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2008-09 regular season

Canucks at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Canucks lead the season series 5–1

Canucks beat Wild 2–1 in overtime at Xcel Energy Center on March 31, 2009.

VAN – MIN
19–34
Shots on goal
1/2–0/5
Power play
16–27
Hits
13–11
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐋 VAN
Pavol Demitra
1 G
2 shots · 16:51 TOI
2nd star 🐋 VAN
Henrik Sedin
1 G
1 shots · 18:49 TOI
3rd star 🐋 VAN
Roberto Luongo
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🐋 Pavol Demitra PP Go-ahead 2nd · 18:58
Assists: Mats Sundin, Alexander Edler · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–0
3rd period
🌲 Marian Gaborik Tying 3rd · 05:14
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Martin Skoula · beat Roberto Luongo
1–1
Overtime
🐋 Henrik Sedin Go-ahead OT · 04:00
Assists: Daniel Sedin, Kevin Bieksa · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐋Canucks
L1 Kesler · Sedin · Burrows 18:49
L2 Sedin · Pyatt · Demitra 16:51
L3 Sundin · Wellwood · Johnson 12:40
L4 Hordichuk · Rypien · Bernier 10:18
D1 Mitchell · Ohlund 25:14
D2 Bieksa · Salo 21:55
D3 Edler · O'Brien 17:02
🌲Wild
L1 Brunette · Koivu · Gaborik 20:46
L2 Veilleux · Sheppard · Nolan 17:43
L3 Belanger · Miettinen · Clutterbuck 15:58
L4 Fritsche · Kolanos · Weller 7:39
L5 Scott 5:18
D1 Zidlicky · Johnsson 31:17
D2 Skoula · Schultz 22:24
D3 Bergeron 14:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN MIN🌲
19 Shots on goal 34
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
16 Hits 27
13 Blocked shots 11
1 Takeaways 2
4 Giveaways 10
10 Penalty minutes 4
VAN shooting 10.5% (2/19) MIN shooting 2.9% (1/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Roberto Luongo
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 64:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
17/19
.895 SV% · 2 GA · 63:42 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 8-4-3 (53% win rate, 15 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 14-15-2 (45% win rate, 31 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Canucks
Canucks — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-0-3 (73% win rate, 11 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-12-2 (18% win rate, 17 games)

Last meetings

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Canucks lead the season series 5–1
Mar 32009 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 2–4 Jan 312009 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 4–3 OT Dec 52008 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 2–1 Nov 202008 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Nov 82008 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 0–2
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Who won Canucks vs Wild on March 31, 2009?

Canucks won 2–1 in overtime. The final score was Canucks 2, Wild 1.

Who scored for Canucks?

Henrik Sedin, Pavol Demitra.

Who scored for Wild?

Marian Gaborik.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Roberto Luongo made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 17 saves on 19 shots (.895 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Wild played?

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

What is the Canucks vs Wild season series?

Canucks lead the season series 5–1 after 6 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐋 Canucks
BeforeMar 29 🐋VAN @ 🪶CHI 4–0 AfterApr 2 🦆ANA @ 🐋VAN 6–5
🌲 Wild
BeforeMar 29 🌲MIN @ 🛢️EDM 3–2 AfterApr 3 🔥CGY @ 🌲MIN 0–4
Also on March 31
⚡TBL 1–3 🐻BOS 🐯NSH 1–2 🧥CBJ 🪶CHI 1–4 🇨🇦MTL 🏛️OTT 2–5 🐆FLA 🦆ANA 5–3 🛢️EDM ⭐DAL 3–2 👑LAK
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