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3/11/2009
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Minnesota Wild 2 , Tampa Bay Lightning 4
Shots: 26 - 23
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:68/80=85 %, Challenges:24/44=53 %
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:36/59=60 %
Attendance: 6181 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 305341 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:29 1-0
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [4] (Éric Bélanger, Marian Gaborik)PP
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30:02 1-1
Radim Vrbata [4] (Ryan Craig, Vincent Lecavalier)
37:05 1-2
Jussi Jokinen [2] (Adam Hall, Jeff Halpern)
39:09 1-3
Vaclav Prospal [5] (Martin St. Louis)
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44:54 2-3
Marek Zidlicky [1] (Martin Skoula, Éric Bélanger)
55:51 2-4
Martin St. Louis [6] (Matt Carle)
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Penalty summary:
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05:29
Craig Weller (2 min for high-sticking)
07:33
Ryan Craig (2 min for hooking)
08:22
Ryan Malone (2 min for holding the stick)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Weller 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 7.10 6
R Petr Kalus 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 -1 16.30 4
R Antti Miettinen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15.10 5
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 20.10 6
C James Sheppard 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.10 4
C Krys Kolanos 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 -1 16.30 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 16.40 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 3 7 1 5 0 -2 18.30 8
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 17.40 5
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 6
L Marian Gaborik 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 -2 19.20 6
D Marco Scandella 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 17.10 5
D Martin Skoula 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 17.50 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 -3 22.20 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 -2 20.00 5
D Marek Zidlicky 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 -2 25.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 7.30 5
R Adam Hall 0 1 3 2 1 4 0 0 14.00 8
R Radim Vrbata 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 16.10 8
R Martin St. Louis 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 20.10 8
C Dana Tyrell 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Jeff Halpern 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 0 16.10 8
C Ryan Craig 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 16.10 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 2 20.10 7
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 8.50 6
L Jussi Jokinen 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 15.10 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 16.50 6
L Vaclav Prospal 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.10 8
D Ty Wishart 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.00 6
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
D Matt Carle 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 25.50 6
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.00 5
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 19.40 8
D Filip Kuba 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 2 27.30 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin St. Louis
2nd star: Radim Vrbata
3rd star: Jeff Halpern
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Marek Zidlicky finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Radim Vrbata scored the 300th point of his career.
-Ryan Craig had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jussi Jokinen ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 6( 34) , Detroit Vipers 1( 9)
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1-0 HOU Brady Murray (Patrick Davis)
1-1 DTV Colby Genoway (Steven Stamkos, Chris Lawrence)
2-1 HOU Derek Boogaard (Matt Kassian)
3-1 HOU Ville Koistinen (Cal Clutterbuck)
4-1 HOU Patrick Davis (Marc-André Bernier, Brady Murray)
5-1 HOU Julian Walker (Cal Clutterbuck)
6-1 HOU Marc-André Bernier (Patrick Davis)
Goalies: Barry Brust - Riku Helenius