Ottawa Senators vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 2024 · Xcel Energy Center
TSN5 · FDSNNOX · FDSNWI
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Sunday, December 29, 2024 at Xcel Energy Center. The Senators outshot the Wild 37-31.
Goals came from Frederick Gaudreau, Ridly Greig, Josh Norris and Claude Giroux.
Leevi Meriläinen made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Filip Gustavsson stopped 34 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Frederick Gaudreau (7)Declan Chisholm (8), Marcus Foligno (8)0–117:19 MIN
2nd period
Ridly Greig (5)Brady Tkachuk (19), Travis Hamonic (3)Faber 1:47 into shift1–101:47 OTT
3rd period
Josh Norris (14)Jake Sanderson (19), Drake Batherson (23)2–112:42 OTT · PPG
Claude Giroux (9)Unassisted3–119:16 OTT · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–1 · 2nd 1:47 · Greig. Faber was 1:47 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 MIN
1st 17:19 · Gaudreau
Jensen 0:22
1–1 OTT
2nd 1:47 · Greig
Stuck out there: Faber 1:47
2–1 OTT
3rd 12:42 · PP · Norris
Trenin 0:43
3–1 OTT
3rd 19:16 · EN · Giroux
Eriksson Ek 1:17
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.6×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).
29%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 06:58
Ridly Greig · interference2 min - 1st 06:58
Ryan Hartman · holding2 min - 2nd 07:50Nikolas Matinpalo · slashing2 min
- 2nd 16:20Ben Jones · fighting5 min
- 2nd 16:20Noah Gregor · fighting5 min
- 3rd 09:03Zach Bogosian · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:15Jared Spurgeon · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:33Brady Tkachuk · roughing2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 7Brady TkachukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 18:08 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:48 |
| 19Drake BathersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 71Ridly GreigC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 19:38 |
| 23Travis HamonicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:01 |
| 85Jake SandersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:23 |
| 12Shane PintoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 18Tim StützleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:48 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:57 |
| 38Zack OstapchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:56 |
| 51Cole ReinhardtL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:15 |
| 73Noah GregorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 81Adam GaudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:29 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:44 |
| 33Nikolas MatinpaloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 |
| 43Tyler KlevenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:43 |
| 72Thomas ChabotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leevi MeriläinenG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 59:38 |
| 40Mads SogaardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:44 |
| 47Declan ChisholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 12Matt BoldyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 21:52 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:21 |
| 19Devin ShoreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:48 |
| 22Marat KhusnutdinovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 23Marco RossiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:26 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 21:09 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 13:48 |
| 39Ben JonesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:36 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 4Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:48 |
| 7Brock FaberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:36 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:50 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:02 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Filip GustavssonG | L | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 58:33 |