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2008-09 regular season

Wild at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Wild lead the season series 2–0

Wild beat Bruins 1–0 at TD Garden on January 6, 2009.

MIN – BOS
24–28
Shots on goal
1/5–0/2
Power play
17–16
Hits
9–9
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
3 shots · 17:26 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Krys Kolanos
1 A
2 shots · 15:36 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Pierre-Marc Bouchard
1 A
2 shots · 18:00 TOI

Scoring

1 goal · in order
2nd period
🌲 Marek Zidlicky PP Go-ahead 2nd · 07:29
Assists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Krys Kolanos · beat Manny Fernandez
1–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Brunette · Koivu · Nolan 18:29
L2 Bouchard · Belanger · Miettinen 17:40
L3 Kolanos · Sheppard · Clutterbuck 14:43
L4 Pouliot · Scott · Gillies 9:45
L5 Weller 7:27
D1 Burns · Johnsson 24:48
D2 Schultz · Skoula 19:23
D3 Zidlicky 17:26
🐻Bruins
L1 Savard · Krejci · Wheeler 18:46
L2 Axelsson · Kessel · Ryder 15:29
L3 Lucic · Yelle · Kobasew 13:43
L4 Thornton · St. Pierre · Nokelainen 8:35
D1 Wideman · Chara 27:06
D2 Hunwick · Stuart 19:16
D3 Hnidy · Lashoff 14:00

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN BOS🐻
24 Shots on goal 28
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
17 Hits 16
9 Blocked shots 9
0 Takeaways 3
1 Giveaways 2
6 Penalty minutes 12
MIN shooting 4.2% (1/24) BOS shooting 0.0% (0/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom Shutout
28/28
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Manny Fernandez
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 58:47 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 8-7-1 (50% win rate, 16 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 8-1-1 (80% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-1-1 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 2–0
Oct 112008 🐻BOS @ 🌲MIN 3–4 Mar 82007 🌲MIN @ 🐻BOS 2–1 Dec 152005 🐻BOS @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Mar 182004 🌲MIN @ 🐻BOS 2–0 Oct 112002 🐻BOS @ 🌲MIN 1–5
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MIN vs BOS, answered

Who won Wild vs Bruins on January 6, 2009?

Wild won 1–0. The final score was Wild 1, Bruins 0.

Who scored for Wild?

Marek Zidlicky.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 28 saves on 28 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Wild vs Bruins season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeJan 4 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 2–0 AfterJan 8 🌲MIN @ 🔔PHI 1–3
🐻 Bruins
BeforeJan 3 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–2 AfterJan 8 🏛️OTT @ 🐻BOS 4–6
Also on January 6
🏛️OTT 2–4 ⚔️BUF 🔔PHI 1–2 🦅WSH 😈NJD 2–3 🌪️CAR 🐆FLA 4–2 🍁TOR 🐦ATL 1–3 🐧PIT 🧥CBJ 0–3 🐙DET 🏔️COL 2–1 🐯NSH 🪶CHI 6–0 🌵PHX
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