December 7

Edmonton Oilers 5 , Nashville Predators 1
Shots: 23 - 28
PP: 1 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:56/65=86 %, Challenges:42/46=89 %
PP: 0 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:75/88=85 %, Challenges:36/48=73 %
Attendance: 6503 of 16839 (Rexall Place)
Ticket income: 317347 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:35 1-0 Kyle Wellwood [7] (Sheldon Souray, Sam Gagner)
16:59 1-1 Greg de Vries [1] (Scott Nichol, Jordin Tootoo)
19:39 2-1 Ales Hemsky [9] (Erik Cole, Olli Jokinen)PP
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29:49 3-1 Kyle Wellwood [8] (Glen Murray, Sheldon Souray)
35:36 4-1 Erik Cole [17] (Ales Hemsky, Ethan Moreau)
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53:55 5-1 Olli Jokinen [12] (Kyle Wellwood)
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Penalty summary:
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03:53 Vernon Fiddler (2 min for cross-checking)
19:08 Alexander Radulov (2 min for hooking)
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20:02 Scott Nichol (2 min for hooking)
22:38 Garth Murray (2 min for high-sticking)
31:42 Gilbert Brulé (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:54 Denis Grebeshkov (2 min for roughing)
46:57 Ethan Moreau (2 min for elbowing)
49:28 Fernando Pisani (2 min for hooking)
59:07 Jason Arnott (2 min for elbowing)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Ethan Moreau 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 11.50 7
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1 10.10 6
R Glen Murray 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 20.00 7
R Ales Hemsky 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 18.00 8
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 8.00 7
C Andrew Cogliano 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 7
C Sam Gagner 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 13.10 7
C Olli Jokinen 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 20.50 8
L Garth Murray 0 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 10.20 9
L Dustin Penner 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 11.40 6
C Kyle Wellwood 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 16.10 10
L Erik Cole 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 9
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 11.40 6
D Steve Staios 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 19.00 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 25.30 8
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.00 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 23.50 8
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 1 0 27 0 0 60.00 10
G Jeff Deslauriers 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Nichol 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 8.10 6
R Jordin Tootoo 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 13.50 7
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -2 17.00 6
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
C Jerred Smithson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 5
C Radek Bonk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 5
C David Legwand 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -3 20.30 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 21.00 8
L Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
L Vernon Fiddler 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10.10 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 4 4 2 0 0 -2 17.00 7
L Steve Sullivan 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 18.40 7
D Kirill Safronov 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 12.30 6
D Shea Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 5
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 25.30 7
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18.00 4
D Ryan Suter 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 16.00 5
D Greg de Vries 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Ellis 5 0 18 0 0 60.00 4
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kyle Wellwood
2nd star: Ales Hemsky
3rd star: Olli Jokinen

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:

Notes for Nashville Predators:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 2( 21) , Milwaukee Admirals 0( 16)
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1-0 SPR David Rohlfs (Tyler Spurgeon)
2-0 SPR Jason Strudwick (Carl Corazzini)

Goalies: Dwayne Roloson - Drew MacIntyre

Los Angeles Kings 2 , San Jose Sharks 4
Shots: 26 - 37
PP: 0 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:56/73=76 %, Challenges:33/45=71 %
PP: 1 of 7 (18 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:32/47=66 %
Attendance: 7325 of 18118 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 380167 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:14 0-1 Bobby Ryan [2] (Christian Ehrhoff, Kyle McLaren)
12:12 1-1 Patrick O'Sullivan [3] (Sidney Crosby, Derek Armstrong)
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27:02 2-1 Patrick O'Sullivan [4] (Sidney Crosby, Tom Preissing)
34:33 2-2 Jeremy Roenick [4] (Mike Grier)
35:55 2-3 Patrick Marleau [9] (Ryane Clowe, Christian Ehrhoff)PP
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59:16 2-4 Ryane Clowe [13]) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:03 Jarret Stoll (2 min for hooking)
13:49 Tyler Kennedy (2 min for high-sticking)
17:48 Joe Pavelski (2 min for roughing)
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22:23 Jack Johnson (2 min for high-sticking)
24:54 Joe Thornton (2 min for cross-checking)
27:17 Logan Couture (2 min for boarding)
31:09 Logan Couture (2 min for boarding)
35:14 Denis Gauthier (2 min for tripping)
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43:03 Denis Gauthier (2 min for slashing)
50:24 Denis Gauthier (2 min for slashing)
54:14 Jarret Stoll (2 min for high-sticking)
59:25 Rob Blake (2 min for hooking)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Oscar Möller 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
R Raitis Ivanans 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 7.10 5
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 12.10 4
R Patrick O'Sullivan 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
C Derek Armstrong 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.20 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 20.40 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 -1 13.10 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 19.40 7
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.50 5
L Kyle Calder 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 20.10 5
L Dustin Brown 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 10.00 7
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 6
D Drew Doughty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.40 4
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 3 2 2 6 -2 26.30 5
D Matt Greene 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 32.30 8
D Colten Teubert 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 8.20 5
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 15.00 6
D Tom Preissing 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 28.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 4 0 33 0 0 58.50 7
G Erik Ersberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bobby Ryan 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 7.50 7
R Mike Grier 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 13.50 8
R Ryane Clowe 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 18.40 9
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 -1 21.00 8
C Logan Couture 0 0 2 2 2 1 4 1 7.50 6
C Marcel Goc 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 7
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 15.40 6
C Joe Thornton 0 0 6 0 1 1 2 0 22.30 6
L Devin Setoguchi 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 7.50 6
L Jeremy Roenick 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7.10 6
L Milan Michalek 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.20 7
L Patrick Marleau 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 14.10 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 17.10 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 28.40 8
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10.40 6
D Rob Blake 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 20.30 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 28.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryane Clowe
2nd star: Bobby Ryan
3rd star: Patrick O'Sullivan

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Sidney Crosby notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 2( 18) , Worcester Sharks 1( 24)
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1-0 MCH Gabe Gauthier (Joe Piskula)
1-1 WOR Jody Shelley (T.J. Fox)
2-1 MCH Richard Clune (David Meckler)

Goalies: Jeff Zatkoff - Thomas Greiss

St. Louis Blues 1 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 25 - 24
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:70/86=81 %, Challenges:34/49=68 %
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:55/69=79 %, Challenges:43/56=75 %
Attendance: 12610 of 19022 (Scottrade Center)
Ticket income: 606541 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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29:41 0-1 James Sheppard [3] (Corey Locke, Antti Miettinen)
31:54 0-2 Owen Nolan [6] (Marc-André Bergeron, Brent Burns)
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47:59 1-2 Andy McDonald [11] (Brad Boyes, Paul Kariya)
49:33 1-3 Éric Bélanger [11] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Marian Gaborik)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:55 Yan Stastny (2 min for hooking)
18:52 Alex Pietrangelo (2 min for holding the stick)
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22:28 Andrej Meszaros (2 min for boarding)
35:09 Owen Nolan (2 min for holding the stick)
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48:41 Keith Tkachuk (2 min for cross-checking)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Backes 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 6
R Dan Hinote 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 18.10 5
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 15.10 8
R Brad Boyes 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
C Yared Hagos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
C Yan Stastny 0 0 2 1 4 2 2 -1 13.20 4
C Jay McClement 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20.00 6
C Andy McDonald 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 6
L Lee Stempniak 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 10.50 5
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 14.30 5
L Paul Kariya 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.40 8
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 11.40 4
D Jay McKee 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 23.20 8
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 25.00 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 14.50 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 23.30 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 22.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Marek Schwarz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Corey Locke 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5.40 6
R Antti Miettinen 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 14.00 7
R Owen Nolan 1 0 5 2 4 1 2 0 18.30 7
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 7
C James Sheppard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 7
C Krys Kolanos 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 15.30 7
C Éric Bélanger 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 19.40 7
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 5.40 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.10 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 7
L Marian Gaborik 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14.00 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.50 7
D Brent Burns 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 25.00 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 16.20 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 24.10 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Niklas Backstrom
2nd star: Owen Nolan
3rd star: James Sheppard

Notes for St. Louis Blues:

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-James Sheppard finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Éric Bélanger ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Peoria Rivermen 0( 19) , Houston Aeros 1( 19)
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0-1 HOU Craig Weller (Josh Olson, Morten Madsen)

Goalies: Manny Legace - Nolan Schaefer
Ottawa Senators 2 , New Jersey Devils 1
Shots: 20 - 16
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:68/85=80 %, Challenges:43/63=67 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/82=81 %, Challenges:24/54=43 %
Attendance: 19153 of 19153 (Scotiabank Place)
Ticket income: 865715 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:46 0-1 Dainius Zubrus [5] (Travis Zajac, Mike Mottau)
04:34 1-1 Alex Kovalev [8] (Jason Spezza, Josh Hennessy)
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no scoring
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50:32 2-1 Alex Kovalev [9] (Dany Heatley, Chris Phillips)
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Penalty summary:
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34:04 Brian Gionta (2 min for hooking)
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48:44 David Clarkson (5 min for fighting)
48:44 Mike Fisher (5 min for fighting)
52:09 Zach Parisé (2 min for slashing)
56:23 Jamie Langenbrunner (2 min for elbowing)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.00 4
R Chris Neil 0 0 3 4 1 3 0 0 17.10 8
R Shean Donovan 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 -1 15.20 8
R Alex Kovalev 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 22.00 7
C Josh Hennessy 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 7.00 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 13.00 6
C Mike Fisher 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 -1 16.10 6
C Jason Spezza 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 22.20 7
L Nick Foligno 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 6
L Dean McAmmond 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 12.50 7
L Martin Straka 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 -1 18.10 6
L Dany Heatley 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 22.00 8
D Brendan Bell 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 16.30 4
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 18.30 6
D Chris Phillips 0 1 1 3 2 4 0 2 22.50 7
D Lawrence Nycholat 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 20.40 8
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 5
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 25.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alex Auld 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Brian Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Clarkson 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 -1 10.00 6
R Dainius Zubrus 1 0 2 4 1 3 0 1 10.40 8
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 -1 16.30 8
R Brian Gionta 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 18.30 7
C Bobby Holik 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -2 12.50 5
C Travis Zajac 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 11.00 7
C John Madden 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 17.40 7
C Patrik Elias 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Mike Rupp 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -2 9.40 5
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 15.20 7
L Zach Parisé 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 13.20 5
L Brian Rolston 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 18.30 7
D Colin White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 -1 28.40 6
D Mike Mottau 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 12.40 8
D Andy Greene 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 -2 17.00 5
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 26.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 0 18 0 0 59.30 8
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Dany Heatley
3rd star: Chris Neil

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Dany Heatley notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Josh Hennessy finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Dainius Zubrus ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Travis Zajac finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Mike Mottau ended his 6 game point drought.

Other notes:
-David Clarkson beat Mike Fisher in a fight.

Farm game result:
Binghamton Senators 2( 38) , Lowell Devils 3( 20)
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0-1 LOW Chad Wiseman (Vitaly Vishnevski, Fedor Fedorov)
1-1 BNG Danny Bois (Brian Gibbons)
2-1 BNG Jarkko Ruutu (Danny Bois)
2-2 LOW Anssi Salmela (Fedor Fedorov, Nicklas Bergfors)
2-3 LOW Éric Castonguay (Barry Tallackson, Michael Swift)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Scott Clemmensen