Minnesota Wild 3 , Montreal Canadiens 1
Shots: 29 - 15
PP: 1 of 5 (15 shots), Passing:74/82=90 %, Challenges:34/65=51 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:55/71=77 %, Challenges:11/44=24 %
Attendance: 9952 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 449830 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:19 1-0
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [6] (Andrew Brunette)
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29:07 2-0
Benoit Pouliot [2] (Alexander Perezhogin, Owen Nolan)
37:58 2-1
Chuck Kobasew [1] (Wojtek Wolski, Tomas Plekanec)
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47:55 3-1
Andrew Brunette [8] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
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Penalty summary:
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07:57
Patrice Brisebois (2 min for high-sticking)
14:44
Joe Pavelski (2 min for holding the stick)
17:22
Corey Locke (2 min for high-sticking)
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21:24
Georges Laraque (2 min for roughing)
21:24
Kurtis Foster (2 min for roughing)
21:35
Marek Zidlicky (2 min for roughing)
21:35
Chuck Kobasew (2 min for roughing)
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41:19
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
46:01
Tomas Plekanec (2 min for hooking)
52:54
Nigel Dawes (2 min for tripping)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7.50 4
R Owen Nolan 0 1 0 2 4 2 0 -1 10.40 6
R Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 4 5 3 0 0 20.00 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 21.30 8
C Corey Locke 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 7.50 6
C James Sheppard 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 11.20 4
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 1 4 2 1 2 0 1 20.30 9
L Benoit Pouliot 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7.50 8
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 -1 9.00 4
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 21.00 6
L Andrew Brunette 1 1 3 1 3 1 0 1 20.30 8
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 10.00 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 4 2 5 2 0 19.00 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 28.20 8
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 -1 14.10 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 7 0 1 1 2 0 20.10 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 6 2 6 0 2 28.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 5.10 5
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 6 3 8 0 -1 16.40 7
R Chuck Kobasew 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 12.20 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 3 4 4 0 0 20.40 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.20 5
C Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 13.50 4
C Tomas Plekanec 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 17.00 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 18.00 6
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 5.20 6
L Joe Pavelski 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 -1 16.10 4
L Wojtek Wolski 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 18.50 7
L Chris Higgins 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 20.30 7
D P.K. Subban 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 -1 14.40 4
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 22.00 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 23.20 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -1 16.30 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 18.30 4
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 25.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
2nd star: Andrew Brunette
3rd star: Benoit Pouliot
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Benoit Pouliot finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-Benoit Pouliot finally ended his 24 game point drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Chuck Kobasew finally ended his 38 game goal drought.
Other notes: