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22/12/2009
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Minnesota Wild 5 , Edmonton Oilers 4
Shots: 30 - 29
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:62/81=76 %, Challenges:36/50=70 %
PP: 2 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:73/87=83 %, Challenges:34/47=70 %
Attendance: 16859 of 18064 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 797431 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:17 1-0
Cal Clutterbuck [7] (Marek Zidlicky, Kurtis Foster)
11:48 2-0
Mikko Koivu [10] (Andrew Brunette, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
12:33 2-1
Alexei Ponikarovsky [14] (Patrik Elias, Steve Staios)
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27:55 2-2
Corey Perry [8] (Daniel Brière, Chris Higgins)PP
34:15 2-3
Erik Cole [18] (Dustin Brown, Steve Staios)PP
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45:08 3-3
Éric Bélanger [6] (Antti Miettinen)
47:48 3-4
Martin St. Louis [9] (Marek Svatos, Patrik Elias)
51:49 4-4
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [4] (Cal Clutterbuck, James Sheppard)
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64:28 5-4
Sami Kapanen [9] (Alexander Perezhogin, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
Penalty summary:
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03:31
Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for hooking)
14:33
Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for holding the stick)
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24:33
Erik Cole (2 min for slashing)
26:43
Kim Johnsson (2 min for roughing)
29:23
Roman Voloshenko (2 min for boarding)
32:39
Nick Schultz (2 min for cross-checking)
38:25
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
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52:28
Erik Cole (2 min for boarding)
54:11
Chris Higgins (2 min for high-sticking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cal Clutterbuck 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 7.20 6
R Antti Miettinen 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 21.10 7
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 12.40 8
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 13.50 8
C James Sheppard 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.00 7
C Éric Bélanger 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 21.10 7
C Mikko Koivu 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 23.00 8
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 8.20 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 1 16.40 7
L Sami Kapanen 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 21.10 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14.10 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.00 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 3 0 3 2 2 28.30 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 23.00 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 23.40 8
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 9 4 4 0 1 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 25 0 0 64.30 6
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nik Antropov 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.10 5
R Martin St. Louis 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10.50 7
R Erik Cole 1 0 3 2 2 0 4 0 20.20 8
R Corey Perry 1 0 5 10 2 4 0 -3 22.30 10
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
C Marek Svatos 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.30 6
C Patrik Elias 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 14.30 7
C Daniel Brière 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -3 21.10 6
L Andrew Cogliano 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 4
L Dustin Brown 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 11.30 8
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 16.10 7
L Chris Higgins 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 -3 22.10 6
D Jared Cowen 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.30 5
D Steve Staios 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 22.20 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 31.40 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 0 11.40 8
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 22.10 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -4 30.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 5 0 25 0 0 64.30 5
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
2nd star: Cal Clutterbuck
3rd star: Alexander Perezhogin
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Kurtis Foster notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mikko Koivu scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Antti Miettinen finally ended his 11 game point drought.
Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Alexei Ponikarovsky scored the 100th goal of his career.
-Dustin Brown notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Martin St. Louis ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Dustin Brown had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 13) , Springfield Falcons 3( 15)
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0-1 SPR Andrew Hutchinson (Vyacheslav Trukhno, Brian Boyle)
1-1 HOU Erik Reitz (Brad Richardson, Corey Locke)
1-2 SPR Liam Reddox (Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
2-2 HOU Jesse Schultz (David Bolland, Brandon Rogers)
2-3 SPR Bryan Lerg (Sebastien Bisaillon)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - David Aebischer