St-Louis at Minnesota

Shots
123OTT
St-Louis 12 10 10 0 32
Minnesota 9 7 9 0 25
Goals
123OTT
St-Louis 0 1 0 0 1
Minnesota 3 1 1 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. MINNESOTA, KNUBLE 7 (JOHANSSON, LIDSTROM), 00:15
2. MINNESOTA, WRIGHT 6 (YOUNG, TALLINDER), 03:27
3. MINNESOTA, WRIGHT 7 (BROWN, CARNEY), 10:34

PENALTIES: N. LIDSTROM Min (BOARDING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 00:55 (Served by Mike Knuble), K. CARNEY Min (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 04:04, E. BELANGER Stl (ROUGHING, Minor) 07:31, M. KNUBLE Min (ROUGHING, Minor) 07:31, D. GAUTHIER Stl (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 12:41, D. SCATCHARD Min (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 13:15, G. LARAQUE Stl (HOOKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 14:08 (Served by Ed Jovanovski)

Period 2
4. MINNESOTA, STAAL 2 (LILJA, CARNEY), 05:40
5. ST-LOUIS, JOVANOVSKI 3 (BOGUNIECKI, BATES), 11:24

PENALTIES: A. LILJA Min (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 00:21, H. TALLINDER Min (BOARDING, Minor) 00:32, E. BREWER Stl (ROUGHING, Minor) 01:27, E. JOVANOVSKI Stl (CHARGING, Minor) 03:21, I. KOVALCHUK Stl (CROSS-CHECKING, Major) 07:11, T. WRIGHT Min (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 07:11, E. BREWER Stl (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 08:07, M. BARNABY Min (BOARDING, Minor) 08:07, L. PIRJETA Min (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 08:28, D. TJARNQVIST Min (HOOKING, Minor) 13:11, I. LAPERRIERE Stl (CHARGING, Minor) 16:02

Period 3
6. MINNESOTA, BROWN 2 (LILJA) (PP), 12:01

PENALTIES: K. CARNEY Min (ROUGHING, Minor) 05:52, E. JOVANOVSKI Stl (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 10:12, D. SCATCHARD Min (BOARDING, Minor) 10:12, P. BURE Stl (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 11:24, D. GAUTHIER Stl (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 14:15, A. LILJA Min (ELBOWING, Minor) 14:15, E. BREWER Stl (BOARDING, Minor) 15:11, D. TJARNQVIST Min (CHARGING, Minor) 15:26

Goalie Statistics

Martin Brodeur (Stl), 19 saves out of 23 shots
Michael Leighton (Stl), 1 saves out of 2 shots, L, 1-3-0
Brian Boucher (Min), 31 saves out of 32 shots, W, 4-12-3

Power Play Conversions

St-Louis 0 for 9
Minnesota 1 for 10

Game Stars

1 - Brian Boucher (Min)
2 - Tyler Wright (Min)
3 - Keith Carney (Min)

Player Statistics

St-Louis

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Ian Laperriere        0  0  0  Even   2  1   0  4
Vincent Lecavalier    0  0  0    -2   0  4   1 17
Brian Rolston         0  0  0  Even   0  1   3 24
Pavel Bure            0  0  0    -2   2  5   0 20
Ilya Kovalchuk        0  0  0    -2   5  1   0 21
Georges Laraque       0  0  0  Even  12  0   0  1
Simon Gagne           0  0  0    -3   0  4   1 24
Eric Brewer           0  0  0    -2   6  3   4 27
Ed Jovanovski         1  0  1    -2   6  3   4 28
Tomas Holmstrom       0  0  0  Even   0  3   0  9
David Tanabe          0  0  0    -2   0  2   4 25
Jason Doig            0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 21
Eric Boguniecki       0  1  1  Even   0  0   0  8
Denis Gauthier        0  0  0    -1   7  0   0 20
Shawn Bates           0  1  1    +1   0  2   1 16
Maxim Afinogenov      0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 12
Eric Belanger         0  0  0  Even   2  0   0  9
   
Minnesota

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Eric Staal            1  0  1    +2   0  2   3  7
Andreas Johansson     0  1  1    +1   0  1   1 16
Scott Young           0  1  1    +1   0  0   0 17
Mike Knuble           1  0  1    +1   2  3   1 24
Turner Stevenson      0  0  0  Even   0  1   2  7
Trent Klatt           0  0  0    +1   0  1   0 15
Mike Keane            0  0  0    +1   0  2   0  5
Dave Scatchard        0  0  0  Even   4  1   1 23
Nicklas Lidstrom      0  1  1    +1  12  0   0  1
Keith Carney          0  2  2    +2   4  3   2 30
Dan Mcgillis          0  0  0  Even   0  1   2  7
Tyler Wright          2  0  2    +1   2  2   0 11
Andreas Lilja         0  2  2    +1   4  4   3 28
Curtis Brown          1  1  2  Even   0  1   1 10
Matthew Barnaby       0  0  0  Even   2  1   2 22
Daniel Tjarnqvist     0  0  0  Even   4  1   1 29
Lasse Pirjeta         0  0  0    +1   5  0   0  7
Henrik Tallinder      0  1  1    +2   2  1   1 27
   

Financial

Attendance: 16398
Net Profit: $885 492,00

Game Notes

Martin Brodeur enters game at 00:55 of 1st period
Michael Leighton injured at 00:55 of the 1st Period
Nicklas Lidstrom ejected at 00:55 of the 1st Period
Dan Mcgillis injured at 14:08 of the 1st Period
Georges Laraque ejected at 14:08 of the 1st Period
Georges Laraque receives 5 game suspension

Minor League Box Score

St-Louis       0
Minnesota      5
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Esa Pirnes 5 (Craig Berube, Stu Barnes)
Alex Henry 4 (Wade Brookbank, Blake Sloan)
Kent Manderville 4 (Radek Martinek, Tie Domi)
Travis Brigley 5 (Todd Simpson, Lance Ward)
Tie Domi 5 (Ivan Ciernik, Scott Pellerin)

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Goalies
St-Louis: Brian Finley
Minnesota: Zac Bierk
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