22//10//2008

Minnesota Wild 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 25 - 19
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:80/95=84 %, Challenges:35/51=67 %
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:66/83=79 %, Challenges:22/44=48 %
Attendance: 18201 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 880929 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:39 1-0 Pierre-Marc Bouchard [3] (Andrew Brunette, Kim Johnsson)
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26:38 1-1 Bobby Ryan [2] (Slava Kozlov, Ryan Whitney)PP
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42:41 2-1 Éric Bélanger [2] (Antti Miettinen, Mikko Koivu)
46:01 3-1 Pierre-Marc Bouchard [4] (Andrew Brunette, Benoit Pouliot)
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Penalty summary:
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26:08 Benoit Pouliot (2 min for hooking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18.20 7
R Mikko Koivu 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 14.10 8
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 18.10 7
C Corey Locke 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 6
C James Sheppard 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 18.20 7
C Éric Bélanger 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 13.40 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 18.10 10
L Benoit Pouliot 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 9.20 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 18.20 7
L Antti Miettinen 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 1 14.10 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 2 18.10 8
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 19.50 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 16.00 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 24.10 8
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 22.00 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 14.30 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marty Reasoner 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 5.40 7
R Jim Slater 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 18.20 7
R Jason Williams 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 17.30 6
R Slava Kozlov 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -2 19.00 7
C Éric Perrin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.40 5
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 18.20 6
C Todd White 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
C Corey Perry 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -2 18.30 6
L Chris Thorburn 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 5.40 5
L Rich Peverly 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 18.20 4
L Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 -1 17.00 6
L Bobby Ryan 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 -2 19.00 6
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 18.40 6
D Alex Picard 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 -1 17.00 4
D Filip Kuba 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -2 23.50 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 18.50 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 6
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 22.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
2nd star: Éric Bélanger
3rd star: Andrew Brunette

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Marian Gaborik had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Andrew Brunette had his 3 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 30) , Chicago Wolves 3( 23)
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0-1 CHW Steve Martins (Jesse Schultz)
1-1 HOU Troy Riddle (Patrik Nilson)
2-1 HOU Troy Riddle (Patrik Nilson)
2-2 CHW Eric Boulton (Karel Pilar)
3-2 HOU Curtis Murphy (Serge Payer)
3-3 CHW Tomás Pospisil (Colton Fretter)

Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Ondrej Pavelec

Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Detroit Red Wings 5
Shots: 23 - 27
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:72/89=80 %, Challenges:22/41=52 %
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:67/81=82 %, Challenges:23/52=43 %
Attendance: 10472 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 491137 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:35 1-0 R.J. Umberger [2] (Mike Commodore, Rostislav Klesla)
06:27 1-1 Brad Stuart [1] (Tomas Holmström, Kris Beech)PP
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26:09 1-2 Marian Hossa [4] (Nicklas Lidström)
36:11 2-2 Rick Nash [3] (Michael Peca, Rostislav Klesla)
39:23 3-2 Michael Peca [2] (Alexander Svitov, Kris Russell)
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48:25 4-2 Michael Blunden [1] (Andrew Murray, Alexander Svitov)
49:16 4-3 Pavel Datsyuk [3] (Henrik Zetterberg)
53:38 4-4 Tomas Holmström [4] (Brad Stuart, Niklas Kronwall)
59:48 4-5 Pavel Datsyuk [4] (Henrik Zetterberg, Marian Hossa)
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Penalty summary:
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06:06 Andrew Murray (2 min for boarding)
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28:01 Rostislav Klesla (2 min for hooking)
30:47 Brian Rafalski (2 min for hooking)
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54:51 Kirk Maltby (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Blunden 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
R Derick Brassard 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 16.50 6
R R.J. Umberger 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 14.10 7
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 21.00 7
C Andrew Murray 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 6.30 6
C Alexander Svitov 0 2 4 2 1 7 0 0 17.20 9
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 13.50 7
C Michael Peca 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 21.10 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.30 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 21.00 6
L Antoine Vermette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
L Rick Nash 1 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 21.00 8
D Kris Russell 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 -1 19.20 6
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 13.30 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 27.10 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 1 18.50 7
D Mike Commodore 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 12.10 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 2 1 3 3 3 2 -1 29.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Daniel Cleary 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 7.20 5
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 16.40 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 15.00 6
R Marian Hossa 1 1 5 4 2 2 0 1 18.50 8
C Kris Beech 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.30 7
C Darren Helm 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16.40 6
C Kris Draper 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -1 14.20 5
C Pavel Datsyuk 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 16.50 8
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 9.30 6
L Valtteri Filppula 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 16.40 6
L Tomas Holmström 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 -1 16.10 8
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 19.20 8
D Andreas Lilja 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 17.50 6
D Niklas Kronwall 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24.00 6
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 17.00 6
D Brad Stuart 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 26.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pavel Datsyuk
2nd star: Marian Hossa
3rd star: Tomas Holmström

Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Michael Peca scored the 400th point of his career.
-Michael Blunden ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Michael Blunden ended his 7 game point drought.
-Andrew Murray ended his 5 game point drought.
-Kris Russell ended his 7 game point drought.
-Mike Commodore ended his 7 game point drought.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Brad Stuart ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 15) , Kansas City Blades 5( 35)
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1-0 SYR Linus Persson (Roman Cervenka, Jeff Szwez)
2-0 SYR Steven Goertzen (Kirill Starkov)
2-1 KCB Mark Cullen (Brad Ference, Francis Lemieux)
2-2 KCB Evan McGrath (Tony Voce, Jakub Kindl)
2-3 KCB Jamie Tardif (Tony Voce, Adam Berkhoel)
2-4 KCB Brad Ference (Carl Corazzini)

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Pittsburgh Penguins 6 , Tampa Bay Lightning 2
Shots: 27 - 20
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:72/88=81 %, Challenges:30/48=61 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:61/72=84 %, Challenges:30/54=54 %
Attendance: 8139 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 387417 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:47 1-0 Johan Franzén [2] (Hal Gill, Philippe Boucher)
12:57 2-0 Miroslav Satan [1] (Johan Franzén)
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30:21 3-0 Philippe Boucher [1] (Petr Sykora)
35:41 3-1 Radim Vrbata [3] (Phil Kessel, Adam Hall)
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49:28 3-2 Ryan Malone [1] (Matt Lashoff, Mark Stuart)
49:41 4-2 Evgeny Malkin [5] (Sidney Crosby)
52:04 5-2 Miroslav Satan [2] (Johan Franzén, Jordan Staal)
58:08 6-2 Chris Kunitz [1] (Brooks Orpik, Philippe Boucher)
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Penalty summary:
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17:36 Philippe Boucher (2 min for tripping)
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49:52 Eric Godard (5 min for fighting)
49:52 David Koci (5 min for fighting)
52:34 Kristopher Letang (2 min for high-sticking)
55:41 Sergei Gonchar (2 min for elbowing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 1 7.30 6
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 13.40 6
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 14.10 7
R Petr Sykora 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 18.20 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 7.50 6
C Jordan Staal 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.40 7
C Johan Franzén 1 2 4 2 2 1 0 3 17.10 10
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 6
L Chris Kunitz 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 9.50 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 13.40 5
L Miroslav Satan 2 0 2 3 2 1 0 2 17.30 8
L Evgeny Malkin 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 20.20 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 14.00 7
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 20.50 7
D Philippe Boucher 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 1 25.30 10
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 0 2 1 5 0 1 20.20 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 15.20 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 2 4 0 3 2 0 24.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Stamkos 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 -1 8.50 4
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 13.50 4
R Ryan Malone 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 -2 17.10 6
R Radim Vrbata 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 20.10 7
C Adam Hall 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 -1 8.50 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.10 6
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 18.20 6
C Phil Kessel 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 -1 20.40 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -1 8.50 5
L Gary Roberts 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 11.50 5
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 6
L Saku Koivu 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 -2 20.10 7
D David Koci 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 10.00 5
D Matt Lashoff 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -2 22.40 6
D Mark Stuart 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 -2 27.20 7
D Mike Lundin 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.10 5
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2 20.10 5
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -2 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Johan Franzén
2nd star: Miroslav Satan
3rd star: Philippe Boucher

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Brooks Orpik ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Ryan Malone ended his 6 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Eric Godard fought David Koci in a fight.

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 14) , Detroit Vipers 1( 11)
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1-0 WIL Arpad Mihaly (Kenny Corupe)
2-0 WIL Maxim Lapierre (Joey Mormina)
2-1 DTV Chris Gratton (Matt Smaby, Justin Keller)

Goalies: Michael Leighton - Morgan Cey

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Edmonton Oilers 4 , Phoenix Coyotes 1
Shots: 28 - 15
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:64/84=76 %, Challenges:31/46=66 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:80/93=86 %, Challenges:30/49=60 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 449730 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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01:43 1-0 Ales Hemsky [2] (Sam Gagner)
08:18 2-0 Rostislav Olesz [3] (Keith Tkachuk, Dustin Penner)
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31:19 3-0 Steve Staios [1] (Tom Gilbert, Rostislav Olesz)
37:03 3-1 Kyle Turris [1] (Mikkel Bødker, Jared Staal)
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46:06 4-1 Ales Hemsky [3] (Patrick O'Sullivan, Dustin Penner)PP
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Penalty summary:
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12:36 Riley Nash (2 min for elbowing)
16:13 Riley Nash (2 min for hooking)
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45:29 Shane Doan (2 min for hooking)
47:15 Riley Nash (2 min for hooking)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Riley Nash 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 8.20 6
R Zack Stortini 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 18.00 5
R David Backes 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 13.10 7
R Dustin Penner 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 16.50 6
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 1 2 2 3 5 0 0 18.40 8
C Sam Gagner 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 13.10 7
C Rostislav Olesz 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 8
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.10 7
L Shawn Horcoff 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 20.30 7
L Ales Hemsky 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 8
L Keith Tkachuk 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20.40 6
D Steve Staios 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 16.50 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 1 24.30 8
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 19.50 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 15.30 6
D Chris Pronger 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 1 22.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Jeff Deslauriers 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 7.10 6
R Petr Prucha 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 14.40 5
R Steven Reinprecht 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 18.50 5
R Shane Doan 0 0 3 0 4 0 2 -1 19.20 6
C Kyle Turris 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6.30 8
C Peter Mueller 0 0 2 2 1 6 0 0 17.30 8
C Tomas Surovy 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 16.10 5
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 19.50 5
L Mikkel Bødker 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.30 4
L Jared Staal 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.00 5
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 18.10 4
L Martin Hanzal 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Michael Stone 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15.20 4
D Keith Yandle 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.30 4
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 26.00 7
D Nick Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 5
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 18.20 4
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Al Montoya 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ales Hemsky
2nd star: Rostislav Olesz
3rd star: Dustin Penner

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Steve Staios ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Steve Staios ended his 6 game point drought.

Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Kyle Turris ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Mikkel Bødker ended his 7 game point drought.
-Jared Staal ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 5( 26) , Springfield Falcons 0( 18)
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1-0 HAM Stéphane Goulet (Jason Strudwick, Ben Simon)
2-0 HAM Stéphane Goulet (Ben Simon)
3-0 HAM Linus Omark (Jonas Almtorp)
4-0 HAM Mathieu Roy (Fredrik Johansson)
5-0 HAM Jonas Almtorp

Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Josh Tordjman