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2005-06 regular season

Wild at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0

Wild beat Penguins 5–0 at PPG Paints Arena on December 8, 2005.

MIN – PIT
32–22
Shots on goal
1/5–0/1
Power play
7–16
Hits
10–21
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Alexandre Daigle
2 G
2 shots · 12:16 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Marian Gaborik
1 G, 1 A
8 shots · 16:30 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Brian Rolston
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 21:02 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Marian Gaborik Go-ahead 1st · 01:04
Unassisted · beat Jocelyn Thibault
1–0
2nd period
🌲 Alexandre Daigle 2nd · 04:32
Assists: Kyle Wanvig, Andrei Zyuzin · beat Jocelyn Thibault
2–0
🌲 Wes Walz 2nd · 07:24
Assists: Marian Gaborik, Kurtis Foster · beat Jocelyn Thibault
3–0
3rd period
🌲 Brian Rolston 3rd · 02:04
Assists: Todd White, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · beat Jocelyn Thibault
4–0
🌲 Alexandre Daigle PP 3rd · 14:47
Assists: Andrei Zyuzin, Brian Rolston · beat Jocelyn Thibault
5–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Bouchard · White · Rolston 18:38
L2 Chouinard · Gaborik · Wanvig 16:13
L3 Koivu · Walz · Dupuis 14:11
L4 Veilleux · Daigle 11:57
D1 Foster · Mitchell 21:24
D2 Zyuzin · Schultz 18:44
D3 Tjarnqvist · Henry 16:12
D4 Burns 12:32
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Endicott · Recchi 20:26
L2 LeClair · Malone · Murley 17:42
L3 Talbot · Christensen · Palffy 11:44
L4 Hussey · Vandenbussche 10:11
D1 Whitney · Gonchar 20:18
D2 Orpik · Poapst 18:21
D3 Odelein · Tarnstrom 16:18
D4 Melichar 10:30

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN PIT🐧
32 Shots on goal 22
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1
7 Hits 16
10 Blocked shots 21
1 Takeaways 3
4 Giveaways 6
22 Penalty minutes 30
MIN shooting 15.6% (5/32) PIT shooting 0.0% (0/22)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez Shutout
22/22
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Jocelyn Thibault
27/32
.844 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-1-1 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-5-2 (0% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 3–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 1–0
Jan 162004 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 2–4 Nov 192003 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 6–2 Nov 142002 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 1–1 OT Dec 142001 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 5–2 Feb 142001 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 1–2
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Who won Wild vs Penguins on December 8, 2005?

Wild won 5–0. The final score was Wild 5, Penguins 0.

Who scored for Wild?

Alexandre Daigle (2), Brian Rolston, Marian Gaborik, Wes Walz.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 22 saves on 22 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 27 saves on 32 shots (.844 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Wild vs Penguins season series?

Wild lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 5 🌲MIN @ 🗽NYR 1–3 AfterDec 10 🌲MIN @ 🔔PHI 2–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 3 🔥CGY @ 🐧PIT 3–2 AfterDec 10 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 3–4
Also on December 8
🦆ANA 2–3 ⚔️BUF 🛢️EDM 3–2 🔔PHI 🏝️NYI 3–4 🧥CBJ 🎵STL 4–5 ⚡TBL 🗽NYR 5–1 🐯NSH 🌪️CAR 3–2 👑LAK 🐆FLA 2–6 🦈SJS
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