Minnesota Wild 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 26 - 18
PP: 1 of 8 (12 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:38/44=84 %
PP: 1 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:78/101=77 %, Challenges:38/45=82 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 483600 Match televised: Yes
BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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11:32 1-0
Brian Rolston [5] (Mark Parrish, James Sheppard)PP
14:39 1-1
Simon Gagné [4] (Dick Tärnström, Rostislav Klesla)PP
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35:49 1-2
Gilbert Brulé [4] (Joffrey Lupul, Nikolai Zherdev)
36:46 2-2
Mikko Koivu [1] (Mark Parrish, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
39:45 3-2
Pavol Demitra [7] (Marian Gaborik, Branko Radivojevic)
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56:01 4-2
Brian Rolston [6] (Martin Skoula, Kurtis Foster)
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Penalty summary:
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02:37
Simon Gagné (2 min for elbowing)
10:06
Manny Malhotra (2 min for high-sticking)
13:11
Kurtis Foster (2 min for hooking)
14:57
Konstantin Koltsov (2 min for hooking)
16:59
Pavol Demitra (2 min for elbowing)
18:21
Mikko Koivu (2 min for slashing)
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24:42
Mark Parrish (2 min for tripping)
29:04
Matt Foy (2 min for tripping)
31:25
Konstantin Koltsov (2 min for holding the stick)
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41:53
Kenny Jönsson (2 min for tripping)
43:59
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
45:55
Brendan Witt (2 min for hooking)
47:51
Joffrey Lupul (2 min for tripping)
48:26
Rick Nash (2 min for diving)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Branko Radivojevic 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9.50 5
R Mikko Koivu 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 17.20 8
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 22.00 8
C Matt Foy 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.40 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 13.10 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 22.00 8
C Pavol Demitra 1 0 4 2 1 0 2 0 22.10 7
R Chris Simon 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 6.20 7
L Brian Rolston 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 16.30 8
L Mark Parrish 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 13.10 8
L James Sheppard 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 21.10 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 12.40 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Martin Skoula 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 23.10 8
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15.30 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 29.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Konstantin Koltsov 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 5.20 6
R Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.30 5
R Joffrey Lupul 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 18.40 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 -3 19.20 6
C Jason Allison 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 5
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 11.20 6
C Gilbert Brulé 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
C Daniel Brière 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 12.30 6
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.20 4
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 19.40 7
L Simon Gagné 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 19.30 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -3 20.50 7
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9.40 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 28.20 8
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -2 28.00 6
D Dick Tärnström 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 15.30 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.30 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -2 20.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 22 0 0 60.00 5
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Rolston
2nd star: Mikko Koivu
3rd star: Marian Gaborik
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mikko Koivu finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 20) , Syracuse Crunch 1( 13)
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0-1 SYR Mark Rycroft (Andrew Murray, Olivier Legault)
1-1 HOU Troy Riddle (Ondrej Fiala)
2-1 HOU Benoit Pouliot (Serge Payer)
3-1 HOU Benoit Pouliot (Troy Riddle)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Adam Munro