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2005-06 regular season

Canucks at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Canucks lead the season series 3–2

Wild beat Canucks 4–3 at Xcel Energy Center on December 31, 2005.

VAN – MIN
29–37
Shots on goal
2/5–2/7
Power play
16–7
Hits
10–8
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Kurtis Foster
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:30 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Pierre-Marc Bouchard
2 A
2 shots · 16:33 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Brian Rolston
2 A
1 shots · 20:53 TOI

Scoring

7 goals · in order
2nd period
🐋 Matt Cooke Go-ahead 2nd · 06:19
Assists: Richard Park · beat Manny Fernandez
1–0
🌲 Todd White Tying 2nd · 06:40
Assists: Brian Rolston, Kyle Wanvig · beat Maxime Ouellet
1–1
🌲 Wes Walz Go-ahead 2nd · 07:14
Unassisted · beat Maxime Ouellet
1–2
🌲 Kurtis Foster PP 2nd · 10:56
Assists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Brian Rolston · beat Maxime Ouellet
1–3
🐋 Sami Salo PP 2nd · 19:47
Assists: Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi · beat Manny Fernandez
2–3
3rd period
🌲 Randy Robitaille PP 3rd · 08:41
Assists: Kurtis Foster, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · beat Maxime Ouellet
2–4
🐋 Bryan Allen PP 3rd · 10:30
Assists: Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi · beat Manny Fernandez
3–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐋Canucks
L1 Sedin · Morrison · Bertuzzi 17:39
L2 Naslund · Sedin · Cooke 16:44
L3 Ruutu · Carter · Park 12:46
L4 Linden · Kesler · Rypien 10:02
D1 Ohlund · Salo 23:52
D2 Bieksa · Baumgartner 20:16
D3 Allen · McCarthy 14:31
🌲Wild
L1 Chouinard · Rolston · Dupuis 18:21
L2 Bouchard · White · Gaborik 16:33
L3 Veilleux · Robitaille · Walz 14:09
L4 Boogaard · Koivu · Wanvig 8:58
D1 Mitchell · Tjarnqvist 21:08
D2 Schultz · Kuba 17:54
D3 Foster · Henry 12:55

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN MIN🌲
29 Shots on goal 37
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
16 Hits 7
10 Blocked shots 8
2 Takeaways 8
6 Giveaways 9
14 Penalty minutes 10
VAN shooting 10.3% (3/29) MIN shooting 10.8% (4/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Maxime Ouellet
33/37
.892 SV% · 4 GA · 58:48 TOI
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 59:53 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 5-1-4 (50% win rate, 10 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 4-9-2 (27% win rate, 15 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Canucks
Canucks — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-3-1 (20% win rate, 5 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-0-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Canucks lead the season series 3–2
Nov 22005 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 1–2 Oct 252005 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 3–1 Oct 142005 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 5–3 Oct 122005 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 0–6 Mar 102004 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 1–1 OT
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Who won Canucks vs Wild on December 31, 2005?

Wild won 4–3. The final score was Canucks 3, Wild 4.

Who scored for Canucks?

Bryan Allen, Matt Cooke, Sami Salo.

Who scored for Wild?

Kurtis Foster, Randy Robitaille, Todd White, Wes Walz.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Maxime Ouellet made 33 saves on 37 shots (.892 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Canucks vs Wild season series?

Canucks lead the season series 3–2 after 5 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐋 Canucks
BeforeDec 28 🐯NSH @ 🐋VAN 3–4 AfterJan 2 🐋VAN @ 🎵STL 1–4
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 29 🌲MIN @ 🔥CGY 2–4 AfterJan 3 🌲MIN @ 🐙DET 4–2
Also on December 31
🔔PHI 3–4 🦅WSH 🗽NYR 3–4 🐧PIT 🦆ANA 5–4 🎵STL 🍁TOR 6–3 😈NJD 🧥CBJ 2–5 🐙DET 👑LAK 3–2 ⭐DAL 🇨🇦MTL 3–5 🌪️CAR 🏔️COL 5–2 🌵PHX
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