Dallas Stars vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Tuesday, April 7, 2009 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Stars 32-28.
Goals came from Marian Gaborik, Eric Belanger, Owen Nolan and Fabian Brunnstrom.
Niklas Backstrom made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Matt Climie stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Marian Gaborik (11)Andrew Brunette (27), James Sheppard (17)0–114:26 MIN
2nd period
Eric Belanger (13)Marian Gaborik (6), Kurtis Foster (2)0–208:58 MIN · PPG
Owen Nolan (25)Marian Gaborik (7), Mikko Koivu (45)0–314:28 MIN · PPG
3rd period
Fabian Brunnstrom (15)Mike Ribeiro (54), Steve Ott (26)1–307:26 DAL
Team stats
DALMIN
28Shots on goal32
42%Faceoff %58%
0/2Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes4
10Hits14
9Blocked shots8
5Giveaways9
5Takeaways3
Penalties
- 2nd 02:02
Marek Zidlicky · hooking2 min - 2nd 07:24
Ivan Vishnevskiy · slashing2 min - 2nd 13:13Matt Niskanen · slashing2 min
- 3rd 10:15Brendan Morrison · interference2 min
- 3rd 14:18Eric Belanger · holding2 min
- 3rd 15:46James Neal · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:14Matt Niskanen · holding2 min
Season series
Dallas Stars
| 29Steve OttC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:00 |
| 96Fabian BrunnstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:04 |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:30 |
| 11Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:38 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 20Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:12 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 23Tom WandellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:06 |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:48 |
| 37Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:25 |
| 44Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:52 |
| 2Nicklas GrossmannD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 5Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:40 |
| 27Andrew HutchinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 28Mark FistricD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:05 |
| 55Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:19 |
| 59Ivan VishnevskiyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Tobias StephanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 33Matt ClimieG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:46 |
Minnesota Wild
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 18:05 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:22 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:39 |
| 51James SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:46 |
| 18Colton GilliesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 16:38 |
| 28Peter OlveckyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:27 |
| 36John ScottL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 |
| 49Dan FritscheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:40 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:56 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:19 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 26:09 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 59:52 |