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Minnesota 4, Columbus 1

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	1	2	3	T
MIN(44-28-10)	1	3	0	4
CLS(34-36-12)	0	1	0	1

Final

7:00 PM ET, February 2, 2008

Nationwide Arena

Columbus, Ohio

THREE STARS

M. Gaborik
Wild (RW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

N. Backstrom
Wild (G )

Saves: 33
Save Pct.: .971

P. Demitra
Wild (RW)

Goals: 0
Assists: 2

Game Information
Arena: Nationwide Arena Location: Columbus, Ohio	Referees: DaveJackson, GregKimmerly Linesmen: BrianMach, SteveMiller
Attendance: 18,529 (102.2% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Minnesota

Columbus

Total Shots
	20
	34

PIM
	14
	12

Hits
	14
	18

Giveaways
	2
	4

Takeaways
	1
	4

Faceoffs Won
	24
	34

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
9:40		Kurtis Foster (4) Assists: Mikko Koivu	Minnesota 1-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:34		Jan Hejda: 2 Minutes for Interference of Mark Parrish
1:42		Brent Burns: 2 Minutes for Tripping Manny Malhotra
7:27		Todd Fedoruk: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct of Jason Chimera
19:21		Jason Chimera: 2 Minutes for Holding Marian Gaborik

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
3:40		Derick Brassard (1) Assists: Dan Fritsche	Game tied 1-1
5:52		Brian Rolston (19) Assists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard	Minnesota 2-1
10:25		Marian Gaborik (27) Assists: Todd Fedoruk, Pavol Demitra	Minnesota 3-1
11:44		Marian Gaborik (28) Assists: Pavol Demitra, Kim Johnsson	Minnesota 4-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:58		Aaron Voros: 2 Minutes for Roughing Jan Hejda
3:58		Jan Hejda: 2 Minutes for Roughing Aaron Voros
10:59		Todd Fedoruk: 2 Minutes for Roughing Adam Foote
10:59		Adam Foote: 2 Minutes for Roughing Todd Fedoruk

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:55		Rick Nash: 2 Minutes for Tripping Eric Belanger
4:54		Kurtis Foster: 2 Minutes for Hooking Nikolai Zherdev
11:30		Eric Belanger: 2 Minutes for Boarding Jason Chimera
11:30		Stephane Veilleux: 2 Minutes for Roughing Ole-Kristian Tollefsen
11:30		Ole-Kristian Tollefsen: 2 Minutes for Roughing Stephane Veilleux

Player Summary

Minnesota Wild												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
E. Belanger C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	22	14:27	1:16	1:54	11:17	6	8	42.9
P. Bouchard C	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	15:28	1:54	0:07	13:27	0	0	00.0
B. Burns D	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	29	22:14	3:19	3:07	15:48	0	0	00.0
K. Carney D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	14:04	0:48	0:07	13:09	0	0	00.0
P. Demitra RW	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	16:53	3:34	2:16	11:03	4	12	25.0
T. Fedoruk LW	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	17	12:00	2:04	0:34	9:22	0	0	00.0
K. Foster D	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	27	15:35	1:46	0:35	13:14	0	0	00.0
M. Gaborik RW	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	19:17	2:55	1:43	14:39	0	0	00.0
K. Johnsson D	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	28	22:32	1:07	3:26	17:59	0	0	00.0
M. Koivu C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	18:18	1:49	3:07	13:22	8	10	44.4
M. Parrish RW	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	8:03	1:57	0:35	5:31	0	0	00.0
B. Radivojevic RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	14:10	0:32	2:07	11:31	0	0	00.0
B. Rolston RW	1	0	1	6	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	26	20:13	3:06	1:32	15:35	1	1	50.0
N. Schultz D	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	19:22	0:00	3:52	15:30	0	0	00.0
J. Sheppard C	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11:11	1:26	0:00	9:45	5	3	62.5
M. Skoula D	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	27	22:35	0:47	4:10	17:38	0	0	00.0
S. Veilleux LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	17	13:37	0:03	1:24	12:10	0	0	00.0
A. Voros LW	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	15	7:53	0:00	0:00	7:53	0	0	00.0
Minnesota Wild Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
P Nummelin									Healthy
M Foy									Healthy

Columbus Blue Jackets												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
J. Boll RW	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	11:01	0:14	0:22	10:25	0	0	00.0
D. Brassard C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	12:22	3:18	0:47	8:17	5	4	55.6
G. Brule C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	9:08	0:10	0:00	8:58	0	0	00.0
J. Chimera LW	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	26	18:30	3:17	0:56	14:17	1	2	33.3
A. Foote D	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	31	23:26	2:10	3:49	17:27	0	0	00.0
D. Fritsche RW	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	9:39	1:05	0:00	8:34	0	0	00.0
R. Hainsey D	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	29	22:37	4:27	0:46	17:24	0	0	00.0
J. Hejda D	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	24	17:03	0:31	1:54	14:38	0	0	00.0
R. Klesla D	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	30	22:42	3:19	3:23	16:00	0	0	00.0
M. Malhotra C	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	23	15:33	0:36	2:22	12:35	11	5	68.8
A. Murray C	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	18	12:07	0:36	2:06	9:25	0	0	00.0
R. Nash LW	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	23	18:09	3:16	2:07	12:46	0	1	00.0
J. Novotny C	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	20	14:52	3:33	0:50	10:29	4	3	57.1
M. Peca C	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	18:23	1:59	2:15	14:09	12	8	60.0
K. Russell D	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	20:37	4:36	0:00	16:01	0	0	00.0
O. Tollefsen D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	21	13:56	0:20	2:03	11:33	0	0	00.0
D. Vyborny RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	8:45	1:10	1:08	6:27	0	0	00.0
N. Zherdev RW	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	21:10	3:07	0:00	18:03	1	1	50.0
Columbus Blue Jackets Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
F Modin									Hamstring
D Tarnstrom									Healthy
M Methot									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Minnesota Wild Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
N. Backstrom	34	1	33	.971	60:00	0

Columbus Blue Jackets Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
F. Norrena	20	4	16	.8	60:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Minnesota	8	11	1	20
Columbus	9	14	11	34

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Minnesota	0 of 0
Columbus	0 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Saturday, February 2nd

NY Islanders	1	Final
Montreal	4

Chicago	2	Final
San Jose	3	SO

Detroit	3	Final
Boston	1

Los Angeles	3	Final
New Jersey	6

Anaheim	0	Final
Philadelphia	3

Ottawa	2	Final
Toronto	4

Atlanta	2	Final
Washington	0

Minnesota	4	Final
Columbus	1

Carolina	1	Final
Pittsburgh	4

Florida	3	Final
Tampa Bay	2

Phoenix	2	Final
Nashville	3	OT

Colorado	6	Final
St. Louis	4

Dallas	2	Final
Calgary	1

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Minnesota 4, Columbus 1

Final

NHL Scores

Saturday, February 2nd