Columbus Blue Jackets vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Tuesday, December 15, 2009 · Xcel Energy Center

ColumbusBlue JacketsAway

1–2

Final

SOG 22–23

MinnesotaWildHome

XM 207

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Blue Jackets 23-22.

Goals came from Rick Nash, Guillaume Latendresse and Marek Zidlicky.

Niklas Backstrom made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Steve Mason stopped 21 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	0	1	0	1	22
MIN	0	1	1	2	23

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Rick Nash (1)Jason Chimera (1)1–003:41 CBJ
Guillaume Latendresse (1)Mikko Koivu (1), Martin Havlat (1)1–108:08 MIN

3rd period

Marek Zidlicky (1)Mikko Koivu (2)1–219:21 MIN

Team stats

CBJMIN

22Shots on goal23

45%Faceoff %55%

0/1Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes2

19Hits17

10Blocked shots8

5Giveaways8

5Takeaways2

Penalties

2nd 14:35Jan Hejda · hooking2 min
2nd 15:45Marek Zidlicky · hooking2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

25Jason ChimeraL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	17:49
61Rick NashL	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	–	19:15
14Raffi TorresL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	15:40
16Derick BrassardC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	08:29
17Andrew MurrayC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	07:29
18R.J. UmbergerC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	55	16:51
20Kristian HuseliusL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	18:04
26Samuel PahlssonC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	33	16:33
33Freddy ModinL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	15:23
40Jared BollR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:30
50Antoine VermetteC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	42	19:48
93Jakub VoracekR	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	–	16:12
6Anton StralmanD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	20:43
8Jan HejdaD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	2	–	22:14
10Kris RussellD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	16:30
22Mike CommodoreD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	–	21:05
36Mathieu RoyD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	19:03
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	19:53

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Steve MasonG	L	23	21	2	.913	59:29
32Mathieu GaronG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	69	19:14
14Martin HavlatR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:31
48Guillaume LatendresseL	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	0	–	18:15
3Marek ZidlickyD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	2	–	19:58
12Chuck KobasewR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	14:38
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	16:30
20Antti MiettinenR	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	0	–	18:47
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	44	15:17
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	12:30
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	09:26
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	14:21
38Robbie EarlL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	10:44
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	60	12:12
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	22:22
6Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	22:22
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	18:35
36John ScottD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	13:07
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	22:31

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Niklas BackstromG	W	22	21	1	.955	59:40
35Anton KhudobinG		0	0	0	–	00:00