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Minnesota 1, Vancouver 2

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
MIN(8-12-2)	1	0	0	1
VAN(12-11-0)	0	1	1	2

Final

10:00 PM ET, October 17, 2009

General Motors Place

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

THREE STARS

N. Backstrom
Wild (G )

Saves: 37
Save Pct.: .949

R. Kesler
Canucks (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

M. Raymond
Canucks (LW)

Goals: 0
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: General Motors Place Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Steve Kozari Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Mark Wheler
Attendance: 18,810 (102.1% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Minnesota

Vancouver

Total Shots
	18
	39

PIM
	10
	8

Hits
	6
	11

Giveaways
	3
	5

Takeaways
	6
	6

Faceoffs Won
	24
	25

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
10:30		Mikko Koivu (2) Assists: Andrew Brunette, Nick Schultz	Minnesota 1-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:57		Brent Burns: 2 Minutes for Tripping Mason Raymond
6:50		Rick Rypien: 2 Minutes for Holding James Sheppard

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
4:23		Ryan Kesler (3) Assists: Kevin Bieksa	Game tied 1-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
6:46		Kyle Brodziak: 2 Minutes for Holding Ryan Kesler
10:23		Benoit Pouliot: 2 Minutes for Roughing Steve Bernier

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
3:49		Mikael Samuelsson (4) Assists: Alexandre Burrows, Henrik Sedin	Vancouver 2-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:49		James Sheppard: 2 Minutes for Roughing Alexandre Bolduc
4:01		Darcy Hordichuk: 2 Minutes for Holding Brent Burns
10:49		Marek Zidlicky: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Ryan Kesler
14:13		Ryan Kesler: 2 Minutes for Hooking Mikko Koivu
17:25		Alexandre Bolduc: 2 Minutes for Goaltender Interference Niklas Backstrom

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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	16:23	3:17	3:50	9:16	4	6	40.0
D. Boogaard LW	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4:23	0:09	0:00	4:14	0	0	00.0
K. Brodziak C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	22	15:21	0:00	2:58	12:23	6	1	85.7
A. Brunette LW	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:27	4:30	0:23	12:34	0	0	00.0
B. Burns D	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	29	21:32	4:16	2:09	15:07	0	0	00.0
A. Hilbert C	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	13:57	0:23	0:21	13:13	0	1	00.0
S. Hnidy D	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	12:17	0:09	1:19	10:49	0	0	00.0
K. Johnsson D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	32	24:52	5:21	6:06	13:25	0	0	00.0
M. Koivu C	1	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	31	22:00	4:24	3:52	13:44	9	7	56.3
A. Miettinen RW	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	18:15	4:16	2:54	11:05	0	0	00.0
O. Nolan RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	16:57	2:09	0:13	14:35	3	4	42.9
B. Pouliot LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	22	14:23	3:11	0:00	11:12	0	0	00.0
N. Schultz D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	19:50	2:10	2:58	14:42	0	0	00.0
J. Sheppard C	0	0	-1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	26	18:48	1:55	3:15	13:38	0	4	00.0
J. Sifers D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	4:49	0:09	0:00	4:40	0	0	00.0
N. Smith C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	7:51	0:09	2:14	5:28	2	2	50.0
G. Zanon D	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	28	20:32	0:29	5:43	14:20	0	0	00.0
M. Zidlicky D	0	0	-2	3	3	2	1	2	0	1	0	31	21:30	3:33	1:45	16:12	0	0	00.0
Minnesota Wild Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
P Sykora									Groin
M Havlat									Groin
J Scott									Healthy

Vancouver Canucks												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
S. Bernier RW	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	21	15:31	3:28	0:56	11:07	0	0	00.0
K. Bieksa D	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	1	25	21:54	4:00	2:55	14:59	0	0	00.0
A. Bolduc C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	18	11:41	0:05	1:03	10:33	0	0	00.0
A. Burrows LW	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	20:51	4:57	3:02	12:52	0	0	00.0
A. Edler D	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	26:50	7:00	3:34	16:16	0	0	00.0
C. Ehrhoff D	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	28	20:54	5:20	2:53	12:41	0	0	00.0
M. Grabner RW	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	14:27	3:02	0:00	11:25	0	0	00.0
D. Hordichuk LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	10	5:32	0:00	0:00	5:32	0	0	00.0
R. Johnson C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	14	8:14	0:00	2:58	5:16	5	2	71.4
R. Kesler C	1	0	1	8	7	1	1	2	1	1	1	28	20:48	4:22	3:16	13:10	11	7	61.1
W. Mitchell D	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	27	23:35	0:12	5:25	17:58	0	0	00.0
S. O'Brien D	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	18	14:25	0:05	1:11	13:09	0	0	00.0
M. Raymond LW	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	25	17:52	2:47	2:57	12:08	0	1	00.0
A. Rome D	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	20	11:08	2:10	0:00	8:58	0	0	00.0
R. Rypien C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	10	6:03	0:00	0:00	6:03	0	0	00.0
M. Samuelsson RW	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	16:54	3:50	0:00	13:04	0	0	00.0
H. Sedin C	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	25	20:59	5:53	1:46	13:20	7	10	41.2
K. Wellwood C	0	0	-1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14:23	2:49	0:00	11:34	2	4	33.3
Vancouver Canucks Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
T Glass									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Minnesota Wild Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
N. Backstrom	39	2	37	.949	58:53	0

Vancouver Canucks Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
R. Luongo	18	1	17	.944	60:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Minnesota	4	4	10	18
Vancouver	10	17	12	39

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Minnesota	0 of 4
Vancouver	0 of 5

* - 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, October 17th

Atlanta	4	Final
Buffalo	2

Colorado	4	Final
Detroit	3	SO

Ottawa	3	Final
Montreal	1

Carolina	0	Final
New Jersey	2

San Jose	4	Final
NY Islanders	1

NY Rangers	4	Final
Toronto	1

Nashville	2	Final
Washington	3	SO

Los Angeles	1	Final
Columbus	4

Tampa Bay	1	Final
Pittsburgh	4

Dallas	4	Final
Chicago	3

Boston	1	Final
Phoenix	4

Minnesota	1	Final
Vancouver	2

St. Louis	5	Final
Anaheim	0

ESPN NHL

Minnesota 1, Vancouver 2

Final

NHL Scores

Saturday, October 17th