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8/11/2008
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Minnesota Wild 2 , Vancouver Canucks 4
Shots: 18 - 47
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:53/69=76 %, Challenges:23/28=79 %
PP: 2 of 11 (21 shots), Passing:89/103=86 %, Challenges:44/47=91 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 900240 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:41 0-1
Alexander Edler [3] (Daniel Sedin, Kyle Wellwood)PP
14:14 0-2
Kyle Wellwood [2] (Alexandre Burrows, Daniel Sedin)PP
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27:57 1-2
Marc-André Bergeron [2] (Kurtis Foster, Éric Bélanger)PP
32:16 1-3
Pavol Demitra [9] (Alexandre Burrows, Steve Bernier)
33:25 2-3
Éric Bélanger [5] (Owen Nolan, Antti Miettinen)
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58:44 2-4
Alexandre Burrows [8] (Kevin Bieksa) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:51
Corey Locke (2 min for hooking)
06:51
Antti Miettinen (2 min for tripping)
08:48
Kurtis Foster (2 min for high-sticking)
13:31
James Sheppard (2 min for cross-checking)
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20:03
Daniel Sedin (2 min for hooking)
22:42
Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for cross-checking)
24:43
Kim Johnsson (2 min for high-sticking)
27:04
Kyle Wellwood (2 min for hooking)
27:46
Daniel Sedin (2 min for hooking)
38:22
Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for boarding)
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42:37
Alexander Edler (2 min for tripping)
44:33
Andrew Brunette (2 min for hooking)
47:04
Kim Johnsson (2 min for tripping)
47:37
Marek Zidlicky (2 min for tripping)
54:32
Corey Locke (2 min for slashing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryan Lundbohm 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 5
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 11.10 5
R Owen Nolan 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 8
R Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.30 8
C Corey Locke 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 7.00 5
C James Sheppard 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 9.00 5
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 8
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 24.10 7
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 5
L Antti Miettinen 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 19.20 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -2 16.10 5
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.40 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 16.20 8
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 -2 23.50 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.00 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 25.30 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 -2 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 43 0 0 59.30 10
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jozef Balej 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Kyle Wellwood 1 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 16.30 7
R Alexandre Burrows 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 9
R Derick Brassard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
C Jason Williams 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 14.20 7
C Pavol Demitra 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 8
L Henrik Sedin 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 23.10 8
L Artem Chubarov 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 5
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 8.10 6
R Steve Bernier 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
L Daniel Sedin 0 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 21.10 7
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 6
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 22.40 7
D Alexander Edler 1 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 23.20 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.00 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 23.10 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexandre Burrows
2nd star: Kyle Wellwood
3rd star: Éric Bélanger
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mikko Koivu had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Mikko Koivu had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Alexandre Burrows has marked a new career high in points with 13 points.
-Alexandre Burrows has marked a new career high in goals with 8 tallies.
-Kevin Bieksa notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Kyle Wellwood ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Alexander Edler finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Mattias Öhlund had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 23) , Manitoba Moose 1( 6)
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1-0 HOU Esa Pirnes (Troy Riddle)
1-1 MAN Nathan McIver (Ryan Shannon, Marek Zagrapan)
2-1 HOU Josh Olson (Morten Madsen, Clayton Stoner)
3-1 HOU Danny Irmen (Aaron Schneekloth)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Jason LaBarbera