Edmonton Oilers vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 2009 · Xcel Energy Center
XM 237 · SNET-W (HD) · FS-N (HD)
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at Xcel Energy Center. The Oilers outshot the Wild 31-27.
Goals came from Andrew Brunette, Robert Nilsson, Owen Nolan and Guillaume Latendresse.
Niklas Backstrom made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jeff Deslauriers stopped 24 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Brunette (1)Marek Zidlicky (1), Mikko Koivu (1)0–113:35 MIN · PPG
Robert Nilsson (1)Tom Gilbert (1)1–115:24 EDM
2nd period
Owen Nolan (1)Eric Belanger (1), Chuck Kobasew (1)1–218:22 MIN
3rd period
Guillaume Latendresse (1)Cal Clutterbuck (1)1–319:54 MIN · EN
Team stats
EDMMIN
31Shots on goal27
38%Faceoff %62%
0/3Power play1/5
24Penalty minutes20
22Hits16
22Blocked shots13
2Giveaways15
2Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 09:02
Ryan Stone · fighting5 min - 1st 09:02
Clayton Stoner · fighting5 min - 1st 13:06Ryan Potulny · high sticking2 min
- 1st 15:49Steve Staios · interference2 min
- 2nd 07:56Gilbert Brule · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 14:30Derek Boogaard · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 00:17Gilbert Brule · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 01:07Owen Nolan · fighting5 min
- 3rd 01:07Sheldon Souray · fighting5 min
- 3rd 03:48Kim Johnsson · slashing2 min
- 3rd 09:01Martin Havlat · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:01Robert Nilsson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:31Kyle Brodziak · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:31Dustin Penner · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:31Cal Clutterbuck · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:37Shawn Horcoff · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 12Robert NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:20 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:15 |
| 10Shawn HorcoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 13Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 16Ryan PotulnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:44 |
| 18Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:48 |
| 19Patrick O'SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 22Jean-Francois JacquesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:54 |
| 27Dustin PennerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:12 |
| 32Ryan StoneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:54 |
| 46Zack StortiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 07:27 |
| 67Gilbert BruleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:55 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:10 |
| 5Ladislav SmidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:49 |
| 24Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 37Denis GrebeshkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:43 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 20:39 |
| 71Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38Jeff DeslauriersG | L | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 59:07 |
| 40Devan DubnykG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:35 |
| 48Guillaume LatendresseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:04 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:36 |
| 14Martin HavlatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 16Andrew EbbettC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:13 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:36 |
| 6Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:57 |
| 7Clayton StonerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:25 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 59:46 |
| 37Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |