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2006-07 regular season

Wild at Canucks

🗓 📍 Rogers Arena, Vancouver 🔁 Wild lead the season series 2–1

Canucks beat Wild 2–1 at Rogers Arena on December 16, 2006.

MIN – VAN
29–18
Shots on goal
0/6–2/6
Power play
15–21
Hits
13–14
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐋 VAN
Daniel Sedin
2 A
1 shots · 18:44 TOI
2nd star 🐋 VAN
Henrik Sedin
2 A
1 shots · 19:36 TOI
3rd star 🐋 VAN
Mattias Ohlund
1 G
4 shots · 21:36 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐋 Trevor Linden PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:30
Assists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · beat Niklas Backstrom
0–1
2nd period
🌲 Pavol Demitra Tying 2nd · 02:29
Assists: Kim Johnsson · beat Roberto Luongo
1–1
3rd period
🐋 Mattias Ohlund PP Go-ahead 3rd · 09:04
Assists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Rolston · Demitra 22:33
L2 Bouchard · Walz · Dupuis 16:40
L3 White · Parrish · Radivojevic 15:32
L4 Veilleux · Boogaard · Ward 7:47
D1 Johnsson · Nummelin 24:44
D2 Schultz · Burns 17:24
D3 Carney · Skoula 13:42
🐋Canucks
L1 Sedin · Sedin · Morrison 18:44
L2 Kesler · Bulis · Burrows 15:58
L3 Naslund · Cooke · Linden 14:41
L4 Pyatt · Green · Chouinard 8:10
D1 Bieksa · Ohlund 23:38
D2 Mitchell · Krajicek 19:54
D3 Fitzpatrick · Tremblay 13:54

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN VAN🐋
29 Shots on goal 18
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
15 Hits 21
13 Blocked shots 14
12 Takeaways 5
3 Giveaways 4
12 Penalty minutes 14
MIN shooting 3.4% (1/29) VAN shooting 11.1% (2/18)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
16/18
.889 SV% · 2 GA · 59:04 TOI
🐋Canucks
Roberto Luongo
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 59:45 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-4-1 (50% win rate, 10 games)
Canucks
Canucks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 7-3-1 (64% win rate, 11 games)
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 2nd: 2-5 (29% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 2–1
Nov 22006 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 2–5 Oct 102006 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 1–2 SO Mar 312006 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 2–1 SO Mar 292006 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 1–2 Feb 122006 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 2–3 OT
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MIN vs VAN, answered

Who won Wild vs Canucks on December 16, 2006?

Canucks won 2–1. The final score was Wild 1, Canucks 2.

Who scored for Wild?

Pavol Demitra.

Who scored for Canucks?

Mattias Ohlund, Trevor Linden.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 16 saves on 18 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Roberto Luongo made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Canucks played?

At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, the Canucks home rink.

What is the Wild vs Canucks season series?

Wild lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 14 🌲MIN @ 🛢️EDM 1–3 AfterDec 19 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 2–5
🐋 Canucks
BeforeDec 14 🔥CGY @ 🐋VAN 1–3 AfterDec 19 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 2–5
Also on December 16
🐙DET 2–1 😈NJD ⭐DAL 4–3 👑LAK 🐆FLA 6–3 🐻BOS 🏛️OTT 3–1 ⚔️BUF 🗽NYR 2–9 🍁TOR 🐧PIT 3–6 🇨🇦MTL 🐦ATL 0–6 🏝️NYI 🔔PHI 1–4 🦅WSH
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