Minnesota Wild 2 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 16 - 30
PP: 2 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:71/87=81 %, Challenges:34/48=69 %
PP: 0 of 7 (10 shots), Passing:85/101=84 %, Challenges:38/51=73 %
Attendance: 18064 of 18064 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 469664 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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28:29 1-0
Nikolai Zherdev [26] (Radek Bonk, Marc-André Bergeron)PP
36:31 1-1
Martin Erat [27] (Rod Brind'Amour, Alexander Steen)
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50:16 2-1
Steve Bernier [19] (Nikolai Zherdev, Radek Bonk)PP
54:07 2-2
Alexander Steen [19] (Rod Brind'Amour, Martin Erat)
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Penalty summary:
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06:45
Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for boarding)
08:52
Radek Bonk (2 min for high-sticking)
10:01
Rob Blake (2 min for high-sticking)
11:54
Jeff Carter (2 min for diving)
18:38
Steve Bernier (2 min for boarding)
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27:45
Alexander Steen (2 min for hooking)
30:31
Angelo Esposito (2 min for tripping)
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49:51
Robert Lang (2 min for boarding)
50:56
Nathan Horton (5 min for fighting)
50:56
Andy Sutton (5 min for fighting)
54:18
Magnus Svensson-Paajarvi (2 min for cross-checking)
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62:56
Nathan Horton (5 min for fighting)
62:56
Andrew Alberts (5 min for fighting)
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 13.20 4
R Edward Smolinski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
R Steve Bernier 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 -2 20.20 8
R Nathan Horton 0 0 2 3 0 0 10 0 10.50 7
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 15.30 5
C Bryan Little 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 12.30 6
C Radek Bonk 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 -2 20.20 6
C Jeff Carter 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 16.50 7
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14.00 5
L Magnus Svensson-Paajarv 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 12.30 4
L Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 11.30 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 19.40 7
D Anton Myllari 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 20.20 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 18.00 4
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26.50 5
D Rob Blake 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 15.10 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -2 18.00 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 1 9 1 6 0 0 32.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 2 0 28 0 0 65.00 9
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kris Draper 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 8.00 6
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 13.30 7
R Alexander Steen 1 1 3 1 3 0 2 2 16.50 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Mike York 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 8.00 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18.30 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 17.20 8
C Scott Gomez 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 21.20 7
L Robert Lang 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7.30 5
L Mike Knuble 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 20.00 7
L Martin Erat 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 2 21.20 10
L Jaromir Jagr 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 23.10 7
D Mike Mottau 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 19.30 7
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 2 17.20 7
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 28.20 7
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 14.50 6
D Nick Boynton 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 20.30 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 2 0 14 0 0 65.00 6
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Erat
2nd star: Alexander Steen
3rd star: Tuukka Rask
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Marc-André Bergeron notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Steve Bernier has marked a new career high in goals with 19 tallies.
-Ilya Kovalchuk had his 15 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Alexander Steen has marked a new career high in goals with 19 tallies.
-Martin St. Louis had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Martin St. Louis had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Scott Gomez had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Martin Erat ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Nathan Horton beat Andy Sutton in a fight.
-Nathan Horton fought Andrew Alberts in a fight.
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 10) , Syracuse Crunch 4( 26)
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1-0 HOU Jean-Pierre Vigier (Simon Lacroix, Noah Clarke)
1-1 SYR Cody McCormick (Jakub Klepis, Tuomas Pihlman)
1-2 SYR Ben Ondrus (Enver Lisin, Konstantin Pushkarev)
1-3 SYR Enver Lisin (Konstantin Pushkarev, Ben Ondrus)
2-3 HOU Aki Seitsonen (Ryan Turek, Noah Clarke)
2-4 SYR Brad Isbister (Éric Chouinard, Mario Scalzo)
Goalies: Jeff Deslauriers - Frank Doyle