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21/3/2008
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Minnesota Wild 4 , Montreal Canadiens 4
Shots: 24 - 32
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/83=79 %, Challenges:47/52=88 %
PP: 0 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:82/91=90 %, Challenges:43/59=71 %
Attendance: 18064 of 18064 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 469664 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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07:38 1-0
Brian Rolston [28] (Mathieu Dandenault)
15:41 1-1
Andrei Kostitsyn [13] (Patrice Brisebois, Bryan Smolinski)
16:21 2-1
James Sheppard [2] (Mikko Koivu, Kurtis Foster)
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21:35 3-1
Éric Bélanger [7] (Marian Gaborik, Stéphane Veilleux)
22:06 4-1
David Vyborny [24] (Kurtis Foster)
27:36 4-2
Sami Kapanen [9] (Roman Hamrlik)
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47:56 4-3
Patrice Brisebois [8] (Francis Bouillon, Bryan Smolinski)
48:21 4-4
Simon Gagné [20] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Bryan Smolinski)
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Penalty summary:
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04:57
Brent Burns (2 min for roughing)
04:57
Andrew Ladd (2 min for roughing)
15:06
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for roughing)
15:06
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
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40:33
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for high-sticking)
55:17
Kim Johnsson (5 min for attempt to injury)
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60:35
Sean Hill (2 min for tripping)
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 10.50 7
R Mark Parrish 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
R David Vyborny 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 5
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 4 8 0 1 0 0 23.50 10
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 10.50 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 2 3 0 4 0 1 14.00 9
C Brian Rolston 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 6
C Éric Bélanger 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 6
L James Sheppard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16.30 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 16.10 5
D Sean Hill 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 16.40 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 15.50 5
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 29.00 7
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 4
D Kurtis Foster 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 25.40 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 0 29.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 4 0 28 0 0 65.00 6
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Erik Cole 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 19.50 5
R Peter Bondra 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 23.00 7
L Simon Gagné 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 5 1 2 0 0 15.20 8
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.50 4
C Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 -1 23.00 7
C Bryan Smolinski 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 8
C Alexandre Picard 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.20 6
L Sami Kapanen 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12.50 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 16.00 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 14.20 8
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 12.20 5
D Keith Carney 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 22.50 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 30.00 7
D Ty Wishart 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.40 5
D Patrice Brisebois 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 17.40 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 25.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Curtis Sanford 4 0 20 0 0 65.00 5
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Bryan Smolinski
2nd star: Andrei Kostitsyn
3rd star: Patrice Brisebois
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mathieu Dandenault notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Éric Bélanger finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-James Sheppard ended his 6 game goal drought.
-James Sheppard ended his 6 game point drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Simon Gagné scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Bryan Smolinski notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Mike Ribeiro had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Alexander Perezhogin had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Sami Kapanen ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 0( 8) , Hamilton Bulldogs 7( 27)
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0-1
Jean-Philippe Côté (Garth Murray, Michaël Lambert)
0-2
Dave Bolland (Yannick Weber)
0-3
Janne Lahti (Ben Maxwell, Josh Gorges)
0-4
Matt D'Agostini (Michaël Lambert, Garth Murray)
0-5
Ben Maxwell (Janne Lahti)
0-6
Matt D'Agostini (Garth Murray)
0-7
Ben Maxwell (Janne Lahti)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Jaroslav Halak