Montréal Canadiens vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Thursday, November 2, 2017 · Xcel Energy Center
TSN2 · RDS · FS-N
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-3 on Thursday, November 2, 2017 at Xcel Energy Center. The Canadiens outshot the Wild 31-27.
Brendan Gallagher scored twice. Matt Cullen, Nino Niederreiter, Tyler Ennis, Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon, Andrew Shaw and Marcus Foligno also scored.
Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 21 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Cullen (1)Mike Reilly (5), Daniel Winnik (2)0–104:46 MIN
Nino Niederreiter (1)Mathew Dumba (4)0–204:56 MIN
Tyler Ennis (3)Matt Cullen (3), Mathew Dumba (5)0–315:51 MIN
2nd period
Ryan Suter (2)Mikko Koivu (3), Mikael Granlund (2)0–412:09 MIN
Brendan Gallagher (5)Charles Hudon (3)1–413:09 MTL
3rd period
Jared Spurgeon (2)Mikko Koivu (4), Mikael Granlund (3)1–500:34 MIN · PPG
Andrew Shaw (1)Phillip Danault (6), Max Pacioretty (1)2–509:14 MTL- Brendan Gallagher (6)Tomas Plekanec (2)3–514:47 MTL
Marcus Foligno (3)Unassisted3–618:05 MIN · EN
Team stats
MTLMIN
31Shots on goal27
62%Faceoff %38%
0/1Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes2
16Hits16
12Blocked shots11
5Giveaways2
4Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 12:25
Phillip Danault · slashing2 min - 1st 18:25Max Pacioretty · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 13:41Brendan Gallagher · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:46Jeff Petry · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:42
Joel Eriksson Ek · cross checking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:16 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 15:08 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 17:06 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 16:50 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:19 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 34Michael McCarronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:42 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:25 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:19 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:13 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:52 |
| 22Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:50 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:00 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 88Brandon DavidsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 26 | 21 | 5 | .808 | 59:45 |
| 35Al MontoyaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 7Matt CullenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 25:58 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:39 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 12:40 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:51 |
| 4Mike ReillyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:47 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:32 |
| 10Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:26 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:28 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 19Luke KuninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:13 |
| 23Gustav OlofssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 21:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Alex StalockG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | W | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 60:00 |