Minnesota Wild vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Tuesday, October 14, 2008 · Philips Arena

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4–2

26–26

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–2 on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at Philips Arena.

Antti Miettinen scored twice. Andrew Brunette, Ilya Kovalchuk, Marian Gaborik and Bryan Little also scored.

Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 22 of 26.

Goals
MIN	1	0	3	4	26
ATL	0	1	1	2	26

Scoring

1st period

Andrew Brunette (1)Mikko Koivu (3), Antti Miettinen (1)1–015:31 MIN ·

2nd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Bryan Little (2), Ron Hainsey (3)1–107:29 ATL

3rd period

Marian Gaborik (1)Unassisted2–102:44 MIN
Antti Miettinen (2)Mikko Koivu (4)3–109:41 MIN
Bryan Little (3)Todd White (2), Mathieu Schneider (1)3–215:20 ATL
Antti Miettinen (3)Andrew Brunette (2), Brent Burns (1)4–217:20 MIN

Team stats

MINATL

2626

58%42%

1/50/4

810

106

88

43

94

Penalties

14:47 into the first periodToby Enstrom · interference2 min
19:26 into the first periodMathieu Schneider · high sticking2 min
4:37 into the second periodNiclas Havelid · slashing2 min
8:01 into the second periodNiclas Havelid · holding2 min
11:20 into the second periodBenoit Pouliot · holding2 min
14:26 into the second periodJames Sheppard · slashing2 min
16:41 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · holding2 min
0:24 into the third periodAntti Miettinen · hooking2 min
12:50 into the third periodAntti Miettinen · holding the stick2 min

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

20Antti MiettinenR	2	1	3	+1	3	1	0	4	33	19:10
9Mikko KoivuC	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	0	67	22:09
15Andrew BrunetteL	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	17:36
10Marian GaborikR	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	–	23:34
8Brent BurnsD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	29:03
11Owen NolanR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:04
12Craig WellerR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:06
18Colton GilliesC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:17
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	−1	5	1	0	0	–	22:13
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:29
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	16:53
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	3	2	58	19:37
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	09:52
2Erik ReitzD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	09:17
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	2	0	–	23:59
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	20:25
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	0	0	0	−1	5	1	0	0	–	16:44
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	20:32

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	26	24	2	.923	60:00

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

10Bryan LittleC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	67	19:35
12Todd WhiteC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	36	18:53
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	19:34
6Ron HainseyD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	21:28
18Mathieu SchneiderD	0	1	1	−2	3	3	2	4	–	26:10
9Erik ChristensenC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	55	18:37
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	12:44
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	18:02
14Jason WilliamsC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	17:35
19Marty ReasonerC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	38	12:29
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:24
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	10:01
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	07:47
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	07:14
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	16:04
7Nathan OystrickD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	12:29
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	4	–	22:18
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	2	–	21:57

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	26	22	4	.846	57:55