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Boston Bruins at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at home.

Team Goals 2008-2009 record
Boston Bruins 3 53-19-10
at Minnesota Wild 4 40-33-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 1 0 2 3
Minnesota Wild 1 3 0 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 14 11 12 37
Minnesota Wild 9 12 5 26

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 08:03 Boston Bruins Phil Kessel (2) Patrice Bergeron (3), Marco Sturm (1) Even strength BOS 1, MIN 0
1st 18:32 Minnesota Wild Eric Belanger (1) Colton Gillies (1), Kim Johnsson (1) Power play BOS 1, MIN 1
2nd 04:01 Minnesota Wild Marc-Andre Bergeron (1) Mikko Koivu (1), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1) Power play BOS 1, MIN 2
2nd 10:19 Minnesota Wild Antti Miettinen (1) Andrew Brunette (1), Mikko Koivu (2) Even strength BOS 1, MIN 3
2nd 12:28 Minnesota Wild Eric Belanger (2) Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2), Owen Nolan (1) Even strength BOS 1, MIN 4
3rd 11:51 Boston Bruins Marc Savard (2) Michael Ryder (1), P.J. Axelsson (2) Even strength BOS 2, MIN 4
3rd 18:22 Boston Bruins Marc Savard (3) Michael Ryder (2), P.J. Axelsson (3) Even strength BOS 3, MIN 4

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

Team stats

Stat Boston Bruins Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 37 26
Power play 0 of 4 2 of 3
Penalty minutes 10 12
Hits 16 15
Blocked shots 8 11
Giveaways 8 8
Takeaways 10 12
Faceoffs won 32/51 (62.7%) 19/51 (37.3%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
11 P. Axelsson L 0 2 2 +1 0 3 0 0 0 100% 16:37
16 M. Sturm L 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 18:03
17 M. Lucic L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 12:42
18 S. Yelle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 42.9% 11:49
22 S. Thornton L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 08:26
29 P. Nokelainen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 08:36
37 P. Bergeron C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 70% 19:02
42 B. Wheeler R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 1 0 13:21
46 D. Krejci C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0 0 60% 15:17
73 M. Ryder R 0 2 2 +2 0 5 1 0 0 16:45
81 P. Kessel R 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 18:20
91 M. Savard C 2 0 2 +2 0 6 0 1 0 60% 19:07
6 D. Wideman D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 0 0 23:40
21 A. Ference D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 23:07
33 Z. Chara D 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 24:15
34 S. Hnidy D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 10:34
44 A. Ward D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:03
45 M. Stuart D 0 0 0 +1 4 0 0 0 0 12:36
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
35 M. Fernandez 26 22 4 .846 59:16 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
9 M. Koivu C 0 2 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 29.4% 20:15
10 M. Gaborik R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 18:25
11 O. Nolan R 0 1 1 -1 4 4 1 0 0 14:15
15 A. Brunette L 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 18:00
18 C. Gillies C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 08:27
19 S. Veilleux L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 17:53
20 A. Miettinen R 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 18:31
24 D. Boogaard L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:10
25 E. Belanger C 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 56.3% 14:17
51 J. Sheppard C 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 30.8% 17:49
67 B. Pouliot L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 25% 07:35
96 P. Bouchard C 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:35
2 E. Reitz D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 3 0 12:26
5 K. Johnsson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:01
8 B. Burns D 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 0 0 23:15
41 M. Skoula D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 0 19:54
47 M. Bergeron D 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 17:41
55 N. Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 21:12
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32 N. Backstrom 37 34 3 .919 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:06 Minnesota Wild Brent Burns High sticking double minor 4
1st 09:22 Boston Bruins Mark Stuart High sticking 2
1st 17:01 Boston Bruins Mark Stuart Holding 2
2nd 02:08 Boston Bruins David Krejci High sticking 2
2nd 15:17 Minnesota Wild James Sheppard Holding 2
3rd 16:50 Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara Cross checking 2
3rd 16:50 Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara Roughing 2
3rd 16:50 Minnesota Wild Owen Nolan Roughing 2
3rd 16:50 Minnesota Wild Owen Nolan Slashing 2
3rd 19:44 Minnesota Wild Stephane Veilleux Delaying game puck over glass 2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach
Claude Julien
Minnesota Wild head coach
Jacques Lemaire
Referees
Dennis LaRue, Marc Joannette
Linesmen
Mark Wheler, Mike Cvik
Boston Bruins scratches
Chuck Kobasew, Andrew Alberts, Johnny Boychuk, Martin St. Pierre, Byron Bitz, Martins Karsums, Matt Hunwick, Vladimir Sobotka, Mikko Lehtonen
Minnesota Wild scratches
Kurtis Foster, Craig Weller, Marek Zidlicky, Peter Olvecky, Cal Clutterbuck, John Scott

2008-2009 season series

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 3 at Minnesota Wild 4 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Boston Bruins 0 Final Game page

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