New York Islanders vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Tuesday, December 9, 2014 · Xcel Energy Center
FS-N · MSG+ 2
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the New York Islanders 5-4 on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Islanders 30-19.
Goals came from Michael Grabner, Brock Nelson, Matt Martin, Jason Pominville, Josh Bailey, Mikko Koivu, Erik Haula, Thomas Vanek and Nino Niederreiter.
Niklas Backstrom made 15 saves on 19 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 25 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Michael Grabner (2)Anders Lee (2), Griffin Reinhart (1)1–008:31 NYI
Brock Nelson (13)Nick Leddy (9), John Tavares (14)2–017:15 NYI · PPG
Matt Martin (3)Thomas Hickey (9), Lubomir Visnovsky (6)3–017:47 NYI
2nd period
Jason Pominville (6)Ryan Suter (13), Mikko Koivu (8)3–109:01 MIN · PPG
Josh Bailey (4)Mikhail Grabovski (6), Calvin de Haan (5)4–117:17 NYI
3rd period
Mikko Koivu (5)Jason Zucker (4)4–202:51 MIN
Erik Haula (3)Ryan Carter (8), Jared Spurgeon (6)4–311:03 MIN
Thomas Vanek (3)Zach Parise (12), Ryan Suter (14)4–411:48 MIN
Nino Niederreiter (12)Thomas Vanek (13), Ryan Suter (15)4–515:27 MIN
Team stats
NYIMIN
19Shots on goal30
31%Faceoff %69%
1/5Power play1/5
15Penalty minutes15
14Hits17
25Blocked shots12
4Giveaways6
6Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 09:16
Ryan Strome · hooking2 min - 1st 16:22
Jason Pominville · high sticking2 min - 2nd 02:26Erik Haula · holding2 min
- 2nd 08:42Kyle Okposo · slashing2 min
- 2nd 09:05Matt Martin · fighting5 min
- 2nd 09:05Kyle Brodziak · fighting5 min
- 2nd 10:41Thomas Vanek · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:03Ryan Strome · tripping2 min
- 3rd 04:47Griffin Reinhart · hooking2 min
- 3rd 12:50Marco Scandella · slashing2 min
- 3rd 13:19Brock Nelson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 17:32Marco Scandella · illegal check to head2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 12Josh BaileyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:05 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:33 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:16 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:55 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 23:05 |
| 8Griffin ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 11Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:27 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:19 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:24 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:26 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:42 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 37Brian StraitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 18:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chad JohnsonG | L | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | 58:59 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 29:08 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:21 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:33 |
| 18Ryan CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:03 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:11 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:01 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:24 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:30 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 14Justin FontaineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:16 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:20 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:56 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 03:55 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:47 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 27:24 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 60:00 |
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |