National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 3, Carolina 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 24, 2009
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Brad Meier, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Lyle Seitz
Attendance: 18145
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Carolina 11002
Minnesota 11013
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:32 - Hurricanes Sergei Samsonov (PP) Assists: Ray Whitney , Joni Pitkanen
12:52 - Wild Andrew Brunette (PP) Assists: Shane Hnidy , Brent Burns
Penalties
3:59 - Hurricanes Joni Pitkanen (2) Elbowing
 7:11 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (2) Hooking
 9:27 - Wild Shane Hnidy (2) Holding the stick
 11:32 - Hurricanes Tim Conboy (2) Roughing
 11:32 - Wild John Scott (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 12:22 - Hurricanes Aaron Ward (2) High sticking
 13:36 - Hurricanes Tim Conboy (5) Fighting
 13:36 - Wild John Scott (5) Fighting
2nd Period
Scoring
1:51 - Wild Kyle Brodziak (EV) Assists: Owen Nolan , Brent Burns
7:35 - Hurricanes Joni Pitkanen (EV) Assists: Ray Whitney
Penalties
4:21 - Hurricanes Stephane Yelle (2) Hooking
 9:48 - Wild Petr Sykora (2) Hooking
 13:32 - Wild Eric Belanger (2) Holding
 15:00 - Hurricanes Rod Brind'Amour (2) Tripping
 19:24 - Hurricanes Jay Harrison (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
2:58 - Hurricanes Aaron Ward (2) Hooking
 2:58 - Wild Petr Sykora (2) High sticking
 18:21 - Hurricanes Joni Pitkanen (2) Roughing
Overtime
Scoring
1:55 - Wild Cal Clutterbuck (EV) Assists: Greg Zanon , Mikko Koivu
Penalties
None.
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 61:55 45:24 4:33 11:58 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Leighton G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Ward D 0 0 0 E 4 0 28 20:20 16:04 0:00 4:16 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 34 20:48 14:28 0:11 6:09 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 29 17:40 13:21 0:41 3:38 0 0 - - 3 3 50
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 E 0 5 30 24:36 16:10 4:07 4:19 0 0 - - 4 11 27
Ray Whitney LW 0 2 2 +1 2 1 25 19:06 15:14 3:52 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Sergei Samsonov LW 1 0 1 -2 0 1 22 17:14 13:31 3:43 0:00 1 0 - - 0 1 0
Brandon Sutter RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 12:13 9:55 0:00 2:18 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 E 2 3 35 22:45 13:27 3:52 5:26 0 0 - - 10 16 38
Stephane Yelle C 0 0 0 E 2 0 5 2:19 2:19 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Scott Walker RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 19 12:54 12:13 0:41 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joni Pitkanen D 1 1 2 +1 4 3 32 26:47 21:33 2:41 2:33 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 6:17 4:18 0:00 1:59 0 0 - - - - -
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 24 16:24 14:01 0:50 1:33 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Tim Conboy D 0 0 0 E 7 0 4 1:01 1:01 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Alberts D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 16:09 13:38 0:00 2:31 0 0 - - - - -
Jay Harrison D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 18 10:21 8:27 0:00 1:54 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 26 17:54 14:02 0:00 3:52 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 E 0 0 35 26:22 17:42 2:07 6:33 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 61:37 45:06 11:58 4:33 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Harding G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marek Zidlicky D 0 0 0 E 0 7 35 27:02 15:54 8:50 2:18 0 0 - - - - -
Greg Zanon D 0 1 1 E 0 0 32 24:13 21:03 0:52 2:18 0 0 - - - - -
Brent Burns D 0 2 2 +1 0 3 33 24:31 14:32 7:44 2:15 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 1 1 E 0 4 30 24:13 14:34 7:34 2:05 0 0 - - 19 7 73
Owen Nolan RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 23 15:03 11:57 1:28 1:38 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Chuck Kobasew RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20 13:23 12:23 0:21 0:39 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Havlat RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 25 19:25 12:43 6:42 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Andrew Brunette LW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 24 19:05 12:08 6:57 0:00 1 0 - - 1 0 100
Petr Sykora RW 0 0 0 E 4 0 19 12:54 9:37 3:17 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andy Hilbert C 0 0 0 E 0 0 5 3:08 3:08 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Antti Miettinen RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25 17:12 12:03 3:32 1:37 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Kyle Brodziak C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 25 16:02 14:07 0:34 1:21 0 0 - - 3 3 50
Cal Clutterbuck RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 20 11:53 10:54 0:27 0:32 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 0 0 0 E 2 1 25 16:51 12:11 4:11 0:29 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Nathan Smith C 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 5:50 5:05 0:00 0:45 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Shane Hnidy D 0 1 1 E 2 1 24 15:27 12:31 2:56 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Scott D 0 0 0 E 7 1 18 11:52 11:27 0:25 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 33 20:49 15:25 3:09 2:15 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward L (18-23-5) 29 26 3 .897 0 61:55
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom W (26-23-8) 23 21 2 .913 0 61:37