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14/1/2010
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Minnesota Wild 6 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 35 - 26
PP: 2 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:70/72=97 %, Challenges:43/55=76 %
PP: 1 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:52/71=73 %, Challenges:32/36=86 %
Attendance: 17650 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 866615 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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03:26 1-0
Antti Miettinen [9] (James Sheppard)
11:24 1-1
Thomas Vanek [9] (David Zíma, Craig Rivet)
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24:03 2-1
Petr Sykora [28] (Marek Zidlicky, Éric Bélanger)PP
26:07 2-2
Jason Pominville [14] (Thomas Vanek, Craig Rivet)PP
30:39 3-2
Antti Miettinen [10] (Nils Ekman, Niklas Backstrom)
33:43 4-2
Martin Havlat [9] (Nick Schultz, Éric Bélanger)
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45:22 5-2
Éric Bélanger [20] (Andrew Brunette, Petr Sykora)PP
47:21 5-3
Jason Pominville [15] (Toni Lydman, Ryan Miller)
48:45 6-3
James Sheppard [11] (Éric Bélanger, Nils Ekman)
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Penalty summary:
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20:19
Joe DiPenta (2 min for hooking)
22:11
Craig Rivet (2 min for hooking)
25:05
Owen Nolan (2 min for roughing)
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40:18
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for high-sticking)
44:29
David Zíma (2 min for tripping)
50:51
Joe DiPenta (2 min for hooking)
53:09
Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for slashing)
55:44
Toni Lydman (2 min for roughing)
55:44
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for roughing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Owen Nolan 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 11.50 7
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 13.50 6
R Martin Havlat 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 8
R Petr Sykora 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 -1 20.10 7
C Cody Almond 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.40 6
C James Sheppard 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 11.00 8
C Éric Bélanger 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 9
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 20.50 6
L Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 10.40 6
L Antti Miettinen 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 11.00 8
L Nils Ekman 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.00 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 -1 20.20 7
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11.30 6
D Nick Schultz 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 29.10 7
D Greg Zanon 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 12.00 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 4 7 1 4 0 -1 29.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 3 1 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Wade Dubielewicz 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 4 2 0 0 2 0 6.10 7
R Mark Mancari 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 16.00 6
R Adam Mair 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.00 6
R Jason Pominville 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 17.20 9
C Matt Ellis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 18.10 8
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.20 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
L David Zíma 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5.40 6
L Philippe Gogulla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 5
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -3 14.00 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 20.10 9
D Joe DiPenta 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 18.20 7
D Chris Butler 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 18.40 6
D Craig Rivet 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 28.10 7
D Tyler Myers 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 16.10 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 17.00 6
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 21.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 6 1 29 0 0 60.00 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Éric Bélanger
2nd star: Antti Miettinen
3rd star: Petr Sykora
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Antti Miettinen scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Éric Bélanger scored his 20th goal of the season.
-James Sheppard has marked a new career high in points with 25 points.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Craig Rivet notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Pominville scored his 15th goal of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 23) , Rochester Americans 2( 15)
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1-0 HOU Craig Weller (Matt Kassian, Maxim Noreau)
1-1 ROC Travis Turnbull (Nathan Gerbe, Dany Roussin)
1-2 ROC Andrej Sekera (Travis Turnbull, Derek Whitmore)
2-2 HOU Jon DiSalvatore (Benoit Pouliot)
3-2 HOU Justin Falk (Tony Mårtensson)
Goalies: Barry Brust - Jhonas Enroth