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8/4/2011
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Minnesota Wild 5 , Colorado Avalanche 3
Shots: 28 - 27
PP: 2 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:66/75=88 %, Challenges:42/49=84 %
PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:36/46=76 %
Attendance: 18064 of 18064 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 874297 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:36 1-0
Jarome Iginla [40] (Andrej Meszaros)
08:38 1-1
Tony Salmelainen [5] (Tyler Arnason, Raffi Torres)
10:42 2-1
Jarome Iginla [41] (Jason Pominville, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
14:12 3-1
Jonathan Cheechoo [39] (Eric Nystrom, Chris Kunitz)
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29:05 3-2
Jeff O'Neill [15] (Nikolai Rozhestvensky, Garnet Exelby)
38:25 4-2
Andrei Kostitsyn [29] (Christian Ehrhoff, Kevin Bieksa)
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41:13 5-2
Andrei Kostitsyn [30] (Curtis Murphy)PP
46:46 5-3
Paul Stastny [40] (Zach Hamill, Andrei Markov)PP
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Penalty summary:
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07:34
Eric Nystrom (5 min for fighting)
07:34
Garnet Exelby (5 min for fighting)
08:57
Zach Hamill (2 min for hooking)
17:21
Raffi Torres (2 min for elbowing)
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21:27
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
32:18
Nikolai Rozhestvensky (2 min for boarding)
39:46
Jeff O'Neill (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:25
Brad Richardson (2 min for hooking)
45:12
Kevin Bieksa (2 min for high-sticking)
57:28
Milan Lucic (2 min for holding the stick)
59:53
Jeff O'Neill (2 min for diving)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Akim Aliu 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.10 7
R Milan Lucic 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 -1 16.40 6
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 16.20 8
R Jarome Iginla 2 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 20.40 8
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
C Chris Kunitz 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 13.30 7
C Mikael Backlund 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 7
C Jason Pominville 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 11.00 7
L Eric Nystrom 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 12.50 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 2 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 16.20 9
L Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 19.00 8
D Curtis Murphy 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 -1 24.10 8
D Shawn Belle 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 15.00 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 26.50 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 -1 14.30 8
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 16.40 8
D Kevin Bieksa 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 22.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Aku Ilonen 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Miroslav Broz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tony Salmelainen 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 7
R Jeff O'Neill 1 0 3 0 2 0 4 1 11.30 7
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 11.50 6
R Zach Hamill 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 -1 20.10 7
C Tyler Arnason 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 5
C Brad Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19.30 6
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -3 15.20 7
C Paul Stastny 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 22.00 8
L Raffi Torres 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 7.50 5
L Nikolai Rozhestvensky 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 16.40 6
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -2 16.30 7
L Simon Gagné 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 0 3 2 2 5 1 20.40 7
D Alex Picard 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 -3 16.10 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 23.10 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 23.00 8
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 11.50 5
D Andrei Markov 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 5 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Alexei Shmelev 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jarome Iginla
2nd star: Andrei Kostitsyn
3rd star: Jonathan Cheechoo
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Jarome Iginla scored his 40th goal of the season.
-Christian Ehrhoff has marked a new career high in assists with 38 assists.
-Andrei Kostitsyn scored his 30th goal of the season.
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Jeff O'Neill scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Paul Stastny scored his 40th goal of the season.
-Zach Hamill notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Jeff O'Neill ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Nikolai Rozhestvensky ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Eric Nystrom beat Garnet Exelby in a fight.
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 7( 48) , Lake Erie Monsters 1( 7)
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1-0 HOU Eric Himelfarb (Matt Foy)
2-0 HOU Richard Park (Jeremy Williams)
3-0 HOU Aaron Voros (Ruslan Bashkirov, Brad Marchand)
3-1 LEM Konstantin Zakharov (Ryan Cuthbert, Jeff Szwez)
4-1 HOU Tomas Plihal (Danny Irmen, Evgeny Poushkin)
5-1 HOU Wayne Primeau (Eric Himelfarb)
6-1 HOU Ryan Stokes (Eric Himelfarb)
7-1 HOU Danny Irmen (Evgeny Poushkin)