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12/11/2008
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Minnesota Wild 5 , Edmonton Oilers 2
Shots: 32 - 23
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:65/79=82 %, Challenges:45/50=88 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:46/57=79 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (X-Cel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 900240 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:35 0-1
Kyle Brodziak [1] (Riley Nash, Ladislav Smid)
11:07 1-1
Corey Locke [2] (Kurtis Foster, Martin Skoula)
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21:38 2-1
Mikko Koivu [5] (Éric Bélanger, Marek Zidlicky)
24:42 3-1
Brent Burns [3] (Andrew Brunette, Marian Gaborik)
33:06 4-1
Mikko Koivu [6] (Kurtis Foster, Brent Burns)
36:05 4-2
Shawn Horcoff [10] (Erik Cole)
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42:39 5-2
Éric Bélanger [3] (Kurtis Foster, Mikko Koivu)
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Penalty summary:
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03:31
Ethan Moreau (2 min for holding the stick)
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52:18
Corey Locke (2 min for hooking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joel Ward 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 7.10 7
R Owen Nolan 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 16.10 7
R Mikko Koivu 2 1 8 1 0 0 0 2 19.50 10
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
C Corey Locke 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 7.10 7
C James Sheppard 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 15.20 7
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 18.20 8
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17.00 6
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.10 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 2 6 0 2 0 2 20.50 9
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Martin Skoula 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 16.00 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 20.10 9
D Brent Burns 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 23.10 9
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 17.40 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 21.00 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 22.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Riley Nash 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.10 7
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -2 14.30 7
R Dustin Penner 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.00 6
R Andrew Cogliano 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -2 20.10 5
C Kyle Brodziak 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7.10 6
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -2 14.30 7
C Shawn Horcoff 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 8
C Sam Gagner 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 -2 20.10 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 7.10 5
L Robbie Schremp 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.30 6
L Erik Cole 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
L Ales Hemsky 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 21.10 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 14.30 5
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 8
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 28.00 7
D Steve Staios 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 15.20 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 19.20 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 25.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 5 0 27 0 0 60.00 5
G Jeff Deslauriers 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikko Koivu
2nd star: Éric Bélanger
3rd star: Kurtis Foster
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Éric Bélanger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marian Gaborik notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Kurtis Foster notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Brent Burns finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Shawn Horcoff scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Erik Cole notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Riley Nash ended his 9 game point drought.
-Kyle Brodziak finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 5( 28) , Edmonton Roadrunners 2( 7)
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1-0 HOU Bryan Lundbohm (Peter Olvecky, Erik Reitz)
1-1 EMN Ryan O'Marra (Chris Vande Velde, Bryan Young)
1-2 EMN Robby Dee (Alexei Mikhnov)
2-2 HOU Bryan Lundbohm (Mathias Joggi)
3-2 HOU Bryan Lundbohm (Mathias Joggi)
4-2 HOU Josh Olson
5-2 HOU Patrik Nilson
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Dany Sabourin