Minnesota Wild vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, March 17, 2016 · Prudential Center
FS-N · MSG
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Minnesota Wild 7-4 on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at Prudential Center. The Wild outshot the Devils 32-25.
Devante Smith-Pelly scored twice, Mike Sislo scored twice and Adam Henrique scored twice. Nino Niederreiter, Reid Boucher, Jared Spurgeon, Justin Fontaine and Mikko Koivu also scored.
Keith Kinkaid made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 13 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Devante Smith-Pelly (11)Tyler Kennedy (9), Travis Zajac (24)0–100:43 NJD
Mike Sislo (1)Unassisted0–201:34 NJD
Nino Niederreiter (17)Mikael Granlund (28), Jared Spurgeon (18)1–214:15 MIN · PPG
Reid Boucher (6)Kyle Palmieri (21), Jon Merrill (4)1–317:15 NJD
2nd period
- Devante Smith-Pelly (12)Tyler Kennedy (10)1–402:57 NJD
Jared Spurgeon (8)Mikko Koivu (32), Ryan Suter (38)2–409:42 MIN · PPG
Adam Henrique (24)Joseph Blandisi (11)2–512:06 NJD- Mike Sislo (2)Joseph Blandisi (12), Damon Severson (16)2–612:44 NJD
3rd period
Justin Fontaine (5)David Jones (7), Erik Haula (16)3–604:41 MIN- Adam Henrique (25)Devante Smith-Pelly (9), Tyler Kennedy (11)3–707:52 NJD
Mikko Koivu (16)Charlie Coyle (17), Zach Parise (23)4–715:55 MIN
Team stats
MINNJD
32Shots on goal25
58%Faceoff %42%
2/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
20Hits12
8Blocked shots8
4Giveaways7
4Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 13:07
Jon Merrill · tripping2 min - 2nd 09:32Jon Merrill · interference2 min
- 2nd 19:32
Jason Zucker · interference goalkeeper2 min - 3rd 11:07Sergey Kalinin · high sticking2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 19:10 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 23:47 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 12David JonesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 14Justin FontaineR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 11:11 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 14:46 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 15:42 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 29:16 |
| 10Jordan SchroederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:20 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 19Jarret StollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:55 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:24 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 13:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | L | 17 | 13 | 4 | .765 | 39:28 |
| 40Devan DubnykG | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 17:04 |
New Jersey Devils
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 16:47 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:38 |
| 46Mike SisloR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 12:05 |
| 64Joseph BlandisiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 14:13 |
| 12Reid BoucherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:06 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:05 |
| 7Jon MerrillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:47 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:54 |
| 11Stephen GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:39 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 23Bobby FarnhamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:04 |
| 51Sergey KalininC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 2John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:47 |
| 5Adam LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:53 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 22:06 |
| 8David SchlemkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 19:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keith KinkaidG | W | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 60:00 |
| 40Yann DanisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |