Columbus Blue Jackets 7 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 30 - 29
CBS PP: 2 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:64/73=87 %, Challenges:43/52=81 %
MIN PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/80=83 %, Challenges:42/55=75 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 627150 Match televised: Yes
BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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04:52 0-1 MIN Marian Gaborik [3] (Marc-André Bergeron)
05:21 1-1 CBS Martin St. Louis [3] (Markus Näslund, R.J. Umberger)PP
11:08 1-2 MIN Owen Nolan [1] (Mikko Koivu, Wes Walz)
19:33 2-2 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [2] (Joe Barnes, R.J. Umberger)
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30:07 2-3 MIN Kim Johnsson [1] (Marc-André Bergeron, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
34:42 3-3 CBS Christian Bäckman [2] (Duvie Westcott)
36:53 4-3 CBS Joe Barnes [1] (Kristian Huselius)
38:47 5-3 CBS Raffi Torres [3] (Duvie Westcott, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
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46:46 6-3 CBS R.J. Umberger [1] (Markus Näslund, Christian Bäckman)PP
49:31 7-3 CBS Joe Barnes [2] (R.J. Umberger, Martin St. Louis)
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Penalty summary:
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05:07 MIN Marian Gaborik (2 min for tripping)
05:44 MIN Steve Kelly (2 min for tripping)
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24:41 MIN Owen Nolan (2 min for roughing)
24:41 CBS Martin St. Louis (2 min for roughing)
25:26 CBS Mike Commodore (5 min for fighting)
25:26 MIN Chris Simon (5 min for fighting)
32:49 MIN Owen Nolan (2 min for diving)
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42:54 MIN Mark Parrish (2 min for hooking)
45:22 MIN Radim Vrbata (2 min for hooking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jody Shelley 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13.40 4
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 18.40 9
R Martin St. Louis 1 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 20.20 8
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 7.20 6
C Michael Peca 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 14.00 7
C Joe Barnes 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 8
C R.J. Umberger 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 20.20 8
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 7
L Raffi Torres 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 8
L Kristian Huselius 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 18.50 7
L Markus Näslund 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
D Christian Bäckman 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 22.00 8
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 21.40 8
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16.20 5
D Duvie Westcott 0 2 3 5 1 3 0 1 22.00 9
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 17.00 6
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 5 1 2 5 0 21.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 5.40 4
R Owen Nolan 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 14.30 8
R Mark Parrish 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 -1 14.10 7
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 4 2 2 1 2 0 18.00 6
C Steve Kelly 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 5.40 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Wes Walz 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 -2 20.40 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Chris Simon 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -1 5.30 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 14.30 6
L Antti Miettinen 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 14.40 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.30 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 22.10 8
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22.50 6
D Sean Hill 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -3 23.10 5
D Kim Johnsson 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 5 0 13 0 0 38.50 4
G Josh Harding 2 0 10 0 0 21.10 5
Three stars of the game:
1st star: R.J. Umberger
2nd star: Joe Barnes
3rd star: Martin St. Louis
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Joe Barnes ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Joe Barnes ended his 6 game point drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Owen Nolan ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Kim Johnsson ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Chris Simon beat Mike Commodore in a fight.
Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 6( 34) , Houston Aeros 3(
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0-1 HOU Derek Boogaard (Joel Ward, Petr Kalus)
1-1 SYR Steven Goertzen (Derek MacKenzie)
1-2 HOU Bryan Lundbohm (Paul Albers, Benoit Pouliot)
2-2 SYR Shaun Landolt (Geoff Platt)
3-2 SYR Sheldon Brookbank (Zenon Konopka, Petr Pohl)
4-2 SYR Petr Pohl (Sheldon Brookbank)
4-3 HOU Keith Carney (Marco Rosa, Roman Voloshenko)
5-3 SYR Manny Malhotra (Zenon Konopka)
6-3 SYR Jason Chimera
6-3 SYR Jason Chimera (, Dan Smith)
Goalies: Tomas Popperle - Nolan Schaefer