Columbus Blue Jackets vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, January 23, 2010 · Xcel Energy Center

ColumbusBlue JacketsAway

2–4

24–28

MinnesotaWildHome

XM 238 · FS-N (HD) · FS-O

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Blue Jackets 28–24.

Mikko Koivu scored twice. Eric Belanger, Robbie Earl, Rick Nash and Antoine Vermette also scored.

Niklas Backstrom made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Steve Mason stopped 24 of 28.

Goals
CBJ	0	0	2	2	24
MIN	1	2	1	4	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mikko Koivu (1)Antti Miettinen (1), Andrew Brunette (1)0–103:41 MIN

2nd period

Mikko Koivu (2)Unassisted0–201:26 MIN
Eric Belanger (1)Owen Nolan (1)0–304:18 MIN

3rd period

Robbie Earl (1)Shane Hnidy (1), Martin Havlat (1)0–418:52 MIN
Rick Nash (1)Jan Hejda (1)1–419:38 CBJ
Antoine Vermette (1)Mike Commodore (1), Rick Nash (1)2–419:56 CBJ

Team stats

CBJMIN

2428

55%45%

0/20/5

2216

2926

1211

54

19

Penalties

4:59 into the first periodEric Belanger · slashing2 min
10:49 into the first periodMike Commodore · interference2 min
4:46 into the second periodJared Boll · fighting5 min
4:46 into the second periodDerek Boogaard · fighting5 min
5:15 into the second periodDerek Dorsett · roughing2 min
5:15 into the second periodDerek Dorsett · roughing2 min
9:56 into the second periodKristian Huselius · tripping2 min
9:10 into the third periodRick Nash · roughing2 min
9:10 into the third periodNick Schultz · fighting5 min
9:10 into the third periodRick Nash · fighting5 min
13:24 into the third periodMarek Zidlicky · delaying game puck over glass2 min
19:24 into the third periodDerek Dorsett · roughing2 min
19:24 into the third periodBrent Burns · roughing2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

50Antoine VermetteC	1	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	47	20:08
61Rick NashL	1	1	2	0	3	3	1	7	–	16:54
8Jan HejdaD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0	–	18:44
22Mike CommodoreD	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	–	18:14
11Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	12:36
14Raffi TorresL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	14:53
15Derek DorsettR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	–	09:06
16Derick BrassardC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	60	14:37
17Andrew MurrayC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	10:31
18R.J. UmbergerC	0	0	0	−1	0	3	0	0	44	18:31
20Kristian HuseliusL	0	0	0	−2	3	2	0	2	–	17:17
26Samuel PahlssonC	0	0	0	−1	3	3	0	0	71	13:45
33Freddy ModinL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	15:23
40Jared BollR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	–	05:32
6Anton StralmanD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	–	20:07
10Kris RussellD	0	0	0	−2	0	3	1	0	–	20:24
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	−2	0	3	1	0	–	21:25
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	21:17

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
1Steve MasonG	L	28	24	4	.857	60:00
32Mathieu GaronG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	2	0	2	+2	3	1	0	0	53	19:42
11Owen NolanR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	67	18:04
14Martin HavlatR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	18:23
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	17:18
20Antti MiettinenR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	–	19:23
25Eric BelangerC	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	2	33	16:44
38Robbie EarlL	1	0	1	+1	1	3	1	0	–	08:13
34Shane HnidyD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	17:12
16Andrew EbbettC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	57	09:45
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	0	31	16:47
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	+2	1	9	0	0	–	16:54
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	03:17
48Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	16:53
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	+3	3	0	2	2	–	21:38
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	23:08
6Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	+2	2	3	1	0	–	17:30
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	18:39
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	5	–	16:01

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32Niklas BackstromG	W	24	22	2	.917	59:53
37Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	00:00