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Columbus Blue Jackets at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at home.

Team Goals 2011-2012 record
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 29-46-7
at Minnesota Wild 4 35-36-11

Goals by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 1 1 2
Minnesota Wild 2 2 0 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 7 12 12 31
Minnesota Wild 9 14 3 26

Three stars

  1. N. Backstrom, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)
  2. D. Heatley, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. M. Cullen, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:10 Minnesota Wild Matt Cullen (1) Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1), Guillaume Latendresse (1) Even strength CBJ 0, MIN 1
1st 16:20 Minnesota Wild Marco Scandella (1) Jared Spurgeon (1), Niklas Backstrom (1) Power play CBJ 0, MIN 2
2nd 10:40 Minnesota Wild Dany Heatley (1) Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2), Marek Zidlicky (1) Power play CBJ 0, MIN 3
2nd 17:53 Columbus Blue Jackets Derek Dorsett (1) Aaron Johnson (1), Jeff Carter (1) Even strength CBJ 1, MIN 3
2nd 18:51 Minnesota Wild Devin Setoguchi (1) Dany Heatley (1), Mikko Koivu (1) Even strength CBJ 1, MIN 4
3rd 16:38 Columbus Blue Jackets Maksim Mayorov (1) Grant Clitsome (1), Matt Calvert (1) Even strength CBJ 2, MIN 4

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

Team stats

Stat Columbus Blue Jackets Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 31 26
Power play 0 of 6 2 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 12
Hits 29 19
Blocked shots 10 19
Giveaways 5 3
Takeaways 4 10
Faceoffs won 30/61 (49.2%) 31/61 (50.8%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
7 J. Carter C 0 1 1 -1 2 5 0 1 0 42.9% 19:19
8 M. Mayorov L 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 09:11
11 M. Calvert L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 10:30
13 C. Atkinson R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 0 16:52
15 D. Dorsett R 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 10:03
16 D. Brassard C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 25% 14:19
18 R. Umberger C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 18:42
22 V. Prospal L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 19:41
24 D. MacKenzie C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 4 0 0 100% 10:27
26 S. Pahlsson C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 0 83.3% 10:07
50 A. Vermette C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 48% 21:14
61 R. Nash L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 0 0 20:12
2 R. Martinek D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 21:38
3 M. Methot D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 1 0 17:16
5 A. Johnson D 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 12:43
14 G. Clitsome D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 24:08
51 F. Tyutin D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 0 21:43
58 D. Savard D 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 18:07
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
1 S. Mason 23 19 4 .826 40:00 Loss
30 C. Sanford 3 3 0 1.000 18:02

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 0 0 52.6% 16:56
9 M. Koivu C 0 1 1 0 2 5 1 0 0 55% 18:37
10 D. Setoguchi R 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 15:59
14 D. Powe C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 2 0 66.7% 13:20
15 D. Heatley L 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 20:03
18 C. Gillies C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 0 06:05
19 B. Bulmer R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:06
21 K. Brodziak C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 44.4% 18:17
22 C. Clutterbuck R 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 15:06
25 N. Johnson R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 07:52
48 G. Latendresse L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 13:59
96 P. Bouchard C 0 2 2 +1 4 1 0 0 0 11:41
3 M. Zidlicky D 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 20:51
4 C. Stoner D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 2 0 18:39
5 G. Zanon D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 23:07
6 M. Scandella D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 1 1 21:58
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 0 1 0 15:39
55 N. Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 2 0 18:51
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32 N. Backstrom 31 29 2 .936 59:55 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:24 Minnesota Wild Nick Schultz Holding 2
1st 11:03 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu Tripping 2
1st 14:46 Columbus Blue Jackets Maksim Mayorov Interference 2
2nd 03:03 Columbus Blue Jackets Jeff Carter Cross checking 2
2nd 03:36 Minnesota Wild Jared Spurgeon Interference 2
2nd 10:30 Columbus Blue Jackets Marc Methot Holding 2
2nd 18:54 Minnesota Wild Pierre-Marc Bouchard High sticking double minor 4
3rd 03:02 Minnesota Wild Cal Clutterbuck Hooking 2
3rd 09:52 Columbus Blue Jackets David Savard Holding the stick 2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Scott Arniel
Minnesota Wild head coach
Mike Yeo
Referees
Tom Kowal, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen
Darren Gibbs, Thor Nelson
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
James Wisniewski, Kris Russell, Ryan Johansen
Minnesota Wild scratches
Brad Staubitz, Justin Falk

2011-2012 season series

Matchup Status Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Minnesota Wild 4 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Minnesota Wild 1 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 8

Matchup Status Details
New York Rangers 1 at Anaheim Ducks 2 Final/SO Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Los Angeles Kings 2 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Boston Bruins 4 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 5 at Toronto Maple Leafs 6 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 3 at New Jersey Devils 0 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Washington Capitals 4 Final/OT Game page
Florida Panthers 2 at New York Islanders 0 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 4 at St. Louis Blues 2 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 5 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Colorado Avalanche 0 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 at Calgary Flames 3 Final Game page
Phoenix Coyotes 3 at San Jose Sharks 6 Final Game page

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