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17/1/2002
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Minnesota Wild 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 24 - 23
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:64/84=76 %, Challenges:45/63=70 %
PP: 1 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:18/36=48 %
Attendance: 14818 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 629765 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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07:01 1-0
Marian Gaborik [19] (Pavol Demitra, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)PP
12:48 1-1
Nikolai Zherdev [9] (Gilbert Brulé, Michael Peca)
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35:16 1-2
Dan Fritsche [8] (Nikolai Zherdev, Gilbert Brulé)PP
37:32 2-2
Dustin Byfuglien [1] (Sean Hill, Éric Bélanger)
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50:39 3-2
Pavol Demitra [19] (Rene Bourque, Marian Gaborik)
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Penalty summary:
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06:29
Michael Peca (2 min for slashing)
07:28
James Sheppard (2 min for tripping)
17:15
Alexander Svitov (2 min for roughing)
17:15
Éric Bélanger (2 min for roughing)
18:06
Michael Blunden (2 min for boarding)
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20:59
Derek MacKenzie (2 min for tripping)
31:27
Brent Seabrook (2 min for tripping)
32:29
Nicklas Bergfors (2 min for hooking)
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40:07
Duvie Westcott (2 min for cross-checking)
45:16
Michael Blunden (5 min for fighting)
45:16
Derick Brassard (5 min for fighting)
45:16
Michael Blunden (10 min game misconduct)
45:16
Derick Brassard (10 min game misconduct)
45:16
Matt Foy (5 min for fighting)
45:16
Dan Fritsche (5 min for fighting)
45:16
Matt Foy (10 min game misconduct)
45:16
Dan Fritsche (10 min game misconduct)
45:16
Brent Seabrook (5 min for fighting)
45:16
Ron Hainsey (5 min for fighting)
45:16
Brent Seabrook (10 min game misconduct)
45:16
Ron Hainsey (10 min game misconduct)
45:16
Kim Johnsson (2 min for roughing)
45:16
Will Weber (2 min for roughing)
52:21
Michael Peca (2 min for tripping)
54:36
Kim Johnsson (2 min for hooking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Blunden 0 0 1 1 1 1 17 0 6.00 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 20.10 5
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 5
R Marian Gaborik 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 21.30 8
C Matt Foy 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 0 5.10 4
C Rod Pelley 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 16.00 5
C Éric Bélanger 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 6.50 6
C Pavol Demitra 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 21.10 10
L Rene Bourque 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 7
L James Sheppard 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 18.50 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 23.30 8
D Sean Hill 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 27.00 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 0 4 0 3 17 0 18.50 9
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 14.30 4
D Dustin Byfuglien 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 10.00 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 1 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 21 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 Mark Parrish 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 6.40 5
R David Vyborny 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 15.20 7
R Derick Brassard 0 0 2 0 1 0 15 -1 9.30 4
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 6 1 2 0 0 0 21.50 6
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 9.50 5
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 13.50 6
C Dan Fritsche 1 0 3 0 0 0 15 -1 15.10 6
C Michael Peca 0 1 3 5 0 1 4 0 21.10 8
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.40 5
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 11.20 5
L Gilbert Brulé 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 6
L Rick Nash 0 0 3 4 3 3 0 -1 21.40 7
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 15.50 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 0 13.40 5
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 28.50 4
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
D Will Weber 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -1 17.20 4
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pavol Demitra
2nd star: Marian Gaborik
3rd star: Dustin Byfuglien
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Éric Bélanger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Dustin Byfuglien finally ended his 45 game goal drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Michael Peca notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Gilbert Brulé notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Michael Blunden beat Derick Brassard in a fight.
-Matt Foy fought Dan Fritsche in a fight.
-Brent Seabrook fought Ron Hainsey in a fight.
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 19) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 13)
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0-1
Petr Pohl (Shawn Limpright, Steven Goertzen)
1-1
Cal Clutterbuck (Benoit Pouliot)
2-1
Cal Clutterbuck (Serge Payer)
2-2
Mark Rycroft (Jan Hejda)
3-2
Serge Payer (Cal Clutterbuck)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Adam Munro