Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues

Thursday, October 2, 2014, 8:00 PM ET Scottrade Center, St. Louis Preseason Final

Final score

The St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 4–1 on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at home.

Final score, Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues
Team	Goals	2014-2015 record
Minnesota Wild	1	46-28-8
at St. Louis Blues	4	51-24-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Minnesota Wild	1	0	0	1
St. Louis Blues	0	1	3	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Minnesota Wild	4	6	5	15
St. Louis Blues	11	12	14	37

Three stars

V. Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues (1 assist)
J. Leopold, St. Louis Blues (1 goal)
P. Stastny, St. Louis Blues (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	19:08	Minnesota Wild	Jason Zucker (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	MIN 1, STL 0
2nd	07:55	St. Louis Blues	Patrik Berglund (2)	Alex Pietrangelo (3), Kevin Shattenkirk (3)	Even strength	MIN 1, STL 1
3rd	05:33	St. Louis Blues	Jordan Leopold (1)	Vladimir Tarasenko (2), Jaden Schwartz (1)	Even strength	MIN 1, STL 2
3rd	17:09	St. Louis Blues	T.J. Oshie (1)	Paul Stastny (3), Alexander Steen (2)	Power play	MIN 1, STL 3
3rd	18:31	St. Louis Blues	David Backes (3)	T.J. Oshie (1)	Even strength, Empty net	MIN 1, STL 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues
Stat	Minnesota Wild	St. Louis Blues
Shots on goal	15	37
Power play	0 of 2	1 of 6
Penalty minutes	50	42
Hits	25	24
Blocked shots	23	8
Giveaways	5	0
Takeaways	7	5
Faceoffs won	27/72 (37.5%)	45/72 (62.5%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 3 C. Coyle	C	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	41.7%	16:17
Number 12 C. Almond	C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	35.7%	15:08
Number 16 J. Zucker	L	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		17:40
Number 19 S. Veilleux	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1		12:06
Number 21 K. Brodziak	C	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	42.9%	14:28
Number 22 N. Niederreiter	R	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		16:16
Number 27 B. Sutter	L	0	0	-2	0	1	5	1	50%	12:51
Number 28 J. Rechlicz	R	0	0	-1	23	0	0	0		03:31
Number 36 M. Keranen	L	0	0	+1	2	1	3	1		16:14
Number 53 T. Graovac	C	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	28.6%	15:19
Number 56 E. Haula	L	0	0	-1	0	1	1	4	37.5%	15:15
Number 61 Z. Phillips	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:11
Number 2 K. Ballard	D	0	0	0	9	0	1	4		21:57
Number 4 S. Bickel	D	0	0	-2	5	0	0	3		12:53
Number 5 C. Folin	D	0	0	-1	0	4	1	1		23:49
Number 7 J. Blum	D	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		19:51
Number 44 J. Falk	D	0	0	0	7	1	0	3		19:25
Number 55 M. Dumba	D	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		22:23

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 32 N. Backstrom	36	33	3	.917	59:10	Loss

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 J. Lehtera	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1	0	75%	16:13
Number 15 R. Fabbri	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		03:46
Number 17 J. Schwartz	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	0	100%	17:37
Number 20 A. Steen	L	0	1	1	+1	2	6	5	0	0		22:59
Number 21 P. Berglund	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	66.7%	15:47
Number 26 P. Stastny	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	66.7%	20:47
Number 37 P. Bissonnette	L	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0		07:34
Number 40 M. Lapierre	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	64.3%	11:46
Number 42 D. Backes	R	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	0	0	47.1%	15:50
Number 74 T. Oshie	R	1	1	2	+1	0	2	2	1	1	100%	17:26
Number 75 R. Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	9	1	4	1	0	50%	10:06
Number 91 V. Tarasenko	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0	0		20:44
Number 19 J. Bouwmeester	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	3	0	0		20:40
Number 22 K. Shattenkirk	D	0	1	1	+1	17	0	2	0	0		20:52
Number 27 A. Pietrangelo	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	0		22:13
Number 28 I. Cole	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0		16:57
Number 33 J. Leopold	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	2	0		16:17
Number 48 P. Lindbohm	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	0		16:26

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 34 J. Allen	15	14	1	.933	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:52	Minnesota Wild	Joel Rechlicz	Roughing	2
1st	05:52	Minnesota Wild	Joel Rechlicz	Roughing	2
1st	05:52	St. Louis Blues	Ryan Reaves	Roughing	2
1st	08:56	St. Louis Blues	David Backes	Interference	2
1st	11:13	St. Louis Blues	Alexander Steen	Hooking	2
1st	11:54	Minnesota Wild	Michael Keranen	Slashing	2
1st	14:56	St. Louis Blues	Paul Bissonnette	Fighting (major)	5
1st	14:56	Minnesota Wild	Stu Bickel	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	02:44	St. Louis Blues	Ryan Reaves	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	02:44	Minnesota Wild	Joel Rechlicz	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	05:42	Minnesota Wild	Justin Falk	Tripping	2
2nd	08:25	Minnesota Wild	Joel Rechlicz	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	08:25	Minnesota Wild	Justin Falk	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	08:25	St. Louis Blues	Paul Bissonnette	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	08:25	Minnesota Wild	Joel Rechlicz	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	06:19	Minnesota Wild	Mathew Dumba	High sticking	2
3rd	15:29	Minnesota Wild	Charlie Coyle	Roughing	2
3rd	15:29	St. Louis Blues	Ian Cole	Roughing	2
3rd	15:53	Minnesota Wild	Keith Ballard	Holding	2
3rd	15:53	St. Louis Blues	Kevin Shattenkirk	Roughing	2
3rd	15:53	Minnesota Wild	Keith Ballard	Slashing	2
3rd	15:53	Minnesota Wild	Keith Ballard	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	15:53	St. Louis Blues	Kevin Shattenkirk	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	15:53	St. Louis Blues	Kevin Shattenkirk	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	20:00	Minnesota Wild	Joel Rechlicz	Roughing	2
3rd	20:00	St. Louis Blues	Ryan Reaves	Roughing	2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach: Mike Yeo
St. Louis Blues head coach: Ken Hitchcock
Referees: Francis Charron, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: Trent Knorr, Ryan Galloway
Minnesota Wild scratches: Matt Cooke, Mikko Koivu, Jason Pominville, Mikhail Tyulyapkin, Josh Harding, Thomas Vanek, Ryan Suter, Zach Parise, Grigory Misharin, Julian Walker, John Curry, Marco Scandella, Jared Spurgeon, Jordan Schroeder, Darcy Kuemper, Brett Bulmer, Mikael Granlund, Johan Gustafsson, Curt Gogol, Colton Jobke, Justin Fontaine, Steve Michalek, Olivier Archambault, Nick Seeler, Mario Lucia, Jonas Brodin, Jessey Astles, Kurtis Gabriel, Zack Mitchell, John Draeger, Raphael Bussieres, Adam Gilmour, Christoph Bertschy, Louis Nanne, Brandon Whitney, Alexander Gudbranson, Avery Peterson, Nolan De Jong, Alexandre Belanger, Carson Soucy, Dylan Labbe, Gustav Olofsson, Brady Brassart, Andrew Ryan, Ryan Walters, Alex Tuch, Louie Belpedio, Kaapo Kahkonen, Tanner Faith, Pontus Sjalin, Chase Lang, Reid Duke, Pavel Jenys, Guillaume Gelinas, Reid Gardiner, Hunter Warner, Ryan Graham
St. Louis Blues scratches: Barret Jackman, Steve Ott, Dimitri Semin, Joakim Lindstrom, Ryan Whitney, Colin Fraser, Konstantin Barulin, Evgeny Skachkov, Andrei Pervyshin, Chris Porter, Victor Alexandrov, Vladimir Sobotka, Chris Butler, Ryan Turek, Peter Mueller, John McCarthy, Benn Ferriero, Travis Erstad, Carl Gunnarsson, Philip McRae, Mathieu Brodeur, Brent Regner, Magnus Paajarvi, David Shields, Nate Prosser, Max Gardiner, Sebastian Wannstrom, Jani Hakanpää, Cody Beach, Patrick Cannone, Ryan Tesink, Niklas Lundstrom, Yannick Veilleux, Jordan Binnington, Ty Rattie, Dmitrij Jaskin, Joel Edmundson, Jacob Doty, Jeremy Welsh, Jordan Schmaltz, Colton Parayko, Mackenzie MacEachern, Samuel Kurker, Santeri Saari, Zach Pochiro, Thomas Vannelli, Jake Chelios, Ivan Barbashev, Maxim Letunov, Jake Walman, Ville Husso, Austin Poganski, Jaedon Descheneau, C.J. Yakimowicz, Sammy Blais, Dwyer Tschantz, Dmitrii Sergeev

2014-2015 season series

Every Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues game in the 2014-2015 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Minnesota Wild 1 at St. Louis Blues 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues, Thu, Oct 2, 2014
St. Louis Blues 4 at Minnesota Wild 5	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild, Sat, Oct 4, 2014

Other NHL games on Oct 2

Other NHL games on Thursday, October 2, 2014
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Islanders 1 at New Jersey Devils 2	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at New Jersey Devils, Thu, Oct 2, 2014
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Washington Capitals 3	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals, Thu, Oct 2, 2014
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Florida Panthers 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Thu, Oct 2, 2014
Winnipeg Jets 2 at Calgary Flames 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Winnipeg Jets at Calgary Flames, Thu, Oct 2, 2014
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Edmonton Oilers 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers, Thu, Oct 2, 2014
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Colorado Avalanche 1	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche, Thu, Oct 2, 2014