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20/12/2009
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Minnesota Wild 9 , Buffalo Sabres 0
Shots: 29 - 29
PP: 2 of 9 (12 shots), Passing:65/69=94 %, Challenges:46/46=97 %
PP: 0 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:67/73=91 %, Challenges:32/37=84 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 483600 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:51 1-0
Mark Recchi [11] (Marc-André Bergeron, Kim Johnsson)
10:22 2-0
Sean Hill [1] (Nick Schultz, Bobby Holik)
17:28 3-0
Mark Recchi [12] (Nick Schultz, Martin Skoula)PP
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21:53 4-0
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [11] (Marian Gaborik, Kim Johnsson)PP
23:53 5-0
Kim Johnsson [8] (Sean Hill, Mikko Koivu)SH
28:54 6-0
Marc-André Bergeron [7] (Benoit Pouliot, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
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43:37 7-0
Cal Clutterbuck [2] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Martin Skoula)
48:34 8-0
Kim Johnsson [9] (Nick Schultz)
49:41 9-0
Marian Gaborik [16] (Benoit Pouliot, Kim Johnsson)
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Penalty summary:
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03:34
Chris Kreider (2 min for tripping)
06:15
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
08:05
Bobby Ryan (2 min for holding the stick)
10:59
Bobby Ryan (2 min for boarding)
12:44
Robert Nilsson (2 min for hooking)
16:52
Thomas Vanek (2 min for holding the stick)
18:11
Bobby Holik (2 min for roughing)
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20:58
Kyle Wellwood (2 min for boarding)
23:34
Bobby Holik (2 min for high-sticking)
26:46
Kenny Jönsson (2 min for holding the stick)
31:29
Marian Gaborik (2 min for roughing)
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43:59
Gary Roberts (2 min for roughing)
43:59
Chris Kreider (2 min for roughing)
44:38
Mikko Koivu (2 min for tripping)
54:04
Marian Gaborik (2 min for hooking)
59:52
Nick Boynton (2 min for boarding)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wes Walz 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 5
R Cal Clutterbuck 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 8
R Mark Recchi 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 9
R Marian Gaborik 1 1 4 1 0 0 4 3 18.00 9
C Bobby Holik 0 1 1 4 0 0 4 1 8.40 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 2 19.00 8
C Colton Gillies 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 14.00 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 20.20 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 7.50 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 17.30 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.20 5
L Benoit Pouliot 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 3 19.40 8
D Martin Skoula 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 17.30 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.00 5
D Nick Schultz 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 26.10 8
D Sean Hill 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 21.40 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 21.00 8
D Kim Johnsson 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 28.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 29 0 0 60.00 10
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nick Tarnasky 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 7.30 6
R Kyle Wellwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.30 6
R Landon Ferraro 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -3 19.50 7
R Thomas Vanek 0 0 5 3 1 0 2 -2 20.50 7
C Mike Comrie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 5
C Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -4 16.50 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 21.00 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
L Chris Kreider 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5.30 6
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -3 15.10 6
L Bobby Ryan 0 0 2 5 1 0 4 -2 21.30 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 9.00 5
D Nick Boynton 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -4 21.30 5
D Ryan Ellis 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 29.30 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -4 21.20 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -3 29.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 7 0 0 22.00 4
G Jocelyn Thibault 5 0 13 0 0 38.00 4
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kim Johnsson
2nd star: Niklas Backstrom
3rd star: Mark Recchi
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Nick Schultz notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marian Gaborik notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marian Gaborik scored the 400th point of his career.
-Benoit Pouliot notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Cal Clutterbuck finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-Mark Recchi finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Sean Hill finally ended his 33 game goal drought.
-Sean Hill finally ended his 21 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Thomas Vanek had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Derek Roy had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Tim Connolly had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Tim Connolly had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Kenny Jönsson had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 25) , Rochester Americans 4( 13)
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0-1
Dan Paillé (Corey Tropp, Marc-André Gragnani)
0-2
Nathan Gerbe (Marc-André Gragnani)
0-3
Corey Tropp (Nathan Gerbe)
1-3
Derek Boogaard (A.J. Thelen)
2-3
Branko Radivojevic (Kurtis Foster)