Minnesota Wild vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2014 · Nationwide Arena

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1–3

Final

SOG 29–26

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at Nationwide Arena. The Wild outshot the Blue Jackets 29-26.

Goals came from Zach Parise, Kevin Connauton, David Savard and Ryan Johansen.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 23 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	0	0	1	29
CBJ	0	1	2	3	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Zach Parise (14)Mikko Koivu (12), Thomas Vanek (16)1–015:58 MIN · PPG

2nd period

Kevin Connauton (5)Unassisted1–119:14 CBJ

3rd period

David Savard (6)Kevin Connauton (6), Brandon Dubinsky (5)1–205:57 CBJ · PPG
Ryan Johansen (10)Brandon Dubinsky (6), Nick Foligno (15)1–319:37 CBJ · EN

Team stats

MINCBJ

29Shots on goal26

45%Faceoff %55%

1/4Power play1/2

4Penalty minutes8

23Hits36

10Blocked shots9

3Giveaways5

6Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 11:40Kevin Connauton · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 15:07James Wisniewski · holding2 min
2nd 14:55Ryan Suter · tripping2 min
2nd 19:56Dalton Prout · hooking2 min
3rd 04:14Ryan Suter · holding2 min
3rd 08:13Fedor Tyutin · interference2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	-2	7	1	0	0	38	20:09
11Zach PariseL	1	0	1	-2	2	1	2	0	–	18:43
26Thomas VanekL	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	0	–	16:17
3Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	53	13:08
14Justin FontaineR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	17:12
18Ryan CarterC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	100	11:21
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	50	13:09
22Nino NiederreiterR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	14:27
24Matt CookeL	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	100	14:50
27Brett SutterL	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	10:13
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	50	19:22
53Tyler GraovacC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	29	12:07
4Stu BickelD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	05:12
5Christian FolinD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	17:42
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	–	27:26
20Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	4	–	28:25
39Nate ProsserD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:48
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	26:40

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Niklas BackstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Darcy KuemperG	L	25	23	2	.920	59:06

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

17Brandon DubinskyC	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	52	19:55
4Kevin ConnautonD	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	2	–	16:08
19Ryan JohansenC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	81	20:03
71Nick FolignoL	0	1	1	+2	3	0	1	0	100	19:25
58David SavardD	1	0	1	+1	2	7	1	0	–	23:19
9Jeremy MorinL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	15:28
10Jack SkilleR	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	11:56
11Matt CalvertL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	18:52
26Corey TroppR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:38
32Adam CracknellR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	07:24
39Michael ChaputC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	08:42
40Jared BollR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:35
41Alexander WennbergC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	14:48
43Scott HartnellL	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	–	18:11
7Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	23:23
21James WisniewskiD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	2	–	20:20
47Dalton ProutD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	–	17:59
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	–	19:18

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Curtis McElhinneyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
72Sergei BobrovskyG	W	29	28	1	.966	59:45