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3/11/2007
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Minnesota Wild 2 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 26 - 29
PP: 0 of 7 (14 shots), Passing:61/74=82 %, Challenges:35/37=92 %
PP: 2 of 11 (19 shots), Passing:72/99=72 %, Challenges:39/46=83 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 900240 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:22 0-1
Jason Pominville [9] (Thomas Vanek, Tim Connolly)PP
16:11 1-1
Matt Foy [2] (Steve Kelly, Stéphane Veilleux)
17:38 1-2
Dan Paillé [4] (Dmitri Kalinin, Jochen Hecht)PP
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33:18 2-2
Wes Walz [4] (Brent Burns, Martin Skoula)
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47:59 2-3
Thomas Vanek [11] (Jaroslav Spacek, Brian Campbell)
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Penalty summary:
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00:37
Jason Pominville (2 min for slashing)
06:11
Mikko Koivu (2 min for high-sticking)
10:29
Pavol Demitra (2 min for high-sticking)
12:14
Derek Roy (2 min for hooking)
16:33
Sean Hill (2 min for high-sticking)
19:32
Kim Johnsson (2 min for hooking)
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22:27
Jason Pominville (2 min for high-sticking)
24:55
Brent Burns (2 min for high-sticking)
28:48
Wes Walz (2 min for tripping)
31:15
Steve Kelly (5 min for fighting)
31:15
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
38:04
Brent Burns (2 min for slashing)
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40:35
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for roughing)
43:38
Derek Roy (2 min for high-sticking)
45:56
Stéphane Veilleux (2 min for tripping)
48:51
Thomas Vanek (2 min for high-sticking)
51:11
Brian Rolston (2 min for tripping)
53:25
Jason Pominville (2 min for boarding)
55:47
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
55:47
Steve Kelly (5 min for fighting)
56:58
Petteri Nummelin (2 min for hooking)
59:22
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for elbowing)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Foy 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4.30 7
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 5
R Mark Parrish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 7.10 7
C Wes Walz 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20.10 7
C Brian Rolston 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 20.40 6
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 16.00 7
L Steve Kelly 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 5.10 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 20.20 6
L Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 11.40 7
L Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 17.00 7
D Petteri Nummelin 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 19.10 8
D Brent Burns 0 1 0 4 0 2 4 1 11.50 8
D Martin Skoula 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 23.30 7
D Keith Carney 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 29.00 7
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6.40 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 -1 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 6.10 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 9.40 5
R Jason Pominville 1 0 2 3 0 1 6 1 20.40 8
C Dan Paillé 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 11.50 5
C Adam Mair 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 0 14.50 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 14.40 7
C Tim Connolly 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 20.40 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 6.10 6
L Derek Roy 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 8.40 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 5 0 1 0 2 1 25.10 9
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 23.00 8
D Brian Campbell 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 27.20 9
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 13.30 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 21.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Jason Pominville
3rd star: Brian Campbell
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Brian Rolston had his 9 game point streak snapped.
-Pavol Demitra had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Dan Paillé ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Steve Kelly fought Adam Mair in a fight.
-Steve Kelly beat Adam Mair in a fight.
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 7( 45) , Rochester Americans 0( 7)
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1-0 HOU Bryan Lundbohm (Marco Rosa, Kurtis Foster)
2-0 HOU Petr Kalus (Joel Ward, Peter Ratchuk)
3-0 HOU Peter Ratchuk (Joel Ward)
4-0 HOU Nick Schultz
5-0 HOU Bryan Lundbohm (Marco Rosa)
6-0 HOU Paul Albers
7-0 HOU Petr Kalus (Joel Ward)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Adam Dennis