National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 5, Minnesota 3
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 2, 2010
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Brad Meier, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Don Henderson
Attendance: 19155
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 0325
Minnesota 0213
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
10:41 - Devils Matthew Corrente (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
5:13 - Devils Dean McAmmond (EV) Assists: Patrik Elias
6:57 - Devils Jamie Langenbrunner (PP) Assists: Patrik Elias , Vladimir Zharkov
9:08 - Wild Eric Belanger (EV) Assists: Marek Zidlicky , Martin Havlat
19:22 - Wild Mikko Koivu (SH) Assists: Antti Miettinen , Nick Schultz
19:56 - Devils Jamie Langenbrunner (PP) Assists: Mike Mottau
Penalties
5:37 - Wild Eric Belanger (2) Interference
 7:18 - Wild Nick Schultz (2) Holding
 8:14 - Devils Andy Greene (2) Interference
 18:01 - Wild Marek Zidlicky (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
11:35 - Devils Jay Pandolfo (EV) Assists: Rob Niedermayer , Patrik Elias
16:09 - Wild Andrew Brunette (EV) Assists: Marek Zidlicky , Mikko Koivu
19:43 - Devils Jamie Langenbrunner (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
None.
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Martin Brodeur G 0 0 0 0 0 59:51 52:42 4:13 2:56 0 0 - - - - -
Yann Danis G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Fraser D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 4:28 4:06 0:00 0:22 0 0 - - - - -
Colin White D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 36 24:13 22:19 0:00 1:54 0 0 - - - - -
Andy Greene D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 35 28:03 23:42 3:41 0:40 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Parise C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 26 19:39 17:23 2:16 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rod Pelley C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13 7:14 7:14 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 3 3 50
Dean McAmmond LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 21 16:02 14:05 1:57 0:00 0 0 - - 4 6 40
Brian Rolston RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 25 15:40 14:04 1:09 0:27 0 0 - - - - -
Jamie Langenbrunner RW 3 0 3 -1 0 7 28 19:07 14:44 3:04 1:19 2 0 - - - - -
Ilkka Pikkarainen RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 7:12 7:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Bergfors RW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 20 16:39 14:59 1:40 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vladimir Zharkov RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 16 11:06 9:09 1:57 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 26 19:25 16:19 2:04 1:02 0 0 - - 11 9 55
Jay Pandolfo LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 21 13:22 12:14 0:00 1:08 0 0 - - - - -
Rob Niedermayer LW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 26 15:47 14:21 0:12 1:14 0 0 - - 8 7 53
Patrik Elias LW 0 3 3 +2 0 2 27 18:10 15:31 1:57 0:42 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Mike Mottau D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 39 28:06 25:36 0:36 1:54 0 0 - - - - -
Johnny Oduya D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 36 25:40 24:06 0:32 1:02 0 0 - - - - -
Matthew Corrente D 0 0 0 E 2 0 9 6:16 6:16 0:00 0:00 0 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 59:19 52:10 2:56 4:13 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 0 26 21:08 19:08 0:40 1:20 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 33 25:28 20:49 1:56 2:43 0 0 - - - - -
Greg Zanon D 0 0 0 E 0 0 30 22:01 18:33 0:00 3:28 0 0 - - - - -
Clayton Stoner D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 11:50 11:50 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 1 1 2 +1 0 5 25 20:48 17:07 1:56 1:45 0 1 - - 10 10 50
Owen Nolan RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 14:28 11:48 0:53 1:47 0 0 - - 1 3 25
Martin Havlat RW 0 1 1 E 0 4 19 17:50 16:50 1:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Brunette LW 1 0 1 E 0 5 20 18:29 16:41 1:48 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Ebbett C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 10:33 9:57 0:00 0:36 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Petr Sykora RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 9:07 9:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Antti Miettinen RW 0 1 1 +1 0 5 21 19:53 17:27 1:56 0:30 0 0 - - - - -
Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 15:38 13:10 0:07 2:21 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Cal Clutterbuck RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 10:19 9:40 0:07 0:32 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 1 0 1 E 2 1 19 14:32 12:44 0:53 0:55 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Shane Hnidy D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 14:53 12:34 1:56 0:23 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 18 14:52 13:59 0:53 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
James Sheppard C 0 0 0 -2 0 5 17 12:34 12:27 0:07 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 1 1 E 2 0 30 21:01 20:01 0:28 0:32 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Brodeur W (45-25-6) 32 29 3 .906 0 59:51
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom L (26-23-8) 25 21 4 .840 0 59:19