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Playoff Standings
Eastern Confernce	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts
Washington	55	37	12	6	80
New Jersey	54	35	17	2	72
Buffalo	54	32	15	7	71
Pittsburgh	57	35	21	1	71
Ottawa	56	21	21	4	66
Philadelphia	54	28	23	3	59
NY Rangers	56	25	24	7	57
Florida	56	24	23	9	57

Western Confernce	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts
San Jose	55	36	10	8	81
Chicago	55	37	14	4	78
Vancouver	54	34	18	2	70
Phoenix	56	33	18	5	71
Los Angeles	55	33	19	3	69
Colorado	54	30	18	6	66
Nashville	54	30	21	3	63
Detroit	55	26	19	10	62

News:

Peca, 2002 gold medalist, retires

Michael Peca, a two-time Selke Trophy winner, announced his official NHL retirement Tuesday, ending a 13-season NHL career that was highlighted by an Olympic gold medal in 2002.

"I'm not sad by any means," Peca said. "Several months ago, I came to the decision I wasn't going to play anymore. Today's really just a day that I made a public statement. For me, it was so every time I run into old friends, they quit asking me if I'm done or not.

"Now they've got the answer," he said. "It's kind of like a mass e-mail."

Peca, who turns 36 in March, had 465 points (176 goals, 289 assists) and 798 penalty minutes in 864 regular-season games with Vancouver, Buffalo, the New York Islanders, Edmonton, Toronto and Columbus. His feisty, two-way game was underlined by winning the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL's top defensive forward in 1997 and 2002.

"The game has given me everything I've got," Peca told ESPN.com Tuesday from his home in Buffalo. "I'll be forever thankful for the time I spent in the game. I don't think a day will go by where I won't spend at least a few moments of the day reminiscing about the time I had."

Regular Season Stats
Individual Offensive Leaders

Points
	1.	H. Sedin	78
	2.	A. Ovechkin	76
	3.	S. Crosby	71
	4.	J. Thornton	68
	5.	M. Gaborik	65

Goals
	1.	S. Crosby	37
	2.	P. Marleau	37
	3.	A. Ovechkin	35
	4.	M. Gaborik	33
	5.	I. Kovalchuk	31

Assists
	1.	J. Thornton	55
	2.	H. Sedin	53
	3.	B. Richards	44
	4.	M. St. Louis	43
	5.	A. Ovechkin	41

Plus/Minus
	1.	A. Ovechkin	35
	2.	A. Burrows	30
	3.	J. Schultz	30
	4.	H. Sedin	27
	5.	Z. Parise	27

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