Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 2015 · Scottrade Center

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3–1

Final

SOG 29–34

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FS-MW · FS-N

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Scottrade Center. The Blues outshot the Wild 34-29.

Goals came from Kevin Shattenkirk, Nino Niederreiter, Erik Haula and Thomas Vanek.

Devan Dubnyk made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 26 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	0	1	2	3	29
STL	0	1	0	1	34

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Kevin Shattenkirk (7)Alexander Steen (22), Paul Stastny (12)0–108:42 STL · PPG
Nino Niederreiter (8)Justin Fontaine (7), Erik Haula (3)1–116:12 MIN

3rd period

Erik Haula (3)Nino Niederreiter (10)2–111:28 MIN
Thomas Vanek (12)Charlie Coyle (10)3–118:23 MIN · EN

Team stats

MINSTL

29Shots on goal34

51%Faceoff %49%

0/1Power play1/3

8Penalty minutes4

16Hits13

17Blocked shots9

2Giveaways1

9Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 13:42Robert Bortuzzo · roughing2 min
1st 13:42Ryan Carter · roughing2 min
2nd 06:27Justin Fontaine · high sticking2 min
2nd 07:47Marco Scandella · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 09:21Ryan Reaves · interference2 min
2nd 12:10Jonas Brodin · boarding2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

22Nino NiederreiterR	1	1	2	+2	1	2	0	0	–	13:42
56Erik HaulaL	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	42	12:01
3Charlie CoyleC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	16:20
14Justin FontaineR	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	2	–	10:31
26Thomas VanekL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	13:32
7Chris PorterL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	12:45
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	3	0	63	18:30
16Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	17:02
18Ryan CarterC	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	–	15:02
19Jarret StollC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	55	13:34
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:40
64Mikael GranlundC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	43	15:44
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	+2	3	0	1	2	–	19:26
20Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	30:23
24Mathew DumbaD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	–	13:18
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	2	–	19:30
39Nate ProsserD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	11:52
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	–	25:13

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Niklas BackstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Devan DubnykG	W	34	33	1	.971	60:00

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

20Alexander SteenL	0	1	1	-1	6	1	0	0	–	22:50
26Paul StastnyC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0	59	22:05
22Kevin ShattenkirkD	1	0	1	-1	6	0	0	0	–	26:08
10Scottie UpshallR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	11:19
12Jori LehteraC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	22	14:05
15Robby FabbriC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	16:36
23Dmitrij JaskinR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	12:59
28Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	63	09:28
33Jordan CaronR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	08:59
36Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	–	15:15
42David BackesR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	47	18:09
56Magnus PaajarviL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	19:42
75Ryan ReavesR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	08:55
4Carl GunnarssonD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	10:07
19Jay BouwmeesterD	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	22:18
27Alex PietrangeloD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	24:59
41Robert BortuzzoD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	2	–	12:44
55Colton ParaykoD	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	21:10

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brian ElliottG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Jake AllenG	L	28	26	2	.929	58:12