Minnesota Wild vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, November 18, 2008 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 in a shootout on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at Mellon Arena.
Goals came from Mikko Koivu and Matt Cooke.
Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Dany Sabourin stopped 24 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Mikko Koivu (3)Unassisted1–007:57 MIN
Matt Cooke (2)Jordan Staal (5), Rob Scuderi (2)1–108:07 PIT
Team stats
MINPIT
25Shots on goal25
43%Faceoff %57%
0/2Power play0/4
13Penalty minutes9
16Hits23
13Blocked shots22
4Giveaways13
1Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 17:21
Kris Letang · tripping2 min - 2nd 04:34
Erik Reitz · fighting5 min - 2nd 04:34Jordan Staal · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:11Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 03:59Andrew Brunette · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:44Dany Sabourin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 12:49Marek Zidlicky · interference2 min
- OT 03:32Brent Burns · high sticking2 min
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 24:15 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:47 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 18Colton GilliesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:01 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:16 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 51James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 2Erik ReitzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:42 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:42 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29:56 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:40 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Nolan SchaeferG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 65:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:14 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:34 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:29 |
| 15Mike ZigomanisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:56 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 28Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:35 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:46 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:02 |
| 2Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 13Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:54 |
| 43Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:00 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1John CurryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Dany SabourinG | O | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 65:00 |