Minnesota Wild vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Saturday, April 11, 2009 · Nationwide Arena

MinnesotaWildAway

6–3

Final

SOG 28–28

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3 on Saturday, April 11, 2009 at Nationwide Arena.

Marian Gaborik scored twice. Rick Nash, Jared Boll, Kurtis Foster, Martin Skoula, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Derek Dorsett and Mikko Koivu also scored.

Josh Harding made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Steve Mason stopped 22 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	0	3	3	6	28
CBJ	2	0	1	3	28

Scoring

1st period

Rick Nash (40)Manny Malhotra (24)0–101:00 CBJ
Jared Boll (4)Andrew Murray (3)0–206:04 CBJ

2nd period

Kurtis Foster (1)Unassisted1–206:20 MIN
Marian Gaborik (12)Eric Belanger (23)2–210:12 MIN · SHG
Martin Skoula (4)Kurtis Foster (5), Marian Gaborik (10)3–215:06 MIN

3rd period

Marian Gaborik (13)Mikko Koivu (47), Andrew Brunette (28)4–212:49 MIN
Marc-Andre Bergeron (14)Marek Zidlicky (30), Owen Nolan (20)5–213:16 MIN · PPG
Derek Dorsett (4)Kris Russell (19)5–313:37 CBJ
Mikko Koivu (20)Unassisted6–319:15 MIN · SHG · EN

Team stats

MINCBJ

28Shots on goal28

47%Faceoff %53%

1/6Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes12

19Hits22

11Blocked shots7

2Giveaways1

1Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 17:34Jason Chimera · hooking2 min
2nd 08:34Marek Zidlicky · hooking2 min
2nd 13:21Kim Johnsson · holding2 min
2nd 14:33Jason Chimera · holding2 min
2nd 18:05Jiri Novotny · holding2 min
3rd 09:27R.J. Umberger · hooking2 min
3rd 13:11Jiri Novotny · cross checking2 min
3rd 17:54Colton Gillies · holding2 min
3rd 19:54Derek Dorsett · boarding2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

10Marian GaborikR	2	1	3	+3	6	0	0	0	–	22:03
9Mikko KoivuC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	1	0	48	22:15
26Kurtis FosterD	1	1	2	+3	1	0	0	0	–	19:45
11Owen NolanR	0	1	1	0	5	1	1	0	–	16:37
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	18:36
25Eric BelangerC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50	16:55
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	–	27:19
41Martin SkoulaD	1	0	1	+1	4	1	1	0	–	23:28
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	1	0	1	+2	3	0	1	0	–	24:54
12Craig WellerR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	04:58
18Colton GilliesC	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	2	–	08:09
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	15:24
20Antti MiettinenR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	11:49
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	0	–	13:50
28Peter OlveckyL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	67	08:49
36John ScottL	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0	–	13:36
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	25	14:46
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	–	11:16

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Josh HardingG	W	28	25	3	.893	59:31
32Niklas BackstromG		0	0	0	–	–

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

15Derek DorsettR	1	0	1	+2	4	5	0	2	50	11:42
17Andrew MurrayC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	67	02:59
27Manny MalhotraC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	43	19:07
40Jared BollR	1	0	1	+2	4	4	0	0	–	10:33
61Rick NashL	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	19:27
10Kris RussellD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:50
12Jiri NovotnyC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	38	15:07
14Raffi TorresL	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	100	13:04
18R.J. UmbergerC	0	0	0	-3	4	1	0	2	100	20:04
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	4	–	15:35
29Jason WilliamsC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	16:33
50Antoine VermetteC	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	65	19:15
93Jakub VoracekR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:20
3Marc MethotD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	17:57
8Jan HejdaD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	19:28
22Mike CommodoreD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	20:37
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	20:50
97Rostislav KleslaD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	18:42

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Steve MasonG	L	27	22	5	.815	58:39
34Wade DubielewiczG		0	0	0	–	–