Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Sunday, December 28, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center

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4–1

32–19

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Game summary

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 4–1 on Sunday, December 28, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Wild 32–19.

Dustin Byfuglien scored twice. Martin Havlat, Cal Clutterbuck and Kris Versteeg also scored.

Cristobal Huet made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 28 of 31.

Goals
CHI	2	1	1	4	32
MIN	0	0	1	1	19

Scoring

1st period

Dustin Byfuglien (6)Jonathan Toews (18), Kris Versteeg (18)1–007:14 CHI
Dustin Byfuglien (7)Kris Versteeg (19), Duncan Keith (14)2–009:38 CHI ·

2nd period

Martin Havlat (9)Brian Campbell (20), Dustin Byfuglien (8)3–014:08 CHI

3rd period

Cal Clutterbuck (4)Stephane Veilleux (3), Martin Skoula (3)3–102:47 MIN
Kris Versteeg (10)Jonathan Toews (19), Dustin Byfuglien (9)4–119:56 CHI ·

Team stats

CHIMIN

3219

41%59%

1/40/2

48

1020

1424

47

45

Penalties

8:07 into the first periodKim Johnsson · holding2 min
10:10 into the first periodBen Eager · hooking2 min
16:03 into the first periodPierre-Marc Bouchard · high sticking2 min
2:37 into the second periodCraig Weller · hooking2 min
12:02 into the second periodBrent Burns · interference2 min
4:30 into the third periodPatrick Sharp · hooking2 min

Season series

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

33Dustin ByfuglienD	2	2	4	+3	5	2	0	0	–	17:26
32Kris VersteegR	1	2	3	+2	2	0	1	0	–	16:58
19Jonathan ToewsC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	1	0	50	17:55
24Martin HavlatR	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	15:54
2Duncan KeithD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	20:39
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	–	19:12
10Patrick SharpL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	54	18:16
16Andrew LaddL	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	–	13:11
22Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:24
28Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	09:32
36Dave BollandC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	31	13:26
46Colin FraserC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	33	12:29
55Ben EagerL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	09:04
88Patrick KaneR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	17:28
7Brent SeabrookD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	21:05
8Matt WalkerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	20:55
25Cam BarkerD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	16:55
43James WisniewskiD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	1	0	–	21:14

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie
38Cristobal HuetG	W	19	18	1	.947	59:57
39Nikolai KhabibulinG		0	0	0	–	–

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:34
22Cal ClutterbuckR	1	0	1	0	3	4	0	0	–	13:35
41Martin SkoulaD	0	1	1	−1	0	1	4	0	–	21:35
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	68	22:24
12Craig WellerR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	06:14
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:47
18Colton GilliesC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	07:29
20Antti MiettinenR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	18:52
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	60	17:45
39Krys KolanosC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	56	13:34
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	−3	1	2	6	0	55	13:10
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	33	12:25
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	19:06
2Erik ReitzD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	2	0	–	09:59
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	2	0	–	19:23
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	22:35
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	−1	4	3	0	2	–	24:29
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	–	19:28

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	L	31	28	3	.903	59:05