Minnesota Wild vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, October 31, 2009 · Mellon Arena

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2–1

15–35

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Wild 35–15.

Goals came from Kyle Brodziak, Pascal Dupuis and Eric Belanger.

Niklas Backstrom made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 13 of 15.

Goals
MIN	2	0	0	2	15
PIT	1	0	0	1	35

Scoring

1st period

Kyle Brodziak (1)Chuck Kobasew (1), Brent Burns (1)1–012:11 MIN
Pascal Dupuis (1)Martin Skoula (1), Craig Adams (1)1–114:48 PIT
Eric Belanger (1)Martin Havlat (1), Greg Zanon (1)2–119:59 MIN

Team stats

MINPIT

1535

51%49%

0/10/3

1713

2230

1115

29

24

Penalties

8:09 into the first periodEric Belanger · hooking2 min
13:23 into the second periodSidney Crosby · slashing2 min
16:38 into the second periodMarek Zidlicky · slashing2 min
16:38 into the second periodMarek Zidlicky · fighting5 min
16:38 into the second periodSidney Crosby · slashing2 min
16:38 into the second periodSidney Crosby · fighting5 min
18:31 into the second periodNick Schultz · slashing2 min
4:09 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
8:32 into the third periodKris Letang · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
8:32 into the third periodPetr Sykora · high sticking2 min
11:40 into the third periodMike Rupp · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
11:40 into the third periodJohn Scott · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

11Owen NolanR	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	38	11:26
12Chuck KobasewR	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	–	11:32
14Martin HavlatR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	100	13:39
21Kyle BrodziakC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	50	16:35
25Eric BelangerC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	54	16:36
8Brent BurnsD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	24:17
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	67	19:35
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:03
17Petr SykoraR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	13:59
20Antti MiettinenR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	18:51
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	12:22
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	06:48
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	33	11:50
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	7	–	22:39
6Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	26:26
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:21
36John ScottD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	11:40
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	–	21:20

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32Niklas BackstromG	W	35	34	1	.971	60:00
35Anton KhudobinG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

9Pascal DupuisL	1	0	1	+1	5	1	3	0	–	11:10
27Craig AdamsR	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	0	67	10:11
41Martin SkoulaD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0	–	19:29
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	−1	3	3	0	0	39	24:11
12Chris BourqueL	0	0	0	−1	3	2	2	0	–	12:10
13Bill GuerinR	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	–	21:54
14Chris KunitzL	0	0	0	−1	2	4	0	0	–	21:41
17Mike RuppC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	08:40
23Chris ConnerR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	10:06
24Matt CookeL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	13:07
26Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	100	16:04
28Eric GodardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:23
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	9	50	23:46
3Alex GoligoskiD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	24:48
7Mark EatonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	21:12
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	−1	1	8	1	0	–	17:20
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	−1	4	2	1	2	–	25:15
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	3	0	–	11:02

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	L	15	13	2	.867	58:31