Minnesota Wild vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Wednesday, March 25, 2009 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the New York Islanders 6-2 on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Wild 34-28.
Marian Gaborik scored twice. Bruno Gervais, Antti Miettinen, Owen Nolan, Martin Skoula, Andy Hilbert and Andrew Brunette also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Yann Danis stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Bruno Gervais (3)Mark Streit (39), Dean McAmmond (10)0–107:37 NYI
Marian Gaborik (5)Marek Zidlicky (25), Andrew Brunette (24)1–111:46 MIN
Antti Miettinen (15)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (30), Owen Nolan (16)2–119:00 MIN · PPG
2nd period
Owen Nolan (23)Marian Gaborik (3), Eric Belanger (21)3–116:57 MIN · PPG
3rd period
Martin Skoula (2)Owen Nolan (17), James Sheppard (14)4–101:01 MIN
Andy Hilbert (11)Nate Thompson (1), Dean McAmmond (11)4–206:24 NYI
Andrew Brunette (18)Marian Gaborik (4), Marek Zidlicky (26)5–216:11 MIN- Marian Gaborik (6)Andrew Brunette (25), Marek Zidlicky (27)6–218:43 MIN · PPG
Team stats
MINNYI
28Shots on goal34
52%Faceoff %48%
3/7Power play0/4
26Penalty minutes32
19Hits24
14Blocked shots13
12Giveaways15
11Takeaways17
Penalties
- 1st 02:07
Eric Belanger · holding2 min - 1st 04:27John Scott · fighting5 min
- 1st 04:27
Joel Rechlicz · fighting5 min - 1st 13:49Jack Hillen · holding2 min
- 1st 18:50Joel Rechlicz · holding2 min
- 1st 19:38Dan Fritsche · holding2 min
- 1st 20:00Antti Miettinen · roughing2 min
- 1st 20:00Blake Comeau · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:10James Sheppard · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:10James Sheppard · fighting5 min
- 2nd 06:10Brendan Witt · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:10Brendan Witt · fighting5 min
- 2nd 14:59Blake Comeau · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 01:25Blake Comeau · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:59Pierre-Marc Bouchard · holding2 min
- 3rd 11:13Cal Clutterbuck · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:13Blake Comeau · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:00Marek Zidlicky · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:00Kyle Okposo · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:31Mark Streit · holding2 min
- 3rd 12:57Owen Nolan · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:04Brendan Witt · slashing2 min
- 3rd 17:44Thomas Pock · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 10Marian GaborikR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 19:22 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 12:35 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 24:49 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:47 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 51James SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:35 |
| 18Colton GilliesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:51 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 28Peter OlveckyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:06 |
| 36John ScottL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:26 |
| 49Dan FritscheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:25 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 15:31 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 59:56 |
New York Islanders
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:20 |
| 11Andy HilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:41 |
| 45Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:33 |
| 2Mark StreitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 24:06 |
| 8Bruno GervaisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 23:22 |
| 10Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:43 |
| 12Josh BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 15Jeff TambelliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 23:43 |
| 28Tim JackmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 36Mike IgguldenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:30 |
| 40Joel RechliczR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:33 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:10 |
| 57Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 17Thomas PockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:30 |
| 24Radek MartinekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:15 |
| 32Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Yann DanisG | L | 28 | 22 | 6 | .786 | 60:00 |
| 35Joey MacDonaldG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |