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9/3/2009
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New York Islanders 4 , Minnesota Wild 5
Shots: 27 - 29
PP: 4 of 8 (11 shots), Passing:62/74=83 %, Challenges:47/51=90 %
PP: 0 of 7 (10 shots), Passing:76/88=86 %, Challenges:38/45=82 %
Attendance: 16297 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 443278 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:31 1-0
Alexei Ponikarovsky [20] (Doug Weight)PP
07:46 2-0
Mark Streit [9] (Anton Strålman, Joshua Bailey)PP
18:03 3-0
Trent Hunter [26] (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Doug Weight)PP
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23:54 4-0
Trent Hunter [27] (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Doug Weight)PP
36:11 4-1
Brian Rolston [15] (Kim Johnsson)
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41:28 4-2
Stéphane Veilleux [5] (Andrew Brunette, Brian Rolston)
52:07 4-3
Brian Rolston [16] (Marian Gaborik, Nick Schultz)
59:24 4-4
Kim Johnsson [15] (Brian Rolston, Mikko Koivu) WG
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62:25 4-5
Mark Recchi [21] (Stéphane Veilleux, Frantisek Kaberle)
Penalty summary:
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03:59
Owen Nolan (2 min for roughing)
07:31
Brian Rolston (2 min for cross-checking)
08:46
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for boarding)
11:07
Mark Streit (2 min for slashing)
11:55
Brendan Witt (2 min for roughing)
16:47
Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for high-sticking)
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20:08
Frans Nielsen (2 min for tripping)
22:38
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for diving)
29:51
Chris Campoli (2 min for diving)
32:37
Nick Schultz (2 min for cross-checking)
36:39
Max Gratchev (2 min for tripping)
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43:58
Mark Streit (2 min for hooking)
47:18
Max Gratchev (2 min for hooking)
53:07
Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for high-sticking)
56:53
Brian Rolston (2 min for diving)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Comeau 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 9.50 6
R Doug Weight 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 8
R Trent Hunter 2 0 4 6 0 1 0 -1 21.50 10
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 -3 21.00 8
C Shawn Bates 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 6
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 14.10 5
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 22.30 6
C Joshua Bailey 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -3 21.00 7
L Max Gratchev 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 8.10 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 -1 11.30 7
L Nikolai Kulemin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 5.50 5
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 -2 13.40 7
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 12.00 6
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.10 6
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -2 27.50 7
D Anton Strålman 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 -2 22.40 7
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 13.10 7
D Mark Streit 1 0 5 1 1 0 4 -3 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 5 0 24 0 0 62.30 5
G Maxime Ouellet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Owen Nolan 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5.40 5
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 10.30 5
R Mark Recchi 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 2 17.30 10
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 3 19.10 9
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 14.00 7
C Colton Gillies 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 16.40 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 22.10 8
C Brian Rolston 2 2 3 2 0 0 4 3 15.50 9
L Gary Roberts 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 14.20 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 12.50 9
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 20.40 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 9.40 5
D Nick Schultz 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 30.40 8
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Sean Hill 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 19.00 8
D Kim Johnsson 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 30.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 9 0 0 24.00 4
G Josh Harding 0 0 14 0 0 38.20 9
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brian Rolston
2nd star: Trent Hunter
3rd star: Mark Recchi
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Alexei Ponikarovsky scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Joshua Bailey notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Trent Hunter has marked a new career high in goals with 26 tallies.
-Doug Weight had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Rostislav Olesz had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Mark Streit finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Brian Rolston scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Kim Johnsson scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Brian Rolston notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Stéphane Veilleux ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Kim Johnsson ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3( 17) , Houston Aeros 2( 27)
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1-0
Masi Marjamäki (Luciano Aquino, Andy Sutton)
1-1
Éric Bélanger (Morten Madsen, Kurtis Foster)
2-1
Tim Jackman (Kim Johansson)
2-2
Corey Locke (Bryan Lundbohm, Antti Miettinen)
3-2
Jesse Joensuu (Jeremy Colliton, Matthew Spiller)
Goalies: Yann Danis - Nolan Schaefer