Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 2–1 on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at home.

Final score, Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild
Team Goals 2014-2015 record
Montreal Canadiens 1 50-22-10
at Minnesota Wild 2 46-28-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Montreal Canadiens 0 0 1 1
Minnesota Wild 1 1 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Montreal Canadiens 6 4 9 19
Minnesota Wild 16 14 5 35

Three stars

  1. J. Zucker, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)
  2. D. Kuemper, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)
  3. M. Scandella, Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

Every goal, Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:19 Minnesota Wild Jason Zucker (10) Mikko Koivu (7) Even strength MTL 0, MIN 1
2nd 12:10 Minnesota Wild Jason Pominville (5) Christian Folin (1), Zach Parise (10) Even strength MTL 0, MIN 2
3rd 19:02 Montreal Canadiens Alex Galchenyuk (6) David Desharnais (12), P.K. Subban (11) Even strength MTL 1, MIN 2

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

Team stats

Team stats, Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild
Stat Montreal Canadiens Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 19 35
Power play 0 of 1 0 of 5
Penalty minutes 23 2
Hits 17 17
Blocked shots 14 16
Giveaways 4 10
Takeaways 10 5
Faceoffs won 32/61 (52.5%) 29/61 (47.5%)

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 B. Prust L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 13:33
Number 11 B. Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 13:03
Number 14 T. Plekanec C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 50% 16:44
Number 15 P. Parenteau R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:21
Number 17 E. Tangradi L 0 0 0 0 15 0 2 0 06:20
Number 20 M. Malhotra C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 55.6% 12:32
Number 22 D. Weise R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 10:33
Number 26 J. Sekac L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 18:35
Number 27 A. Galchenyuk C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14:11
Number 51 D. Desharnais C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 50% 16:45
Number 67 M. Pacioretty L 0 0 0 +1 0 2 2 2 18:54
Number 81 L. Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 55.6% 15:36
Number 6 B. Allen D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 09:10
Number 55 S. Gonchar D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 19:07
Number 74 A. Emelin D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 3 21:35
Number 76 P. Subban D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 27:08
Number 77 T. Gilbert D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 17:10
Number 79 A. Markov D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 3 25:38
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 31 C. Price 35 33 2 .943 58:05 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 3 C. Coyle C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 5 1 15:31
Number 9 M. Koivu C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 52% 19:42
Number 11 Z. Parise L 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 22:42
Number 14 J. Fontaine R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 08:49
Number 16 J. Zucker L 1 0 1 +1 0 5 2 0 14:15
Number 18 R. Carter L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:19
Number 21 K. Brodziak C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 1 55.6% 10:06
Number 22 N. Niederreiter R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 15:24
Number 26 T. Vanek L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:49
Number 29 J. Pominville R 1 0 1 +1 0 4 0 1 20:05
Number 56 E. Haula L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 44.4% 09:03
Number 64 M. Granlund C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 41.2% 21:30
Number 2 K. Ballard D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:05
Number 5 C. Folin D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 1 16:31
Number 6 M. Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 25:07
Number 25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 0 1 25:14
Number 39 N. Prosser D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10:40
Number 46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 26:09
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 35 D. Kuemper 19 18 1 .947 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:23 Minnesota Wild Kyle Brodziak Holding 2
1st 06:49 Montreal Canadiens Jiri Sekac Interference 2
2nd 09:54 Montreal Canadiens Alexei Emelin Roughing 2
2nd 12:57 Montreal Canadiens Bryan Allen Holding the stick 2
2nd 14:00 Montreal Canadiens Andrei Markov Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 06:10 Montreal Canadiens Eric Tangradi Boarding (major) 5
3rd 06:10 Montreal Canadiens Eric Tangradi Game misconduct (game misconduct) 10

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach
Michel Therrien
Minnesota Wild head coach
Mike Yeo
Referees
Wes McCauley, Mark Lemelin
Linesmen
Shane Heyer, Don Henderson
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Mike Weaver
Minnesota Wild scratches
Ryan Suter, Stu Bickel

2014-2015 season series

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