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2008-09 regular season

Predators at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Predators lead the season series 2–1

Predators beat Wild 2–0 at Xcel Energy Center on February 6, 2009.

NSH – MIN
26–22
Shots on goal
14–13
Hits
22–8
Blocked shots
3–2
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐯 NSH
Jason Arnott
1 G
4 shots · 18:38 TOI
2nd star 🐯 NSH
David Legwand
1 G
1 shots · 21:28 TOI
3rd star 🐯 NSH
J-P Dumont
1 A
2 shots · 15:53 TOI

Scoring

2 goals · in order
2nd period
🐯 Jason Arnott Go-ahead 2nd · 12:15
Assists: J-P Dumont · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–0
3rd period
🐯 David Legwand 3rd · 01:02
Assists: Antti Pihlstrom · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Legwand · Arnott · Erat 18:38
L2 Bonk · Dumont · Ward 15:36
L3 Sullivan · Smithson · Fiddler 14:03
L4 Pihlstrom · Jones · Hornqvist 10:02
D1 Weber · Suter 23:58
D2 Hamhuis · Zanon 22:31
D3 De Vries · Klein 12:59
🌲Wild
L1 Brunette · Koivu · Miettinen 23:12
L2 Bouchard · Belanger · Sheppard 16:37
L3 Veilleux · Fritsche · Clutterbuck 13:38
L4 Olvecky · Boogaard · Gillies 5:23
D1 Zidlicky · Burns 22:40
D2 Johnsson · Bergeron 19:56
D3 Skoula · Schultz 15:56

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH MIN🌲
26 Shots on goal 22
14 Hits 13
22 Blocked shots 8
3 Takeaways 2
3 Giveaways 8
14 Penalty minutes 10
NSH shooting 7.7% (2/26) MIN shooting 0.0% (0/22)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Dan Ellis Shutout
22/22
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 58:55 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Predators
Predators — tied after 1st: 10-12-1 (43% win rate, 23 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 9-10-1 (45% win rate, 20 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Predators
Predators — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-1 (89% win rate, 9 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-7-2 (10% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Predators lead the season series 2–1
Dec 62008 🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH 0–1 Nov 292008 🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH 6–2 Feb 172008 🐯NSH @ 🌲MIN 4–5 OT Jan 52008 🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH 1–4 Dec 182007 🐯NSH @ 🌲MIN 2–3
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Who won Predators vs Wild on February 6, 2009?

Predators won 2–0. The final score was Predators 2, Wild 0.

Who scored for Predators?

David Legwand, Jason Arnott.

How did the Predators goalie play?

Dan Ellis made 22 saves on 22 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Predators vs Wild played?

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

What is the Predators vs Wild season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐯 Predators
BeforeFeb 5 🦆ANA @ 🐯NSH 2–4 AfterFeb 8 🐯NSH @ ⭐DAL 1–4
🌲 Wild
BeforeFeb 4 🦆ANA @ 🌲MIN 0–3 AfterFeb 8 🛢️EDM @ 🌲MIN 2–3
Also on February 6
🇨🇦MTL 2–3 ⚔️BUF 🧥CBJ 1–4 🐧PIT 😈NJD 5–1 🐦ATL 🗽NYR 2–10 ⭐DAL
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