New Jersey Devils vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, January 2, 2010 · Xcel Energy Center

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5–3

26–32

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Minnesota Wild 5–3 on Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Devils 32–26.

Jamie Langenbrunner scored a hat trick. Dean McAmmond, Eric Belanger, Mikko Koivu, Jay Pandolfo and Andrew Brunette also scored.

Martin Brodeur made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 21 of 25.

Goals
NJD	0	3	2	5	26
MIN	0	2	1	3	32

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Dean McAmmond (1)Patrik Elias (1)1–005:13 NJD
Jamie Langenbrunner (1)Patrik Elias (2), Vladimir Zharkov (1)2–006:57 NJD ·
Eric Belanger (1)Marek Zidlicky (1), Martin Havlat (1)2–109:08 MIN
Mikko Koivu (1)Antti Miettinen (1), Nick Schultz (1)2–219:22 MIN ·
Jamie Langenbrunner (2)Mike Mottau (1)3–219:56 NJD ·

3rd period

Jay Pandolfo (1)Rob Niedermayer (1), Patrik Elias (3)4–211:35 NJD
Andrew Brunette (1)Marek Zidlicky (2), Mikko Koivu (1)4–316:09 MIN
Jamie Langenbrunner (3)Unassisted5–319:43 NJD ·

Team stats

NJDMIN

2632

52%48%

2/30/2

46

2322

1012

1011

35

Penalties

10:41 into the first periodMatthew Corrente · interference2 min
5:37 into the second periodEric Belanger · interference2 min
7:18 into the second periodNick Schultz · holding2 min
8:14 into the second periodAndy Greene · interference2 min
18:01 into the second periodMarek Zidlicky · tripping2 min

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	3	0	3	−1	7	6	0	0	–	19:07
26Patrik EliasL	0	3	3	+2	2	1	0	0	100	18:10
11Dean McAmmondL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	40	16:02
20Jay PandolfoL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	13:22
21Rob NiedermayerC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	53	15:47
28Vladimir ZharkovR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:06
27Mike MottauD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	28:06
9Zach PariseL	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	0	–	19:39
10Rod PelleyC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	50	07:14
12Brian RolstonR	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	15:40
17Ilkka PikkarainenR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	07:12
18Niclas BergforsR	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	0	–	16:39
19Travis ZajacC	0	0	0	−2	3	1	1	0	55	19:25
2Mark FraserD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	04:28
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	4	0	–	24:13
6Andy GreeneD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	2	–	28:03
29Johnny OduyaD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	25:40
32Matthew CorrenteD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	–	06:16

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG	W	32	29	3	.906	59:51
35Yann DanisG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	1	1	2	+1	5	0	1	0	50	20:48
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	2	2	+1	0	2	2	2	–	21:08
14Martin HavlatR	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	17:50
15Andrew BrunetteL	1	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	–	18:29
20Antti MiettinenR	0	1	1	+1	5	2	0	0	–	19:53
25Eric BelangerC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	54	14:32
55Nick SchultzD	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	2	–	21:01
11Owen NolanR	0	0	0	−1	1	3	1	0	25	14:28
16Andrew EbbettC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	43	10:33
17Petr SykoraR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	09:07
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	−1	1	3	2	0	57	15:38
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	10:19
48Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:52
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	−2	5	1	0	0	–	12:34
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	25:28
6Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	22:01
7Clayton StonerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:50
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:53

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32Niklas BackstromG	L	25	21	4	.840	59:19
37Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	00:00