March 23rd

23.3.2012
Carolina Hurricanes 2 , Pittsburgh Penguins 0
Shots: 21 - 21
PP: 1 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:71/84=84 %, Challenges:30/53=55 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:66/79=83 %, Challenges:32/55=57 %
Attendance: 14962 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 716680 Match televised: No


BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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09:14 1-0 Alexander Steen [18] (Eric Staal)PP
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no scoring
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43:37 2-0 Tomas Kaberle [6] (Chad LaRose, Alexander Steen)
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Penalty summary:
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03:47 Matt Cooke (2 min for roughing)
03:47 Paul Martin (2 min for roughing)
08:35 Ryan Craig (2 min for hooking)
12:13 Anthony Stewart (2 min for tripping)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 6.50 5
R Pat Dwyer 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 16.20 6
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
R Chad LaRose 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 18.30 6
C Tim Brent 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Tyler Kennedy 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 0 19.00 7
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 18.00 9
C Eric Staal 0 1 3 4 0 3 0 1 18.30 9
L Jeff Skinner 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 16.40 6
L Jirí Tlustý 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 15.40 5
L Alexander Steen 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 8
D Ryan Murphy 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 17.40 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 25.20 6
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 0 4 3 5 0 0 18.00 6
D Jamie McBain 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 5
D Tomas Kaberle 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 23.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 0 0 21 0 0 60.00 10
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Craig 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 6.00 5
R Jason Williams 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 16.10 5
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 -1 19.30 6
C Dustin Jeffrey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Mark Letestu 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 16.10 5
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 17.40 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 -1 19.30 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 3 5 1 5 2 0 6.40 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 16.10 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 17.10 8
L David Krejci 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 20.00 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 17.50 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 5
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -1 24.20 8
D Kris Letang 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 17.30 6
D Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 16.20 6
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -1 23.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Cam Ward
2nd star: Alexander Steen
3rd star: Eric Staal

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Alexander Steen notched his 30th assist of the season.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 15) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 10)
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1-0 LOW Riley Nash (Jerome Samson, Derek Joslin)
2-0 LOW Riley Nash (Nick Spaling)
2-1 WIL Robert Bortuzzo (Philip Samuelsson, Nick Johnson)

Goalies: Justin Peters - Mattias Modig




23.3.2012
New Jersey Devils 2 , Edmonton Oilers 4
Shots: 27 - 29
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:70/85=82 %, Challenges:40/52=75 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:65/71=91 %, Challenges:30/47=62 %
Attendance: 7229 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 353499 Match televised: Yes


BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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10:48 1-0 Mikko Koivu [21] (John-Michael Liles, Adam Larsson)
19:42 1-1 Ryan Smyth [24] (Éric Bélanger, Karl Alzner)
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28:52 1-2 Jordan Eberle [16] (Tom Gilbert, Andy Sutton)
33:03 2-2 Mikko Koivu [22] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Vladimir Zharkov)
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46:15 2-3 Arron Asham [5] (Ben Eager, Sam Gagner)
59:35 2-4 Ryan Jones [11]) EN
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Penalty summary:
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20:45 Mike Hoeffel (2 min for slashing)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vladimir Zharkov 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 7.00 6
R Mattias Tedenby 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.20 7
C Kyle Turris 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 16.20 6
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 2 19.10 6
R Petr Vrana 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
C Jacob Josefson 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -2 15.20 6
C Adam Henrique 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 -2 16.20 7
C Mikko Koivu 2 0 5 4 0 1 0 2 19.10 9
L Mike Hoeffel 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.00 4
L Dan Cleary 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -2 15.30 6
L Colin Greening 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 18.20 5
L Zach Parisé 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 19.10 7
D Andy Greene 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 -2 17.10 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -2 17.00 7
D Adam Larsson 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 25.50 9
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -2 18.10 5
D Yannick Weber 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -2 19.30 4
D John-Michael Liles 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 22.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Sergei Bobrovsky 4 0 25 0 0 58.20 6
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Asham 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.30 7
R Ben Eager 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 0 14.00 8
R Ryan Jones 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 19.30 8
R Jordan Eberle 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Sam Gagner 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 15.20 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 8
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 20.00 6
L Liam Reddox 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 5
L Linus Omark 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.20 6
L Ryan Smyth 1 0 5 0 5 0 0 2 19.20 6
L Taylor Hall 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 18.50 7
D Jeff Finger 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 7
D Alex Plante 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 23.20 7
D Cam Barker 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 23.30 6
D Andy Sutton 0 1 1 4 1 4 0 -1 13.50 8
D Karl Alzner 0 1 0 5 4 2 0 2 19.40 7
D Tom Gilbert 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 24.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G James Reimer 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Devan Dubnyk 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikko Koivu
2nd star: Arron Asham
3rd star: Ben Eager

Notes for New Jersey Devils:

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Jordan Eberle finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Jordan Eberle finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Ryan Smyth ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 0( 13) , Hamilton Bulldogs 1( 10)
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0-1 HAM Ryan Keller (Corey Potter, Ryan O'Marra)

Goalies: Martin Brodeur - Nikolai Khabibulin




23.3.2012
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 , Washington Capitals 3
Shots: 23 - 21
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:84/92=91 %, Challenges:20/44=44 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:65/82=79 %, Challenges:32/50=62 %
Attendance: 18549 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 927450 Match televised: No


BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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00:42 1-0 Martin St. Louis [35] (Teddy Purcell)
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34:33 1-1 Dany Heatley [22] (Marcus Johansson, Oliver Ekman-Larsson)
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47:32 1-2 Marcus Johansson [11] (Shane Doan, Evgeni Malkin)
58:31 1-3 Jeff Halpern [3] (Jeff Schultz) EN
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Penalty summary:
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05:03 Anton Gustafsson (2 min for tripping)
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28:45 Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for diving)
37:16 Anton Gustafsson (2 min for tripping)
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57:01 Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for roughing)
57:01 Dany Heatley (2 min for roughing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nate Thompson 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 6.50 5
R Ryan Shannon 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 -1 12.10 4
R Steve Downie 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.40 6
R Teddy Purcell 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 20.20 4
C Tyler Johnson 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6.50 4
C Dominic Moore 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -1 12.10 5
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 -2 21.00 7
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 20.00 7
L Dana Tyrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 4
L Tom Pyatt 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 12.10 4
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 -1 20.40 5
L Martin St. Louis 1 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 -1 19.40 4
D Matt Gilroy 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.30 7
D Victor Hedman 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 -1 24.50 7
D Carl Gunnarsson 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 -1 13.30 5
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 18.50 4
D Eric Brewer 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dustin Tokarski 3 0 18 0 0 59.20 6
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Knuble 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 5
R Alexander Semin 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 16.50 7
R Shane Doan 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 18.00 7
R Evgeni Malkin 0 1 3 6 1 5 0 -1 17.50 9
C Anton Gustafsson 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 7.20 6
C Jeff Halpern 1 0 3 4 1 7 0 1 16.50 9
C Marcus Johansson 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 16.10 8
C Brooks Laich 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 15.30 6
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 7.20 7
L Troy Brouwer 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 16.50 6
L Dany Heatley 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 14.50 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 21.00 7
D Roman Polak 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 23.20 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 16.40 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 -1 24.10 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 20.20 7
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 15.20 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Braden Holtby 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Tomas Vokoun 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jeff Halpern
2nd star: Marcus Johansson
3rd star: Braden Holtby

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Martin St. Louis scored his 35th goal of the season.

Notes for Washington Capitals:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 2( 19) , Portland Pirates 5( 26)
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0-1 POR Matt Hendricks (Mathieu Perreault)
1-1 DTV Johan Harju (Yan Stastny)
2-1 DTV Mattias Ritola (Yan Stastny, Johan Harju)
2-2 POR Matthew Ford (Mattias Sjogren)
2-3 POR Matt Hendricks (Chris Bourque, Mathieu Perreault)
2-4 POR François Bouchard (Patrick McNeill)
2-5 POR Matt Hendricks (Mathieu Perreault)

Goalies: Riku Helenius - Philipp Grubauer




23.3.2012
Dallas Stars 2 , New York Rangers 1
Shots: 24 - 25
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:70/85=82 %, Challenges:29/42=67 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:76/92=82 %, Challenges:34/52=64 %
Attendance: 10666 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 527967 Match televised: No


BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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19:19 0-1 David Backes [31] (Wojtek Wolski, Artem Anisimov)
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28:08 1-1 Jamie Benn [25] (Michael Ryder, Steve Ott)
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42:23 2-1 Michael Ryder [24] (Jamie Benn, Alex Goligoski)
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Penalty summary:
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07:46 Steve Ott (2 min for tripping)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Burish 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 7.30 7
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 16.10 7
R Jamie Benn 1 1 3 2 2 2 0 1 18.20 8
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
C Toby Petersen 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 7.30 5
C Vern Fiddler 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 15.10 5
C Steve Ott 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 16.50 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 18.00 8
L Tomas Vincour 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
L Tom Wandell 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 16.10 6
L Michael Ryder 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 8
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 18.40 8
D Patrik Nemeth 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 16.00 6
D Trevor Daley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 5
D Nicklas Grossman 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 24.00 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 15.20 6
D Alex Goligoski 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 20.10 7
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 2 6 2 3 0 0 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jack Campbell 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Andrew Raycroft 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Prust 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 0 6.20 7
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 17.10 6
R David Backes 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 16.50 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -1 19.40 6
C Erik Christensen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Danny Brière 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 17.10 6
C Artem Anisimov 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 16.50 9
C Brad Richards 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 7
L Mike Rupp 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
L Derek Stepan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17.10 6
L Wojtek Wolski 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 7
L Andy McDonald 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.40 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D John Carlson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.20 4
D Wade Redden 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 23.40 6
D Michael Del Zotto 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19.30 6
D Ryan McDonagh 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 17.10 6
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 25.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 2 0 22 0 0 58.50 8
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jamie Benn
2nd star: Michael Ryder
3rd star: Jack Campbell

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Jamie Benn scored his 25th goal of the season.

Notes for New York Rangers:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 4( 23) , Hartford Wolfpack 1(
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1-0 UTH Scott Glennie (Michael Neal, Travis Morin)
2-0 UTH Mikhail Stefanovich (Brenden Dillon)
3-0 UTH Francis Wathier (Adam Pardy)
3-1 HFD Carl Hagelin (Andreas Thuresson, Kris Newbury)
4-1 UTH Eric Godard (Luke Gazdic)

Goalies: Richard Bachman - Chad Johnson