Columbus Blue Jackets vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2016 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Blue Jackets 31-25.
Cam Atkinson scored twice. Jack Johnson, Mikael Granlund, Seth Jones and Jason Zucker also scored.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 21 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Cam Atkinson (16)Brandon Dubinsky (12)1–010:05 CBJ
2nd period
Jack Johnson (2)Brandon Saad (17), Alexander Wennberg (25)2–003:29 CBJ- Cam Atkinson (17)Ryan Murray (4), Markus Nutivaara (5)3–003:44 CBJ
Mikael Granlund (10)Jared Spurgeon (11), Mikko Koivu (15)3–105:58 MIN · PPG
Seth Jones (7)Brandon Saad (18), Nick Foligno (20)4–117:35 CBJ
3rd period
Jason Zucker (9)Mikael Granlund (19), Jared Spurgeon (12)4–200:24 MIN
Team stats
CBJMIN
25Shots on goal31
45%Faceoff %55%
0/2Power play1/3
28Penalty minutes26
24Hits18
11Blocked shots8
2Giveaways8
2Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 14:53
Marco Scandella · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 17:58Jason Zucker · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:58
Matt Calvert · roughing2 min - 1st 18:52Sergei Bobrovsky · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 02:28Josh Anderson · fighting5 min
- 2nd 02:28Chris Stewart · fighting5 min
- 2nd 02:28Matt Calvert · fighting5 min
- 2nd 02:28Mathew Dumba · fighting5 min
- 2nd 02:28Mathew Dumba · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 02:28Matt Calvert · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 05:11Ryan Murray · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 09:07Mikael Granlund · interference2 min
- 3rd 16:22Ryan Murray · hooking2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:13 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:34 |
| 10Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:40 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:01 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:30 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:26 |
| 7Jack JohnsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:16 |
| 27Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 65Markus NutivaaraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:59 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:20 |
| 25William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:13 |
| 34Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 43Scott HartnellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:38 |
| 45Lukas SedlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:24 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:26 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Curtis McElhinneyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 60:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:53 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25:00 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:04 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 17:51 |
| 7Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:06 |
| 10Jordan SchroederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:50 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:44 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:50 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:39 |
| 44Tyler GraovacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:21 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 14:52 |
| 5Christian FolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 20:59 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 32:54 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:39 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 18:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 57:47 |