New Jersey Devils vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Friday, December 2, 2011 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the New Jersey Devils 4–2 on Friday, December 2, 2011 at Xcel Energy Center. The Devils outshot the Wild 31–16.
Kyle Brodziak scored twice. Zach Parise, Dany Heatley, Casey Wellman and Ilya Kovalchuk also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 7 saves on 9 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 1 of 4.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Zach Parise (1)Andy Greene (1), Adam Henrique (1)1–002:54 NJD
Dany Heatley (1)Jared Spurgeon (1), Niklas Backstrom (1)1–103:14 MIN
Kyle Brodziak (1)Unassisted1–206:55 MIN
Casey Wellman (1)Matt Cullen (1), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1)1–308:17 MIN
Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Zach Parise (1)2–313:59 NJD
3rd period
- Kyle Brodziak (2)Nick Johnson (1), Marco Scandella (1)2–416:24 MIN
Team stats
NJDMIN
3116
44%56%
0/50/2
610
2215
924
87
59
Penalties
- 14:44 into the first period
Kyle Brodziak · slashing2 min - 17:21 into the first period
David Clarkson · interference goalkeeper2 min - 5:48 into the second periodColton Gillies · hooking2 min
- 9:30 into the third periodNick Schultz · holding2 min
- 15:51 into the third periodMattias Tedenby · boarding2 min
- 16:12 into the third periodDevin Setoguchi · interference2 min
- 19:10 into the third periodDany Heatley · hooking2 min
- 19:51 into the third periodDavid Clarkson · boarding2 min
New Jersey Devils
| 9Zach PariseL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 8 | 22:41 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:27 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | 26:04 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 15:03 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 15Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 18Tim SestitoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:56 |
| 20Ryan CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:16 |
| 21Mattias TedenbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 22Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:34 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:54 |
| 25Cam JanssenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:39 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 5Adam LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:54 |
| 7Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 28Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 29Mark FayneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:30 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 12 | 1 | .917 | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 4 | 3 | .250 |
Minnesota Wild
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 18:23 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:17 |
| 17Casey WellmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:53 |
| 25Nick JohnsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:12 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 19:28 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:25 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:30 |
| 10Devin SetoguchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:40 |
| 14Darroll PoweC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:55 |
| 16Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:22 |
| 18Colton GilliesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:24 |
| 27Cody AlmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:04 |
| 2Mike LundinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:31 |
| 4Clayton StonerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:21 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 9 | 2 | .778 |
| 37Josh HardingG | 22 | 0 | 1.000 |