🏛️ Away Senators 20-25-8
5–3
Final
🌲 Home Wild 28-23-3
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🏛️ OTT 0325
🌲 MIN 3003

Senators at Wild

Senators beat Wild 5–3 at Xcel Energy Center on February 14, 2009.

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Senators lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏛️ OTT
Daniel Alfredsson
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 21:02 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Owen Nolan
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 20:41 TOI
3rd star 🏛️ OTT
Dany Heatley
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:28 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Pierre-Marc Bouchard Go-ahead 1st · 01:15
Assists: Owen Nolan, James Sheppard · beat Brian Elliott
0–1
🌲 Owen Nolan PP 1st · 09:11
Assists: Brent Burns, Marc-Andre Bergeron · beat Brian Elliott
0–2
🌲 Owen Nolan 1st · 13:13
Assists: James Sheppard, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · beat Brian Elliott
0–3
2nd period
🏛️ Brian Lee 2nd · 12:39
Assists: Antoine Vermette, Dany Heatley · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–3
🏛️ Antoine Vermette 2nd · 16:34
Assists: Chris Kelly · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–3
🏛️ Chris Phillips SH Tying 2nd · 19:01
Assists: Daniel Alfredsson, Chris Kelly · beat Niklas Backstrom
3–3
3rd period
🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson SH Go-ahead 3rd · 02:29
Unassisted · beat Josh Harding
4–3
🏛️ Dany Heatley Empty net 3rd · 19:39
Assists: Jason Spezza, Daniel Alfredsson
5–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏛️Senators
L1 Heatley · Spezza · Alfredsson 19:28
L2 Foligno · Fisher · Kelly 14:23
L3 Ruutu · Vermette · Shannon 13:50
L4 McAmmond · Winchester · Donovan 9:59
D1 Volchenkov · Lee 21:29
D2 Phillips · Kuba 20:26
D3 Smith · Bell 17:40
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Bouchard · Nolan 20:02
L2 Brunette · Sheppard · Belanger 17:45
L3 Veilleux · Miettinen · Clutterbuck 16:33
L4 Boogaard · Olvecky · Fritsche 4:59
D1 Johnsson · Burns 22:32
D2 Bergeron · Schultz 20:10
D3 Zidlicky · Skoula 17:13

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏛️OTT MIN🌲
22 Shots on goal 29
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
13 Hits 26
12 Blocked shots 12
1 Takeaways 6
2 Giveaways 9
10 Penalty minutes 4
OTT shooting 22.7% (5/22) MIN shooting 10.3% (3/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏛️Senators
Alex Auld Shutout
17/17
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 46:15 TOI
Brian Elliott
9/12
.750 SV% · 3 GA · 13:13 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
16/19
.842 SV% · 3 GA · 40:00 TOI
Josh Harding
1/2
.500 SV% · 1 GA · 19:09 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 3–3
Senators
Senators — tied after 2nd: 6-3-3 (50% win rate, 12 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 7-6 (54% win rate, 13 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Senators lead the season series 1–0
Nov 202006 🌲MIN @ 🏛️OTT 3–5 Jan 162006 🏛️OTT @ 🌲MIN 6–1 Mar 162004 🏛️OTT @ 🌲MIN 2–5 Feb 252003 🌲MIN @ 🏛️OTT 3–0 Mar 122002 🏛️OTT @ 🌲MIN 4–3 OT
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Who won Senators vs Wild on February 14, 2009?

Senators won 5–3. The final score was Senators 5, Wild 3.

Who scored for Senators?

Antoine Vermette, Brian Lee, Chris Phillips, Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley.

Who scored for Wild?

Owen Nolan (2), Pierre-Marc Bouchard.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Alex Auld made 17 saves on 17 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 16 saves on 19 shots (.842 save percentage).

Where is Senators vs Wild played?

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

What is the Senators vs Wild season series?

Senators lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏛️ Senators
BeforeFeb 12 🏛️OTT @ 🔔PHI 5–2 AfterFeb 16 🏛️OTT @ 🐯NSH 2–0
🌲 Wild
BeforeFeb 12 🌲MIN @ 🐙DET 2–4 AfterFeb 19 🔥CGY @ 🌲MIN 3–2
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