3 (20-16-2)
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2 (31-8-2)
Sloppy game on both ends, our PK was unconscious tonite, but our league leading (39.3%) power play really let us down this game
Also, another bad injury. Details at end.
Box Score
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1st
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Penalty - 4:16 - NYI - Travis Hamonic - 2:00 for slashing
ES Goal - 6:27 - CAR - Jordan Staal [15] (Jeff Skinner, Mike Green) - Jordan and Skinner played give and go into the zone and Jordan blasted the puck by Nabakov low stick side
ES Goal - 7:56 - NYI - Michael Grabner [13] (Johnathan Tavares) - snipe job off the left post and in
Penalty - 9:24 - CAR - Mike Green - 4:00 double minor for high sticking
Penalty - 10:16 - NYI - Travis Hamonic - 2:00 for holding the stick
Penalty - 11:53 - CAR - Chad LaRose - 2:00 for hooking
2nd
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Penalty - 0:52 - CAR - Jay Harrison - 2:00 for holding
Penalty - 2:15 - CAR - Chad LaRose - 2:00 for hooking
Penalty - 5:35 - NYI - Travis Hamonic - 2:00 for slashing
Penalty - 6:59 - NYI - Kyle Okposo - 2:00 for holding
Penalty - 11:50 - CAR - Drayson Bowman - 2:00 for hooking
Penalty - 13:14 - CAR - Mike Green - 2:00 for holding
Penalty - 13:40 - NYI - Kyle Okposo - 2:00 for holding the stick
3rd
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ES Goal - 2:58 - NYI - Nino Niederreiter [3] (Travis Hamonic, Marty Reasoner) - Cam made a save on Hamonic's point shot, but was horribly out of position and Nino tapped in the easiest rebound he'll ever score
Penalty - 7:31 - CAR - Tuomo Ruutu - 2:00 for roughing
ES Goal - 13:06 - CAR - Jarome Iginla [12] (Alexander Semin) - rebound tip in off of Semin's wrist shot from the side boards
ES Goal - 18:24 - NYI - Kyle Okposo [14] (Colin McDonald, Frans Nielsen) - blew a slap shot from the slot over Cam's right shoulder
Three Stars
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* - Evgeni Nabakov - 32/34 saves made
** - Kyle Okposo - GWG
*** - Jordan Staal - 1G, +2
Winning Goalie - Evgeni Nabakov
Losing Goalie - Cam Ward
Injury News
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Tim Gleason suffered a sports hernia this game and expected to be out about a month. I called up our best defenceman from Charlotte (Michal Jordan, 69 Over All), our new D Pairings as of now are: Mike Green(85)/Justin Faulk(82), Joni Pitkänen(84)/Bobby Sanguinetti(74), Jay Harrison(74)/Michal Jordan(69).
and as Promised, league leaders
Goals
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1 - Sidney Crosby - 30
2 - Alexander Ovechkin - 30
3 - Eric Staal - 23
4 - Corey Perry - 20
5 - Joffrey Lupul - 19
6 - Simon Gange - 18
7 - Matt Moulson - 17
8 - Ilya Kovalchuk - 17
Assists
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1 - Ryan Getzlaf - 28
2 - Marian Hossa - 28
3 - Zach Parise - 26
4 - Andrei Markov - 25
5 - Mike Green - 25
6 - Justin Williams - 25
7 - Mike Ribeiro - 24
8 - Nicklas Bäckström - 24
Points
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1 - Sidney Crosby - 47
2 - Alexander Ovechkin - 47
3 - Ryan Getzlaf - 42
4 - Zach Parise - 42
5 - Corey Perry - 40
6 - Evgenii - Malkin - 39
7 - Marian Hossa - 38
8 - Henrik Sedin - 37
Wins
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1 - Cam Ward - 22
2 - Carey Price - 21
3 - Ryan Miller - 20
4 - Corey Crawford - 20
5 - Jimmy Howard - 19
6 - Roberto Luongo - 18
7 - Evgeni Nabakov - 16
8 - Henrik Lundqvist - 16
Save %
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1 - Jimmy Howard - 0.938
2 - Henrik Lundqvist - 0.936
3 - Roberto Luongo - 0.934
4 - Ryan Miller - 0.932
5 - Carey Price - 0.932
6 - Corey Crawford - 0.931
7 - Marc-André Fleury - 0.931
8 - Cam Ward - 0.927
Goals Against Average
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1 - Jimmy Howard - 1.86
2 - Roberto Luongo - 1.92
3 - Carey Price - 1.99
4 - Corey Crawford - 2.02
5 - Henrik Lundqvist - 2.03
6 - Ryan Miller - 2.04
7 - Marc-André Fleury - 2.05
8 - Cam Ward - 2.21