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12/11/2008
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Minnesota Wild 4 , Calgary Flames 3
Shots: 26 - 31

PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:58/72=80 %, Challenges:39/49=78 %

PP: 1 of 4 (15 shots), Passing:71/85=83 %, Challenges:33/46=70 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 900240 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:05 0-1

Matthew Lombardi [9] (Jarome Iginla, Adrian Aucoin)PP
14:13 1-1

Owen Nolan [3] (Shawn Belle, Marc-André Bergeron)
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30:25 2-1

Marian Gaborik [9] (Kim Johnsson)
33:02 3-1

Stéphane Veilleux [2] (Owen Nolan, Mikko Koivu)
35:41 3-2

Matthew Lombardi [10] (Adrian Aucoin, Rene Bourque)
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46:54 3-3

Eric Nystrom [1] (Robyn Regehr, Mikael Backlund)
48:55 4-3

Andrew Brunette [7] (Kim Johnsson, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
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Penalty summary:
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03:27

Todd Bertuzzi (2 min for elbowing)
06:28

Benoit Pouliot (2 min for tripping)
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24:38

Eric Nystrom (2 min for slashing)
27:32

Owen Nolan (2 min for tripping)
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49:46

Owen Nolan (2 min for hooking)
53:39

Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for tripping)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.40 4
R Owen Nolan 1 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 15.00 8
R Mikko Koivu 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 19.50 9
C Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 -1 6.40 5
C Stéphane Veilleux 1 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 14.30 8
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.50 7
L Colton Gillies 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 6.40 6
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15.00 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 -1 18.30 7
L Andrew Brunette 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 19.50 7
D Shawn Belle 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 16.00 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 -1 17.30 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 20.00 8
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 14.40 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 22.30 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 2 6 1 4 0 1 28.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Calgary Flames scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Nystrom 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
R Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 13.00 6
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 18.50 5
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 20.50 8
C Mikael Backlund 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 4
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 6
C Daymond Langkow 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 13.50 6
C Matthew Lombardi 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 20.40 8
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.20 7
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 5
L David Moss 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -2 16.20 6
L Rene Bourque 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 21.00 8
D John Negrin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 15.00 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 1 3 5 1 4 0 0 24.30 8
D Matt Pelech 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 17.10 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 -2 24.20 6
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 1 27.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 4 0 22 0 0 58.20 5
G Leland Irving 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Owen Nolan
2nd star: Marian Gaborik
3rd star: Matthew Lombardi
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Kim Johnsson notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Stéphane Veilleux finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Éric Bélanger had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Antti Miettinen had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Calgary Flames:
-Adrian Aucoin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Matthew Lombardi scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Eric Nystrom finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
-Dion Phaneuf had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 3( 17) , Saint John Flames 5( 36)
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1-0 HOU Petr Kalus (Danny Irmen)
1-1 SJF Juuso Puustinen (Dustin Boyd)
2-1 HOU David Toews (Corey Locke, Mikael Ahlén)
2-2 SJF Daniel Ryder (Warren Peters)
2-3 SJF Derek Couture (Brandon Prust)
2-4 SJF Derek Couture (Peter Sejna)
2-5 SJF Fred Wikner (Warren Peters)
3-5 HOU Matt Kassian (Mattias Trattnig)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Curtis McElhinney