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29/12/2009
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Minnesota Wild 7 , Phoenix Coyotes 5
Shots: 26 - 30
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:52/68=76 %, Challenges:31/44=68 %
PP: 1 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:76/87=87 %, Challenges:23/47=47 %
Attendance: 14983 of 18600 (X-Cel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 707199 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:43 1-0
Kris Russell [3] (R.J. Umberger)
12:42 2-0
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [16] (Sidney Crosby, Chuck Kobasew)
14:28 2-1
Peter Mueller [8] (Joël Perrault, Aaron Downey)
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23:21 2-2
Scottie Upshall [1] (Dustin Byfuglien, Sami Lepistö)
24:18 2-3
Anze Kopitar [16] (Ed Jovanovski, Adrian Aucoin)PP
27:47 3-3
Kris Russell [4] (Jaroslav Spacek, R.J. Umberger)PP
29:01 3-4
Radim Vrbata [11] (Anze Kopitar, Ben Eager)
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40:58 3-5
Dustin Byfuglien [6] (Robert Lang, Dylan Olsen)
44:07 4-5
Jussi Jokinen [1] (Kris Russell, Ryan Ellis)
48:11 5-5
Joffrey Lupul [10] (Jussi Jokinen, R.J. Umberger)
49:57 6-5
Kyle Brodziak [3] (Dominic Moore)
56:58 7-5
Nick Schultz [2] (Chuck Kobasew)SH
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Penalty summary:
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02:18
R.J. Umberger (2 min for slashing)
07:51
Scottie Upshall (2 min for tripping)
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23:51
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for tripping)
27:36
Petr Prucha (2 min for roughing)
31:17
Sidney Crosby (2 min for hooking)
36:31
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for holding the stick)
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50:44
Ryan Ellis (5 min for fighting)
50:44
Dustin Byfuglien (5 min for fighting)
56:32
Jason Pominville (2 min for elbowing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 5
R Kyle Brodziak 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 12.40 8
C Joffrey Lupul 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 11.50 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 17.00 6
C Chuck Kobasew 0 2 1 3 1 3 0 1 18.30 8
C Dominic Moore 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -1 12.30 8
C R.J. Umberger 0 3 4 4 0 2 2 2 11.50 9
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 17.00 7
C Mats Sundin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 11.00 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 20.30 7
L Jussi Jokinen 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 9.10 8
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Nick Schultz 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 24.50 7
D Kris Russell 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 17.10 8
D Ryan Ellis 0 1 0 1 2 1 5 0 18.00 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 15.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 2 0 3 4 3 15.50 8
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 29.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Aaron Downey 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 7.10 6
R Scottie Upshall 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 11.50 6
R Petr Prucha 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 -2 18.10 6
R Radim Vrbata 1 0 3 1 4 1 0 -2 20.40 5
C Joël Perrault 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 6
C Robert Lang 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 11.50 6
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 -3 20.30 7
C Peter Mueller 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 20.30 7
L Ben Eager 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 7
L Dustin Byfuglien 1 1 2 2 1 3 5 2 14.20 7
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -2 15.10 5
L Anze Kopitar 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 -2 21.10 7
D Sami Lepistö 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 15.30 6
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 16.40 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -2 27.40 5
D Dylan Olsen 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 12.30 7
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -3 19.40 4
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 3 4 0 3 0 -1 28.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Al Montoya 7 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Jason LaBarbera 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kris Russell
2nd star: R.J. Umberger
3rd star: Jussi Jokinen
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Chuck Kobasew notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Joffrey Lupul scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Kyle Brodziak finally ended his 22 game goal drought.
-Jason Pominville had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Adrian Aucoin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Scottie Upshall finally ended his 34 game goal drought.
-Scottie Upshall finally ended his 16 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Ryan Ellis beat Dustin Byfuglien in a fight.
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 17) , Utah Grizzles 3( 21)
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0-1 UTH Viktor Tikhonov (Vernon Fiddler, Keith Yandle)
0-2 UTH Daniel Winnik (Don MacLean)
1-2 HOU Danny Irmen (Corey Locke)
2-2 HOU Petr Kalus (Morten Madsen)
3-2 HOU Petr Kalus (Andy Hilbert, Shawn Belle)
3-3 UTH Jon DiSalvatore (Don MacLean)
Goalies: Josh Harding - Joel Gistedt