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12/11/2008
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Minnesota Wild 6 , Colorado Avalanche 4
Shots: 24 - 26
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:49/61=80 %, Challenges:33/43=75 %
PP: 1 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:76/92=82 %, Challenges:31/37=81 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 483600 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:51 1-0
Stéphane Veilleux [3] (Martin Skoula, Brent Burns)
11:04 1-1
John-Michael Liles [3] (Paul Stastny)PP
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27:08 2-1
Stéphane Veilleux [4] (Marc-André Bergeron)SH
32:24 2-2
Marek Svatos [7] (Tyler Arnason, Wojtek Wolski)
35:48 3-2
Stéphane Veilleux [5] (Nick Schultz, Marc-André Bergeron)
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43:48 3-3
Ryan Smyth [7] (Paul Stastny, Ian Laperriere)
50:33 3-4
Tyler Arnason [6] (Marek Svatos, Darcy Tucker)
52:39 4-4
Marian Gaborik [8] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Nikita Alexeev)
54:45 5-4
Éric Bélanger [9] (Owen Nolan)
59:09 6-4
Andrew Brunette [2] (Brent Burns, Éric Bélanger) EN
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Penalty summary:
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09:39
Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for slashing)
14:15
Ian Laperriere (2 min for cross-checking)
18:27
James Sheppard (2 min for high-sticking)
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20:38
Ruslan Salei (2 min for cross-checking)
25:14
Éric Bélanger (2 min for roughing)
29:42
Nikita Alexeev (2 min for slashing)
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40:02
Owen Nolan (2 min for tripping)
44:11
James Sheppard (2 min for boarding)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 8.20 6
R Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 16.50 7
R Owen Nolan 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 18.10 8
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
C James Sheppard 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 7.00 4
C Krys Kolanos 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.10 6
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 14.50 8
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 3 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 18.50 10
L Andrew Brunette 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 13.50 7
L Marian Gaborik 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 15.20 7
D Nick Schultz 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 17.40 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.30 8
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 21.30 6
D Martin Skoula 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 15.00 7
D Brent Burns 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 22 0 0 60.00 5
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Parker 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 11.40 7
R Brian Willsie 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.00 5
R Marek Svatos 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 -1 18.30 8
R Ian Laperriere 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 -1 19.50 7
C T.J. Hensick 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 7.40 5
C Ben Guite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 6
C Tyler Arnason 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 -1 17.20 8
C Paul Stastny 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 -1 21.00 8
L Cody McLeod 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 7.40 4
L Wojtek Wolski 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 16.40 7
L Darcy Tucker 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 8
L Ryan Smyth 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 21.00 8
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 19.50 7
D Brett Clark 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 23.10 6
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 18.10 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 6
D John-Michael Liles 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 27.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 6 0 18 0 0 58.50 4
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Stéphane Veilleux
2nd star: Éric Bélanger
3rd star: Owen Nolan
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Olli Jokinen had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Tyler Arnason notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ryan Smyth ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 15) , Hershey Bears 4( 30)
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0-1 HER David Jones (Darcy Campbell, Cody McCormick)
1-1 HOU Petr Kalus (Craig Weller, Tomas Mojzis)
1-2 HER David Jones (Nathan Smith, Philippe Dupuis)
2-2 HOU Craig Weller (Josh Olson, Petr Kalus)
2-3 HER T.J. Galiardi (Nathan Smith)
2-4 HER T.J. Galiardi (Nathan Smith)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Jason Bacashihua