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2008-09 regular season

Wild at Blackhawks

🗓 📍 United Center, Chicago 🔁 Wild lead the season series 2–1

Wild beat Blackhawks 4–1 at United Center on January 19, 2009.

MIN – CHI
26–41
Shots on goal
2/3–0/3
Power play
5–12
Hits
8–6
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
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 21:43 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Mikko Koivu
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 22:12 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Niklas Backstrom
40 saves
0.976 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Mikko Koivu Go-ahead 1st · 10:15
Assists: Owen Nolan, Marek Zidlicky · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–0
🌲 Marek Zidlicky PP 1st · 18:14
Assists: Mikko Koivu, Owen Nolan · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
2–0
2nd period
🌲 Marek Zidlicky PP 2nd · 05:53
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Mikko Koivu · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
3–0
🪶 Martin Havlat 2nd · 10:00
Assists: Andrew Ladd, Aaron Johnson · beat Niklas Backstrom
3–1
3rd period
🌲 Cal Clutterbuck Empty net 3rd · 19:26
Assists: Andrew Brunette
4–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Belanger · Miettinen 19:17
L2 Brunette · Veilleux · Sheppard 16:30
L3 Bouchard · Nolan · Clutterbuck 15:14
L4 Boogaard · Gillies · Kolanos 7:23
D1 Burns · Schultz 21:50
D2 Zidlicky · Johnsson 20:46
D3 Skoula · Bergeron 16:11
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sharp · Versteeg · Havlat 18:54
L2 Ladd · Toews · Kane 17:36
L3 Bolland · Fraser · Brouwer 13:48
L4 Eager · Burish 8:22
D1 Campbell · Wisniewski 22:49
D2 Seabrook · Barker 19:53
D3 Byfuglien · Walker 17:09
D4 Johnson 14:47

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN CHI🪶
26 Shots on goal 41
2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
5 Hits 12
8 Blocked shots 6
1 Takeaways 4
4 Giveaways 5
6 Penalty minutes 6
MIN shooting 15.4% (4/26) CHI shooting 2.4% (1/41)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
40/41
.976 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Nikolai Khabibulin
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 57:02 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 3–1
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 2–1
Dec 282008 🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN 4–1 Oct 272008 🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN 2–3 Mar 42008 🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN 4–2 Feb 202008 🌲MIN @ 🪶CHI 0–3 Jan 112008 🌲MIN @ 🪶CHI 5–2
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Who won Wild vs Blackhawks on January 19, 2009?

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

Who scored for Wild?

Marek Zidlicky (2), Cal Clutterbuck, Mikko Koivu.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Martin Havlat.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 40 saves on 41 shots (.976 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Wild vs Blackhawks season series?

Wild lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeJan 17 🦆ANA @ 🌲MIN 3–0 AfterJan 20 👑LAK @ 🌲MIN 5–2
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeJan 17 🪶CHI @ 🎵STL 2–1 AfterJan 21 🎵STL @ 🪶CHI 2–0
Also on January 19
🎵STL 5–4 🐻BOS 🦅WSH 2–1 🏝️NYI 🌪️CAR 2–0 🍁TOR ⭐DAL 2–4 ⚡TBL ⚔️BUF 3–2 🐆FLA 😈NJD 3–1 🐯NSH
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