Wild 4–2 Canadiens — Final Score & Stats (Dec 22, 2016)

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

Jason Zucker

1 G, 1 A

6 shots · 19:05 TOI

2nd star 🌲 MIN

Mikael Granlund

2 A

1 shots · 19:55 TOI

3rd star 🌲 MIN

Devan Dubnyk

32 saves

0.941 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order

2nd period

🇨🇦 Max Pacioretty SH Go-ahead 2nd · 02:01

Assists: Phillip Danault, Shea Weber · beat Devan Dubnyk

0–1

🌲 Jordan Schroeder Tying 2nd · 07:09

Unassisted · beat Carey Price

1–1

🇨🇦 Artturi Lehkonen Go-ahead 2nd · 10:35

Assists: Brian Flynn, Tomas Plekanec · beat Devan Dubnyk

1–2

🌲 Jared Spurgeon Tying 2nd · 15:43

Assists: Jason Zucker, Mikael Granlund · beat Carey Price

2–2

3rd period

🌲 Eric Staal SH Go-ahead 3rd · 03:08

Assists: Mikael Granlund, Ryan Suter · beat Carey Price

3–2

🌲 Jason Zucker Empty net 3rd · 19:37

Unassisted

4–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌲Wild

L1 Staal · Koivu · Granlund 20:13

L2 Zucker · Coyle · Niederreiter 19:05

L3 Graovac · Pominville · Stewart 12:55

L4 Schroeder · Cannone · Gabriel 5:00

D1 Suter · Spurgeon 27:52

D2 Brodin · Dumba 19:01

D3 Scandella · Folin 13:13

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Pacioretty · Byron · Radulov 19:25

L2 Lehkonen · Plekanec · Danault 16:55

L3 Flynn · Gallagher · McCarron 13:14

L4 Carr · Terry · Mitchell 9:32

D1 Weber · Beaulieu 28:56

D2 Petry · Barberio 24:19

D3 Redmond · Hanley 6:45

Team stats

Away left · home right

🌲MIN MTL🇨🇦

27 Shots on goal 34

26 Hits 18

23 Blocked shots 14

7 Takeaways 9

11 Giveaways 10

8 Penalty minutes 8

MIN shooting 14.8% (4/27) MTL shooting 5.9% (2/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌲Wild

Devan Dubnyk

32/34

.941 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Carey Price

23/26

.885 SV% · 3 GA · 58:41 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

MIN MTL

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Wild

Wild — tied after 1st: 7-3-2 (58% win rate, 12 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 11-2-1 (79% win rate, 14 games)

After 2nd — 2–2

Wild

Wild — tied after 2nd: 4-4-1 (44% win rate, 9 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 1–0

Mar 122016 🌲MIN @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–1 Dec 222015 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌲MIN 1–2 Dec 32014 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌲MIN 1–2 Nov 82014 🌲MIN @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4 Nov 192013 🌲MIN @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–6

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Who won Wild vs Canadiens on December 22, 2016?

Wild won 4–2. The final score was Wild 4, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Wild?

Eric Staal, Jared Spurgeon, Jason Zucker, Jordan Schroeder.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Artturi Lehkonen, Max Pacioretty.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Devan Dubnyk made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 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 20 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 0–2 AfterDec 23 🌲MIN @ 🗽NYR 7–4

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeDec 20 🦆ANA @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5 AfterDec 23 🇨🇦MTL @ 🧥CBJ 1–2

Also on December 22

🌪️CAR 3–1 ⚔️BUF 🔔PHI 0–4 😈NJD 🐧PIT 1–7 🧥CBJ 🦆ANA 1–2 🏛️OTT 🎵STL 2–5 ⚡TBL 🐻BOS 3–1 🐆FLA 👑LAK 4–0 🐯NSH 🍁TOR 6–0 🏔️COL

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