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Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–3 on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at home.

Team Goals 2005-2006 record
Vancouver Canucks 3 42-32-8
at Minnesota Wild 4 38-36-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Vancouver Canucks 0 2 1 3
Minnesota Wild 0 3 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vancouver Canucks 12 7 10 29
Minnesota Wild 10 16 11 37

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 06:19 Vancouver Canucks Matt Cooke (6) Richard Park (9) Even strength VAN 1, MIN 0
2nd 06:40 Minnesota Wild Todd White (10) Brian Rolston (21), Kyle Wanvig (6) Even strength VAN 1, MIN 1
2nd 07:14 Minnesota Wild Wes Walz (5) Unassisted Even strength VAN 1, MIN 2
2nd 10:56 Minnesota Wild Kurtis Foster (6) Pierre-Marc Bouchard (21), Brian Rolston (22) Power play VAN 1, MIN 3
2nd 19:47 Vancouver Canucks Sami Salo (7) Markus Naslund (22), Todd Bertuzzi (25) Power play VAN 2, MIN 3
3rd 08:41 Minnesota Wild Randy Robitaille (8) Kurtis Foster (6), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (22) Power play VAN 2, MIN 4
3rd 10:30 Vancouver Canucks Bryan Allen (4) Markus Naslund (23), Todd Bertuzzi (26) Power play VAN 3, MIN 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Vancouver Canucks Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 29 37
Power play 2 of 5 2 of 7
Penalty minutes 14 10
Hits 16 7
Blocked shots 10 8
Giveaways 6 9
Takeaways 2 8
Faceoffs won 25/57 (43.9%) 32/57 (56.1%)

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters
Player
7 B. Morrison C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 69.2% 17:37
15 R. Rypien C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 60% 06:04
16 T. Linden C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 20% 10:34
18 R. Park R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 12:46
19 M. Naslund L 0 2 2 -1 4 1 0 0 0 17:37
20 R. Kesler C 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 10:02
22 D. Sedin L 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 100% 16:44
24 M. Cooke L 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 16:31
33 H. Sedin C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22.2% 17:39
37 J. Ruutu L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 0 12:02
44 T. Bertuzzi R 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 0 0 53.8% 20:33
77 A. Carter R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:09
2 M. Ohlund D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 2 0 26:29
4 N. Baumgartner D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 19:50
5 B. Allen D 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:18
6 S. Salo D 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 21:14
25 K. Bieksa D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0 0 20:42
26 S. McCarthy D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:44
Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie
1 M. Ouellet 37 33 4 .892 58:48 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
10 M. Gaborik R 0 0 0 +1 0 8 1 0 0 16:55
11 P. Dupuis R 0 0 0 -1 2 8 0 1 0 18:21
12 B. Rolston R 0 2 2 +1 2 1 1 1 0 50% 20:53
19 S. Veilleux L 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 0 0 12:16
21 M. Koivu C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 41.7% 12:00
24 D. Boogaard L 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 04:37
25 R. Robitaille C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:43
27 K. Wanvig R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 1 0 08:58
28 T. White C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 71.4% 15:51
32 M. Chouinard C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 53.3% 17:54
37 W. Walz C 1 0 1 +1 2 4 0 0 0 61.5% 14:09
96 P. Bouchard C 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 0 0 16:33
2 W. Mitchell D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 0 22:28
17 F. Kuba D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 17:43
26 K. Foster D 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 0 1 16:30
34 D. Tjarnqvist D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 0 19:47
36 A. Henry D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 09:20
55 N. Schultz D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 0 18:05
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
35 M. Fernandez 29 26 3 .897 59:53 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:07 Vancouver Canucks Markus Naslund Hooking 2
1st 12:27 Minnesota Wild Stephane Veilleux Tripping 2
1st 13:56 Minnesota Wild Pascal Dupuis Tripping 2
2nd 02:47 Minnesota Wild Brian Rolston Interference 2
2nd 08:16 Vancouver Canucks Kevin Bieksa Interference 2
2nd 10:37 Vancouver Canucks Bench Abuse of officials (bench minor) 2
2nd 10:37 Vancouver Canucks Ryan Kesler High sticking 2
2nd 19:09 Minnesota Wild Derek Boogaard Charging 2
3rd 01:17 Vancouver Canucks Nolan Baumgartner Interference 2
3rd 07:30 Vancouver Canucks Rick Rypien Holding 2
3rd 08:59 Minnesota Wild Wes Walz Hooking 2
3rd 16:31 Vancouver Canucks Markus Naslund Holding 2

Game information

Vancouver Canucks head coach
Marc Crawford
Minnesota Wild head coach
Jacques Lemaire
Referees
Kelly Sutherland, Michael McGeough
Linesmen
Brian Mach, Thor Nelson
Vancouver Canucks scratches
Ed Jovanovski, Dan Cloutier, Sven Butenschon, Josh Green, Lee Goren, Nathan Smith, Jozef Balej, Wade Brookbank, Robert McVicar, Alexandre Burrows, Prestin Ryan
Minnesota Wild scratches
Andrei Nazarov, Alexandre Daigle, Scott Ferguson, Andrei Zyuzin, Erik Westrum, Erik Reitz, Matt Foy, Josh Harding, Brent Burns

2005-2006 season series

Matchup Status Details
Vancouver Canucks 0 at Minnesota Wild 6 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 5 at Minnesota Wild 3 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Minnesota Wild 1 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Vancouver Canucks 2 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Minnesota Wild 4 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Vancouver Canucks 3 Final/OT Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Vancouver Canucks 2 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Vancouver Canucks 1 Final/SO Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 31

Matchup Status Details
New York Rangers 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final/OT Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 3 at Washington Capitals 4 Final/SO Game page
Anaheim Ducks 5 at St. Louis Blues 4 Final/SO Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 6 at New Jersey Devils 3 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Detroit Red Wings 5 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 5 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Dallas Stars 2 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 5 at Phoenix Coyotes 2 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 5 at Calgary Flames 6 Final Game page

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