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2024-25 regular season

Senators at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Senators lead the season series 1–0

Senators beat Wild 3–1 at Xcel Energy Center on December 29, 2024.

OTT – MIN
37–31
Shots on goal
1/2–0/2
Power play
18–26
Hits
13–13
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 🏛️ OTT
Ridly Greig
1 G
3 shots · 19:38 TOI
2nd star 🏛️ OTT
Claude Giroux
1 G
2 shots · 15:14 TOI
3rd star 🏛️ OTT
Leevi Merilainen
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Frederick Gaudreau Go-ahead 1st · 17:19
Assists: Declan Chisholm, Marcus Foligno · beat Leevi Merilainen
0–1
2nd period
🏛️ Ridly Greig Tying 2nd · 01:47
Assists: Brady Tkachuk, Travis Hamonic · beat Filip Gustavsson
1–1
3rd period
🏛️ Josh Norris PP Go-ahead 3rd · 12:42
Assists: Jake Sanderson, Drake Batherson · beat Filip Gustavsson
2–1
🏛️ Claude Giroux Empty net 3rd · 19:16
Unassisted
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏛️Senators
L1 Stützle · Greig · Pinto 19:38
L2 Tkachuk · Norris · Batherson 16:56
L3 Cousins · Giroux · Gaudette 13:29
L4 Gregor · Reinhardt · Ostapchuk 8:15
D1 Chabot · Jensen 25:14
D2 Sanderson · Hamonic 22:42
D3 Kleven · Matinpalo 10:34
🌲Wild
L1 Boldy · Rossi · Zuccarello 21:52
L2 Johansson · Eriksson Ek · Trenin 14:21
L3 Foligno · Gaudreau · Hartman 13:48
L4 Khusnutdinov · Shore · Jones 7:48
D1 Faber · Brodin 25:19
D2 Spurgeon · Chisholm 20:06
D3 Bogosian · Merrill 12:49

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏛️OTT MIN🌲
37 Shots on goal 31
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
18 Hits 26
13 Blocked shots 13
5 Takeaways 6
9 Giveaways 16
11 Penalty minutes 11
OTT shooting 8.1% (3/37) MIN shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏛️Senators
Leevi Merilainen
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 59:38 TOI
🌲Wild
Filip Gustavsson
34/36
.944 SV% · 2 GA · 58:33 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Frederick Gaudreau · 1st 17:19 · 0–1 Ridly Greig · 2nd 01:47 · 1–1 Josh Norris · 3rd 12:42 · 2–1 Claude Giroux · 3rd 19:16 · 3–1
OTT MIN
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Senators
Senators — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-8-1 (10% win rate, 10 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-0-1 (89% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Senators
Senators — tied after 2nd: 3-3-2 (38% win rate, 8 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 6-3-2 (55% win rate, 11 games)

Last meetings

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Senators lead the season series 1–0
Apr 22024 🏛️OTT @ 🌲MIN 2–3 Nov 182023 🌲MIN @ 🏛️OTT 1–2 SO Dec 182022 🏛️OTT @ 🌲MIN 2–4 Oct 272022 🌲MIN @ 🏛️OTT 4–2 Feb 222022 🌲MIN @ 🏛️OTT 3–4
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Who won Senators vs Wild on December 29, 2024?

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

Who scored for Senators?

Claude Giroux, Josh Norris, Ridly Greig.

Who scored for Wild?

Frederick Gaudreau.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Leevi Merilainen made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Filip Gustavsson made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 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
BeforeDec 28 🏛️OTT @ ✈️WPG 2–4 AfterJan 2 🏛️OTT @ ⭐DAL 2–4
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 27 🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL 3–2 AfterDec 31 🐯NSH @ 🌲MIN 3–5
Also on December 29
⚔️BUF 4–2 🎵STL 🛢️EDM 3–5 🦆ANA 🇨🇦MTL 5–2 ⚡TBL 🦅WSH 2–4 🐙DET 🏝️NYI 2–3 🐧PIT 🔥CGY 0–3 🎰VGK ⭐DAL 5–1 🪶CHI 🔔PHI 4–5 👑LAK
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