🌲 Away Wild 17-15-2
1–2
Final
🔥 Home Flames 20-11-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌲 MIN 0101
🔥 CGY 1012

Wild at Flames

Flames beat Wild 2–1 at Scotiabank Saddledome on December 29, 2008.

🗓 📍 Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Flames lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔥 CGY
Daymond Langkow
1 G
3 shots · 18:07 TOI
2nd star 🔥 CGY
Eric Nystrom
1 G
2 shots · 08:06 TOI
3rd star 🔥 CGY
Todd Bertuzzi
1 A
3 shots · 19:36 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🔥 Daymond Langkow Go-ahead 1st · 17:59
Assists: Todd Bertuzzi, Rene Bourque · beat Josh Harding
0–1
2nd period
🌲 Stephane Veilleux Tying 2nd · 19:45
Assists: Eric Belanger, Martin Skoula · beat Miikka Kiprusoff
1–1
3rd period
🔥 Eric Nystrom SH Go-ahead 3rd · 08:56
Assists: Dustin Boyd, Adrian Aucoin · beat Josh Harding
1–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Bouchard · Miettinen 20:53
L2 Brunette · Veilleux · Belanger 17:59
L3 Sheppard · Kolanos · Clutterbuck 13:12
L4 Pouliot · Boogaard · Weller 7:41
L5 Gillies 4:41
D1 Burns · Skoula 27:36
D2 Schultz · Zidlicky 25:11
D3 Reitz 8:36
🔥Flames
L1 Conroy · Iginla · Bourque 20:00
L2 Cammalleri · Langkow · Bertuzzi 18:07
L3 Lombardi · Boyd · Moss 13:49
L4 Nystrom · Sutter · Roy 5:22
D1 Phaneuf · Regehr 24:58
D2 Aucoin · Pardy 19:00
D3 Sarich · Giordano 14:30

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN CGY🔥
24 Shots on goal 29
17 Hits 15
15 Blocked shots 11
4 Takeaways 6
7 Giveaways 6
4 Penalty minutes 8
MIN shooting 4.2% (1/24) CGY shooting 6.9% (2/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Josh Harding
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 58:50 TOI
🔥Flames
Miikka Kiprusoff
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-5-1 (25% win rate, 8 games)
Flames
Flames — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 5-3 (62% win rate, 8 games)
Flames
Flames — tied after 2nd: 5-0-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Flames lead the season series 2–0
Dec 172008 🔥CGY @ 🌲MIN 3–2 OT Apr 32008 🔥CGY @ 🌲MIN 1–3 Mar 222008 🌲MIN @ 🔥CGY 4–5 Feb 242008 🔥CGY @ 🌲MIN 2–1 Jan 222008 🌲MIN @ 🔥CGY 1–2
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❓ MIN vs CGY, answered

Who won Wild vs Flames on December 29, 2008?

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

Who scored for Wild?

Stephane Veilleux.

Who scored for Flames?

Daymond Langkow, Eric Nystrom.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Josh Harding made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

How did the Flames goalie play?

Miikka Kiprusoff made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Flames played?

At Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, the Flames home rink.

What is the Wild vs Flames season series?

Flames lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 28 🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN 4–1 AfterDec 31 🦈SJS @ 🌲MIN 2–3
🔥 Flames
BeforeDec 27 🏛️OTT @ 🔥CGY 3–6 AfterDec 31 🛢️EDM @ 🔥CGY 4–6
Also on December 29
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