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13/12/2008
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Minnesota Wild 5 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 27 - 32
PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:63/74=85 %, Challenges:32/40=78 %
PP: 1 of 6 (16 shots), Passing:66/80=82 %, Challenges:48/54=87 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 483600 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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06:39 1-0
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [18] (Kyle Okposo, Cal Clutterbuck)
12:52 1-1
Scott Walker [4] (Zach Boychuk, Joni Pitkänen)
15:04 2-1
Nick Schultz [3] (Andrew Brunette, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)PP
18:59 2-2
Alex Pietrangelo [2] (Scott Walker, Ryan Bayda)
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29:15 2-3
Rod Brind'Amour [13] (Ray Whitney, Joni Pitkänen)PP
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48:22 3-3
Joshua Bailey [5] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Colton Gillies)
48:59 4-3
Kyle Okposo [10] (Anton Babchuk, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
59:45 5-3
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [19] (Anton Babchuk) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:14
Justin Williams (2 min for roughing)
10:24
Colton Gillies (2 min for cross-checking)
14:48
Justin Williams (2 min for boarding)
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21:07
Éric Bélanger (2 min for holding the stick)
23:36
Scott Walker (5 min for fighting)
23:36
Matthew Spiller (5 min for fighting)
23:58
Owen Nolan (2 min for tripping)
27:43
Nick Schultz (2 min for high-sticking)
31:55
Keith Carney (2 min for holding the stick)
33:57
Mikko Koivu (2 min for slashing)
36:25
Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for tripping)
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42:48
Patrick Eaves (2 min for hooking)
50:46
Zach Boychuk (2 min for holding the stick)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Derek Boogaard 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 7.20 6
R Owen Nolan 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 -1 10.00 6
R Kyle Okposo 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 4 17.30 10
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 -1 7.20 7
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 3 17.10 10
C Colton Gillies 0 1 2 4 1 0 2 0 18.50 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 -1 15.00 7
L James Sheppard 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 16.50 7
C Joshua Bailey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 10.40 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 19.00 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 16.50 8
D Nick Schultz 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 28.40 7
D Matthew Spiller 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 -1 12.00 6
D Keith Carney 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 19.00 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 3 0 29 0 0 60.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Walker 1 1 3 1 1 0 5 2 9.20 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 -1 12.00 6
R Justin Williams 0 0 5 3 0 1 4 -1 21.10 8
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 -2 21.00 8
C Zach Boychuk 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 6.00 5
C Drayson Bowman 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 10.40 7
C Matt Cullen 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 19.40 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 -1 20.10 7
L Ryan Bayda 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.00 5
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 15.50 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 11.50 6
L Ray Whitney 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 17.50 8
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 14.10 5
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 10.30 5
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 28.40 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 -1 17.20 7
D Alex Pietrangelo 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 24.00 8
D Joni Pitkänen 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 5 0 22 0 0 58.00 4
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
2nd star: Kyle Okposo
3rd star: Joshua Bailey
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard has marked a new career high in goals with 18 tallies.
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Kyle Okposo scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Anton Babchuk has marked a new career high in points with 11 points.
-Anton Babchuk notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Scott Walker finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Justin Williams had his 9 game point streak snapped.
-Tuomo Ruutu had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Tuomo Ruutu had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Alex Pietrangelo ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Matthew Spiller beat Scott Walker in a fight.
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 7( 36) , Lowell Lock Monsters 0( 11)
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1-0 HOU Antti Miettinen (Corey Locke, Martin Skoula)
2-0 HOU Erik Reitz (Corey Locke, Josh Olson)
3-0 HOU Morten Madsen (Corey Locke)
4-0 HOU Corey Locke (Chris Simon, Martin Skoula)
5-0 HOU Petr Kalus (Martin Skoula)
6-0 HOU Petr Kalus (Martin Skoula)
7-0 HOU Wes Walz (Marc-André Bergeron)