Minnesota Wild at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 4–1 on Saturday, March 12, 2016 on the road.

Final score, Minnesota Wild at Montreal Canadiens
Team Goals 2015-2016 record
Minnesota Wild 4 38-33-11
at Montreal Canadiens 1 38-38-6

Goals by period

Goals by period, Minnesota Wild at Montreal Canadiens
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Minnesota Wild 2 1 1 4
Montreal Canadiens 1 0 0 1

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Minnesota Wild at Montreal Canadiens
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Minnesota Wild 11 9 2 22
Montreal Canadiens 6 11 14 31

Three stars

  1. M. Granlund, Minnesota Wild (2 goals)
  2. M. Scandella, Minnesota Wild
  3. M. Barberio, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Minnesota Wild at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 10:52 Minnesota Wild Nino Niederreiter (15) Unassisted Even strength MIN 1, MTL 0
1st 12:13 Montreal Canadiens Mark Barberio (2) Sven Andrighetto (7), Max Pacioretty (27) Even strength MIN 1, MTL 1
1st 13:20 Minnesota Wild Mikael Granlund (9) Thomas Vanek (22), Mathew Dumba (14) Even strength MIN 2, MTL 1
2nd 11:49 Minnesota Wild Mikael Granlund (10) Thomas Vanek (23), Nino Niederreiter (20) Power play MIN 3, MTL 1
3rd 18:21 Minnesota Wild Erik Haula (10) Charlie Coyle (15) Even strength, Empty net MIN 4, MTL 1

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

Team stats

Team stats, Minnesota Wild at Montreal Canadiens
Stat Minnesota Wild Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 22 31
Power play 1 of 2 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 18 38
Blocked shots 20 17
Giveaways 9 11
Takeaways 1 6
Faceoffs won 34/58 (58.6%) 24/58 (41.4%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 3 C. Coyle C 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 18:51
Number 9 M. Koivu C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 2 0 65.2% 18:08
Number 10 J. Schroeder C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 1 0 0 12:51
Number 11 Z. Parise L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 19:08
Number 12 D. Jones R 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 10:44
Number 14 J. Fontaine R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 14:12
Number 18 R. Carter L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:27
Number 19 J. Stoll C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 70% 11:07
Number 22 N. Niederreiter R 1 1 2 +1 2 2 1 1 0 14:18
Number 26 T. Vanek L 0 2 2 +1 0 2 1 0 0 13:44
Number 56 E. Haula L 1 0 1 +2 0 2 0 0 0 52.9% 16:27
Number 64 M. Granlund C 2 0 2 +1 0 2 1 1 1 42.9% 15:51
Number 6 M. Scandella D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 2 0 16:45
Number 20 R. Suter D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27:21
Number 24 M. Dumba D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 1 0 18:29
Number 25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 21:10
Number 39 N. Prosser D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 14:51
Number 46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:36
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 40 D. Dubnyk 31 30 1 .968 60:00 Win

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 13 M. Brown R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 09:05
Number 14 T. Plekanec C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 0 0 33.3% 16:52
Number 17 T. Mitchell C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 1 0 100% 15:07
Number 24 P. Danault C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 2 0 50% 10:38
Number 25 J. de la Rose L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0 0 13:15
Number 27 A. Galchenyuk C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 47.8% 20:13
Number 34 M. McCarron C 0 0 0 -2 2 3 6 0 0 37.5% 12:29
Number 41 P. Byron L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:40
Number 42 S. Andrighetto R 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 18:57
Number 53 L. Lessio L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 11:16
Number 54 C. Hudon L 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 14:26
Number 67 M. Pacioretty L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:30
Number 6 G. Pateryn D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 4 1 0 20:07
Number 20 V. Bartley D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 4 2 0 14:39
Number 44 D. Dietz D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 13:01
Number 45 M. Barberio D 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 25:22
Number 74 A. Emelin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 3 0 20:49
Number 79 A. Markov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 0 26:02
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 39 M. Condon 21 18 3 .857 59:39 Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Minnesota Wild at Montreal Canadiens
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 14:38 Minnesota Wild Nate Prosser Elbowing 2
2nd 09:56 Montreal Canadiens Michael McCarron Hooking 2
3rd 04:34 Minnesota Wild Nino Niederreiter Tripping 2
3rd 07:37 Montreal Canadiens Phillip Danault Holding 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
John Torchetti
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Michel Therrien
Referees
Wes McCauley, Chris Rooney
Linesmen
Brad Lazarowich, John Grandt
Minnesota Wild scratches
Jason Pominville, Chris Porter, Jason Zucker, Mike Reilly
Montreal Canadiens scratches
P.K. Subban, Lars Eller, Brendan Gallagher, Stefan Matteau

2015-2016 season series

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Sources and further reading

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