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2006-07 regular season

Blackhawks at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0

Wild beat Blackhawks 3–2 in a shootout at Xcel Energy Center on December 5, 2006.

CHI – MIN
29–37
Shots on goal
15–7
Hits
16–11
Blocked shots
4–6
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Brian Rolston
1 G, 1 A
8 shots · 23:10 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Todd White
1 G
2 shots · 19:55 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Mark Parrish
1 A
4 shots · 16:54 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🪶 Brandon Bochenski Go-ahead 1st · 03:21
Assists: Martin St. Pierre, Karl Stewart · beat Manny Fernandez
1–0
🌲 Todd White Tying 1st · 11:46
Assists: Mark Parrish, Brian Rolston · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–1
🪶 Bryan Smolinski SH Go-ahead 1st · 17:24
Assists: Denis Arkhipov · beat Manny Fernandez
2–1
2nd period
🌲 Brian Rolston Tying 2nd · 12:44
Assists: Wyatt Smith · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Ruutu · Smolinski · Vrbata 18:21
L2 Sharp · Salmelainen · Arkhipov 16:35
L3 Hamilton · Holmqvist · Lapointe 13:38
L4 Stewart · St. Pierre · Bochenski 10:58
D1 Keith · Wisniewski 27:22
D2 Seabrook · Cullimore 21:14
D3 Kukkonen · Vandermeer 16:32
🌲Wild
L1 White · Koivu · Rolston 19:55
L2 Veilleux · Dupuis · Parrish 17:18
L3 Smith · Bouchard · Radivojevic 15:39
L4 Foy · Weinhandl 6:23
D1 Johnsson · Schultz 25:31
D2 Nummelin · Skoula 22:24
D3 Carney · Belle 11:08
D4 Burns 5:06

Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI MIN🌲
29 Shots on goal 37
15 Hits 7
16 Blocked shots 11
4 Takeaways 6
13 Giveaways 12
10 Penalty minutes 8
CHI shooting 6.9% (2/29) MIN shooting 8.1% (3/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Nikolai Khabibulin
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-4-1 (29% win rate, 7 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-3-1 (50% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 2-1-1 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 5-3-1 (56% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 1–0
Apr 112006 🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN 0–2 Jan 222006 🌲MIN @ 🪶CHI 3–2 Jan 202006 🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN 1–4 Oct 232005 🌲MIN @ 🪶CHI 2–4 Mar 252004 🌲MIN @ 🪶CHI 8–2
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Who won Blackhawks vs Wild on December 5, 2006?

Wild won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Blackhawks 2, Wild 3.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Brandon Bochenski, Bryan Smolinski.

Who scored for Wild?

Brian Rolston, Todd White.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Wild played?

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

What is the Blackhawks vs Wild 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
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeDec 2 🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH 4–3 AfterDec 7 🌵PHX @ 🪶CHI 2–1
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 2 🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL 3–4 AfterDec 7 🔥CGY @ 🌲MIN 2–3
Also on December 5
🐦ATL 5–2 🍁TOR 🏛️OTT 4–2 🏝️NYI 🐆FLA 3–2 🐧PIT ⚔️BUF 4–1 ⚡TBL 🐙DET 5–1 🎵STL 🧥CBJ 3–0 🏔️COL 🌪️CAR 0–3 🔥CGY
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