National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 3, Carolina 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Chris Lee, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Brian Mach
Attendance: 18568
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 1102
Minnesota 0303
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
18:46 - Hurricanes Rod Brind'Amour (EV) Assists: Scott Walker , Ray Whitney
Penalties
13:10 - Wild Marek Zidlicky (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
1:35 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (EV) Assists: Joni Pitkanen , Rod Brind'Amour
4:17 - Wild Cal Clutterbuck (EV) Assists: Mikko Koivu , Marian Gaborik
8:18 - Wild Marian Gaborik (PP) Assists: Mikko Koivu , Marek Zidlicky
18:18 - Wild Stephane Veilleux (SH) Assists: Eric Belanger , Nick Schultz
Penalties
8:00 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (2) Hooking
 16:40 - Wild Marek Zidlicky (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
3:13 - Wild Krystofer Kolanos (4) High sticking
 5:05 - Wild Antti Miettinen (2) Hooking
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cam Ward G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Leighton G 0 0 0 0 0 59:05 50:47 8:00 0:18 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 28 21:58 20:12 1:46 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 9:56 9:30 0:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 29 23:10 22:30 0:22 0:18 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 +1 0 5 18 15:03 14:34 0:29 0:00 0 0 - - 8 4 67
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 15:46 13:02 2:44 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 24 20:27 15:31 4:56 0:00 0 0 - - 7 12 37
Ray Whitney LW 1 1 2 +1 0 5 22 20:49 15:57 4:52 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Samsonov LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 19:00 13:44 5:16 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 17:29 14:21 3:08 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Brandon Sutter RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9 6:28 6:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 3 1 75
Rod Brind'Amour C 1 1 2 E 0 2 22 21:19 16:18 4:43 0:18 0 0 - - 10 7 59
Ryan Bayda LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 6:53 6:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Walker RW 0 1 1 +2 2 2 22 17:41 17:41 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joni Pitkanen D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 29 23:32 19:48 3:44 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Babchuk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 11:50 9:58 1:52 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Eaves RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 9 6:24 6:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 18 15:40 15:22 0:00 0:18 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 E 0 4 30 27:12 21:12 5:42 0:18 0 0 - - - - -
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Josh Harding G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:42 0:18 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marek Zidlicky D 0 1 1 +1 4 3 29 19:28 19:10 0:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 35 26:20 23:19 0:00 3:01 0 0 - - - - -
Krystofer Kolanos D 0 0 0 E 4 0 12 7:31 7:04 0:00 0:27 0 0 - - 1 3 25
Erik Reitz D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9 6:08 6:08 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brent Burns D 0 0 0 E 0 0 32 26:42 21:25 0:18 4:59 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 2 2 +1 0 1 32 21:02 16:55 0:18 3:49 0 0 - - 12 8 60
Marian Gaborik RW 1 1 2 E 0 5 25 18:46 17:30 0:18 0:58 1 0 - - - - -
Andrew Brunette LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 15:23 15:05 0:18 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
James Sheppard C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 15:56 14:47 0:00 1:09 0 0 - - 4 9 31
Colton Gillies LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 6:50 6:50 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Stephane Veilleux LW 1 0 1 E 0 4 25 20:05 17:39 0:00 2:26 0 1 - - - - -
Antti Miettinen RW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 26 16:30 14:21 0:00 2:09 0 0 - - - - -
Cal Clutterbuck RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 24 14:47 14:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Boogaard LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 5 2:52 2:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 0 1 1 E 0 2 30 17:57 14:55 0:00 3:02 0 0 - - 7 8 47
Martin Skoula D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 17:11 13:49 0:00 3:22 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 1 1 E 0 1 33 24:43 20:05 0:00 4:38 0 0 - - - - -
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15 11:49 11:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Michael Leighton L (6-7-2) 23 20 3 .870 0 59:05
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom W (37-24-8) 37 35 2 .946 0 60:00