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5/1/2009
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Minnesota Wild 6 , Nashville Predators 6
Shots: 17 - 27
PP: 2 of 8 (8 shots), Passing:82/94=87 %, Challenges:28/43=63 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:85/105=80 %, Challenges:32/46=68 %
Attendance: 6112 of 18064 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 300711 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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18:38 1-0
Joni Pitkänen [6] (Ray Whitney, Dan Fritsche)PP
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20:53 1-1
Teppo Numminen [5] (Jean-Pierre Dumont, Jason Arnott)
26:46 1-2
Jason Arnott [15] (Jean-Pierre Dumont, Wayne Primeau)
36:55 2-2
Frans Nielsen [2] (Dan Fritsche)
37:12 3-2
Kurtis Foster [2] (Martin Skoula, Mikko Koivu)PP
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40:29 4-2
Owen Nolan [10] (Joni Pitkänen)
41:16 5-2
Mikko Koivu [9] (Ray Whitney, Owen Nolan)
45:04 5-3
Vernon Fiddler [7] (Alexander Radulov, Ryan Suter)
48:27 5-4
Jed Ortmeyer [3] (Joel Ward)
49:11 5-5
Radek Bonk [2] (Jarkko Ruutu)
54:05 5-6
Dan Hamhuis [4] (Jarkko Ruutu, Wayne Primeau)
56:31 6-6
Mikko Koivu [10] (Kurtis Foster, Joni Pitkänen)
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Penalty summary:
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07:16
Mikko Koivu (2 min for slashing)
14:46
Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
14:46
Junior Lessard (2 min for roughing)
17:17
Dan Hamhuis (2 min for hooking)
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21:53
Pavol Demitra (2 min for high-sticking)
31:36
Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for boarding)
33:41
Craig Conroy (2 min for high-sticking)
37:05
Vernon Fiddler (2 min for tripping)
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45:26
David Legwand (2 min for elbowing)
51:47
Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for slashing)
54:27
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for hooking)
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64:55
Jason Arnott (2 min for tripping)
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Junior Lessard 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 8.00 5
R Dan Fritsche 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 5
R Richard Park 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 5
R Owen Nolan 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 -1 22.30 6
C Colton Gillies 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 7.00 6
C Frans Nielsen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 15.30 6
C Matt Stajan 0 0 3 2 3 2 0 -3 23.00 6
C Mikko Koivu 2 1 3 2 1 0 2 1 18.50 9
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 5
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 12.10 5
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 19.50 5
L Ray Whitney 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 -1 22.00 6
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 14.00 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -3 19.00 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 -1 30.40 5
D Kurtis Foster 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 15.20 7
D Martin Skoula 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -2 18.50 6
D Joni Pitkänen 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 31.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 6 0 21 0 0 65.00 4
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wayne Primeau 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 15.20 7
R Joel Ward 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.00 5
R Alexander Radulov 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -2 15.00 6
R Pavol Demitra 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 18.50 6
C Radek Bonk 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 7.50 6
C Craig Conroy 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 13.30 6
C David Legwand 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -3 20.50 6
C Jason Arnott 1 1 4 3 0 1 2 2 22.00 9
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 2 0 4 1 4 6 2 15.50 7
L Jed Ortmeyer 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 10.10 7
L Vernon Fiddler 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 -1 12.30 6
L Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 22.40 7
D Ville Koistinen 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 9.20 5
D Ryan Suter 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 26.10 6
D Greg de Vries 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 28.10 7
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 4
D Dan Hamhuis 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 -1 20.00 7
D Teppo Numminen 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 32.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pekka Rinne 6 0 11 0 0 65.00 4
G Dan Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikko Koivu
2nd star: Joni Pitkänen
3rd star: Jason Arnott
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Martin Skoula notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Owen Nolan scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Mikko Koivu scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Frans Nielsen finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
-Frans Nielsen finally ended his 20 game point drought.
-Kurtis Foster finally ended his 38 game goal drought.
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Jason Arnott scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Radek Bonk finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
-Radek Bonk finally ended his 13 game point drought.
-Jason Arnott ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Dan Hamhuis finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
-Teppo Numminen finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 6( 36) , Milwaukee Admirals 0( 12)
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1-0 HOU Derek Boogaard (Krys Kolanos)
2-0 HOU Morten Madsen (Robbie Earl)
3-0 HOU Cal Clutterbuck (Jesse Schultz)
4-0 HOU Marek Kvapil (Cal Clutterbuck)
5-0 HOU Krys Kolanos (Julien Sprunger)
6-0 HOU Derek Boogaard (Krys Kolanos)