National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 4, St. Louis 3
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 26, 2009
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Chris Lee
Linesmen: Brian Mach, Thor Nelson
Attendance: 18554
Final Scoring Summary
 
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St. Louis 0123
Minnesota 1034
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
14:55 - Wild Guillaume Latendresse (EV) Assists: Greg Zanon , Marek Zidlicky
Penalties
2:18 - Blues David Backes (2) Tripping
 10:43 - Blues T.J Oshie (2) Elbowing
2nd Period
Scoring
12:52 - Blues Andy McDonald (EV) Assists: Eric Brewer , Brad Boyes
Penalties
5:31 - Wild Antti Miettinen (2) Slashing
 6:31 - Blues Brad Boyes (2) Tripping
 9:04 - Wild Mikko Koivu (2) Hooking
 11:06 - Wild Marek Zidlicky (2) Tripping
 11:59 - Blues Patrik Berglund (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
2:29 - Wild Shane Hnidy (EV) Assists: Antti Miettinen , Mikko Koivu
8:59 - Wild Kim Johnsson (EV) Unassisted
13:04 - Blues David Perron (EV) Assists: Patrik Berglund , B.J. Crombeen
16:19 - Wild Guillaume Latendresse (EV) Assists: Marek Zidlicky , Eric Belanger
18:20 - Blues Patrik Berglund (EV) Assists: Keith Tkachuk , Brad Boyes
Penalties
10:41 - Wild Clayton Stoner (2) Hooking
 14:08 - Wild Owen Nolan (2) Roughing
 14:08 - Blues David Backes (2) Roughing
St. Louis Blues
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ty Conklin G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Mason G 0 0 0 0 0 58:41 47:00 5:48 5:53 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Brewer D 0 1 1 E 0 0 32 20:50 17:26 0:19 3:05 0 0 - - - - -
Barret Jackman D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 38 20:12 17:24 0:00 2:48 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 38 22:13 19:05 3:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Keith Tkachuk LW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 22 14:03 11:30 2:33 0:00 0 0 - - 6 8 43
Paul Kariya LW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 25 17:41 13:10 3:19 1:12 0 0 - - - - -
Andy McDonald C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 27 18:46 15:04 2:24 1:18 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Brad Winchester LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 6:57 6:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jay McClement C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 11:30 9:20 0:00 2:10 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Alexander Steen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 13:10 10:31 2:10 0:29 0 0 - - - - -
Patrik Berglund C 1 1 2 +1 2 1 23 15:20 11:54 3:26 0:00 0 0 - - 1 5 17
Brad Boyes RW 0 2 2 +2 2 3 24 16:48 14:19 2:29 0:00 0 0 - - 0 5 0
B.J. Crombeen RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 18 11:34 8:06 0:00 3:28 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 29 19:38 16:58 2:40 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
David Backes C 0 0 0 -3 4 0 29 18:15 13:56 3:13 1:06 0 0 - - 8 10 44
Mike Weaver D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 12:17 9:37 0:00 2:40 0 0 - - - - -
Roman Polak D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 32 18:29 15:16 0:00 3:13 0 0 - - - - -
David Perron LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 21 14:12 14:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
T.J Oshie C 0 0 0 -4 2 0 27 19:24 14:02 3:19 2:03 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 48:19 5:53 5:48 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Harding G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marek Zidlicky D 0 2 2 +1 2 1 31 25:03 19:06 3:03 2:54 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 32 24:14 17:30 3:29 3:15 0 0 - - - - -
Greg Zanon D 0 1 1 E 0 0 32 22:54 20:13 0:08 2:33 0 0 - - - - -
Clayton Stoner D 0 0 0 E 2 0 19 12:54 12:54 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 1 1 +1 2 3 24 20:02 15:40 2:47 1:35 0 0 - - 10 6 62
Owen Nolan RW 0 0 0 +1 2 2 23 16:46 12:44 3:14 0:48 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Chuck Kobasew RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 11:35 11:01 0:00 0:34 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Havlat RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 14:57 10:53 4:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Brunette LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 15:10 12:43 2:27 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Andrew Ebbett C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 11:52 10:00 0:00 1:52 0 0 - - 6 3 67
Antti Miettinen RW 0 1 1 +1 2 0 22 17:03 13:38 2:40 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 13:34 11:14 0:00 2:20 0 0 - - 6 3 67
Cal Clutterbuck RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 18 13:03 10:57 0:00 2:06 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 0 1 1 E 0 2 24 16:39 11:57 3:06 1:36 0 0 - - 11 2 85
Shane Hnidy D 1 0 1 E 0 3 17 12:23 11:17 1:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 2 0 2 +1 0 3 19 14:21 11:08 3:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Sheppard C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 12 8:52 8:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 E 0 0 27 18:43 15:41 0:08 2:54 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
St. Louis
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Chris Mason L (30-22-8) 20 16 4 .800 0 58:41
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom W (26-23-8) 18 15 3 .833 0 60:00