St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 2009 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 4–3 on Saturday, December 26, 2009 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Blues 20–18.
Guillaume Latendresse scored twice. Andy McDonald, Shane Hnidy, Kim Johnsson, David Perron and Patrik Berglund also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Chris Mason stopped 16 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Guillaume Latendresse (1)Greg Zanon (1), Marek Zidlicky (1)0–114:55 MIN
2nd period
Andy McDonald (1)Eric Brewer (1), Brad Boyes (1)1–112:52 STL
3rd period
Shane Hnidy (1)Antti Miettinen (1), Mikko Koivu (1)1–202:29 MIN
Kim Johnsson (1)Unassisted1–308:59 MIN
David Perron (1)Patrik Berglund (1), B.J. Crombeen (1)2–313:04 STL- Guillaume Latendresse (2)Marek Zidlicky (2), Eric Belanger (1)2–416:19 MIN
Patrik Berglund (1)Keith Tkachuk (1), Brad Boyes (2)3–418:20 STL
Team stats
STLMIN
1820
34%66%
0/40/4
1010
1311
99
46
43
Penalties
- 2:18 into the first period
David Backes · tripping2 min - 10:43 into the first periodT.J. Oshie · elbowing2 min
- 5:31 into the second period
Antti Miettinen · slashing2 min - 6:31 into the second periodBrad Boyes · tripping2 min
- 9:04 into the second periodMikko Koivu · hooking2 min
- 11:06 into the second periodMarek Zidlicky · tripping2 min
- 11:59 into the second periodPatrik Berglund · interference2 min
- 10:41 into the third periodClayton Stoner · hooking2 min
- 14:08 into the third periodDavid Backes · roughing2 min
- 14:08 into the third periodOwen Nolan · roughing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 21Patrik BerglundC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:48 |
| 7Keith TkachukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 10Andy McDonaldC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:46 |
| 26B.J. CrombeenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:34 |
| 57David PerronL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 4Eric BrewerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:50 |
| 9Paul KariyaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 15Brad WinchesterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:57 |
| 18Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:30 |
| 20Alexander SteenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 74T.J. OshieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 19:24 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:13 |
| 28Carlo ColaiacovoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:38 |
| 43Mike WeaverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 46Roman PolakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:29 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Ty ConklinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 50Chris MasonG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |
Minnesota Wild
| 48Guillaume LatendresseL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:21 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 25:03 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:02 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:03 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:14 |
| 6Greg ZanonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:54 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:23 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:35 |
| 14Martin HavlatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:57 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 16Andrew EbbettC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:52 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:03 |
| 51James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:52 |
| 7Clayton StonerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 18 | 3 | .833 |
| 37Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | – |