Montréal Canadiens vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Sunday, March 20, 2011 · Xcel Energy Center
CBC · RDS (HD) · KSTC (HD)
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Minnesota Wild 8-1 on Sunday, March 20, 2011 at Xcel Energy Center. The Canadiens outshot the Wild 32-31.
P.K. Subban scored a hat trick. Ryan White, Andrei Kostitsyn, James Wisniewski, Travis Moen, Mikko Koivu and Tom Pyatt also scored.
Alex Auld made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 14 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan White (1)Benoit Pouliot (1), P.K. Subban (1)1–000:31 MTL
Andrei Kostitsyn (1)Benoit Pouliot (2)2–006:47 MTL
2nd period
P.K. Subban (1)David Desharnais (1), Benoit Pouliot (3)3–000:51 MTL
James Wisniewski (1)Michael Cammalleri (1), Alex Auld (1)4–005:22 MTL
Travis Moen (1)Scott Gomez (1), Roman Hamrlik (1)5–007:35 MTL- P.K. Subban (2)James Wisniewski (1), Michael Cammalleri (2)6–016:23 MTL · PPG
3rd period
- P.K. Subban (3)Ryan White (1), David Desharnais (2)7–001:27 MTL
Mikko Koivu (1)Unassisted7–112:14 MIN · PPG
Tom Pyatt (1)Brian Gionta (1), David Desharnais (3)8–113:55 MTL
Team stats
MTLMIN
32Shots on goal31
41%Faceoff %59%
1/5Power play1/3
23Penalty minutes27
4Hits19
15Blocked shots7
4Giveaways6
4Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 06:31
Ryan White · fighting5 min - 1st 06:31
Clayton Stoner · fighting5 min - 1st 07:06Andrei Kostitsyn · high sticking2 min
- 1st 17:05Brad Staubitz · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 03:01Aaron Palushaj · hooking2 min
- 2nd 15:46Brad Staubitz · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:22Antti Miettinen · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:21Mikko Koivu · tripping2 min
- 3rd 07:51Cal Clutterbuck · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 07:51Paul Mara · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 07:51Paul Mara · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 07:51Cal Clutterbuck · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 10:52Brian Gionta · tripping2 min
- 3rd 16:20Martin Havlat · hooking2 min
Montréal Canadiens
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 4 | 23:30 |
| 57Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 1 | 12:17 |
| 58David DesharnaisC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:34 |
| 53Ryan WhiteC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 09:17 |
| 20James WisniewskiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 23:23 |
| 11Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:57 |
| 21Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:07 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:39 |
| 94Tom PyattC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 34Nigel DawesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 51Aaron PalushajR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:27 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:44 |
| 22Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:23 |
| 45Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:09 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Alex AuldG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 60:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 17:29 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:26 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 14:57 |
| 16Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 23Eric NystromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:04 |
| 24Martin HavlatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 4Clayton StonerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 18:53 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:58 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 20:04 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:58 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 17:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | 13 | 10 | 3 | .769 | 32:25 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 19 | 14 | 5 | .737 | 27:21 |