New York Rangers vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Friday, October 30, 2009 · Xcel Energy Center

NY RangersRangersAway

2–3

Final

SOG 20–32

MinnesotaWildHome

MSG 2 · KSTC (HD)

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Friday, October 30, 2009 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Rangers 32-20.

Goals came from Petr Sykora, Dane Byers, Eric Belanger, Antti Miettinen and Marc Staal.

Niklas Backstrom made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	0	1	1	2	20
MIN	1	2	0	3	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Petr Sykora (1)Mikko Koivu (1), Andrew Brunette (1)0–118:31 MIN

2nd period

Dane Byers (1)Wade Redden (1)1–105:33 NYR
Eric Belanger (1)Martin Havlat (1), Petr Sykora (1)1–207:49 MIN
Antti Miettinen (1)Mikko Koivu (2)1–319:01 MIN

3rd period

Marc Staal (1)Vinny Prospal (1), Artem Anisimov (1)2–305:01 NYR

Team stats

NYRMIN

20Shots on goal32

50%Faceoff %50%

0/2Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes4

29Hits37

11Blocked shots7

3Giveaways11

3Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 05:12Eric Belanger · kneeing2 min
1st 07:09Marc Staal · kneeing2 min
2nd 10:33Michal Rozsival · hooking2 min
2nd 19:17Dane Byers · roughing2 min
2nd 19:24Andrew Brunette · interference2 min

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

20Vinny ProspalC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	71	20:17
36Dane ByersL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	2	–	09:33
42Artem AnisimovC	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	40	16:20
6Wade ReddenD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	15:25
18Marc StaalD	1	0	1	-1	1	3	0	2	–	20:52
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	19:52
17Brandon DubinskyC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	33	16:03
22Brian BoyleC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0	50	09:04
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	60	20:33
24Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	100	21:44
34Aaron VorosL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	04:57
38PA ParenteauR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:05
81Enver LisinR	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	0	–	20:18
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	06:12
4Michael Del ZottoD	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	–	24:01
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0	–	18:58
33Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	2	–	23:34
97Matt GilroyD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	16:42

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Henrik LundqvistG	L	32	29	3	.906	58:30
40Steve ValiquetteG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	0	2	2	+2	3	2	0	0	60	17:46
17Petr SykoraR	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	0	–	13:55
14Martin HavlatR	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	–	15:53
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	2	50	15:41
20Antti MiettinenR	1	0	1	+1	4	4	0	0	–	18:18
25Eric BelangerC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	60	14:25
11Owen NolanR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	33	12:38
12Chuck KobasewR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	15:18
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	29	17:11
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	–	14:01
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0	0	–	08:41
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	75	12:37
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	22:37
6Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	23:44
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	–	22:34
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	2	0	–	16:05
36John ScottD	0	0	0	+2	1	4	0	0	–	14:32
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	20:28

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Niklas BackstromG	W	20	18	2	.900	59:36
35Anton KhudobinG		0	0	0	–	00:00