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Minnesota Wild 3 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 23 - 32
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:67/80=83 %, Challenges:41/54=74 %
PP: 2 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:77/96=80 %, Challenges:41/50=80 %
Attendance: 16023 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 757887 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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09:41 1-0 Pavol Demitra [10] (Marian Gaborik, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)PP
18:11 1-1 Joe Thornton [15] (Devin Setoguchi)PP
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34:32 1-2 Patrick Marleau [11] (Joe Thornton, Brian Campbell)
38:23 2-2 Pavol Demitra [11] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Marian Gaborik)
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50:31 2-3 Ryane Clowe [5] (Mike Richards, Curtis Brown)PP
58:58 3-3 Stéphane Veilleux [8] (Mikko Koivu, Martin Skoula) WG
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Penalty summary:
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09:05 Torrey Mitchell (2 min for hooking)
17:29 Mikko Koivu (2 min for holding the stick)
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27:14 Éric Bélanger (5 min for high-sticking)
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48:49 Branko Radivojevic (2 min for roughing)
51:01 Mike Grier (2 min for tripping)
54:53 Petteri Nummelin (2 min for hooking)
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61:08 Éric Bélanger (2 min for tripping)

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pavol Demitra
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Marian Gaborik

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Pavol Demitra scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Stéphane Veilleux has marked a new career high in goals with 8 tallies.
-Mikko Koivu notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marian Gaborik had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Joe Thornton scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Joe Thornton ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Ryane Clowe finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Ryane Clowe finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 0( 18) , Cleveland Barons 1( 15)
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0-1 CLE Mike Iggulden (Brad Norton)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Dmitri Pätzold

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Anaheim Mighty Ducks 4 , Tampa Bay Lightning 5
Shots: 23 - 30
PP: 2 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:56/74=75 %, Challenges:44/49=88 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:51/59=85 %
Attendance: 17174 of 17174 (Arrowhead Pond)
Ticket income: 800309 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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15:19 1-0 Doug Weight [18] (Ryan Whitney, François Beauchemin)
19:28 1-1 Paul Ranger [1])
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23:03 2-1 Ales Hemsky [10] (Scott Niedermayer, Mathieu Schneider)PP
28:36 2-2 Michael Nylander [6] (Ryan Craig, Peter Mueller)
30:18 2-3 Jason Ward [5] (Chris Gratton, Shane O'Brien)
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43:21 3-3 Scott Niedermayer [8] (Doug Weight, Ales Hemsky)PP
43:57 3-4 Tim Taylor [3])
50:36 4-4 Chris Kunitz [9] (Todd Marchant, Mathieu Schneider)
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61:22 4-5 Michael Nylander [7] (Jeff O'Neill, Filip Kuba)
Penalty summary:
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02:56 Joe DiPenta (2 min for tripping)
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22:47 Brandon Dubinsky (2 min for tripping)
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42:21 Brandon Dubinsky (2 min for hooking)
45:49 Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for hooking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michael Nylander
2nd star: Jason Ward
3rd star: Ales Hemsky

Notes for Anaheim Mighty Ducks:
-Ales Hemsky scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Scott Niedermayer notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mathieu Schneider notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Travis Moen had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Scott Niedermayer finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Chris Gratton finally ended his 16 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 3( 16) , Detroit Vipers 1( 15)
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1-0 CIN Joe Callahan (Geoff Platt, Brendan Mikkelson)
2-0 CIN Jason King (Brian Sutherby, Brian Salcido)
3-0 CIN Jason King (Brian Salcido)
3-1 DTV Justin Keller (Blair Jones, Junior Lessard)

Goalies: Gerald Coleman - Vitaly Kolesnik