Vancouver Canucks vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2005 · Xcel Energy Center
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–3 on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Canucks 37–29.
Goals came from Matt Cooke, Todd White, Wes Walz, Kurtis Foster, Sami Salo, Randy Robitaille and Bryan Allen.
Scoring
2nd period
Matt Cooke (6)Richard Park (9)1–006:19 VAN
Todd White (10)Brian Rolston (21), Kyle Wanvig (6)1–106:40 MIN
Wes Walz (5)Unassisted1–207:14 MIN
Kurtis Foster (6)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (21), Brian Rolston (22)1–310:56 MIN · 
Sami Salo (7)Markus Naslund (22), Todd Bertuzzi (25)2–319:47 VAN ·
3rd period
Randy Robitaille (8)Kurtis Foster (6), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (22)2–408:41 MIN · 
Bryan Allen (4)Markus Naslund (23), Todd Bertuzzi (26)3–410:30 VAN ·
Team stats
VANMIN
2937
44%56%
2/52/7
1410
167
108
69
28
Penalties
- 1:07 into the first period
Markus Naslund · hooking2 min - 12:27 into the first period
Stephane Veilleux · tripping2 min - 13:56 into the first periodPascal Dupuis · tripping2 min
- 2:47 into the second periodBrian Rolston · interference2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodKevin Bieksa · interference2 min
- 10:37 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 10:37 into the second periodRyan Kesler · high sticking2 min
- 19:09 into the second periodDerek Boogaard · charging2 min
- 1:17 into the third periodNolan Baumgartner · interference2 min
- 7:30 into the third periodRick Rypien · holding2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodWes Walz · hooking2 min
- 16:31 into the third periodMarkus Naslund · holding2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.