean O'Donnell)
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23:46 2-1 PHI Miroslav Satan [24] (Zigmund Palffy)PP
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59:49 3-1 PHI John LeClair [14] (Tony Amonte, Joni Pitkänen)PP
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Penalty summary:
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10:06 CBS Jaroslav Bednar (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:17 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for tripping)
26:21 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for hooking)
32:08 PHI Joni Pitkänen (2 min for hooking)
36:28 PHI John LeClair (2 min for hooking)
39:35 PHI Wade Belak (2 min for roughing)
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42:35 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for high-sticking)
44:24 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for diving)
48:28 PHI Wade Belak (2 min for hooking)
51:03 PHI Justin Williams (2 min for slashing)
58:11 CBS Andrej Nedorost (2 min for tripping)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Justin Williams 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 5.10 7
R Sami Kapanen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 7
R Tony Amonte 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 11.50 7
R Zigmund Palffy 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 20.00 7
C Michal Handzus 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 8.30 7
C Keith Primeau 0 0 3 4 0 4 0 0 20.40 9
C Craig Conroy 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.30 7
C Jeremy Roenick 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 0 23.40 8
L Donald Brashear 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.10 7
L Jonas Höglund 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.40 6
L John LeClair 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 11.50 6
L Miroslav Satan 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 8
D Wade Belak 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 12.20 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 3 2 0 2 2 -1 22.40 7
D Jeff Woywitka 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 29.20 9
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Marcus Ragnarsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 5
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 29.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jeff Hackett 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Robert Esche 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 6.10 7
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 10.00 6
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.50 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 29.20 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 12.10 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 15.30 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 26.10 7
L Mike Souza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.10 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 12.20 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22.00 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 14.00 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 24.20 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 21.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -1 10.30 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 34.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 36 0 0 60.00 10
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Donald Brashear
2nd star: John LeClair
3rd star: Miroslav Satan

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Justin Williams notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikita Alexeev scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Nikita Alexeev ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Todd Marchant had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Todd Marchant had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 0( 13) , Syracuse Crunch 5( 23)
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0-1 SYR Christoph Ullmann (Brad Moran, Martin Paroulek)
0-2 SYR Aaron Johnson (Per Mårs, Riley Cote)
0-3 SYR Mark Stuart (Jaroslav Balastik, Sean Bergenheim)
0-4 SYR Wade Winkler (Don MacLean)
0-5 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Brad Moran)

Goalies: Antero Niittymäki - David St. Germain

We're just not getting any shots off at all, and we can't score goals that way. Denis had a great game in net tonight, and we get nothing out of it. We got outworked and outplayed tonight, not a good combo.

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 5, St. Louis 2
Philly 3, Columbus 1
Atlanta 2, Toronto 4
Tampa Bay 4, Florida 4
Washington 3, Pittsburgh 1
Calgary 0, Vancouver 2
Edmonton 3, Minnesota 4
Anaheim 3, Dallas 3
San Jose 1, Colorado 3

January 31st- We're at Detroit tonight, a game that I'd like to get a point from.

Game 54: Columbus (19-26-3-5) 46 pts @ Detroit (22-23-1-4) 49 pts

Game Notes: Zherdev makes his way back in the lineup tonight, as he's close to 100%. Leclaire gets the start in net tonight, hoping that he'll bring his A game tonight. Also, lets hope that we get more than about 15 shots tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Pandolfo-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Boyle
Line 4: Souza-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Fedoruk-Sydor-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

Detroit Red Wings 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 28 - 28
DET PP: 2 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:31/42=72 %
CBS PP: 0 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:58/80=72 %, Challenges:37/44=82 %
Attendance: 12962 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 631249 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:47 1-0 DET Darren McCarty [10] (Ray Whitney, Tomas Kopecky)PP
11:19 1-1 CBS Trevor Letowski [18] (Dan Boyle, Roman Hamrlik)
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no scoring
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40:13 2-1 DET Nicklas Lidström [9] (Ray Whitney, Tomas Kopecky)PP
47:32 3-1 DET Tomas Holmström [6] (Igor Grigorenko, Kirk Maltby)
49:09 3-2 CBS Todd Fedoruk [9] (Darryl Sydor, Espen Knutsen)
59:38 4-2 DET Ray Whitney [16] (Pavel Datsyuk) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:06 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for high-sticking)
04:56 DET Brendan Shanahan (2 min for tripping)
07:05 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
07:05 DET Derian Hatcher (5 min for fighting)
16:52 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:57 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for hooking)
28:27 DET Tomas Kopecky (2 min for high-sticking)
30:23 DET Boyd Devereaux (2 min for cross-checking)
32:32 DET Tomas Kopecky (2 min for hooking)
39:08 CBS Mike Souza (2 min for holding the stick)
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44:43 DET Kris Draper (2 min for tripping)
55:53 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Kelly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 5
R Jason Williams 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 6
R Kris Draper 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 12.00 7
R Darren McCarty 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 20.50 9
C Tomas Kopecky 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 -1 11.10 6
C Igor Grigorenko 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.00 7
C Boyd Devereaux 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 13.50 5
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 21.00 8
L Kirk Maltby 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 -1 11.10 6
L Tomas Holmström 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.00 6
L Ray Whitney 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 14.00 8
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 21.10 7
D Danny Groulx 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16.20 6
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.40 6
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 1 2 1 2 5 0 27.30 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 14.20 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 21.30 7
D Nicklas Lidström 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 29.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Félix Potvin 2 0 26 0 0 60.00 9
G Stefan Liv 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4.50 6
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 5 6 0 1 0 1 18.20 9
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 22.50 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4.50 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 11.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 30.00 6
L Mike Souza 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.10 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 7
L Todd Fedoruk 1 0 3 1 1 1 7 1 10.50 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 23.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 3 2 1 4 0 25.30 8
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 2 6 2 6 0 0 22.50 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.20 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 33.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 24 0 0 59.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ray Whitney
2nd star: Trevor Letowski
3rd star: Darren McCarty

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Darren McCarty scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Brendan Shanahan had his 16 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk fought Derian Hatcher in a fight.

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 29) , Syracuse Crunch 4( 25)
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0-1 SYR Aaron Johnson (Per Mårs, Martin Paroulek)
0-2 SYR Christoph Ullmann (Martin Paroulek)
0-3 SYR Aaron Johnson (Martin Paroulek, Wade Winkler)
0-4 SYR Per Mårs (Mark Stuart)
1-4 GRD Tomas Fleischmann (Jari Tolsa)

Goalies: Marc Lamothe - David St. Germain

This team really isn't playing well at all, our first line has fallen off the face of the earth after their awesome beginning this year. I'm not sure what I can do at this point right now, but I'd love to see some attitude changes here.

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 5, Ottawa 1
NY Rangers 4, Montreal 5
Detroit 4, Columbus 2
NY Islanders 2, Philly 0
Pittsburgh 3, New Jersey 4
Florida 4, Buffalo 2
Vancouver 2, Chicago 1
Los Angeles 4, Nashville 3

February 1st- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, Montreal 3
New Jersey 4, NY Islanders 3
St. Louis 2, Detroit 4
Atlanta 0, Ottawa 2
Tampa Bay 3, Buffalo 5
Washington 3, Carolina 4
Calgary 4, Chicago 2
Phoenix 3, Los Angeles 5
San Jose 2, Dallas 5
Edmonton 2, Colorado 3
Anaheim 5, Nashville 3

February 2nd- Off day for everyone!

February 3rd- Home game against Carolina


Game 55: Carolina (17-26-2-6) 42 pts @ Columbus (19-27-3-5) 46 pts

Game Notes: Denis is a go tonight, but Sean O'Donnell is out, day-to-day. I just want to see some effort out there tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
Line 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle
Line 3: Pandolfo-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Manning
Line 4: Souza-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-Hamrlik
PK 2: Knutsen-Fedoruk-Sydor-Boyle

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Carolina Hurricanes 2
Shots: 30 - 22
CBS PP: 1 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:60/70=85 %, Challenges:40/46=85 %
CAR PP: 0 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:68/87=78 %, Challenges:34/39=85 %
Attendance: 7219 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 368890 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:07 1-0 CBS Espen Knutsen [13] (Darryl Sydor, Rostislav Klesla)
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21:02 2-0 CBS Espen Knutsen [14] (Nikita Alexeev, Todd Fedoruk)
23:23 3-0 CBS Todd Marchant [22] (Rick Nash, Nikolai Zherdev)
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46:44 3-1 CAR Kevyn Adams [3] (Antti Laaksonen, Michael Zigomanis)
52:11 4-1 CBS Todd Marchant [23] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)PP
57:52 4-2 CAR Eric Staal [18] (Aaron Ward, Jesse Lane)
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Penalty summary:
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00:19 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for high-sticking)
14:46 CAR Scottie Upshall (2 min for cross-checking)
17:15 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
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23:34 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for slashing)
25:07 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for slashing)
28:52 CAR Antti Laaksonen (2 min for holding the stick)
33:59 CAR Jesse Boulerice (5 min for fighting)
33:59 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
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41:41 CAR Scottie Upshall (2 min for hooking)
43:54 CAR Rod Brind'Amour (2 min for high-sticking)
47:28 CBS Paul Manning (2 min for high-sticking)
51:49 CAR Kevyn Adams (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.30 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 7.10 8
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 15.20 6
C Espen Knutsen 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 10.40 9
C Todd Marchant 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 26.50 8
L Mike Souza 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 9.10 6
L Rick Nash 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 18.10 8
D Paul Manning 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 13.00 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 20.50 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 26.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 19.30 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Karl Goehring 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pavel Brendl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 5
R Kevyn Adams 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.00 7
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 1 11.40 7
R Jeff O'Neill 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 18.40 7
C Marty Murray 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 5.20 5
C Michael Zigomanis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
C Eric Staal 1 0 4 5 0 3 0 1 21.50 10
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 6 0 1 0 2 -2 18.20 7
L Jesse Boulerice 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 10.50 5
L Antti Laaksonen 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 -1 14.30 7
L Jaroslav Svoboda 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 16.40 6
L Erik Cole 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 17.20 7
D Bruno St. Jacques 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 23.40 7
D Jesse Lane 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Chris Therien 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 6
D Tomas Malec 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Aaron Ward 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 21.40 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 23.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jamie Storr 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Espen Knutsen
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Darryl Sydor notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Aaron Ward notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jesse Lane ended his 7 game point drought.
-Tomas Malec had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Aaron Ward ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat Jesse Boulerice in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 4( 24) , Lowell Lock Monsters 0( 12)
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1-0 SYR Ben Knopp (Janne Jokila, Aaron Johnson)
2-0 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Brad Moran, Aaron Johnson)
3-0 SYR Martin Paroulek (Brad Moran, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
4-0 SYR Martin Paroulek (Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, Christoph Ullmann)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Cam Ward

We needed a win and we got one, as this team got some shots on the goalie and we got four past. Knutsen and Marchant playing very well, and it was nice to see that top line get two goals, one on the PP. I really liked how the team played tonight, not one outstanding guy, but many solid games.

Tonight's Scores:

Columbus 4, Carolina 2
Philly 3, Toronto 3
NY Islanders 3, New Jersey 4
Pittsburgh 2, Minnesota 2
Ottawa 2, Detroit 4
Florida 1, Phoenix 3
Chicago 3, San Jose 1
Dallas 4, Anaheim 1
Edmonton 7, Atlanta 1
Los Angeles 3, Vancouver 4

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February 4th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 4, Washington 1
Toronto 3, Colorado 5
St. Louis 2, Calgary 4
New Jersey 4, Ottawa 2
Tampa Bay 4, Boston 2

February 5th- Off Day for the entire league

February 6th- Home game against the Maple Leafs

Game 56: Toronto (22-25-1-5) 50 pts @ Columbus (20-27-3-5) 48 pts

Game Notes: O'Donnell gets into the lineup tonight, and we scratch Paul Manning. We're facing a Toronto team that has been downhill every since they made a couple stupid trades in the middle of the year last season. I hope we can get us another two points tonight

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Pandolfo-McGrath-Letowski-Spacek-Boyle
Line 4: Souza-Hartigan-Bednar

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Fedoruk-Sydor-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Toronto Maple Leafs 3
Shots: 27 - 30
CBS PP: 2 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:64/72=88 %, Challenges:31/41=73 %
TOR PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:66/83=79 %, Challenges:29/37=76 %
Attendance: 10827 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 553260 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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06:34 0-1 TOR Tie Domi [14] (Brian Willsie, Owen Nolan)
09:36 1-1 CBS Todd Fedoruk [10] (Espen Knutsen)
12:15 2-1 CBS Todd Marchant [24] (Mark Hartigan, Jaroslav Bednar)
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24:14 3-1 CBS Mike Pandolfo [6] (Evan McGrath, Nikita Alexeev)PP
30:34 3-2 TOR Mats Sundin [24] (Tomas Kaberle, Alexander Mogilny)
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47:28 3-3 TOR Owen Nolan [19] (Mats Sundin, Carlo Colaiacovo)
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60:45 4-3 CBS Todd Marchant [25] (Nikita Alexeev, Rick Nash)PP
Penalty summary:
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13:33 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:14 TOR Shawn McEachern (2 min for slashing)
25:31 TOR Shjon Podein (2 min for slashing)
38:19 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for tripping)
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41:05 TOR Darcy Tucker (2 min for holding the stick)
53:23 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for hooking)
56:59 TOR Tomas Kaberle (5 min for attempt to injury)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 8.00 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 20.30 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 14.40 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 -1 8.00 6
C Evan McGrath 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -1 14.10 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 12.30 6
C Todd Marchant 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 22.50 9
L Mike Souza 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 8.00 5
L Mike Pandolfo 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 7
L Todd Fedoruk 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18.30 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 16.30 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 21.20 8
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 23.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 27 0 0 60.50 8
G Karl Goehring 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mikael Renberg 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 8.50 7
R Darcy Tucker 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 21.00 7
R Tie Domi 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 17.10 8
R Alexander Mogilny 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 17.40 7
C Tom Fitzgerald 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 8.50 6
C Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 16.30 7
C Robert Reichel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
C Mats Sundin 1 1 6 2 0 2 0 2 19.50 9
L Shjon Podein 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 8.50 7
L Shawn McEachern 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 14.20 8
L Brian Willsie 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
L Owen Nolan 1 1 6 2 5 2 0 2 19.50 8
D John Doherty 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
D Boris Mironov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 5
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 28.50 8
D Branislav Mezei 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 17.10 5
D Brendan Bell 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 1 2 1 2 5 2 24.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Byron Dafoe 4 0 23 0 0 60.50 5
G Trevor Kidd 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd Marchant
2nd star: Nikita Alexeev
3rd star: Mats Sundin

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Fedoruk has marked a new career high in points with 19 points.
-Todd Fedoruk scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Evan McGrath notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Todd Marchant scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Nikita Alexeev notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Evan McGrath finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Mike Pandolfo finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
-Mike Pandolfo finally ended his 14 game point drought.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Tomas Kaberle notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Carlo Colaiacovo has marked a new career high in assists with 23 assists.
-Owen Nolan ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 17) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 3( 25)
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0-1 SJM Harold Druken (Kris Newbury)
1-1 SYR Brad Moran (Andrej Nedorost)
1-2 SJM Petr Tenkrat (Vadim Sozinov)
1-3 SJM Petr Tenkrat (Vadim Sozinov)
2-3 SYR Christoph Ullmann

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Sébastien Centomo

What a big win in OT by the awesome Todd Marchant. We really didn't play our best game tonight, but we got the goals when we really needed them, so that's all that matters. Tomas Kaberle might not want to come near me right now, as he takes out Zherdev for over two weeks, but the only positive is that the 5 min PP that we had resulted in our win. I hope we can get through his loss.

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, New Jersey 3
NY Rangers 2, Buffalo 3
Detroit 3, St. Louis 4
Columbus 4, Toronto 3
Montreal 1, Philly 3
Tampa Bay 3, Minnesota 1
Calgary 1, San Jose 3
Anaheim 3, Chicago 0

February 7th- We're off, but we make a move:

Eric Chouinard claimed off waivers.
Columbus Blue Jackets claimed Eric Chouinard, who had been with Philadelphia Flyers, off waivers.

After losing Sanderson, we really needed a scoring punch, and Chouinard, at 24, provides that. I think he could slide in on that second line for now, and with a good two-way guy in Knutsen, he should be okay defensively.

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 2, NY Islanders 4
Pittsburgh 5, New Jersey 3
Ottawa 2, Washington 0
Florida 3, Minnesota 3
Dallas 6, Vancouver 2
Colorado 6, Atlanta 1
Phoenix 3, Carolina 1
Los Angeles 3, Chicago 1

February 8th- Home game against Ottawa

Game 57: Ottawa (31-20-0-6) 68 pts @ Columbus (21-27-3-5) 50 pts

Game Notes: With Zherdev out, Letowski comes up to the first line and rookie Shane Hynes makes his debut on the 4th line. Eric Chouinard makes his Blue Jackets debut on the second line and on the 2 PP line as well.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Chouinard-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Bednar-Spacek-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Hynes

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Chouinard-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Knutsen-Fedoruk-Sydor-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , Ottawa Senators 4
Shots: 19 - 40
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (1 shots), Passing:55/65=84 %, Challenges:24/29=80 %
OTT PP: 1 of 7 (12 shots), Passing:82/94=87 %, Challenges:38/43=86 %
Attendance: 10616 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 542478 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:51 0-1 OTT Chris Neil [12] (Stephen Weiss, Radek Bonk)
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28:07 1-1 CBS Todd Marchant [26] (Rostislav Klesla, Jaroslav Spacek)
29:42 1-2 OTT Chris Neil [13] (Stephen Weiss, Todd White)
39:48 1-3 OTT Petr Schastlivy [9] (Todd White, Zdeno Chara)PP
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44:18 1-4 OTT Peter Schaefer [6] (Zdeno Chara)
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Penalty summary:
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09:12 CBS Rostislav Klesla (5 min for fighting)
09:12 OTT Brandon Bochenski (5 min for fighting)
10:19 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for hooking)
12:48 OTT Martin Havlat (2 min for slashing)
15:25 OTT Brad Ference (2 min for roughing)
15:25 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for roughing)
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22:55 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
22:55 OTT Marian Hossa (2 min for roughing)
25:25 OTT Petr Schastlivy (2 min for elbowing)
31:14 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
34:59 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for hooking)
36:16 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for hooking)
38:05 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for slashing)
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41:31 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for boarding)
49:17 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for diving)
54:33 OTT Stephen Weiss (2 min for elbowing)
59:33 OTT Radek Bonk (2 min for slashing)
59:43 OTT Chris Phillips (2 min for roughing)
59:43 CBS Eric Chouinard (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shane Hynes 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.50 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.10 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 0 30.10 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 9.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 7
C Todd Marchant 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 32.00 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
L Eric Chouinard 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 12.00 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 21.40 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 10.10 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -1 26.50 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 3 2 1 6 0 23.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 4 0 1 4 -1 8.50 8
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 21.10 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 2 0 2 7 0 30.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 36 0 0 60.00 9
G Karl Goehring 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 8.20 6
R Petr Schastlivy 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 12.40 8
R Chris Neil 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 13.30 7
R Marian Hossa 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 21.00 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 7
C Bryan Smolinski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 7
C Radek Bonk 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 16.50 8
C Jason Spezza 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 22.40 8
L Peter Schaefer 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
L Martin Havlat 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 20.20 8
L Stephen Weiss 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 9.20 9
L Todd White 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 19.20 8
D Brad Ference 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 11.00 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 29.30 8
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 5
D Chris Phillips 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 16.30 7
D Wade Redden 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Marc Pelletier 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 7
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Neil
2nd star: Stephen Weiss
3rd star: Todd White

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Petr Schastlivy ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Stephen Weiss finally ended his 15 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Brandon Bochenski beat Rostislav Klesla in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 0( 15) , Binghamton Senators 1( 17)
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0-1 BNG Brian Pothier (Jan Bohac, Denis Hamel)

Goalies: Pascal Leclaire - Ray Emery

This wasn't pretty at all, as we got our butts handed to us. This team just doesn't have any offense right now, and I can't wait til the end of the year at this point.

Tonight's Scores:

Toronto 2, Philly 3
St. Louis 3, Tampa Bay 5
Columbus 1, Ottawa 4
Nashville 1, Detroit 3
Edmonton 2, San Jose 4
Anaheim 4, Carolina 3

February 9th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

NY Islanders 2, New Jersey 6
Washington 0, Boston 0
Florida 1, NY Rangers 2
Dallas 1, Minnesota 2
Colorado 5, Calgary 1
Phoenix 7, Vancouver 1
Los Angeles 2, Atlanta 0

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February 10th- On the road against Ottawa, we made a few changes in the tactics, so I hope that helps. We call up Leclaire to get the start tonight.

Game 58: Columbus (21-28-3-5) 50 pts @ Ottawa (32-20-0-6) 708 pts

Game Notes: We stick with the lines as usual, but we switch a couple things up, as we realize that the RW takes the faceoffs on the PK, so I hope that little change helps us out.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Chouinard-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Bednar-Spacek-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Hynes

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Chouinard-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Sydor-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

Ottawa Senators 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 0
Shots: 35 - 19
OTT PP: 2 of 7 (11 shots), Passing:73/81=90 %, Challenges:32/43=72 %
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:61/77=79 %, Challenges:29/39=72 %
Attendance: 18260 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 854568 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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03:18 1-0 OTT Martin Havlat [20] (Petr Schastlivy, Radek Bonk)PP
08:35 2-0 OTT Todd White [10] (Marian Hossa, Wade Redden)
09:36 3-0 OTT Anton Volchenkov [4] (Karel Rachunek, Radek Bonk)PP
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29:05 4-0 OTT Anton Volchenkov [5] (Radek Bonk, Martin Havlat)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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02:05 CBS Nikita Alexeev (2 min for roughing)
06:33 CBS Eric Chouinard (2 min for hooking)
08:52 CBS Shane Hynes (2 min for high-sticking)
14:18 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for boarding)
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22:36 OTT Radek Bonk (2 min for slashing)
24:35 OTT Marian Hossa (2 min for holding the stick)
27:03 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for tripping)
33:04 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for cross-checking)
35:17 OTT Brad Ference (5 min for fighting)
35:17 CBS Rostislav Klesla (5 min for fighting)
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45:59 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
45:59 OTT Brad Ference (5 min for fighting)
48:09 OTT Anton Volchenkov (2 min for hooking)
54:21 CBS Eric Chouinard (2 min for roughing)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
R Petr Schastlivy 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 14.40 8
R Chris Neil 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12.00 6
R Marian Hossa 0 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 21.40 8
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
C Bryan Smolinski 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.10 6
C Radek Bonk 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 23.30 9
C Jason Spezza 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
L Martin Havlat 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 13.20 7
L Stephen Weiss 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Todd White 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Brad Ference 0 0 0 2 1 2 10 0 5.30 6
D Anton Volchenkov 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 21.10 8
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 3 6 3 2 0 1 30.10 8
D Karel Rachunek 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 11.20 6
D Chris Phillips 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 6
D Wade Redden 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 1 29.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Marc Pelletier 0 0 19 0 0 60.00 10
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shane Hynes 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.10 5
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 12.30 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 30.10 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 -1 30.10 5
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.10 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 1 6 1 6 0 -1 11.10 8
L Eric Chouinard 0 0 3 1 1 0 4 0 12.30 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.40 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 22.00 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 4 0 2 5 -2 27.50 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 8.10 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 18.40 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 -1 33.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 31 0 0 60.00 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jean-Marc Pelletier
2nd star: Anton Volchenkov
3rd star: Radek Bonk

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Martin Havlat scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Todd White scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Anton Volchenkov ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Brad Ference fought Rostislav Klesla in a fight.
-Sean O'Donnell beat Brad Ference in a fight.

Farm game result:
Binghamton Senators 2( 25) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 19)
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0-1 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Mike Souza, Mark Stuart)
0-2 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Jean-François Plourde, Ben Knopp)
0-3 SYR Per Mårs (Alexander Gusjkov)
1-3 BNG David Hymovitz (Brian McGrattan)
2-3 BNG Darryl Bootland (Daniel Corso)

Goalies: Billy Thompson - David St. Germain

Well, we can't hang with the best teams yet. I'm expecting too much out of this club at times, and we're just still too young. I might look to deal another veteran to get Stuart up from the minors and playing.

Tonight's Scores:

Pittsburgh 0, Philly 3
Boston 6, Tampa Bay 3
Montreal 0, NY Islanders 4
Toronto 5, Buffalo 3
Ottawa 4, Columbus 0
Washington 4, Florida 2
Detroit 4, Nashville 3
Colorado 2, St. Louis 3
Edmonton 3, Calgary 2
Anaheim 3, Atlanta 2
San Jose 3, Chicago 0

February 11th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 0, Philly 4
Minnesota 3, Pittsburgh 1
Buffalo 4, Montreal 2
Dallas 5, St. Louis 1
Los Angeles 3, Carolina 5
Phoenix 3, Chicago 1

February 12th- Another off day

Tonight's Scores:

Toronto 2, NY Islanders 2
Detroit 4, NY Rangers 3
Anaheim 5, Vancouver 3

February 13th- Another off day

Tonight's Scores:

Montreal 4, Colorado 3
Tampa Bay 3, Phoenix 3
Washington 3, Buffalo 0
Nashville 8, Dallas 2
Calgary 6, Atlanta 3

February 14th - All-Star competition night

The annual All-Star event kicked off today with the skill competitions. Team North America and Team World competed in six different races and the fans got to see their stars shine.

Team North America won the puck control relay with a team of Joe Thornton, Paul Kariya and Dany Heatley.

Mats Sundin of Team World won the fastest skater competition, beating Mike Modano in the final.

Rob Blake of Team North America won the hardest shot competition with a result of 92 MPH, beating Peter Forsberg in the final.

Joe Thornton of Team North America won the accuracy shooting competition, beating Jaromir Jagr in the final.

Nikolai Khabibulin of Team World won the goalie competition (pass&score), beating Marty Turco in the final.

Team North America won the breakaway relay with a team of Joe Thornton, Dany Heatley and Mike Modano.

The yearly clash between Team North America and Team World will take place tomorrow.

February 15th - All-Star Game:

Team North America 13 , Team World 10
Shots: 39 - 34
TNA PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/65=93 %, Challenges:72/73=97 %
TW PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:51/55=92 %, Challenges:49/55=87 %
Ticket income: 0 Match televised: Yes


Boxscore for the game:
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01:18 1-0 TNA Mike Modano [1] (Joe Thornton, Mark Parrish)
03:13 1-1 TW Kim Johnsson [1] (Zigmund Palffy, Sandis Ozolinsh)
04:27 2-1 TNA Dany Heatley [1] (Brian Rafalski, Mike Comrie)
07:03 3-1 TNA Vincent Lecavalier [1] (Brian Rafalski, Ed Jovanovski)
07:31 4-1 TNA Ryan Smyth [1] (Brian Leetch, Vincent Lecavalier)
08:58 4-2 TW Stanislav Chistov [1] (Alexander Mogilny, Nicklas Lidström)
14:24 4-3 TW Markus Näslund [1] (Jaromir Jagr, Peter Forsberg)
14:59 5-3 TNA Joe Thornton [1] (Mark Parrish, Scott Niedermayer)
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22:03 6-3 TNA Vincent Lecavalier [2] (Ryan Smyth, Brendan Shanahan)
22:54 6-4 TW Alexander Mogilny [1] (Nicklas Lidström, Tomas Vokoun)
25:18 7-4 TNA Joe Thornton [2] (Paul Kariya, Rob Blake)
26:46 7-5 TW Sergei Samsonov [1] (Pavel Datsyuk, Mats Sundin)
34:11 7-6 TW Alexander Mogilny [2] (Stanislav Chistov, Nicklas Lidström)
37:15 8-6 TNA Paul Kariya [1] (Joe Thornton, Mark Parrish)
37:58 9-6 TNA Mike Modano [2] (Glen Murray, Ed Jovanovski)
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42:59 9-7 TW Sandis Ozolinsh [1] (Teppo Numminen, Patrik Elias)
44:09 10-7 TNA Mark Parrish [1] (Joe Thornton, Mike Comrie)
44:42 11-7 TNA Mark Parrish [2] (Paul Kariya, Joe Thornton)
46:01 12-7 TNA Mike Modano [3] (Glen Murray, Ed Jovanovski)
47:31 12-8 TW Zigmund Palffy [1] (Sergei Samsonov, Pavel Datsyuk)
47:52 12-9 TW Sergei Samsonov [2] (Sandis Ozolinsh, Pavel Datsyuk)
49:16 12-10 TW Peter Forsberg [1] (Jaromir Jagr, Alexander Mogilny)
50:57 13-10 TNA Ed Jovanovski [1] (Glen Murray, Mark Parrish)
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Penalty summary:
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( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dany Heatley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 13.00 6
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.10 6
R Glen Murray 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 3 16.20 10
R Mark Parrish 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 5 15.30 10
C Mike Comrie 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -3 13.00 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 -2 15.10 7
C Mike Modano 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 16.20 9
C Joe Thornton 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 5 15.30 10
L Owen Nolan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 13.00 5
L Ryan Smyth 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 15.10 7
L Brendan Shanahan 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 16.20 8
L Paul Kariya 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 15.30 9
D Brian Rafalski 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -2 16.50 7
D Ed Jovanovski 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 3 18.20 9
D Scott Niedermayer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 24.50 6
D Brian Leetch 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -3 17.10 7
D Wade Redden 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 18.30 8
D Rob Blake 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 3 24.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 6 0 0 20.10 4
G Marty Turco 7 0 18 0 0 39.50 4

Team World scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Mogilny 2 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 12.40 8
R Zigmund Palffy 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 12.40 8
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -5 17.30 5
R Jaromir Jagr 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 -1 17.10 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 6
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 12.40 8
C Mats Sundin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -5 17.30 6
C Peter Forsberg 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 9
L Stanislav Chistov 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 8
L Sergei Samsonov 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 12.40 8
L Patrik Elias 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -5 17.30 7
L Markus Näslund 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 8
D Kim Johnsson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 14.50 8
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 19.40 5
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 25.30 6
D Sandis Ozolinsh 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 14.50 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -5 18.50 5
D Nicklas Lidström 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 26.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 5 0 13 0 0 20.10 4
G Tomas Vokoun 8 1 11 0 0 39.50 4

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mark Parrish
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Mike Modano

No Blue Jackets, hopefully we get someone there next year.

February 16th - We get Detroit at home

[B]Game 59: Detroit (28-24-1-4) 61 pts @ Columbus (21-29-3-5) 50 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Everything stays the same as the last game, including Leclaire.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Chouinard-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Bednar-Spacek-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Hynes

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Chouinard-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Sydor-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Detroit Red Wings 2
Shots: 23 - 27
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:70/89=78 %, Challenges:30/43=68 %
DET PP: 1 of 3 (10 shots), Passing:79/93=84 %, Challenges:31/46=66 %
Attendance: 10171 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 519738 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:21 0-1 DET Niklas Kronwall [3] (Sheldon Souray, Tomas Kopecky)PP
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29:21 0-2 DET Kirk Maltby [4] (Igor Grigorenko, Derian Hatcher)
36:36 1-2 CBS Todd Fedoruk [11] (Jaroslav Bednar, Nikita Alexeev)
38:03 2-2 CBS Rick Nash [23] (Trevor Letowski, Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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09:52 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for elbowing)
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20:18 DET Tomas Holmström (2 min for slashing)
24:38 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for roughing)
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41:06 DET Derian Hatcher (2 min for tripping)
51:41 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for attempt to injury)
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63:48 DET Brendan Shanahan (2 min for slashing)

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shane Hynes 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 12.10 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.20 8
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 22.30 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.40 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 15.20 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 17.40 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22.30 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 5
L Todd Fedoruk 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 16.40 7
L Eric Chouinard 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 16.20 6
L Rick Nash 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 21.40 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 17.20 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 23.00 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 5 2 1 9 0 24.50 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 14.30 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 23.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 26.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 2 0 25 0 0 65.00 9
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Kelly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 6
R Jason Williams 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13.10 6
R Kris Draper 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 18.50 7
R Darren McCarty 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 22.20 7
C Igor Grigorenko 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 7.20 6
C Tomas Kopecky 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 7
C Boyd Devereaux 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 -1 17.10 7
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 21.30 7
L Kirk Maltby 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 10.50 8
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 11.30 6
L Ray Whitney 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -1 22.50 7
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 1 4 2 3 2 -1 21.00 8
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 22.00 7
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 22.20 6
D Derian Hatcher 0 1 0 4 0 3 2 0 22.40 8
D Niklas Kronwall 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Félix Potvin 2 0 21 0 0 65.00 8
G Stefan Liv 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pascal Leclaire
2nd star: Nikita Alexeev
3rd star: Trevor Letowski

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rostislav Klesla notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Sheldon Souray has marked a new career high in points with 14 points.
-Igor Grigorenko notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Kirk Maltby ended his 6 game point drought.
-Brendan Shanahan had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 6( 43) , Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 18)
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1-0 SYR Kent McDonell (Don MacLean)
2-0 SYR Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (Christoph Ullmann, Martin Paroulek)
2-1 GRD Anders Myrvold (Patrick Thoresen)
3-1 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Per Mårs)
4-1 SYR Mike Souza (Hannes Hyvönen, Aaron Johnson)
5-1 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Mike Souza, Mark Stuart)
6-1 SYR Martin Paroulek (Per Mårs)

Goalies: David St. Germain - Jimmy Howard

We get a solid game from everyone on our team and get a point tonight. It was nice to see Nash finally score a goal, as he's been in a little slump of his own. I really hope Leclaire gives us more performances like this from now on.

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 5, Phoenix 2
Columbus 2, Detroit 2
Philly 4, Pittsburgh 3
Florida 4, Boston 0
Chicago 3, St. Louis 1
Nashville 1, San Jose 3
Minnesota 2, Anaheim 3
Dallas 3, Los Angeles 2
Vancouver 2, NY Islanders 4

February 17th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Montreal 2, Atlanta 2
New Jersey 5, Washington 6
Ottawa 4, Colorado 2
Bufaflo 3, Philly 4
Tampa Bay 2, NY Rangers 1
Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 3
Vancouver 4, Edmonton 3

February 18th- On the road against Dallas

[B]Game 60: Columbus (21-29-3-6) 51 pts @ Dallas (30-22-2-4) 66 pts[/B]

Game Notes: No changes yet, as we're sticking with the hot goalie in Leclaire.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Chouinard-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-McGrath-Bednar-Spacek-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Hynes

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Chouinard-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Sydor-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

Dallas Stars 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 27 - 25
DAL PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:72/87=82 %, Challenges:42/49=84 %
CBS PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:50/70=71 %, Challenges:39/45=84 %
Attendance: 15528 of 18500 (American Airlines Center)
Ticket income: 767083 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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26:15 0-1 CBS Trevor Letowski [19] (Todd Marchant, Rostislav Klesla)
33:19 1-1 DAL Daniel Briere [20] (Mike Modano, Teppo Numminen)PP
34:56 2-1 DAL Bill Guerin [25] (Mike Modano)
39:47 3-1 DAL Jason Arnott [14] (Jere Lehtinen, Teppo Numminen)
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59:53 4-1 DAL Jason Arnott [15] (Richard Matvichuk, Marty Turco) EN
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Penalty summary:
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12:17 DAL Steve Ott (2 min for hooking)
17:54 DAL Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
17:54 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
19:16 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for hooking)
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21:53 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for tripping)
28:06 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
28:06 DAL Stu Barnes (2 min for roughing)
31:34 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for cross-checking)
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41:01 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
50:42 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for roughing)
50:42 DAL Mike Modano (2 min for roughing)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Barrett Heisten 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 7
R Stu Barnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.40 6
R Bill Guerin 1 0 4 2 1 1 5 2 20.00 9
R Jere Lehtinen 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 20.00 8
C Artem Chernov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
C Pierre Turgeon 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 9.20 7
C Jason Arnott 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.10 9
C Mike Modano 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 21.40 8
L Steve Ott 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 9.50 7
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
L Mikko Eloranta 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 17.40 7
L Daniel Briere 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 20.10 7
D Patrick Traverse 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.20 6
D Tim Wedderburn 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 28.40 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
D Richard Matvichuk 0 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 19.10 8
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 29.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 1 1 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Ron Tugnutt 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shane Hynes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 4
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.50 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14.10 5
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 -2 28.20 9
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 2 2 1 4 0 15.10 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.40 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 4 2 0 0 2 -2 26.20 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.40 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 11.50 6
L Eric Chouinard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 19.40 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.10 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 12.40 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 31.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.50 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 -2 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 23 0 0 59.30 5
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Arnott
2nd star: Bill Guerin
3rd star: Jere Lehtinen

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Daniel Briere scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Bill Guerin scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Mike Modano scored the 1200th point of his career.
-Jason Arnott scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Richard Matvichuk ended his 9 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Trevor Letowski ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Bill Guerin beat Todd Fedoruk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 4( 30) , Syracuse Crunch 5( 17)
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0-1 SYR Per Mårs (Jaroslav Balastik, Aaron Johnson)
1-1 UTH Warren Peters (Brett Draney)
1-2 SYR Mark Stuart (Andrej Nedorost)
2-2 UTH Chris St. Jacques (David Bararuk, Rob Valicevic)
2-3 SYR Christoph Ullmann (Don MacLean)
2-4 SYR Hannes Hyvönen (Andrej Nedorost, Mark Stuart)
3-4 UTH Justin Cox (Dan Jancevski)
3-5 SYR Mark Stuart (Andrej Nedorost)
4-5 UTH David Bararuk (Gino Guyer, Justin Cox)

Goalies: Jason Bacashihua - David St. Germain

Lackluster effort, but what do you expect from this team?

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 4, Boston 3
Minnesota 1, San Jose 3
Chicago 3, Anaheim 1
Nashville 6, Tampa Bay 2
Toronto 2, Montreal 1
Dallas 4, Columbus 1
Phoenix 2, Calgary 3
Edmonton 3, NY Islanders 4

February 19th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 3, Chicago 4
Pittsburgh 0, Colorado 3
Buffalo 1, Toronto 3
New Jersey 3, Carolina 1
Ottawa 4, Philly 4
Florida 2, St. Louis 1
Los Angeles 4, Calgary 3

February 20th- On the road to Nashville


[B]Game 61: Columbus (21-30-3-6) 51 pts @ Nashville (25-29-4-3) 57 pts[/B]

Game Notes: With Zherdev back, we make some changes to the lineup and some changes in tactics. We also go with Denis in net tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Chouinard-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Spacek-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Chouinard-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Sydor-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Nashville Predators 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 29 - 26
NAS PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:59/66=89 %, Challenges:37/48=75 %
CBS PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:63/77=81 %, Challenges:45/56=78 %
Attendance: 16059 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 741925 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:19 1-0 NAS Vladimir Orszagh [19] (Adam Hall, Brian Gionta)
17:15 1-1 CBS Rick Nash [24] (Trevor Letowski, Nikita Alexeev)
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33:23 1-2 CBS Nikita Alexeev [11] (Mark Hartigan, Mike Pandolfo)
35:23 2-2 NAS Lubomir Sekeras [6] (Denis Arkhipov, Jim McKenzie)
35:52 2-3 CBS Jaroslav Bednar [5] (Jaroslav Spacek, Espen Knutsen)
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47:11 3-3 NAS Adam Hall [18] (Dan Hamhuis, Kimmo Timonen)
50:52 3-4 CBS Mike Pandolfo [7] (Rostislav Klesla, Roman Hamrlik)
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Penalty summary:
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05:12 NAS Lubomir Sekeras (2 min for roughing)
09:15 NAS Kimmo Timonen (2 min for roughing)
09:15 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for roughing)
18:15 NAS Jim McKenzie (5 min for fighting)
18:15 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
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39:33 CBS Jaroslav Bednar (2 min for tripping)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.00 6
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 16.10 5
R Vladimir Orszagh 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 7
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 20.40 7
C Denis Arkhipov 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 10.00 6
C Rem Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
C Adam Hall 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 8
C David Legwand 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 -2 19.30 7
L Jim McKenzie 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 1 8.20 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 7
L Brian Gionta 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 7
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 -2 17.40 6
D Kirill Safronov 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 19.30 7
D Richard Stehlik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Lubomir Sekeras 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 -1 22.30 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 2 5 2 4 2 -2 24.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jan Lasak 4 0 22 0 0 58.00 5
G Tomas Vokoun 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 8.30 7
R Jaroslav Bednar 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 14.40 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.20 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 16.50 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6.50 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 17.20 8
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 17.50 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
L Mike Pandolfo 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 6.50 8
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 16.20 7
L Eric Chouinard 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -1 17.50 5
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16.50 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 21.10 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 22.20 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 15.40 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 22.30 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 3 21.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikita Alexeev
2nd star: Mike Pandolfo
3rd star: Jaroslav Bednar

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Denis Arkhipov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jim McKenzie notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Dan Hamhuis notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Mike Pandolfo notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nikita Alexeev ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Jaroslav Bednar finally ended his 18 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Jim McKenzie beat Todd Fedoruk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 3( 17) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 20)
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1-0 MIL Greg Classen (Jonas Andersson, Marek Zidlicky)
2-0 MIL Brandon Segal (Robert Schnabel)
2-1 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Mike Souza, Mark Stuart)
2-2 SYR Jean-François Plourde
3-2 MIL Josef Vasicek (Paul Brown)

Goalies: Chris Mason - David St. Germain

A nice win here for our team on the road, as we really need one. Our 4th line scored two goals tonight, and I really like Alexeev playing with Pandolfo and Hartigan. The 2nd line is a little shaky in my opinion, but it will do for now. The third line did a solid job tonight as well.

Tonight's Scores:

Tampa Bay 4, St. Louis 2
Nashville 3, Columbus 4
Vancouver 1, Anaheim 3
San Jose 5, Detroit 3

February 21st- At Chicago tonight

[B]Game 61: Columbus (22-30-3-6) 53 pts @ Chicago (19-36-1-4) 43 pts[/B]

Game Notes: We'll stick with the team that won in Nashville last night, but Leclaire will be in net tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Chouinard-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Spacek-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Chouinard-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Sydor-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

Chicago Blackhawks 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 21 - 22
CHI PP: 3 of 7 (10 shots), Passing:68/77=88 %, Challenges:34/42=79 %
CBS PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:69/92=75 %, Challenges:40/46=85 %
Attendance: 6097 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 317044 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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03:06 1-0 CHI Steve Sullivan [13] (Eric Daze, Robbie Schremp)PP
11:38 1-1 CBS Mike Pandolfo [8] (Todd Fedoruk, Jaroslav Bednar)
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29:19 2-1 CHI Kyle Calder [20] (Jan Hlavac, Tyler Arnason)PP
31:46 3-1 CHI Deron Quint [7] (Ross Lupaschuk, Tyler Arnason)PP
38:08 3-2 CBS Rick Nash [25] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rostislav Klesla)PP
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53:44 4-2 CHI Tuomo Ruutu [12] (Robbie Schremp, Ross Lupaschuk)
58:32 5-2 CHI Kyle Calder [21] (Tuomo Ruutu, Nathan Dempsey)
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Penalty summary:
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02:13 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for high-sticking)
06:18 CHI Eric Daze (2 min for holding the stick)
08:37 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for hooking)
15:04 CHI Mark Bell (2 min for roughing)
15:04 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
15:54 CHI Ryan Vandenbussche (2 min for tripping)
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21:36 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for slashing)
26:32 CBS Nikita Alexeev (2 min for tripping)
28:22 CBS Todd Marchant (2 min for high-sticking)
30:04 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for elbowing)
37:29 CHI Steve McCarthy (2 min for hooking)
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48:03 CBS Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Vandenbussche 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 8.30 5
R Ville Nieminen 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 13.30 5
R Jan Hlavac 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 16.20 6
R Steve Sullivan 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
C Jesse Niinimäki 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 8.30 7
C Tyler Arnason 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
C Tuomo Ruutu 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 14.20 8
C Robbie Schremp 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 18.50 8
L Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.10 5
L Mark Bell 0 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 11.20 7
L Kyle Calder 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 16.40 8
L Eric Daze 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 19.50 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
D Ross Lupaschuk 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 7
D Deron Quint 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 27.20 8
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 14.10 7
D Nathan Dempsey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 22.20 7
D Bryan Berard 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jocelyn Thibault 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Steve Passmore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 12.20 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 9.20 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -1 12.00 8
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 22.00 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 -1 23.30 7
L Mike Pandolfo 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8.40 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.40 7
L Eric Chouinard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 6
L Rick Nash 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 15.30 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.20 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 3 1 0 4 -1 18.00 8
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 27.40 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 12.10 4
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 19.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 -1 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 16 0 0 60.00 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kyle Calder
2nd star: Tuomo Ruutu
3rd star: Steve Sullivan

Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Robbie Schremp notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Kyle Calder scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Fedoruk notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jaroslav Bednar notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Rick Nash scored his 25th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 22) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 25)
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1-0 NOR Nicolas Corbeil (Dmitri Levinsky, Burke Henry)
2-0 NOR Ajay Baines (Mikhail Yakubov)

Goalies: Michael Leighton - Karl Goehring


Well, I guess Chicago has to beat someone, and that is my crappy team. Our PK is horrible, but the thing to remember is that the team with the best PK has great goaltending, something that we don't have right now. Leclaire has no consistency, which really upsets me, because he's great, but we just don't get to see his greatness much.

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 3, Washington 2
Pittsburgh 0, Florida 3
Atlanta 1, Nashville 4
Montreal 3, Edmonton 1
Chicago 5, Columbus 2
Dallas 4, Minnesota 2
Phoenix 5, Detroit 3
Colorado 3, Boston 2
Los Angeles 2, San Jose 3

[TurnerONU22]

February 22nd- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

NY Islanders 4, New Jersey 2
Toronto 0, Florida 3
Philly 3, Buffalo 1
Ottawa 4, Edmonton 3
Calgary 6, Anaheim 1

February 23rd- Home game against St. Louis and a trade b/t Nashville and Florida

NAS-FLA trade
Nashville Predators traded goaltender Teemu Lassila, left wing Sergei Soin and left wing Pierre Duchesne to Florida Panthers for center Olli Jokinen

A native of Finland, Olli Jokinen was originally drafted to the NHL by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1st round of the 1997 entry draft. He has appeared in 539 NHL games during his career, notching 127 goals and adding 148 assists along with 447 penalty minutes. The 26 year old center has played 62 games with the Florida Panthers this season, totalling 28+33=61 with 12 PIM.

Nashville steals away one of the best centers in the league with three so-so prospects, according to my scouts. I'm guessing Florida's scouts thought they were great, so I'm not so sure.

Game 63: St. Louis (28-23-4-5) 65 pts @ Columbus (22-31-3-6) 53 pts

Game Notes: Denis goes in net, but with no other changes

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Chouinard-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Spacek-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Chouinard-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Sydor-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , St. Louis Blues 1
Shots: 29 - 15
CBS PP: 1 of 7 (14 shots), Passing:58/75=77 %, Challenges:43/51=82 %
STL PP: 1 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:67/85=78 %, Challenges:36/44=80 %
Attendance: 9192 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 469712 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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19:16 0-1 STL Pavol Demitra [17] (Teemu Selänne, Magnus Arvedson)PP
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29:07 1-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [14] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)PP
37:43 2-1 CBS Todd Fedoruk [12] (Espen Knutsen, Dan Boyle)
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46:55 3-1 CBS Rick Nash [26] (Sean O'Donnell, Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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00:49 STL Sean Hill (2 min for hooking)
02:52 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for slashing)
07:07 STL Keith Tkachuk (5 min for fighting)
07:07 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
10:03 CBS Nikita Alexeev (2 min for hooking)
12:59 STL Reed Low (2 min for slashing)
15:02 STL Keith Tkachuk (2 min for boarding)
18:37 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for cross-checking)
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20:44 STL Keith Tkachuk (5 min for fighting)
20:44 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
21:25 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for cross-checking)
23:28 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for high-sticking)
28:33 STL Barret Jackman (2 min for hooking)
32:16 STL Barret Jackman (2 min for high-sticking)
33:12 STL Reed Low (2 min for slashing)
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48:58 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
48:58 STL Keith Tkachuk (5 min for fighting)
48:58 STL Keith Tkachuk (10 min game misconduct)
56:01 STL Sean Hill (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.20 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 23.00 9
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 16.30 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 11.20 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 31.00 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Todd Fedoruk 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 12.10 8
L Eric Chouinard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 5
L Rick Nash 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 24.00 8
D Dan Boyle 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 11.10 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 33.20 9
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 2 4 1 3 10 1 15.30 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10.10 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 0 15.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 34.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colin Hemingway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.50 5
R Michel Riesen 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 8.30 5
R Eric Boguniecki 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 11.20 7
R Teemu Selänne 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 15.00 6
C Travis Green 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 8.30 7
C Pavol Demitra 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 7
C Doug Weight 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 16.50 6
L Reed Low 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 -1 14.10 6
L Petr Cajanek 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 11.40 7
L Magnus Arvedson 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 -1 21.50 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 1 4 0 1 27 0 16.20 7
D Aaron MacKenzie 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 11.50 6
D Alexander Khavanov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 5
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 -1 27.10 6
D Karl Dykhuis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.20 5
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -1 20.10 6
D Chris Pronger 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Todd Fedoruk

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Marchant notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Sean O'Donnell ended his 8 game point drought.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Pavol Demitra ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Keith Tkachuk fought Sean O'Donnell in a fight.
-Keith Tkachuk beat Sean O'Donnell in a fight.
-Todd Fedoruk beat Keith Tkachuk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 28) , Worcester Icecats 2( 23)
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1-0 SYR Riley Cote (Per Mårs, Mark Stuart)
2-0 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Janne Jokila, Mark Stuart)
2-1 WOR David Backes (Christian Bäckman, Igor Valeev)
2-2 WOR Troy Riddle (Eric Nickulas)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Chris Beckford-Tseu

Wow, I'm very impressed with this win, as we dominated a good St. Louis team, with good goaltending, good defense, and three nice goals. This is the team I'd love to see night in and night out.

After the game:

Team captain clashes with Eric Chouinard
A shouting match erupted in the Columbus Blue Jackets locker room after the 3-1 win against St. Louis Blues on 23-2-2005. Team captain Darryl Sydor apparently tried to have some words with Eric Chouinard whose play has not been up to par recently. In response, the slumping left wing stormed out, slamming the door.

I go ahead and put Chouinard, who hasn't played well for us at all, on waivers, to see if he'll be picked up by someone. We'll call up Mike Souza to play in his place.

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 1, Phoenix 3
Carolina 1, Philly 4
Atlanta 2, Montreal 5
Pittsburgh 2, NY Rangers 0
Columbus 3, St. Louis 1
Chicago 4, Washington 2
Dallas 5, Boston 3
Colorado 4, Minnesota 2
San Jose 3, Los Angeles 3

February 24th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

NY Islanders 5, Florida 2
New Jersey 8, Tampa Bay 4
Anaheim 4, Detroit 2
Toronto 3, Edmonton 1
Carolina 3, Atlanta 5
Ottawa 1, Montreal 2
St. Louis 3, Boston 4
Nashville 3, Minnesota 3
Calgary 4, Vancouver 2

February 25th- Home game against Phoenix, but first we call up Mark Stuart and Mike Souza, while we send Paul Manning down to Syracuse.

Game 64: Phoenix (34-20-1-6) 75 pts @ Columbus (23-31-3-6) 55 pts

Game Notes: Stuart gets the start tonight for Spacek and Souza starts for Chouinard. Denis remains in net.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Boyle
Line 4: Souza-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Phoenix Coyotes 3
Shots: 25 - 32
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:53/68=77 %, Challenges:27/36=73 %
PHO PP: 0 of 7 (10 shots), Passing:83/95=87 %, Challenges:34/42=79 %
Attendance: 10946 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 559341 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:38 0-1 PHO Chris Gratton [12] (Anson Carter, Jan Hrdina)
12:41 0-2 PHO Landon Wilson [5] (Chris Gratton)
19:35 1-2 CBS Dan Boyle [2] (Espen Knutsen)
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23:31 1-3 PHO Anson Carter [22] (Jan Hrdina, Chris Gratton)
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54:58 2-3 CBS Mike Souza [2] (Roman Hamrlik, Dan Boyle)
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Penalty summary:
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03:57 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
06:01 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for tripping)
16:21 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
16:21 PHO Darren McLachlan (5 min for fighting)
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28:12 PHO Jan Hrdina (2 min for roughing)
31:09 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for cross-checking)
34:24 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for cross-checking)
38:26 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for tripping)
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43:33 PHO Jan Hrdina (2 min for hooking)
45:57 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for slashing)
55:23 PHO Igor Knyazev (2 min for hooking)
57:58 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for elbowing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.40 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 13.20 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 20.50 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 15.50 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 11.40 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 25.10 7
L Mike Souza 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7.20 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 11.40 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 17.00 7
D Dan Boyle 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 8 0 1 4 0 24.00 9
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 4 2 4 9 -1 24.10 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.40 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Pronger 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 7
R Mike Fisher 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 12.20 6
R Shane Doan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 20.00 6
R Anson Carter 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 21.20 9
C Ladislav Nagy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Daniel Cleary 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 7
C Chris Gratton 1 2 4 2 1 3 0 2 20.10 9
L Darren McLachlan 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5.00 6
L Landon Wilson 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 8
L Mike Johnson 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 16.10 6
L Jan Hrdina 0 2 5 1 2 1 4 2 21.10 8
D Cale Hulse 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Igor Knyazev 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1 18.30 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 2 29.10 8
D Marcus Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.20 5
D David Tanabe 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 22.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brian Boucher 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Sean Burke 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Gratton
2nd star: Anson Carter
3rd star: Landon Wilson

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Roman Hamrlik notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mike Souza ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Mike Souza ended his 5 game point drought.
-Rick Nash had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Dan Boyle finally ended his 49 game goal drought.
-Rostislav Klesla had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Anson Carter notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Chris Gratton notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Chris Gratton ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Landon Wilson finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Landon Wilson finally ended his 12 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Sean O'Donnell beat Darren McLachlan in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 27) , Springfield Falcons 3( 18)
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0-1 SPR Fredrik Sjöström (Michael Schutte, Jerome Marois)
1-1 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Brad Moran, Paul Manning)
1-2 SPR Scott Polaski (Erik Westrum, Trevor Gillies)
2-2 SYR Paul Manning (Andrej Nedorost, Brad Moran)
2-3 SPR Fredrik Sjöström (Eduard Lewandowski, Michael Schutte)

We hung with one of the best teams in the league, so I can't complain too much, but I would have liked a point out of this. Oh well, this team is getting better day by day, so I really like our future.

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 4, Tampa Bay 5
Columbus 2, Phoenix 3
Colorado 3, Washington 3
Pittsburgh 1, NY Islanders 1
Chicago 3, Ottawa 4
Vancouver 3, Dallas 3
New Jersey 3, NY Rangers 5
Los Angeles 3, Detroit 3

Standings:

Western:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Colorado Avalanche 63 40 14 3 6 89 .706 213 157 18.81 80.24 6-3-0-1 23-5-2-3 17-9-1-3
*Phoenix Coyotes 62 35 20 1 6 77 .621 188 163 15.77 83.70 7-2-0-1 19-7-0-4 16-13-1-2
*St. Louis Blues 62 28 24 5 5 66 .532 180 183 16.87 87.85 2-7-1-0 15-10-3-4 13-14-2-1
*Dallas Stars 62 33 22 2 5 73 .589 211 168 19.93 86.22 7-2-0-1 21-8-1-1 12-14-1-4
*Vancouver Canucks 64 30 25 2 7 69 .539 194 198 15.65 82.78 3-6-0-1 17-10-1-4 13-15-1-3
*San Jose Sharks 61 29 23 2 7 67 .549 163 161 13.42 84.58 7-2-0-1 16-10-1-4 13-13-1-3
*Anaheim Mighty Ducks 62 30 26 1 5 66 .532 178 172 15.79 83.80 7-3-0-0 17-9-0-3 13-17-1-2
*Detroit Red Wings 63 28 27 1 7 64 .508 186 204 17.36 83.91 3-4-0-3 16-11-1-4 12-16-0-3
Minnesota Wild 61 25 22 5 9 64 .525 176 173 16.11 85.94 2-5-0-3 14-11-3-3 11-11-2-6
Edmonton Oilers 62 25 24 5 8 63 .508 191 181 14.72 84.29 2-5-3-0 15-10-3-4 10-14-2-4
Nashville Predators 64 26 30 4 4 60 .469 187 202 13.31 88.52 3-5-1-1 14-14-2-3 12-16-2-1
Los Angeles Kings 64 24 32 3 5 56 .438 180 206 16.29 82.84 4-4-0-2 14-15-1-2 10-17-2-3
Columbus Blue Jackets 64 23 32 3 6 55 .430 170 207 11.97 79.67 4-5-0-1 15-15-1-3 8-17-2-3
Calgary Flames 61 23 34 0 4 50 .410 164 202 15.32 83.71 6-4-0-0 15-13-0-2 8-21-0-2
Chicago Blackhawks 63 21 36 2 4 48 .381 157 187 16.16 81.41 5-4-1-0 14-15-1-0 7-21-1-4

Eastern:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Ottawa Senators 64 36 20 1 7 80 .625 190 162 19.34 84.35 6-2-1-1 21-9-1-3 15-11-0-4
*New Jersey Devils 63 35 18 0 10 80 .635 207 168 14.81 86.52 5-4-0-1 19-7-0-3 16-11-0-7
*Florida Panthers 63 31 18 2 12 76 .603 205 164 14.51 87.57 5-4-0-1 18-6-1-5 13-12-1-7
*Philadelphia Flyers 61 34 16 2 9 79 .648 208 162 18.83 81.68 8-0-0-2 14-9-2-5 20-7-0-4
*New York Islanders 62 33 18 3 8 77 .621 187 155 17.62 85.71 6-1-1-2 19-8-2-3 14-10-1-5
*Tampa Bay Lightning 63 34 23 1 5 74 .587 192 198 14.83 83.41 6-3-0-1 22-5-0-2 12-18-1-3
*Buffalo Sabres 62 30 22 5 5 70 .565 185 175 15.25 83.64 2-7-1-0 17-8-4-3 13-14-1-2
*Boston Bruins 62 29 23 1 9 68 .548 195 171 20.78 83.06 2-5-0-3 16-8-1-4 13-15-0-5
New York Rangers 61 27 26 4 4 62 .508 175 183 14.22 81.30 3-4-3-0 15-10-4-2 12-16-0-2
Toronto Maple Leafs 61 26 27 2 6 60 .492 182 191 16.41 80.10 4-3-1-2 16-12-0-4 10-15-2-2
Montreal Canadiens 63 26 33 1 3 56 .444 179 194 16.74 86.59 4-4-0-2 16-15-1-1 10-18-0-2
Atlanta Thrashers 62 22 33 1 6 51 .411 169 212 16.11 84.77 1-8-0-1 13-12-0-4 9-21-1-2
Carolina Hurricanes 61 21 32 2 6 50 .410 156 190 13.99 79.33 4-6-0-0 14-12-2-3 7-20-0-3
Pittsburgh Penguins 62 18 36 1 7 44 .355 140 180 13.87 85.32 2-5-0-3 12-15-1-5 6-21-0-2
Washington Capitals 62 17 36 2 7 43 .347 150 189 17.45 82.45 3-4-1-2 11-12-1-5 6-24-1-2

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February 26th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:[/I]

NY Rangers 3, Toronto 5
Philly 3, Florida 5
St. Louis 3, San Jose 4
Minnesota 7, Edmonton 1
Calgary 5, Dallas 4

February 27th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 2, Phoenix 3
Toronto 2, Buffalo 2
New Jersey 7, Montreal 1
Atlanta 3, Chicago 4
NY Islanders 4, Philly 1
Washington 3, Carolina 1
Nashville 3, Anaheim 4

February 28th- I commit highway robbery with Ottawa, shipping them Chouinard for a 2nd, 4th, and 5th in 06. We'll take it!

Oh, we're at LA

We send down Mike Souza for Hannes Hyvonen, and call up Don MacLean, along with Andrej Nedorost.

Game 65: Columbus (23-32-3-6) 55 pts @ Los Angeles (24-32-3-5) 56 pts

Game Notes: The three callups form the fourth line for the evening, and we keep everything else the same. The reason for all these callups is that I'm trying to sit guys down that are slumping, as I think these callups with higher morale will play better.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Alexeev-Stuart-Boyle
Line 4: Hyvonen-MacLean-Nedorost

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Los Angeles Kings 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 32 - 26
LA PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:61/70=87 %, Challenges:36/45=78 %
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:66/88=75 %, Challenges:41/50=80 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 786250 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:49 1-0 LA Jozef Stumpel [16] (Jared Aulin, Martin Straka)
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28:04 2-0 LA Dustin Brown [14] (Adam Deadmarsh, Ian Laperriere)
31:05 2-1 CBS Andrej Nedorost [1] (Rostislav Klesla, Sean O'Donnell)
32:54 3-1 LA Ian Laperriere [12] (Dustin Brown, Martin Straka)
37:53 3-2 CBS Todd Marchant [27] (Rick Nash, Trevor Letowski)
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47:15 3-3 CBS Don MacLean [1] (Hannes Hyvönen, Todd Fedoruk)
49:18 4-3 LA Adam Deadmarsh [20] (Ian Laperriere, Dustin Brown)
59:39 5-3 LA Ian Laperriere [13] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Aaron Miller) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:21 LA Adam Deadmarsh (2 min for elbowing)
10:52 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for high-sticking)
11:37 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for roughing)
11:37 LA Janne Laukkanen (2 min for roughing)
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21:02 LA Dustin Brown (2 min for tripping)
28:44 LA Dustin Brown (2 min for tripping)
33:27 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for roughing)
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40:03 LA Drake Berehowsky (2 min for slashing)
42:41 CBS Hannes Hyvönen (2 min for cross-checking)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Flinn 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 -2 9.50 7
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.00 5
R Dustin Brown 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 4 10.40 9
R Trent Klatt 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 -1 21.10 7
C Eric Belanger 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 9.50 6
C Jozef Stumpel 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.10 7
C Ian Laperriere 2 2 5 2 0 1 0 4 18.40 10
C Jason Allison 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
L Sean Avery 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 9.50 5
L Jared Aulin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.50 7
L Adam Deadmarsh 1 1 4 2 3 2 2 3 14.10 9
L Martin Straka 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 21.40 6
D Janne Laukkanen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 17.40 5
D Drake Berehowsky 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 13.10 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 28.40 7
D Mattias Norström 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 12.50 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 20.10 7
D Aaron Miller 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 -3 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Milan Hnilicka 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Roman Cechmanek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 7
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 16.40 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -3 12.30 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 23.20 8
C Don MacLean 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 8
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.40 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 -3 16.30 6
C Todd Marchant 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 26.00 9
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 6.50 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 10.40 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 16.30 6
L Rick Nash 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 17.50 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -3 14.10 5
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 2 28.00 9
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -3 16.30 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 31.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 5 0 27 0 0 59.00 5
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ian Laperriere
2nd star: Dustin Brown
3rd star: Adam Deadmarsh

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Dustin Brown notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Adam Deadmarsh scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Aaron Miller notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Ian Laperriere finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Ian Laperriere finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Don MacLean ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Todd Marchant ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 1( 19) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 13)
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0-1 SYR Ben Knopp (Jaroslav Balastik, Brad Moran)
0-2 SYR Per Mårs (Wade Winkler)
1-2 MNC Chris Schmidt (Kip Brennan)

Goalies: Mathieu Chouinard - David St. Germain

This night stunk, besides the game:

Players shaken
Players of the Columbus Blue Jackets were shaken today by your decision to move recently acquired Eric Chouinard. Some of the players are questioning your managerial abilities have expressed their opinions to the board.


You MORONS didn't see the shouting match between Sydor and Chouinard. I can't have a malcontent cancer on my team, no way, no how. Geesh.

Tonight's Scores:

Detroit 1, Phoenix 3
Montreal 2, Pittsburgh 3
NY Rangers 4, Florida 3
Ottawa 3, San Jose 1
Vancouver 3, St. Louis 2
Edmonton 4, Dallas 2
Los Angeles 5, Columbus 3

March 1st- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 5, Tampa Bay 0
Toronto 4, San Jose 3
Atlanta 1, Ottawa 4
NY Islanders 3, Carolina 4
New Jersey 3, Buffalo 3
Nashville 3, Detroit 3
Chicago 4, Anaheim 6

Martin Erat claimed off waivers.
Columbus Blue Jackets claimed Martin Erat, who had been with Nashville Predators, off waivers.

We get some depth for our team here in Erat, who I think is a solid LW and should easily be on our roster. He won't be there for our next game.

March 2nd- On the road at Phoenix. We send Souza and Nedorost back down to Syracuse.

[B]Game 66: Columbus (23-33-3-6) 55 pts @ Phoenix (37-20-1-6) 81 pts

Game Notes: We insert Bednar and Hartigan back into the lineup, but Spacek will come in for Dan Boyle, which is a shock for Boyle, who seemed to be comfortable in the lineup.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Spacek
Line 4: Hyvonen-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Pandolfo-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Spacek

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Phoenix Coyotes 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 34 - 23
PHO PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:77/87=88 %, Challenges:35/44=77 %
CBS PP: 2 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:61/74=82 %, Challenges:40/48=81 %
Attendance: 13253 of 16200 (Glendale Arena)
Ticket income: 608313 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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11:51 0-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [15] (Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla)PP
19:29 0-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [16] (Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla)PP
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31:46 1-2 PHO Chris Gratton [13] (Jan Hrdina)SH
35:06 2-2 PHO Shane Doan [23] (Mike Johnson, Chris Gratton)
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45:36 3-2 PHO Chris Gratton [14] (Jan Hrdina, Anson Carter)
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Penalty summary:
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07:58 PHO Landon Wilson (2 min for tripping)
10:09 PHO Landon Wilson (2 min for hooking)
17:33 PHO Cale Hulse (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:49 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for slashing)
30:49 PHO Landon Wilson (2 min for high-sticking)
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57:37 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for roughing)
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Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Pronger 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.00 7
R Mike Fisher 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13.30 7
R Shane Doan 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 20.10 8
R Anson Carter 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 7
C Ladislav Nagy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Daniel Cleary 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.50 6
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
C Chris Gratton 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 20.00 9
L Krystofer Kolanos 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.40 5
L Landon Wilson 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 10.00 6
L Mike Johnson 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.00 7
L Jan Hrdina 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 2 20.20 8
D Cale Hulse 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 15.20 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 33.50 8
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6.40 6
D Igor Knyazev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 6
D David Tanabe 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 23.40 7
D Paul Mara 0 0 5 5 1 5 0 2 29.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Sean Burke 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.30 5
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 2 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 16.40 9
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -3 21.40 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 -2 25.50 8
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.10 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.30 8
L Rick Nash 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 -2 22.30 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 -1 16.40 5
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 21.00 8
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 3 3 1 1 4 -2 22.20 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 16.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 -2 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 31 0 0 59.30 9
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Gratton
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Shane Doan

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Chris Gratton scored the 500th point of his career.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Rick Nash notched his 40th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 4( 22) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 19)
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1-0 SPR Jerome Marois (Kiel McLeod)
2-0 SPR Peter Fregoe (Kiel McLeod)
3-0 SPR Mike Wilson (Ladislav Kouba)
3-1 SYR Ben Knopp (Per Mårs, Riley Cote)
3-2 SYR Martin Paroulek (Brad Moran)
4-2 SPR Scott Polaski (Michael Schutte)

Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - David St. Germain

Well, good teams come back for wins, and Phoenix does just that against us. I think our team is competing hard, but we just don't match up talent wise, just yet. Our youth is developing, as noticed by the 2 PP goals we had. Let's see what we can keep going here.

Tonight's Scores:

Philly 4, Carolina 2
Florida 4, Washington 3
NY Rangers 4, Pittsburgh 3
Vancouver 6, Minnesota 0
Phoenix 3, Columbus 2
Edmongon 2, St. Louis 3
Los Angeles 5, Dallas 3

EDM-MIN trade
Edmonton Oilers traded left wing Alexei Mikhnov and left wing Manuel Shepherd to Minnesota Wild for right wing Pascal Dupuis

A native of Canada, Pascal Dupuis, was originally signed as a free agent to the NHL. He has appeared in 303 NHL games during his career, notching 67 goals and adding 87 assists along with 79 penalty minutes. The 25 year old right wing has played 61 games with the Minnesota Wild this season, totalling 15+20=35 with 9 PIM.

March 3rd- Martin Erat joins us for the game tonight at Anaheim.

[B]Game 67: Columbus (23-34-3-6) 55 pts @ Anaheim (32-26-1-5) 70 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Erat comes in on the 2nd line to see what he can do for us. I'd like to see some good effort tonight from a slumping Leclaire, but I doubt it. Boyle comes back in for Spacek

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

Anaheim Mighty Ducks 0 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 21 - 35
ANA PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:47/53=88 %, Challenges:38/46=80 %
CBS PP: 1 of 6 (11 shots), Passing:69/78=88 %, Challenges:53/61=85 %
Attendance: 12031 of 17174 (Arrowhead Pond)
Ticket income: 560645 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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09:06 0-1 CBS Evan McGrath [4] (Nikolai Zherdev)
09:49 0-2 CBS Espen Knutsen [15] (Todd Fedoruk)
15:17 0-3 CBS Rick Nash [27] (Nikolai Zherdev, Roman Hamrlik)PP
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no scoring
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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00:57 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for high-sticking)
13:55 ANA Mike LeClerc (2 min for roughing)
19:38 ANA Michal Grosek (2 min for slashing)
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23:22 CBS Jaroslav Bednar (2 min for high-sticking)
27:12 ANA Todd Simpson (5 min for fighting)
27:12 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
29:24 ANA Mike LeClerc (2 min for holding the stick)
31:43 ANA Sergei Fedorov (2 min for hooking)
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46:59 ANA Aaron Gavey (2 min for hooking)
52:56 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for hooking)
55:15 ANA Lance Ward (2 min for high-sticking)
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Smirnov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.40 5
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 7
R Petr Sykora 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Aaron Gavey 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 -1 10.50 5
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 11.40 6
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.10 9
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 20.30 7
L Michal Grosek 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 11.10 7
L Craig Johnson 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 14.50 7
L Mike LeClerc 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 11.30 7
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
D Lance Ward 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 -1 12.20 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 5
D Nick Boynton 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 29.20 7
D Todd Simpson 0 0 1 3 1 3 5 -1 14.50 6
D Mark Popovic 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.30 6
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 30.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 3 0 32 0 0 60.00 9
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.40 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 9.10 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 19.40 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 22.10 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 13.30 8
C Evan McGrath 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.00 8
C Todd Marchant 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 27.50 10
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 1 9.50 7
L Martin Erat 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 14.20 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 23.00 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 14.30 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 27.40 8
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 0 17.50 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 10.10 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 32.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 21 0 0 60.00 10
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pascal Leclaire
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Espen Knutsen

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Sergei Fedorov had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Todd Fedoruk has marked a new career high in assists with 12 assists.
-Espen Knutsen scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Espen Knutsen finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Evan McGrath finally ended his 23 game goal drought.
-Evan McGrath finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat Todd Simpson in a fight.

Farm game result:
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 2( 25) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 27)
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0-1 SYR Mike Souza (Andrej Nedorost, Aaron Johnson)
0-2 SYR Mike Souza (Don MacLean)
1-2 CIN Cory Pecker (Dirk Southern)
2-2 CIN Timo Pärssinen (Tim Brent)
2-3 SYR Christoph Ullmann (Ben Knopp)

Goalies: Ilja Bryzgalov - Karl Goehring

We just went into the Duck Pond and tore apart Anaheim. Pascal Leclaire plays one of the best games of his season. It was very nice to see McGrath get a goal tonight as well, as he's only on the third line now. Our defense played their best overall game, and our offense just put shot after shot in Giguere. If Jiggy hadn't played very well, we could have won like 5-0. Instead, we dominate in a 3-0 win that makes me very happy.

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, San Jose 1
Colorado 3, Buffalo 2
Montreal 2, New Jersey 1
NY Islanders 2, Tampa Bay 2
Ottawa 4, Toronto 2
Atlanta 1, Pittsburgh 3
Washington 3, Florida 2
Calgary 1, St. Louis 2
Anaheim 0, Columbus 3

March 4th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Chicago 1, Carolina 3
Dallas 4, Buffalo 3
Nashville 1, NY Rangers 5
Philly 5, Tampa Bay 3
Phoenix 3, Colorado 2
Los Angeles 2, Anaheim 4
Edmonton 3, Minnesota 0

March 5th- Another off day

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 3, NY Islanders 3
New Jersey 3, Boston 2

March 6th- On the road at Edmonton

[B]Game 68: Columbus (24-34-3-6) 57 pts @ Edmonton (27-26-5-8) 67 pts[/B]

Game Notes: We'll keep everything the same, even Leclaire, who is very inconsistent, but put up a shutout in his last game, which means I really don't want to take him out at all.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

Edmonton Oilers 0 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 23 - 30
EDM PP: 0 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:53/68=77 %, Challenges:41/49=82 %
CBS PP: 3 of 8 (10 shots), Passing:75/95=78 %, Challenges:42/45=91 %
Attendance: 16070 of 17100 (Rexall Place)
Ticket income: 785823 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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07:19 0-1 CBS Martin Erat [7] (Trevor Letowski, Espen Knutsen)PP
10:06 0-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [17] (Rick Nash, Todd Marchant)PP
17:26 0-3 CBS Rostislav Klesla [8] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)PP
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no scoring
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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02:53 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for holding the stick)
05:56 EDM Steve Staios (2 min for hooking)
08:41 EDM Doug Lynch (2 min for high-sticking)
10:37 EDM Jani Rita (2 min for hooking)
13:07 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for high-sticking)
16:36 EDM Steve Staios (2 min for holding the stick)
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20:06 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for elbowing)
22:27 EDM Shawn Horcoff (2 min for cross-checking)
27:01 EDM David Rohlfs (2 min for high-sticking)
30:48 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
30:48 EDM Steve Staios (5 min for fighting)
37:17 EDM Jason Smith (2 min for hooking)
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44:45 EDM Jason Smith (2 min for hooking)
51:58 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
58:07 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for hooking)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Rohlfs 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8.30 6
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 16.50 7
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 5
C Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Jarrett Stoll 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 14.50 7
C Mike Comrie 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
L Jani Rita 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 13.50 7
L Brad Isbister 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 17.00 5
L Ales Hemsky 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 6
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 7
D Rocky Thompson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.30 4
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 19.00 7
D Doug Lynch 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 25.10 7
D Steve Staios 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 0 17.10 6
D Alexei Semenov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 22.50 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 25.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tommy Salo 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 7
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.50 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 17.20 8
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 21.00 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8.00 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 18.10 9
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 26.20 9
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 13.50 7
L Martin Erat 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 7
L Rick Nash 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 27.40 8
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 4 0 2 7 0 19.10 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 12.20 7
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 32.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 23 0 0 60.00 10
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pascal Leclaire
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Espen Knutsen

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Martin Erat finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Rostislav Klesla finally ended his 22 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Sean O'Donnell beat Steve Staios in a fight.

Farm game result:
Toronto Roadrunners 3( 22) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 6)
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1-0 TRN J.J. Hunter (Nate DiCasmirro, Michal Barinka)
2-0 TRN Brad Winchester (Colin McDonald, Jamie Wright)
2-1 SYR Martin Paroulek (Scott Heffernan, Greg Maudlin)
2-2 SYR Mike Souza (Don MacLean, Paul Manning)
3-2 TRN Michael Henrich (Cory Cross)

Goalies: Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers - David St. Germain

Can you say en fuego??? Pascal Leclaire does the improbable, with a second straight shutout. We go 3-8 on the PP and 5-5 on the PK, both awesome jobs. Nash gets two assists, Zherdev gets a goal and an assist, and Erat picks himself up his first goal as a Blue Jacket. This team is on fire right now!

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 2, Buffalo 3
Philly 5, Toronto 1
NY Islanders 4, Atlanta 1
Tampa Bay 3, San Jose 0
Washington 1, Colorado 1
Minnesota 0, St. Louis 2
Phoenix 3, Nashville 2
Edmonton 0, Columbus 3
Anaheim 7, Montreal 0

March 7th- First of 3 off days

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 4, Detroit 2
Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 1
Florida 4, San Jose 4
Dallas 4, Chicago 0
Vancouver 4, Ottawa 2
Los Angeles 4, Montreal 2

March 8th- 2nd of 3 off days

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 4, Toronto 3
New Jersey 6, Calgary 4
Philly 5, Minnesota 1
Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 0
Washington 3, Pittsburgh 1
St. Louis 2, Colorado 4
Phoenix 5, Edmonton 0
Anaheim 3, Nashville 2

March 9th- 3rd of 3 off days

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 1, Vancouver 1
Atlanta 2, NY Rangers 4
NY Islanders 3, Minnesota 1
Florida 3, Detroit 4
Los Angeles 3, Chicago 3

March 10th- At St. Louis tonight

[B]Game 69: Columbus (25-34-3-6) 59 pts @ St. Louis (31-27-5-5) 72 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Why mess with success??

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

St. Louis Blues 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 0
Shots: 21 - 34
STL PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:55/75=73 %, Challenges:34/37=89 %
CBS PP: 0 of 11 (22 shots), Passing:81/94=86 %, Challenges:34/40=82 %
Attendance: 11131 of 19260 (Savvis Center)
Ticket income: 534288 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:29 1-0 STL Magnus Arvedson [23] (Keith Tkachuk)SH
09:55 2-0 STL Reed Low [6] (Trevor Byrne, Sean Hill)
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39:41 3-0 STL Eric Boguniecki [13] (Barret Jackman, Chris Pronger)
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45:35 4-0 STL Keith Tkachuk [32] (Doug Weight)
49:03 5-0 STL Eric Boguniecki [14] (Travis Green, Magnus Arvedson)
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Penalty summary:
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05:08 STL Sean Hill (2 min for hooking)
07:17 STL Barret Jackman (2 min for elbowing)
17:34 STL Eric Boguniecki (2 min for hooking)
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22:07 STL Keith Tkachuk (2 min for hooking)
27:18 STL Barret Jackman (2 min for high-sticking)
28:07 STL Chris Pronger (2 min for tripping)
31:18 STL Keith Tkachuk (2 min for high-sticking)
34:15 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for hooking)
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44:59 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
44:59 STL Trevor Byrne (5 min for fighting)
46:59 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for tripping)
49:48 STL Petr Cajanek (2 min for hooking)
53:23 STL Doug Weight (2 min for tripping)
55:35 STL Trevor Byrne (2 min for tripping)
57:42 STL Reed Low (2 min for roughing)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Riesen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 5
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
R Eric Boguniecki 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 9.00 9
R Teemu Selänne 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 8
C Jay McClement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 6
C Travis Green 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7.20 6
C Ryan Johnson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7.20 5
C Doug Weight 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 16.40 7
L Reed Low 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 15.10 9
L Petr Cajanek 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 14.20 7
L Magnus Arvedson 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 2 21.20 9
L Keith Tkachuk 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 20.10 8
D Aaron MacKenzie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
D Alexander Khavanov 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 21.50 6
D Sean Hill 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 30.20 7
D Trevor Byrne 0 1 0 3 0 1 7 1 9.30 7
D Barret Jackman 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 1 22.40 7
D Chris Pronger 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 3 30.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 0 0 34 0 0 60.00 10
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.20 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 -2 24.40 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 20.30 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 7.20 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.50 5
C Todd Marchant 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 -2 33.20 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.20 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5.40 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 10.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 8 2 0 1 2 -2 32.40 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 14.20 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 26.30 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 6
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.10 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 -3 38.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 16 0 0 49.00 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 7

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Osgood
2nd star: Eric Boguniecki
3rd star: Reed Low

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Keith Tkachuk notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Eric Boguniecki finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
-Teemu Selänne had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Travis Green finally ended his 13 game point drought.
-Reed Low ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Reed Low ended his 8 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat Trevor Byrne in a fight.

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 1( 35) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 14)
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0-1 SYR Christoph Ullmann (Ben Knopp, Brad Moran)
1-1 WOR Aris Brimanis (Marc Brown)
1-2 SYR Greg Maudlin (Martin Paroulek, Jaroslav Balastik)

Goalies: Chris Beckford-Tseu - Karl Goehring

As flat as we could be, that's the Leclaire I know right there, and Osgood played brilliantly for them tonight. Its not like we got totally outplayed, their goalie was outstanding and ours was below average.

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, Washington 5
Dallas 4, Colorado 2
New Jersey 3, Philly 3
St. Louis 5, Columbus 0
Toronto 4, NY Rangers 4
Phoenix 2, Montreal 0
Pittsburgh 1, Calgary 3
Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 3
Edmonton 4, Ottawa 2
Anaheim 2, Chicago 4
San Jose 2, Nashville 2

March 11th- Back at it again tonight, at Minnesota

[B]Game 70: Columbus (25-35-3-6) 59 pts @ Minnesota (26-28-5-9) 66 pts[/B]

Game Notes: We call up Nedorost to play for Bednar, who's in a little bit of a slump now. Denis will play tonight in net for us as well.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Alexeev-Stuart-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Nedorost

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Minnesota Wild 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 24 - 24
MIN PP: 2 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:63/82=76 %, Challenges:32/39=80 %
CBS PP: 1 of 9 (18 shots), Passing:73/89=82 %, Challenges:29/38=74 %
Attendance: 14773 of 18600 (X-Cel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 678081 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:41 0-1 CBS Espen Knutsen [16] (Martin Erat, Trevor Letowski)PP
14:56 1-1 MIN Brad Bombardir [2] (Jason Beckett )
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25:32 2-1 MIN Marian Gaborik [19] (Sergei Zholtok, Nick Schultz)PP
29:44 3-1 MIN Jason Wiemer [18] (Marian Cisar)
37:27 4-1 MIN Andrei Zyuzin [4] (Darby Hendrickson, Marian Cisar)PP
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50:48 5-1 MIN Sergei Zholtok [26] (Wes Walz, Marian Gaborik)
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Penalty summary:
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03:38 MIN Matt Johnson (5 min for fighting)
03:38 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
06:39 MIN Darby Hendrickson (2 min for elbowing)
10:09 MIN Matt Johnson (2 min for elbowing)
15:02 MIN Matt Johnson (2 min for hooking)
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20:23 MIN Jason Wiemer (2 min for hooking)
24:29 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for elbowing)
27:49 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for tripping)
30:14 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
30:14 MIN Matt Johnson (5 min for fighting)
32:34 MIN Andrew Brunette (2 min for elbowing)
36:48 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for hooking)
37:35 MIN Jason Beckett (2 min for slashing)
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40:04 MIN Marian Gaborik (2 min for tripping)
42:13 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
44:08 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for elbowing)
46:31 MIN Rickard Wallin (2 min for high-sticking)
53:29 CBS Andrej Nedorost (2 min for hooking)
56:14 MIN Bill Muckalt (2 min for boarding)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.10 7
R Bill Muckalt 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 8.40 5
R Wes Walz 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 19.00 8
R Marian Gaborik 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 20.10 9
C Erik Rasmussen 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 10.10 6
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 8.40 7
C Sergei Zholtok 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 7
C Jason Wiemer 1 0 4 2 0 1 2 1 18.00 8
L Kyle Wanvig 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.20 6
L Matt Johnson 0 0 1 1 1 0 14 1 14.00 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 12.30 6
L Darby Hendrickson 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 11.40 7
D Jason Beckett 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 10.40 6
D Nick Schultz 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 26.30 6
D Filip Kuba 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 28.40 6
D Brad Bombardir 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.40 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 19.30 7
D Andrei Zyuzin 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.30 4
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.10 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 28.00 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.30 5
C Espen Knutsen 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 6.10 5
C Todd Marchant 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 -1 28.40 8
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 9.30 6
L Martin Erat 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 -1 21.00 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.30 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 28.20 8
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 1 2 0 16 -1 16.20 5
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 10.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 16.20 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 32.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 5 0 17 0 0 51.30 4
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 2 0 0 8.20 7

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Gaborik
2nd star: Sergei Zholtok
3rd star: Marian Cisar

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Marian Cisar has marked a new career high in assists with 16 assists.
-Darby Hendrickson notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Wes Walz finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Brad Bombardir ended his 8 game point drought.
-Andrei Zyuzin ended his 8 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:

Other notes:
-Matt Johnson beat Sean O'Donnell in a fight.
-Matt Johnson beat Sean O'Donnell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 4( 37) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 22)
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0-1 SYR Don MacLean (Aaron Johnson, Martin Paroulek)
1-1 HOU Mikko Koivu (Danny Irmen, Stephane Veilleux)
1-2 SYR Christoph Ullmann (Kent McDonell)
2-2 HOU Marc Cavosie (Stephane Veilleux)
3-2 HOU Christoph Brandner
3-3 SYR Brad Moran (Nate Kiser)
4-3 HOU Stephane Veilleux (Mikko Koivu, Danny Irmen)

Goalies: Barry Brust - David St. Germain

Well, after being off for 4 days, we had a back-to-back, in which we got beat 10-1, losing two blowouts where I pulled both Leclaire and Denis. Once I think we have something going, it all goes downhill.

Tonight's Scores:

NY Islanders 3, Florida 1
Carolina 1, Vancouver 3
Minnesota 5, Columbus 1
Atlanta 2, Toronto 4
Washington 4, Calgary 0
Colorado 3, Dallas 4
Los Angeles 4, Nashville 0

March 12th- A couple of trades:

MTL-TB trade
Montreal Canadiens traded defenseman Tomas Linhart and left wing Linus Persson to Tampa Bay Lightning for center Ilja Solarev

A native of Russia, Ilja Solarev was originally drafted to the NHL by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 9th round of the 2001 entry draft. He has appeared in 68 NHL games during his career, notching 9 goals and adding 15 assists along with 4 penalty minutes. The 22 year old center has played 68 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning this season, totalling 9+15=24 with 4 PIM.


Montreal picks up a nice young C that can help them rebuild back into the playoffs and TB picks up a nice LW that can develop into a great one in a couple years.

TOR-LA trade
Toronto Maple Leafs traded center Robert Reichel and defenseman John Doherty to Los Angeles Kings for left wing Martin Straka

A native of Czech, Martin Straka was originally drafted to the NHL by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round of the 1992 entry draft. He has appeared in 826 NHL games during his career, notching 228 goals and adding 398 assists along with 294 penalty minutes. The 32 year old left wing has played 70 games with the Los Angeles Kings this season, totalling 25+35=60 with 16 PIM.

A native of Czech, Robert Reichel was originally drafted to the NHL by the Calgary Flames in the 4th round of the 1989 entry draft. He has appeared in 891 NHL games during his career, notching 251 goals and adding 382 assists along with 467 penalty minutes. The 33 year old center has played 60 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs this season, totalling 5+13=18 with 52 PIM.

A native of USA, John Doherty was originally drafted to the NHL by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2nd round of the 2003 entry draft. He has appeared in 12 NHL games during his career, notching 1 goals and adding 4 assists along with 4 penalty minutes. The 20 year old defenseman has played 12 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs this season, totalling 1+4=5 with 4 PIM. He has also played 14 games with the St. Johns Maple Leafs this season, totalling 2+3=5 with 4 PIM.

Toronto needed an awesome scoring wing to help their push into the playoffs and get that in Straka. LA already had Deadmarsh and Aulin at LW just like Straka (scoring), so they pick up a more well rounded Reichel at Center, along with a young D-man in Doherty.

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 5, Pittsburgh 1
San Jose 3, Montreal 3

March 13th- The trade deadline is tomorrow, but I'm content. Here are more trades:

PHO-TOR trade
Phoenix Coyotes traded defenseman Juha Gustafsson and center Russell Spence to Toronto Maple Leafs for left wing Shawn McEachern and center Kahlil Thomas

A native of USA, Shawn McEachern was originally drafted to the NHL by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 6th round of the 1987 entry draft. He has appeared in 942 NHL games during his career, notching 271 goals and adding 327 assists along with 512 penalty minutes. The 36 year old left wing has played 69 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs this season, totalling 18+24=42 with 42 PIM.

With the addition of Straka, McEachern became expendable.

NJ-ANA trade
New Jersey Devils traded left wing Jason Ryznar, defenseman David Hale, right wing Teemu Laine and center Joey Tenute to Anaheim Mighty Ducks for right wing Petr Sykora and ANA 4th round pick in 2006 draft

A native of Czech, Petr Sykora was originally drafted to the NHL by the New Jersey Devils in the 1st round of the 1995 entry draft. He has appeared in 677 NHL games during his career, notching 239 goals and adding 294 assists along with 234 penalty minutes. The 28 year old right wing has played 69 games with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks this season, totalling 24+26=50 with 14 PIM.

A native of USA, David Hale was originally drafted to the NHL by the New Jersey Devils in the 1st round of the 2000 entry draft. He has appeared in 109 NHL games during his career, notching 2 goals and adding 19 assists along with 178 penalty minutes. The 23 year old defenseman has played 66 games with the New Jersey Devils this season, totalling 2+11=13 with 92 PIM.


New Jersey gets the top RW they wanted, but have to part with 3 solid prospects. Normally I think the team picking up the proven guy wins, but in this case, I think New Jersey overpaid to get they guy they wanted, as I think Anaheim will get 3 NHL guys out of this deal.

NYR-TOR trade
New York Rangers traded center Garth Murray and defenseman Mark Fistric to Toronto Maple Leafs for left wing Owen Nolan

A native of Canada, Owen Nolan was originally drafted to the NHL by the Colorado Avalanche in the 1st round of the 1990 entry draft. He has appeared in 1001 NHL games during his career, notching 384 goals and adding 449 assists along with 1766 penalty minutes. The 33 year old left wing has played 69 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs this season, totalling 27+47=74 with 146 PIM.

A native of Canada, Garth Murray was originally drafted to the NHL by the New York Rangers in the 3rd round of the 2001 entry draft. He has appeared in 30 NHL games during his career, notching 3 goals and adding 3 assists along with 40 penalty minutes. The 22 year old center has played 20 games with the New York Rangers this season, totalling 2+2=4 with 32 PIM.

Again, Toronto ships off another LW after picking up Straka. I really question this team sometimes, I really do.

EDM-VAN trade
Edmonton Oilers traded center Jason Chimera, right wing Zachery Stortini and defenseman Jaakko Kammonen to Vancouver Canucks for right wing Ivan Ciernik and VAN 5th round pick in 2005 draft

A native of Slovakia, Ivan Ciernik was originally drafted to the NHL by the Ottawa Senators in the 9th round of the 1996 entry draft. He has appeared in 211 NHL games during his career, notching 27 goals and adding 30 assists along with 104 penalty minutes. The 27 year old right wing has played 68 games with the Vancouver Canucks this season, totalling 12+9=21 with 36 PIM.

A native of Canada, Jason Chimera was originally drafted to the NHL by the Edmonton Oilers in the 5th round of the 1997 entry draft. He has appeared in 161 NHL games during his career, notching 24 goals and adding 29 assists along with 91 penalty minutes. The 25 year old center has played 39 games with the Edmonton Oilers this season, totalling 2+6=8 with 14 PIM. He has also played 28 games with the Toronto Roadrunners this season, totalling 7+2=9 with 14 PIM.

Luckily Ciernik won't be with them when I play Edmonton tonight, but I don't think he's that great anyway. Neither team gave up too much here, so I don't know who wins.

We have Edmonton at home tonight.

[B]Game 71: Edmonton (28-28-5-8) 69 pts @ Columbus (25-36-3-6) 59 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Bednar comes back in for Nedorost, and Leclaire gets the start tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Edmonton Oilers 5
Shots: 22 - 27
CBS PP: 0 of 5 (3 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:24/35=66 %
EDM PP: 1 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:70/81=86 %, Challenges:28/40=68 %
Attendance: 8549 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 436854 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:49 0-1 EDM Ales Hemsky [18] (Shawn Horcoff, Steve Staios)PP
16:41 0-2 EDM Ryan Smyth [28] (Mike Comrie)
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29:08 1-2 CBS Mike Pandolfo [9] (Rostislav Klesla, Mark Hartigan)
30:44 1-3 EDM Georges Laraque [12] (Brad Isbister, Rocky Thompson)
38:17 1-4 EDM Ryan Smyth [29] (Doug Lynch)
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57:58 2-4 CBS Rick Nash [28] (Nikolai Zherdev)
58:22 2-5 EDM Radek Dvorak [20] (Mike Comrie, Alexei Semenov)
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Penalty summary:
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04:59 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for holding the stick)
10:32 EDM Georges Laraque (2 min for tripping)
12:26 EDM Doug Lynch (2 min for hooking)
19:44 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for elbowing)
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26:34 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for high-sticking)
33:49 EDM Doug Lynch (2 min for roughing)
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44:35 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
44:35 EDM David Rohlfs (5 min for fighting)
46:46 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
53:39 EDM Doug Lynch (2 min for tripping)
55:51 EDM Doug Lynch (2 min for high-sticking)
59:49 EDM Steve Staios (5 min for fighting)
59:49 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 5
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 4
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.20 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 25.40 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 7.50 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 17.00 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 10.10 5
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 25.00 7
L Mike Pandolfo 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 9.00 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 10.00 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.10 6
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 -1 22.00 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 -1 21.40 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 5 0 3 9 -1 25.20 8
D Mark Stuart 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 13.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 30.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Rohlfs 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 6.30 6
R Georges Laraque 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 18.10 8
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 16.20 7
R Radek Dvorak 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 17.50 7
C Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Jarrett Stoll 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 12.00 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 6
C Mike Comrie 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 16.50 8
L Jani Rita 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11.20 7
L Brad Isbister 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 17.00 8
L Ales Hemsky 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 14.50 6
L Ryan Smyth 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 16.50 9
D Rocky Thompson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.30 5
D Jason Smith 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 -2 16.40 7
D Doug Lynch 0 1 2 0 1 0 8 3 24.10 7
D Steve Staios 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 17.00 7
D Alexei Semenov 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 20.30 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 3 4 0 4 0 1 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tommy Salo 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Smyth
2nd star: Georges Laraque
3rd star: Radek Dvorak

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash has marked a new career high in goals with 28 tallies.

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Brad Isbister notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Radek Dvorak scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Ales Hemsky finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Ryan Smyth finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Alexei Semenov ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat David Rohlfs in a fight.
-Sean O'Donnell beat Steve Staios in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 0( 12) , Toronto Roadrunners 2( 19)
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0-1 TRN Colin McDonald (Dan Baum)
0-2 TRN Jamie Wright (Colin McDonald)

Goalies: David St. Germain - Randy Petruk

Another unimpressive game by everyone, including Leclaire. Nash gets his 28th of the season, which is a career high, the only good note of the evening.

Tonight's Scores:

New Jersey 2, St. Louis 4
Atlanta 3, Los Angeles 5
Columbus 2, Edmonton 5
Tampa Bay 1, Vancouver 3
Chicago 1, Dallas 4
Colorado 3, Philly 5

March 14th- Here are the trades from late last night, as today is the deadline:

13-3-2005 STL-ATL trade
St. Louis Blues traded left wing Chad Kolarik and defenseman Reko Kumpula to Atlanta Thrashers for right wing Randy Robitaille and ATL 5th round pick in 2005 draft

A native of Canada, Randy Robitaille, was originally signed as a free agent to the NHL. He has appeared in 400 NHL games during his career, notching 65 goals and adding 98 assists along with 260 penalty minutes. The 29 year old right wing has played 69 games with the Atlanta Thrashers this season, totalling 7+10=17 with 64 PIM.


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13-3-2005 PIT-TOR trade rumoured
Pittsburgh Penguins are rumoured to be planning a trade sending right wing Colby Armstrong to Toronto Maple Leafs for defenseman Boris Mironov and PHI 2nd round pick in 2006 draft

Rumours from various sources around the league say that the Pittsburgh Penguins are looking for a 1st line defenseman and that Boris Mironov would be a good fit there.


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13-3-2005 PIT-SJ trade
Pittsburgh Penguins traded right wing Colby Armstrong and defenseman Daniel Fernholm to San Jose Sharks for left wing Milan Michalek and SJ 4th round pick in 2006 draft

A native of Czech, Milan Michalek was originally drafted to the NHL by the San Jose Sharks in the 1st round of the 2003 entry draft. He has appeared in 11 NHL games during his career, notching 1 goals and adding 2 assists along with 2 penalty minutes. The 20 year old left wing has played 11 games with the San Jose Sharks this season, totalling 1+2=3 with 2 PIM. He has also played 5 games with the Cleveland Barons this season, totalling 0+2=2 with 0 PIM.

A native of Canada, Colby Armstrong was originally drafted to the NHL by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round of the 2001 entry draft. He has appeared in 83 NHL games during his career, notching 17 goals and adding 15 assists along with 91 penalty minutes. The 22 year old right wing has played 54 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, totalling 9+10=19 with 63 PIM.


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13-3-2005 PIT-VAN trade
Pittsburgh Penguins traded right wing Aleksey Morozov to Vancouver Canucks for center Matt Cooke

A native of Canada, Matt Cooke was originally drafted to the NHL by the Vancouver Canucks in the 6th round of the 1997 entry draft. He has appeared in 478 NHL games during his career, notching 81 goals and adding 119 assists along with 497 penalty minutes. The 26 year old center has played 70 games with the Vancouver Canucks this season, totalling 21+26=47 with 62 PIM.

A native of Russia, Aleksey Morozov was originally drafted to the NHL by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round of the 1995 entry draft. He has appeared in 527 NHL games during his career, notching 103 goals and adding 157 assists along with 78 penalty minutes. The 28 year old right wing has played 69 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, totalling 16+19=35 with 2 PIM.


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13-3-2005 PHI-NYR trade
Philadelphia Flyers traded center Sean Courtney, left wing Mathieu Brunelle and left wing Chris Heisten to New York Rangers for right wing Chris Simon

A native of Canada, Chris Simon was originally drafted to the NHL by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2nd round of the 1990 entry draft. He has appeared in 676 NHL games during his career, notching 128 goals and adding 139 assists along with 1662 penalty minutes. The 33 year old right wing has played 68 games with the New York Rangers this season, totalling 8+7=15 with 134 PIM.


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13-3-2005 LA-STL trade
Los Angeles Kings traded defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky to St. Louis Blues for left wing Petr Cajanek

A native of Czech, Petr Cajanek was originally drafted to the NHL by the St. Louis Blues in the 8th round of the 2001 entry draft. He has appeared in 185 NHL games during his career, notching 33 goals and adding 67 assists along with 72 penalty minutes. The 29 year old left wing has played 70 games with the St. Louis Blues this season, totalling 9+16=25 with 30 PIM.

A native of Slovakia, Lubomir Visnovsky was originally drafted to the NHL by the Los Angeles Kings in the 4th round of the 2000 entry draft. He has appeared in 363 NHL games during his career, notching 30 goals and adding 115 assists along with 120 penalty minutes. The 28 year old defenseman has played 71 games with the Los Angeles Kings this season, totalling 6+24=30 with 16 PIM.


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13-3-2005 FLA-CGY trade
Florida Panthers traded center Nik Antropov to Calgary Flames for defenseman Toni Lydman and CGY 5th round pick in 2006 draft

A native of Finland, Toni Lydman was originally drafted to the NHL by the Calgary Flames in the 4th round of the 1996 entry draft. He has appeared in 324 NHL games during his career, notching 22 goals and adding 91 assists along with 133 penalty minutes. The 27 year old defenseman has played 55 games with the Calgary Flames this season, totalling 4+18=22 with 17 PIM.

A native of Russia, Nik Antropov was originally drafted to the NHL by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 327 NHL games during his career, notching 54 goals and adding 96 assists along with 259 penalty minutes. The 25 year old center has played 67 games with the Florida Panthers this season, totalling 7+22=29 with 36 PIM.

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13-3-2005 FLA-NJ trade
Florida Panthers traded right wing Josh Olson to New Jersey Devils for right wing Mike Rupp

A native of USA, Josh Olson was originally drafted to the NHL by the Florida Panthers in the 6th round of the 2000 entry draft. He has not yet played at NHL level. The 23 year old right wing has not yet played for the Florida Panthers this season. He has played 70 games with the San Antonio Rampage this season, totalling 20+14=34 with 51 PIM.

A native of USA, Mike Rupp was originally drafted to the NHL by the New York Islanders in the 1st round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 52 NHL games during his career, notching 8 goals and adding 6 assists along with 50 penalty minutes. The 25 year old right wing has played 4 games with the New Jersey Devils this season, totalling 1+1=2 with 2 PIM. He has also played 36 games with the Albany River Rats this season, totalling 20+20=40 with 44 PIM.

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13-3-2005 CAR-SJ trade
Carolina Hurricanes traded right wing Radim Vrbata, goaltender Brian Bridges and left wing Craig Kennedy to San Jose Sharks for left wing Alyn McCauley

A native of Canada, Alyn McCauley was originally drafted to the NHL by the New Jersey Devils in the 4th round of the 1995 entry draft. He has appeared in 453 NHL games during his career, notching 55 goals and adding 82 assists along with 78 penalty minutes. The 27 year old left wing has played 59 games with the San Jose Sharks this season, totalling 7+12=19 with 14 PIM.

A native of Czech, Radim Vrbata was originally drafted to the NHL by the Colorado Avalanche in the 7th round of the 1999 entry draft. He has appeared in 261 NHL games during his career, notching 63 goals and adding 70 assists along with 73 penalty minutes. The 23 year old right wing has played 51 games with the Carolina Hurricanes this season, totalling 11+11=22 with 12 PIM.


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13-3-2005 CGY-PHI trade
Calgary Flames traded right wing Chuck Kobasew and defenseman Viktor Prachar to Philadelphia Flyers for left wing Simon Gagné

A native of Canada, Simon Gagné was originally drafted to the NHL by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1st round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 399 NHL games during his career, notching 122 goals and adding 157 assists along with 151 penalty minutes. The 25 year old left wing has played 43 games with the Philadelphia Flyers this season, totalling 10+19=29 with 16 PIM.

A native of Canada, Chuck Kobasew was originally drafted to the NHL by the Calgary Flames in the 1st round of the 2001 entry draft. He has appeared in 172 NHL games during his career, notching 27 goals and adding 21 assists along with 202 penalty minutes. The 22 year old right wing has played 67 games with the Calgary Flames this season, totalling 15+12=27 with 72 PIM.


Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 1, Montreal 4
Toronto 3, Washington 4
Detroit 7, Calgary 1
Pittsburgh 1, NY Islanders 4
Ottawa 4, Los Angeles 1
Florida 5, Vancouver 3
Buffalo 3, NY Rangers 1
Minnesota 3, St. Louis 3
Phoenix 3, Philly 3
San Jose 7, Anaheim 1

March 15th- The trades yesterday that made it in:

San Jose Sharks traded defenseman Mike Rathje, left wing Johannes Salomonsson and left wing Carter Lee to St. Louis Blues for center Pavol Demitra and STL 4th round pick in 2006 draft

A native of Slovakia, Pavol Demitra was originally drafted to the NHL by the Ottawa Senators in the 9th round of the 1993 entry draft. He has appeared in 617 NHL games during his career, notching 237 goals and adding 330 assists along with 160 penalty minutes. The 30 year old center has played 69 games with the St. Louis Blues this season, totalling 20+30=50 with 4 PIM.

A native of Canada, Mike Rathje was originally drafted to the NHL by the San Jose Sharks in the 1st round of the 1992 entry draft. He has appeared in 738 NHL games during his career, notching 31 goals and adding 146 assists along with 477 penalty minutes. The 30 year old defenseman has played 66 games with the San Jose Sharks this season, totalling 3+12=15 with 36 PIM.


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14-3-2005 VAN-NYR trade
Vancouver Canucks traded left wing Daniel Sedin and defenseman Denis Grot to New York Rangers for defenseman Tom Poti

A native of USA, Tom Poti was originally drafted to the NHL by the Edmonton Oilers in the 3rd round of the 1996 entry draft. He has appeared in 528 NHL games during his career, notching 51 goals and adding 187 assists along with 285 penalty minutes. The 27 year old defenseman has played 70 games with the New York Rangers this season, totalling 6+34=40 with 8 PIM.

A native of Sweden, Daniel Sedin was originally drafted to the NHL by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1st round of the 1999 entry draft. He has appeared in 376 NHL games during his career, notching 83 goals and adding 93 assists along with 203 penalty minutes. The 24 year old left wing has played 69 games with the Vancouver Canucks this season, totalling 22+22=44 with 44 PIM.

We play Calgary at home tonight.

[B]Game 72: Calgary (26-39-0-4) 56 pts @ Columbus (25-37-3-6) 59 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Hyvonen comes in for Erat tonight, who seems a little out of focus, and we call up Martin Paroulek to play for Bednar. Marc Denis gets the start tonight in net. Spaeck will play tonight for Boyle.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Pandolfo-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Paroulek-Stuart-Spacek
Line 4: Hyvonen-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Spacek

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 2 , Calgary Flames 0
Shots: 24 - 23
CBS PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:64/82=78 %, Challenges:30/35=83 %
CGY PP: 0 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:65/77=84 %, Challenges:37/48=75 %
Attendance: 6157 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 314624 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:13 1-0 CBS Rick Nash [29] (Todd Marchant)
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33:55 2-0 CBS Trevor Letowski [20] (Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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03:26 CBS Hannes Hyvönen (2 min for hooking)
05:02 CBS Mark Stuart (2 min for slashing)
12:18 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for high-sticking)
13:44 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for high-sticking)
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34:19 CGY Chris Clark (2 min for tripping)
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42:46 CBS Hannes Hyvönen (2 min for high-sticking)
45:35 CGY Christian Ehrhoff (2 min for tripping)
56:34 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 7
R Martin Paroulek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.10 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.00 7
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 24.40 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 19.20 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 21.10 8
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 8.30 7
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 15.30 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 7
L Rick Nash 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 13.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 15.30 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.20 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 25.10 8
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 16.10 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 29.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 0 0 23 0 0 60.00 10
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Nystrom 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.00 5
R Radovan Somik 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 15.20 6
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.40 9
C Oleg Saprykin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 14.40 5
C Nik Antropov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 5
C Steven Reinprecht 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 7
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 21.20 7
L Josh Green 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 2.30 5
L Martin Gelinas 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.00 5
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 20.40 6
L Simon Gagné 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 -1 21.30 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20.00 6
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 18.40 5
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 27.50 6
D Petr Buzek 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 12.00 5
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 15.10 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 2 0 22 0 0 60.00 8
G Roman Turek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc Denis
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Trevor Letowski

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Trevor Letowski scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Trevor Letowski finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Calgary Flames:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 20) , Saint John Flames 1( 19)
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1-0 SYR Shane Hynes (Greg Maudlin, Wade Winkler)
2-0 SYR Don MacLean (Andrej Nedorost, Paul Manning)
2-1 SJF Martin Sonnenberg (Jesse Wallin, Olivier Proulx)
3-1 SYR Don MacLean (Andrej Nedorost, Aaron Johnson)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Andrei Medvedev

Great game for Denis and for the team overall tonight, we played a team we should beat and we played a well sound defensive game tonight, playing very smart and capitalizing on our chances. Nash has carried this team all season, and continues to do so, as he's been terrific. Great job guys!

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 3, Edmonton 2
New Jersey 5, Minnesota 0
Atlanta 3, Carolina 2
Columbus 2, Calgary 0
Tampa Bay 1, Ottawa 3
Chicago 1, Nashville 4

Standings:

Western:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Colorado Avalanche 70 42 18 3 7 94 .671 231 178 18.88 81.54 4-4-0-2 24-7-2-3 18-11-1-4
*Phoenix Coyotes 70 42 20 1 7 92 .657 213 175 15.13 82.95 9-0-0-1 24-7-0-5 18-13-1-2
*St. Louis Blues 71 33 27 5 6 77 .542 206 202 16.31 88.62 5-3-1-1 16-12-3-4 17-15-2-2
*Dallas Stars 70 38 25 2 5 83 .593 240 191 19.57 85.20 6-3-0-1 24-8-1-1 14-17-1-4
*Vancouver Canucks 71 35 26 2 8 80 .563 217 210 15.83 82.43 5-3-0-2 20-10-1-4 15-16-1-4
*Anaheim Mighty Ducks 70 35 29 1 5 76 .543 205 197 16.83 83.94 6-4-0-0 19-11-0-3 16-18-1-2
*San Jose Sharks 70 31 27 2 10 74 .529 188 187 12.60 82.89 2-4-0-4 17-10-1-6 14-17-1-4
*Edmonton Oilers 71 29 29 5 8 71 .500 212 208 13.70 84.37 4-6-0-0 18-12-3-4 11-17-2-4
Detroit Red Wings 69 30 29 1 9 70 .507 206 221 17.37 84.75 2-5-0-3 17-12-1-4 13-17-0-5
Minnesota Wild 71 27 29 5 10 69 .486 195 205 15.10 86.18 2-7-0-1 16-12-3-4 11-17-2-6
Los Angeles Kings 72 29 34 3 6 67 .465 209 228 16.78 82.41 5-2-0-3 18-16-1-3 11-18-2-3
Nashville Predators 72 27 35 4 6 64 .444 204 227 13.76 87.79 2-5-0-3 14-16-2-4 13-19-2-2
Columbus Blue Jackets 72 26 37 3 6 61 .424 186 230 12.31 80.87 4-6-0-0 16-16-1-3 10-21-2-3
Calgary Flames 70 26 40 0 4 56 .400 182 232 15.14 84.52 4-6-0-0 17-15-0-2 9-25-0-2
Chicago Blackhawks 71 23 41 2 5 53 .373 175 216 15.61 80.26 3-5-1-1 14-19-1-0 9-22-1-5

Eastern:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
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*Ottawa Senators 72 42 22 1 7 92 .639 214 177 20.38 85.31 7-2-1-0 24-9-1-3 18-13-0-4
*Philadelphia Flyers 70 39 18 2 11 91 .650 242 187 19.06 82.03 6-2-0-2 18-10-2-5 21-8-0-6
*Florida Panthers 71 34 20 4 13 85 .599 232 191 15.72 88.08 4-3-2-1 20-7-1-6 14-13-3-7
*New Jersey Devils 71 39 20 0 12 90 .634 237 187 16.19 87.40 5-3-0-2 23-8-0-5 16-12-0-7
*New York Islanders 70 38 18 4 10 90 .643 213 169 17.00 86.69 6-0-1-3 23-8-3-4 15-10-1-6
*Tampa Bay Lightning 71 36 27 1 7 80 .563 209 219 13.67 83.40 3-5-0-2 24-7-0-3 12-20-1-4
*Buffalo Sabres 69 32 23 6 8 78 .565 202 191 15.38 84.04 2-3-2-3 18-8-4-4 14-15-2-4
*Boston Bruins 70 33 26 2 9 77 .550 219 191 20.14 83.41 5-4-1-0 20-10-2-4 13-16-0-5
New York Rangers 70 32 28 4 6 74 .529 208 208 15.41 81.60 6-2-0-2 18-11-4-3 14-17-0-3
Toronto Maple Leafs 70 29 30 3 8 69 .493 210 222 15.88 78.48 4-3-1-2 17-13-0-6 12-17-3-2
Montreal Canadiens 71 28 38 1 4 61 .430 193 222 15.36 86.69 4-5-0-1 17-16-1-1 11-22-0-3
Washington Capitals 70 23 36 3 8 57 .407 176 204 17.47 82.63 6-1-1-2 15-12-1-6 8-24-2-2
Carolina Hurricanes 70 24 38 2 6 56 .400 174 217 14.39 79.59 3-7-0-0 15-14-2-3 9-24-0-3
Atlanta Thrashers 71 23 40 2 6 54 .380 186 245 15.35 84.41 2-7-1-0 14-17-1-4 9-23-1-2
Pittsburgh Penguins 70 21 41 1 7 50 .357 156 203 13.43 84.27 4-5-0-1 13-17-1-5 8-24-0-2

Leaders:

Columbus:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
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L Rick Nash CBS 71 29 43 72 -10 42 9 18 27 0 0 0 252 11.5 65.9 1 14 121 21 31 3 -28 19 26 5 10 0 0 7.4
C Todd Marchant CBS 66 27 32 59 -9 22 7 13 20 5 2 7 232 11.6 60.2 5 77 78 25 34 11 -23 58 43 5 5 0 0 7.5
R Nikolai Zherdev CBS 67 17 31 48 -13 18 11 13 24 0 0 0 216 7.9 47.5 5 48 114 21 29 6 -23 30 12 2 5 0 0 7.5
C Espen Knutsen CBS 72 16 26 42 -10 36 2 4 6 0 0 0 138 11.6 55.6 3 53 58 15 16 23 7 30 143 5 6 0 0 7.0
D Rostislav Klesla CBS 72 8 29 37 1 30 5 5 10 0 3 3 189 4.2 0 0 183 132 31 40 108 68 91 77 1 5 2 0 8.0
R Trevor Letowski CBS 72 20 16 36 -18 16 0 2 2 4 4 8 155 12.9 45.2 3 68 77 16 32 17 -15 52 98 3 5 0 0 6.4
D Roman Hamrlik CBS 69 4 21 25 -6 84 1 5 6 0 0 0 100 4.0 0 1 122 80 23 44 55 11 75 156 2 3 0 0 7.2
L Todd Fedoruk CBS 70 12 12 24 1 191 0 0 0 0 1 1 89 13.5 40.9 2 78 43 10 33 63 30 13 47 1 3 29 17 6.6
R Nikita Alexeev CBS 72 11 12 23 -10 16 4 2 6 0 0 0 124 8.9 31.8 1 13 70 13 41 6 -35 15 109 2 3 0 0 6.4
L Martin Erat CBS 38 7 15 22 -2 16 2 6 8 0 0 0 88 8.0 41.2 1 2 60 16 30 4 -26 13 0 2 5 0 0 6.7
D Darryl Sydor CBS 72 2 20 22 -27 26 0 4 4 0 1 1 62 3.2 0 0 76 56 19 28 40 12 42 154 1 3 0 0 6.6
L Mike Pandolfo CBS 71 9 10 19 -3 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 81 11.1 22.2 2 27 55 8 29 21 -8 11 25 2 4 0 0 6.2
D Dan Boyle CBS 70 2 16 18 -17 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 35 5.7 0 0 56 49 17 39 33 -6 43 0 1 4 0 0 6.2
D Sean O'Donnell CBS 68 1 15 16 11 234 0 0 0 0 1 1 60 1.7 0 0 173 45 23 53 120 67 63 17 1 3 24 8 7.1
R Jaroslav Bednar CBS 67 5 10 15 10 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 66 7.6 26.7 0 47 47 8 31 38 7 12 0 2 3 0 0 6.0
C *Evan McGrath CBS 72 4 10 14 -22 48 0 4 4 0 0 0 84 4.8 39.6 2 15 38 13 31 12 -19 13 72 1 2 0 0 6.2
C Mark Hartigan CBS 69 4 9 13 7 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 4.8 50.1 0 46 30 7 13 29 16 10 7 1 2 0 0 6.0
D Jaroslav Spacek CBS 60 2 9 11 -12 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 44 4.5 0 0 51 44 14 23 42 19 28 1 1 2 0 0 6.0
D Paul Manning CBS 50 0 6 6 -7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 42 17 12 18 29 11 20 0 0 1 0 0 6.1
L Mike Souza CBS 11 2 2 4 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 15.4 66.7 0 2 7 6 6 2 -4 0 11 1 2 0 0 5.8
C Don MacLean CBS 7 1 2 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12.5 32.0 0 2 2 6 1 0 -1 1 7 1 2 0 0 6.5
D *Mark Stuart CBS 17 0 1 1 -4 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 7 4 13 3 9 6 6 17 0 1 0 0 6.2
R Andrej Nedorost CBS 5 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 25.0 0.0 0 0 0 7 1 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5.8
L Hannes Hyvönen CBS 3 0 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.3
R *Martin Paroulek CBS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.0
R *Shane Hynes CBS 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2
C *Greg Maudlin CBS 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33.3 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6.5
D *Aaron Johnson CBS 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 0 5.0


Name Tea GP G A PTS W L OtL T SA PCT SO GAA GA Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
Marc Denis CBS 38 0 2 2 15 19 1 2 922 89.9 1 2.89 104 7.42
*Pascal Leclaire CBS 38 0 3 3 11 18 2 4 910 88.4 2 3.26 119 6.74

NHL Points:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
L Brendan Shanahan DET 69 42 41 83 20 147 10 11 21 1 0 1 284 14.8 22 6 112 126 20 39 76 37 29 157 5 16 7 1 8.1
C Peter Forsberg COL 70 39 41 80 38 33 10 15 25 0 1 1 299 13.0 57 12 113 108 20 25 90 65 33 163 3 8 0 0 8.2
C Joe Thornton BOS 69 35 45 80 35 103 7 18 25 0 1 1 273 12.8 64 3 163 123 20 16 150 134 29 56 5 10 17 9 8.6
R Zigmund Palffy PHI 70 32 48 80 20 20 10 19 29 0 0 0 218 14.7 38 3 22 117 18 39 7 -32 22 158 5 8 1 0 7.3
C Mike Modano DAL 70 35 43 78 12 12 11 19 30 0 2 2 233 15.0 58 5 34 103 20 16 6 -10 48 154 5 7 0 0 7.7
R Milan Hejduk COL 70 38 38 76 39 8 14 14 28 0 0 0 251 15.1 61 6 87 123 19 55 33 -22 21 87 3 13 0 0 7.7
L Owen Nolan NYR 70 27 48 75 18 146 9 13 22 0 1 1 263 10.3 36 4 143 104 20 51 110 59 32 152 3 5 23 13 7.9
L Daniel Briere DAL 70 27 48 75 13 17 10 19 29 0 0 0 208 13.0 61 4 26 96 19 39 3 -36 26 154 5 13 0 0 7.2
R Mark Parrish NYI 70 27 48 75 8 24 9 20 29 1 0 1 246 11.0 56 2 115 151 20 63 65 2 47 157 2 12 0 0 8.0
C Pavel Datsyuk DET 69 32 43 75 23 4 4 15 19 0 0 0 227 14.1 73 4 81 82 18 28 19 -9 28 157 5 10 0 0 7.7
L Paul Kariya COL 69 26 49 75 35 6 9 19 28 2 0 2 258 10.1 26 3 8 133 19 35 5 -30 17 63 4 7 0 0 7.5
L Patrik Elias NJ 71 46 29 75 34 4 6 10 16 0 0 0 271 17.0 61 3 60 121 17 21 31 10 26 155 4 9 0 0 7.9
L Sergei Samsonov BOS 70 25 50 75 35 22 8 15 23 0 0 0 274 9.1 52 3 36 153 19 45 9 -36 24 93 4 9 0 0 7.5

NHL Goals:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
L Patrik Elias NJ 71 46 29 75 34 4 6 10 16 0 0 0 271 17.0 61 3 60 121 17 21 31 10 26 155 4 9 0 0 7.9
L Brendan Shanahan DET 69 42 41 83 20 147 10 11 21 1 0 1 284 14.8 22 6 112 126 20 39 76 37 29 157 5 16 7 1 8.1
R Pavel Bure NYR 70 41 23 64 24 12 9 11 20 1 0 1 237 17.3 46 6 4 111 16 18 4 -14 11 75 4 9 0 0 7.4
L Markus Näslund VAN 71 39 34 73 23 6 9 13 22 0 0 0 280 13.9 56 6 56 167 19 31 22 -9 22 158 4 13 0 0 7.8
C Peter Forsberg COL 70 39 41 80 38 33 10 15 25 0 1 1 299 13.0 57 12 113 108 20 25 90 65 33 163 3 8 0 0 8.2
R Glen Murray BOS 68 39 33 72 38 22 14 10 24 2 1 3 253 15.4 38 7 114 119 20 49 80 31 32 58 6 7 0 0 8.1
R Milan Hejduk COL 70 38 38 76 39 8 14 14 28 0 0 0 251 15.1 61 6 87 123 19 55 33 -22 21 87 3 13 0 0 7.7
R Teemu Selänne STL 71 36 34 70 19 6 7 11 18 0 0 0 278 12.9 36 4 23 126 18 40 11 -29 22 126 6 9 0 0 7.4
C Joe Thornton BOS 69 35 45 80 35 103 7 18 25 0 1 1 273 12.8 64 3 163 123 20 16 150 134 29 56 5 10 17 9 8.6
C Mike Modano DAL 70 35 43 78 12 12 11 19 30 0 2 2 233 15.0 58 5 34 103 20 16 6 -10 48 154 5 7 0 0 7.7

NHL D-Men:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
D Tomas Kaberle TOR 70 13 34 47 19 16 5 4 9 0 2 2 205 6.3 0 3 234 104 28 45 212 167 73 70 2 6 0 0 8.4
D Brian Leetch NYR 70 13 34 47 21 12 0 12 12 1 1 2 173 7.5 0 0 87 124 27 27 48 21 66 159 2 6 0 0 7.7
D Nicklas Lidström DET 69 12 34 46 18 16 7 7 14 0 1 1 202 5.9 0 1 52 104 28 28 15 -13 98 157 2 5 0 0 7.8
D Ed Jovanovski VAN 71 7 37 44 25 154 1 4 5 0 2 2 179 3.9 0 1 179 76 27 44 172 128 86 158 2 5 24 9 8.1
D Braydon Coburn ATL 71 8 35 43 -11 18 4 4 8 0 1 1 118 6.8 0 2 135 59 27 49 68 19 98 148 2 4 0 0 7.4
D Aaron Miller LA 72 11 31 42 3 20 1 2 3 0 0 0 125 8.8 0 3 131 63 26 69 63 -6 74 160 2 7 0 0 7.0
D Kenny Jönsson NYI 69 8 34 42 24 18 2 9 11 0 1 1 115 7.0 0 3 65 75 23 39 31 -8 52 66 1 5 0 0 7.1
D Teppo Numminen DAL 70 8 34 42 -6 21 3 9 12 1 1 2 100 8.0 0 1 120 90 28 49 50 1 87 70 2 4 1 0 7.4
D Jordan Leopold CGY 67 8 34 42 -17 8 3 8 11 0 1 1 165 4.8 0 1 119 65 27 29 68 39 105 0 2 3 0 0 7.2
D Pavel Kubina TB 71 12 30 42 15 65 6 4 10 0 0 0 200 6.0 0 1 211 108 27 61 173 112 57 110 2 8 9 1 8.1

NHL Goalies:

Name Tea GP G A PTS W L OtL T SA PCT SO GAA GA Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
Rick DiPietro NYI 49 0 1 1 29 9 3 8 1246 92.2 2 2.11 105 8.37
Sean Burke PHO 36 0 0 0 20 10 0 6 957 91.7 2 2.41 87 8.28
Martin Gerber ANA 20 0 0 0 12 7 0 1 558 91.6 0 2.57 51 8.15
Robert Esche PHI 12 0 0 0 9 2 1 0 293 91.6 1 2.32 27 7.58
*Marc-André Fleury PIT 50 0 1 1 16 29 1 3 1383 91.6 4 2.59 127 8.06
Roberto Luongo FLA 60 0 6 6 28 18 3 10 1646 91.5 3 2.52 153 8.17
Marty Turco DAL 49 0 2 2 27 16 2 4 1290 91.4 3 2.45 121 7.98
Steve Passmore CHI 18 0 0 0 6 11 0 1 484 91.3 0 2.93 46 7.83
Olaf Kolzig WSH 56 0 1 1 19 28 2 6 1636 91.3 4 2.75 155 7.95
Dwayne Roloson MIN 24 0 0 0 5 13 1 5 704 91.3 0 2.90 67 8.08
Dan Blackburn NYR 21 0 0 0 9 10 1 1 626 91.3 0 2.83 60 7.71
Martin Brodeur NJ 60 0 4 4 33 17 0 10 1484 91.2 4 2.36 143 7.83

NHL Rookies:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
R *Alexander Ovechkin PIT 69 17 29 46 -3 14 4 9 13 1 0 1 186 9.1 37.1 5 106 87 19 47 56 9 36 55 2 4 0 0 7.3
C *Robbie Schremp CHI 69 14 25 39 -29 23 6 10 16 0 0 0 178 7.9 33.9 1 43 69 18 32 7 -25 28 50 3 6 1 0 6.9
R *Dustin Brown LA 70 16 21 37 9 129 6 8 14 0 0 0 127 12.6 30.4 2 45 72 12 37 22 -15 15 35 3 4 1 1 6.8
D *Cam Barker SJ 67 10 26 36 8 50 3 9 12 0 1 1 97 10.3 0 1 60 56 21 35 39 4 48 52 3 5 2 1 6.9
R *Marek Svatos COL 70 11 22 33 6 53 5 11 16 0 1 1 119 9.2 33.3 2 4 82 15 50 6 -44 15 70 2 3 1 0 6.5
D *Mark Popovic ANA 70 9 24 33 6 12 1 10 11 0 0 0 88 10.2 0 1 50 51 19 42 11 -31 56 86 2 4 0 0 6.6
D *Doug Lynch EDM 71 8 22 30 13 264 3 4 7 0 0 0 108 7.4 0 2 62 70 22 51 23 -28 64 93 1 2 0 0 6.7

[TurnerONU22]

We get back to work on this dynasty, hoping the Jackets play a little bit better.

March 16th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 4, Edmonton 2
Toronto 5, Los Angeles 1
Florida 2, Pittsburgh 2
Washington 3, Detroit 1
Dallas 3, Phoenix 0

March 17th- We're in Denver tonight to play the Avalanche

Game 73: Columbus (26-37-3-6) 61 pts @ Colorado (42-18-3-7) 94 pts

Game Notes: Erat comes back in the lineup tonight, with Hyvnonen sitting out. Also, we decide to sit Paroulek tonight, with Jaroslav Bednar getting the start tonight. We stick with Denis tonight, as he played well in his last game, plus this is his former team. Our other scratch for tonight is Dan Boyle.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Spacek
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Spacek

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Colorado Avalanche 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 37 - 21
COL PP: 0 of 6 (12 shots), Passing:79/88=89 %, Challenges:47/53=87 %
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:61/79=77 %, Challenges:33/49=66 %
Attendance: 17036 of 18007 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 807506 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:43 0-1 CBS Todd Marchant [28] (Rick Nash)
11:38 1-1 COL Milan Hejduk [39] (Rob Blake)
16:14 2-1 COL Steve Konowalchuk [18] (Peter Forsberg)
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no scoring
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50:16 2-2 CBS Evan McGrath [5] (Martin Erat, Nikolai Zherdev)
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Penalty summary:
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07:47 COL Andrei Nikolishin (2 min for holding the stick)
12:23 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for holding the stick)
19:59 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for tripping)
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22:26 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
27:54 CBS Martin Erat (2 min for hooking)
35:15 COL Adam Foote (2 min for tripping)
37:27 COL Peter Worrell (5 min for fighting)
37:27 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
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44:15 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for slashing)
51:54 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for hooking)
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60:07 COL Mikhail Kuleshov (2 min for hooking)

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marek Svatos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.40 5
R Mikhail Kuleshov 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 9.20 4
R Charlie Stephens 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
R Milan Hejduk 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 21.00 8
C Kent Manderville 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 11.20 6
C Alex Zhamnov 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
C Joe Sakic 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 6
C Peter Forsberg 0 1 5 2 0 3 0 1 23.00 10
L Peter Worrell 0 0 1 2 1 2 5 -1 12.30 7
L Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10.20 6
L Steve Konowalchuk 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
L Paul Kariya 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 23.00 10
D Tomas Slovak 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 25.40 6
D Derek Morris 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 26.20 7
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 9.40 6
D Adam Foote 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 0 25.40 8
D Rob Blake 0 1 7 6 0 6 0 1 29.50 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 2 0 19 0 0 65.00 8
G Dominic Roussel 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 8.10 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 3 4 5 0 0 0 33.20 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9.10 6
C Evan McGrath 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 10.10 8
C Todd Marchant 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 37.50 8
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 7.10 6
L Martin Erat 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 11.10 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 25.30 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.20 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 23.30 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 8 0 1 6 0 31.20 9
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 15.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 40.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 35 0 0 65.00 10
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc Denis
2nd star: Milan Hejduk
3rd star: Evan McGrath

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Rob Blake notched his 30th assist of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Evan McGrath ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Todd Marchant ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Peter Worrell beat Todd Fedoruk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 7( 33) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 16)
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1-0 HER Jeff Szwez (Brad Larsen, Bruce Richardson)
1-1 SYR Mike Souza (Ben Knopp, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
2-1 HER Sean Collins (Brett Hemingway, Ryan Steeves)
3-1 HER Brad Larsen (Jeff Szwez)
3-2 SYR Riley Cote (Kent McDonell, Per Mårs)
4-2 HER Johnny Boychuk (Ryan Steeves)
5-2 HER Nick Bootland (Keith Ballard)
6-2 HER Sean Collins (Ryan Steeves)
7-2 HER Brad Larsen (Bruce Richardson)

Goalies: Peter Budaj - Karl Goehring

I've never been happier about a tie in my life. Marc Denis played brilliantly against his former team, only letting in two goals, and shutting down their PP. Evan McGrath shows his potential, getting the tying goal late in the second period. We played a sound team game, and really surprised the Avalanche here tonight, the best team in the league.

Tonight's Scores:

Anaheim 1, San Jose 3
New Jersey 4, NY Rangers 3
Colorado 2, Columbus 2
Montreal 3, Boston 0
Atlanta 0, Buffalo 3
Florida 2, Ottawa 3
Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 2
Detroit 1, NY Islanders 3
Nashville 2, Phoenix 2
Calgary 1, St. Louis 3
Vancouver 2, Philly 3

March 18th- Back-to-back, tonight at San Jose

[B]Game 74: Columbus (26-37-3-7) 62 pts @ San Jose (32-27-2-10) 76 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Trevor Letowski isn't feeling well tonight, so he gets the night off. This means Zherdev goes to the top line, with Alexeev jumping up to the 2nd. Also, Boyle will play tonight for Spacek, and Leclaire gets the start tonight over Denis. Hyvonen is the other scratch tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Alexeev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Paroulek

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Knutsen-Alexeev-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Fedoruk-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Zherdev-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

San Jose Sharks 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 32 - 25
SJ PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:74/86=86 %, Challenges:35/47=72 %
CBS PP: 1 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:75/97=77 %, Challenges:35/53=64 %
Attendance: 13292 of 17438 (HP Pavillion)
Ticket income: 630040 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:48 0-1 CBS Rick Nash [30] (Nikolai Zherdev, Roman Hamrlik)PP
16:21 0-2 CBS Todd Marchant [29] (Rostislav Klesla, Sean O'Donnell)
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27:02 1-2 SJ Pavol Demitra [21] (Radim Vrbata)
39:06 2-2 SJ Mike Sillinger [22] (Marco Sturm, Jim Fahey)PP
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46:04 3-2 SJ Patrick Marleau [31] (Pavol Demitra, Brad Stuart)
57:22 3-3 CBS Martin Erat [8] (Roman Hamrlik, Sean O'Donnell)
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Penalty summary:
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02:05 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for boarding)
06:06 SJ Greg Johnson (2 min for slashing)
07:58 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for holding the stick)
09:14 SJ Scott Parker (2 min for tripping)
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22:57 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for hooking)
24:07 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for tripping)
38:33 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for elbowing)
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41:36 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for tripping)
43:38 SJ Mike Sillinger (2 min for roughing)
43:38 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for roughing)
47:07 SJ Mike Ricci (2 min for holding the stick)
58:16 SJ Todd Harvey (2 min for tripping)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Parker 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 13.50 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 7
R Todd Harvey 0 0 2 1 2 0 6 0 15.00 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 6
C Greg Johnson 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 9.30 5
C Mike Sillinger 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 13.20 8
C Mike Ricci 0 0 4 2 0 1 2 0 18.00 8
C Pavol Demitra 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 21.30 9
L Tomas Plihal 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 9.50 6
L Scott Thornton 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 12.20 7
L Marco Sturm 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
L Patrick Marleau 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
D Jim Fahey 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.50 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
D Cam Barker 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 28.40 7
D Alexander Karpovtsev 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 13.40 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 -1 30.10 8
D Brad Stuart 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 1 31.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 22 0 0 65.00 6
G Dmitri Pätzold 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Martin Paroulek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.10 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 12.40 4
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 -1 31.40 6
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 14.40 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 11.00 7
C Todd Marchant 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 -1 32.30 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 4 1 5 4 0 14.10 7
L Martin Erat 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 12.40 8
L Rick Nash 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 27.00 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 16.10 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 28.30 9
D Sean O'Donnell 0 2 1 3 0 1 4 0 20.50 8
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.50 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13.40 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 -1 35.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 29 0 0 65.00 8
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pavol Demitra
2nd star: Roman Hamrlik
3rd star: Sean O'Donnell

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Greg Johnson had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Mike Ricci had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Rostislav Klesla notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Sean O'Donnell ended his 8 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 4( 31) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 14)
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1-0 CLE Tero Määttä (Jonathan Tremblay)
2-0 CLE Lynn Loyns (Brad Boyes)
2-1 SYR Brad Moran (Christoph Ullmann)
2-2 SYR Brad Moran (Mike Souza, Ben Knopp)
3-2 CLE Jonathan Tremblay (Mike Morris)
4-2 CLE Jonas Fiedler (Brad Boyes)

Goalies: Seamus Kotyk - David St. Germain

I wasn't impressed with how we played tonight, turning the puck over too much, but we found a way to steal another point, with Martin Erat scoring on a breakway with under 3 minutes to go. Pascal Leclaire had a solid game, helping us out with one of our best two-way forwards out in Letowski, and our team just fought through everything. Great job!

Tonight's Scores:

Chicago 2, Los Angeles 3
Dallas 5, Toronto 1
Colorado 3, Minnesota 1
Washington 4, Edmonton 1
Carolina 0, NY Islanders 2
San Jose 3, Columbus 3

March 19th- 1st of 3 off days

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 3, Atlanta 4
Detroit 1, Nashville 3
Minnesota 2, Dallas 3
Calgary 0, Philly 4
Vancouver 2, New Jersey 4
Anaheim 2, Phoenix 2

March 20th- 2nd of 3 off days

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 7, Ottawa 2
St. Louis 2, NY Islanders 4
Montreal 3, Florida 2
Pittsburgh 4, Boston 1
Colorado 3, San Jose 3

March 21st- 3rd of 3 off days

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 0, Buffalo 3
Detroit 2, Edmonton 1
Ottawa 4, Florida 2
Washington 1, Tampa Bay 3
Philly 3, NY Rangers 2
Minnesota 0, Nashville 3
Dallas 4, Los Angeles 2
Phoenix 2, Toronto 1
Anaheim 6, Vancouver 1

March 22nd- Home game against Minnesota

[B]Game 75: Minnesota (27-32-5-10) 69 pts @ Columbus (26-37-3-8) 63 pts[/B]

Game Notes: We send Hyvonen and Paroulek back down to Syracuse to get some playing time. We see Letowski back in the lineup tonight, along with goaltender Marc Denis. The only scratch for this evening is Spaeck.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 33 - 24
CBS PP: 1 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:56/67=83 %, Challenges:32/40=78 %
MIN PP: 1 of 4 (2 shots), Passing:73/91=80 %, Challenges:36/44=80 %
Attendance: 7000 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 357700 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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17:38 1-0 CBS Nikita Alexeev [12] (Mark Hartigan, Mike Pandolfo)
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34:06 1-1 MIN Wes Walz [19] (Andrew Brunette, Jason Wiemer)
35:34 2-1 CBS Todd Marchant [30] (Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla)
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41:36 2-2 MIN Marian Gaborik [21] (Sergei Zholtok, Erik Rasmussen)
43:45 2-3 MIN Filip Kuba [10] (Andrew Brunette, Marian Gaborik)PP
47:05 3-3 CBS Trevor Letowski [21] (Todd Marchant, Sean O'Donnell)SH
51:04 4-3 CBS Darryl Sydor [3] (Trevor Letowski, Martin Erat)PP
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Penalty summary:
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04:19 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for boarding)
06:49 MIN Andrew Brunette (2 min for tripping)
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34:12 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for roughing)
34:12 MIN Matt Johnson (2 min for roughing)
37:07 MIN Jason Wiemer (2 min for tripping)
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42:25 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for hooking)
44:06 MIN Matt Johnson (5 min for fighting)
44:06 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
46:39 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for cross-checking)
50:34 MIN Kyle Wanvig (2 min for tripping)
52:16 MIN Marian Cisar (2 min for high-sticking)
56:26 MIN Bill Muckalt (2 min for hooking)
59:17 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for elbowing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.40 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
R Trevor Letowski 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 23.10 9
C Mark Hartigan 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 11.00 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 11.20 6
C Todd Marchant 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 29.50 8
L Mike Pandolfo 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 8.30 6
L Martin Erat 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
L Rick Nash 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 23.50 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.30 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.40 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 1 4 2 3 2 0 26.50 9
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.00 6
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 -1 14.50 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 35.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marian Cisar 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 6.30 6
R Bill Muckalt 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 0 14.20 7
R Wes Walz 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 17.50 7
R Marian Gaborik 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 21.20 9
C Erik Rasmussen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 6.30 6
C Rickard Wallin 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.20 7
C Jason Wiemer 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 17.10 7
C Sergei Zholtok 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 5
L Kyle Wanvig 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 6.00 4
L Matt Johnson 0 0 2 2 1 2 7 0 14.10 5
L Andrew Brunette 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 15.20 5
L Darby Hendrickson 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 18.10 8
D Jason Beckett 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 6
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.30 5
D Filip Kuba 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 27.10 6
D Erik Reitz 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 6
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 27.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 4 0 29 0 0 59.00 6
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Trevor Letowski
2nd star: Todd Marchant
3rd star: Marian Gaborik

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Mark Hartigan notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Todd Marchant scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Nikita Alexeev finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Nikita Alexeev finally ended his 13 game point drought.
-Darryl Sydor finally ended his 26 game goal drought.
-Darryl Sydor finally ended his 19 game point drought.

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Wes Walz has marked a new career high in goals with 19 tallies.
-Filip Kuba has marked a new career high in goals with 10 tallies.
-Filip Kuba scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Wes Walz finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
-Andrew Brunette finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Filip Kuba finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Matt Johnson beat Todd Fedoruk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 11) , Houston Aeros 2( 23)
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0-1 HOU Mikko Koivu (Stephane Veilleux)
0-2 HOU Christoph Brandner (Marc Cavosie, James Patterson)
1-2 SYR Andrej Nedorost (Aaron Johnson, Don MacLean)
2-2 SYR Mike Souza (Andrej Nedorost, Don MacLean)
3-2 SYR Ben Knopp (Brad Moran, Mike Souza)

We come from behind here to get a nice win over the Wild, Letowski has a great game coming back from the flu. Denis has an alright game, but our offense clicked well enough to get something done and won us this game.

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 4, Montreal 4
Columbus 4, Minnesota 3
St. Louis 5, Colorado 3
Tampa Bay 3, Washington 5
Chicago 1, Nashville 3
Calgary 6, New Jersey 4
San Jose 8, Toronto 2

March 23rd- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 3, Pittsburgh 4
Philly 4, Edmonton 1
Florida 5, Atlanta 0
Dallas 4, NY Islanders 3

March 24th- We head to New York to play the Rangers

[B]Game 76: Columbus (27-37-3-8) 65 pts @ NY Rangers (32-31-4-6) 74 pts[/B]

Game Notes: No changes in the lineup at all tonight, as we stick with the team that won at home two nights ago.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

New York Rangers 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 32 - 43
NYR PP: 2 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:61/76=80 %, Challenges:32/38=82 %
CBS PP: 1 of 6 (15 shots), Passing:70/90=77 %, Challenges:28/38=71 %
Attendance: 17650 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 762480 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:09 0-1 CBS Trevor Letowski [22] (Rostislav Klesla)
10:06 0-2 CBS Martin Erat [9] (Darryl Sydor)PP
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30:22 1-2 NYR Jamie Lundmark [9] (Hugh Jessiman, Chad Wiseman)
32:42 2-2 NYR Bobby Holik [21] (Alexei Kovalev, Matthew Spiller)PP
38:48 3-2 NYR Owen Nolan [29] (Eric Lindros, Pavel Bure)PP
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47:34 3-3 CBS Rick Nash [31] (Trevor Letowski, Sean O'Donnell)
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63:34 4-3 NYR Clarke Wilm [6] (Daniel Sedin, Darius Kasparaitis)
Penalty summary:
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06:11 NYR Matthew Spiller (5 min for fighting)
06:11 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
08:21 NYR Hugh Jessiman (2 min for holding the stick)
12:08 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for hooking)
16:55 CBS Martin Erat (2 min for roughing)
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26:03 NYR Hugh Jessiman (2 min for cross-checking)
31:22 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for hooking)
38:06 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:39 NYR Ken Klee (2 min for roughing)
42:39 CBS Jaroslav Bednar (2 min for roughing)
44:07 NYR Darius Kasparaitis (2 min for high-sticking)
48:55 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for tripping)
49:41 NYR Owen Nolan (2 min for roughing)
49:41 CBS Trevor Letowski (2 min for roughing)
53:04 NYR Bobby Holik (2 min for boarding)
57:22 NYR Bobby Holik (2 min for hooking)
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60:41 NYR Dale Purinton (2 min for boarding)

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Hugh Jessiman 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 9.40 6
R Chad Wiseman 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 11.50 8
R Alexei Kovalev 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 9.50 8
R Pavel Bure 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.40 8
C Jamie Lundmark 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 7
C Clarke Wilm 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 11.50 8
C Eric Lindros 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 20.00 7
C Bobby Holik 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 -1 22.00 8
L Brian Savage 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
L Daniel Sedin 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16.20 5
L Matthew Barnaby 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 14.30 7
L Owen Nolan 1 0 4 2 0 2 2 -1 23.00 9
D Dale Purinton 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 14.00 6
D Matthew Spiller 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 20.50 7
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 29.00 7
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 1 21.00 8
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.00 6
D Brian Leetch 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Blackburn 3 0 40 0 0 63.30 10
G Mike Dunham 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 11.40 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 -1 18.40 6
R Trevor Letowski 1 1 5 2 2 0 2 1 21.30 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.20 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 18.00 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 8.20 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 30.00 6
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 2 2 0 1 5 0 13.10 7
L Martin Erat 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 11.50 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 27.10 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.10 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 23.30 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 25.00 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 14.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 31.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 4 0 28 0 0 63.30 6
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dan Blackburn
2nd star: Chad Wiseman
3rd star: Alexei Kovalev

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Jamie Lundmark has marked a new career high in goals with 9 tallies.
-Bobby Holik scored the 700th point of his career.
-Clarke Wilm ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Matthew Spiller ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash has marked a new career high in points with 76 points.
-Todd Marchant had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Todd Marchant had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Matthew Spiller fought Todd Fedoruk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 3( 23) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 23)
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0-1 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Wade Winkler, Brad Moran)
0-2 SYR Wade Winkler (Brad Moran)
1-2 HFD Juris Stals (Nathan Martz)
1-3 SYR Don MacLean (Andrej Nedorost, Hannes Hyvönen)
2-3 HFD Jan Marek (Dusty Jamieson)
3-3 HFD Jan Marek (Doug Nolan)

Goalies: Jussi Markkanen - David St. Germain

We get another point on the road, but I really wanted a win after we had tired up the game and had 2 PP's late in the game. They end up with the win in OT, but I was still happy with the performance tonight.

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 2, Colorado 3
NY Rangers 4, Columbus 3
Detroit 3, Calgary 5
St. Louis 5, Chicago 1
Anaheim 5, Los Angeles 3
Buffalo 4, Carolina 2
Montreal 3, Washington 3
Ottawa 6, New Jersey 2
Tampa Bay 3, Atlanta 1
Nashville 3, Toronto 4
Phoenix 4, Vancouver 3

March 25th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Philly 4, Pittsburgh 0
Minnestoa 6, Edmonton 2
Chicago 1, Calgary 3
NY Rangers 5, Boston 3
Dallas 6, St. Louis 3
Phoenix 3, NY Islanders 2

March 26th- 2nd of 3 off days

Darryl Sutter fired
Carolina Hurricanes have fired head coach Darryl Sutter in order to shake up the team and get it out of the losing streak. The team has announced that Ted Nolan will be taking over the position.


Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 3, Montreal 3
Toronto 2, New Jersey 3
Washington 2, Buffalo 4
Vancouver 2, Detroit 3
Anaheim 1, San Jose 3

March 27th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Pittsburgh 6, Buffalo 2
Tampa Bay 3, Philly 2
Calgary 6, Detroit 2
San Jose 7, Anaheim 2

March 28th- Home game against St. Louis

[B]Game 77: St. Louis (36-29-5-6) 83 pts @ Columbus (27-37-4-8) 66 pts[/B]

Game Notes: The only change for the night is Leclaire starting for Denis

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 1 , St. Louis Blues 3
Shots: 30 - 28
CBS PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:51/67=76 %, Challenges:39/43=88 %
STL PP: 0 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:80/87=91 %, Challenges:37/43=84 %
Attendance: 8860 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 452746 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:58 0-1 STL Ryan Johnson [10] (Randy Robitaille)
13:59 0-2 STL Mike Rathje [4] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Doug Weight)
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31:37 0-3 STL Eric Boguniecki [17] (Jamal Mayers, Teemu Selänne)
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50:55 1-3 CBS Rick Nash [32] (Todd Marchant, Trevor Letowski)
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Penalty summary:
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03:05 CBS Mark Stuart (2 min for elbowing)
04:54 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for slashing)
07:28 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for cross-checking)
17:46 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
17:46 STL Chris Pronger (2 min for roughing)
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21:43 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
21:43 STL Trevor Byrne (5 min for fighting)
22:15 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for tripping)
27:06 STL Keith Tkachuk (5 min for fighting)
27:06 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
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41:08 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
44:01 STL Keith Tkachuk (5 min for fighting)
44:01 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
45:31 STL Chris Pronger (2 min for hooking)
51:15 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for roughing)
55:27 STL Sean Hill (2 min for high-sticking)
58:39 STL Keith Tkachuk (5 min for fighting)
58:39 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
58:39 STL Keith Tkachuk (10 min game misconduct)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 8.10 4
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 9.20 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 23.10 9
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -2 8.10 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 13.30 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 7
C Todd Marchant 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 26.20 7
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 10.10 5
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 -1 12.00 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2 13.10 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 -1 23.40 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 4 1 0 12 1 23.10 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 -2 13.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 31.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 25 0 0 59.00 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Riesen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
R Randy Robitaille 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 17.00 6
R Jamal Mayers 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 12.10 8
R Teemu Selänne 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -1 20.40 8
C Travis Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
C Ryan Johnson 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 15.10 7
C Eric Boguniecki 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.30 7
C Doug Weight 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
L Reed Low 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Jeff Heerema 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
L Magnus Arvedson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 15.40 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 3 2 0 2 25 -1 20.20 7
D Trevor Byrne 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 17.40 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 19.30 7
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 27.20 7
D Karl Dykhuis 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13.10 6
D Mike Rathje 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13.30 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 4 1 0 1 4 -1 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Osgood 1 0 29 0 0 60.00 10
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Osgood
2nd star: Jamal Mayers
3rd star: Teemu Selänne

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Martin Erat had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Ryan Johnson scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Keith Tkachuk had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat Trevor Byrne in a fight.
-Keith Tkachuk fought Sean O'Donnell in a fight.
-Todd Fedoruk beat Keith Tkachuk in a fight.
-Keith Tkachuk beat Sean O'Donnell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 29) , Worcester Icecats 0( 14)
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1-0 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Wade Winkler)
2-0 SYR Ben Knopp (Per Mårs)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Konstantin Barulin

Well, we really didn't show up tonight, but you'll have that. We got down 2-0 early and really couldn't come back from that against a team like St. Louis.

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 2, NY Islanders 3
Ottawa 4, Boston 1
Atlatna 1, Carolina 3
Columbus 1, St. Louis 3
Florida 3, Montreal 2
Washington 0, Philly 4
Minnestoa 6, Phoenix 4
Chicago 3, Toronto 3
Vancouver 1, Colorado 3
Edmonton 1, Dallas 3

March 29th- 1st of 2 off days

Tonight's Scores:

NY Islanders 5, NY Rangers 3
New Jersey 4, Ottawa 3
Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 4
Tampa Bay 6, Montreal 0
Nashville 3, Phoenix 2
Calgary 6, Colorado 0
Anaheim 2, Detroit 1
San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3

March 30th- 2nd of 2 off days

Tonight's Scores:

Buffalo 6, Washington 4
Carolina 4, Atlanta 3
Toronto 6, Boston 2
Florida 0, Tampa Bay 4
Vancouver 2, Dallas 4
Edmonton 3, Los Angeles 3

March 31st- At New Jersey tonight

[B]Game 78: Columbus (27-38-4-8) 66 pts @ New Jersey (43-22-0-12) 98 pts [/B]

Game Notes: We call up Hyvonen and Nedorost to play on our 4th line instead of Pandolfo and Alexeev. Marc Denis gets the start tonight, and Spacek comes in for Boyle. Its getting toward the end of the season, so we'll be seeing more Evan McGrath, as he's getting time on the top PP line now.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Spacek
Line 4: Hyvonen-Hartigan-Nedorost

PP 1: Nash-McGrath-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Spacek

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

New Jersey Devils 1 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 24 - 24
NJ PP: 0 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:65/80=81 %, Challenges:33/41=78 %
CBS PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:58/89=65 %, Challenges:28/40=68 %
Attendance: 19040 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 866320 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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17:15 0-1 CBS Trevor Letowski [23] (Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla)
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27:18 0-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [18] (Martin Erat, Evan McGrath)
31:05 1-2 NJ Petr Sykora [30] (Jeff Friesen, John Madden)
33:38 1-3 CBS Evan McGrath [6] (Nikolai Zherdev, Martin Erat)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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05:02 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for tripping)
07:55 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:08 NJ Sean Brown (2 min for diving)
28:12 CBS Todd Fedoruk (2 min for slashing)
34:52 CBS Hannes Hyvönen (2 min for boarding)
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41:54 CBS Hannes Hyvönen (2 min for tripping)
43:28 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for slashing)
46:11 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for tripping)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jim Dowd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Vitali Yachmenev 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 7
R Jay Pandolfo 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 13.30 7
R Petr Sykora 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 23.10 7
C Oleg Petrov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 7
C Jeff Shantz 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.50 6
C Kris Beech 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 19.30 7
C John Madden 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 22.10 8
L Turner Stevenson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
L Grant Marshall 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.00 6
L Patrik Elias 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
L Jeff Friesen 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 21.10 7
D Sean Brown 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 7.30 6
D Colin White 0 0 2 4 4 4 0 -1 39.30 7
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 13.00 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 13.30 7
D Scott Stevens 0 0 0 5 2 5 0 -1 16.50 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Scott Clemmensen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrej Nedorost 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.00 5
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 2 10.40 8
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 24.50 8
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.00 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 17.30 6
C Evan McGrath 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 10.40 9
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 23.50 8
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 -1 8.00 5
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 0 4 2 5 2 0 16.30 8
L Martin Erat 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 10.40 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 17.10 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 28.20 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 12.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Evan McGrath
3rd star: Marc Denis

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Petr Sykora scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Jeff Friesen had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Scott Niedermayer had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Trevor Letowski has marked a new career high in points with 42 points.
-Nikolai Zherdev ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 2( 24) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 22)
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1-0 ALB Ahren Nittel (Adrian Foster)
2-0 ALB Josh Olson (Scott Cameron)
2-1 SYR Don MacLean (Ben Knopp)
2-2 SYR Martin Paroulek (Aaron Johnson)

Goalies: Ari Ahonen - Karl Goehring


What a game for us tonight, beating a quality opponent at their place. That 2nd line is clicking very will, with Zherdev, Erat and McGrath playing quality hockey, and Erat is the oldest at 23. This young team of mine has some quality players for years to come.

Tonight's Scores:

Anaheim 0, Colorado 3
Philly 4, NY Rangers 1
New Jersey 1, Columbus 3
Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 4
Boston 2, NY Islanders 3
Montreal 4, Ottawa 2
Nashville 7, Minnesota 0
Phoenix 1, San Jose 3
Calgary 4, Dallas 3

April 1st- We have a home game against Atlanta.

[B]Game 79: Atlanta (24-44-3-6) 57 pts @ Columbus (28-38-4-8) 68 pts[/B]

Game Notes: Alexeev goes back in for Nedorost, but Hyvonen stays in for Pandolfo. Everything else stays the same.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Spacek
Line 4: Hyvonen-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-McGrath-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Spacek

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 0
Shots: 30 - 17
CBS PP: 1 of 8 (11 shots), Passing:64/81=79 %, Challenges:49/54=89 %
ATL PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:54/73=73 %, Challenges:30/40=73 %
Attendance: 7360 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 376096 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:48 1-0 CBS Martin Erat [10] (Darryl Sydor, Roman Hamrlik)
19:39 2-0 CBS Darryl Sydor [4] (Martin Erat, Trevor Letowski)PP
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no scoring
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49:04 3-0 CBS Mark Hartigan [5] (Hannes Hyvönen, Todd Fedoruk)
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Penalty summary:
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02:29 ATL Serge Aubin (2 min for boarding)
07:07 ATL Ivan Majesky (5 min for fighting)
07:07 CBS Rostislav Klesla (5 min for fighting)
13:58 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for boarding)
18:17 ATL Rostislav Olesz (2 min for holding the stick)
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22:56 ATL Bryan McCabe (2 min for tripping)
26:51 ATL Dany Heatley (2 min for hooking)
29:38 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
29:38 ATL Shawn Heins (5 min for fighting)
30:56 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for roughing)
37:45 ATL Dan LaCouture (5 min for fighting)
37:45 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
39:22 ATL Dany Heatley (2 min for tripping)
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40:06 ATL Serge Aubin (2 min for tripping)
42:46 ATL Dany Heatley (2 min for slashing)
45:49 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for roughing)
46:44 CBS Mark Stuart (2 min for roughing)
46:44 ATL Rostislav Olesz (2 min for roughing)
56:22 ATL Bryan McCabe (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 24.30 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 8
C Mark Hartigan 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 6.40 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
C Evan McGrath 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 24.30 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
L Hannes Hyvönen 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7.00 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 9.50 7
L Martin Erat 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 11.40 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 27.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 11.40 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 1 30.20 8
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 1 4 0 3 7 0 19.00 8
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 18.20 9
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 4 2 0 1 5 1 32.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 0 0 17 0 0 60.00 9
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff Cowan 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 11.10 8
R Patrick Dwyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.30 5
R Rostislav Olesz 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 -1 10.10 5
R Dany Heatley 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 0 21.40 7
C Claude Lapointe 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Dan Hinote 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 -1 20.10 6
C Patrik Stefan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.40 5
C Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 5
L Jim Slater 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9.00 5
L Dan LaCouture 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 -1 20.20 6
L Serge Aubin 0 0 2 0 3 0 4 -1 9.50 4
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Ivan Majesky 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 5.40 5
D Tomas Kloucek 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -1 28.10 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 26.30 6
D Shawn Heins 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -1 8.10 5
D Yannick Tremblay 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 21.40 5
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Zac Bierk 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Pasi Nurminen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc Denis
2nd star: Martin Erat
3rd star: Darryl Sydor

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Martin Erat scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Martin Erat notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Trevor Letowski notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mark Hartigan finally ended his 26 game goal drought.
-Rick Nash had his 8 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Other notes:
-Ivan Majesky fought Rostislav Klesla in a fight.
-Todd Fedoruk beat Shawn Heins in a fight.
-Dan LaCouture fought Sean O'Donnell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 20) , Chicago Wolves 0( 20)
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1-0 SYR Jaroslav Balastik (Scott Heffernan)
2-0 SYR Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (Brad Moran)

Goalies: David St. Germain - Davis Parley

I was hoping that we wouldn't have a let down, and we didn't. Martin Erat is proving to be a great pickup off of the waiver wire, and we just played a total team game tonight.

Tonight's Scores:

Toronto 5, Carolina 3
Chicago 1, Vancouver 3
Washington 3, NY Rangers 1
Tampa Bay 2, Buffalo 1
Columbus 3, Atlanta 0
Detroit 3, St. Louis 3
Los Angeles 3, Edmonton 3

Here are the standings now:

Western:

1. Colorado - 104
2. Dallas - 100
3. St. Louis - 88
4. Phoenix - 100
5. San Jose - 88
6. Anaheim - 83
7. Vancouver - 82
8. Nashville - 76

9. Detroit - 75
10. Edmonton - 73
11. Minnesota - 73
12. Los Angeles - 71
13. Columbus - 70
14. Calgary - 68
15. Chicago - 56

This will be a race to the finish, and even my Blue Jackets have something of an outside shot here, if we win out and Nashville loses out, along with lots of other help. I'm not expecting that at all, but what I am, is that Detroit will get that 8th spot.

Eastern:

1. Philly - 105
2. Ottawa - 100
3. Tampa Bay - 94
4. NY Isles - 103
5. New Jersey - 98
6. Buffalo - 92
7. Florida - 90
8. NY Rangers - 78

9. Boston - 78
10. Toronto - 78
11. Montreal - 70
12. Washington - 66
13. Carolina - 61
14. Pittsburgh - 57
15. Atlanta - 57

What a race here as well, as I think that Boston will get that last spot.

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April 2nd- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Boston 4, Montreal 3
Philly 5, Chicago 1
NY Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 1
Florida 5, Buffalo 2
Dallas 6, Calgary 1
Colorado 3, Vancouver 2
Anaheim 2, Edmonton 0
San Jose 3, Minnesota 2

Playoff Race:

Western:

8. Nashville - 76 - 3 gm left

9. Detroit - 75 - 4
10. Edmonton - 73 - 2
11. Minnesota - 73 - 3
12. Los Angeles - 71 - 3
13. Columbus - 70 - 3

Eastern:

8. Boston - 80 - 3

9. NY Rangers - 78 - 3
10. Toronto - 78 - 3

April 3rd - We're at Detroit, to kill their chances and keep our faint ones alive

Game 80: Columbus (29-38-4-8) 70 pts @ Detroit (32-35-1-10) 75 pts

Game Notes: Pandolfo goes in for Hyvonen, Boyle goes in for Spacek, and those are the only changes. Line wise, we take McGrath off of the PP for now, as we try to go for the playoffs.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Boyle
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-Marchant-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Knutsen-Letowski-Sydor-Boyle

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Denis

Box Score:

Detroit Red Wings 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 27 - 27
DET PP: 0 of 5 (3 shots), Passing:71/84=84 %, Challenges:29/38=74 %
CBS PP: 1 of 5 (4 shots), Passing:78/90=86 %, Challenges:29/45=63 %
Attendance: 19983 of 19983 (Joe Louis Arena)
Ticket income: 865264 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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19:53 1-0 DET Darren McCarty [21] (Boyd Devereaux, Danny Groulx)
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32:24 1-1 CBS Rostislav Klesla [9] (Sean O'Donnell, Mark Hartigan)
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46:28 2-1 DET Brendan Shanahan [46] (Derian Hatcher, Boyd Devereaux)
47:38 3-1 DET Igor Grigorenko [14] (Ray Whitney, Jiri Fischer)
49:17 3-2 CBS Darryl Sydor [5] (Trevor Letowski, Espen Knutsen)PP
54:56 3-3 CBS Trevor Letowski [24] (Todd Marchant, Sean O'Donnell)SH
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63:03 3-4 CBS Todd Fedoruk [13] (Espen Knutsen, Mark Stuart) WG
Penalty summary:
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00:04 DET Brendan Shanahan (2 min for hooking)
02:51 CBS Martin Erat (2 min for tripping)
06:09 CBS Mark Stuart (2 min for tripping)
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26:41 DET Sheldon Souray (2 min for elbowing)
29:29 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for roughing)
32:56 DET Sheldon Souray (2 min for elbowing)
35:48 DET Derian Hatcher (2 min for hooking)
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40:05 CBS Rostislav Klesla (5 min for fighting)
40:05 DET Darren McCarty (5 min for fighting)
40:22 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for high-sticking)
48:21 DET Sheldon Souray (2 min for hooking)
53:46 CBS Martin Erat (2 min for elbowing)
55:56 CBS Sean O'Donnell (5 min for fighting)
55:56 DET Sheldon Souray (5 min for fighting)
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Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Kelly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.40 5
R Jason Williams 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 20.10 6
R Kris Draper 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 10.40 6
R Darren McCarty 1 0 3 3 1 1 5 1 17.20 8
C Pär Bäcker 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.40 5
C Tomas Kopecky 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 19.50 7
C Igor Grigorenko 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 10.10 7
C Boyd Devereaux 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 18.10 7
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 16.40 6
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10.50 5
L Ray Whitney 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 14.10 7
L Brendan Shanahan 1 0 5 1 0 1 2 0 24.00 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 2 0 0 11 -1 12.40 7
D Jiri Fischer 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 0 19.20 8
D Derian Hatcher 0 1 2 5 2 5 2 2 21.00 9
D Danny Groulx 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -1 27.20 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Félix Potvin 4 0 23 0 0 63.00 5
G Stefan Liv 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9.20 5
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 14.00 7
R Trevor Letowski 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 28.50 9
C Mark Hartigan 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 9.20 7
C Espen Knutsen 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 16.40 7
C Evan McGrath 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 9.50 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 27.20 8
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9.20 6
L Todd Fedoruk 1 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 11.00 7
L Martin Erat 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 -2 15.30 5
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15.30 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 20.50 5
D Sean O'Donnell 0 2 1 1 0 1 7 2 26.50 8
D Mark Stuart 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15.40 7
D Darryl Sydor 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 -2 20.20 8
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 3 1 0 1 5 2 27.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 24 0 0 62.50 7
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Trevor Letowski
2nd star: Sean O'Donnell
3rd star: Espen Knutsen

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Jiri Fischer notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rostislav Klesla has marked a new career high in goals with 9 tallies.
-Sean O'Donnell notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Trevor Letowski has marked a new career high in assists with 21 assists.
-Rostislav Klesla finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Darren McCarty beat Rostislav Klesla in a fight.
-Sean O'Donnell fought Sheldon Souray in a fight.

Farm game result:
Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 14) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 28)
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0-1 SYR Don MacLean (Christoph Ullmann)
1-1 GRD Aaron Van Leusen (Tomas Fleischmann, Nathan Robinson)
1-2 SYR Riley Cote (Brad Moran)
1-3 SYR Per Mårs (Kent McDonell)

Goalies: Drew MacIntyre - David St. Germain

For those who might not now, WG in the box score means that I pulled the goalie. I played this game as we still had a playoff chance, so with 2:30 left in OT, I pulled Denis out. Somehow, Todd Fedoruk, a great pickup in the waiver draft, found a way to score for us to get the huge win in Detroit. However, Detroit got a point tonight for going into OT, so they are now at 76 w/3 games left. I know that both teams won't go winless, so I'm playing as we are mathematically still alive.

Tonight's Scores:

St. Louis 3, Carolina 2
Atlanta 4, Philly 4
Detroit 3, Columbus 4
New Jersey 3, Florida 2
Washington 5, Toronto 3
Phoenix 3, Anaheim 3

Playoff Race:

Western:

8. Nashville - 76 pts - 3 gms left

9. Detroit - 76 - 3
10. Edmonton - 73 - 2
11. Minnesota - 73 - 3
12. Columbus - 72 - 2
13. Los Angeles - 71 - 3

Eastern:

8. Boston - 80 - 3

9. NY Rangers - 78 - 3
10. Toronto - 78 - 2

April 4th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

NY Rangers 3, Carolina 2
Buffalo 7, Boston 3
Pittsburgh 1, Tampa Bay 3
Ottawa 3, NY Islanders 2
Chicago 4, Calgary 4
Dallas 0, Nashville 4 - With this, we, along with LA and Edmonton, are eliminated from the playoffs
Vancouver 7, Minnesota 1 - With this, Minnesota is eliminated from the playoffs
Colorado 6, Los Angeles 1

April 5th- Home against Washington

[B]Game 81: Washington (28-40-3-9) 68 pts @ Columbus (30-38-4-8) 72 pts[/B]

Game Notes: We go with Leclaire in net for the final two games, and we go with Spacek in for Boyle, and move McGrath up to the PP 1 line.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Spacek
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-McGrath-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Spacek

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 39 - 16
CBS PP: 0 of 4 (15 shots), Passing:63/87=72 %, Challenges:46/52=86 %
WSH PP: 1 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:66/76=86 %, Challenges:23/37=60 %
Attendance: 6456 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 329902 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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13:28 1-0 CBS Rick Nash [33] (Todd Marchant, Roman Hamrlik)
16:19 2-0 CBS Jaroslav Bednar [6] (Jaroslav Spacek, Espen Knutsen)
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28:48 2-1 WSH Robert Lang [19] (Tyson Nash, Denis Shvidki)
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45:59 2-2 WSH Robert Lang [20] (Valeri Bure, Alexander Svitov)PP
57:25 3-2 CBS Martin Erat [11] (Evan McGrath, Nikolai Zherdev)
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Penalty summary:
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04:19 WSH Valeri Bure (2 min for hooking)
12:13 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for roughing)
12:13 WSH Alexander Svitov (2 min for roughing)
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21:18 WSH Tyson Nash (2 min for holding the stick)
23:41 CBS Espen Knutsen (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:58 WSH Tyson Nash (2 min for hooking)
44:54 CBS Mark Stuart (2 min for high-sticking)
46:16 CBS Roman Hamrlik (2 min for high-sticking)
50:02 WSH Oleg Tverdovsky (2 min for hooking)
51:45 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
51:45 WSH Jeff Halpern (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 15.00 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 8
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 19.10 7
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 7.30 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 15.00 7
C Evan McGrath 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 7
C Todd Marchant 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 21.10 8
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 7.30 6
L Todd Fedoruk 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 17.00 7
L Martin Erat 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 12.40 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 19.50 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 18.00 8
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 22.00 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 5 2 4 2 -1 20.00 7
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 19.20 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 12.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 2 0 14 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Valeri Bure 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 10.10 6
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 13.40 6
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.00 7
R Alexander Frolov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.00 7
C Andy McDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Michael Nylander 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.40 6
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -1 18.10 7
C Robert Lang 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
L Denis Shvidki 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 7
L Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 12.50 5
L Alexander Svitov 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 15.00 5
L Tyson Nash 0 1 1 3 1 1 4 0 17.50 7
D Jakub Cutta 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 11.10 6
D Jaroslav Modry 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 16.00 5
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 26.50 8
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 18.50 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 19.10 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Maxime Ouellet 3 0 36 0 0 59.50 10
G Olaf Kolzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jaroslav Bednar
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Todd Marchant

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Jaroslav Bednar has marked a new career high in goals with 6 tallies.
-Jaroslav Spacek notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jaroslav Bednar finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Jaroslav Bednar finally ended his 15 game point drought.
-Trevor Letowski had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Denis Shvidki has marked a new career high in points with 17 points.
-Tyson Nash notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Robert Lang scored his 20th goal of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 0( 17) , Portland Pirates 2( 21)
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0-1 POR Roman Tvrdon (Alexander Semin, Boyd Gordon)
0-2 POR Joni Lindlof (Owen Fussey, Connor Dunlop)

Goalies: David St. Germain - Joel Martin

Well, we took this close, but we ended up winning this game from Martin Erat's goal, his 11th point in 14 games for the Jackets. We're playing well here down the stretch.

Tonight's Scores:

St. Louis 5, Detroit 3
Atlanta 2, Florida 3
Columbus 3, Washington 2
Montreal 3, New Jersey 2
Tampa Bay 4, NY Rangers 3
Nashville 0, Calgary 0
Edmonton 2, Anaheim 1
San Jose 4, Phoenix 2

Playoff Race:

Western:

8. Nashville - 79 pts - 1 gm left

9. Detroit - 76 - 2

Eastern:

8. NY Rangers - 80 - 1

9. Boston - 80 - 2
10. Toronto - 78 - 2

April 6th- Off Day

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 3, Washington 5
Philly 3, Boston 0
NY Islanders 6, Toronto 3
Buffalo 4, Atlanta 0
Minnesota 1, Detroit 5
Chicago 3, Ottawa 1
Los Angeles 3, Phoenix 2

Playoff Race:

Western:

8. Nashville - 79 - 1

9. Detroit - 78 - 1

Eastern:

8. NY Rangers - 80 - 1

9. Boston - 80 - 1
10. Toronto - 78 - 1

April 7th- Our finale against Colorado at home

[B]Game 82: Colorado (48-20-3-9) 108 pts @ Columbus (31-38-4-8) 74 pts[/B]

Game Notes: No changes for our last game tonight.

The Lines:
LW-C-RW-D-D
Line 1: Nash-Marchant-Letowski-Klesla-O'Donnell
Line 2: Erat-McGrath-Zherdev-Sydor-Hamrlik
Line 3: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Bednar-Stuart-Spacek
Line 4: Pandolfo-Hartigan-Alexeev

PP 1: Nash-McGrath-Zherdev-Klesla-Hamrlik
PP 2: Erat-Marchant-Letowski-Sydor-Spacek

PK 1: Letowski-Marchant-Klesla-O'Donnell
PK 2: Fedoruk-Knutsen-Stuart-Hamrlik

Leclaire

Box Score:

Columbus Blue Jackets 5 , Colorado Avalanche 2
Shots: 23 - 27
CBS PP: 2 of 7 (7 shots), Passing:60/72=83 %, Challenges:33/37=86 %
COL PP: 0 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:36/41=85 %
Attendance: 13010 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 664811 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:59 0-1 COL Paul Kariya [33] (Peter Forsberg)
16:09 1-1 CBS Rick Nash [34] (Roman Hamrlik, Evan McGrath)PP
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23:43 2-1 CBS Trevor Letowski [25] (Todd Marchant, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
28:14 3-1 CBS Todd Marchant [31] (Rostislav Klesla)SH
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50:43 3-2 COL Steve Konowalchuk [21] (Marek Svatos, Karlis Skrastins)
52:21 4-2 CBS Roman Hamrlik [5] (Martin Erat, Rick Nash)
58:03 5-2 CBS Todd Fedoruk [14] (Mark Stuart)SH
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Penalty summary:
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13:31 CBS Martin Erat (2 min for tripping)
15:45 COL Steve Konowalchuk (2 min for roughing)
16:51 COL Derek Morris (2 min for roughing)
16:51 CBS Mike Pandolfo (2 min for roughing)
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21:04 COL Kent Manderville (2 min for boarding)
22:07 COL Peter Worrell (2 min for slashing)
25:49 COL Tomas Slovak (5 min for fighting)
25:49 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
26:21 CBS Martin Erat (2 min for holding the stick)
29:35 COL Marek Svatos (2 min for hooking)
32:39 COL Steve Konowalchuk (2 min for hooking)
35:04 CBS Evan McGrath (2 min for tripping)
36:23 CBS Sean O'Donnell (2 min for roughing)
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41:36 COL Peter Worrell (5 min for fighting)
41:36 CBS Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
42:49 COL Peter Forsberg (2 min for high-sticking)
43:56 COL Kent Manderville (2 min for tripping)
47:11 CBS Darryl Sydor (2 min for elbowing)
53:29 CBS Espen Knutsen (5 min for attempt to injury)
59:41 COL Tomas Slovak (2 min for roughing)
59:41 CBS Mark Hartigan (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 6.20 6
R Jaroslav Bednar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.10 6
R Trevor Letowski 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 23.10 9
C Mark Hartigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 6.20 6
C Espen Knutsen 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 10.20 7
C Evan McGrath 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 17.10 7
C Todd Marchant 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 26.10 8
L Mike Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 6.40 6
L Todd Fedoruk 1 0 3 1 0 0 10 1 13.00 8
L Martin Erat 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 13.30 7
L Rick Nash 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.40 7
D Roman Hamrlik 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 26.20 8
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 -1 23.00 6
D Mark Stuart 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 13.30 8
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 -1 33.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mikhail Kuleshov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 4
R Marek Svatos 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 17.50 8
R Charlie Stephens 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.00 5
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 20.20 8
C Kent Manderville 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 7.30 6
C Alex Zhamnov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 7
C Joe Sakic 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 15.10 6
C Peter Forsberg 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 -1 22.40 7
L Peter Worrell 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 11.10 6
L Steve Konowalchuk 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 21.40 7
L Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 6.50 6
L Paul Kariya 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 -1 21.30 9
D Tomas Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 21.40 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
D Derek Morris 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 27.20 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 11.30 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.20 7
D Rob Blake 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G David Aebischer 5 0 18 0 0 60.00 4
G Dominic Roussel 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Todd Marchant
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Roman Hamrlik

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Trevor Letowski scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Roman Hamrlik finally ended his 42 game goal drought.

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Steve Konowalchuk ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat Tomas Slovak in a fight.
-Peter Worrell fought Todd Fedoruk in a fight.

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 3( 11) , Hershey Bears 1( 26)
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1-0 SYR Ben Knopp (Mike Souza, Don MacLean)
2-0 SYR Don MacLean (Jaroslav Balastik, Ben Knopp)
2-1 HER Brett Hemingway (Tom Gilbert)
3-1 SYR Ben Knopp (Mike Souza, Aaron Johnson)

Goalies: Karl Goehring - Peter Budaj

What a way to go out at home! We beat up on the best team in the league and everyone played very well tonight. This gets me excited for our next season.

Tonight's Scores:

Columbus 5, Colorado 2
New Jersey 4, Pittsburgh 2
San Jose 2, Dallas 0
Florida 1, NY Rangers 4 - This win knocks Toronto out of the playoffs
Boston 2, NY Islanders 4 - This loss by Boston allows NYR to get the 8th spot
Montreal 3, Philly 3
Toronto 3, Ottawa 3
St. Louis 4, Nashville 0 - This allows Detroit to tie with a point and get in with a win
Calgary 3, Anaheim 2
Edmonton 2, Vancouver 4

April 7th- The final day of the regular season

Tonight's Scores:

Carolina 0, Pittsburgh 3 - This win pushes Pittsburgh into a three-way tie for last, instead of by thierselves
Minnesota 1, Colorado 3
Buffalo 3, New Jersey 3
Atlanta 1, Tampa Bay 2
Detroit 5, Chicago 2 - The hated Wings get into the playoffs to face Colorado
Los Angeles 0, San Jose 3

Final Standings:

Western:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
----------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -------- ------------ ------------
*Colorado Avalanche 82 49 21 3 9 110 .671 265 207 16.58 82.63 6-3-0-1 27-7-2-5 22-14-1-4
*Dallas Stars 82 47 27 3 5 102 .622 281 216 20.62 86.04 7-2-1-0 30-9-1-1 17-18-2-4
*St. Louis Blues 82 41 29 5 7 94 .573 246 228 16.77 89.16 7-2-0-1 21-13-3-4 20-16-2-3
*Phoenix Coyotes 82 45 26 1 10 101 .616 240 210 15.45 83.24 3-5-0-2 27-8-0-6 18-18-1-4
*San Jose Sharks 82 41 27 2 12 96 .585 234 207 12.59 83.90 9-0-0-1 23-10-1-7 18-17-1-5
*Anaheim Mighty Ducks 82 39 35 1 7 86 .524 232 228 16.05 84.77 4-5-0-1 23-14-0-4 16-21-1-3
*Vancouver Canucks 82 38 34 2 8 86 .524 246 244 15.36 81.29 3-7-0-0 21-15-1-4 17-19-1-4
*Detroit Red Wings 82 34 36 2 10 80 .488 239 261 15.69 83.71 4-4-1-1 19-15-2-5 15-21-0-5
Nashville Predators 82 33 36 5 8 79 .482 232 241 13.20 88.80 6-1-1-2 16-16-3-6 17-20-2-2
Columbus Blue Jackets 82 32 38 4 8 76 .463 217 253 12.63 82.21 6-1-1-2 20-17-1-3 12-21-3-5
Edmonton Oilers 82 30 37 5 10 75 .457 230 244 12.82 83.80 1-7-0-2 19-14-3-5 11-23-2-5
Los Angeles Kings 82 31 40 3 8 73 .445 231 265 16.57 82.64 2-6-0-2 19-17-1-4 12-23-2-4
Minnesota Wild 82 29 38 5 10 73 .445 218 249 15.60 86.32 2-8-0-0 18-16-3-4 11-22-2-6
Calgary Flames 82 33 43 0 6 72 .439 221 264 14.73 84.99 7-1-0-2 22-17-0-2 11-26-0-4
Chicago Blackhawks 82 25 48 2 7 59 .360 198 252 15.51 81.39 2-6-0-2 15-23-1-2 10-25-1-5

Eastern:

Team GP W L OTL T PTS Pct GF GA PP% SH% Last 10 Home Road
----------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -------- ------------ ------------
*Philadelphia Flyers 82 48 19 2 13 111 .677 285 204 19.26 83.94 7-1-0-2 24-10-2-5 24-9-0-8
*Ottawa Senators 82 47 26 1 8 103 .628 245 207 21.26 83.84 5-4-0-1 28-9-1-3 19-17-0-5
*Tampa Bay Lightning 82 46 28 1 7 100 .610 245 236 13.71 84.34 9-1-0-0 30-8-0-3 16-20-1-4
*New York Islanders 82 47 20 5 10 109 .665 253 195 17.58 87.26 7-2-1-0 26-8-3-4 21-12-2-6
*New Jersey Devils 82 45 24 0 13 103 .628 271 222 16.72 86.82 5-4-0-1 27-9-0-5 18-15-0-8
*Buffalo Sabres 82 41 26 6 9 97 .591 252 222 15.99 84.59 6-3-0-1 24-8-4-5 17-18-2-4
*Florida Panthers 82 38 26 4 14 94 .573 259 220 15.04 87.17 4-6-0-0 23-10-1-7 15-16-3-7
*New York Rangers 82 36 36 4 6 82 .500 242 247 15.84 81.41 4-6-0-0 21-13-4-3 15-23-0-3
Boston Bruins 82 34 36 2 10 80 .488 243 240 19.15 81.97 1-8-0-1 21-13-2-5 13-23-0-5
Toronto Maple Leafs 82 33 36 3 10 79 .482 248 266 16.29 76.84 3-5-0-2 20-14-0-7 13-22-3-3
Montreal Canadiens 82 32 41 1 8 73 .445 224 254 16.28 87.23 3-3-0-4 21-16-1-3 11-25-0-5
Washington Capitals 82 29 41 3 9 70 .427 213 239 17.65 81.77 4-5-0-1 19-15-1-6 10-26-2-3
Carolina Hurricanes 82 26 47 2 7 61 .372 199 256 13.69 78.60 2-7-0-1 16-19-2-4 10-28-0-3
Pittsburgh Penguins 82 25 48 1 8 59 .360 184 236 13.40 84.56 4-6-0-0 15-20-1-5 10-28-0-3
Atlanta Thrashers 82 24 47 4 7 59 .360 202 282 14.60 85.26 1-6-2-1 14-20-2-5 10-27-2-2

Stats:

Points:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
L Brendan Shanahan DET 82 50 48 98 25 175 14 12 26 1 0 1 345 14.5 21 8 125 147 20 48 83 35 37 170 5 16 7 1 8.0
L Miroslav Satan PHI 82 38 53 91 20 26 15 19 34 0 0 0 305 12.5 40 6 45 151 19 45 9 -36 29 129 4 12 0 0 7.5
R Zigmund Palffy PHI 82 33 57 90 26 22 10 25 35 0 0 0 257 12.8 37 3 26 144 18 51 9 -42 29 170 5 8 1 0 7.3
L Keith Tkachuk STL 82 39 51 90 30 193 8 11 19 0 2 2 289 13.5 42 11 155 135 21 45 116 71 45 109 2 6 25 9 8.1
C Joe Thornton BOS 81 41 49 90 39 107 8 19 27 0 1 1 314 13.1 62 4 184 138 20 19 171 152 38 68 5 10 17 9 8.5
C Mike Modano DAL 82 38 52 90 17 12 14 26 40 0 2 2 271 14.0 58 6 41 129 20 22 8 -14 51 166 5 7 0 0 7.7
C Peter Forsberg COL 82 41 47 88 39 37 10 16 26 0 1 1 344 11.9 58 13 125 116 20 26 100 74 40 175 3 8 0 0 8.1
R Jaromir Jagr BUF 79 42 46 88 15 44 16 18 34 0 0 0 268 15.7 62 9 98 149 19 71 45 -26 36 10 3 9 0 0 7.5
L Daniel Briere DAL 80 32 56 88 18 19 12 24 36 0 0 0 243 13.2 60 6 34 114 19 46 3 -43 28 0 5 16 0 0 7.2
R Mark Parrish NYI 82 31 55 86 12 32 11 23 34 2 1 3 279 11.1 52 2 141 179 20 81 82 1 60 169 2 12 0 0 8.0
C Pavel Datsyuk DET 80 35 50 85 26 6 4 17 21 0 0 0 271 12.9 73 4 91 92 18 32 26 -6 33 3 5 10 0 0 7.6
L Owen Nolan NYR 82 31 54 85 19 209 11 15 26 0 2 2 302 10.3 33 4 176 123 20 64 137 73 40 164 3 5 31 17 7.9
L Paul Kariya COL 81 34 50 84 37 6 10 19 29 2 0 2 310 11.0 24 6 15 171 19 41 7 -34 20 75 4 7 0 0 7.6
R Milan Hejduk COL 82 41 43 84 41 8 14 16 30 0 0 0 291 14.1 54 6 105 145 19 65 35 -30 22 99 4 13 0 0 7.6
L Markus Näslund VAN 82 43 39 82 30 6 9 15 24 0 0 0 319 13.5 54 6 64 191 18 35 25 -10 22 169 4 13 0 0 7.8
C Vincent Lecavalier TB 82 37 45 82 25 25 9 9 18 0 0 0 288 12.8 74 10 27 138 18 24 8 -16 34 157 5 7 1 0 7.6
R Alexander Mogilny TOR 82 29 53 82 9 16 3 22 25 0 0 0 287 10.1 30 3 52 111 19 45 12 -33 30 164 3 6 0 0 7.1
R Glen Murray BOS 80 44 38 82 42 29 15 10 25 2 1 3 294 15.0 35 7 136 139 20 58 98 40 36 70 6 7 0 0 8.0
L Rick Nash CBS 81 34 47 81 -7 48 11 18 29 0 0 0 292 11.6 65 1 15 141 21 34 4 -30 22 36 5 10 0 0 7.4
R Teemu Selänne STL 82 42 38 80 23 8 9 11 20 0 0 0 321 13.1 32 4 35 141 18 40 14 -26 22 137 6 9 0 0 7.4
L Patrik Elias NJ 82 49 31 80 33 4 7 11 18 0 0 0 293 16.7 61 3 69 140 17 28 34 6 29 166 4 9 0 0 7.8
C Jeremy Roenick PHI 82 35 45 80 21 40 13 22 35 1 0 1 288 12.2 53 3 150 127 20 33 98 65 42 167 4 7 0 0 8.0

Goals:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
L Brendan Shanahan DET 82 50 48 98 25 175 14 12 26 1 0 1 345 14.5 21 8 125 147 20 48 83 35 37 170 5 16 7 1 8.0
L Patrik Elias NJ 82 49 31 80 33 4 7 11 18 0 0 0 293 16.7 61 3 69 140 17 28 34 6 29 166 4 9 0 0 7.8
R Pavel Bure NYR 82 45 31 76 26 16 9 16 25 1 0 1 267 16.9 49 6 5 125 16 22 4 -18 16 87 4 9 0 0 7.3
R Glen Murray BOS 80 44 38 82 42 29 15 10 25 2 1 3 294 15.0 35 7 136 139 20 58 98 40 36 70 6 7 0 0 8.0
L Markus Näslund VAN 82 43 39 82 30 6 9 15 24 0 0 0 319 13.5 54 6 64 191 18 35 25 -10 22 169 4 13 0 0 7.8
R Teemu Selänne STL 82 42 38 80 23 8 9 11 20 0 0 0 321 13.1 32 4 35 141 18 40 14 -26 22 137 6 9 0 0 7.4
R Jaromir Jagr BUF 79 42 46 88 15 44 16 18 34 0 0 0 268 15.7 62 9 98 149 19 71 45 -26 36 10 3 9 0 0 7.5
C Peter Forsberg COL 82 41 47 88 39 37 10 16 26 0 1 1 344 11.9 58 13 125 116 20 26 100 74 40 175 3 8 0 0 8.1
R Milan Hejduk COL 82 41 43 84 41 8 14 16 30 0 0 0 291 14.1 54 6 105 145 19 65 35 -30 22 99 4 13 0 0 7.6
C Joe Thornton BOS 81 41 49 90 39 107 8 19 27 0 1 1 314 13.1 62 4 184 138 20 19 171 152 38 68 5 10 17 9 8.5
R Bill Guerin DAL 71 39 35 74 18 142 19 18 37 1 2 3 231 16.9 50 7 117 132 19 68 80 12 40 32 4 7 15 5 7.5
L Keith Tkachuk STL 82 39 51 90 30 193 8 11 19 0 2 2 289 13.5 42 11 155 135 21 45 116 71 45 109 2 6 25 9 8.1
C Mike Modano DAL 82 38 52 90 17 12 14 26 40 0 2 2 271 14.0 58 6 41 129 20 22 8 -14 51 166 5 7 0 0 7.7
L Miroslav Satan PHI 82 38 53 91 20 26 15 19 34 0 0 0 305 12.5 40 6 45 151 19 45 9 -36 29 129 4 12 0 0 7.5
C Vincent Lecavalier TB 82 37 45 82 25 25 9 9 18 0 0 0 288 12.8 74 10 27 138 18 24 8 -16 34 157 5 7 1 0 7.6
R Marian Hossa OTT 81 37 34 71 7 44 10 17 27 1 1 2 272 13.6 48 8 85 180 20 53 25 -28 45 12 6 12 0 0 7.8
C Alexei Yashin NYI 80 36 39 75 15 23 14 16 30 0 0 0 274 13.1 56 5 68 116 18 28 13 -15 24 71 3 5 1 0 7.4
R Martin St. Louis TB 82 36 38 74 25 17 5 10 15 0 0 0 249 14.5 55 4 19 125 18 67 6 -61 23 83 5 15 1 0 7.2
C Olli Jokinen NAS 81 35 40 75 6 16 10 10 20 1 2 3 271 12.9 48 3 78 79 20 29 31 2 32 163 2 8 0 0 7.4
C Jeremy Roenick PHI 82 35 45 80 21 40 13 22 35 1 0 1 288 12.2 53 3 150 127 20 33 98 65 42 167 4 7 0 0 8.0
R Dany Heatley ATL 82 35 34 69 -15 89 3 15 18 2 0 2 248 14.1 50 5 73 151 19 28 14 -14 46 82 3 8 1 0 7.5
R Kristian Huselius FLA 81 35 30 65 7 20 10 6 16 0 0 0 256 13.7 44 4 30 112 18 43 4 -39 52 28 3 8 0 0 7.3
C Pavel Datsyuk DET 80 35 50 85 26 6 4 17 21 0 0 0 271 12.9 73 4 91 92 18 32 26 -6 33 3 5 10 0 0 7.6
L Stanislav Chistov ANA 82 34 41 75 23 54 9 18 27 0 1 1 272 12.5 42 5 11 129 18 40 2 -38 28 107 4 6 0 0 7.3
C Mats Sundin TOR 82 34 42 76 21 54 13 15 28 2 1 3 315 10.8 52 6 111 87 20 26 64 38 29 164 3 6 0 0 7.8
L Paul Kariya COL 81 34 50 84 37 6 10 19 29 2 0 2 310 11.0 24 6 15 171 19 41 7 -34 20 75 4 7 0 0 7.6
L Patrick Marleau SJ 82 34 30 64 24 14 8 7 15 0 0 0 297 11.4 56 4 40 113 18 29 11 -18 24 164 7 7 0 0 7.2
L Rick Nash CBS 81 34 47 81 -7 48 11 18 29 0 0 0 292 11.6 65 1 15 141 21 34 4 -30 22 36 5 10 0 0 7.4

Defensemen:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
D Tomas Kaberle TOR 82 15 43 58 17 18 6 5 11 0 3 3 239 6.3 0 3 274 123 28 53 252 199 85 82 2 6 0 0 8.4
D Brian Leetch NYR 82 13 41 54 21 12 0 12 12 1 1 2 198 6.6 0 0 105 135 27 30 52 22 75 171 2 6 0 0 7.7
D Nicklas Lidström DET 82 13 40 53 19 18 8 9 17 0 2 2 241 5.4 0 2 65 127 28 31 20 -11 115 170 2 5 0 0 7.7
D Pavel Kubina TB 82 14 37 51 19 67 7 6 13 0 0 0 238 5.9 0 2 241 121 27 66 204 138 74 121 2 8 9 1 8.2
D Teppo Numminen DAL 82 9 40 49 -6 25 4 12 16 1 1 2 115 7.8 0 1 146 104 28 55 56 1 96 82 2 6 1 0 7.4
D Ed Jovanovski VAN 82 8 41 49 28 166 1 4 5 0 3 3 195 4.1 0 1 209 84 27 45 199 154 101 169 2 5 24 9 8.1
D Mathieu Schneider PHI 82 11 38 49 23 42 4 14 18 0 0 0 177 6.2 0 2 110 106 27 66 43 -23 91 170 2 4 0 0 7.4
D Brad Stuart SJ 82 9 40 49 27 14 5 10 15 0 0 0 204 4.4 0 3 280 131 28 74 262 188 84 124 1 4 1 0 8.3
D Braydon Coburn ATL 82 9 39 48 -19 24 4 4 8 0 1 1 135 6.7 0 2 159 69 27 56 84 28 111 159 2 4 0 0 7.4
D Scott Niedermayer NJ 81 8 40 48 2 6 3 9 12 1 2 3 177 4.5 0 1 126 107 26 38 40 2 76 62 2 6 0 0 7.5
D Andrei Markov MTL 80 14 33 47 -20 24 7 9 16 0 1 1 159 8.8 0 4 104 77 27 46 45 -1 103 54 2 5 0 0 7.3
D Mattias Öhlund BUF 82 9 38 47 6 54 3 12 15 0 1 1 166 5.4 0 0 115 114 27 47 48 1 108 152 2 7 0 0 7.6
D Jordan Leopold CGY 75 8 39 47 -12 12 3 8 11 0 2 2 178 4.5 0 1 133 73 27 34 77 43 113 8 2 3 0 0 7.3
D Wade Redden OTT 74 13 33 46 19 45 9 8 17 0 1 1 214 6.1 0 2 250 112 27 43 207 164 58 27 3 5 6 0 8.3
D Sergei Zubov DAL 82 11 35 46 5 12 6 12 18 0 1 1 208 5.3 0 1 60 83 26 35 33 -2 72 82 1 4 0 0 7.2
D Tom Poti VAN 81 6 39 45 36 8 1 9 10 0 1 1 118 5.1 0 1 70 88 22 41 25 -16 56 170 1 5 0 0 6.9
D Aaron Miller LA 82 11 34 45 -12 20 1 4 5 0 0 0 140 7.9 0 3 150 69 25 75 71 -4 83 170 2 7 0 0 6.9
D Zdeno Chara OTT 80 6 39 45 16 104 3 13 16 0 1 1 125 4.8 0 1 271 97 28 115 235 120 95 39 2 5 18 12 7.7

Goalies:

Name Tea GP G A PTS W L OtL T SA PCT SO GAA GA Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
Robert Esche PHI 18 0 1 1 14 2 1 1 418 92.7 3 1.86 33 7.94
Rick DiPietro NYI 59 0 2 2 36 11 4 8 1520 92.3 3 2.12 127 8.34
Marty Turco DAL 57 0 2 2 33 18 2 4 1522 91.9 4 2.35 135 8.14
Martin Gerber ANA 23 0 0 0 13 9 0 1 637 91.8 0 2.50 57 8.26
Steve Passmore CHI 21 0 0 0 7 12 0 2 579 91.6 0 2.82 53 7.76
*Marc-André Fleury PIT 61 0 1 1 20 35 1 4 1677 91.6 5 2.54 153 8.07
Roberto Luongo FLA 66 0 6 6 32 20 3 10 1788 91.5 4 2.49 166 8.17
Ryan Miller BUF 56 0 1 1 28 20 2 6 1563 91.3 3 2.64 149 8.13
Olaf Kolzig WSH 61 0 1 1 22 30 2 6 1782 91.2 4 2.81 172 7.89
Dan Blackburn NYR 24 0 0 0 10 12 1 1 713 91.1 0 2.89 70 7.67
Brent Johnson STL 41 0 0 0 20 13 4 4 1112 91.1 2 2.61 108 7.88
Sean Burke PHO 43 0 0 0 20 15 0 8 1116 91.0 2 2.57 111 7.95
Jean-Sébastien Giguère ANA 60 0 6 6 26 26 1 6 1724 91.0 4 2.84 170 8.02
Martin Brodeur NJ 66 0 4 4 36 20 0 10 1615 90.9 4 2.43 162 7.73
Tommy Salo EDM 66 0 1 1 24 27 3 9 1737 90.9 3 2.67 174 7.62
Johan Hedberg VAN 56 0 3 3 22 25 1 8 1506 90.8 3 2.78 152 7.70
Martin Biron BUF 26 0 0 0 13 6 4 3 688 90.8 1 2.65 70 7.73
Jocelyn Thibault CHI 64 0 1 1 18 36 2 5 1893 90.8 2 2.99 191 7.88
Tomas Vokoun NAS 70 0 12 12 28 29 3 7 1909 90.7 4 2.80 196 7.73

Rookies:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
R *Alexander Ovechkin PIT 81 21 33 54 -3 18 5 9 14 1 0 1 222 9.5 37.8 5 139 108 19 57 84 27 45 67 3 4 0 0 7.4
C *Robbie Schremp CHI 80 16 31 47 -27 25 6 12 18 0 0 0 199 8.0 35.0 1 51 78 18 35 8 -27 32 61 3 6 1 0 6.9
R *Dustin Brown LA 80 17 25 42 13 137 6 10 16 0 1 1 138 12.3 22.6 2 51 83 12 44 26 -18 21 45 3 4 1 1 6.7
D *Cam Barker SJ 79 11 31 42 18 52 3 9 12 0 1 1 116 9.5 0 2 95 63 21 40 49 9 61 64 3 5 2 1 7.0
D *Mark Popovic ANA 82 9 29 38 1 16 1 11 12 0 0 0 97 9.3 0 1 58 61 19 51 13 -38 67 98 2 4 0 0 6.6
R *Marek Svatos COL 82 13 25 38 6 67 5 11 16 0 1 1 144 9.0 34.8 2 4 99 15 59 7 -52 17 82 2 3 1 0 6.5
D *Doug Lynch EDM 82 9 24 33 11 313 4 4 8 0 0 0 120 7.5 0 2 76 78 23 57 27 -30 75 104 1 2 0 0 6.7
D *Joni Pitkänen PHI 79 8 25 33 24 14 2 5 7 0 0 0 107 7.5 0 2 194 70 22 35 159 124 65 71 2 5 0 0 7.3
C *Igor Grigorenko DET 82 15 17 32 -28 53 1 4 5 0 0 0 122 12.3 48.4 2 4 73 11 31 3 -28 19 82 3 4 1 0 6.5
D *Jeff Woywitka PHI 79 3 27 30 5 24 1 7 8 0 1 1 126 2.4 0 0 145 49 21 36 91 55 72 25 1 2 0 0 7.2
C *Kyle Wellwood TOR 55 11 19 30 -12 2 2 8 10 0 0 0 101 10.9 47.9 0 3 55 15 24 2 -22 11 7 2 7 0 0 6.8

Columbus:

Name Tea GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPg PPa PPp SHg SHa SHp S Pct FO% GW HG HT IT/ GA TA T-G SB GPS GS PS Fi FW Ra
-- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
L Rick Nash CBS 81 34 47 81 -7 48 11 18 29 0 0 0 292 11.6 64.6 1 15 141 21 34 4 -30 22 36 5 10 0 0 7.4
C Todd Marchant CBS 76 31 37 68 -3 22 7 14 21 6 4 10 268 11.6 61.6 6 83 88 25 39 11 -28 67 53 5 5 0 0 7.5
R Nikolai Zherdev CBS 77 18 35 53 -12 18 11 14 25 0 0 0 243 7.4 48.8 6 53 125 20 34 8 -26 32 22 2 5 0 0 7.4
R Trevor Letowski CBS 81 25 21 46 -11 18 1 5 6 6 4 10 187 13.4 44.6 3 79 99 17 43 19 -24 67 8 3 6 0 0 6.6
C Espen Knutsen CBS 82 16 29 45 -10 51 2 5 7 0 0 0 151 10.6 55.8 3 56 68 15 22 30 8 34 153 5 6 0 0 6.9
D Rostislav Klesla CBS 82 9 34 43 4 48 5 5 10 0 4 4 219 4.1 0 0 194 151 31 43 114 71 107 87 1 5 4 0 8.0
L Martin Erat CBS 48 11 21 32 2 28 3 8 11 0 0 0 111 9.9 43.5 3 2 78 15 41 4 -37 16 10 2 5 0 0 6.7
D Roman Hamrlik CBS 79 5 26 31 -2 90 1 7 8 0 0 0 113 4.4 0 1 136 87 23 48 58 10 87 166 2 3 0 0 7.2
L Todd Fedoruk CBS 80 14 13 27 2 237 0 0 0 1 1 2 100 14.0 40.8 3 94 52 11 40 78 38 18 57 1 3 37 21 6.6
D Darryl Sydor CBS 82 5 22 27 -24 34 3 5 8 0 1 1 78 6.4 0 1 87 66 19 34 41 7 51 164 2 3 0 0 6.7
R Nikita Alexeev CBS 81 12 12 24 -12 16 4 2 6 0 0 0 131 9.2 33.3 1 13 79 12 47 6 -41 16 4 2 3 0 0 6.3
D Sean O'Donnell CBS 78 1 21 22 13 280 0 0 0 0 3 3 67 1.5 0 0 209 49 23 59 136 77 78 27 1 3 28 8 7.2
L Mike Pandolfo CBS 79 9 11 20 -7 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 86 10.5 33.3 2 28 58 8 33 21 -12 13 3 2 4 0 0 6.2
C *Evan McGrath CBS 82 6 13 19 -18 58 0 5 5 0 0 0 107 5.6 41.2 2 19 46 13 35 12 -23 17 82 1 2 0 0 6.3
D Dan Boyle CBS 75 2 16 18 -19 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 36 5.6 0 0 60 50 17 40 41 1 46 0 1 4 0 0 6.2
R Jaroslav Bednar CBS 77 6 10 16 10 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 70 8.6 27.8 0 49 59 8 36 45 9 15 10 2 3 0 0 6.0
C Mark Hartigan CBS 79 5 11 16 3 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 5.1 50.7 0 50 37 7 18 29 11 11 17 1 2 0 0 6.0
D Jaroslav Spacek CBS 65 2 11 13 -10 16 0 2 2 0 0 0 44 4.5 0 0 54 45 14 23 51 28 31 2 1 2 0 0 6.1
D Paul Manning CBS 50 0 6 6 -7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 42 17 12 18 29 11 20 0 0 1 0 0 6.1
L Mike Souza CBS 11 2 2 4 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 15.4 66.7 0 2 7 6 6 2 -4 0 11 1 2 0 0 5.8
D *Mark Stuart CBS 27 0 3 3 -4 22 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 10 12 13 7 16 9 12 27 0 1 0 0 6.2
C Don MacLean CBS 7 1 2 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12.5 32.0 0 2 2 6 1 0 -1 1 7 1 2 0 0 6.5
L Hannes Hyvönen CBS 5 0 2 2 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 7 3 1 -2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
R Andrej Nedorost CBS 6 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 25.0 0.0 0 0 1 7 2 0 -2 0 0 1 1 0 0 5.6
R *Martin Paroulek CBS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.5
D *Aaron Johnson CBS 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 0 5.0
C *Greg Maudlin CBS 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33.3 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6.5
R *Shane Hynes CBS 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2


Name Tea GP G A PTS W L OtL T SA PCT SO GAA GA Ra
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Marc Denis CBS 44 0 2 2 19 19 2 3 1070 90.1 2 2.77 117 7.48
*Pascal Leclaire CBS 42 0 3 3 13 19 2 5 1003 88.6 2 3.18 129 6.81

[TurnerONU22]

Well, with the playoffs, Colorado and Ottawa faced off in the Stanley Cup finals, which Ottawa won in 6 games.

The next big point is the draft, where we selected 11th and our first pick was LW Jeff Baldanzi, a scoring guy from Vermont, who could eventually end up on our second line. The rest of our draft:

2 (41) - RW Dan Macaffrey - US - Minnesota - power forward
2 (57) - C Joseph Gomez - US - Ohio State (we HAD to get) - power forward
3 (71) - D Ryan Sawchuk - CAN - Petersborough - offensive defenseman
4 (101) - LW Lev Karpovtzev - RUS - power forward
4 (108) - G Frantisek Muslik - CZE
4 (117) - RW Ulrik Sandström - SWE - two-way forward
5 (131) - D Tero Meriluoto - FIN - stay-at-home defenseman
5 (142) - D Frantz Lictenegger - SUI - stay-at-home defenseman
5 (147) - RW Vyacheslav Barshai - RUS - all-around offense
5 (149) - D Mike Kipfer - CAN - enforcer

I don't think any of these guys will crack the lineup this year, Baldanzi maybe the following year.

After this, we get to free agency, where we go after two guys who we pick up: LW Petr Nedved and D Dmitry Yushkevich, with Nedved coming in to play LW on the 2nd line, since we needed more offense and Yushkevich helping add our depth up on the blueline.

Retirees:

30-6-2005 Dominic Roussel retires
Dominic Roussel has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Marty McInnis retires
Marty McInnis has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Martin Gelinas retires
Martin Gelinas has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Robbie Tallas retires
Robbie Tallas has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Shjon Podein retires
Shjon Podein has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Ron Tugnutt retires
Ron Tugnutt has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Mike Modano retires
Mike Modano has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Shaun Van Allen retires
Shaun Van Allen has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Sergei Fedorov retires
Sergei Fedorov has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Rob Blake retires
Rob Blake has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Jeff Hackett retires
Jeff Hackett has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Adam Graves retires
Adam Graves has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Tim Taylor retires
Tim Taylor has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Brian Leetch retires
Brian Leetch has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Tom Fitzgerald retires
Tom Fitzgerald has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Alexander Mogilny retires
Alexander Mogilny has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Scott Stevens retires
Scott Stevens has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Shawn McEachern retires
Shawn McEachern has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 John LeClair retires
John LeClair has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Joe Juneau retires
Joe Juneau has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Janne Laukkanen retires
Janne Laukkanen has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Vincent Damphousse retires
Vincent Damphousse has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Roman Turek retires
Roman Turek has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Tie Domi retires
Tie Domi has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Lubomir Sekeras retires
Lubomir Sekeras has announced his retirement from professional hockey.


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30-6-2005 Dwayne Roloson retires
Dwayne Roloson has announced his retirement from professional hockey.

CBS-CAR trade
Columbus Blue Jackets traded Jaroslav Spacek and CBS's round 4 pick in 2006 to Carolina Hurricanes for Nelson Gerrow

A native of Czech, Jaroslav Spacek was originally drafted to the NHL by the Florida Panthers in the 5th round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 503 NHL games during his career, notching 39 goals and adding 138 assists along with 292 penalty minutes. The 31 year old defenseman is expecting a good season for the team.

We pick up a goalie who was just drafted in the early 2nd round, and we needed to groom some young goalies.

However, after this, we see that Dan Boyle wants to be out of here now as we go into training camp.

[Johnny93g]

TOR-LA trade
Toronto Maple Leafs traded center Robert Reichel and defenseman John Doherty to Los Angeles Kings for left wing Martin Straka

PHO-TOR trade
Phoenix Coyotes traded defenseman Juha Gustafsson and center Russell Spence to Toronto Maple Leafs for left wing Shawn McEachern and center Kahlil Thomas

NYR-TOR trade
New York Rangers traded center Garth Murray and defenseman Mark Fistric to Toronto Maple Leafs for left wing Owen Nolan


I would rather of had Deadmarsh then Straka....McEachern was probably dead weight....but Leaf fans will never forgive this GM for trading Owen Nolan...... :mad: ....We would run this bum out of town........That is career suicide....Some big trades at the deadline though....Gange, Demitra....