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2009-10 regular season

Oilers at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Wild beat Oilers 3–1 at Xcel Energy Center on December 23, 2009.

EDM – MIN
31–27
Shots on goal
0/3–1/5
Power play
22–16
Hits
22–13
Blocked shots
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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
Guillaume Latendresse
1 G
4 shots · 16:04 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Owen Nolan
1 G
3 shots · 14:58 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Niklas Backstrom
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Andrew Brunette PP Go-ahead 1st · 13:35
Assists: Marek Zidlicky, Mikko Koivu · beat Jeff Deslauriers
0–1
🛢️ Robert Nilsson Tying 1st · 15:24
Assists: Tom Gilbert · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–1
2nd period
🌲 Owen Nolan Go-ahead 2nd · 18:22
Assists: Eric Belanger, Chuck Kobasew · beat Jeff Deslauriers
1–2
3rd period
🌲 Guillaume Latendresse Empty net 3rd · 19:54
Assists: Cal Clutterbuck
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🛢️Oilers
L1 Penner · Potulny · Horcoff 18:44
L2 O'Sullivan · Brule · Gagner 16:55
L3 Moreau · Nilsson · Cogliano 13:20
L4 Jacques · Stone · Stortini 8:54
D1 Gilbert · Souray 22:57
D2 Visnovsky · Grebeshkov 19:54
D3 Smid · Staios 16:42
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Havlat · Miettinen 17:59
L2 Latendresse · Brunette · Kobasew 16:04
L3 Brodziak · Clutterbuck · Nolan 14:58
L4 Boogaard · Belanger · Ebbett 12:43
D1 Zidlicky · Zanon 23:46
D2 Johnsson · Schultz 20:56
D3 Hnidy · Stoner 11:56

Team stats

Away left · home right
🛢️EDM MIN🌲
31 Shots on goal 27
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
22 Hits 16
22 Blocked shots 13
2 Takeaways 7
2 Giveaways 15
24 Penalty minutes 20
EDM shooting 3.2% (1/31) MIN shooting 11.1% (3/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🛢️Oilers
Jeff Deslauriers
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:07 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 59:46 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Andrew Brunette · 1st 13:35 · 0–1 Robert Nilsson · 1st 15:24 · 1–1 Owen Nolan · 2nd 18:22 · 1–2 Guillaume Latendresse · 3rd 19:54 · 1–3
EDM MIN
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 1st: 4-5-1 (40% win rate, 10 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 6-5 (55% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Oilers
Oilers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-4 (43% win rate, 7 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Oct 162009 🌲MIN @ 🛢️EDM 2–5 Mar 292009 🌲MIN @ 🛢️EDM 3–2 Mar 222009 🛢️EDM @ 🌲MIN 0–3 Feb 282009 🌲MIN @ 🛢️EDM 2–3 Feb 82009 🛢️EDM @ 🌲MIN 2–3 SO
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Who won Oilers vs Wild on December 23, 2009?

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

Who scored for Oilers?

Robert Nilsson.

Who scored for Wild?

Andrew Brunette, Guillaume Latendresse, Owen Nolan.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Jeff Deslauriers made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

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

Where is Oilers vs Wild played?

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

What is the Oilers vs Wild season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeDec 21 🎵STL @ 🛢️EDM 7–2 AfterDec 26 🛢️EDM @ 🐋VAN 1–4
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 21 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 4–3 AfterDec 26 🎵STL @ 🌲MIN 3–4
Also on December 23
🐦ATL 4–6 🐻BOS 🍁TOR 1–3 🏝️NYI 🐆FLA 1–4 🗽NYR 🏛️OTT 2–8 🐧PIT ⚔️BUF 2–5 🦅WSH 🇨🇦MTL 5–1 🌪️CAR 🔔PHI 5–2 ⚡TBL 🪶CHI 3–0 🐙DET
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