Minnesota Wild vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, December 17, 2009 · Centre Bell

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3–1

21–31

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Thursday, December 17, 2009 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Wild 31–21.

Goals came from Robbie Earl, Andrei Kostitsyn, Mikko Koivu and Cal Clutterbuck.

Niklas Backstrom made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 18 of 21.

Goals
MIN	2	0	1	3	21
MTL	1	0	0	1	31

Scoring

1st period

Robbie Earl (1)Kim Johnsson (1)1–002:41 MIN
Andrei Kostitsyn (1)Scott Gomez (1)1–103:26 MTL
Mikko Koivu (1)Martin Havlat (1), Andrew Brunette (1)2–114:08 MIN ·

3rd period

Cal Clutterbuck (1)Chuck Kobasew (1), Nick Schultz (1)3–111:47 MIN

Team stats

MINMTL

2131

43%57%

1/10/2

42

2612

1810

2520

510

Penalties

12:10 into the first periodMarc-Andre Bergeron · holding2 min
2:08 into the third periodJames Sheppard · delaying game puck over glass2 min
18:40 into the third periodKim Johnsson · holding2 min

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	44	2	1	24	22:23
12Chuck KobasewR	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	1	0	20	16:10
14Martin HavlatR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	2	1	19	17:11
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	21	17:48
22Cal ClutterbuckR	1	0	1	0	1	10	0	0	–	0	0	22	16:27
38Robbie EarlL	1	0	1	+1	1	4	0	0	–	0	0	11	07:10
5Kim JohnssonD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	2	–	1	0	30	22:56
55Nick SchultzD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	3	0	–	3	0	26	18:26
20Antti MiettinenR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	21	18:20
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	41	1	0	21	12:49
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	1	1	10	07:44
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	44	0	0	22	15:13
48Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	–	0	0	18	14:34
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	45	1	0	15	12:49
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	3	0	–	1	2	30	22:33
6Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	7	0	–	5	0	32	23:37
7Clayton StonerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	2	0	22	14:42
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	2	0	24	15:48

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32Niklas BackstromG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00
37Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

46Andrei KostitsynL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	1	4	28	22:49
91Scott GomezC	0	1	1	+1	5	1	1	0	43	0	1	23	20:45
13Michael CammalleriL	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	–	0	1	29	24:03
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	61	2	1	29	23:14
15Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	75	0	0	22	16:35
17Georges LaraqueR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	01:59
32Travis MoenL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	0	0	22	17:13
36Matt D'AgostiniR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	11	09:46
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	1	0	22	16:14
67Max PaciorettyL	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	0	–	0	2	11	07:55
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	24	17:46
94Tom PyattC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	1	0	5	03:00
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	4	0	27	25:52
20Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	16	11:40
22Paul MaraD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	–	1	0	26	21:34
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	4	0	29	21:59
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	–	2	0	24	18:28
75Hal GillD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	3	0	–	3	1	26	19:48

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Carey PriceG	L	21	18	3	.857	57:22
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	00:00