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17/12/2008
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Minnesota Wild 5 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 25 - 28
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:72/85=84 %, Challenges:26/42=60 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:72/86=83 %, Challenges:27/50=52 %
Attendance: 11799 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 571071 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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26:52 1-0
Marek Zidlicky [1])PP
31:37 1-1
Travis Moen [2] (Marcel Goc, Nick Petrecki)
37:55 2-1
Stéphane Veilleux [8] (Antti Miettinen, Éric Bélanger)
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46:29 3-1
Antti Miettinen [7] (Stéphane Veilleux, Marek Zidlicky)
47:38 3-2
Milan Michalek [9] (Ryane Clowe, Christian Ehrhoff)
49:53 3-3
Joe Thornton [14] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Rob Blake)
58:27 4-3
Kurtis Foster [2] (Éric Bélanger)
59:06 5-3
Stéphane Veilleux [9] (Marek Zidlicky, Éric Bélanger)
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Penalty summary:
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04:58
Logan Couture (2 min for hooking)
17:45
Kurtis Foster (2 min for tripping)
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25:42
Justin Daniels (2 min for slashing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 5.10 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 16.00 6
R Antti Miettinen 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 19.30 8
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -2 19.20 4
C Colton Gillies 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.10 5
C James Sheppard 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 -1 17.00 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 4 18.30 9
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 -2 19.20 7
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.10 5
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 17.00 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 4 18.10 8
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 17.30 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 -1 16.00 7
D Kurtis Foster 1 0 2 2 1 3 2 4 21.00 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -2 23.00 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 16.30 6
D Marek Zidlicky 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 20.40 9
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 -2 22.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 4
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 4 3 5 0 1 13.00 6
R Milan Michalek 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 -1 19.50 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 -1 19.30 8
C Justin Daniels 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 7.20 5
C Marcel Goc 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 13.50 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 -1 17.10 7
C Joe Thornton 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 8
L Logan Couture 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 7.40 6
L Travis Moen 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 15.00 5
L Ryane Clowe 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 -2 18.30 6
L Joe Pavelski 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 18.50 5
D Nick Petrecki 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.10 4
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 -1 25.00 7
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 13.50 5
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 23.40 5
D Rob Blake 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 -1 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 5 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Dmitri Pätzold 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Éric Bélanger
2nd star: Stéphane Veilleux
3rd star: Marek Zidlicky
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Stéphane Veilleux has marked a new career high in goals with 8 tallies.
-Éric Bélanger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marian Gaborik had his 14 game point streak snapped.
-Mikko Koivu had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Kurtis Foster finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
-Marek Zidlicky finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 16) , Cleveland Barons 3( 11)
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0-1 CLE Jamie McGinn (John Laliberte)
1-1 HOU Bryan Lundbohm (John Adams)
1-2 CLE Josh Prudden (Aaron Power)
1-3 CLE Josh Prudden
2-3 HOU Morten Madsen (Esa Pirnes)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Brian Boucher