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Detroit Red Wings at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–2 on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at home.

Team Goals 2008-2009 record
Detroit Red Wings 2 51-21-10
at Minnesota Wild 5 40-33-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Detroit Red Wings 0 1 1 2
Minnesota Wild 2 2 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Detroit Red Wings 8 16 13 37
Minnesota Wild 13 9 7 29

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:50 Minnesota Wild Owen Nolan (16) Pierre-Marc Bouchard (23), Marc-Andre Bergeron (16) Even strength DET 0, MIN 1
1st 08:15 Minnesota Wild Owen Nolan (17) Eric Belanger (17), Brent Burns (15) Power play DET 0, MIN 2
2nd 02:55 Detroit Red Wings Tomas Kopecky (3) Ville Leino (3), Kirk Maltby (5) Even strength DET 1, MIN 2
2nd 17:13 Minnesota Wild Pierre-Marc Bouchard (14) Owen Nolan (13) Even strength DET 1, MIN 3
2nd 18:44 Minnesota Wild Martin Skoula (1) Mikko Koivu (38), Antti Miettinen (26) Even strength DET 1, MIN 4
3rd 14:45 Detroit Red Wings Ville Leino (4) Brian Rafalski (42), Daniel Cleary (21) Even strength DET 2, MIN 4
3rd 19:58 Minnesota Wild Stephane Veilleux (7) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net DET 2, MIN 5

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

Team stats

Stat Detroit Red Wings Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 37 29
Power play 0 of 5 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 10
Hits 7 18
Blocked shots 8 23
Giveaways 3 3
Takeaways 4 11
Faceoffs won 27/44 (61.4%) 17/44 (38.6%)

Box score

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player
11 D. Cleary R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 17:06
13 P. Datsyuk C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 16:08
18 K. Maltby L 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 09:22
21 V. Leino L 1 1 2 +1 2 1 0 0 0 11:52
26 J. Hudler R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 1 0 16:00
37 M. Samuelsson R 0 0 0 -1 0 7 2 0 0 15:41
40 H. Zetterberg C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 85% 18:09
43 D. Helm C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 0 0 50% 12:32
51 V. Filppula C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 37.5% 16:42
81 M. Hossa R 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 0 0 18:42
82 T. Kopecky R 1 0 1 +2 0 4 0 0 0 50% 10:23
93 J. Franzen R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 50% 18:00
3 A. Lilja D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 3 0 16:48
5 N. Lidstrom D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 23:37
14 D. Meech D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:00
24 C. Chelios D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 11:19
28 B. Rafalski D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 0 0 22:26
55 N. Kronwall D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 23:17
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
35 J. Howard 28 24 4 .857 58:36 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
9 M. Koivu C 0 1 1 +1 2 5 0 0 0 38.9% 19:05
11 O. Nolan R 2 1 3 +2 0 2 0 0 1 14:56
12 C. Weller R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 09:24
18 C. Gillies C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 09:29
19 S. Veilleux L 1 0 1 +1 2 4 3 1 0 100% 16:24
20 A. Miettinen R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 18:17
22 C. Clutterbuck R 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 16:56
25 E. Belanger C 0 1 1 +1 2 1 1 2 0 54.5% 17:04
28 P. Olvecky L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 09:01
49 D. Fritsche C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11:00
51 J. Sheppard C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 2 0 18.2% 14:22
96 P. Bouchard C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 0 0 0 13:55
3 M. Zidlicky D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 2 3 0 20:57
5 K. Johnsson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 24:32
8 B. Burns D 0 1 1 +2 2 1 1 3 0 21:59
41 M. Skoula D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 0 5 0 21:26
47 M. Bergeron D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11:48
55 N. Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 4 0 19:48
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32 N. Backstrom 37 35 2 .946 59:37 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:54 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu Tripping 2
1st 06:55 Detroit Red Wings Ville Leino Holding 2
1st 08:15 Detroit Red Wings Kirk Maltby Hooking 2
1st 14:34 Minnesota Wild Marek Zidlicky Hooking 2
2nd 07:50 Minnesota Wild Brent Burns Holding the stick 2
2nd 17:28 Minnesota Wild Eric Belanger Slashing 2
2nd 18:13 Detroit Red Wings Jiri Hudler Holding the stick 2
3rd 07:17 Minnesota Wild Stephane Veilleux Tripping 2

Game information

Detroit Red Wings head coach
Mike Babcock
Minnesota Wild head coach
Jacques Lemaire
Referees
Eric Furlatt, Chris Lee
Linesmen
Shane Heyer, Mike Cvik
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Kris Draper, Chris Osgood, Darren McCarty, Tomas Holmstrom, Aaron Downey, Brad Stuart, Jonathan Ericsson, Brett Lebda, Justin Abdelkader
Minnesota Wild scratches
Andrew Brunette, Marian Gaborik, Krys Kolanos, Kurtis Foster, Nolan Schaefer, Derek Boogaard, Tomas Mojzis, Benoit Pouliot, John Scott

2008-2009 season series

Matchup Status Details
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final/SO Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Detroit Red Wings 4 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Feb 21

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 at Philadelphia Flyers 4 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at Dallas Stars 1 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 3 at Montreal Canadiens 5 Final Game page
Phoenix Coyotes 6 at Los Angeles Kings 3 Final Game page
Atlanta Thrashers 1 at San Jose Sharks 3 Final Game page
New York Rangers 2 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Final/SO Game page
New Jersey Devils 0 at New York Islanders 4 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 0 at Florida Panthers 2 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 5 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 1 at St. Louis Blues 0 Final/OT Game page
Calgary Flames 3 at Edmonton Oilers 2 Final/SO Game page

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