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2009-10 regular season

Wild at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0

Wild beat Canadiens 3–1 at Bell Centre on December 17, 2009.

MIN – MTL
21–31
Shots on goal
1/1–0/2
Power play
26–12
Hits
18–10
Blocked shots
⚔️ 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 🌲 MIN
Mikko Koivu
1 G
4 shots · 22:23 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Cal Clutterbuck
1 G
1 shots · 16:27 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Niklas Backstrom
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Robbie Earl Go-ahead 1st · 02:41
Assists: Kim Johnsson · beat Carey Price
1–0
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn Tying 1st · 03:26
Assists: Scott Gomez · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–1
🌲 Mikko Koivu PP Go-ahead 1st · 14:08
Assists: Martin Havlat, Andrew Brunette · beat Carey Price
2–1
3rd period
🌲 Cal Clutterbuck 3rd · 11:47
Assists: Chuck Kobasew, Nick Schultz · beat Carey Price
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Brunette · Koivu · Miettinen 18:20
L2 Havlat · Clutterbuck · Kobasew 16:27
L3 Latendresse · Belanger · Brodziak 14:34
L4 Boogaard · Earl · Sheppard 7:44
D1 Zanon · Johnsson 23:16
D2 Zidlicky · Schultz 20:30
D3 Hnidy · Stoner 15:15
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Cammalleri · Kostitsyn · Plekanec 23:14
L2 Kostitsyn · Moen · Gomez 17:46
L3 Metropolit · Lapierre · D'Agostini 16:14
L4 Pacioretty · Pyatt · Laraque 3:00
D1 Spacek · Gorges 23:56
D2 Mara · Gill 20:41
D3 Bergeron · O'Byrne 15:04

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN MTL🇨🇦
21 Shots on goal 31
1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
26 Hits 12
18 Blocked shots 10
5 Takeaways 10
25 Giveaways 20
4 Penalty minutes 2
MIN shooting 14.3% (3/21) MTL shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
18/21
.857 SV% · 3 GA · 57:22 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Robbie Earl · 1st 02:41 · 1–0 Andrei Kostitsyn · 1st 03:26 · 1–1 Mikko Koivu · 1st 14:08 · 2–1 Cal Clutterbuck · 3rd 11:47 · 3–1
MIN MTL
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-2-1 (70% win rate, 10 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-7 (36% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-6 (25% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 1–0
Oct 302008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌲MIN 2–1 Nov 222006 🌲MIN @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 Dec 172005 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌲MIN 3–4 OT Jan 292004 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌲MIN 3–2 OT Feb 272003 🌲MIN @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–3
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Who won Wild vs Canadiens on December 17, 2009?

Wild won 3–1. The final score was Wild 3, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Wild?

Cal Clutterbuck, Mikko Koivu, Robbie Earl.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Andrei Kostitsyn.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Wild vs Canadiens season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 15 🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN 1–2 AfterDec 19 🌲MIN @ 🏛️OTT 1–4
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 16 🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD 1–2 AfterDec 19 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 3–0
Also on December 17
🗽NYR 5–2 🏝️NYI 🐧PIT 3–2 🔔PHI ⭐DAL 5–6 🐦ATL 🌵PHX 2–1 🧥CBJ ⚡TBL 0–3 🐙DET 👑LAK 1–2 🔥CGY 🐯NSH 6–3 🛢️EDM 🦆ANA 1–4 🦈SJS
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