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Dallas Stars 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 0
Shots: 25 - 27
PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:57/72=79 %, Challenges:23/43=52 %
PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:65/88=73 %, Challenges:35/39=87 %
Attendance: 9845 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 472560 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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14:46 1-0 James Neal [11] (Brian Sutherby)SH
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no scoring
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42:52 2-0 Bill Thomas [5] (James Neal, Tim Ramholt)
46:47 3-0 Bill Thomas [6] (Tyler Spurgeon, Brad Richards)
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Penalty summary:
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02:54 Martin Látal (2 min for boarding)
04:22 Nicklas Grossman (2 min for slashing)
09:37 James Neal (2 min for high-sticking)
12:03 Raffi Torres (2 min for tripping)
14:03 Mikko Maenpaa (2 min for slashing)
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21:01 Mikael Johansson (2 min for boarding)
29:11 Gabriel Dumont (2 min for high-sticking)
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49:48 Raffi Torres (2 min for slashing)
52:11 Tyler Spurgeon (2 min for slashing)
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Dallas Stars scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Erik Caladi 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6.00 4
R Martin Látal 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 10.30 7
R Bill Thomas 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 12.50 8
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 20.10 7
C Mathias Joggi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Miika Lahti 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10.30 5
C Tyler Spurgeon 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 15.40 5
C Brad Richards 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 21.00 8
L Timofei Shishkanov 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 10.20 5
L Steve Ott 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 6
L James Neal 1 1 4 1 3 1 2 3 17.30 8
L Brian Sutherby 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 19.40 7
D Simon Skoog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 5
D Tim Ramholt 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 18.40 7
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 28.50 7
D Mikko Maenpaa 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 13.50 5
D Trevor Daley 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 24.30 6
D Nicklas Grossman 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 22.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Danny Battochio 0 0 27 0 0 60.00 10
G Kevin Regan 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Mikael Johansson 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 13.30 7
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 10.40 7
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 12.40 7
R Rick Nash 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 -1 20.30 7
C Kirill Starkov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Gabriel Dumont 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10.40 5
C Derick Brassard 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -2 12.40 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 20.00 7
L Raffi Torres 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 7.30 7
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 19.10 7
R Philippe Cornet 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 5
L Jarome Iginla 0 0 5 4 1 4 0 -1 23.00 10
D John Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27.00 6
D Jan Hejda 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -2 12.20 5
D Mike Commodore 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 -1 20.40 8
D Kris Russell 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 25.50 7
D Andrei Plekhanov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.10 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 20.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Danny Battochio
2nd star: Bill Thomas
3rd star: James Neal

Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Bill Thomas finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-James Neal ended his 8 game goal drought.

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Jarome Iginla had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 5( 29) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 9)
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1-0 UTH Chris Collins (Dan Jancevski)
2-0 UTH Mike Ribeiro (Stephen Gionta)
3-0 UTH Garrett Stafford (Pat Rissmiller, Riku Hahl)
4-0 UTH Nikolai Lukyanchikov (Mike Ribeiro)
5-0 UTH Jan-Mikael Järvinen (Krys Barch)

Goalies: Alex Auld - Kevin Lalande

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Los Angeles Kings 5 , Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Shots: 34 - 12
PP: 2 of 8 (7 shots), Passing:78/97=80 %, Challenges:27/42=62 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:53/74=71 %, Challenges:20/38=51 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 917600 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:37 1-0 Maxim Afinogenov [14] (Robert Scuderi, Scott Gomez)
13:55 2-0 Alexander Frolov [18] (Anze Kopitar, Maxim Afinogenov)PP
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23:31 3-0 Maxim Afinogenov [15] (Scott Gomez, Alexander Frolov)
31:41 3-1 Ruslan Fedotenko [18])SH
32:29 4-1 Justin Williams [14] (Drew Doughty)
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48:23 5-1 Maxim Afinogenov [16] (Alexander Frolov, Anze Kopitar)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:21 Kris Letang (2 min for boarding)
12:24 Zack Torquato (2 min for holding the stick)
14:51 Alexei Ivanov (2 min for high-sticking)
18:17 Matt Greene (2 min for hooking)
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30:15 Martin Zábranský (2 min for hooking)
32:09 Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
32:09 Andy Sutton (2 min for roughing)
36:39 Alex Goligoski (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:55 Alex Goligoski (2 min for cross-checking)
48:01 Zack Torquato (2 min for high-sticking)
58:16 Maxime Talbot (2 min for roughing)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wayne Simmonds 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
R Justin Williams 1 0 4 3 0 3 0 1 17.30 9
R Maxim Afinogenov 3 1 7 1 4 2 2 1 20.00 8
R Dustin Brown 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 13.50 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.00 5
C Michal Handzus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
C Scott Gomez 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 19.10 7
C Anze Kopitar 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 -1 20.40 8
L Shawn Thornton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.20 6
L Oscar Möller 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 7
L Alexander Frolov 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 21.00 8
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 17.40 6
D Peter Harrold 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.50 6
D Robert Scuderi 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 13.30 7
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 19.40 7
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 12.50 7
D Drew Doughty 0 1 2 3 4 2 0 3 28.30 7
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 29.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Quick 1 0 11 0 0 60.00 7
G Jonathan Bernier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Polaski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
R Zack Torquato 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 10.30 5
R Ruslan Fedotenko 1 0 3 6 2 6 0 -2 25.40 10
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 21.00 7
C Alexei Ivanov 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.10 4
C Martin Zábranský 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 9.50 6
C Tyler Haskins 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.10 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
L Jordan Shine 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.00 4
L Eric Godard 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.50 6
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -2 13.00 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21.10 7
D Kyle Klubertanz 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.50 6
D Kris Letang 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -2 14.00 6
D Filip Kuba 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 26.10 8
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12.50 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 -1 25.00 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 30.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 29 0 0 60.00 5
G Michael Garnett 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Alexander Frolov
3rd star: Justin Williams

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Maxim Afinogenov scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Scott Gomez notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Drew Doughty has marked a new career high in assists with 22 assists.
-Drew Doughty has marked a new career high in points with 28 points.
-Anze Kopitar had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Robert Scuderi ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 3( 23) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 15)
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0-1 WIL Todd Jackson (Evgeni Malkin)
0-2 WIL Jordan Staal (Sean McAslan, Chris Conner)
1-2 MNC Garth Murray (Trevor Lewis)
2-2 MNC Bud Holloway
3-2 MNC Graham Mink (Justin Azevedo)

Goalies: Jeff Zatkoff - Christopher Heino-Lindberg