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6/12/2009
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Minnesota Wild 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 22 - 25
PP: 2 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:70/88=79 %, Challenges:37/48=75 %
PP: 0 of 7 (10 shots), Passing:60/76=78 %, Challenges:32/45=69 %
Attendance: 18064 of 18064 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 829137 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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03:46 1-0
Andrew Brunette [15] (Antti Miettinen, Éric Bélanger)PP
06:05 2-0
Antti Miettinen [5] (Éric Bélanger, Nick Schultz)PP
16:56 2-1
Jason Chimera [5] (Kirill Starkov)
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30:23 3-1
Andrew Brunette [16] (Éric Bélanger, Owen Nolan)
36:44 4-1
Martin Havlat [9] (Éric Bélanger, Brent Burns)
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51:52 4-2
Alexander Ovechkin [24] (Rick Nash, Nicklas Bäckström)
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Penalty summary:
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01:43
Mike Comrie (2 min for high-sticking)
04:25
Kirill Starkov (2 min for hooking)
13:51
Éric Bélanger (2 min for boarding)
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23:07
Fedor Tyutin (2 min for roughing)
23:07
Owen Nolan (2 min for roughing)
24:29
R.J. Umberger (2 min for hooking)
30:57
Raffi Torres (2 min for cross-checking)
38:19
Tyler Cuma (2 min for tripping)
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40:01
Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for hooking)
43:52
Mikko Koivu (2 min for tripping)
46:19
Owen Nolan (2 min for hooking)
56:45
Owen Nolan (2 min for holding the stick)
58:19
Derek Boogaard (2 min for high-sticking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Antti Miettinen 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 7
R Colton Gillies 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.10 7
R Owen Nolan 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 11.50 7
R Martin Havlat 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 8
C James Sheppard 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4.50 7
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 10.20 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 16.50 8
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1 21.20 8
L Derek Boogaard 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 12.10 6
L Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 -1 20.30 7
L Andrew Brunette 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 16.30 8
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 16.50 5
D Nick Schultz 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 -1 24.20 8
D Tyler Cuma 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 9.40 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 19.10 7
D Greg Zanon 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 20.50 7
D Brent Burns 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derek Dorsett 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 5.30 6
R Jake Hansen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 11.20 4
R Rick Nash 0 1 5 4 0 1 0 1 22.00 9
C Kirill Starkov 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 5.30 5
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 14.40 6
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -2 16.00 4
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 20.10 7
L Jason Chimera 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.30 5
L Raffi Torres 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 19.20 6
L Mike Comrie 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -2 19.10 5
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 22.30 8
D Marc Methot 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 19.40 6
D John Moore 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 11.40 5
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27.00 7
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.50 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 -2 18.50 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 4 0 18 0 0 60.00 5
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Éric Bélanger
2nd star: Andrew Brunette
3rd star: Antti Miettinen
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Andrew Brunette scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Nick Schultz notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Éric Bélanger notched his 20th assist of the season.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Jason Chimera ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Kris Russell had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 16) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 15)
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1-0 HOU Morten Madsen (Petr Kalus)
2-0 HOU Craig Weller (Jaime Sifers)
2-1 SYR Stefan Legein (Trevor Frischmon)
2-2 SYR Fredrik Modin (Pascal Pelletier)
Goalies: Wade Dubielewicz - Kevin Lalande