🐋 Away Canucks 14-10-2
2–1
Final
🌲 Home Wild 15-8-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐋 VAN 1102
🌲 MIN 0101

Canucks at Wild

Canucks beat Wild 2–1 at Xcel Energy Center on December 5, 2008.

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Canucks lead the season series 3–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐋 VAN
Jason Jaffray
1 G
2 shots · 08:43 TOI
2nd star 🐋 VAN
Kevin Bieksa
1 G
1 shots · 22:24 TOI
3rd star 🐋 VAN
Daniel Sedin
1 A
3 shots · 17:25 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐋 Kevin Bieksa PP Go-ahead 1st · 13:55
Assists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–0
2nd period
🌲 Mikko Koivu Tying 2nd · 00:27
Assists: Nick Schultz, Antti Miettinen · beat Cory Schneider
1–1
🐋 Jason Jaffray Go-ahead 2nd · 03:52
Assists: Jannik Hansen, Darcy Hordichuk · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐋Canucks
L1 Sedin · Sedin · Demitra 18:29
L2 Raymond · Burrows · Bernier 16:34
L3 Pyatt · Kesler · Wellwood 14:29
L4 Jaffray · Hordichuk · Hansen 8:43
D1 Mitchell · Bieksa 22:36
D2 O'Brien · Ohlund 19:00
D3 Edler · Salo 18:27
🌲Wild
L1 Brunette · Koivu · Miettinen 20:27
L2 Belanger · Bouchard · Clutterbuck 16:36
L3 Pouliot · Veilleux · Sheppard 12:48
L4 Boogaard · Nolan 6:17
D1 Skoula · Johnsson 24:14
D2 Zidlicky · Schultz 20:38
D3 Burns · Bergeron 15:42
D4 Reitz 10:55

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN MIN🌲
31 Shots on goal 17
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
25 Hits 23
14 Blocked shots 17
5 Takeaways 3
1 Giveaways 15
28 Penalty minutes 28
VAN shooting 6.5% (2/31) MIN shooting 5.9% (1/17)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Cory Schneider
16/17
.941 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 59:18 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Canucks
Canucks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-1-1 (75% win rate, 8 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-1-1 (33% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Canucks
Canucks — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-0-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canucks lead the season series 3–0
Nov 202008 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Nov 82008 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 0–2 Mar 282008 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 0–4 Mar 212008 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 2–1 Feb 192008 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 3–2 OT
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❓ VAN vs MIN, answered

Who won Canucks vs Wild on December 5, 2008?

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

Who scored for Canucks?

Jason Jaffray, Kevin Bieksa.

Who scored for Wild?

Mikko Koivu.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Cory Schneider made 16 saves on 17 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐋 Canucks
BeforeDec 4 🐋VAN @ 🐙DET 5–6 AfterDec 7 🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL 4–5
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 3 🎵STL @ 🌲MIN 0–4 AfterDec 6 🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH 0–1
Also on December 5
🔥CGY 4–3 🎵STL 🏔️COL 1–2 ⭐DAL 🛢️EDM 5–4 👑LAK
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