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21/3/2007
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Minnesota Wild 4 , Montreal Canadiens 4
Shots: 31 - 32
PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:59/71=83 %, Challenges:52/64=80 %
PP: 1 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:46/53=85 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 483600 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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07:21 0-1
Dustin Boyd [12] (Sean Avery, Andrei Kostitsyn)
13:58 1-1
Jozef Stumpel [6] (Valeri Bure, Nick Schultz)
16:57 2-1
Stéphane Veilleux [7] (Sean Hill, Joe Nieuwendyk)
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28:43 3-1
Petr Sykora [38] (Sergei Samsonov, Petteri Nummelin)PP
30:29 3-2
Andrei Markov [17] (Mike Komisarek)
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44:48 3-3
Chris Higgins [25] (Jean-Pierre Dumont, Andrei Kostitsyn)
46:49 3-4
Glen Murray [34] (Saku Koivu, Bryan Smolinski)PP
58:37 4-4
Pavol Demitra [29] (Sergei Samsonov, Stéphane Veilleux) WG
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Penalty summary:
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17:52
Nick Schultz (2 min for high-sticking)
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24:04
Ruslan Salei (2 min for elbowing)
27:02
Sean Avery (2 min for slashing)
34:29
Andrei Zyuzin (2 min for hooking)
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45:58
Wes Walz (2 min for hooking)
53:15
Sean Avery (2 min for slashing)
54:19
Steve Bégin (2 min for tripping)
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63:17
Nick Schultz (2 min for tripping)
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Valeri Bure 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.00 5
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 6
R Petr Sykora 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 7
R Mark Parrish 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 -1 18.00 8
C Jozef Stumpel 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 9.00 6
C Joe Nieuwendyk 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.20 6
C Wes Walz 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 -1 19.20 7
C Pavol Demitra 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 7
L Mattias Weinhandl 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 9.00 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 1 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 12.20 8
L Mikko Koivu 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 8
L Sergei Samsonov 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 8
D Petteri Nummelin 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 19.10 5
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 -1 18.30 7
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 2 5 2 1 2 0 25.30 7
D Sean Hill 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 20.10 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 23.50 7
D Nick Schultz 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 23.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nicklas Backstrom 4 0 28 0 0 64.40 6
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 6.10 5
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 12.30 4
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 20.00 8
R Glen Murray 1 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 23.10 8
C Darby Hendrickson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 6.10 5
C Dustin Boyd 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
C Chris Higgins 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
C Saku Koivu 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 22.30 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 -1 9.30 7
L Sean Avery 0 1 2 3 0 4 4 1 11.50 10
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
L Bryan Smolinski 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 22.00 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 25.30 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 -1 22.20 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 19.10 6
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Andrei Markov 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 26.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 4 0 27 0 0 65.00 6
G Ed Belfour 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Stéphane Veilleux
2nd star: Petr Sykora
3rd star: Jean-Pierre Dumont
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Sean Hill scored the 300th point of his career.
-Stéphane Veilleux has marked a new career high in points with 17 points.
-Stéphane Veilleux notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jozef Stumpel finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
-Jozef Stumpel finally ended his 12 game point drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Chris Higgins scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Dustin Boyd ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 2( 12) , Quebec Citadelles 7( 21)
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1-0 HOU Ryan Stone (Derek Boogaard)
1-1 QUE Jonathan Ferland (Corey Locke, Mathieu Biron)
1-2 QUE Tony Salmelainen (Jean-Philippe Fortin, Michaël Lambert)
1-3 QUE Maxim Lapierre (Duncan Milroy)
1-4 QUE Jean-Philippe Fortin (Tony Salmelainen)
1-5 QUE Mikhail Grabovski (Jean-Philippe Fortin)
2-5 HOU Peter Olvecky (Dominic Moore)
2-6 QUE Corey Locke (Josh Gorges)
2-7 QUE Tony Salmelainen (Jean-Philippe Fortin)
Goalies: Josh Disher - Cédrick Desjardins