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4/12/2012
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Minnesota Wild 3 , Nashville Predators 2
Shots: 22 - 30
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:59/70=84 %, Challenges:39/57=67 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:40/54=72 %
Attendance: 7511 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 356022 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:45 0-1
Craig Smith [5] (Colin Wilson, Roman Josi)
08:38 0-2
Patric Hörnqvist [6] (Shea Weber)
16:13 1-2
Tom Gilbert [4] (Marco Scandella, Mikko Koivu)
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31:37 2-2
Jared Spurgeon [2] (Zach Parisé, Stéphane Veilleux)
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52:43 3-2
Ryan Suter [3] (Mikael Granlund, Zenon Konopka)
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Penalty summary:
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03:33
Paul Gaustad (2 min for roughing)
03:33
Matt Cullen (2 min for roughing)
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38:28
Mikko Koivu (2 min for tripping)
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46:29
Colin Wilson (2 min for high-sticking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darroll Powe 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.30 5
L Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 19.20 7
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 16.30 6
L Dany Heatley 0 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 16.40 7
C Zenon Konopka 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.30 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 1 3 2 2 -1 17.10 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 15.00 7
C Mikael Granlund 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 18.10 8
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 5.30 6
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 19.20 4
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 5
L Zach Parisé 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 20.10 8
D Justin Falk 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 16.30 6
D Marco Scandella 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 18.40 7
D Jared Spurgeon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 22.40 8
D Clayton Stoner 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -1 19.50 5
D Tom Gilbert 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 16.30 8
D Ryan Suter 1 0 3 3 1 2 0 2 25.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 28 0 0 60.00 9
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Yip 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 9.00 5
R Matt Halischuk 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 14.50 7
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 16.30 6
R Patric Hörnqvist 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 11.20 6
C Craig Smith 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 17.00 8
C David Legwand 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 16.40 6
C Mike Fisher 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 17.20 8
L Nick Spaling 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 9.00 6
L Colin Wilson 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 14.50 7
L Linus Klasen 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -2 16.30 7
L Gabriel Bourque 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14.50 6
D Ryan Ellis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 16.50 4
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 28.20 7
D Roman Josi 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 17.10 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 17.30 6
D Shea Weber 0 1 2 4 0 3 0 0 25.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pekka Rinne 3 0 19 0 0 59.50 6
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Suter
2nd star: Zach Parisé
3rd star: Jared Spurgeon
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mikko Koivu notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Stéphane Veilleux ended his 8 game point drought.
-Ryan Suter finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Patric Hörnqvist finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Craig Smith finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 4( 26) , Milwaukee Admirals 2( 9)
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1-0 HOU Benjamin Casavant (Cody Almond)
2-0 HOU Carson McMillan (David McIntyre, Nate Prosser)
3-0 HOU Jake Dowell (Johan Larsson)
4-0 HOU Jake Dowell (Nick Palmieri)
4-1 MIL Zack Stortini (Teemu Laakso, Michael Latta)
4-2 MIL Zack Stortini (Michael Latta, Daniel Bang)
Goalies: Matt Hackett - Chet Pickard