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8/11/2009
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Minnesota Wild 4 , Vancouver Canucks 5
Shots: 28 - 29
PP: 1 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:61/80=76 %, Challenges:30/41=71 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:64/74=86 %, Challenges:37/50=72 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 896520 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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12:52 1-0
Matt Stajan [6] (Sergei Samsonov, Nicklas Bäckström)
18:13 2-0
Markus Jarvela [7] (Nicklas Bäckström, Mikko Koivu)PP
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25:48 2-1
Sami Salo [2] (Marc-André Bergeron, Chris Higgins)
30:13 2-2
Benoît Mondou [2] (Anson Carter, Shean Donovan)
31:44 2-3
Nikolai Zherdev [8] (Sami Salo, Mirko Blatny)
39:38 3-3
Sami Kapanen [3] (Patrik Stefan, Mikko Koivu)
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45:53 4-3
Nicklas Bäckström [7] (Markus Jarvela, Marian Gaborik)
46:35 4-4
Chris Higgins [7] (Sami Salo, Zdeno Chara)
48:08 4-5
Ryan Kesler [4] (Vincent Lecavalier, Nikolai Zherdev)
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Penalty summary:
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02:41
Marc Houde (2 min for high-sticking)
10:57
Dustin Brown (2 min for hooking)
16:35
Martin Skoula (2 min for tripping)
18:45
Mike Zigomanis (2 min for roughing)
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25:54
Chris Higgins (2 min for tripping)
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43:43
Dustin Brown (5 min for fighting)
43:43
Matt Stajan (5 min for fighting)
50:22
Patrik Stefan (2 min for hooking)
53:36
Ryan Kesler (2 min for roughing)
53:36
Mikko Koivu (2 min for roughing)
56:49
Joe Corvo (2 min for hooking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Zigomanis 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 12.30 7
R Matt Stajan 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 17.20 6
R Sergei Samsonov 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 13.50 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -1 20.00 7
C Patrik Stefan 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 13.00 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 2 4 4 0 5 2 1 20.40 10
C Marc Savard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.30 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 15.50 8
L Sami Kapanen 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 11.20 6
L Jamie Langenbrunner 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 11.30 6
L Jakub Voracek 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 12.30 4
L Markus Jarvela 1 1 5 0 2 0 0 -1 17.50 8
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 13.30 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -2 15.20 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 24.30 8
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 -1 20.10 5
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 12.10 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 25.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 5 0 24 0 0 59.50 5
G Kyle Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Anson Carter 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.10 6
R Marc Houde 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 10.30 8
R Jason Spezza 0 0 4 3 2 2 0 0 22.50 7
C Benoît Mondou 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 6
C Ryan Kesler 1 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 17.10 7
C Chris Higgins 1 1 4 0 2 0 2 2 15.10 8
C Mirko Blatny 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 -1 20.40 6
L Shean Donovan 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Dustin Brown 0 0 0 1 2 1 7 0 12.10 5
L Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 3 16.20 9
L Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 22.50 9
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 13.20 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 15.40 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 29.50 9
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Sami Salo 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 9
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Cory Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sami Salo
2nd star: Chris Higgins
3rd star: Nicklas Bäckström
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Nicklas Bäckström notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Spezza had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Ryan Kesler ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Matt Stajan beat Dustin Brown in a fight.
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 32) , Manitoba Moose 2( 9)
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1-0 HOU Morten Madsen (Juraj Simek, Eric Doyle)
1-1
Mario Bliznak (Sergei Shirokov, Rick Rypien)
2-1 HOU Lars Eller (Dion Knelsen, Niko Hovinen)
2-2
Jason Jaffray
3-2 HOU Chris Hickey
Goalies: Niko Hovinen - Curtis Sanford