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Jonathan Bernier, Dustin Brown CAPTAIN, Jeff Carter, Kyle Clifford, Drew Doughty, Colin Fraser, Simon Gagne, Matt Greene, Dwight King, Anze Kopitar, Trevor Lewis, Andrei Loktionov, Alec Martinez, Willie Mitchell, Jordan Nolan, Dustin Penner, Jonathan Quick, Mike Richards, Brad Richardson, Rob Scuderi, Jarret Stoll, Slava Voynov, Justin Williams Dean Lombardi GENERAL MANAGER, Darryl Sutter HEAD COACH
LOS ANGELES KINGS STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS
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2012 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL
1 NEW YORK RANGERS 109 v. 8 OTTAWA SENATORS 92 GM GLEN SATHER, HC JOHN TORTORELLA v. GM BRYAN MURRAY, HC PAUL MacLEAN
RANGERS WIN SERIES IN 7
Thursday, April 12 1900 h et on HNIC, NHL Network
OTTAWA 2 @ NEW YORK 4
FIRST PERIOD
1. NEW YORK, Ryan Callahan 1 (Anton Stralman, Artem Anisimov) 12:01
Penalties ― Kuba O 4:00, Prust N 8:11, Bickel N 15:13, Karlsson O Boyle N 15:31
SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW YORK, Marian Gaborik 1 (unassisted) 16:24
3. NEW YORK, Brian Boyle 1 (Artem Anisimov, Dan Girardi) 19:06 GWG
Penalties ― McDonagh N 12:56, Kuba O 16:53
THIRD PERIOD 4. NEW YORK, Brad Richards 1 (Carl Hagelin) 2:15
5. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 1 (Jason Spezza, Milan Michalek) 10:05 6. OTTAWA, Erik Condra 1 (Nick Foligno, Kyle Turris) 17:41
Penalties ― Neil O Rupp N (10-minute misconducts) 2:51, Smith O 7:44, Smith O 12:04
Shots on goal by
SENATORS 13 11 8 32 RANGERS 8 12 11 31
OTTAWA, Craig Anderson; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist
OTT ― 0 for 3, NYR ― 0 for 4 on power play
Referees: Dan O`Halloran, Tom Kowal Linesmen: Steve Miller, David Brisebois 18 200 at Madison Square Garden IV
Henrik Lundqvist NYR, Ryan Callahan NYR, Artem Anisimov NYR game’s THREE STARS
Prior to series, G Craig Anderson OTT was 7-3-1, 1.87 GAA, .941 sv pct v. Rangers D Erik Karlsson OTT led all NHL D by more than 20 pts ~ only Orr, Coffey, Potvin ever done that
Monday, April 16 1930 h et on HNIC, CNBC
NEW YORK 1 @ OTTAWA 0
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Spezza O 2:21, Staal N 5:11, Boyle N Prust N Spezza O 14:21
SECOND PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Girardi N Foligno O 4:27, Spezza O 15:00
THIRD PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Brian Boyle 3 (Ryan Callahan, Dan Girardi) 7:35 GWG
Penalties ― Callahan N 12:51, Phillips O 13:18
Shots on goal by
RANGERS 8 7 7 23 SENATORS 12 11 14 39
NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; OTTAWA, Craig Anderson
NYR ― 0 for 3, OTT ― 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Brad Watson, Mike Leggo Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Pierre Racicot
20 182 at Scotiabank Place
Henrik Lundqvist NYR, Craig Anderson OTT, Brian Boyle NYR game’s THREE STARS F Daniel Alfredsson OTT out of line-up tonight after G2 hit from Carl Hagelin NYR
Brian Boyle NYR has three goals in series, eight in his last 12 games incl. regular season
Saturday, April 21 1900 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
OTTAWA 2 @ NEW YORK 0
FIRST PERIOD
1. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 1 (Mark Stone, Filip Kuba) 9:18 GWG
Penalties ― Neil O Prust N 3:45, Gonchar O 6:51, Cowen O 11:40, Spezza O 17:45
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Fedotenko N 0:52, Rupp N 13:48, Callahan N 17:23
THIRD PERIOD
2. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 2 (Zenon Konopka) 19:04 ENG
Penalties ― Callahan N 9:04, Michalek O 13:21
Shots on goal by SENATORS 9 12 9 30
RANGERS 14 12 15 41
OTTAWA, Craig Anderson; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist
OTT ― 0 for 4, NYR ― 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Brian Pochmara Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik
18 200 at Madison Square Garden IV
Craig Anderson OTT, Henrik Lundqvist NYR, Jason Spezza OTT game’s THREE STARS Craig Anderson OTT has now stopped 130 of 135 shots in series ~ .963 sv pct
Saturday, April 14 1900 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
OTTAWA 3 @ NEW YORK 2 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD
1. NEW YORK, Anton Stralman 1 (Dan Girardi, Artem Anisimov) 10:11 PPG
Penalties ― Carkner O (minor served by Foligno, major, game misconduct) Dubinsky N (minor, game misconduct) 2:15, Neil O Boyle N (majors) 8:17, Gonchar O 8:32, Prust N 11:58, Phillips O 19:07
SECOND PERIOD
2. OTTAWA, Erik Karlsson 1 (Filip Kuba) 13:50 PPG
Penalties ― Kuba N 3:58, Hagelin N (major) 10:32, Richards N 15:50
THIRD PERIOD
3. NEW YORK, Brian Boyle 2 (Ruslan Fedotenko, Michael Del Zotto) 2:41 4. OTTAWA, Nick Foligno 1 (Zenon Konopka, Kyle Turris) 15:23
Penalties ― None
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD
5. OTTAWA, Chris Neil 1 (Jared Cowan, Zack Smith) 1:17 GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by SENATORS 10 10 10 2 32
RANGERS 10 12 7 0 29 OTTAWA, Craig Anderson; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist
OTT ― 1 for 4, NYR ― 1 for 4 on power play
Referees: Stephen Walkom, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tony Sericolo 18 200 at Madison Square Garden IV
Chris Neil OTT, Brian Boyle NYR, Daniel Alfredsson OTT game’s THREE STARS
D Erik Karlsson OTT led Sens with 30:06 TOI; D Dan Girardi NYR led Rangers with 29:59
Wednesday, April 18 1930 h et on HNIC, CNBC
NEW YORK 2 @ OTTAWA 3 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Anton Stralman 2 (Brad Richards, Marian Gaborik) 0:49 PPG
2. NEW YORK, Ryan Callahan 2 (Marian Gaborik, Brad Richards) 6:10 PPG
Penalties ― Smith O 0:39, Karlsson O 5:45, Prust N 7:10, Konopka O 10:32, McDonagh N 14:54
SECOND PERIOD 3. OTTAWA, Milan Michalek 1 (Matt Carkner, Jason Spezza) 7:04
4. OTTAWA, Sergei Gonchar 1 (Nick Foligno, Chris Neil) 17:50 PPG
Penalties ― McDonagh N 1:21, Carkner O 4:55, Bickel N 8:11, Smith O 11:01, Anisimov N 16:48
THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Foligno O 1:55, Foligno O 14:35
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD
5. OTTAWA, Kyle Turris 1 (Jim O’Brien, Sergei Gonchar) 2:42 GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by RANGERS 12 7 11 3 33
SENATORS 12 9 9 1 31 NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; OTTAWA, Craig Anderson
NYR ― 2 for 7, OTT ― 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Francois St. Laurent Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Pierre Racicot
20 340 at Scotiabank Place
Kyle Turris OTT, Craig Anderson OTT, Brad Richards NYR game’s THREE STARS Rangers have not won an OT SC Playoff game on the road since 11 May 1997
D Erik Karlsson OTT leads Sens with 26:55 TOI; D Dan Girardi NYR leads Rangers w/ 31:17
Monday, April 23 1900 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NEW YORK 2 @ OTTAWA 3
FIRST PERIOD
1. OTTAWA, Chris Neil 2 (Sergei Gonchar, Nick Foligno) 7:05 PPG
Penalties ― Rupp N 5:47, Carkner O 10:02, Prust N Neil O 15:10, Smith O 18:06
SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW YORK, Derek Stepan 1 (Brad Richards, Anton Stralman) 8:55 PPG
3. NEW YORK, Brad Richards 2 (Michael Del Zotto, Derek Stepan) 17:08 PPG 4. NEW YORK, Chris Kreider 1 (Derek Stepan, Marc Staal) 19:19 GWG
Penalties ― Prust N 6:22, Michalek O 7:57, Silvferberg O 9:18, Kreider N 14:28, Kuba O 15:42, Foligno O 15:58
THIRD PERIOD
5. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 3 (Colin Greening) 19:21
Penalties ― Prust N 1:44, Turris O 4:11, Gaborik N 8:20
Shots on goal by
RANGERS 7 8 7 22 SENATORS 6 7 14 27
NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; OTTAWA, Craig Anderson
NYR ― 2 for 7, OTT ― 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Steve Kozari, Tim Peel Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Shane Heyer
20 500 at Scotiabank Place
Derek Stepan NYR, Henrik Lundqvist NYR, Chris Neil OTT game’s THREE STARS Rangers are 3-0 all time in Game Sevens at Madison Square Garden
Ottawa Senators are 0-4 in their history in Game Sevens
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2012 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL
1 NEW YORK RANGERS 109 v. 8 OTTAWA SENATORS 92 GM GLEN SATHER, HC JOHN TORTORELLA v. GM BRYAN MURRAY, HC PAUL MacLEAN
RANGERS WIN SERIES IN 7
Thursday, April 26 1900 h et on HNIC, NHL Network
OTTAWA 1 @ NEW YORK 2
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Dubinsky N 16:08
SECOND PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Marc Staal 1 (Ryan Callahan, Derek Stepan) 4:46
2. NEW YORK, Dan Girardi 1 (Brandon Dubinsky, Brandon Prust) 9:04 GWG 3. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 2 (Chris Phillips, Sergei Gonchar) 11:34 PPG
Penalties ― Del Zotto N 9:59, Kuba O 18:36
THIRD PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Cowen O 3:51, Gonchar O 19:23
Shots on goal by SENATORS 10 8 9 27
RANGERS 8 12 9 29 OTTAWA, Craig Anderson; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist
OTT ― 1 for 2 4 for 26 in series, NYR ― 0 for 3 5 for 32 in series on power play Referees: Brad Watson Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Jean Morin, Brad Kovachik
18 200 at Madison Square Garden IV
Henrik Lundqvist NYR, Dan Girardi NYR, Marc Staal NYR game’s THREE STARS Senators are now winless in five Game Sevens in their history
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2012 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL
2 BOSTON BRUINS 102 v. 7 WASHINGTON CAPITALS 92 GM PETER CHIARELLI, HC CLAUDE JULIEN v. GM GEORGE McPHEE, HC DALE HUNTER
CAPITALS WIN SERIES IN 7
Thursday, April 12 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
WASHINGTON 0 @ BOSTON 1 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Krejci B 12:54, Beagle W (double minor) 18:27
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Brouwer W 2:29, Carlson W Krejci B 12:18, Holtby W (served by Johansson) 12:42
THIRD PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Chara B 3:12
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Chris Kelly 1 (Benoit Pouliot, Brian Rolston) 1:18 GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by
CAPITALS 5 2 9 1 17
BRUINS 9 17 3 1 30 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; BOSTON, Tim Thomas
WSH ― 0 for 2, BOS ― 0 for 4 on power play
Referees: Stephen Walkom, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Jean Morin, Derek Nansen 17 565 at TD Garden
Chris Kelly BOS, Braden Holtby WSH, Tim Thomas BOS game’s THREE STARS
F Patrice Bergeron BOS led all NHLers with a +36 rating Bruins led NHL going 31-5-0 (.861) when scoring first goal of game
During Kelly OT goal celebration, 121-lb pane of glass dislodged and lands on David Krejci BOS
Monday, April 16 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
BOSTON 4 @ WASHINGTON 3
FIRST PERIOD
1. WASHINGTON, Alexander Semin 1 (Brooks Laich, Alex Ovechkin) 16:00 PPG
Penalties ― Semin W 1:14, Chara B 15:31, Aucoin W 17:22, Lucic B Backstrom W 20:00
SECOND PERIOD 2. BOSTON, Rich Peverley 1 (Zdeno Chara, Andrew Ference) 0:35
3. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 1 (Brooks Laich, Roman Hamrlik) 0:48 4. BOSTON, Daniel Paille 1 (Greg Zanon, Gregory Campbell) 9:38
Penalties ― Peverley B 5:18, Backstrom W 6:03, Lucic B Laich W 13:19
THIRD PERIOD
5. BOSTON, Brian Rolston 1 (Chris Kelly, Zdeno Chara) 1:02 6. WASHINGTON, Brooks Laich 1 (Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green) 14:00
7. BOSTON, Zdeno Chara 1 (Patrice Bergeron, Dennis Seidenberg) 18:07 GWG
Penalties ― Chimera W 3:01, Seidenberg B 10:17, Backstrom W 16:46, Lucic B (double minor) Hendricks W 17:34
Shots on goal by BRUINS 8 11 10 29
CAPITALS 7 14 11 32 BOSTON, Tim Thomas; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby
BOS ― 0 for 5, WSH ― 1 for 4 on power play
Referees: Chris Lee, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tony Sericolo 18 506 at Verizon Center
Brooks Laich WSH, Zdeno Chara BOS, Alex Ovechkin WSH game’s THREE STARS
Bruins have 18 points in three games, 10 of them are from guys GM Peter Chiarelli added since February 2011. Kelly and Rolston have three, Pouliot has two and both Peverley and Zanon have 1
Saturday, April 21 1520 h et on HNIC, NBC
WASHINGTON 4 @ BOSTON 3
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Carlson W 2:30, Brouwer W Paille B 10:20, Chara B 11:40, Hamrlik W 15:42
SECOND PERIOD
1. WASHINGTON, Alexander Semin 3 (Dennis Wideman, Marcus Johansson) 11:16 2. WASHINGTON, Jay Beagle 1 (unassisted) 14:27
3. BOSTON, Dennis Seidenberg 1 (Milan Lucic, David Krejci) 17:21 4. BOSTON, Brad Marchand 1 (Johnny Boychuk, Greg Zanon) 17:49
Penalties ― Brouwer W Boychuk B 5:14
THIRD PERIOD
5. WASHINGTON, Mike Knuble 1 (Joel Ward, John Erskine) 3:21 6. BOSTON, Johnny Boychuk 1 (Dennis Seidenberg, Brad Marchand) 8:47 PPG
7. WASHINGTON, Troy Bouwer 1 (John Carlson) 18:33 PPG GWG
Penalties ― Wideman W 7:29, Pouliot B 17:10
Shots on goal by CAPITALS 11 12 9 32
BRUINS 10 14 13 37 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; BOSTON, Tim Thomas
WSH ― 1 for 2, BOS ― 1 for 3 on power play
Referees: Tim Peel, Steve Kozari Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Lonnie Cameron 17 565 at TD Garden
Troy Brouwer WSH, Dennis Seidenberg BOS, Brad Marchand BOS game’s THREE STARS
In series, G Braden Holtby WSH has a 1.86 GAA with a .946 sv pct
Saturday, April 14 1500 h et on HNIC, NBC
WASHINGTON 2 @ BOSTON 1 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Chara B 1:13, Green W 9:52, Kelly B 12:35
SECOND PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Troy Brouwer 1 (Alex Ovechkin, Karl Alzner) 17:57 Penalties ― Hamrlik W 1:54, Marchand B 11:11
THIRD PERIOD 2. BOSTON, Benoit Pouliot 1 (Brian Rolston, Chris Kelly) 12:13 Penalties ― None
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― None
SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 3. WASHINGTON, Nicklas Backstrom 1 (Marcus Johansson) 2:56 GWG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by CAPITALS 9 7 13 8 2 39 BRUINS 10 12 8 11 3 44 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; BOSTON, Tim Thomas WSH ― 0 for 3, BOS ― 0 for 2 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Tom Kowal Linesmen: Steve Miller, David Brisebois 17 565 at TD Garden
Marcus Johansson WSH, Karl Alzner WSH, Benoit Pouliot BOS game’s THREE STARS G Tim Thomas BOS had his playoff shutout streak ended at 161:41, dating back to 2011 SCF Mike Green WSH 33:28 and Dennis Seidenberg BOS 33:55 were game’s TOI leaders Capitals have blocked 49 shots over two games ~ ten more than any other NHL team
Thursday, April 19 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
BOSTON 1 @ WASHINGTON 2
FIRST PERIOD
1. WASHINGTON, Marcus Johansson 1 (Brooks Laich) 1:22 2. BOSTON, Rich Peverley 2 (Gregory Campbell) 13:12
Penalties ― Peverley B 17:22
SECOND PERIOD
3. WASHINGTON, Alexander Semin 2 (Keith Aucoin, Alex Ovechkin) 18:43 PPG GWG
Penalties ― Boychuk B 9:45, Bergeron B 17:53
THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Knuble B 10:09
Shots on goal by
BRUINS 14 18 13 45
CAPITALS 3 15 3 21 BOSTON, Tim Thomas; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby
BOS ― 0 for 1, WSH ― 1 for 3 on power play
Referees: Marc Joannette, Brian Pochmara Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jonny Murray 18 506 at Verizon Center
Braden Holtby WSH, Alexander Semin WSH, Dennis Seidenberg BOS game’s THREE STARS
Prior to this series, G Braden Holtby WSH had only made 21 regular-season NHL appearances F Alex Ovechkin WSH played a career SC Playoff low 17:01 TOI
Sunday, April 22 1500 h et on HNIC, NBC
BOSTON 4 @ WASHINGTON 3 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD
1. BOSTON, Rich Peverley 3 (Andrew Ference, Patrice Bergeron) 5:56 2. WASHINGTON, Mike Green 1 (Joel Ward, Roman Hamrlik) 9:47
3. BOSTON, David Krejci 1 (Milan Lucic, Rich Peverley) 16:48 PPG
Penalties ― Bergeron B 10:01, Chimera W 12:54, Semin W 16:02, Kelly B 17:18
SECOND PERIOD 4. WASHINGTON, Jason Chimera 1 (Nicklas Backstrom, Roman Hamrlik) 19:18
Penalties ― Ovechkin W (double minor) 1:57, Bergeron B 15:44, Pouliot B Brouwer W Hendricks W 19:39
THIRD PERIOD
5. BOSTON, Andrew Ference 1 (Tyler Seguin) 11:57 6. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 2 (Nicklas Backstrom) 15:08
Penalties ― Pouliot B 8:50
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. BOSTON, Tyler Seguin 1 (Milan Lucic, David Krejci) 3:17 GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by
BRUINS 11 5 12 3 31 CAPITALS 10 15 13 1 39
BOSTON, Tim Thomas; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby
BOS ― 1 for 5, WSH ― 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Rourke Linesmen: Steve Barton, Greg Devorski
18 506 at Verizon Center
Tyler Seguin BOS, Nicklas Backstrom WSH, Andrew Ference BOS game’s THREE STARS This is the first series in Stanley Cup Playoff history to begin with six one-goal games
There have been 140 Game Sevens in SC history. Team scoring first has won 102 of them.
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2012 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL
2 BOSTON BRUINS 102 v. 7 WASHINGTON CAPITALS 92 GM PETER CHIARELLI, HC CLAUDE JULIEN v. GM GEORGE McPHEE, HC DALE HUNTER
CAPITALS WIN SERIES IN 7
Wednesday, April 25 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
WASHINGTON 2 @ BOSTON 1 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD
1. WASHINGTON, Matt Hendricks 1 (John Carlson, Jason Chimera) 11:23
Penalties ― Schultz W 18:50
SECOND PERIOD 2. BOSTON, Tyler Seguin (Johnny Boychuk, Andrew Ference) 14:27
Penalties ― None
THIRD PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Hamrlik W 1:18, Bergeron B 11:30, Chimera W 17:34
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 3. WASHINGTON, Joel Ward 1 (Mike Knuble) 2:57 GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by
CAPITALS 5 8 12 2 27
BRUINS 11 14 6 1 32 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; BOSTON, Tim Thomas
WSH ― 0 for 1 3 for 19 in series, BOS ― 0 for 3 2 for 23 in series on power play
Referees: Stephen Walkom, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Steve Barton 17 565 at TD Garden
Joel Ward WSH, Tyler Seguin BOS, Dennis Seidenberg BOS game’s THREE STARS
There have been 33 Game Seven OTs in history; home team record is 16-17
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2012 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL
3 FLORIDA PANTHERS 94 v. 6 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 102 GM DALE TALLON, HC KEVIN DINEEN v. GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC PETER DeBOER
DEVILS WIN SERIES IN 7
Friday, April 13 1900 h et on TSN2, NHL Network
NEW JERSEY 3 @ FLORIDA 2
FIRST PERIOD
1. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 1 (Dainius Zubrus) 6:31 2. NEW JERSEY, Dainius Zubrus 1 (David Clarkson, Martin Brodeur) 14:11 PPG
3. NEW JERSEY, Ryan Carter 1 (unassisted) 14:56 GWG
Penalties ― Matthias F (double minor) 10:18, Fleischmann F 16:35
SECOND PERIOD 4. FLORIDA, Sean Bergenheim 1 (Marcel Goc, Mikael Samuelsson) 7:44
5. FLORIDA, Kris Versteeg 1 (Mikael Samuelsson, Tomas Fleischmann) 15:36
Penalties ― Zidlicky N 3:03, Wolski F 9:01, Wolski F 11:57, Gionta N 15:23, Elias N Weiss F 15:42, Volchenkov N 17:23
THIRD PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Versteeg F 15:35
Shots on goal by DEVILS 26 6 6 38
PANTHERS 9 11 6 26
NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; FLORIDA, Jose Theodore
NJ ― 1 for 6, FLA ― 1 for 3 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Francois St. Laurent Linesmen: Steve Barton, Greg Devorski
19 119 at BankAtlantic Center
Dainius Zubrus NJ, Patrik Elias NJ, Sean Bergenheim FLA game’s THREE STARS Panthers’ playoff appearance ends 11-season drought ~ last appearance in 2000
Martin Brodeur NJ makes his 181st career Stanley Cup Playoff performance, earns win no. 100
F Stephen Weiss FLA finally makes his SC Playoff debut after 637 career NHL games
Tuesday, April 17 1900 h et on TSN, NHL Network
FLORIDA 4 @ NEW JERSEY 3
FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parise 1 (Travis Zajac, Ilya Kovalchuk) 0:33
2. NEW JERSEY, Stephen Gionta 1 (Marek Zidlicky, Steve Bernier) 3:27 3. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 2 (Zach Parise, David Clarkson) 6:16 PPG
4. FLORIDA, Sean Bergenheim 2 (Scottie Upshall, Scott Clemmensen) 16:11 PPG 5. FLORIDA, Jason Garrison 1 (Sean Bergenheim, Brian Campbell) 19:52 PPG
Penalties ― Versteeg F 5:16, Elias N 15:16, Upshall F Salvador N Bernier N 18:13
SECOND PERIOD
6. FLORIDA, Mike Weaver 1 (Jarrod Smithson, Scottie Upshall) 2:18 7. FLORIDA, Brian Campbell 1 (Mikael Samuelsson, Tomas Fleischmann) 6:34 PPG
Penalties ― Sykora N 5:22, Bergenheim F 10:40
THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Bergenheim F 5:24
Shots on goal by
PANTHERS 10 10 6 26 DEVILS 7 9 9 25
FLORIDA, Jose Theodore, Scott Clemmensen (6:16 of first period); NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur, Johan Hedberg (2:18 of second period)
FLA ― 3 for 3, NJ ― 1 for 3 on power play
Referees: Tim Peel, Steve Kozari Linesmen: Steve Miller, David Brisebois 17 625 at Prudential Center
Brian Campbell FLA, Scott Clemmenson FLA, Sean Bergenheim FLA game’s THREE STARS
FLA has scored six PPG in 10 chances against Devils, who had NHL's top PK during regular season.
Saturday, April 21 1830 h et on TSN, NHL Network
NEW JERSEY 0 @ FLORIDA 3
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Jovanovski F 9:05
SECOND PERIOD 1. FLORIDA, Kris Versteeg 2 (Stephen Weiss, Brian Campbell) 4:00 PPG GWG
Penalties ― Zidlicky N 3:30, Parise N 8:43, Zubrus N (double minor) 13:23, Sturm F 17:59, Henrique N 19:09
THIRD PERIOD 2. FLORIDA, Scottie Upshall 1 (Kris Versteeg, Shawn Matthias) 13:17
3. FLORIDA, Tomas Kopecky 1 (unassisted) 19:26 SHG ENG
Penalties ― Carter N Bernier N Kopecky F 3:07, Gudbranson F 17:52
Shots on goal by DEVILS 11 6 13 30
PANTHERS 11 12 10 33 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; FLORIDA, Jose Theodore
NJ ― 0 for 3, FLA ― 1 for 6 on power play
Referees: Chris Lee, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Jonny Murray 19 513 at BankAtlantic Center
Jose Theodore FLA, Kris Versteeg FLA, Shawn Matthias FLA game’s THREE STARS
Jose Theodore FLA records his second career SC Playoff shutout ~ MTL @ BOS, 19 Apr 2004
Sunday, April 15 1930 h et on TSN, NBC Sports Network
NEW JERSEY 2 @ FLORIDA 4
FIRST PERIOD
1. FLORIDA, Stephen Weiss 1 (Mikael Samuelsson, Kris Versteeg) 0:23 PPG
Penalties ― Greene N 0:11, Kulikov F 7:38, Clarkson N Ponikarovsky N 19:23
SECOND PERIOD 2. FLORIDA, Stephen Weiss 2 (Marcel Goc, Jason Garrison) 1:12 PPG
3. FLORIDA, Marcel Goc 1 (Brian Campbell, Sean Bergenheim) 14:39 GWG
Penalties ― Samuelsson F 2:07, Carter N 7:48
THIRD PERIOD
4. NEW JERSEY, Travis Zajac 1 (Andy Greene, Alexei Ponikarovsky) 0:48 5. NEW JERSEY, Ilya Kovalchuk 1 (Adam Henrique) 2:02
6. FLORIDA, Tomas Fleischmann 1 (unassisted) 19:59 ENG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by DEVILS 4 9 12 25
PANTHERS 3 11 10 24 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; FLORIDA, Jose Theodore
NJ ― 0 for 2, FLA ― 2 for 4 on power play
Referees: Chris Rooney, Brad Meier Linesmen: Steve Barton, Greg Devorski 19 248 at BankAtlantic Center
Stephen Weiss FLA, Marcel Goc FLA, Ilya Kovalchuk NJ game’s THREE STARS
Panthers record their first SC Playoff win since 17 April 1997 v. New York Rangers D Brian Campbell FLA led Panthers with 25:34 TOI; F Ilya Kovalchuk NJ led Devils w/ 25:15
Thursday, April 19 1900 h et on TSN, NHL Network
FLORIDA 0 @ NEW JERSEY 4
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Harrold N 7:03
SECOND PERIOD
1. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parise 2 (Travis Zajac, Marek Zidlicky) 6:08 PPG GWG
Penalties ― Ellerby F 4:38, Zidlicky N 8:39, Weiss F (served by Fleischmann) 15:06
THIRD PERIOD 2. NEW JERSEY, Steve Bernier 1 (Stephen Gionta, Martin Brodeur) 2:02
3. NEW JERSEY, Travis Zajac 2 (David Clarkson, Bryce Salvador) 3:35 4. NEW JERSEY, Ilya Kovalchuk 1 (Peter Harrold, Bryce Salvador) 8:32 PPG
Penalties ― Carter N 4:29, Gudbranson F 6:39, Volchenkov N 9:29, Weiss F 9:46, Clarkson N 12:31, Smithson F Ponikarovsky N 15:51, Sturm F Bernier N Zubrus N Clarkson N (10-minute misconduct) 19:39
Shots on goal by
PANTHERS 10 7 9 26 DEVILS 10 7 10 27
FLORIDA, Scott Clemmenson; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur
FLA ― 0 for 6, NJ ― 2 for 4 on power play Referees: Stephen Walkom, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Shane Heyer
17 625 at Prudential Center
Martin Brodeur NJ, Zach Parise NJ, Stephen Gionta NJ game’s THREE STARS G Martin Brodeur NJ records his 24
th career SC Playoff shutout ~ passes P Roy atop all-time list
F Sean Bergenheim FLA, F Mikael Samuelsson FLA lead Panthers with four points in series
Tuesday, April 24 1930 h et on TSN, NBC Sports Network
FLORIDA 2 @ NEW JERSEY 3 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Steve Bernier 2 (Ryan Carter, Peter Harrold) 16:37 Penalties ― None
SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW JERSEY, Ilya Kovalchuk 3 (Travis Zajac, Petr Sykora) 4:21 PPG 3. FLORIDA, Kris Versteeg 3 (Stephen Weiss, Dmitri Kulikov) 7:05 4. FLORIDA, Sean Bergenheim 3 (Tyson Strachan, Marcel Goc) 12:49 Penalties ― Kopecky F 2:25, Upshall F 18:34
THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Campbell F 0:06, Elias N 2:56, Versteeg F 14:31
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. NEW JERSEY, Travis Zajac 3 (Ilya Kovalchuk, Zach Parise) 5:39 GWG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by PANTHERS 6 4 3 3 16 DEVILS 13 16 7 6 42 FLORIDA, Scott Clemmensen; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur FLA ― 0 for 1, NJ ― 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Brian Pochmara, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik 17 625 at Prudential Center
Travis Zajac NJ, Sean Bergenheim FLA, Steve Bernier NJ game’s THREE STARS Travis Zajac NJ leads all scorers in this series with 3g, 3a In series, Devils have outshot Panthers 187-151
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2012 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL
3 FLORIDA PANTHERS 94 v. 6 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 102 GM DALE TALLON, HC KEVIN DINEEN v. GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC PETER DeBOER
DEVILS WIN SERIES IN 7
Thursday, April 26 2030 h et on TSN, NHL Network
NEW JERSEY 3 @ FLORIDA 2 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD
1. NEW JERSEY, Adam Henrique 1 (Anton Volchenkov, David Clarkson) 1:29
Penalties ― Salvador N Gudbranson F 6:04, Kulikov F 7:16, Clarkson N Jovanovski F 10:39, Salvador N 17:20
SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW JERSEY, Stephen Gionta 2 (Peter Harrold, Ryan Carter) 9:15
Penalties ― None
THIRD PERIOD
3. FLORIDA, Stephen Weiss 3 (Brian Campbell, Mikael Samuelsson) 5:02 PPG 4. FLORIDA, Marcel Goc 2 (Sean Bergenheim, Jason Garrison) 16:32 PPG
Penalties ― Matthias F 1:50, Clarkson N 3:06, Gudbranson F 3:52, Harrold N 4:44, Zidlicky N 16:12
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Versteeg F 3:21
SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD
5. NEW JERSEY, Adam Henrique 2 (Alexei Ponikarovsky, David Clarkson) 3:47 GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by DEVILS 9 11 6 9 1 36
PANTHERS 12 2 19 12 0 45 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; FLORIDA, Jose Theodore
NJ ― 0 for 3 5 for 25 in series, FLA ― 2 for 4 9 for 27 in series on power play
Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Steve Miller, Pierre Racicot 19 313 at BankAtlantic Center
Adam Henrique NJ, Martin Brodeur NJ, Jose Theodore FLA game’s THREE STARS
Tonight marks Martin Brodeur’s tenth Game Seven in his SC Playoff career ~ 5-4 record Tonight was the tenth G7 in SC Playoff history to go into multiple overtime
This was the 16th
overtime in the first round ~ a Stanley Cup Playoff record
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2012 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL
4 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 108 v. 5 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 103 GM RAY SHERO, HC DAN BYLSMA v. GM PAUL HOLMGREN, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE
FLYERS WIN SERIES IN 6
Wednesday, April 11 1930 h et on TSN, NBC Sports Network
PHILADELPHIA 4 @ PITTSBURGH 3 OT
FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 1 (Pascal Dupuis, Kris Letang) 3:43 2. PITTSBURGH, Tyler Kennedy 1 (Jordan Staal, Kris Letang) 7:49 3. PITTSBURGH, Pascal Dupuis 1 (Steve Sullivan, Sidney Crosby) 19:23 Penalties ― None
SECOND PERIOD 4. PHILADELPHIA, Danny Briere 1 (Brayden Schenn) 6:22 Penalties ― Giroux Ph 3:04, Rinaldo Ph 10:06
THIRD PERIOD 5. PHILADELPHIA, Danny Briere 2 (Brayden Schenn) 9:17 6. PHILADELPHIA, Brayden Schenn 1 (Jaromir Jagr, Scott Hartnell) 12:23 PPG Penalties ― Jagr Ph 1:49, Orpik Pi 10:41
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. PHILADELPHIA, Jakub Voracek 1 (Matt Carle, Matt Read) 2:23 GWG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by FLYERS 6 7 11 2 26 PENGUINS 13 10 5 0 28 PHILADELPHIA, Ilya Bryzgalov; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury PHI ― 1 for 1, PIT ― 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Brad Watson Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tony Sericolo 18 565 at CONSOL Energy Center
Brayden Schenn PHI, Danny Briere PHI, Sidney Crosby PIT game’s THREE STARS F Sidney Crosby PIT had 6g, 19a in the 14 games he played this season after concussion Penguins led NHL with 273 regular-season goals, Flyers were third with 260 F Pascal Dupuis PIT finished season with 17-game point-scoring streak
Sunday, April 15 1520 h et on TSN, NBC
PITTSBURGH 4 @ PHILADELPHIA 8
FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 1 (Chris Kunitz, Zbynek Michalek) 3:52 2. PHILADELPHIA, Max Talbot 2 (Claude Giroux, Matt Carle) 6:44 SHG 3. PHILADELPHIA, Danny Briere 3 (Scott Hartnell, Jaromir Jagr) 8:19 PPG 4. PHILADELPHIA, Danny Briere 4 (Wayne Simmonds, Brayden Schenn) 11:45 5. PITTSBURGH, James Neal 1 (Matt Niskanen) 15:17 6. PHILADELPHIA, Matt Read 1 (Danny Briere) 15:40 Penalties ― Engelland Pi Rinaldo Ph 2:39, Voracek Ph 5:14, Niskanen Pi (double minor) Giroux Ph 6:44, Letang Pi 7:24, Crosby Pi Giroux Ph (majors) Letang Pi (major, game misconduct) Timonen Ph (minor, major, game misconduct) Sullivan Pi Voracek Ph 12:02, Asham Pi (match penalty, served by Sullivan) Schenn Ph 14:15
SECOND PERIOD 7. PITTSBURGH, James Neal 2 (Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby) 10:31 PPG 8. PHILADELPHIA, Matt Read 2 (Jaromir Jagr, Brayden Schenn) 14:18 PPG GWG 9. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 2 (James Neal, Chris Kunitz) 15:40 10. PHILADELPHIA, Wayne Simmonds 1 (Braydon Coburn) 19:14 PPG Penalties ― Staal Pi 0:35, Grossmann Ph 9:13, Kunitz Pi 12:30, Kunitz Pi 17:22
THIRD PERIOD 11. PHILADELPHIA, Claude Giroux 4 (Jaromir Jagr) 0:27 12. PHILADELPHIA, Max Talbot 3 (Jakub Voracek, Braydon Coburn) 17:14 PPG Penalties ― Engelland Pi (10-minute misconduct) Neal Pi Simmonds Ph (minors, 10-minute misconducts) Hartnell Ph (minor, major) Kunitz Pi Crosby Pi Voracek Ph Adams Pi (minor, major, game misconduct) 15:18, Rinaldo Ph (double minor, served by Schenn, 10-minute misconduct) 17:38 Shots on goal by PENGUINS 12 12 11 35 FLYERS 19 9 6 34 PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury, Brent Johnson (start of third); PHILADELPHIA, Ilya Bryzgalov PIT ― 1 for 5, PHI ― 4 for 7 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Francois St. Laurent Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik 20 092 at Wells Fargo Center
Danny Briere PHI, Claude Giroux PHI, Jaromir Jagr PHI game’s THREE STARS Teams combine for 38 penalties, 158 penalty minutes ~ PIT 89, PHI 69 C C Giroux PHI leads all players in goals (four), assists (four), points (eight) and plus/minus (+5) Flyers first team in SC Playoff history to score eight-or-more goals in consecutive games
Friday, April 20 1930 h et on TSN, NBC Sports Network
PHILADELPHIA 2 @ PITTSBURGH 3
FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Matt Carle 1 (Matt Read, Jaromir Jagr) 11:45 PPG 2. PITTSBURGH, Steve Sullivan 2 (Kris Letang, James Neal) PPG 3. PHILADELPHIA, Scott Hartnell 1 (Danny Briere, Claude Giroux) 17:35 PPG Penalties ― Simmonds Ph 5:49, Engelland Pi 9:47, Coburn Ph 13:13, Malkin Pi 15:43, Adams Pi 17:25
SECOND PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 6 (Tyler Kennedy, Kris Letang) 6:15 5. PITTSBURGH, Tyler Kennedy 3 (Matt Cooke, Jordan Staal) 9:53 GWG Penalties ― Lilja Ph 0:53, Malkin Pi 17:20
THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Kennedy Pi 7:37 Shots on goal by FLYERS 7 5 14 26 PENGUINS 6 9 8 23 PHILADELPHIA, Ilya Bryzgalov; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury PHI ― 2 for 5, PIT ― 1 for 3 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Rourke Linesmen: Jean Morin, Derek Nansen 18 628 at CONSOL Energy Center
Marc-Andre Fleury PIT, Jordan Staal PIT, Matt Carle PHI game’s THREE STARS Penguins trying to become fourth team in SC Playoff history to come back from 3-0 deficit Entering game, series goaltenders had combined for 5.47 GAA and .818 sv pct
Friday, April 13 1930 h et on TSN, NBC Sports Network
PHILADELPHIA 8 @ PITTSBURGH 5
FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 1 (Steve Sullivan, Pascal Dupuis) 0:15 2. PITTSBURGH, Chris Kunitz 1 (James Neal, Evgeni Malkin) 9:27 PPG 3. PHILADELPHIA, Max Talbot 1 (Claude Giroux) 12:44 SHG 4. PITTSBURGH, Paul Martin 1 (Sidney Crosby, Pascal Dupuis) 19:42 Penalties ― Grossmann Ph 8:34, Grossmann Ph 10:55, Read Ph Letang Pi 12:23
SECOND PERIOD 5. PHILADELPHIA, Claude Giroux 1 (Jakub Voracek, Kimmo Timonen) 5:11 PPG 6. PHILADELPHIA, Claude Giroux 2 (Max Talbot) 11:04 SHG 7. PITTSBURGH, Chris Kunitz 2 (James Neal, Evgeni Malkin) 11:10 PPG 8. PHILADELPHIA, Sean Couturier 1 (Braydon Coburn, Nicklas Grossmann) 19:57 Penalties ― Rinaldo Ph 1:53, Crosby Pi 3:57, Schenn Ph 10:53, Letang Pi 13:24
THIRD PERIOD 9. PITTSBURGH, Tyler Kennedy 1 (Matt Cooke, Jordan Staal) 1:04 10. PHILADELPHIA, Sean Couturier 2 (unassisted) 1:21 11. PHILADELPHIA, Jaromir Jagr 1 (Pavel Kubina, Claude Giroux) 9:13 GWG 12. PHILADELPHIA, Sean Couturier 3 (Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek) 18:11 13. PHILADELPHIA, Claude Giroux 3 (Sean Couturier) 19:53 ENG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by FLYERS 7 13 11 31 PENGUINS 11 8 9 28 PHILADELPHIA, Ilya Bryzgalov; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury PHI ― 1 for 2, PIT ― 2 for 4 on power play Referees: Tim Peel, Steve Kozari Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jonny Murray 18 626 at CONSOL Energy Center
Sean Couturier PHI, Claude Giroux PHI, Chris Kunitz PIT game’s THREE STARS Only three players have ever had more than Claude Giroux’s six points in an SC Playoff game ~
Wayne Gretzky EDM, Mario Lemieux PIT, Patrik Sundstrom NYR Flyers are 17-0 in playoff series in which they’ve led two games-to-none
Wednesday, April 18 1930 h et on TSN, NBC Sports Network
PITTSBURGH 10 @ PHILADELPHIA 3
FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Claude Giroux 5 (Jaromir Jagr, Wayne Simmonds) 1:14 PPG 2. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 1 (Pascal Dupuis, Richard Park) 4:37 3. PITTSBURGH, Matt Niskanen 1 (Sidney Crosby, Steve Sullivan) 8:05 PPG 4. PHILADELPHIA, Kimmo Timonen 1 (Claude Giroux, Danny Briere) 15:06 PPG 5. PHILADELPHIA, Jakub Voracek 2 (Wayne Simmonds, Scott Hartnell) 15:52 PPG 6. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 3 (Matt Niskanen, Evgeni Malkin) 16:19 7. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 3 (Eric Tangradi, Matt Cooke) 17:29 GWG Penalties ― Sullivan Pi 0:17, Malkin Pi 1:29, Coburn Ph 6:42, Rinaldo Ph 12:19. Kunitz Pi 13:02, Orpik Pi 13:28, Cooke Pi 13:52, Carle Ph 20:00
SECOND PERIOD 8. PITTSBURGH, Kris Letang 1 (Sidney Crosby, Steve Sullivan) 3:07 PPG 9. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 4 (Tyler Kennedy, Chris Letang) 7:21 PPG 10. PITTSBURGH, Steve Sullivan (Marc-Andre Fleury) 10:55 PPG 11. PITTSBURGH, Pascal Dupuis 2 (Chris Kunitz) 14:59 12. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 5 (Deryk Engelland) 16:03 Penalties ― Giroux Ph 2:51, Grossmann Ph 5:32, Carle Ph 8:13, Read Ph 10:40, Park Pi Flyers’ bench (served by Wellwood) 12:01, Rinaldo Ph (double minor, served by Schenn, game misconduct) 16:43
THIRD PERIOD 13. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 2 (Chris Kunitz, Tyler Kennedy) 4:04 Penalties ― Cooke Pi Vitale Pi Kubina Ph Simmonds Ph (minors, 10-minute misconducts) 8:48 Shots on goal by PENGUINS 15 16 5 36 FLYERS 11 9 5 25 PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; PHILADELPHIA, Ilya Bryzgalov, Sergei Bobrovsky (3:07 of second period) PIT ― 4 for 9, PHI ― 3 for 5 on power play Referees: Chris Lee, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Steve Barton 20 172 at Wells Fargo Center
Jordan Staal PIT, Evgeni Malkin PIT, Matt Niskanen PIT game’s THREE STARS
Teams set SC record for MOST GOALS, BOTH TEAMS, FIRST FOUR GAMES OF SERIES ~ 45
Sunday, April 22 1225 h et on TSN, NBC
PITTSBURGH 1 @ PHILADELPHIA 5
FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Claude Giroux 6 (unassisted) 0:32 2. PHILADELPHIA, Scott Hartnell 2 (Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek) 13:01 PPG GWG Penalties ― Briere Ph 2:08, Cooke Pi 12:39, Despres Pi 16:15
SECOND PERIOD 3. PHILADELPHIA, Erik Gustafsson 1 (Braydon Coburn) 5:25 4. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 3 (unassisted) 8:34 PPG 21
st PP goal of series ties SC Playoff record
5. PHILADELPHIA, Danny Briere 5 (Jakub Voracek, Matt Carle) 9:10 Penalties ― Timonen Ph 6:57, Hartnell Ph 10:07
THIRD PERIOD 6. PHILADELPHIA, Brayden Schenn 2 (unassisted) 19:52 ENG Penalties ― Niskanen Pi 1:45, Coburn Ph 8:06, Gustafsson Ph 16:45 Shots on goal by PENGUINS 9 10 12 31 FLYERS 10 10 3 23 PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; PHILADELPHIA, Ilya Bryzgalov PIT ― 1 for 5 9 for 29 in series, PHI ― 1 for 3 12 for 33 in series on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Derek Amell, Scott Cherrey 20 127 at Wells Fargo Center
Claude Giroux PHI, Erik Gustafsson PHI, Ilya Bryzgalov PHI game’s THREE STARS Flyers now 23-9 in history when trying to clinch a SC Playoff series at home
Teams tie SC record for MOST PP GOALS, BOTH TEAMS, ONE SERIES ~ 21
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2012 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL 1 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 111 v. 8 LOS ANGELES KINGS 95
GM MIKE GILLIS, HC ALAIN VIGNEAULT v. GM DEAN LOMBARDI, HC DARRYL SUTTER
KINGS WIN SERIES IN 5
Wednesday, April 11 1930 h pt on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
LOS ANGELES 4 @ VANCOUVER 2
FIRST PERIOD
1. VANCOUVER, Alexandre Burrows 1 (Henrik Sedin, Ryan Kesler) 4:17 2. LOS ANGELES, Mike Richards 1 (Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty) 13:31 PPG
Penalties ― Stoll L 2:06, Penner L 9:51, Kesler V 12:32, Higgins V 13:21, Edler V 14:23, Salo V 17:41
SECOND PERIOD
3. LOS ANGELES, Willie Mitchell 1 (Alec Martinez, Justin Williams) 16:33 PPG 4. VANCOUVER, Alexander Edler 1 (Maxim Lapierre, Ryan Kesler) 19 :52
Penalties ― Kassian V 3:24, Stoll L 3:48, Lapierre V 6:50, Bitz V (major, served by Kassian, game misconduct)
12:12
THIRD PERIOD 5. LOS ANGELES, Dustin Penner 1 (Jeff Carter, Mike Richards) 16:46 GWG
6. LOS ANGELES, Dustin Brown 1 (Mike Richards, Jeff Carter) 19:42 ENG
Penalties ― Martinez L 2:58, Nolan L 13:55
Shots on goal by KINGS 13 16 10 39
CANUCKS 6 8 12 26
LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo
LA ― 2 for 8, VAN ― 0 for 5 on power play
Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Rourke Linesmen: Derek Amell, Scott Cherrey 18 890 at Rogers Arena
Mike Richards LA, Roberto Luongo VAN, Dustin Brown LA game’s THREE STARS
Darryl Sutter LA went 25-13-11 since taking Kings’ bench from Terry Murray on 12 December Daniel Sedin VAN does not play in G1 due to post-concussion problems
Sunday, April 15 1930 h pt on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
VANCOUVER 0 @ LOS ANGELES 1
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Brown L 5:15, Lapierre V 11:21, Pahlsson V 17:16
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Penner L 1:36, Edler V 1:43, Burrows V Kopitar L (majors) Bieksa V 2:53, Pahlsson V 5:11, Mitchell L
5:57, Lapierre V 9:20, Penner L 12:24
THIRD PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Dustin Brown 4 (Justin Williams, Anze Kopitar) 6:30 GWG
Penalties ― Hamhuis V 12:05, Edler V 18:23
Shots on goal by
CANUCKS 11 14 16 41 KINGS 5 6 9 20
VANCOUVER, Cory Schneider; LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick
VAN ― 0 for 4, LA ― 0 for 8 on power play Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Mark Wheler, Jay Sharrers
18 352 at STAPLES Center
Jonathan Quick LA, Dustin Brown LA, Dan Hamhuis VAN game’s THREE STARS Yesterday, it’s announced that Daniel Sedin VAN will not be available in this series
Kings trying to become tenth No. 8 seed to upset a number one since current format in 1994
Sunday, April 22 1700 h pt on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
LOS ANGELES 2 @ VANCOUVER 1 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD 1. VANCOUVER, Henrik Sedin 2 (Daniel Sedin, Dan Hamhuis) 14:04 PPG
Penalties ― Hamhuis V 1:28, H. Sedin V 4:08, Doughty L 9:10, Richardson L 12:24
SECOND PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Scuderi L 4:47, King L 7:04
THIRD PERIOD 2. LOS ANGELES, Brad Richardson 1 (Drew Doughty) 3:21
Penalties ― H. Sedin V 0:30
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD
3. LOS ANGELES, Jarret Stoll 2 (Trevor Lewis) 4:27 GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by KINGS 8 10 13 6 37
CANUCKS 6 10 9 2 27 LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; VANCOUVER, Cory Schneider
LA ― 0 for 3 3 for 26 in series, VAN ― 1 for 4 3 for 21 in series on power play
Referees: Chris Rooney, Brad Meier Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Pierre Racicot 18 890 at Rogers Arena
Jarret Stoll LA, Jonathan Quick LA, Cory Schneider VAN game’s THREE STARS
Canucks knocked out in opening round of playoffs for first time since 2004 Canucks first-ever Presidents’ Trophy winners to go out in just five games
Kings are lowest-scoring NHL team (2.37 g/g) to win playoff round since 1953 MTL
Friday, April 13 1920 h pt on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
LOS ANGELES 4 @ VANCOUVER 2
FIRST PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Dustin Brown 2 (Anze Kopitar) 19:51 SHG
Penalties ― Bieksa V 8:34, Martinez L 13:01, Mitchell L 17:54
SECOND PERIOD
2. VANCOUVER, Jannik Hansen 1 (Henrik Sedin) 0:17 3. LOS ANGELES, Dustin Brown 3 (unassisted) 5:17 SHG
Penalties ― Mitchell L 4:59, Williams L 11:10
THIRD PERIOD
4. LOS ANGELES, Jarret Stoll 1 (Justin Williams, Dustin Brown) 8:30 PPG GWG
5. LOS ANGELES, Trevor Lewis 1 (Dustin Penner) 14:51 6. VANCOUVER, Samuel Pahlsson 1 (Keith Ballard, Mason Raymond) 16:22
Penalties ― Ballard V 7:03, Kesler V 10:05, Hansen V (double minor, 10-minute misconduct) Brown L Doughty L
Burrows V 12:42, Lapierre V (10-minute misconduct) 15:14, Scuderi L 18:16
Shots on goal by KINGS 11 6 9 26
CANUCKS 10 15 23 48
LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo
LA ― 1 for 4, VAN ― 0 for 5 on power play
Referees: Chris Lee, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Derek Amell, Scott Cherrey 18 890 at Rogers Arena
Dustin Brown LA, Ryan Kesler VAN, Jonathan Quick LA game’s THREE STARS
Daniel Sedin VAN does not play in G2 due to post-concussion problems Kings lead SC Playoff series two games-to-none for first time since leading North Stars in 1968
Wednesday, April 18 1920 h pt on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
VANCOUVER 3 @ LOS ANGELES 1
FIRST PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Anze Kopitar 1 (Justin Williams, Willie Mitchell) 13:00
Penalties ― None
SECOND PERIOD
2. VANCOUVER, Alexander Edler 2 (Dan Hamhuis, Ryan Kesler) 4:07 PPG
3. VANCOUVER, Kevin Bieksa 1 (David Booth) 8:36 GWG
Penalties ― Fraser L 3:33, Edler V 13:45, Hamhuis V 16:14
THIRD PERIOD 4. VANCOUVER, Henrik Sedin 1 (Dan Hamhuis, Daniel Sedin) 5:45 PPG
Penalties ― Voynov L 3:56, Bieksa V 6:41, Nolan L 12:45, Kesler V Williams L 18:13
Shots on goal by
CANUCKS 7 9 14 30 KINGS 13 18 13 44
VANCOUVER, Cory Schneider; LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick
VAN ― 2 for 3, LA ― 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Tom Kowal Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler
18 409 at STAPLES Center
Cory Schneider VAN, Kevin Bieksa VAN, Brad Richardson LA game’s THREE STARS Canucks avoid being first ever Presidents’ Trophy winner to be swept in first round
G Jonathan Quick LA has a .952 sv pct and 1.76 GAA in this series
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2012 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL
2 ST. LOUIS BLUES 109 v. 7 SAN JOSE SHARKS 96 GM DOUG ARMSTRONG, HC KEN HITCHCOCK v. GM DOUG WILSON, HC TODD McLELLAN
BLUES WIN SERIES IN 5
Thursday, April 12 1830 h ct on TSN, CNBC
SAN JOSE 3 @ ST. LOUIS 2 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― None
SECOND PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Martin Havlat 1 (Dan Boyle, Ryane Clowe) 6:02 PPG
Penalties ― Perron St 4:23, Demers SJ 9:40, Backes St 14:33, Gagliardi SJ 16:54
THIRD PERIOD
2. ST. LOUIS, Patrik Berglund 1 (Kevin Shattenkirk, Alexander Steen) 0:54 3. ST. LOUIS, Patrik Berglund 2 (Andy McDonald, Kris Russell) 7:28 PPG
4. SAN JOSE, Andrew Desjardins 1 (Tommy Wingels, Dan Boyle) 14:44
Penalties ― Mitchell SJ Berglund St 4:23, Havlat SJ 6:31, Huskins St 8:23
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― None
SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 5. SAN JOSE, Martin Havlat 2 (Ryane Clowe, Logan Couture) 3:34 GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by
SHARKS 4 9 10 8 3 34 BLUES 7 13 8 14 0 42
SAN JOSE, Antti Niemi; ST. LOUIS, Jaroslav Halak
SJ ― 1 for 3, STL ― 1 for 3 on power play Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Pierre Racicot
19 333 at Scottrade Center
Patrik Berglund STL, Martin Havlat SJ, Dan Boyle SJ game’s THREE STARS Sharks were 25-11-3 with Martin Havlat in line-up this season…18-18-7 without
Monday, April 16 1900 h pt on TSN, NBC Sports Network
ST. LOUIS 4 @ SAN JOSE 3
FIRST PERIOD
1. ST. LOUIS, Patrik Berglund 3 (Carlo Colaiacovo, Jason Arnott) 14:31 PPG 2. SAN JOSE, Brent Burns 1 (Joe Thornton, Logan Couture) 16:45 PPG
Penalties ― Colaiacovo St 7:24, Wingels SJ 14:00, Polak St 15:40
SECOND PERIOD
3. ST. LOUIS, Andy McDonald 2 (Patrik Berglund, Carlo Colaiacovo) 1:01
4. ST. LOUIS, Jason Arnott 1 (Andy McDonald, Alexander Steen) 10:06 PPG
Penalties ― Murray SJ 9:28, Winnik SJ 19:39
THIRD PERIOD 5. ST. LOUIS, Alexander Steen 1 (Andy McDonald, Carlo Colaiacovo) 0:59 PPG GWG
6. SAN JOSE, Colin White 1 (Ryane Clowe, Joe Thornton) 16:58 7. SAN JOSE, Logan Couture 1 (Joe Thornton, Martin Havlat) 19:43
Penalties ― Nichol St 2:35, McDonald St 10:12, Perron St Desjardins SJ 15:02, Thornton SJ 17:31
Shots on goal by
BLUES 14 9 4 27 SHARKS 9 10 10 29
ST. LOUIS, Brian Elliott; SAN JOSE, Antti Niemi
STL ― 3 for 4, SJ ― 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Rourke Linesmen: Jean Morin, Derek Nansen
17 562 at HP Pavilion at San Jose
Andy McDonald STL, Joe Thornton SJ, Carlo Colaiacovo STL game’s THREE STARS With Jaroslav Halak STL injured, Blues dressed Jake Allen as Elliott’s back-up
Saturday, April 21 1930 h ct on TSN, CNBC
SAN JOSE 1 @ ST. LOUIS 3
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Havlat SJ 12:37
SECOND PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Joe Thornton 2 (Daniel Winnik, Torrey Mitchell) 19:21
Penalties ― Wingels SJ Stewart St 6:35, Havlat SJ 7:34, Crombeen St 10:17
THIRD PERIOD
2. ST. LOUIS, Jamie Langenbrunner 1 (Scott Nichol, Vladimir Sobotka) 11:16 3. ST. LOUIS, David Perron 1 (Alex Pietrangelo, TJ Oshie) 12:01 GWG
4. ST. LOUIS, Andy McDonald 4 (Patrik Berglund) 19:21 ENG
Penalties ― McDonald St 15:30
Shots on goal by SHARKS 3 13 11 27
BLUES 7 8 12 27 SAN JOSE, Antti Niemi; ST. LOUIS, Brian Elliott
SJ ― 0 for 2 2 for 17 in series, STL ― 0 for 2 6 for 18 in series on power play
Referees: Tom Kowal, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Steve Miller, David Brisebois 19 490 at Scottrade Center
Brian Elliott STL, David Perron STL , Jamie Langenbrunner STL game’s THREE STARS
Blues advance to second round for first time since 2002 Jamie Langenbrunner STL scored his 34
th career Stanley Cup Playoff goal
Saturday, April 14 1830 h ct on TSN, CNBC
SAN JOSE 0 @ ST. LOUIS 3
FIRST PERIOD 1. ST. LOUIS, Vladimir Sobotka 1 (unassisted) 1:31 GWG
Penalties ― Colaiacovo St 7:48, Mitchell SJ 16:52, Vlasic SJ Backes St 18:59
SECOND PERIOD
2. ST. LOUIS, David Backes 1 (TJ Oshie) 13:49
Penalties ― Pavelski SJ Russell St (majors) Marleau SJ Crombeen St 7:52, Burns SJ 14:36, Steen St 18:45
THIRD PERIOD 3. ST. LOUIS, Andy McDonald 1 (TJ Oshie, Alex Pietrangelo) 19:35 PPG
Penalties ― Nichol St 0:31, Galiardi SJ 4:36, Galiardi SJ 9:50, Langenbrunner St 12:28, Mitchell SJ 17:44, Burns SJ Backes St 18:36, Boyle SJ (double minor) 19:12, Murray SJ (minor, major, game misconduct) Moore SJ
(major) Braun SJ Jackman St Polak St (majors, game misconducts) Sobotka St (major, 10-minute misconduct) Crombeen St Langenbrunner St Winnik SJ 20:00
Shots on goal by
SHARKS 10 10 9 29 BLUES 9 17 6 33
SAN JOSE, Antti Niemi; ST. LOUIS, Jaroslav Halak, Brian Elliott (1:07 of second)
SJ ― 0 for 4, STL ― 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Brian Pochmara Linesmen: Jean Morin, Derek Nansen
19 500 at Scottrade Center
TJ Oshie STL, Brian Elliott STL, Jaroslav Halak STL game’s THREE STARS Blues snap a seven-game playoff losing streak dating back to 12 April 2004
G Jaroslav Halak STL leaves game after being accidentally hit by D Barret Jackman STL Game featured 132 total minutes in penalties ~ SJ 64, STL 68
Game was third shared shutout in SC Playoff history ~ 22 March 1955, Plante and Hodge 10 May 2010, Boucher and Leighton
Thursday, April 19 1930 h pt on TSN, NBC Sports Network
ST. LOUIS 2 @ SAN JOSE 1
FIRST PERIOD
1. ST. LOUIS, B.J. Crombeen 1 (Patrik Berglund, David Perron) 7:12
Penalties ― Shattenkirk St 7:12
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Nichol St 3:14, Winnik SJ 5:24, Polak St 9:21, Havlat SJ 10:45
THIRD PERIOD
2. ST. LOUIS, Andy McDonald 3 (Patrik Berglund, David Perron) 12:00 PPG GWG
3. SAN JOSE, Joe Thornton 1 (Logan Couture, Brent Burns) 18:53
Penalties ― Jackman St 8:41, Marleau SJ 10:10
Shots on goal by BLUES 8 9 7 24
SHARKS 7 9 9 25 ST. LOUIS, Brian Elliott; SAN JOSE, Antti Niemi
STL ― 1 for 3, SJ ― 0 for 4 on power play
Referees: Brad Meier, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Mark Wheler, Jay Sharrers 17 562 at HP Pavilion at San Jose
Andy McDonald STL, Brian Elliott STL, Patrik Berglund STL game’s THREE STARS
Blues now one win away from winning their first playoff series since 2002\ Andy McDonald STL leads Blues in series with 3g, 4a for 7 pts
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2012 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL
3 PHOENIX COYOTES 97 v. 6 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 101 GM DON MALONEY, HC DAVE TIPPETT v. GM STAN BOWMAN, HC JOEL QUENNEVILLE
COYOTES WIN SERIES IN 6
Thursday, April 12 1900 h mst on TSN, NBC Sports Network
CHICAGO 2 @ PHOENIX 3 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD
1. CHICAGO, Jonathan Toews 1 (Patrick Kane, Johnny Oduya) 4:04
Penalties ― Whitney P 13:26, Bickell C Hanzal P 19:57
SECOND PERIOD 2. PHOENIX, Taylor Pyatt 1 (Daymond Langkow) 7:38
3. PHOENIX, Antoine Vermette 1 (Raffi Torres, Keith Yandle) 17:27
Penalties ― Bolland C 12:08, Sharp C 13:40, Vermette P 18:01
THIRD PERIOD 4. CHICAGO, Brent Seabrook 1 (Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane) 19:45
Penalties ― Ekmar-Larsson P 6:50, Yandle P 13:30
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD
5. PHOENIX, Martin Hanzal 1 (Adrian Aucoin, Rostislav Klesla) 9:29 GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by
BLACKHAWKS 11 11 18 5 45
COYOTES 8 13 8 5 34 CHICAGO, Corey Crawford; PHOENIX, Mike Smith
CHI ― 0 for 4, PHX ― 0 for 2 on power play
Referees: Marc Joannette, Brian Pochmara Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Lonnie Cameron 17 138 at Jobing.com Arena
Mike Smith PHX, Martin Hanzal PHX, Antoine Vermette PHX game’s THREE STARS
Jonathan Toews CHI returns to Blackhawks’ line-up after missing last 22 w/ concussion symptoms Brent Seabrook CHI 31:10 and Oliver Ekman-Larsson PHX 31:14 led teams in TOI
Tuesday, April 17 1900 h ct on TSN, CNBC
PHOENIX 3 @ CHICAGO 2 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD 1. CHICAGO, Andrew Brunette 1 (Patrick Kane, Nick Leddy) 19:31 Penalties ― Bollig C 3:23, Bollig C (minor, served by Brunette, 10-minute misconduct) 11:51
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Klesla P 1:28, Torres P 5:43, Morris P 18:52, Toews C 20:00
THIRD PERIOD 2. PHOENIX, Rostislav Klesla 1 (Mikkel Boedker, Boyd Gordon) 8:16 3. CHICAGO, Michael Frolik 1 (Brent Seabrook, David Bolland) 8:49 4. PHOENIX, Ray Whitney 1 (Rostislav Klesla, Daymond Langkow) 9:21 Penalties ― Doan P Hjalmarsson C 7:46
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. PHOENIX, Mikkel Boedker 1 (Taylor Pyatt, Rostislav Klesla) 13:15 GWG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by COYOTES 16 6 10 2 34 BLACKHAWKS 10 10 11 6 37 PHOENIX, Mike Smith; CHICAGO, Corey Crawford PHX ― 0 for 3, CHI ― 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Stephen Walkom, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jonny Murray 21 627 at United Center
Mikkel Boedker PHX, Patrick Kane CHI, Ray Whitney PHX game’s THREE STARS 11:42 into game, Raffi Torres PHX left his feet to hit Marian Hossa CHI…Hossa was put on a
backboard and taken immediately to hospital…Torres was subsequently suspended 25 games Prior to this hit, Torres had been suspended six games in his career and fined a total of $55,335
Saturday, April 21 1900 h mst on TSN, NBC Sports Network
CHICAGO 2 @ PHOENIX 1 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Stalberg C 6:21, Aucoin P 14:04, Morris P 15:49
SECOND PERIOD 1. PHOENIX, Gilbert Brule 1 (Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Mike Smith) 2:46
Penalties ― Stalberg C 15:21, Stalberg C 19:35
THIRD PERIOD
2. CHICAGO, Nick Leddy 1 (Michael Frolik, Brandon Saad) 9:15
Penalties ― Stalberg C 3:10, Vermette P 6:30, Vermette P 13:57
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 3. CHICAGO, Jonathan Toews 2 (Victor Stalberg) 2:44 GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by
BLACKHAWKS 12 10 12 4 38 COYOTES 4 10 4 1 19
CHICAGO, Corey Crawford; PHOENIX, Mike Smith
CHI ― 0 for 4, PHX ― 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Brad Watson, Mike Leggo Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler
17 746 at Jobing.com Arena
Jonathan Toews CHI, Mike Smith PHX, Gilbert Brule PHX game’s THREE STARS Last SC Playoff series to open with five consec. overtime games was 1951 SCF
13 times in last 22 yrs, Coyotes/Jets have gone into game needing win to take series ~ 0 wins
Saturday, April 14 1900 h mst on TSN, NBC Sports Network
CHICAGO 4 @ PHOENIX 3 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD 1. CHICAGO, Bryan Bickell 1 (David Bolland, Johnny Oduya) 3:05 PPG
2. PHOENIX, Raffi Torres 1 (Shane Doan) 8:52 3. PHOENIX, Antoine Vermette 2 (Keith Yandle, Oliver Ekman-Larsson) 13:44 PPG
Penalties ― Vermette P 1:08, Toews C 12:06
SECOND PERIOD
4. CHICAGO, Brandon Bollig 1 (Nick Leddy, Duncan Keith) 6:56 5. PHOENIX, Antoine Vermette 3 (Keith Yandle, Derek Morris) 8:41 PPG
Penalties ― Shaw C (major, served by Brunette, game misconduct) 7:11, Aucoin P 12:55
THIRD PERIOD 6. CHICAGO, Patrick Sharp 1 (Brent Seabrook, Patrick Kane) 19:54
Penalties ― Bickell C 2:23
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD
7. CHICAGO, Bryan Bickell 2 (Victor Stalberg) 10:36 GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by BLACKHAWKS 18 11 10 11 50
COYOTES 11 10 5 7 33 CHICAGO, Corey Crawford; PHOENIX, Mike Smith
CHI ― 1 for 3, PHX ― 2 for 4 on power play
Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Rourke Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Lonnie Cameron 17 539 at Jobing.com Arena
Bryan Bickell CHI, Antoine Vermette PHX, Raffi Torres PHX game’s THREE STARS
D Duncan Keith CHI leads Hawks with 32:02 TOI; D Oliver Ekman-Larsson PHX leads w/ 27:58
Thursday, April 19 1900 h ct on TSN, CNBC
PHOENIX 3 @ CHICAGO 2 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Doan P 2:12, Bollig C (major) Bissonnette P (major, game misconduct) 5:24
SECOND PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Aucoin P 7:56, Hjalmarsson C 18:02
THIRD PERIOD 1. PHOENIX, Shane Doan 1 (Ray Whitney) 7:03
2. PHOENIX, Taylor Pyatt 2 (Antoine Vermette, Radim Vrbata) 7 :47
3. CHICAGO, Brendan Morrison 1 (Jonathan Toews, Niklas Hjalmarsson) 10:25
4. CHICAGO, Michael Frolik 2 (David Bolland, Johnny Oduya) 18:34
Penalties ― Pyatt P 12:37, Sharp C 14:47
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. PHOENIX, Mikkel Boedker
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by
COYOTES 5 5 8 1 19 BLACKHAWKS 11 12 9 0 32
PHOENIX, Mike Smith; CHICAGO, Corey Crawford
PHX ― 0 for 2, CHI ― 0 for 3 on power play
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Derek Amell, Scott Cherrey 22 111 at United Center
Mikkel Boedker PHX, Shane Doan PHX, Brendan Morrison CHI game’s THREE STARS
In series, G Mike Smith PHX has allowed 10 goals on 164 shots, .939 sv pct Coyotes’ franchise one win away from their first franchise series victory since 1987
Monday, April 23 2000 h ct on TSN, CNBC
PHOENIX 4 @ CHICAGO 0
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Chipchura P 9:11, Keith C 13:36
SECOND PERIOD 1. PHOENIX, Oliver Ekman-Larsson 1 (Keith Yandle, Radim Vrbata) 13:14 PPG GWG
Penalties ― Toews C 12:22, Langkow P 18:24
THIRD PERIOD
2. PHOENIX, Gilbert Brule 2 (Kyle Chipchura) 2:24 3. PHOENIX, Antoine Vermette 4 (Mikkel Boedker, Oliver Ekman-Larsson) 13:04 PPG
4. PHOENIX, Kyle Chipchura 1 (Gilbert Brule, Daymong Langkow) 14:56
Penalties ― Hayes C (major, served by Stalberg, game misconduct) 8:47, Kane C (10-minute misconduct) 17:10
Shots on goal by COYOTES 2 6 12 20
BLACKHAWKS 16 12 11 39 PHOENIX, Mike Smith; CHICAGO, Corey Crawford
PHX ― 2 for 4 4 for 19 in series, CHI ― 0 for 2 1 for 19 in series on power play
Referees: Chris Lee, Wes McCauley Linesmen: David Brisebois, Steve Miller 21 636 at United Center
Mike Smith PHX, Oliver Ekman-Larsson PHX, Gilbert Brule PHX game’s THREE STARS
Coyotes win their first SC Playoff series since they were the 1987 Winnipeg Jets
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2012 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL
4 NASHVILLE PREDATORS 104 v. 5 DETROIT RED WINGS 102 GM DAVID POILE, HC BARRY TROTZ v. GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK
PREDATORS WIN SERIES IN 5
Wednesday, April 11 1900 h ct on HNIC, CNBC
DETROIT 2 @ NASHVILLE 3
FIRST PERIOD 1. NASHVILLE, Paul Gaustad 1 (Brandon Yip, Francois Bouillon) 6:59
Penalties ― Yip N 1:59, Franzen D 3:32, Bourque N 8:50, Emmerton D 12:10, Ericsson D 16:20, Abdelkader D 17:06
SECOND PERIOD
2. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 1 (unassisted) 2:29 PPG 3. NASHVILLE, Gabriel Bourque 1 (Matt Halischuk) 12:29
Penalties ― Josi N 1:10, Zetterberg D 4:23, Quincey D 9:28, Erat N 13:50, Hornqvist N 19:54
THIRD PERIOD
4. NASHVILLE, Gabriel Bourque 2 (Nick Spaling, Patric Hornqvist) 11:35 GWG 5. DETROIT, Tomas Holmstrom 1 (Kyle Quincey, Valtteri Filppula) 17:53 PPG
Penalties ― Josi N Hudler D 5:06, Hillen N 14:52, Suter N 16:08, Erat N 19:37, Weber N 20:00
Shots on goal by
RED WINGS 5 16 16 37 PREDATORS 13 6 7 26
DETROIT, Jimmy Howard; NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne
DET ― 2 for 8, NSH ― 0 for 6 on power play
Referees: Brad Rooney, Chris Meier Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik
17 113 at Bridgestone Arena
Gabriel Bourque NSH, Pekka Rinne NSH, Paul Gaustad NSH game’s THREE STARS
For only second time in two decades, Red Wings open playoffs on the road Predators boast NHL’s best power play ~ 21.7 per cent
Red Wings only 17-21-3 on road…but had 23-game win streak at Joe Louis Arena
Sunday, April 15 1200 h et on HNIC, NBC
NASHVILLE 3 @ DETROIT 2
FIRST PERIOD
1. NASHVILLE, Shea Weber 2 (Andrei Kostitsyn, Alexander Radulov) 2:48 PPG
Penalties ― Miller D 1:35, Kronwall D 8:56, Legwand N 12:53
SECOND PERIOD 2. NASHVILLE, Kevin Klein 1 (Martin Erat) 3:50 GWG
3. DETROIT, Pavel Datsyuk 1 (unassisted) 15:03
Penalties ― Tootoo N 1:21, Franzen D 8:06, Quincey D 9:43, Hornqvist N Franzen D 14:33, Fisher N Bertuzzi D 17:46, S. Kostitsyn N 19:49
THIRD PERIOD
4. NASHVILLE, Sergei Kostitsyn 1 (Mike Fisher, Kevin Klein) 16:30 5. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 2 (Pavel Datsyuk, Niklas Kronwall) 19:08 PPG
Penalties ― Legwand N 18:23
Shots on goal by
PREDATORS 9 9 4 22
RED WINGS 11 13 19 43 NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne; DETROIT, Jimmy Howard
NSH ― 1 for 4, DET ― 1 for 4 on power play
Referees: Tim Peel, Steve Kozari Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jonny Murray 20 066 at Joe Louis Arena
Shea Weber NSH, Pavel Datsyuk DET, Pekka Rinne NSH game’s THREE STARS
D Shea Weber NSH leads Preds w/ 27:06 TOI; D Nicklas Lidstrom DET leads Wings w/ 24:31 Incl. regular season, Wings have scored two or fewer goals in 15 of their last 20 games
Friday, April 20 1900 h ct on HNIC, CNBC
DETROIT 1 @ NASHVILLE 2
FIRST PERIOD 1. NASHVILLE, Alexander Radulov 1 (David Legwand) 16:10
Penalties ― Cleary D 0:15, Fisher N 0:31, Ericsson D 11:55, Yip N 18:26
SECOND PERIOD
2. DETROIT, Jiri Hudler 2 (Valtteri Filppula, Henrik Zetterberg) 13:45
Penalties ― Holmstrom D 8:09
THIRD PERIOD 3. NASHVILLE, David Legwand 2 (Gabriel Bourque, Alexander Radulov) 0:13 GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by RED WINGS 8 6 8 22
PREDATORS 10 8 7 25 DETROIT, Jimmy Howard; NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne
DET ― 0 for 2 4 for 23 in series, NSH ― 0 for 3 2 for 22 on power play
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Francois St. Laurent Linesmen: Steve Barton, Greg Devorski 17 113 at Bridgestone Arena
David Legwand NSH, Alexander Radulov NSH, Pekka Rinne NSH game’s THREE STARS
Red Wings eliminated in opening round for first time since 2006
Friday, April 13 1830 h ct on HNIC, CNBC
DETROIT 3 @ NASHVILLE 2
FIRST PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Ian White 1 (Tomas Holmstrom, Drew Miller) 8:25
2. DETROIT, Cory Emmerton 1 (unassisted) 15:33
Penalties ― Bertuzzi D Weber N (majors) Franzen D (served by Hudler) 1:36, Radulov N 12:04
SECOND PERIOD 3. NASHVILLE, Andrei Kostitsyn 1 (Alexander Radulov, David Legwand) 9:01
4. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 1 (Brad Stuart, Pavel Datsyuk) 9:57 GWG
Penalties ― Hudler D 0:26, Ericsson D 2:34, Kronwall D 4:04, Halischuk N 6:23, Quincey D 12:02
THIRD PERIOD
5. NASHVILLE, Shea Weber 1 (Paul Gaustad, Nick Spaling) 15:16
Penalties ― Filppula D 6:12
Shots on goal by RED WINGS 8 5 4 17
PREDATORS 5 10 17 26 DETROIT, Jimmy Howard; NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne
DET ― 0 for 2, NSH ― 0 for 6 on power play
Referees: Brad Watson, Mike Leggo Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik 17 113 at Bridgestone Arena
Jimmy Howard DET, Johan Franzen DET, Cory Emmerton DET game’s THREE STARS
Incl. regular season, Wings have killed off last 37 opposition power plays Shea Weber NSH fined $2 500 for driving H Zetterberg’s head into glass at end of G1
Tuesday, April 17 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NASHVILLE 3 @ DETROIT 1
FIRST PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Josi N 7:38, Bertuzzi D 11:37, Radulov N 12:18, Josi N 14:27, Datsyuk D 15:08
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Bouillon N 14:01
THIRD PERIOD 1. NASHVILLE, Gabriel Bourque 3 (Alexander Radulov) 1:55
2. DETROIT, Jiri Hudler 1 (Niklas Kronwall, Kyle Quincey) 3:14 PPG 3. NASHVILLE, Kevin Klein 2 (Martin Erat) 6:25 GWG
4. NASHVILLE, David Legwand 1 (unassisted) 19:21 PPG
Penalties ― Predators’ bench (served by A. Kostitsyn) 2:44, A. Kostitsyn N 7:15, Halischuk N 13:41, Zetterberg D 19:04
Shots on goal by
PREDATORS 7 3 7 17 RED WINGS 11 17 13 41
NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne; DETROIT, Jimmy Howard
NSH ― 1 for 3, DET ― 1 for 7 on power play Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Derek Amell, Scott Cherrey
20 066 at Joe Louis Arena
Pekka Rinne NSH, Kevin Klein NSH, Kyle Quincey DET game’s THREE STARS G Pekka Rinne NSH has a .942 sv pct in this series; Jimmy Howard DET just .879
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2012 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI—FINAL
1 NEW YORK RANGERS 109 v. 7 WASHINGTON CAPITALS 92 GM GLEN SATHER, HC JOHN TORTORELLA v. GM GEORGE McPHEE, HC DALE HUNTER
RANGERS WIN SERIES IN 7
Saturday, April 28 1500 h et on HNIC, NBC
WASHINGTON 1 @ NEW YORK 3
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Rupp N 3:23, Semin W 3:50, Staal N 12:16, Ovechkin W 17:54
SECOND PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Artem Anisomov 1 (Ruslan Fedotenko, Ryan McDonagh) 12:38 2. WASHINGTON, Jason Chimera 2 (Brooks Laich) 19:56 Penalties ― Staal N 6:26, Prust N 7:53
THIRD PERIOD 3. NEW YORK, Chris Kreider 2 (Derek Stepan) 7:00 GWG 4. NEW YORK, Brad Richards 3 (Chris Kreider, Marian Gaborik) 8:30 Penalties ― Semin W 2:12, Capitals’ bench (served by Ovechkin) 12:20 Shots on goal by CAPITALS 6 7 5 18 RANGERS 4 4 6 14 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist WSH ― 0 for 4, NYR ― 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Steve Kozari, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Pierre Racicot 18 200 at Madison Square Garden IV
Chris Kreider NYR, Brad Richards NYR, Ruslan Fedotenko NYR game’s THREE STARS "It was a surreal experience. I got goose bumps. I was really tired after that goal,
but didn't feel so tired when they started chanting." -- Chris Kreider NYR on scoring GWG Chris Kreider NYR is 1st player in NHL history to score 2 GWGs in same postseason
in which he played his 1st NHL game.
Wednesday, May 2 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NEW YORK 2 @ WASHINGTON 1 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Staal N 16:32
SECOND PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Ryan Callahan 3 (Michael Del Zotto, Marian Gaborik) 6:41 PPG 2. WASHINGTON, John Carlson 1 (Alexander Semin, Karl Alzner) 11:10 Penalties ― Laich W 5:43, Callahan N 11:50
THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Knuble W 14:25, Richards N 16:12
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Semin W 17:32
SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― None
THIRD OVERTIME PERIOD 3. NEW YORK, Marian Gaborik 2 (Brad Richards, Dan Girardi) 14:41 GWG Penalties ― Green W 2:35 Shots on goal by RANGERS 10 12 5 10 6 6 49 CAPITALS 13 8 8 8 7 2 46 NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby NYR ― 1 for 4, WSH ― 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Chris Rooney, Dan O’Rourke Linesmen: Steve Miller, Brad Kovachik 18 506 at Verizon Center
Marian Gaborik NYR, Henrik Lundqvist NYR, Braden Holtby WSH game’s THREE STARS Rangers broke 0-7 streak in SC Playoff overtime games Rangers’ first triple overtime game since 29 April 1971 v. CHI ~ P Stemkowski NYR GWG Derek Stepan NYR has one goal, five assists in his last four games
Monday, May 7 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
WASHINGTON 2 @ NEW YORK 3 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD
1. NEW YORK, Anton Stralman 3 (Marc Staal, Derek Stepan) 10:44
Penalties ― Hamrlik W 14:31, Del Zotto N 18:13
SECOND PERIOD 2. WASHINGTON, Brooks Laich 2 (Alex Ovechkin, Troy Brouwer) 8:15
Penalties ― Green W 0:38, Del Zotto N 4:14, Carlson W 12:35
THIRD PERIOD
3. WASHINGTON, John Carlson 2 (Dennis Wideman, Troy Brouwer) 4:20 PPG
4. NEW YORK, Brad Richards 5 (Ryan Callahan, Michael Del Zotto) 19:53 PPG
Penalties ― Rupp N 2:39, Kreider N 8:31, Ward W (double minor) 19:38
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. NEW YORK, Marc Staal 2 (John Mitchell) 1:35 PPG GWG
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by
CAPITALS 4 6 8 0 18 RANGERS 17 9 10 2 38
WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist
WSH ― 1 for 4, NYR ― 2 for 4 on power play Referees: Chris Lee, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Derek Amell, Greg Devorski
18 200 at Madison Square Garden IV
Marc Staal NYR, Brad Richards NYR, Braden Holtby WSH game’s THREE STARS "You can't say it was his (Joel Ward’s) fault," Alex Ovechkin said. "We all lost the game.
We win as a group and lose as a group. … Unfortunately it was close, but not close enough. Tomorrow's going to be a new day and (the next game) is going to be a new game.."
Monday, April 30 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
WASHINGTON 3 @ NEW YORK 2
FIRST PERIOD
1. WASHINGTON, Mike Knuble 2 (Keith Aucoin, Joel Ward) 12:20 2. WASHINGTON, Jason Chimera 3 (Matt Hendricks, Jay Beagle) 17:14
3. NEW YORK, Brad Richards 4 (Marian Gaborik, Michael Del Zotto) 19:17
Penalties ― Hamrlik W 3:59, Rangers’ bench (served by Kreider) 14:53, Carlson W Staal N 17:45, Green W 19:47
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― None
THIRD PERIOD
4. NEW YORK, Ryan Callahan 3 (Michael Del Zotto, Brad Richards) 6:58 PPG 5. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 3 (Nicklas Backstrom) 12:33 PPG GWG
Penalties ― Knuble W 6:02, Boyle N 9:53, Richards N 12:29
Shots on goal by
CAPITALS 12 6 7 25 RANGERS 10 8 9 27
WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist
WSH ― 1 for 3, NYR ― 1 for 3 on power play
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Stephen Walkom Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Jonny Murray 18 200 at Madison Square Garden IV
Braden Holtby WSH, Michael Del Zotto NYR, Alex Ovechkin WSH game’s THREE STARS
Alex Ovechkin WSH played only 13:36 TOI tonight (his career SC low)…seven shots on goal
Saturday, May 5 1230 h et on HNIC, NBC
NEW YORK 2 @ WASHINGTON 3
FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 4 (unassisted) 12:43
Penalties ― Stralman N 2:25
SECOND PERIOD
2. NEW YORK, Artem Anisimov 2 (Dan Girardi, Brian Boyle) 1:10 3. WASHINGTON, Nicklas Backstrom 2 (Jason Chimera, Joel Ward) 11:54
4. NEW YORK, Marian Gaborik 3 (Artem Anisimov, Marc Staal) 16:43
Penalties ― Ward W 9:30, Ovechkin W 12:17
THIRD PERIOD 5. WASHINGTON, Mike Green 2 (Dennis Wideman) 14:12 PPG GWG
Penalties ― Hagelin N 13:45
Shots on goal by
RANGERS 3 10 7 20 CAPITALS 14 6 6 26
NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby
NYR ― 0 for 2, WSH ― 1 for 2 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Brad Watson Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jean Morin
18 506 at Verizon Center
Mike Green WSH, Nicklas Backstrom WSH, Artem Anisimov NYR game’s THREE STARS F Alex Ovechkin WSH scored the 29
th goal of his Stanley Cup Playoff career
The Capitals' big three ― Ovechkin, Backstrom and Green ― all scored. It's the first that has happened since Oct. 30, 2010.
F Marian Gaborik NYR leads all series scorers with five points (2g, 3a)
Wednesday, May 9 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NEW YORK 1 @ WASHINGTON 2
FIRST PERIOD
1. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 5 (Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green) 1:28 PPG
Penalties ― Stralman N 1:13, Laich W 13:44, Hamrlik W 18:49
SECOND PERIOD 2. WASHINGTON, Jason Chimera 4 (Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson) 10:59 GWG
Penalties ― Callahan N 6:29, Halpern W (double minor) 12:05, Prust N 17:04
THIRD PERIOD
3. NEW YORK, Marian Gaborik 4 (Dan Girardi, Derek Stepan) 19:09
Penalties ― Green W 2:16
Shots on goal by RANGERS 11 9 11 31
CAPITALS 9 8 6 23 NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby
NYR ― 0 for 5, WSH ― 1 for 3 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Scott Driscoll
18 506 at Verizon Center
Braden Holtby WSH, Alex Ovechkin WSH, Jason Chimera WSH game’s THREE STARS G Braden Holtby WSH is now 9-0 this season after a loss
"We don't want to stop playing," Alex Ovechkin said. "We don't want to finish the season. We knew we could beat them."
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2012 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI—FINAL
1 NEW YORK RANGERS 109 v. 7 WASHINGTON CAPITALS 92 GM GLEN SATHER, HC JOHN TORTORELLA v. GM GEORGE McPHEE, HC DALE HUNTER
RANGERS WIN SERIES IN 7
Saturday, May 12 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
WASHINGTON 1 @ NEW YORK 2
FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Brad Richards 6 (Carl Hagelin, Michael Del Zotto) 1:32 Penalties ― Hendricks W 11:59
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― None
THIRD PERIOD 2. NEW YORK, Michael Del Zotto 2 (Marian Gaborik, Carl Hagelin) 10:05 GWG 3. WASHINGTON, Roman Hamrlik 1 (Brooks Laich, Jason Chimera) 10:43 Penalties ― Fedotenko N 11:19, Backstrom W 12:57 Shots on goal by CAPITALS 8 11 4 23 RANGERS 8 12 11 31 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist WSH ― 0 for 1 4 for 20 in series, 7 for 39 in SCP, NYR ― 0 for 2 4 for 24 in series, 9 for 56 in SCP on PP Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Jonny Murray 18 200 at Madison Square Garden IV
Henrik Lundqvist NYR, Brad Richards NYR, Michael Del Zotto NYR game’s THREE STARS Since NHL went all best-of-seven in 1987, no team has won Cup after going limit in first two rounds Braden Holtby WSH became a father on Thursday ~ Benjamin Hunter Holtby D Ryan McDonagh NYR led Rangers with 29:37 TOI; D John Carlson WSH led Caps with 24:14
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2012 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI—FINAL
5 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 103 v. 6 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 102 GM PAUL HOLMGREN, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC PETER DeBOER
DEVILS WIN SERIES IN 5
Sunday, April 29 1520 h et on HNIC, NBC
NEW JERSEY 3 @ PHILADELPHIA 4 OT
FIRST PERIOD
1. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parise 3 (Patrik Elias) 3:16
Penalties ― Voracek P 3:57, Salvador N 10:18, Zidlicky N 16:44
SECOND PERIOD 2. PHILADELPHIA, Danny Briere 6 (Jakub Voracek) 8:07
3. PHILADELPHIA, James van Riemsdyk 1 (Erik Gustafsson) 8:44 4. NEW JERSEY, Travis Zajac 4 (Zach Parise, Ilya Kovalchuk) 13:53 PPG
Penalties ― Wellwood P 9:31, Elias N 11:40, Carle P 13:22
THIRD PERIOD
5. PHILADELPHIA, Claude Giroux 7 (Kimmo Timonen, Scott Hartnell) 4:19 PPG 6. NEW JERSEY, Petr Sykora 1 (David Clarkson) 11:22
Penalties ― Greene N 3:50, Sykora N 5:26
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD
7. PHILADELPHIA, Danny Briere 7 (Jakub Voracek, Matt Carle) 4:36 GWG
Penalties ― Zidlicky N 0:30
Shots on goal by
DEVILS 15 3 4 4 26 FLYERS 6 8 15 7 36
NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; PHILADELPHIA, Ilya Bryzgalov
NJ ― 1 for 3, PHI ― 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Wes McCauley, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jean Morin
19 972 at Wells Fargo Center
Danny Briere PHI, James van Riemsdyk PHI, Zach Parise NJ game’s THREE STARS Entering series, Martin Brodeur NJ just 10-13 w/ 2.49 GAA, .895 sv pct v. PHI in playoffs
Flyers scored more than half-a-goal per game more than Devils in regular season ~ 3.17 – 2.63 Flyers have scored first in only six of their last 19 games
Thursday, May 3 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
PHILADELPHIA 3 @ NEW JERSEY 4 OT
FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Brayden Schenn 3 (Danny Briere, Jaromir Jagr) 6:08 PPG
2. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 3 (Marek Zidlicky, Ilya Kovalchuk) 12:33 PPG 3. NEW JERSEY, Ilya Kovalchuk 4 (Travis Zajac, Alexei Ponikarovsky) 12:53
Penalties ― Henrique N 4:48, Coburn P 12:09
SECOND PERIOD
4. PHILADELPHIA, Matt Carle 2 (Jakub Voracek, Scott Hartnell) 4:44
Penalties ― Larsson N 9:54, Kovalchuk N 16:28, Schenn P 17:52
THIRD PERIOD
5. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parise 4 (Patrik Elias, Marek Zidlicky) 7:29 6. PHILADELPHIA, Danny Briere 8 (James van Riemsdyk, Wayne Simmonds) 11:04
Penalties ― None
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD
7. NEW JERSEY, Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 (Ilya Kovalchuk, Travis Zajac) 17:21 GWG
Penalties ― Zubrus N 8:23, Salvador N 12:29
Shots on goal by FLYERS 7 9 6 6 28
DEVILS 14 4 7 6 31 PHILADELPHIA, Ilya Bryzgalov; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur
PHI ― 1 for 5, NJ ― 1 for 2 on power play
Referees: Marc Joannette, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Greg Devorski at Prudential Center
Alexei Ponikarovsky NJ, Ilya Kovalchuk NJ, Danny Briere PHI game’s THREE STARS
"I didn't have time to celebrate," Alexei Ponikarovsky NJ said. "Everybody jumped on me. It felt good in the pile."
Tuesday, May 8 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NEW JERSEY 3 @ PHILADELPHIA 1
FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Maxime Talbot 4 (Brayden Schenn, Danny Briere) 7:18
2. NEW JERSEY, Bryce Salvador 2 (Adam Henrique, Ilya Kovalchuk) 9:27 3. NEW JERSEY, David Clarkson 2 (unassisted) 12:45 GWG
Penalties ― Schenn P 14:37
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Larsson N 2:11, Rinaldo P 12:47, Hartnell P 17:01
THIRD PERIOD
4. NEW JERSEY, Ilya Kovalchuk 5 (Adam Henrique, Dainius Zubrus) 5:00 PPG
Penalties ― van Riemsdyk P 4:56
Shots on goal by DEVILS 12 11 7 30
FLYERS 11 7 10 28 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; PHILADELPHIA, Ilya Bryzgalov
NJ ― 1 for 4 4 for 18 in series, 9 for 43 in SCP, PHI ― 0 for 1 3 for 19 in series, 15 for 52 in SCP on PP
Referees: Stephen Walkom, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Steve Miller 19 818 at Wells Fargo Center
Ilya Kovalchuk NJ, Adam Henrique NJ, Martin Brodeur NJ game’s THREE STARS
Devils will play in their first Eastern Conference Final since 2003 "For the first time in nine years, I'm not going to the World Championship," Ilya Kovalchuk said
Tuesday, May 1 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NEW JERSEY 4 @ PHILADELPHIA 1
FIRST PERIOD
1. PHILADELPHIA, Matt Read 3 (Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds) 2:53
Penalties ― van Riemsdyk P 4:22, Timonen P 9:26, Gionta N 14:18, Salvador N 20:00
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Briere P 12:49, Henrique N 18:44
THIRD PERIOD
2. NEW JERSEY, Adam Larsson 1 (Dainius Zubrus, Peter Harrold) 3:08 3. NEW JERSEY, David Clarkson 1 (Zach Parise) 11:17 GWG
4. NEW JERSEY, Travis Zajac 5 (Stephen Gionta, Dainius Zubrus) 14:01 5. NEW JERSEY, Bryce Salvador 1 (Adam Henrique) 17:09 SHG
Penalties ― Zidlicky N 1:39, Hartnell P 1:52, Zubrus N 15:35, Clarkson N Lilja P Talbot P (10-minute misconduct)
19:44, Simmons P (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 20:00
Shots on goal by DEVILS 13 12 10 35
FLYERS 9 2 9 20
NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; PHILADELPHIA, Ilya Bryzgalov
NJ ― 0 for 4, PHI ― 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Chris Lee, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jean Morin
20 131 at Wells Fargo Center
Ilya Bryzgalov PHI, David Clarkson NJ, Zach Parise NJ game’s THREE STARS Devils were without F Ilya Kovalchuk NJ (suspected back injury)
"Our backs are against the wall with [Kovalchuk] out. I'm not surprised we responded the way we did…I knew we'd be better than Game 1." ― Coach Peter DeBoer on Devils’ Game 2 win
G Martin Brodeur NJ now 33-15 in SC Playoff career when facing 20 shots-or-fewer
Sunday, May 6 1930 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
PHILADELPHIA 2 @ NEW JERSEY 4
FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Scott Hartnell 3 (Claude Giroux, Kimmo Timonen) 11:50 PPG
2. PHILADELPHIA, Claude Giroux 8 (Maxime Talbot) 13:40 SHG 3. NEW JERSEY, Petr Sykora 2 (Marek Zidlicky, Travis Zajac) 15:14 PPG
4. NEW JERSEY, Marek Zidlicky 1 (Bryce Salvador, Ilya Kovalchuk) 18:09
Penalties ― Zajac N 8:55, Zidlicky N 11:43, Lilja P 13:27, Hartnell P 18:32
SECOND PERIOD 5. NEW JERSEY, Dainius Zubrus 2 (Adam Henrique, Petr Sykora) 17:47 GWG
Penalties ― Couturier P 5:12, Giroux P 19:56
THIRD PERIOD 6. NEW JERSEY, Dainius Zubrus 3 (Mark Fayne, Martin Brodeur) 19:15 ENG
Penalties ― Timonen P 16:24
Shots on goal by
FLYERS 7 5 10 22 DEVILS 16 16 11 43
PHILADELPHIA, Ilya Bryzgalov; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur
PHI ― 1 for 2, NJ ― 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Steve Kozari, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Shane Heyer
17 625 at Prudential Center
Dainius Zubrus NJ, Martin Brodeur NJ, Marek Zidlicky NJ game’s THREE STARS G Martin Brodeur NJ celebrates his 40
th birhtday today…becomes first goaltender in
NHL history to appear in a playoff game as a teenager and as a 40-year old
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2012 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI—FINAL
2 ST. LOUIS BLUES 109 v. 8 LOS ANGELES KINGS 95 GM DOUG ARMSTRONG, HC KEN HITCHCOCK v. GM DEAN LOMBARDI, HC DARRYL SUTTER
KINGS SWEEP SERIES
Saturday, April 28 1830 h ct on TSN, NBC Sports Network
LOS ANGELES 3 @ ST. LOUIS 1
FIRST PERIOD
1. ST. LOUIS, David Perron 2 (Alex Pietrangelo, TJ Oshie) 9:16 2. LOS ANGELES, Slava Voynov 1 (Dustin Penner, Mike Richards) 16:58
Penalties ― Richards L 0:50, Perron S 17:39
SECOND PERIOD
3. LOS ANGELES, Matt Greene 1 (Dustin Brown) 18:57 SHG GWG
Penalties ― Greene L 14:02, King L 18:47
THIRD PERIOD 4. LOS ANGELES, Dustin Penner 2 (Rob Scuderi) 19:45 ENG
Penalties ― Perron S 3:42, Oshie S (double minor) 6:23, Shattenkirk S 10:29, Crombeen S (10-minute misconduct)
19:53
Shots on goal by KINGS 11 9 9 29
BLUES 13 8 8 29 LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; ST. LOUIS, Brian Elliott
LA ― 0 for 5, STL ― 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Stephen Walkom Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Jonny Murray
19 391 at Scottrade Center
Jonathan Quick LA, Brian Elliott STL, Dustin Brown LA game’s THREE STARS In 2012 SCP, G Jonathan Quick LA is 5-1, 1.49 GAA, .955 sv pct
"We get to enjoy it for five minutes and then focus on Monday" ― Kings’ G Jonathan Quick
Thursday, May 3 1900 h pt on TSN, NBC Sports Network
ST. LOUIS 2 @ LOS ANGELES 4
FIRST PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Justin Williams 2 (Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar) 13:33
Penalties ― Steen S 1:31, Langenbrunner S (major) Richards L (minor, served by Penner, major) 6:00, D’Agostini S
15:22
SECOND PERIOD 2. ST. LOUIS, Chris Stewart 1 (Kris Russell) 1:13
3. LOS ANGELES, Dwight King 1 (Matt Greene) 1:53 4. LOS ANGELES, Mike Richards 3 (Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty) 10:29 PPG GWG
Penalties ― McDonald S 5:56, Langenbrunner S 10:10, Elliott S (served by Perron) 10:53, Greene L 18:33
THIRD PERIOD 5. ST. LOUIS, Chris Stewart 2 (Alex Pietrangelo, David Perron) 4:35
6. LOS ANGELES, Drew Doughty 1 (Mike Richards, Jeff Carter) 8:12
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by BLUES 4 6 10 20
KINGS 8 10 4 22 ST. LOUIS, Brian Elliott; LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick
STL ― 0 for 2, LA ― 1 for 5 on power play
Referees: Steve Kozark, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Jay Sharrers 18 362 at STAPLES Center
Drew Doughty LA, Mike Richards LA, Chris Stewart STL game’s THREE STARS
"I think we can say down to a man that we need to play better. It starts with me between the pipes and works itself out. We're not where we want to be, but we're not going anywhere.
We're fighting and we want to take it back to St. Louis." ― G Brian Elliott STL Kings one win away from their first Western Conference Final since 1993
Blues have only led in series for 7 minutes, 42 seconds
Monday, April 30 2000 h ct on TSN, CNBC
LOS ANGELES 5 @ ST. LOUIS 2
FIRST PERIOD
1. LOS ANGELES, Mike Richards 2 (Dustin Penner) 0:31 2. LOS ANGELES, Anze Kopitar 2 (Dustin Brown) 14:16 SHG
3. LOS ANGELES, Jeff Carter 1 (Dustin Penner) 18:37 GWG 4. LOS ANGELES, Anze Kopitar 3 (Justin Williams, Dustin Brown) 19:43
Penalties ― Nichol S 1:38, King L Crombeen S 4:41, Shattenkirk S 7:09, Stoll L 8:25, Mitchell L 11:16, Kings’
bench (served by Penner) 13:31
SECOND PERIOD 5. ST. LOUIS, Andy McDonald 5 (David Backes, Kris Russell) 0:18
6. LOS ANGELES, Justin Williams 1 (Dustin Brown, Matt Greene) 1:26
Penalties ― Williams L McDonald S Jackman S 4:42, Williams L 11:29, Brown L Colaiacovo S 12:17, Penner L 13:53, Jackman S 18:02
THIRD PERIOD
7. ST. LOUIS, Matt D’Agostini 1 (David Backes, Andy McDonald) 5:16
Penalties ― Steen S 1:35, Richards L (double minor) Penner L Oshie S Perron S 7:36, Brown L Berglund S (double minor, served by Crombeen) 9:14, Nolan L (minor, served by Williams, 10-minute misconduct) Backes S (10-minute
misconduct) 12:19, Greene L 14:13, Richards L 14:38, Brown L Colaiacovo S (10-minute misconducts) 17:30,
Crombeen S (10-minute misconduct) 18:25
Shots on goal by KINGS 16 2 3 21
BLUES 5 9 15 29 LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; ST. LOUIS, Brian Elliott, Jake Allen (14:38 of third), Brian Elliott (15:45 of third)
LA ― 0 for 6, STL ― 0 for 9 on power play
Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Steve Miller 19 366 at Scottrade Center
Anze Kopitar LA, Dustin Brown LA, TJ Oshie STL game’s THREE STARS
D Alex Pietrangelo STL did not play in game, lower-body injury; D Ian Cole takes his spot Last time Kings had a four-goal period in SC Playoffs was 7 May 1993 v. Canucks
Sunday, May 6 1200 h pt on TSN, NBC
ST. LOUIS 1 @ LOS ANGELES 3
FIRST PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Jordan Nolan 1 (Dustin Penner) 4:36
2. ST. LOUIS, Kevin Shattenkirk 1 (Barret Jackman) 11:34 3. LOS ANGELES, Dustn Brown 5 (Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty) 18:17 GWG
Penalties ― Stewart S 2:06, Stewart S Nolan L (majors) 13:53, Stoll L 14:14
SECOND PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Nichol S 4:48, Kings’ bench (served by King) 6:04, Doughty L 8:03, Backes S 8:13
THIRD PERIOD
4. LOS ANGELES, Dustin Brown 6 (Anze Kopitar, Matt Greene) 19:34 ENG
Penalties ― D’Agostini S Brown L 4:33, Nichol S (double minor) 8:00, Stoll L 9:29
Shots on goal by BLUES 4 13 7 24
KINGS 10 2 7 19 ST. LOUIS, Brian Elliott; LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick
STL ― 0 for 3 0 for 17 in series, 2 for 34 in SCP, LA ― 0 for 5 1 for 21 in series, 4 for 47 in SCP on power
play Referees: Wes McCauley, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Pierre Racicot
18 373 at STAPLES Center
Jonathan Quick LA, Dustin Brown LA, Kevin Shattenkirk STL game’s THREE STARS Kings are first-ever No. 8 seed to bounce Nos. 1 and 2 in the same playoff year
"We knew we had all the ingredients in here to make something special happen, and it's coming together," Kings forward Jarrett Stoll said. "But we're only halfway there.
We got a long ways to go yet. But we're getting closer. Anytime you knock off a team the calibre of the St. Louis Blues, you're doing something right."
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2012 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI—FINAL
3 PHOENIX COYOTES 97 v. 4 NASHVILLE PREDATORS 96 GM DON MALONEY, HC DAVE TIPPETT v. GM DAVID POILE, HC BARRY TROTZ
COYOTES WIN SERIES IN 5
Friday, April 27 1800 h mst on TSN, NBC Sports Network
NASHVILLE 3 @ PHOENIX 4
FIRST PERIOD 1. PHOENIX, Radim Vrbata 1 (Ray Whitney, Oliver Ekman-Larsson) 7:23 PPG 2. NASHVILLE, Brandon Yip 1 (Francis Bouillon, Craig Smith) 14:09 Penalties ― Klein N 6:26, Vrbata P 11:22, Suter N 15:43
SECOND PERIOD 3. PHOENIX, Rostislav Klesla 2 (Daymond Langkow, Adrian Aucoin) 3:05 4. NASHVILLE, Andrei Kostitsyn 2 (Patric Hornqvist ) 11:19 5. PHOENIX, Mikkel Boedker 3 (Antoine Vermette, Rostislav Klesla) 16:27 Penalties ― Hanzal P 6:11, Vermette P 20:00
THIRD PERIOD 6. NASHVILLE, Martin Erat 1 (Patric Hornqvist, Ryan Suter) 15:18 PPG Penalties ― Rinne N (served by Yip) 2:47, Vrbata P 6:29, Gordon P 14:57
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. PHOENIX, Ray Whitney 2 (Martin Hanzal) 14:04 GWG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by PREDATORS 9 8 16 9 42 COYOTES 8 9 1 6 24 NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne; PHOENIX, Mike Smith NSH ― 1 for 5, PHX ― 1 for 3 on power play Referees: Chris Lee, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Jay Sharrers 17 187 at Jobing.com Arena
Ray Whitney PHX, Rostislav Klesla PHX, Mikkel Boedker PHX game’s THREE STARS Coyotes won 48 of 76 face-offs in game
Wednesday, May 2 2000 h ct on TSN, CNBC
PHOENIX 0 @ NASHVILLE 2
FIRST PERIOD 1. NASHVILLE, David Legwand 3 (Gabriel Bourque) 8:10 GWG 2. NASHVILLE, Mike Fisher 1 (Martin Erat, Sergei Kostitsyn) 9:16 Penalties ― Pouliot P 5:04, Fisher N 11:04, Legwand N 15:39, Morris P 17:39
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Aucoin P 5:58, Morris P 15:18
THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Morris P 9:38, S. Kostitsyn N 12:59, Erat N 14:18 Shots on goal by COYOTES 10 12 10 32 PREDATORS 8 8 10 26 PHOENIX, Mike Smith; NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne PHX ― 0 for 4, NSH ― 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Stephen Walkom Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Jonny Murray 17 113 at Bridgestone Arena
Pekka Rinne NSH, David Legwand NSH, Mike Fisher NSH game’s THREE STARS A Radulov, A Kostitsyn NSH suspended by team after being in bar at 4 AM night before G2
Monday, May 7 1900 h mst on TSN, NBC Sports Network
NASHVILLE 1 @ PHOENIX 2
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Hanzal P 17:45
SECOND PERIOD 1. PHOENIX, Derek Morris 1 (Shane Doan, Antoine Vermette) 3:54 2. PHOENIX, Martin Hanzal 3 (Kyle Chipchura, Daymond Langkow) 15:09 GWG Penalties ― Josi N 4:19, Hanzal P 4:52, Doan P 9:41
THIRD PERIOD 3. NASHVILLE, Colin Wilson 1 (David Legwand, Ryan Suter) 14:01 Penalties ― Doan P 2:38 Shots on goal by PREDATORS 10 12 11 33 COYOTES 5 7 5 17 NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne; PHOENIX, Mike Smith NSH ― 0 for 4 3 for 19 in series, 5 for 31 in SCP, PHX ― 0 for 1 1 for 12 in series, 5 for 31 in SCP on PP Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jean Morin 17 182 at Jobing.com Arena
Mike Smith PHX, Derek Morris PHX, Mikkel Boedker PHX game’s THREE STARS Mike Smith PHX has stopped 379 of 400 shots faced in 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs Shane Doan PHX: "It is kind of funny, but when we went on that [11-0-1 streak] in February,
we thought, 'We can beat anybody now.' We really did think we could beat anyone. That was probably the first step. Winning the division was big for our group -- feeling like you not only belong in the playoffs, but you won the division. It was tight and came down to the last day, but it meant a lot."
Sunday, April 29 1700 h mst on TSN, NBC Sports Network
NASHVILLE 3 @ PHOENIX 5
FIRST PERIOD 1. PHOENIX, Antoine Vermette 5 (Keith Yandle, Mikkel Boedker) 8:32 2. NASHVILLE, Andrei Kostitsyn 3 (Kevin Klein, Nick Spaling) 17:12 Penalties ― Yip N 12:57
SECOND PERIOD 3. PHOENIX, Martin Hanzal 2 (Radim Vrbata, Ray Whitney) 3:47 4. PHOENIX, Radim Vrbata 2 (Martin Hanzal, Keith Yandle) 7:05 5. NASHVILLE, Patric Hornqvist 1 (Ryan Suter, Mike Fisher) 11:20 6. PHOENIX, Taylor Pyatt 3 (Shane Doan) 11:50 GWG Penalties ― Whitney P 9:24, Weber N 17:07, Fisher N Yandle P 19:50
THIRD PERIOD 7. NASHVILLE, Ryan Suter 1 (Shea Weber, Alexander Radulov) 0:53 PPG 8. PHOENIX, Shane Doan 2 (Derek Morris, Antoine Vermette) 3:36 Penalties ― Vrbata P 0:22, Legwand N Gordon P 19:14 Shots on goal by PREDATORS 9 15 9 33 COYOTES 12 19 8 39 NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne; PHOENIX, Mike Smith NSH ― 2 for 2, PHX ― 0 for 2 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Greg Devorski 17 217 at Jobing.com Arena
Mike Smith PHX, Radim Vrbata PHX, Shane Doan PHX game’s THREE STARS G Pekka Rinne NSH allows 4+ goals in back-to-back games for first time since November 2010 Coyotes win back-to-back SC Playoff games for first time since 1997 v. Anaheim
Friday, May 4 1830 h ct on TSN, NBC Sports Network
PHOENIX 1 @ NASHVILLE 0
FIRST PERIOD 1. PHOENIX, Shane Doan 3 (Mikkel Boedker) 14:25 GWG Penalties ― Tootoo N 1:30, Klesla P 6:39, Chipchura P Gaustad N (majors) 10:00, Bourque N 15:55, Hanzal P 17:11
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― None
THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Morris P 11:34 Shots on goal by COYOTES 9 10 5 24 PREDATORS 5 10 10 25 PHOENIX, Mike Smith; NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne PHX ― 0 for 2, NSH ― 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Wes McCauley, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Pierre Racicot 17 113 at Bridgestone Arena
Mike Smith PHX, Shane Doan PHX, Colin Wilson NSH game’s THREE STARS Predators have not scored a power-play goal at home in entire 2012 SC Playoffs ~ 0 for 23 G Mike Smith PHX has 1.90 GAA, .937 sv pct in this series "We talked about how they were going to push hard tonight and we had to be better.
We were better for the most part. There were a couple times where they pushed back, but we were better overall. We were OK last game, but OK doesn't win in the playoffs and we knew had to find a way to win." -- Captain Shane Doan PHX
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2012 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL 1 NEW YORK RANGERS 109 v. 6 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 102
GM GLEN SATHER, HC JOHN TORTORELLA v. GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC PETER DeBOER
DEVILS WIN SERIES IN 6
Monday, May 14 2000 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NEW JERSEY 0 @ NEW YORK 3
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Volchenkov NJ 8:09, Hagelin NY 11:27
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Zubrus NJ 2:54, Greene NJ 14:05, Prust NY 17:15
THIRD PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Dan Girardi 2 (Chris Kreider, Michael Del Zotto) 0:53 GWG
Long, low slapshot from point has eyes past screened Brodeur stick side 2. NEW YORK, Chris Kreider 3 (Artem Anisimov, Dan Girardi) 12:00 PPG
On PP, on two-on-two, snaps shot from high slot past Brodeur’s glove side 3. NEW YORK, Artem Anisimov 3 (Brian Boyle, Ruslan Fedotenko) 18:33 ENG
Finishes off a two-on-one into empty Devils’ net Penalties ― Bernier NJ 10:24, Kreider NY 13:07, Rupp NY 19:22 Shots on goal by DEVILS 6 11 4 21 RANGERS 8 10 10 28 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist NJ ― 0 for 4, NYR ― 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Wes McCauley, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Steve Barton, Pierre Racicot 18 200 at Madison Square Garden IV
Henrik Lundqvist NYR, Dan Girardi NYR, Ryan McDonagh NYR game’s THREE STARS In 41 regular season games v. Devils, G Lundqvist NYR is 25-11-5, 1.79 GAA, .936 sv pct "They came out hard and fresh and I thought we did a good job of trying to match their intensity.
I thought we had a good third period and got the job done." ― D Dan Girardi NYR Historically, a team that holds a two games-to-none lead in a best-of-seven series has won
86 per cent of the time. In the conference finals, that edge leads to victory 91% of time.
Saturday, May 19 1300 h et on HNIC, NBC
NEW YORK 3 @ NEW JERSEY 0
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Stepan NY 5:11, Kovalchuk NJ 15:23
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Rupp NY 10:36, Mitchell NY 14:04
THIRD PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Dan Girardi 3 (Brad Richards) 3:19 PPG GWG
On PP, right off draw, Girardi takes puck at point, steps in and wires a wrist shot low stick side on Brodeur 2. NEW YORK, Chris Kreider 5 (Ryan McDonagh, Derek Stepan) 5:16
Absolutely beautiful tip of a low point shot, past Brodeur glove side 3. NEW YORK, Ryan Callahan 4 (Brian Boyle, Ruslan Fedotenko) 17:47 ENG
Boyle misses long shot at empty net, but Callahan takes it off boards and taps it in Penalties ― Salvador NJ 2:11, Staal NY 8:09, Richards NY 15:06, Prust NY 20:00 Shots on goal by RANGERS 5 9 8 22 DEVILS 11 15 10 36 NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur NYR ― 1 for 2, NJ ― 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Brad Watson Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Shane Heyer 17 625 at Prudential Center
Henrik Lundqvist NYR, Dan Girardi NYR, Martin Brodeur NJ game’s THREE STARS Chris Kreider NYR sets SC record for most playoff goals (5) prior to playing regular season game Chris Kreider, Dan Girardi NYR lead Rangers with four pts in this series Henrik Lundqvist NYR in series ~ 1.01 GAA, .964 sv pct
Wednesday, May 16 2000 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NEW JERSEY 3 @ NEW YORK 2
FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Ilya Kovalchuk 6 (Mark Zidlicky, Zach Parise) 13:39 PPG
On PP, takes pass in face-off circle, steps toward net and wires one high glove side past Lundqvist Penalties ― Hagelin NY 5:38, Elias NJ 10:13, Boyle NY 13:02
SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW YORK, Marc Staal 3 (Brad Richards, Dan Girardi) 2:23 PPG
On PP, Staal’s blast misses net, but comes off back boards, hits Brodeur and trickles in 3. NEW YORK, Chris Kreider 4 (Anton Stralman, Artem Anisimov) 12:19 PPG
On PP, Stralman’s shot goes in off Kreider, who is in front of Brodeur, screening him 4. NEW JERSEY, Ryan Carter 2 (Bryce Salvador, Steve Bernier) 18:09
After Rangers fail to get puck out of zone, Salvador’s long slapshot is tipped in front by Carter Penalties ― Ponikarovsky NJ 0:48, Zajac NJ 10:32
THIRD PERIOD 5. NEW JERSEY, David Clarkson 3 (Adam Hemrique, Bryce Salvador) 2:31 GWG
Tips waist-high point shot past Lundqvist Penalties ― Bernier NJ 3:49, Anisimov NY 12:02 Shots on goal by DEVILS 8 9 10 27 RANGERS 5 12 8 25 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist NJ ― 1 for 3, NYR ― 2 for 4 on power play Referees: Chris Lee, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Derek Amell, Jonny Murray 18 200 at Madison Square Garden IV
David Clarkson NJ, Chris Kreider NYR, Bryce Salvador NJ game’s THREE STARS "First 40 minutes, I thought we were the better team and easily could have been up a couple goals,
but that didn't happen. Today we got rewarded for things that we did, a couple of tips, traffic goals and a power-play goal. It's nice." ― Dainius Zubrus NJ
Chris Kreider NYR 4g and 6 pts ties SC Playoff records for skater who has never played an NHL regular-season game
Monday, May 21 2000 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NEW YORK 1 @ NEW JERSEY 4
FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Bryce Salvador 3 (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Jacob Josefson) 8:10
Low wrist shot from point has eyes and makes it all the way past screened Lundqvist
2. NEW JERSEY, Travis Zajac 6 (Zach Parise, Dainius Zubrus) 11:59 GWG Parise makes lovely move around D, creating two-on-one, and Zajac one-times pass across past Lundqvist
Penalties ― McDonagh NY Henrique NJ (majors) 9:26, Boyle NY 15:25, Volchenkov NJ 18:20
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Callahan NY Kovalchuk NJ 15:03
THIRD PERIOD
3. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parise 5 (Ilya Kovalchuk, Dainius Zubrus) 2:41 PPG
On PP, right off draw, Lundqvist stops shot from point, but Parise jams it in from right in front
4. NEW YORK, Ruslan Fedotenko 1 (Brad Richards, Michael Del Zotto) 14:55 Takes cross-ice pass and snaps a long one past Brodeur…weak goal
5. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parise 6 (Bryce Salvador, Martin Brodeur) 18:31 ENG Parise fires a no-looker, from well inside his own blueline, into empty net
Penalties ― Stepan NY 2:37, Rupp NY (double minor, served by Del Zotto), 10-minute misconduct) Bickel NY
Carter NJ (minors, 10-minute misconducts) 6:18, Hagelin NY 8:58, Hagelin NY 11:25, Del Zotto NY Ponikarovsky NJ 19:42
Shots on goal by
RANGERS 7 11 11 29 DEVILS 12 9 9 30
NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur
NYR ― 0 for 1, NJ ― 1 for 6 on power play
Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Jean Morin, Brian Murphy 17 625 at Prudential Center
Zach Parise NJ, Martin Brodeur NJ, Bryce Salvador NJ game’s THREE STARS
"I was just minding my own business, for real," G Martin Brodeur NJ said. "But I never really yap at anybody, especially not him, because he's so big. He just kind of turned around and I
guess he was pumped up and wanted to get somebody and I guess I was the first target for him to hit me. It's unfortunate that somebody has a right to go out and kind of sucker you like that,
but we they got a four-minute penalty and it killed time for us to win the game. Rupp or no Rupp, it doesn't matter. I didn't expect it. I never got punched like that in my career."
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2012 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL 1 NEW YORK RANGERS 109 v. 6 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 102
GM GLEN SATHER, HC JOHN TORTORELLA v. GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC PETER DeBOER
DEVILS WIN SERIES IN 6
Wednesday, May 23 2000 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NEW JERSEY 5 @ NEW YORK 3
FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Stephen Gionta 3 (Mark Fayne, Steve Bernier) 2:43
Fayne takes long, low shot from point and Gionta corrals it in front and tucks it past Lundqvist 2. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 4 (Adam Henrique, Ilya Kovalchuk) 4:13
Henrique’s long shot takes a funny bounce off Elias right in front of Rangers’ goal 3. NEW JERSEY, Travis Zajac 7 (Zach Parise, Bryce Salvador) 9:49
Zajac’s snap shot takes a flatfooted Lundqvist off guard and it beats him stick side 4. NEW YORK, Brandon Prust 1 (Ruslan Fedotenko, Derek Stepan) 15:41
Prust breaks in alone and, as he’s taken down by D, stuffs a nice backhand past falling Brodeur
Penalties ― Fayne NJ 10:08
SECOND PERIOD 5. NEW YORK, Ryan Callahan 5 (Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky) 0:32
Anisimov fires one from corner into slot, and it deflects in off cruising Callahan
Penalties ― Zubrus NJ 3:12, Prust NY 7:19, Harrold NJ Prust NY 9:32, Fedotenko NY 15:51
THIRD PERIOD 6. NEW YORK, Marian Gaborik 5 (unassisted) 0:17
Brodeur befuddled w/ puck in no-play zone and Gaborik scoops it up and fires it off Brodeur and in 7. NEW JERSEY, Ryan Carter 3 (Stephen Gionta, Marek Zidlicky) 15:36 GWG
Carter takes nice centring pass from Gionta and fires it past Lundqvist
8. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parise 7 (Ilya Kovalchuk, Mark Fayne) 19:28 ENG
Parise works his way past Rangers’ D and fires it into empty goal
Penalties ― Bernier NJ Del Zotto NY 19:55
Shots on goal by
DEVILS 6 5 6 17 RANGERS 9 11 8 28
NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist
NJ ― 0 for 2, NYR ― 0 for 2 on power play Referees: Wes McCauley, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Steve Barton, Pierre Racicot
18 200 at Madison Square Garden IV
Ryan Carter NJ, Ryan Callahan NYR, Ruslan Fedotenko NYR game’s THREE STARS "That was great That's as loud as they've gotten. If I come back in Game 7, I hope they're
going to do better." ― Martin Brodeur on the "Mar-ty" chants from the MSG faithful Rangers have come back from 3-2 series deficit twice in their history ~ 1994 v. NJ, 2012 v. OTT
Friday, May 25 2000 h et on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NEW YORK 2 @ NEW JERSEY 3 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Ryan Carter 4 (Stephen Gionta, Steve Bernier) 10:05
Staal NYR caught pinching creates Devils’ two-on-one…Lundqvist stops first shot, Carter stuffs in rebound 2. NEW JERSEY, Ilya Kovalchuk 7 (Dainius Zubrus, David Clarkson) 13:56 PPG
On PP, beautiful one-timer of Clarkson’s cross-slot pass…Lundqvist no chance
Penalties ― Salvador NJ 2:54, Fedotenko NY 12:31, Hagelin NY 17:30
SECOND PERIOD 3. NEW YORK, Ruslan Fedotenko 2 (Ryan McDonagh, Brad Richards) 9:47
Devils can’t clear puck, McDonagh goes hard to the net and Fedotenko jams in the garbage 4. NEW YORK, Ryan Callahan 6 (Dan Girardi, Ryan McDonagh) 13:41
Right off draw, Girardi’s low wrist shot goes off Callahan’s right leg and past Brodeur
Penalties ― Ponikarovsky NJ 1:23, Del Zotto NY 7:16
THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Carter NJ 9:48
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD
5. NEW JERSEY, Adam Henrique 3 (Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexei Ponikarovsky) 1:03 GWG
Lundqvist flopping around in crease, trying to smother puck, and Henrique jams it in
Penalties ― None
Shots on goal by
RANGERS 14 13 8 0 35 DEVILS 14 7 5 3 29
NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur
NYR ― 0 for 3 4 for 16 in series, 9 for 56 in SCP, NJ ― 1 for 3 3 for 23 in series, 12 for 66 in SCP on PP Referees: Kevin Pollock, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Jonny Murray
17 625 at Prudential Center
Adam Henrique NJ, Ryan Callahan NYR, Martin Brodeur NJ game’s THREE STARS
Devils reach the fifth Stanley Cup Final in their history "He's a legend. To be at this level and still playing the same way he played when he was young
is just incredible. It just makes you admire him more." ― Alexei Ponikarovsky NJ on 40-year-old Martin Brodeur leading Devils to 2012 Stanley Cup Final
Last team to trail in all three of its series and reach SCF was 1991 Pittsburgh Penguins
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2012 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL
3 PHOENIX COYOTES 97 v. 8 LOS ANGELES KINGS 95 GM DON MALONEY, HC DAVE TIPPETT v. GM DEAN LOMBARDI, HC DARRYL SUTTER
KINGS WIN SERIES IN 5
Sunday, May 13 1700 h mst on TSN, NBC Sports Network
LOS ANGELES 4 @ PHOENIX 2
FIRST PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Anze Kopitar 4 (Dustin Brown, Drew Doughty) 3:53
Scoops up puck in high slot and tucks a backhand high to Smith’s glove side 2. PHOENIX, Derek Morris 2 (Daymond Langkow) 13:26
Blast from centre ice fools Quick low to his stick side…horrible goal Penalties ― Smith P (served by Boedker) 4:17, Greene L 9:56, Brown L 19:41
SECOND PERIOD 3. LOS ANGELES, Dwight King 2 (Mike Richards, Trevor Lewis) 8:02
On a Kings’ two-on-one, Smith stops Richards’ shot, but King jams in the rebound 4. PHOENIX, Mikkel Boedker 4 (Shane Doan, Derek Morris) 18:05
Vermette knocks Doughty off puck behind net, Doan sends it in front to open Boedker Penalties ― Morris P 8:22, Kopitar L 9:50
THIRD PERIOD 5. LOS ANGELES, Dustin Brown 7 (Slava Voynov, Justin Williams) 2:11 GWG
Brown takes nice stretch pass, skates in and snaps a beauty past Smith 6. LOS ANGELES, Dwight King 3 (Trevor Lewis, Jarret Stoll) 19:12 ENG
King scoops up puck at centre ice, steps over red line, fires a long one into empty net Penalties ― Mitchell L 4:40, Hanzal P 6:41, Williams L 11:13, Ekman-Larsson P 11:21 Shots on goal by KINGS 17 17 14 48 COYOTES 4 14 9 27 LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; PHOENIX, Mike Smith LA ― 0 for 4, PHX ― 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Brad Watson Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Jay Sharrers 17 134 at Jobing.com Arena
Jonathan Quick LA, Mike Smith PHX, Dustin Brown LA game’s THREE STARS Dave Tippett PHX has reached the SC Playoffs in eight of his nine NHL coaching seasons Entering series, G Mike Smith PHX has 1.77 GAA, .948 sv pct in 2012 SC Playoffs Entering series, G Jonathan Quick LA has 1.55 GAA, .949 sv pct in 2012 SC Playoffs Kings now 9-1 in 2012 SC Playoffs and have won six road games in a row "Right before the game, Darryl made sure to tell us the first five minutes are so important,
we need to be the fastest team, the hardest working team, we want them not to want to play us," defenceman Drew Doughty said. "I thought we did a good job of that."
Thursday, May 17 1800 h pt on TSN, NBC Sports Network
PHOENIX 1 @ LOS ANGELES 2
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Doan P 2:06
SECOND PERIOD 1. PHOENIX, Daymond Langkow 1 (Keith Yandle, Derek Morris) 1:03
Slips through Kings’ D with puck and snaps a quick one through Quick’s legs 2. LOS ANGELES, Anze Kopitar 5 (Dustin Brown, Justin Williams) 3:10
Breaks in alone on Smith, and tucks a lovely deke right through his legs Penalties ― Morris P 5:56, Martinez L 13:59
THIRD PERIOD 3. LOS ANGELES, Dwight King 5 (Trevor Lewis, Jarret Stoll) 1:47 GWG
On delayed penalty, King moves off boards with puck and snaps a beauty high glove side on Smith Penalties ― Rozsival P 4:43, Ekman-Larsson P 13:22, Doan P Doughty L 14:46, Vrbata P 19:18 Shots on goal by COYOTES 11 4 4 19 KINGS 8 7 13 28 PHOENIX, Mike Smith; LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick PHX ― 0 for 1, LA ― 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Wes McCauley, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Steve Barton, Pierre Racicot 18 367 at STAPLES Center
Dwight King LA, Anze Kopitar LA, Derek Morris PHX game’s THREE STARS Kings become fourth team in last thirty years to begin SC Playoffs at 11-1
1983 Oilers, 1995 Red Wings, 2008 Penguins ~ all lost Stanley Cup Final Kings on verge of first trip to Stanley Cup Final since 1993 (five-game loss to Canadiens) "It's exciting, I think for everyone in here. There's a lot of guys that haven't experienced this
and a lot of guys that have. The thing that's made us successful as a team is handling that success. We've put ourselves up 3-0 again. It's not only an opportunity but now a responsibility to prepare ourselves to have a good game." ― Dustin Brown LA
Tuesday, May 15 1800 h mst on TSN, NBC Sports Network
LOS ANGELES 4 @ PHOENIX 0
FIRST PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Dwight King 4 (Drew Doughty, Trevor Lewis) 13:15 GWG
Doughty’s smooth wrister from point is tipped in by King Penalties ― Whitney P 8:53, Gordon P 14:30, Penner L 17:44
SECOND PERIOD 2. LOS ANGELES, Jeff Carter 2 (Dustin Penner, Mike Richards) 4:47
Richards and Penner work hard down low, puck gets tipped in front to Carter, who one-times it past Smith 3. LOS ANGELES, Jeff Carter 3 (Anze Kopitar, Justin Williams) 18:49 PPG
Playing 5-on-3, Kopitar walks right into slot and fires it off Carter and past Smith Penalties ― Clifford L 9:18, Yandle P 14:57, Langkow P Doan P (major, served by Brule, game misconduct) 16:29, Brown L Smith P (served by Korpikoski) 18:00
THIRD PERIOD 4. LOS ANGELES, Jeff Carter 4 (Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar) 12:56 PPG
Playing 5-on-3, Kopitar’s shot from point gets tipped by Brown right to Carter, who has open stick side Penalties ― King L 3:34, Lewis L 6:07, Hanzal P (major, served by Brule, game misconduct) 11:01, Morris P 12:43, Penner L (double minor, 10-minute misconduct) Vermett P (minor, 10-minute misconduct) Ekman-Larsson P 13:18 Shots on goal by KINGS 15 17 8 40 COYOTES 8 8 8 24 LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; PHOENIX, Mike Smith LA ― 2 for 8, PHX ― 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Jean Morin, Brian Murphy 17 149 at Jobing.com Arena
Jeff Carter LA, Jonathan Quick LA, Anze Kopitar LA game’s THREE STARS Kings have now won seven straight road games "We really want it right now," forward Dustin Penner told NHL.com. "We want the first goal.
We want the next goal. It's that intensity and that passion that drives us. It's that good type of fear that stops you from letting games get away from you and continues to push you forward. We use that fear of losing to motivate us as opposed to shrinking to it."
Kings have killed off 28 straight power plays dating back to G5 v. Canucks In 2012 SC Playoffs, G Jonathan Quick LA now has 1.45 GAA, .951 sv pct Historically, a team that holds a two games-to-none lead in a best-of-seven series has won
86 per cent of the time. In the conference finals, that edge leads to victory 91% of time.
Sunday, May 20 1200 h pt on HNIC, NBC
PHOENIX 2 @ LOS ANGELES 0
FIRST PERIOD 1. PHOENIX, Shane Doan 4 (Ray Whitney) 14:19 PPG GWG
On PP, Quick can’t clear it around boards, Doan receives puck down low, steps out front and buries it high Penalties ― Whitney P 1:15, Stoll L 6:52, Yandle P Fraser L 8:12, Aucoin P 9:24, Williams L 13:54
SECOND PERIOD 2. PHOENIX, Shane Doan 5 (Antoine Vermette) 11:10
Right off face-off, Doan snaps a quick one high, off Penner’s glove, and past Quick ~ video review required Penalties ― Doan P 4:09, Yandle P 13:09, Martinez L 14:26
THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Doan P Morris P Richardson L 3:49, Vermette P 19:53 Shots on goal by COYOTES 5 9 7 21 KINGS 10 13 13 36 PHOENIX, Mike Smith; LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick PHX ― 1 for 3, LA ― 0 for 6 on power play Referees: Chris Lee, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Derek Amell, Jonny Murray 18 402 at STAPLES Center
Shane Doan PHX, Mike Smith PHX, Trevor Lewis LA game’s THREE STARS Shane Doan’s first-period goal ends Kings’ streak of 30 straight penalty kills Kings trailed after first period at home for first time since January 12
th
"That was Coyote hockey," Ray Whitney PHX said. "A lot of effort, a lot of blocked shots, a lot of extra efforts and some timely goals by Shane Doan and Mike Smith in net. That's kind of the equation for us."
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2012 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL
3 PHOENIX COYOTES 97 v. 8 LOS ANGELES KINGS 95 GM DON MALONEY, HC DAVE TIPPETT v. GM DEAN LOMBARDI, HC DARRYL SUTTER
KINGS WIN SERIES IN 5
Tuesday, May 22 1800 h mst on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
LOS ANGELES 4 @ PHOENIX 3 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD
1. PHOENIX, Taylor Pyatt 4 (Martin Hanzal, Radim Vrbata) 4:19 PPG On PP, takes a pass in high slot and one-times it past Quick low to stick side
2. LOS ANGELES, Anze Kopitar 6 (Drew Doughty, Dustin Brown) 11:13 SHG Playing SH, Doughty’s shot from point, along ice, tipped niftily by Kopitar past Smith
Penalties ― Doughty L 2:47, Kings’ bench (served by Richardson) 10:28, Voynov L 15:32, Morris P 19:56
SECOND PERIOD
3. PHOENIX, Marc-Antoine Pouliot 1 (Rostislav Klesla, Kyle Chipchura) 6 :23 Chipchura shows patience working puck toward net and, eventually, Pouliot jams in loose puck
4. LOS ANGELES, Drew Doughty 2 (Colin Fraser, Justin Williams) 11:06 Long wrist shot from point has eyes and beats Smith to stick side
5. LOS ANGELES, Mike Richards 4 (Dustin Penner, Jeff Carter) 13:43 Penner fires backhand at Smith and Richards smacks in rebound
6. PHOENIX, Keith Yandle 1 (Taylor Pyatt) 16:23 Pyatt lugs puck down left side and fires a great cross-ice pass to Yandle, who steers it past Quick
Penalties ― None
THIRD PERIOD
NO SCORING
Penalties ― Korpikoski P 1:38, Stoll L 5:15, Greene L 5:34, Hanzal P 6:34, Morris P 19:33
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD
7. LOS ANGELES, Dustin Penner 3 (Jeff Carter, Slava Voynov) 17:42 GWG Carter’s bad-angle shot creates rebound, which Penner buries from high slot…Kings’ bench empties
Penalties ― Doughty L 10:54, Doan P Smith P (game misconducts) 17:42
Shots on goal by
KINGS 6 20 13 12 51 COYOTES 9 10 16 6 41
LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; PHOENIX, Mike Smith
LA ― 0 for 4 2 for 27 in series, 6 for 74 in SCP, PHX ― 1 for 6 2 for 19 in series, 7 for 50 in SCP on PP Referees: Brad Watson, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Jay Sharrers
17 148 at Jobing.com Arena
Dustin Penner LA, Drew Doughty LA, Mike Richards LA game’s THREE STARS Kings first team under current playoff format to reach SCF by going 8-0 on the road
Kings reach SCF for first time since 1993 (five-game loss to Canadiens) "I'm proud of the players. That's the biggest thing for me. Hell of an accomplishment for the
players. That's what it's about. They're the guys that sweat and bleed. That's what it's about. I know from being a player. I'm proud of them guys." – Kings’ coach Darryl Sutter
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2012 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
6E NEW JERSEY DEVILS 106 v. 8W LOS ANGELES KINGS 95 GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC PETER DeBOER v. GM DEAN LOMBARDI, HC DARRYL SUTTER
KINGS WIN SERIES IN 6
Wednesday, May 30 2020 h et on HNIC, NBC
LOS ANGELES 2 @ NEW JERSEY 1 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Colin Fraser 1 (Jordan Nolan) 9:56
Nolan works hard to acquire puck down low, then feeds Fraser in circle, who beats Brodeur stick side Penalties ― Brown L 12:19
SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW JERSEY, Anton Volchenkov 1 (Patrik Elias, David Clarkson) 18:48
Quick makes stop of long, low point shot, but rebound goes off Voynov and into open glove side…flukey Penalties ― Stoll L 8:31, Zubrus N 13:23
THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― None
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 3. LOS ANGELES, Anze Kopitar 7 (Justin Williams, Drew Doughty) 8:13 GWG
Sent in alone by Williams, dekes Brodeur out of his jock and tucks it stick side to win game (image) Penalties ― None Shots on goal by KINGS 5 9 8 3 25 DEVILS 5 3 7 2 17 LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur LA ― 0 for 1, NJ ― 0 for 2 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Jonny Murray 17 625 at Prudential Center
Anze Kopitar LA, Martin Brodeur NJ, Jonathan Quick LA game’s THREE STARS Kings win their ninth straight road game in 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs "I didn't know if they had a backchecker coming, but I knew Kopi was in the area over there,"
Justin Williams LA said. "That's when you just throw an area pass over there; hopefully he skates into it and hopefully it's timed right. Fortunately it was."
Monday, June 4 1720 h pt on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NEW JERSEY 0 @ LOS ANGELES 4
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Richards L 14:35, Carter L (double minor) 15:36, Zidlicky N 16:57
SECOND PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Alec Martinez 1 (Dwight King, Trevor Lewis) 5:40 GWG
Kings simply keep whacking at puck after Brodeur makes initial save…and it ends up in net 2. LOS ANGELES, Anze Kopitar 8 (Dustin Brown, Justin Williams) 15:07
Kings work puck out of their zone quickly, and Kopitar one-times great cross-ice pass right onto his stick Penalties ― Kopitar L 6:16, Penner L 9:41, Gagne L 18:30
THIRD PERIOD 3. LOS ANGELES, Jeff Carter 6 (Mike Richards, Willie Mitchell) 4:15 PPG
On PP, one-times pass from corner of net right over Brodeur’s right shoulder…goal-scorer’s goal 4. LOS ANGELES, Justin Williams 3 (Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar) 6:47 PPG
On PP, Williams steps around D, fires, then buries rebound to Brodeur’s stick side (where else?) Penalties ― Fayne N 3:29, Zidlicky N 5:30 Shots on goal by DEVILS 7 9 6 22 KINGS 6 9 6 21 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick NJ ― 0 for 6, LA ― 2 for 2 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Jonny Murray 18 764 at STAPLES Center
Jonathan Quick LA, Anze Kopitar LA, Matt Greene LA game’s THREE STARS Kings very first team, under current SC format, to take 3-0 leads in every round Lowest scoring Stanley Cup Final through the first 3 games since 1952 20 of 25 teams that went up 3-0 in SC Final ended up sweeping series J Quick LA first goalie to allow 2 goals in first 3 games of SCF since R. Vachon MTL in 1969 Kings outhit Devils tonight 55-32…Brown LA 8, Greene LA 7, Stoll LA 6
Saturday, June 2 2020 h et on HNIC, NBC
LOS ANGELES 2 @ NEW JERSEY 1 OVERTIME
FIRST PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Drew Doughty 3 (unassisted) 7:49
Doughty goes coast-to-coast with puck and snaps a beauty past Brodeur stick side (image) Penalties ― Greene L 2:54, Mitchell L 7:56
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Greene N 9:29, King L 13:38
THIRD PERIOD 2. NEW JERSEY, Ryan Carter 5 (Marek Zidlicky, Steve Bernier) 2:59
Tips Zidlicky’s point shot from mid-air and past Quick stick side Penalties ― Zubrus N 16:55, Doughty L 17:46
FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 3. LOS ANGELES, Jeff Carter 5 (Dustin Penner, Alec Martinez) 13:42
Barrels down right side, stopped, then scoops up rebound, whirls in front and scores low stick side to win game Penalties ― None Shots on goal by KINGS 6 9 6 11 32 DEVILS 11 9 10 3 33 LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur LA ― 0 for 2, NJ ― 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot 17 625 at Prudential Center
Jeff Carter LA, Jonathan Quick LA, Martin Brodeur NJ game’s THREE STARS Kings have now won ten consecutive road games in 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs SCF starts with two overtime games for first time since 1951 "We knew we had the goal in here somewhere," Jarret Stoll LA said after Kings' 2-1 win.
"That's all we were talking about in the intermission, how someone had it." D Drew Doughty LA played 32:19 in G2, after skating 28:15 in G1
Wednesday, June 6 1720 h pt on HNIC, NBC Sports Network
NEW JERSEY 3 @ LOS ANGELES 1
FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Parise N 3:02, Stoll L 5:53, Brown L 7:58, Salvador N 19:15
SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Salvador N 8:19
THIRD PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 5 (Bryce Salvador, Dainius Zubrus) 7:56
Devils work extremely hard to keep puck in, Quick stops long point shot, Elias on doorstep to jam it in 2. LOS ANGELES, Drew Doughty 4 (Mike Richards, Anze Kopitar) 8:58 PPG
On PP, right off draw, Doughty’s long point shot goes through Brodeur’s legs, with Brown screening 3. NEW JERSEY, Adam Henrique 4 (David Clarkson, Alexei Ponikarovsky) 15:29 GWG
Henrique takes Clarkson pass off skate to stick, then snaps a beauty high past Quick stick side (image) 4. NEW JERSEY, Ilya Kovalchuk 8 (Andy Greene, Bryce Salvador) 19:40 ENG
Scoops up puck in Kings end and fires one from top of circle into empty net Penalties ― Clarkson N 8:52, Mitchell L 17:10 Shots on goal by DEVILS 8 3 13 24 KINGS 7 7 8 22 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick NJ ― 0 for 3, LA ― 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot 18 867 at STAPLES Center
Adam Henrique NJ, Drew Doughty LA, Martin Brodeur NJ game’s THREE STARS With Elias’ goal, Jonathan Quick sees shutout streak end at 1:38:39 M Brodeur NJ third goalie over 40 years old to win a game in SC Final (Hainsworth '36, Bower '67) Kings are first team that failed to sweep a SC Final at home since Leafs in 1945 "I don't know. I'm not a doctor. Maybe on a subconscious level. We definitely wanted to win this
one for everyone else and ourselves. We can't do much more than we did tonight. We could have easily won this game." ― Dustin Penner LA asked if Kings had pre-game jitters in G4
"Someone said the '42 Leafs (were the last team to come back from 0-3 to win in Cup Final). You know it's going to happen again, so why not us?" Peter DeBoer said. "I think that's the approach. You're not going to go 200 years without someone else doing it. So, it's been long enough,it might as well be us."
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2012 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
6E NEW JERSEY DEVILS 106 v. 8W LOS ANGELES KINGS 95 GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC PETER DeBOER v. GM DEAN LOMBARDI, HC DARRYL SUTTER
KINGS WIN SERIES IN 6
Saturday, June 9 2022 h et on HNIC, NBC
NEW JERSEY 2 @ LOS ANGELES 1
FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parise 8 (unassisted) 12:45 PPG
Quick comes out and tries to send puck behind net, but Parise grabs it and stuffs it in open glove side (image) Penalties ― Mitchell L 11:00
SECOND PERIOD 2. LOS ANGELES, Justin Williams 4 (Matt Greene) 3:26
Barrels down right side, cuts to middle, D back in, snaps a beauty high stick on Brodeur 3. NEW JERSEY, Bryce Salvador 4 (Alexi Ponikarovsky, Mark Fayne) 9:05 GWG
Salvador’s floater from the point slightly re-directs off Clarkson and high to Quick’s glove side Penalties ― Fayne N 9:33, Salvador N 18:38
THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING
Penalties ― Brown L 5:51, Penner L Ponikarovsky N 18:13 Shots on goal by KINGS 7 10 9 26 DEVILS 4 12 3 19 LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur LA ― 0 for 2, NJ ― 1 for 2 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Jonny Murray 17 625 at Prudential Center
Martin Brodeur NJ, Bryce Salvador NJ, Justin Williams LA game’s THREE STARS Devils first team to force G6 when trailing 3-0 in SC Final since 1945 Red Wings Game was 50
th this spring decided by one goal. Record for a single playoff year is 51, set in 2007
"We could have packed it in two games ago. That's the bottom line," Martin Brodeur said. "But you see we have a bunch of resilient guys that want to try to make history and try to win the Stanley Cup. We're not going to give up."
Monday, June 11 1720 h pt on HNIC, NBC
NEW JERSEY 1 @ LOS ANGELES 6
FIRST PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Dustin Brown 8 (Drew Doughty, Mike Richards) 11:03 PPG
On PP, tips Doughty’s low shot right through Brodeur’s legs (image) 2. LOS ANGELES, Jeff Carter 7 (Dustin Brown, Mike Richards) 12:45 PPG GWG
On PP, Brown takes puck in slot, takes some time to whirl around and fires it past screened Brodeur 3. LOS ANGELES, Trevor Lewis 2 (Dwight King, Drew Doughty) 15:01 PPG
Still on PP, King goes hard to net and, as puck slides across crease, Lewis stuffs it in glove side Penalties ― Volchenkov N 3:01, Bernier N (major, served by Sykora, game misconduct) 10:10
SECOND PERIOD 4. LOS ANGELES, Jeff Carter 8 (Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar) 1:30
From top of circle, Carter snaps a rolling puck right over Brodeur’s stick-side shoulder 5. NEW JERSEY, Adam Henrique 5 (Petr Sykora, Alexei Ponikarovsky) 18:45
Quick stops first shot, but Henrique jams in the rebound ugly Penalties ― Salvador N (double minor) 6:00, Carter N (minor, served by Sykora, 10-minute misconduct) 14:23, Clarkson N (10-minute misconduct) 18:19, Penner L 19:43
THIRD PERIOD 6. LOS ANGELES, Trevor Lewis 3 (Dwight King, Jarret Stoll) 16:15 ENG
Takes pass in clear over blueline and fires it into empty net 7. LOS ANGELES, Matt Greene 2 (unassisted) 16:30
Long shot from the point has eyes and beats Brodeur high Penalties ― Brown L (double minor) Sykora N 6:55, Zidlicky N 8:06 Shots on goal by DEVILS 4 6 8 18 KINGS 13 8 4 25 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick NJ ― 0 for 2 1 for 19 in series, 13 for 85 in SCP LA ― 3 for 9 6 for 20 in series, 12 for 94 in SCP on PP Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot, Derek Amell (start of third pd) 18 858 at STAPLES Center
Dustin Brown LA, Jeff Carter LA, Drew Doughty LA game’s THREE STARS Kings win the first Stanley Cup in their history "They've been waiting longer than I have, this city," captain Dustin Brown said. "You dream of
winning the Cup, and you know what, I'm glad I was the first King to ever lift it." "This is unreal. Every single emotion in me is coming out," Anze Kopitar LA said.
"The biggest thing has been the belief inside the locker room. We had 25 guys believing in one thing. I can't be more proud of the guys."
Dustin Brown LA second American-born captain to win Cup (1999, Derian Hatcher, Dallas Stars) Jonathan Quick’s .946 sv pct was highest ever for a goaltender reaching SC Final Kings outscored opponents 57-30, incl. 19-8 in first periods Kings trailed for just 184:08 in enter postseason
Kings win 10 road games in ’12 Playoffs ~ ties SC record
J O N A T H A N Q U I C K LOS ANGELES KINGS
2012 CONN SMYTHE TROPHY WINNER 16 wins, 3 shutouts, .946 sv pct, 1.41 GAA in 20 games
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2012 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF SCORING Conference Quarter-finalists
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG Rich Peverley 7 3 2 5 0 4 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 17
Andrew Ference 7 1 3 4 -2 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 18 Brian Rolston 7 1 2 3 -2 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 17
Milan Lucic 7 0 3 3 2 8 30 2 0 1 0 0 0 12
Johnny Boychuk 7 1 2 3 1 4 21 18 1 0 0 0 0 13 Dennis Seidenberg 7 1 2 3 1 2 29 16 0 1 0 0 0 17
Zdeno Chara 7 1 2 3 -1 8 26 9 0 0 0 0 1 21 Tyler Seguin 7 2 1 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 31
David Krejci 7 1 2 3 0 4 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 11 Chris Kelly 7 1 2 3 1 4 14 4 0 0 0 0 1 12
Patrice Bergeron 7 0 2 2 0 8 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 Gregory Campbell 7 0 2 2 -1 0 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 7
Brad Marchand 7 1 1 2 -1 2 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 17 Benoit Pouliot 7 1 1 2 -1 6 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Greg Zanon 7 0 1 1 0 0 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 Daniel Paille 7 1 0 1 -1 2 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 8
Joe Corvo 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 Shawn Thornton 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
Mike Mottau 2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan Caron 2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tim Thomas 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO Tim Thomas 7 7 448 3 4 0 0 16 2.14 207 191 .920 1
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG Sean Bergenheim 7 3 3 6 -2 4 18 2 1 2 0 0 0 24
Brian Campbell 7 1 4 5 -2 2 8 10 1 3 0 0 1 9 Mikael Samuelsson 7 0 5 5 -1 2 21 3 0 4 0 0 0 14
Kris Versteeg 7 3 2 5 2 8 15 5 2 1 0 0 1 18 Stephen Weiss 7 3 2 5 0 6 6 7 3 1 0 0 0 12
Marcel Goc 7 2 3 5 0 0 9 4 1 1 0 0 1 14
Jason Garrison 4 1 2 3 -2 0 12 6 1 2 0 0 0 12
Scottie Upshall 7 1 2 3 -1 4 16 3 0 1 0 0 0 9 Tomas Fleischmann 7 1 2 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 13
Jerred Smithson 5 0 1 1 -2 2 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Tyson Strachan 2 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shawn Matthias 7 0 1 1 -2 6 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 Dmitry Kulikov 7 0 1 1 -4 4 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 15
Tomas Kopecky 7 1 0 1 -3 4 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 Scott Clemmensen 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Weaver 7 1 0 1 -1 0 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 6 Erik Gudbranson 7 0 0 0 -2 8 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
Wojtek Wolski 2 0 0 0 -1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Marco Sturm 7 0 0 0 -3 4 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 8
Keaton Ellerby 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jose Theodore 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Madden 7 0 0 0 -3 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 5
Ed Jovanovski 7 0 0 0 -1 4 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 7
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO Jose Theodore 5 5 268 2 2 0 0 11 2.46 135 124 .920 1
Scott Clemmensen 3 2 179 1 2 0 0 7 2.34 88 81 .920 0
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG
Jason Spezza 7 3 2 5 2 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 21 Nick Foligno 7 1 3 4 -1 8 20 1 0 2 0 0 0 17
Sergei Gonchar 7 1 3 4 1 6 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 6 Kyle Turris 7 1 2 3 -1 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 11
Chris Neil 7 2 1 3 2 22 27 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 Milan Michalek 7 1 1 2 3 4 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 19
Daniel Alfredsson 4 2 0 2 -3 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 15 Filip Kuba 7 0 2 2 1 10 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 10
Zenon Konopka 6 0 2 2 2 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Colin Greening 7 0 1 1 1 0 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
Mark Stone 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zack Smith 7 0 1 1 -2 10 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 13
Jim O'Brien 7 0 1 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 Erik Condra 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 10
Chris Phillips 7 0 1 1 0 4 16 8 0 1 0 0 0 10 Erik Karlsson 7 1 0 1 0 4 16 8 1 0 0 0 0 31
Matt Carkner 4 0 1 1 1 21 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Jared Cowen 7 0 1 1 -3 4 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 8
Matt Gilroy 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Bobby Butler 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Jesse Winchester 4 0 0 0 -2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 Craig Anderson 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jakob Silfverberg 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Kaspars Daugavins 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Craig Anderson 7 7 419 3 4 0 0 14 2.01 208 194 .930 1
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG
Jordan Staal 6 6 3 9 2 2 13 2 1 0 0 0 1 12 Sidney Crosby 6 3 5 8 -3 9 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 13
Evgeni Malkin 6 3 5 8 -1 6 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 26 Steve Sullivan 6 2 4 6 -4 4 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 13
Tyler Kennedy 6 3 3 6 1 2 13 1 0 1 0 0 1 15 Chris Kunitz 6 2 4 6 -2 8 23 7 2 0 0 0 0 17
Pascal Dupuis 6 2 4 6 0 0 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 11
James Neal 5 2 4 6 -3 12 11 5 1 3 0 0 0 28 Kris Letang 6 1 4 5 -1 21 11 8 1 1 0 0 0 15
Matt Cooke 6 0 4 4 3 16 21 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
Matt Niskanen 4 1 2 3 2 6 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 8
Paul Martin 3 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Deryk Engelland 6 0 1 1 1 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Zbynek Michalek 6 0 1 1 2 0 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 Eric Tangradi 2 0 1 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Richard Park 2 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Marc-Andre Fleury 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Arron Asham 3 0 0 0 -3 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Joe Vitale 4 0 0 0 -2 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brent Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Craig Adams 5 0 0 0 -1 19 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brooks Orpik 6 0 0 0 -2 4 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 Brian Strait 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Simon Despres 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ben Lovejoy 2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Marc-Andre Fleury 6 6 337 2 4 0 2 26 4.63 157 131 .830 0 Brent Johnson 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 2 6.00 6 4 .670 0
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG Patrick Kane 6 0 4 4 1 10 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 16
Jonathan Toews 6 2 2 4 4 6 11 3 0 0 0 0 1 19 Nick Leddy 6 1 2 3 1 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 9
Brent Seabrook 6 1 2 3 1 0 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 18
Michael Frolik 4 2 1 3 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 13 Johnny Oduya 6 0 3 3 1 0 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 9
Dave Bolland 6 0 3 3 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 Viktor Stalberg 6 0 2 2 0 8 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 20
Bryan Bickell 6 2 0 2 -1 4 32 0 1 0 0 0 1 14 Niklas Hjalmarsson 6 0 1 1 -3 4 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 3
Patrick Sharp 6 1 0 1 -2 4 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 Andrew Brunette 6 1 0 1 -3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Duncan Keith 6 0 1 1 1 2 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 16 Brendan Morrison 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Brandon Bollig 4 1 0 1 0 19 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 Brandon Saad 2 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamal Mayers 3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Andrew Shaw 3 0 0 0 -1 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Jimmy Hayes 2 0 0 0 -1 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Dylan Olsen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Marcus Kruger 6 0 0 0 -4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 Sean O'Donnell 2 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sami Lepisto 3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Corey Crawford 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marian Hossa 3 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 10
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO Corey Crawford 6 6 396 2 4 0 0 17 2.58 159 142 .890 0
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG Pavel Datsyuk 5 1 2 3 0 2 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 11
Henrik Zetterberg 5 2 1 3 -3 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 23
Tomas Holmstrom 5 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9
Niklas Kronwall 5 0 2 2 -2 4 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 9 Jiri Hudler 5 2 0 2 -3 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Valtteri Filppula 5 0 2 2 -3 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 11 Kyle Quincey 5 0 2 2 -2 6 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 11
Johan Franzen 5 1 0 1 -1 8 13 3 0 0 0 0 1 14 Cory Emmerton 5 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Brad Stuart 5 0 1 1 -5 0 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 Drew Miller 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 9
Ian White 5 1 0 1 -2 0 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 Jimmy Howard 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gustav Nyquist 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Nicklas Lidstrom 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 14
Jonathan Ericsson 5 0 0 0 -1 6 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 Danny Cleary 5 0 0 0 -1 2 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 10
Darren Helm 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Bertuzzi 5 0 0 0 -5 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Justin Abdelkader 5 0 0 0 -5 2 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 7
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Jimmy Howard 5 5 295 1 4 0 0 13 2.64 116 103 .890 0
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG
Joe Thornton 5 2 3 5 2 2 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 15 Logan Couture 5 1 3 4 -1 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 19
Ryane Clowe 5 0 3 3 -3 0 16 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 Martin Havlat 5 2 1 3 -1 8 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 15
Dan Boyle 5 0 2 2 0 4 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 9 Brent Burns 5 1 1 2 2 4 13 5 1 0 0 0 0 13
Colin White 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Torrey Mitchell 5 0 1 1 0 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tommy Wingels 5 0 1 1 1 7 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Daniel Winnik 5 0 1 1 1 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Andrew Desjardins 5 1 0 1 1 2 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Jason Demers 3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Antti Niemi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Douglas Murray 5 0 0 0 -1 19 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 1
Patrick Marleau 5 0 0 0 -1 4 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 Dominic Moore 3 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Brad Winchester 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T.J. Galiardi 3 0 0 0 -1 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Pavelski 5 0 0 0 -3 5 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 Justin Braun 5 0 0 0 -2 15 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 9
Michal Handzus 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Marc-Edouard Vlasic 5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 4
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Antti Niemi 5 5 318 1 4 0 1 13 2.45 151 138 .910 0
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG
Henrik Sedin 5 2 3 5 0 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 13 Dan Hamhuis 5 0 3 3 -2 6 11 9 0 3 0 0 0 14
Ryan Kesler 5 0 3 3 -1 6 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 16 Alexander Edler 5 2 0 2 -2 8 15 13 1 0 0 0 0 12
Daniel Sedin 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 Keith Ballard 4 0 1 1 -1 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Kevin Bieksa 5 1 0 1 0 6 10 6 0 0 0 0 1 17 Alexandre Burrows 5 1 0 1 -1 7 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 17
Jannik Hansen 5 1 0 1 -1 14 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 7
Maxim Lapierre 5 0 1 1 0 16 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 Mason Raymond 5 0 1 1 -3 0 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 16
David Booth 5 0 1 1 -1 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Samuel Pahlsson 5 1 0 1 -2 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Aaron Rome 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roberto Luongo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cory Schneider 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byron Bitz 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Tanev 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 7 Dale Weise 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Manny Malhotra 5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 Zack Kassian 4 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Andrew Ebbett 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Sami Salo 5 0 0 0 -3 2 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 5
Chris Higgins 5 0 0 0 -3 2 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 11
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO Cory Schneider 3 3 183 1 2 0 0 4 1.31 101 97 .960 0
Roberto Luongo 2 2 117 0 2 0 1 7 3.59 64 57 .890 0
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2012 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF SCORING Conference Semi-finalists
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG Claude Giroux 10 8 9 17 2 13 7 9 3 4 2 2 0 36
Danny Briere 11 8 5 13 -6 4 23 4 1 3 0 0 1 26 Jakub Voracek 11 2 8 10 0 8 13 2 1 3 0 0 1 20
Brayden Schenn 11 3 6 9 -3 8 28 4 2 1 0 0 0 11
Jaromir Jagr 11 1 7 8 -5 2 1 3 0 6 0 0 1 26 Scott Hartnell 11 3 5 8 -7 15 39 6 3 4 0 0 1 27
Matt Carle 11 2 4 6 -3 6 10 24 1 0 0 1 0 19 Max Talbot 11 4 2 6 5 10 26 10 1 0 2 2 0 15
Wayne Simmonds 11 1 5 6 -6 38 25 8 1 2 0 0 0 16 Matt Read 11 3 2 5 0 4 12 6 1 1 0 0 1 8
Braydon Coburn 11 0 4 4 0 8 36 19 0 2 0 0 0 12 Sean Couturier 11 3 1 4 2 2 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 18
Kimmo Timonen 11 1 3 4 1 23 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 11 James van Riemsdyk 7 1 1 2 -2 4 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 9
Erik Gustafsson 7 1 1 2 4 2 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 9 Pavel Kubina 5 0 1 1 -3 12 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 5
Nicklas Grossmann 9 0 1 1 0 8 22 23 0 0 0 0 0 3 Eric Wellwood 11 0 0 0 -1 2 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 13
Andrej Meszaros 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Andreas Lilja 10 0 0 0 -5 6 14 22 0 0 0 0 0 11
Zac Rinaldo 5 0 0 0 -2 48 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Ilya Bryzgalov 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marc-Andre Bourdon 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sergei Bobrovsky 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Ilya Bryzgalov 11 11 642 5 6 0 2 37 3.46 326 289 .890 0 Sergei Bobrovsky 1 0 37 0 0 0 0 5 8.13 18 13 .720 0
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG Alex Ovechkin 14 5 4 9 -2 8 58 14 2 2 0 0 1 50
Nicklas Backstrom 13 2 6 8 2 18 20 16 0 2 0 0 1 25
Jason Chimera 14 4 3 7 5 6 25 2 0 0 0 0 1 28
Brooks Laich 14 2 5 7 1 6 16 24 0 1 0 0 0 26 Joel Ward 14 1 4 5 3 6 28 7 0 0 0 0 1 12
John Carlson 14 2 3 5 -1 8 30 38 1 1 0 0 0 27 Alexander Semin 14 3 1 4 -4 10 8 5 2 0 0 0 1 35
Troy Brouwer 14 2 2 4 -2 8 39 16 1 1 0 0 1 22 Roman Hamrlik 14 1 3 4 8 12 20 37 0 0 0 0 0 18
Mike Green 14 2 2 4 5 10 18 28 1 1 0 0 1 27 Dennis Wideman 14 0 3 3 -7 2 19 24 0 2 0 0 0 23
Marcus Johansson 14 1 2 3 -6 0 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 22 Mike Knuble 11 2 1 3 3 6 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
Jay Beagle 12 1 1 2 1 4 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 Matt Hendricks 14 1 1 2 -1 6 61 12 0 0 0 0 0 22
Keith Aucoin 14 0 2 2 -2 2 10 4 0 1 0 0 0 9 Karl Alzner 14 0 2 2 -1 0 24 33 0 0 0 0 0 13
John Erskine 4 0 1 1 -1 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jeff Schultz 10 0 0 0 -7 2 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 Jeff Halpern 2 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Braden Holtby 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mathieu Perreault 4 0 0 0 -1 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Braden Holtby 14 14 922 7 7 0 0 30 1.95 459 429 .930 0
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG David Legwand 10 3 3 6 3 10 16 4 1 0 0 0 2 25
Alexander Radulov 8 1 5 6 2 4 4 6 0 2 0 0 0 13 Gabriel Bourque 10 3 2 5 0 4 21 1 0 0 0 0 1 13
Mike Fisher 10 1 3 4 -4 8 33 8 0 1 0 0 0 21
Kevin Klein 10 2 2 4 -2 2 17 22 0 0 0 0 1 11 Andrei Kostitsyn 8 3 1 4 3 2 17 2 0 1 0 0 0 12
Ryan Suter 10 1 3 4 -3 4 12 14 1 2 0 0 0 30 Patric Hornqvist 10 1 3 4 1 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 36
Martin Erat 10 1 3 4 -1 6 15 7 1 0 0 0 0 12 Shea Weber 10 2 1 3 -1 9 23 21 1 1 0 0 0 33
Nick Spaling 10 0 3 3 4 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 Francis Bouillon 10 0 3 3 7 2 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 8
Paul Gaustad 10 1 1 2 -1 5 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 Sergei Kostitsyn 10 1 1 2 -3 4 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 7
Brandon Yip 10 1 1 2 -1 6 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 Matt Halischuk 5 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Smith 2 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Colin Wilson 4 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Ryan Ellis 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Pekka Rinne 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Gill 5 0 0 0 2 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jack Hillen 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Roman Josi 10 0 0 0 -4 10 3 21 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jordin Tootoo 3 0 0 0 0 4 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Pekka Rinne 10 10 609 5 5 0 0 21 2.07 296 275 .930 1
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG
Andy McDonald 9 5 5 10 -2 8 5 4 2 4 0 0 1 26 Patrik Berglund 9 3 4 7 2 6 16 9 2 1 0 0 0 24
David Perron 9 1 4 5 -4 10 14 3 0 1 0 0 1 16
Alex Pietrangelo 8 0 5 5 -1 0 14 22 0 1 0 0 0 19
David Backes 9 2 2 4 -5 18 27 8 0 0 0 0 0 12 T.J. Oshie 9 0 3 3 -2 6 14 9 0 1 0 0 0 13
Kris Russell 9 0 3 3 3 5 8 19 0 1 0 0 0 7 Alex Steen 9 1 2 3 -2 6 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 21
Carlo Colaiacovo 7 0 3 3 2 16 9 14 0 2 0 0 0 12 Kevin Shattenkirk 9 1 1 2 -3 6 10 16 0 0 0 0 0 26
Chris Stewart 7 2 0 2 -1 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 Vladimir Sobotka 9 1 1 2 0 15 27 8 0 0 0 0 1 4
Jason Arnott 7 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 B.J. Crombeen 7 1 0 1 -1 31 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
Barret Jackman 9 0 1 1 -8 21 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 9 Scott Nichol 9 0 1 1 -3 14 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 8
Matt D'Agostini 4 1 0 1 0 4 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 Jamie Langenbrunner 9 1 0 1 -1 11 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 8
Ryan Reaves 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brian Elliott 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jaroslav Halak 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Allen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roman Polak 9 0 0 0 -3 19 24 18 0 0 0 0 0 6
Ian Cole 2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Kent Huskins 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Brian Elliott 8 7 455 3 4 0 2 18 2.38 187 169 .900 0 Jaroslav Halak 2 2 104 1 1 0 0 3 1.72 46 43 .930 0
Jake Allen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0
2012 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF SCORING
Conference Finalists
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG Brad Richards 20 6 9 15 -2 8 17 17 2 6 0 0 0 71
Dan Girardi 20 3 9 12 6 2 52 54 1 3 0 0 3 35 Marian Gaborik 20 5 6 11 0 2 20 8 0 3 0 0 1 60
Artem Anisimov 20 3 7 10 1 4 17 11 0 3 0 0 0 19 Michael Del Zotto 20 2 8 10 -4 12 62 24 1 3 0 0 1 35
Ryan Callahan 20 6 4 10 2 12 82 31 2 1 0 0 0 53 Derek Stepan 20 1 8 9 -2 4 40 11 1 2 0 0 0 38
Chris Kreider 18 5 2 7 -4 6 29 3 2 0 0 0 2 29 Ruslan Fedotenko 20 2 5 7 7 8 29 22 0 0 0 0 0 25
Anton Stralman 20 3 3 6 1 4 23 25 2 2 0 0 0 26 Marc Staal 20 3 3 6 0 12 36 39 2 0 0 0 1 30
Brian Boyle 17 3 3 6 0 15 60 17 0 0 0 0 2 33 Ryan McDonagh 20 0 4 4 2 11 39 62 0 0 0 0 0 36
Carl Hagelin 17 0 3 3 -3 17 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 27 Brandon Prust 19 1 1 2 -1 31 54 8 0 0 0 0 0 21
Brandon Dubinsky 9 0 2 2 2 14 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 John Mitchell 18 0 1 1 -2 2 23 5 0 1 0 0 0 11
Stu Bickel 18 0 0 0 -3 16 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 Henrik Lundqvist 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Eminger 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2
Michael Rupp 20 0 0 0 -3 36 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 17
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Henrik Lundqvist 20 20 1251 10 10 0 3 38 1.82 554 516 .930 3
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG Antoine Vermette 16 5 5 10 -2 24 57 18 3 0 0 0 0 24
Shane Doan 16 5 4 9 2 41 79 11 1 0 0 0 2 47 Keith Yandle 16 1 8 9 5 10 4 14 0 3 0 0 0 22
Rostislav Klesla 15 2 6 8 -2 4 37 27 0 0 0 0 0 24 Mikkel Boedker 16 4 4 8 1 0 34 3 0 1 0 0 2 32
Ray Whitney 16 2 5 7 -1 10 12 2 0 3 0 0 1 34 Daymond Langkow 16 1 6 7 2 4 34 17 0 0 0 0 0 17
Martin Hanzal 12 3 3 6 2 29 57 8 0 1 0 0 2 18 Taylor Pyatt 16 4 2 6 -5 2 48 20 1 0 0 0 1 27
Derek Morris 16 2 4 6 4 24 44 36 0 1 0 0 0 25 Radim Vrbata 16 2 3 5 -3 8 19 9 1 1 0 0 0 43
Kyle Chipchura 15 1 3 4 4 7 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 Oliver Ekman-Larsson 16 1 3 4 -3 8 15 15 1 3 0 0 1 21
Gilbert Brule 12 2 1 3 1 0 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 Raffi Torres 3 1 1 2 2 2 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 7
Marc-Antoine Pouliot 8 1 1 2 2 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 Adrian Aucoin 11 0 2 2 4 10 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 10
Boyd Gordon 16 0 2 2 -2 6 9 15 0 0 0 0 0 17 Mike Smith 16 0 1 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lauri Korpikoski 11 0 0 0 -3 2 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 13
David Schlemko 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 6 Michal Rozsival 15 0 0 0 -3 2 31 28 0 0 0 0 0 11
Paul Bissonnette 3 0 0 0 0 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Stone 2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Mike Smith 16 16 1027 9 7 0 1 34 1.99 602 568 .940 3
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2012 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF SCORING Stanley Cup finalists
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG Ilya Kovalchuk 23 8 11 19 -7 6 20 7 5 3 0 0 0 70
Zach Parise 24 8 7 15 -8 4 56 15 3 3 0 0 1 87 Travis Zajac 24 7 7 14 -6 4 35 5 1 3 0 0 2 49
Bryce Salvador 24 4 10 14 9 26 54 34 0 1 1 0 1 30
Adam Henrique 24 5 8 13 12 11 31 19 0 2 0 1 3 40 David Clarkson 24 3 9 12 8 32 72 9 0 3 0 0 3 41
Dainius Zubrus 24 3 7 10 0 18 85 12 1 2 0 0 1 40 Marek Zidlicky 24 1 8 9 -2 22 52 33 0 4 0 0 0 43
Alexei Ponikarovsky 24 1 8 9 8 12 50 12 0 0 0 0 1 26 Patrik Elias 24 5 3 8 -3 10 36 7 2 0 0 0 0 57
Ryan Carter 23 5 2 7 4 32 32 3 0 0 0 0 2 21 Steve Bernier 24 2 5 7 3 27 64 7 0 0 0 0 0 22
Stephen Gionta 24 3 4 7 4 4 46 6 0 0 0 0 0 25 Petr Sykora 18 2 3 5 3 6 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 24
Martin Brodeur 24 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Peter Harrold 17 0 4 4 2 6 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 22
Mark Fayne 24 0 3 3 5 6 15 31 0 0 0 0 0 30 Anton Volchenkov 24 1 1 2 7 10 57 32 0 0 0 0 0 16
Jacob Josefson 6 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Andy Greene 24 0 1 1 1 8 27 40 0 0 0 0 0 24
Adam Larsson 5 1 0 1 3 4 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 Tim Sestito 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henrik Tallinder 3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Johan Hedberg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Martin Brodeur 24 24 1471 14 9 0 5 52 2.12 629 577 .920 1 Johan Hedberg 1 0 36 0 1 0 0 1 1.65 14 13 .930 0
GP G A Pts +/- PIM Hits Bks PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG Dustin Brown 20 8 12 20 16 34 93 12 1 3 2 3 3 59
Anze Kopitar 20 8 12 20 16 9 31 15 0 6 2 1 1 56 Drew Doughty 20 4 12 16 11 14 44 25 1 5 0 1 0 44
Mike Richards 20 4 11 15 1 17 37 15 2 4 0 0 1 41
Justin Williams 20 4 11 15 8 12 10 6 1 3 0 0 0 58 Jeff Carter 20 8 5 13 0 4 22 10 4 0 0 0 3 54
Dustin Penner 20 3 8 11 4 32 35 7 0 0 0 0 2 37 Trevor Lewis 20 3 6 9 7 2 65 3 1 0 0 0 0 37
Dwight King 20 5 3 8 3 13 37 0 0 1 0 0 2 33 Matt Greene 20 2 4 6 9 12 77 24 0 0 1 0 1 17
Jarret Stoll 20 2 3 5 5 18 73 10 1 0 0 0 2 33 Willie Mitchell 20 1 2 3 7 16 29 55 1 1 0 0 0 30
Alec Martinez 20 1 2 3 5 8 22 15 0 1 0 0 1 24 Slava Voynov 20 1 2 3 1 4 40 22 0 0 0 0 0 28
Colin Fraser 18 1 1 2 -1 4 39 11 0 0 0 0 0 16 Jordan Nolan 20 1 1 2 1 21 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 13
Rob Scuderi 20 0 1 1 9 4 13 34 0 0 0 0 0 11 Brad Richardson 13 1 0 1 0 4 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 13
Andrei Loktionov 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kyle Clifford 3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jonathan Quick 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Simon Gagne 4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Jonathan Quick 20 20 1238 16 4 0 1 29 1.41 538 509 .950 3