New York Islanders vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 2013 · Xcel Energy Center
FS-N · MSG PLUS
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Sunday, December 29, 2013 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Islanders 37-31.
Kyle Okposo scored twice. Ryan Suter, Jonas Brodin, Nino Niederreiter, John Tavares, Cal Clutterbuck, Thomas Hickey and Justin Fontaine also scored.
Kevin Poulin made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Josh Harding stopped 26 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Suter (1)Mike Rupp (1), Torrey Mitchell (1)0–103:22 MIN
2nd period
Jonas Brodin (1)Mikko Koivu (1), Nino Niederreiter (1)0–200:39 MIN
Nino Niederreiter (1)Mikko Koivu (2)0–302:59 MIN
John Tavares (1)Thomas Vanek (1), Kyle Okposo (1)1–308:45 NYI
Cal Clutterbuck (1)Thomas Hickey (1), Brock Nelson (1)2–318:58 NYI
3rd period
Thomas Hickey (1)Colin McDonald (1), Ryan Strome (1)3–306:30 NYI
Kyle Okposo (1)Thomas Hickey (2), Andrew MacDonald (1)4–312:13 NYI
Justin Fontaine (1)Matt Cooke (1), Marco Scandella (1)4–413:45 MIN- Kyle Okposo (2)Thomas Vanek (2)5–414:12 NYI
Team stats
NYIMIN
31Shots on goal37
34%Faceoff %66%
0/3Power play0/4
13Penalty minutes11
15Hits11
16Blocked shots10
2Giveaways1
4Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 12:35
Torrey Mitchell · fighting5 min - 1st 12:35
Colin McDonald · fighting5 min - 1st 18:10Aaron Ness · hooking2 min
- 2nd 05:11Keith Ballard · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:59Cal Clutterbuck · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:49Mikael Granlund · holding2 min
- 3rd 02:31Casey Cizikas · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 15:02Calvin de Haan · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:29Kyle Brodziak · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 19:55 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 13Colin McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:46 |
| 91John TavaresC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 20:46 |
| 47Andrew MacDonaldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 23:27 |
| 16Peter ReginC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:35 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 05:38 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:53 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 27:09 |
| 37Brian StraitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 55Aaron NessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Kevin PoulinG | W | 37 | 33 | 4 | .892 | 60:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 22:50 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:06 |
| 14Justin FontaineR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 27Mike RuppC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:06 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 33:14 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:31 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:51 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 16:07 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:51 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:16 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:51 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 37Josh HardingG | L | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 59:31 |