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2008-09 regular season

Islanders at Wild

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

Wild beat Islanders 4–1 at Xcel Energy Center on December 19, 2008.

NYI – MIN
16–39
Shots on goal
1/5–0/4
Power play
13–23
Hits
11–12
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Mikko Koivu
1 G
6 shots · 24:37 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Pierre-Marc Bouchard
1 G
4 shots · 16:45 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Stephane Veilleux
1 G
1 shots · 15:07 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🏝️ Richard Park PP Go-ahead 2nd · 03:28
Assists: Doug Weight, Mark Streit · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–0
🌲 Stephane Veilleux Tying 2nd · 19:03
Assists: James Sheppard, Antti Miettinen · beat Joey MacDonald
1–1
3rd period
🌲 Colton Gillies Go-ahead 3rd · 04:28
Assists: Derek Boogaard, Krys Kolanos · beat Joey MacDonald
1–2
🌲 Mikko Koivu 3rd · 12:10
Assists: Kim Johnsson · beat Joey MacDonald
1–3
🌲 Pierre-Marc Bouchard 3rd · 14:34
Assists: Benoit Pouliot, Nick Schultz · beat Joey MacDonald
1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Hilbert · Comrie · Park 20:44
L2 Weight · Okposo · Guerin 18:01
L3 Bergenheim · Sim · Bailey 14:17
L4 Walter · Jackman 10:26
D1 Streit · Meyer 24:40
D2 Witt · Campoli 19:46
D3 Pock · Sutton 12:44
🌲Wild
L1 Brunette · Koivu · Gaborik 21:30
L2 Sheppard · Bouchard · Miettinen 16:45
L3 Veilleux · Pouliot · Clutterbuck 13:00
L4 Boogaard · Kolanos · Gillies 7:10
D1 Burns · Zidlicky 23:47
D2 Johnsson · Bergeron 18:05
D3 Schultz · Skoula 17:04

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI MIN🌲
16 Shots on goal 39
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
13 Hits 23
11 Blocked shots 12
1 Takeaways 2
4 Giveaways 11
8 Penalty minutes 10
NYI shooting 6.2% (1/16) MIN shooting 10.3% (4/39)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Joey MacDonald
35/39
.897 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
15/16
.938 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 6-7 (46% win rate, 13 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 7-7-1 (47% win rate, 15 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 4-3 (57% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 1–0
Feb 92008 🏝️NYI @ 🌲MIN 3–4 OT Dec 132005 🌲MIN @ 🏝️NYI 4–3 Mar 192004 🌲MIN @ 🏝️NYI 1–3 Dec 192002 🏝️NYI @ 🌲MIN 4–2 Mar 232002 🌲MIN @ 🏝️NYI 1–2
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Who won Islanders vs Wild on December 19, 2008?

Wild won 4–1. The final score was Islanders 1, Wild 4.

Who scored for Islanders?

Richard Park.

Who scored for Wild?

Colton Gillies, Mikko Koivu, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Stephane Veilleux.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Joey MacDonald made 35 saves on 39 shots (.897 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 15 saves on 16 shots (.938 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Wild played?

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

What is the Islanders 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
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeDec 16 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 5–4 AfterDec 20 🏝️NYI @ 🐯NSH 0–1
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 17 🔥CGY @ 🌲MIN 3–2 AfterDec 20 🌲MIN @ 🎵STL 2–4
Also on December 19
🏛️OTT 1–5 😈NJD 👑LAK 0–5 ⚔️BUF 🪶CHI 3–2 🔥CGY 🦆ANA 3–2 🛢️EDM
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