St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, March 21, 2015 · Xcel Energy Center
NHLN-US · SN · FS-MW · FS-N
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Xcel Energy Center. The Blues outshot the Wild 29-28.
Goals came from Chris Stewart, Thomas Vanek, Zach Parise, Jonas Brodin, Vladimir Tarasenko, Jaden Schwartz, Justin Fontaine, Mikko Koivu and Paul Stastny.
Devan Dubnyk made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Brian Elliott stopped 12 of 16.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Chris Stewart (14)Unassisted0–107:47 MIN
Thomas Vanek (18)Justin Fontaine (17), Ryan Suter (32)0–212:14 MIN
2nd period
Zach Parise (28)Jonas Brodin (13), Mikael Granlund (26)0–303:39 MIN
Jonas Brodin (3)Justin Fontaine (18), Charlie Coyle (22)0–404:05 MIN
Vladimir Tarasenko (35)Jaden Schwartz (31), Alex Pietrangelo (34)1–410:02 STL · PPG
Jaden Schwartz (24)Vladimir Tarasenko (35), Jay Bouwmeester (9)2–411:41 STL
Justin Fontaine (9)Charlie Coyle (23), Ryan Suter (33)2–516:11 MIN
3rd period
Mikko Koivu (11)Jason Pominville (32), Mathew Dumba (5)2–610:48 MIN · PPG
Paul Stastny (14)Alexander Steen (38), David Backes (28)3–614:07 STL · PPG
Team stats
STLMIN
29Shots on goal28
58%Faceoff %42%
2/4Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes8
13Hits16
12Blocked shots14
4Giveaways5
9Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 14:24
Ryan Suter · hooking2 min - 1st 18:24
T.J. Oshie · tripping2 min - 2nd 08:40Thomas Vanek · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 12:48Paul Stastny · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:20Zach Parise · holding2 min
- 3rd 05:21Patrik Berglund · tripping2 min
- 3rd 10:05Vladimir Tarasenko · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 13:12Chris Stewart · tripping2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 17Jaden SchwartzC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 18:43 |
| 91Vladimir TarasenkoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 8 | 17:19 |
| 20Alexander SteenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 19Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 23:19 |
| 27Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 24:46 |
| 9Steve OttC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:37 |
| 12Jori LehteraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 21Patrik BerglundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 12:26 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 57Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 74T.J. OshieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:24 |
| 4Carl GunnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 07:42 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:03 |
| 6Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:28 |
| 41Robert BortuzzoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian ElliottG | L | 16 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 24:05 |
| 34Jake AllenG | 12 | 10 | 2 | .833 | 35:55 |
Minnesota Wild
| 14Justin FontaineR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 12:47 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 22:44 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 17:18 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:01 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 12:15 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 44Chris StewartR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:50 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 55Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:45 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:49 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 23Sean BergenheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:58 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 33Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 60:00 |