Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins

Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 7:00 PM ET Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 in a shootout on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 on the road.

Final score, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Minnesota Wild	2	40-33-9
at Pittsburgh Penguins	1	45-28-9

Goals by period, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Minnesota Wild	1	0	0	0	0	2
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	0	0	0	0	1

Shots on goal by period, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Minnesota Wild	9	8	6	2	0	25
Pittsburgh Penguins	9	9	6	1	0	25

Every goal, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	07:57	Minnesota Wild	Mikko Koivu (3)	Unassisted	Even strength	MIN 1, PIT 0
1st	08:07	Pittsburgh Penguins	Matt Cooke (2)	Jordan Staal (5), Rob Scuderi (2)	Even strength	MIN 1, PIT 1

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

Shootout attempts in order
Round	Team	Shooter	Result
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Petr Sykora	Saved
1	Minnesota Wild	Marek Zidlicky	Goal
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Alex Goligoski	Saved
2	Minnesota Wild	Antti Miettinen	Saved
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sidney Crosby	Saved

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Koivu	C	1	1	+1	0	5	0	1	47.4%	24:15
Number 11 O. Nolan	R	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		15:47
Number 15 A. Brunette	L	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0		18:08
Number 18 C. Gillies	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		05:01
Number 19 S. Veilleux	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		14:32
Number 20 A. Miettinen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		19:36
Number 22 C. Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	1	5	0		06:16
Number 25 E. Belanger	C	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	50%	18:58
Number 51 J. Sheppard	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.7%	16:17
Number 67 B. Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83.3%	12:29
Number 96 P. Bouchard	C	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		15:34
Number 2 E. Reitz	D	0	0	0	5	1	3	2		09:42
Number 3 M. Zidlicky	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	1		23:42
Number 5 K. Johnsson	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	4		29:56
Number 8 B. Burns	D	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0	100%	19:56
Number 41 M. Skoula	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		22:40
Number 47 M. Bergeron	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:46
Number 55 N. Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		25:57

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 32 N. Backstrom	25	24	1	.960	65:00	Win

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 P. Dupuis	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		11:29
Number 11 J. Staal	C	0	1	1	0	5	5	4	0	63.6%	21:14
Number 15 M. Zigomanis	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	71.4%	12:23
Number 17 P. Sykora	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		14:56
Number 24 M. Cooke	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	0		15:30
Number 25 M. Talbot	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		17:42
Number 26 R. Fedotenko	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:33
Number 28 E. Godard	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		04:35
Number 48 T. Kennedy	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	50%	15:33
Number 71 E. Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	40%	20:46
Number 81 M. Satan	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:31
Number 87 S. Crosby	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	57.1%	24:02
Number 2 H. Gill	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		20:38
Number 4 R. Scuderi	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4		21:34
Number 13 A. Goligoski	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		19:54
Number 43 P. Boucher	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6		21:02
Number 44 B. Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1		21:00
Number 58 K. Letang	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	6		21:38

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 D. Sabourin	25	24	1	.960	65:00	OT loss

Penalties, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	17:21	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kris Letang	Tripping	2
2nd	04:34	Minnesota Wild	Erik Reitz	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	04:34	Pittsburgh Penguins	Jordan Staal	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	11:11	Minnesota Wild	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
3rd	03:59	Minnesota Wild	Andrew Brunette	Hooking	2
3rd	06:44	Pittsburgh Penguins	Dany Sabourin	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	12:49	Minnesota Wild	Marek Zidlicky	Interference	2
OT	03:32	Minnesota Wild	Brent Burns	High sticking	2

Minnesota Wild head coach: Jacques Lemaire
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Michel Therrien
Referees: Wes McCauley, Rob Martell
Linesmen: Steve Miller, Jonny Murray
Minnesota Wild scratches: Marian Gaborik, Krys Kolanos, Kurtis Foster, Craig Weller, Derek Boogaard, Tomas Mojzis, Josh Harding, Peter Olvecky
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Darryl Sydor, Sergei Gonchar, Mark Eaton, Jeff Taffe, Connor James, Ryan Whitney, Chris Minard, Marc-Andre Fleury, Paul Bissonnette, Janne Pesonen, Bill Thomas, Tim Wallace, Ben Lovejoy, Luca Caputi

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Montreal Canadiens 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 2	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Carolina Hurricanes, Tue, Nov 18, 2008
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Colorado Avalanche 1 at Calgary Flames 4	Final	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Calgary Flames, Tue, Nov 18, 2008