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3/11/2007
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Minnesota Wild 9 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 33 - 24
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:78/85=91 %, Challenges:39/43=88 %
PP: 2 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:41/43=93 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 900240 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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00:46 1-0
Marian Gaborik [2] (Brent Burns, Kim Johnsson)
06:28 1-1
Thomas Vanek [6] (Derek Roy, Jason Pominville)PP
11:37 1-2
Jason Pominville [11] (Thomas Vanek, Derek Roy)PP
14:54 2-2
Éric Bélanger [8] (Marian Gaborik, Andrew Brunette)
17:22 3-2
Kim Johnsson [1] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
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29:54 4-2
Owen Nolan [2] (Kurtis Foster, James Sheppard)
32:09 4-3
Jaroslav Spacek [4] (Jochen Hecht, Thomas Vanek)
36:44 5-3
Corey Locke [2] (Kim Johnsson, Martin Skoula)
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46:35 6-3
Mikko Koivu [4] (Antti Miettinen)
46:53 7-3
Mikko Koivu [5] (Marc-André Bergeron, Éric Bélanger)
50:57 8-3
Cal Clutterbuck [3] (Owen Nolan, Stéphane Veilleux)
51:51 9-3
Marian Gaborik [3] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Andrew Brunette)
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Penalty summary:
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05:01
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for holding the stick)
07:31
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for holding the stick)
10:18
Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for hooking)
12:53
Tyler Myers (2 min for tripping)
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22:41
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for roughing)
32:36
Marek Zidlicky (2 min for hooking)
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56:25
Jochen Hecht (2 min for tripping)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cal Clutterbuck 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5.40 6
R Owen Nolan 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 7
R Mikko Koivu 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 20.40 9
R Marian Gaborik 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 2 19.50 10
C Corey Locke 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5.40 6
C James Sheppard 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 12.50 7
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 3 17.30 8
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 17.20 7
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 6.20 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 13.20 7
L Antti Miettinen 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 18.10 8
D Martin Skoula 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 12.50 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 19.00 7
D Kim Johnsson 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 5 23.30 9
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 19.30 7
D Brent Burns 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Nolan Schaefer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 7.30 4
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 14.50 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 5
R Jason Pominville 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 -5 19.20 8
C Drew Stafford 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 7.30 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 -1 17.40 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.50 7
C Derek Roy 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 -6 19.50 8
L Adam Mair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 4
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 -2 16.10 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 -5 21.30 8
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 15.10 5
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 14.20 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -7 26.40 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 20.50 8
D Craig Rivet 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 -8 27.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 13 0 0 36.50 4
G Patrick Lalime 4 0 11 0 0 23.10 4
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Gaborik
2nd star: Mikko Koivu
3rd star: Kim Johnsson
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Owen Nolan finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Corey Locke finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Corey Locke finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Kim Johnsson finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Kurtis Foster finally ended his 13 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Derek Roy notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jochen Hecht notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Thomas Vanek ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 24) , Rochester Americans 1( 19)
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1-0 HOU Bryan Lundbohm (Shawn Belle, Josh Olson)
2-0 HOU Peter Olvecky (Bryan Lundbohm, Serge Payer)
2-1 ROC Eduard Lewandowski (Bryan Schmidt)
3-1 HOU Patrik Nilson (Peter Olvecky, Ryan Hamilton)
Goalies: Anton Khudobin - Adam Dennis