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2008-09 regular season

Wild at Panthers

🗓 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0

Wild beat Panthers 6–2 at Amerant Bank Arena on October 16, 2008.

MIN – FLA
34–26
Shots on goal
3/6–0/4
Power play
15–19
Hits
15–7
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

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
Mikko Koivu
1 G, 4 A
5 shots · 21:44 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Antti Miettinen
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:01 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Andrew Brunette
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:39 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Andrew Brunette Go-ahead 1st · 11:50
Assists: Mikko Koivu, Antti Miettinen · beat Tomas Vokoun
1–0
2nd period
🌲 Kim Johnsson 2nd · 02:58
Assists: Benoit Pouliot, Derek Boogaard · beat Tomas Vokoun
2–0
🐆 Nick Boynton 2nd · 04:15
Assists: Keith Ballard, Nathan Horton · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–1
🌲 Antti Miettinen PP 2nd · 13:29
Assists: Mikko Koivu, Tomas Mojzis · beat Tomas Vokoun
3–1
🐆 Karlis Skrastins 2nd · 14:42
Assists: Cory Murphy, Stephen Weiss · beat Niklas Backstrom
3–2
🌲 Benoit Pouliot 2nd · 15:58
Assists: Mikko Koivu · beat Tomas Vokoun
4–2
3rd period
🌲 Antti Miettinen PP 3rd · 06:21
Assists: Mikko Koivu, Marc-Andre Bergeron · beat Craig Anderson
5–2
🌲 Mikko Koivu PP 3rd · 16:00
Assists: Kim Johnsson, Andrew Brunette · beat Craig Anderson
6–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Veilleux · Koivu · Miettinen 19:01
L2 Brunette · Sheppard · Belanger 16:39
L3 Pouliot · Gillies · Clutterbuck 13:17
L4 Boogaard · Weller 6:38
D1 Burns · Johnsson 23:56
D2 Schultz · Bergeron 20:35
D3 Skoula · Mojzis 14:07
D4 Reitz 13:40
🐆Panthers
L1 Stillman · McLean · Horton 19:09
L2 Booth · Weiss · Campbell 15:19
L3 Olesz · Kreps · Zednik 13:20
L4 Peltonen · Dvorak · Belak 12:12
D1 Bouwmeester · Ballard 25:44
D2 Skrastins · Boynton 22:18
D3 Murphy · Welch 10:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN FLA🐆
34 Shots on goal 26
3/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
15 Hits 19
15 Blocked shots 7
3 Takeaways 5
9 Giveaways 10
17 Penalty minutes 21
MIN shooting 17.6% (6/34) FLA shooting 7.7% (2/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:47 TOI
🐆Panthers
Tomas Vokoun
18/22
.818 SV% · 4 GA · 39:50 TOI
Craig Anderson
10/12
.833 SV% · 2 GA · 20:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 1–0
Feb 292008 🌲MIN @ 🐆FLA 3–2 Feb 82007 🐆FLA @ 🌲MIN 2–4 Oct 242003 🌲MIN @ 🐆FLA 4–3 Mar 192003 🌲MIN @ 🐆FLA 3–1 Oct 152002 🐆FLA @ 🌲MIN 1–4
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Who won Wild vs Panthers on October 16, 2008?

Wild won 6–2. The final score was Wild 6, Panthers 2.

Who scored for Wild?

Antti Miettinen (2), Andrew Brunette, Benoit Pouliot, Kim Johnsson, Mikko Koivu.

Who scored for Panthers?

Karlis Skrastins, Nick Boynton.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Tomas Vokoun made 18 saves on 22 shots (.818 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

What is the Wild vs Panthers 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
BeforeOct 14 🌲MIN @ 🐦ATL 4–2 AfterOct 18 🌲MIN @ ⚡TBL 1–0
🐆 Panthers
BeforeOct 11 🐦ATL @ 🐆FLA 2–3 AfterOct 18 🏝️NYI @ 🐆FLA 0–2
Also on October 16
😈NJD 1–0 🐦ATL 🦅WSH 4–3 🐧PIT 🏝️NYI 4–3 ⚡TBL 🐋VAN 4–3 🐙DET ⭐DAL 1–6 🎵STL 🔔PHI 2–5 🏔️COL
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