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3/11/2007
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Minnesota Wild 7 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 27 - 21
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:68/75=90 %, Challenges:32/57=55 %
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:75/90=83 %, Challenges:21/44=46 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 900240 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:21 1-0
Mikko Koivu [5] (Antti Miettinen, Éric Bélanger)
07:39 2-0
Owen Nolan [1] (Marc-André Bergeron, Kurtis Foster)
15:06 2-1
Thomas Vanek [7] (Derek Roy, Maxim Afinogenov)PP
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no scoring
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40:36 3-1
Andrew Brunette [5] (Brent Burns, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
41:19 4-1
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [6] (Andrew Brunette)
42:12 5-1
Mikko Koivu [6] (Éric Bélanger, Antti Miettinen)
51:26 6-1
Mikko Koivu [7] (Éric Bélanger, Marek Zidlicky)
55:29 7-1
Mikko Koivu [8] (Marek Zidlicky, Brent Burns)
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Penalty summary:
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13:53
Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for hooking)
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25:55
Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for hooking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 7.30 5
R Owen Nolan 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 13.10 6
R Mikko Koivu 4 0 5 3 1 3 0 4 18.50 10
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 20.30 8
C Serge Payer 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
C James Sheppard 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 13.10 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 4 16.00 8
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 20.00 7
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 13.10 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 2 5 1 1 1 0 4 18.50 9
L Andrew Brunette 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 19.20 8
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 14.50 5
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 20.00 5
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 2 25.50 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 14.00 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 17.10 8
D Brent Burns 0 2 1 4 1 4 0 2 28.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 1 0 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tomas Sinisalo 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.30 4
R Mark Mancari 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 -1 14.30 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -3 15.40 4
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 -3 20.20 4
C Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 9.30 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.30 4
C Derek Roy 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 -3 17.30 5
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 -3 18.30 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 9.30 7
L Adam Mair 0 0 2 4 2 6 0 -1 14.30 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -3 15.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 6 1 2 1 0 -3 20.20 5
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 17.10 5
D Mike Weber 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 16.30 5
D Tyler Myers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 23.50 4
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 -1 18.20 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -3 16.30 4
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 -3 27.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Thomas McCollum 7 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikko Koivu
2nd star: Éric Bélanger
3rd star: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Brent Burns notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Owen Nolan finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Thomas Vanek ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 35) , Rochester Americans 1( 17)
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1-0 HOU Morten Madsen (Paul Albers, Petr Kalus)
2-0 HOU Morten Madsen (Petr Kalus, Paul Albers)
3-0 HOU Troy Riddle (Clayton Stoner)
3-1 ROC Ben Simon (Gino Guyer, Mike Funk)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Patrick Lalime
