Columbus Blue Jackets vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, November 15, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center

ColumbusBlue JacketsAway

2–3

26–30

MinnesotaWildHome

XM 237 · FS-N · FS-O

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 in a shootout on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Blue Jackets 30–26.

Goals came from Benoit Pouliot, Kristian Huselius, Erik Reitz and Rick Nash.

Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Steve Mason stopped 28 of 30.

Goals
CBJ	1	0	1	0	0	2	26
MIN	1	0	1	0	0	3	30

Scoring

1st period

Benoit Pouliot (5)Eric Belanger (5), Marek Zidlicky (5)0–117:36 MIN ·
Kristian Huselius (6)Derick Brassard (9), Rick Nash (7)1–119:29 CBJ

3rd period

Erik Reitz (1)Andrew Brunette (5), Brent Burns (2)1–201:48 MIN
Rick Nash (8)Unassisted2–207:20 CBJ

Team stats

CBJMIN

2630

61%39%

0/11/3

1420

Penalties

16:22 into the first periodMarc Methot · hooking2 min
9:48 into the second periodJason Chimera · hooking2 min
18:25 into the second periodDerick Brassard · holding the stick2 min
19:11 into the second periodMikko Koivu · tripping2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

61Rick NashL	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	17:54
16Derick BrassardC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	2	58	16:11
20Kristian HuseliusL	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	16:46
12Jiri NovotnyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	57	09:57
14Raffi TorresL	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	13:52
18R.J. UmbergerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	19:21
19Michael PecaC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	53	16:06
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	2	–	20:17
27Manny MalhotraC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	75	21:17
33Freddy ModinL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	15:34
40Jared BollR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	08:45
93Jakub VoracekR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	09:22
3Marc MethotD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	2	–	22:38
5Christian BackmanD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:22
8Jan HejdaD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	28:15
22Mike CommodoreD	0	0	0	−1	3	2	0	0	100	25:42
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	0	–	20:49
55Ole-Kristian TollefsenD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	14:39

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
1Steve MasonG	O	30	28	2	.933	65:00
31Pascal LeclaireG		0	0	0	–	–

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:54
25Eric BelangerC	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	0	50	19:22
67Benoit PouliotL	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	17	09:26
2Erik ReitzD	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	–	15:20
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	1	1	−1	0	0	0	0	–	26:47
8Brent BurnsD	0	1	1	0	3	3	3	0	–	18:39
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	2	44	21:32
11Owen NolanR	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	20	18:49
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:44
20Antti MiettinenR	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	100	19:50
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	07:40
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:20
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	31	17:14
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	18:02
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	22:40
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	22:37
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–	20:20
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	20:52

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	26	24	2	.923	64:52