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2008-09 regular season

Blues at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Wild beat Blues 4–0 at Xcel Energy Center on December 3, 2008.

STL – MIN
22–38
Shots on goal
0/3–2/5
Power play
13–8
Hits
12–8
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Marek Zidlicky
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 25:53 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Eric Belanger
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:57 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Marc-Andre Bergeron
2 A
13:33 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🌲 Eric Belanger Go-ahead 2nd · 10:28
Assists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard · beat Chris Mason
0–1
3rd period
🌲 Andrew Brunette PP 3rd · 02:54
Assists: Marek Zidlicky, Marc-Andre Bergeron · beat Chris Mason
0–2
🌲 Marek Zidlicky PP 3rd · 05:14
Assists: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Mikko Koivu · beat Chris Mason
0–3
🌲 Antti Miettinen Empty net 3rd · 19:32
Assists: Eric Belanger
0–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Tkachuk · Berglund · Boyes 20:32
L2 Stastny · McClement · Backes 15:14
L3 Steen · Perron · Crombeen 13:34
L4 Winchester · Regier · Paddock 12:11
D1 Brewer · Jackman 23:06
D2 Polak · Woywitka 18:16
D3 Colaiacovo · McKee 15:20
🌲Wild
L1 Brunette · Koivu · Bouchard 19:25
L2 Belanger · Miettinen · Nolan 15:57
L3 Veilleux · Pouliot · Sheppard 12:07
L4 Boogaard · Clutterbuck 6:20
D1 Zidlicky · Johnsson 25:43
D2 Skoula · Schultz 19:54
D3 Burns · Bergeron 15:55
D4 Reitz 11:10

Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL MIN🌲
22 Shots on goal 38
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
13 Hits 8
12 Blocked shots 8
3 Takeaways 5
9 Giveaways 12
10 Penalty minutes 6
STL shooting 0.0% (0/22) MIN shooting 10.5% (4/38)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Chris Mason
34/37
.919 SV% · 3 GA · 57:48 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom Shutout
22/22
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 6-5 (55% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Blues
Blues — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1-1 (33% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Nov 222008 🎵STL @ 🌲MIN 2–1 Feb 102008 🌲MIN @ 🎵STL 2–1 SO Nov 302007 🎵STL @ 🌲MIN 2–3 OT Nov 12007 🎵STL @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Oct 202007 🌲MIN @ 🎵STL 3–1
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Who won Blues vs Wild on December 3, 2008?

Wild won 4–0. The final score was Blues 0, Wild 4.

Who scored for Wild?

Andrew Brunette, Antti Miettinen, Eric Belanger, Marek Zidlicky.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Chris Mason made 34 saves on 37 shots (.919 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 22 saves on 22 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Blues vs Wild played?

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

What is the Blues vs Wild season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🎵 Blues
BeforeNov 30 🎵STL @ 🐦ATL 4–2 AfterDec 5 🔥CGY @ 🎵STL 4–3
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 1 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 6–5 AfterDec 5 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 2–1
Also on December 3
🐦ATL 1–5 🏛️OTT 🐧PIT 2–3 🗽NYR 🦆ANA 2–4 🪶CHI ⭐DAL 2–5 🛢️EDM
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