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13/1/2009
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Minnesota Wild 3 , Montreal Canadiens 5
Shots: 29 - 32
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:66/84=78 %, Challenges:38/43=86 %
PP: 0 of 1 (5 shots), Passing:68/73=93 %, Challenges:33/48=67 %
Attendance: 18064 of 18064 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 469664 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:26 1-0
Marian Gaborik [29] (Brent Burns, Brian Rolston)
12:06 1-1
Bryan Smolinski [12] (Andrew Ladd, Roman Hamrlik)
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26:13 1-2
Sami Kapanen [11] (Tom Kostopoulos, Martin Straka)
29:01 1-3
Simon Gagné [16] (Guillaume Latendresse)
33:22 2-3
Stéphane Veilleux [3] (Mattias Norström, Sean Hill)
34:56 3-3
Kim Johnsson [3] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
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48:44 3-4
Guillaume Latendresse [23] (Bryan Smolinski, Roman Hamrlik)
59:12 3-5
Andrei Markov [9] (Mathieu Schneider) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:45
Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for hooking)
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35:08
Kurtis Foster (5 min for fighting)
35:08
Tom Kostopoulos (5 min for fighting)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 4
R Mark Parrish 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 6
C Wayne Simmonds 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 -2 18.20 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 7.50 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 5
C Brian Rolston 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 19.10 6
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 15.50 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 18.00 7
L James Sheppard 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 -2 18.20 8
D Shawn Belle 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 17.50 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 -1 19.40 7
D Brent Burns 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 -2 22.30 7
D Sean Hill 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 15.00 6
D Kim Johnsson 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 -1 21.20 7
D Mattias Norström 0 1 4 6 0 1 0 -1 23.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 5 0 27 0 0 59.00 5
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 12.40 7
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -2 15.10 5
R Marian Hossa 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 16.20 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 1 4 6 2 3 0 1 19.00 10
C Alexandre Picard 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 7
C Martin Straka 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 14.20 5
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.30 6
C Bryan Smolinski 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 17.20 8
L Sami Kapanen 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 12.40 7
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 -2 13.20 5
L Andrew Ladd 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 2 15.30 7
L Simon Gagné 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 18.30 7
D Andre Benoit 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -2 19.20 4
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12.30 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 3 28.10 8
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15.30 6
D Andrei Markov 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
D Mathieu Schneider 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Bryan Smolinski
3rd star: Sami Kapanen
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Brent Burns notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mattias Norström notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Sean Hill scored the 300th point of his career.
-Stéphane Veilleux finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Simon Gagné scored the 200th goal of his career.
-Bryan Smolinski ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Kurtis Foster beat Tom Kostopoulos in a fight.
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 0( 19) , Hamilton Bulldogs 6( 37)
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0-1
Yannick Weber (Ben Maxwell)
0-2
Dave Bolland (Sergei Korostin, Ben Maxwell)
0-3
Matt D'Agostini (Corey Locke)
0-4
Sergei Korostin (Dave Bolland, Ben Maxwell)
0-5
Jonathan Ferland (Jimmy Bonneau)
0-6
Ben Maxwell (Yannick Weber)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Curtis Sanford