Carolina Hurricanes vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, October 24, 2009 · Xcel Energy Center

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2–3

Final/OT

SOG 23–29

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Hurricanes 29-23.

Goals came from Sergei Samsonov, Andrew Brunette, Kyle Brodziak, Joni Pitkanen and Cal Clutterbuck.

Niklas Backstrom made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 26 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CAR	1	1	0	0	2	23
MIN	1	1	0	1	3	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Sergei Samsonov (1)Ray Whitney (1), Joni Pitkanen (1)1–010:32 CAR · PPG
Andrew Brunette (1)Shane Hnidy (1), Brent Burns (1)1–112:52 MIN · PPG

2nd period

Kyle Brodziak (1)Owen Nolan (1), Brent Burns (2)1–201:51 MIN
Joni Pitkanen (1)Ray Whitney (2)2–207:35 CAR

OT period

Cal Clutterbuck (1)Greg Zanon (1), Mikko Koivu (1)2–301:55 MIN

Team stats

CARMIN

23Shots on goal29

37%Faceoff %63%

1/3Power play1/7

23Penalty minutes15

8Hits13

17Blocked shots13

4Giveaways3

5Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 03:59Joni Pitkanen · elbowing2 min
1st 07:11Ray Whitney · hooking2 min
1st 09:27Shane Hnidy · holding the stick2 min
1st 11:32John Scott · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1st 11:32Tim Conboy · roughing2 min
1st 12:22Aaron Ward · high sticking2 min
1st 13:36John Scott · fighting5 min
1st 13:36Tim Conboy · fighting5 min
2nd 04:21Stephane Yelle · hooking2 min
2nd 09:48Petr Sykora · hooking2 min
2nd 13:32Eric Belanger · holding2 min
2nd 15:00Rod Brind'Amour · tripping2 min
2nd 19:24Jay Harrison · hooking2 min
3rd 02:58Petr Sykora · high sticking2 min
3rd 02:58Aaron Ward · hooking2 min
3rd 18:21Joni Pitkanen · roughing2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

13Ray WhitneyL	0	2	2	+1	1	0	2	2	–	19:06
25Joni PitkanenD	1	1	2	+1	3	0	2	4	–	26:47
14Sergei SamsonovL	1	0	1	-2	1	0	0	0	–	17:14
8Matt CullenC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	50	17:40
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	27	24:36
16Brandon SutterC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	43	12:13
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	38	22:45
18Stephane YelleC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100	02:19
24Scott WalkerR	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	–	12:54
29Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	06:17
36Jussi JokinenL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	33	16:24
38Tim ConboyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	01:01
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	17:54
4Aaron WardD	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	–	20:20
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	20:48
41Andrew AlbertsD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	–	16:09
44Jay HarrisonD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	–	10:21
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	26:22

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cam WardG	O	29	26	3	.897	61:55
49Michael LeightonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

8Brent BurnsD	0	2	2	+1	3	2	1	0	–	24:31
9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	73	24:13
11Owen NolanR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	57	15:03
15Andrew BrunetteL	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	100	19:05
21Kyle BrodziakC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50	16:02
22Cal ClutterbuckR	1	0	1	+1	2	4	0	0	–	11:53
6Greg ZanonD	0	1	1	0	0	3	6	0	–	24:13
34Shane HnidyD	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	–	15:27
12Chuck KobasewR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	13:23
14Martin HavlatR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	100	19:25
17Petr SykoraR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	12:54
19Andy HilbertC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:08
20Antti MiettinenR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	67	17:12
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	54	16:51
27Nathan SmithC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	05:50
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	–	27:02
36John ScottD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	–	11:52
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	–	20:49

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Niklas BackstromG	W	23	21	2	.913	61:37
37Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	00:00