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20/10/2009
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Minnesota Wild 6 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 37 - 24
PP: 0 of 4 (13 shots), Passing:68/76=89 %, Challenges:55/57=94 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/70=87 %, Challenges:40/44=88 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 483600 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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00:16 0-1
Craig Rivet [1] (Ryan Miller)
02:24 1-1
Antti Miettinen [4] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, James Sheppard)
11:35 2-1
Petr Sykora [3] (Mikko Koivu, Cal Clutterbuck)
12:31 3-1
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [2] (Antti Miettinen, Petr Sykora)
19:07 3-2
Thomas Vanek [3] (Jason Pominville)
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21:24 4-2
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [3] (Marek Zidlicky, Brent Burns)
22:09 5-2
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [4] (Marek Zidlicky, Niklas Backstrom)
26:43 6-2
James Sheppard [2] (Nick Schultz, Cam Barker)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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01:24
Tyler Myers (2 min for roughing)
01:24
Cam Barker (2 min for roughing)
05:58
Zack Kassian (2 min for hooking)
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30:11
Craig Rivet (2 min for slashing)
32:44
Craig Rivet (2 min for high-sticking)
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50:02
Henrik Tallinder (2 min for tripping)
51:36
Martin Havlat (2 min for roughing)
51:36
Toni Lydman (2 min for roughing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 6.50 7
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 7
R Antti Miettinen 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 20.40 9
R Petr Sykora 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 8
C Cal Clutterbuck 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 13.10 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 3 1 5 1 0 0 0 5 20.50 10
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
L Andy Hilbert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 7
L James Sheppard 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 20.20 9
L Martin Havlat 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 18.50 7
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 5 25.00 9
D Brent Burns 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 22.50 7
D Greg Zanon 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 15.30 7
D Nick Schultz 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5 20.00 8
D Cam Barker 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 1 22 0 0 60.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 12.30 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
R Zack Kassian 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -3 16.30 7
R Thomas Vanek 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 9
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.10 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 18.00 8
C Tim Connolly 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -3 15.30 7
C Jason Pominville 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.00 7
L Adam Mair 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.40 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 15.30 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -3 19.10 6
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -1 23.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 18.00 5
D Steve Montador 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 21.00 6
D Craig Rivet 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 -1 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 1 7 0 0 21.30 4
G Patrick Lalime 2 0 24 0 0 38.30 9
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
2nd star: Antti Miettinen
3rd star: Petr Sykora
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Chuck Kobasew had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Andrew Brunette had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Craig Rivet ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 5( 33) , Rochester Americans 1( 15)
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1-0 HOU Steve Kelly (Danny Irmen)
1-1 ROC Mark Mancari (Marek Zagrapan, Chris Butler)
2-1 HOU Danny Irmen (Steve Kelly)
3-1 HOU Petr Kalus
4-1 HOU François Bouchard (A.J. Thelen)
5-1 HOU Morten Madsen (Petr Kalus)
Goalies: Kristofer Westblom - Jhonas Enroth