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GAME OF THE NIGHT

Detroit Red Wings vs. Nashville Predators

The good news for the Predators is they pulled the series into a tie. The bad news is the series returns to Detroit and the home team has won every game in this series.

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NHL GAMES PLAYED ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 – Ottawa Senators 1
The Penguins completed the sweep of the Ottawa Senators and got revenge from last year’s playoffs. Malkin and Crosby both had goals in this game, but it was Jarkko Ruutu who netted the game winner. The Penguins got another solid effort from Marc-Andre Fleury who stopped 21 of 22 shots.

PITTSBURGH WINS SERIES 4-0

Three Stars
1 Malkin, PIT (1 G, 0 A, 1 P)
2 Gerber, OTT (31 saves)
3 Hossa, PIT (0 G, 0 A, 0 P)

Attendance: 19,954

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If Boston beats Montreal, the Penguins would play Boston.

If Washington beats Philadelphia, the Penguins would play Washington.

If Philadelphia beats Washington and Montreal beats Boston, the Penguins would play the winner of the New York Rangers/New Jersey Devils series.
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New Jersey Devils 3 – New York Rangers 5
Scott Gomez netted two goals against his former team in this game. Patrick Elias had two goals for the Devils. Marc Staal scored the game winner with 3:13 left on the clock. The series will return to New Jersey with the Rangers leading 3-1.

NEW YORK RANGERS LEAD 3-1

Three Stars
1 Staal, NYR (1 G, 0 A, 1 P) *GW goal
2 Straka, NYR (1 G, 1 A, 2 P)
3 Drury, NYR (1 G, 1 A, 2 P)

Attendance:

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Detroit Red Wings 2 – Nashville Predators 3
Nashville scored their third goal early in the second period, making it 3-1. The Red Wings promptly pulled Dominik Hasek in favor of Chris Osgood. Osgood kept the Predators off the board for the rest of the game, but the Red Wings could not figure Dan Ellis out. They fired 41 shots at him, but he stopped 39 of them.

Three Stars
1 Ellis, NSH (39 saves)
2 Weber, NSH (1 G, 1 A, 2 P)
3 Datsyuk, DET (2 G, 0 A, 2 P)

Attendance: 17,113

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Eastern Update

#1 Montreal leads #8 Boston 3-1

#5 New York Rangers lead #4 New Jersey 3-1

#6 Philadelphia leads #3 Washington 2-1

Western Update

#1 Detroit and #8 Nashville are tied 2-2

#2 San Jose and #7 Calgary are tied 2-2

#3 Minnesota and #6 Colorado are tied 2-2 #5 Dallas leads #4 Anaheim 2-1