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13/10/2008
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Minnesota Wild 4 , Buffalo Sabres 5
Shots: 27 - 34
PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:62/79=78 %, Challenges:43/54=78 %
PP: 2 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:69/80=86 %, Challenges:30/48=61 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 887220 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:41 1-0
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [3] (Brent Burns)
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27:06 1-1
Tim Connolly [2] (Mikko Koivu, Nathan Paetsch)PP
28:01 2-1
Marian Gaborik [2] (Brent Burns, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
29:07 3-1
Marian Gaborik [3] (Alex Tanguay, Brent Burns)
35:14 3-2
Mikko Koivu [2] (Jochen Hecht, Tim Connolly)
37:45 3-3
Ales Kotalik [2] (Daniel Paillé, Paul Gaustad)
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41:26 3-4
Derek Roy [2] (Maxim Afinogenov, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
48:57 4-4
Andrew Brunette [2] (Antti Miettinen, Marc-André Bergeron)
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63:48 4-5
Nathan Paetsch [1] (Drew Stafford, Paul Gaustad)
Penalty summary:
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01:54
Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for high-sticking)
03:13
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
03:13
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for roughing)
04:33
Mikko Koivu (2 min for hooking)
16:02
Owen Nolan (2 min for roughing)
16:02
Craig Rivet (2 min for roughing)
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25:29
Alex Tanguay (2 min for hooking)
30:32
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
32:57
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for boarding)
39:37
Colton Gillies (2 min for cross-checking)
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51:29
Colton Gillies (2 min for holding the stick)
54:53
Craig Rivet (2 min for roughing)
54:53
Owen Nolan (2 min for roughing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 9.10 6
R Owen Nolan 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 14.00 7
R Andrew Brunette 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 7
R Marian Gaborik 2 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 14.20 9
C Colton Gillies 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 -1 9.10 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
C James Sheppard 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 2 21.40 8
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 11.30 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 7
L Antti Miettinen 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 22.00 8
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 14.40 8
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 12.10 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 -1 19.10 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 22.40 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 20.30 7
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 23.40 7
D Brent Burns 0 3 0 6 2 5 0 2 29.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 5 0 29 0 0 63.50 5
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 5.00 7
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 1 12.10 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 21.50 7
R Mikko Koivu 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 -3 20.20 7
C Drew Stafford 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 5.00 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 2 3 2 1 2 0 1 14.40 8
C Tim Connolly 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 21.50 8
C Derek Roy 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 -4 22.20 7
L Adam Mair 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.00 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 13.10 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 24.50 6
L Martin St. Louis 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -4 20.50 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.10 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 17.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 22.40 6
D Nathan Paetsch 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 15.00 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 27.50 8
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 0 3 0 4 -3 30.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 23 0 0 63.50 5
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Gaborik
2nd star: Mikko Koivu
3rd star: Tim Connolly
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 4( 16) , Rochester Americans 3( 27)
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1-0 HOU Craig Weller (Petr Kalus, Roman Voloshenko)
1-1 ROC Mike Card (Éric Castonguay)
1-2 ROC Mark Mancari (Marek Zagrapan)
2-2 HOU Peter Olvecky (Mike Sullivan)
2-3 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Mark Mancari, Mike Card)
3-3 HOU Morten Madsen (Roman Voloshenko, Petr Kalus)
4-3 HOU Nick Schultz (Roman Voloshenko)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Adam Dennis