Minnesota Wild vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 2009 · General Motors Place
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at General Motors Place. The Canucks outshot the Wild 40–27.
Marc-Andre Bergeron scored twice and Ryan Kesler scored twice. Mikko Koivu, Alexander Edler and Eric Belanger also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Mikko Koivu (14)Brent Burns (13), Marc-Andre Bergeron (14)1–007:38 MIN · 
Marc-Andre Bergeron (6)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (18)2–011:38 MIN
2nd period
Ryan Kesler (10)Mattias Ohlund (12), Kevin Bieksa (20)2–103:37 VAN ·
3rd period
Alexander Edler (4)Henrik Sedin (38)2–203:03 VAN
Eric Belanger (10)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (19)3–207:46 MIN- Ryan Kesler (11)Sami Salo (9), Alexander Edler (16)3–319:44 VAN ·
Overtime
- Marc-Andre Bergeron (7)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (20), Marek Zidlicky (18)4–301:52 MIN ·
Team stats
MINVAN
2740
51%49%
2/52/4
2110
1817
1814
45
1111
Penalties
- 4:36 into the first period
Kevin Bieksa · high sticking2 min - 6:37 into the first periodWillie Mitchell · roughing2 min
- 17:39 into the first period
James Sheppard · hooking2 min - 19:54 into the first periodMats Sundin · holding2 min
- 1:42 into the second periodOwen Nolan · hooking2 min
- 5:50 into the second periodCal Clutterbuck · boarding5 min
- 5:50 into the second periodCal Clutterbuck · game misconduct10 min
- 17:24 into the second periodMats Sundin · hooking2 min
- 18:28 into the third periodBrent Burns · tripping2 min
- 0:52 into overtimeDaniel Sedin · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 18:40 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 14:11 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:01 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:22 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:26 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 17:30 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 18Colton GilliesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:35 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:59 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:48 |
| 28Peter OlveckyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 06:42 |
| 49Dan FritscheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:31 |
| 51James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:48 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:22 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:22 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 40 | 3 | .925 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 17Ryan KeslerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 7 | 21:54 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 23:10 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:07 |
| 2Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 25:12 |
| 3Kevin BieksaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 22:58 |
| 6Sami SaloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 24:37 |
| 9Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:03 |
| 10Ryan JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:34 |
| 13Mats SundinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:17 |
| 14Alexandre BurrowsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 15Mike BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:13 |
| 18Steve BernierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 22Daniel SedinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 9 | 21:51 |
| 24Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:02 |
| 36Jannik HansenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 |
| 42Kyle WellwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 4Rob DavisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:31 |
| 8Willie MitchellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | O | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 30Jason LaBarberaG | 0 | 0 | – |