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All Star Weekend This years All Star game was perhaps the most exciting, as the game was not decided until Marc Savard scored a goal with 20 seconds left in the third to give the Eastern Conference All Stars an 8-7 lead. Eric Staal scored two goals and picked up an assist in his MVP performance. Evgeni Nabokov of the San Jose Sharks shut down the Eastern All Stars in the second period as he stopped all eight shots he faced and became the first goaltender to have a scoreless All Star period since Nikolai Khabibulin did it in 2002, when the World vs. North America format was used. Rick Nash impressed the crowd as he scored just twelve seconds into the game. He finished the game with three goals, getting one in each period. The Eastern Conference also won the super skills completion on Saturday. Sabres break on positive note The Buffalo Sabres who have had a rough January broke for the All Star game on a positive note, beating the Stars 2-1 in Dallas last Thursday. The Sabres have lost nine of eleven games in January and twelve of fourteen dating back to the last week of December. Buffalo has lost five of the games in overtime or a shootout, earning them one point each time. They will be in Florida this week to take on the Lighting and Panthers before going to Atlanta for a match up with the Thrashers on Friday. Ducks need break after tough week The Anaheim Ducks were streaking, but they hit a road block this week. Dropping three games to the Stars, Red Wings, and Kings. Before that they had won six straight. They will close out the month in Minnesota on Wednesday. Kovalchuk suspended Atlanta All Star Ilya Kovalchuck was suspended one game this week; for hitting from behind. He put the hit on Michael Rozsival of the New York Rangers about three minutes into the game and was ejected from the game. The All Star forward missed the next game, also against the Rangers. He lost $34,224.60 from his salary, the money goes to the players emergency fund. Bryzalov sign...

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