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Minnesota Wild at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 3–1 on Thursday, December 17, 2009 on the road.

Team Goals 2009-2010 record
Minnesota Wild 3 38-36-8
at Montreal Canadiens 1 39-33-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 2 0 1 3
Montreal Canadiens 1 0 0 1

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 11 7 3 21
Montreal Canadiens 7 12 12 31

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:41 Minnesota Wild Robbie Earl (1) Kim Johnsson (1) Even strength MIN 1, MTL 0
1st 03:26 Montreal Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn (1) Scott Gomez (1) Even strength MIN 1, MTL 1
1st 14:08 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu (1) Martin Havlat (1), Andrew Brunette (1) Power play MIN 2, MTL 1
3rd 11:47 Minnesota Wild Cal Clutterbuck (1) Chuck Kobasew (1), Nick Schultz (1) Even strength MIN 3, MTL 1

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

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 21 31
Power play 1 of 1 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 2
Hits 26 12
Blocked shots 18 10
Giveaways 25 20
Takeaways 5 10
Faceoffs won 20/46 (43.5%) 26/46 (56.5%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
9 M. Koivu C 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 44.4% 22:23
12 C. Kobasew R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:10
14 M. Havlat R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:11
15 A. Brunette L 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:48
20 A. Miettinen R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18:20
21 K. Brodziak C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 41.2% 12:49
22 C. Clutterbuck R 1 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 0 16:27
24 D. Boogaard L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 07:44
25 E. Belanger C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 44.4% 15:13
38 R. Earl L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 4 0 0 07:10
48 G. Latendresse L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 14:34
51 J. Sheppard C 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 0 0 45.5% 12:49
3 M. Zidlicky D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 3 0 22:33
5 K. Johnsson D 0 1 1 +1 2 2 0 1 0 22:56
6 G. Zanon D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 7 0 23:37
7 C. Stoner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:42
34 S. Hnidy D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 15:48
55 N. Schultz D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 3 0 18:26
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32 N. Backstrom 31 30 1 .968 60:00 Win

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
13 M. Cammalleri L 0 0 0 +1 0 4 1 0 0 24:03
14 T. Plekanec C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 61.1% 23:14
15 G. Metropolit C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 75% 16:35
17 G. Laraque R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 01:59
32 T. Moen L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 17:13
36 M. D'Agostini R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:46
40 M. Lapierre C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 16:14
46 A. Kostitsyn L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 22:49
67 M. Pacioretty L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0 0 07:55
74 S. Kostitsyn L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:46
91 S. Gomez C 0 1 1 +1 0 5 1 1 0 42.9% 20:45
94 T. Pyatt L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 03:00
6 J. Spacek D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 25:52
20 R. O'Byrne D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 11:40
22 P. Mara D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 2 0 21:34
26 J. Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 21:59
47 M. Bergeron D 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 18:28
75 H. Gill D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 3 0 19:48
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31 C. Price 21 18 3 .857 57:22 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 12:10 Montreal Canadiens Marc-Andre Bergeron Holding 2
3rd 02:08 Minnesota Wild James Sheppard Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 18:40 Minnesota Wild Kim Johnsson Holding 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
Todd Richards
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Jacques Martin
Referees
Marc Joannette, Rob Martell
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, Pierre Champoux
Minnesota Wild scratches
Andrew Ebbett, John Scott
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Roman Hamrlik, Benoit Pouliot, Yannick Weber

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