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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 5, NY Islanders 4
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Brad Meier, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Bryan Pancich
Attendance: 18904
Final Scoring Summary
 
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NY Islanders 3104
Minnesota 0145
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
8:31 - Islanders Michael Grabner (EV) Assists: Anders Lee , Griffin Reinhart
17:15 - Islanders Brock Nelson (PP) Assists: Nick Leddy , John Tavares
17:47 - Islanders Matt Martin (EV) Assists: Thomas Hickey , Lubomir Visnovsky
Penalties
9:16 - Islanders Ryan Strome (2) Hooking
 16:22 - Wild Jason Pominville (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
9:01 - Wild Jason Pominville (PP) Assists: Ryan Suter , Mikko Koivu
17:17 - Islanders Josh Bailey (EV) Assists: Mikhail Grabovski , Calvin de Haan
Penalties
2:26 - Wild Erik Haula (2) Holding
 8:42 - Islanders Kyle Okposo (2) Slashing
 9:05 - Wild Kyle Brodziak (5) Fighting
 9:05 - Islanders Matt Martin (5) Fighting
 10:41 - Wild Thomas Vanek (2) Roughing
 13:03 - Islanders Ryan Strome (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
2:51 - Wild Mikko Koivu (EV) Assists: Jason Zucker
11:03 - Wild Erik Haula (EV) Assists: Ryan Carter , Jared Spurgeon
11:48 - Wild Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Zach Parise , Ryan Suter
15:27 - Wild Nino Niederreiter (EV) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Ryan Suter
Penalties
4:47 - Islanders Griffin Reinhart (2) Hooking
 12:50 - Wild Marco Scandella (2) Slashing
 13:19 - Islanders Brock Nelson (2) Goaltender interference
 17:32 - Wild Marco Scandella (2) Illegal Check to head
New York Islanders
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 58:59 45:22 6:49 6:48 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Halak G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Leddy D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 27 23:05 14:30 5:10 3:25 0 0 1 1 - - -
Griffin Reinhart D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 17 12:51 12:40 0:11 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Lubomir Visnovsky D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 24 20:27 18:18 1:59 0:10 0 0 - 1 - - -
Josh Bailey LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 20 14:00 11:48 2:12 0:00 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
Thomas Hickey D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 25 20:19 17:25 0:00 2:54 0 0 1 4 - - -
Cal Clutterbuck RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 10:24 7:35 0:11 2:38 0 0 2 1 - - -
Matt Martin LW 1 0 1 E 5 2 14 9:05 8:54 0:11 0:00 0 0 4 2 - - -
Ryan Strome C 0 0 0 -1 4 0 21 14:26 11:50 2:06 0:30 0 0 - - 4 9 31
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 24 18:42 13:49 4:53 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 3 0
Anders Lee C 0 1 1 E 0 3 17 13:33 11:17 2:16 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brock Nelson C 1 0 1 -1 2 1 23 19:16 11:23 4:57 2:56 1 0 - 3 6 9 40
Brian Strait D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 24 18:59 15:01 0:00 3:58 0 0 2 - - - -
Michael Grabner RW 1 0 1 E 0 1 20 14:07 11:38 0:00 2:29 0 0 1 1 - - -
Calvin de Haan D 0 1 1 E 0 1 22 16:28 13:08 0:11 3:09 0 0 2 2 - - -
Frans Nielsen C 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 18:18 10:44 5:18 2:16 0 0 - 1 5 10 33
Mikhail Grabovski C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 19 14:20 12:08 2:12 0:00 0 0 - 3 0 3 0
Nikolai Kulemin LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 24 15:27 12:09 0:31 2:47 0 0 - 2 - - -
John Tavares C 0 1 1 E 0 1 24 18:55 14:02 4:53 0:00 0 0 - 1 5 9 36
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 45:52 6:48 7:20 0 0 - - - - -
Darcy Kuemper G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Keith Ballard D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 8 3:55 3:37 0:00 0:18 0 0 1 1 - - -
Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 11:49 11:16 0:33 0:00 0 0 2 1 2 3 40
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 E 4 2 28 20:47 17:44 0:00 3:03 0 0 2 2 - - -
Mikko Koivu C 1 1 2 E 0 2 30 19:57 12:57 4:07 2:53 0 0 - - 22 8 73
Zach Parise LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 27 20:21 14:13 4:05 2:03 0 0 - 1 - - -
Justin Fontaine RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 8:16 7:42 0:00 0:34 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Zucker LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 22 15:33 12:49 1:57 0:47 0 0 2 - - - -
Ryan Carter C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 19 10:03 6:59 0:00 3:04 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Ryan Suter D 0 3 3 E 0 4 30 29:08 21:39 4:15 3:14 0 0 - 1 - - -
Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 +1 5 0 16 9:20 7:10 0:00 2:10 0 0 1 - 3 3 50
Nino Niederreiter RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 23 15:11 11:25 2:50 0:56 0 0 2 - - - -
Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 34 27:24 21:54 2:43 2:47 0 0 - 4 - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 1 1 2 +1 2 3 25 17:01 13:39 3:22 0:00 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Jason Pominville RW 1 0 1 E 2 4 22 16:01 12:35 3:26 0:00 1 0 - 1 - - -
Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 12:33 10:03 0:00 2:30 0 0 1 - - - -
Jared Spurgeon D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 29 22:30 16:57 2:45 2:48 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Haula C 1 0 1 E 2 2 20 12:24 10:55 0:04 1:25 0 0 1 - 3 3 50
Mikael Granlund C 0 0 0 E 0 0 27 18:56 14:15 3:53 0:48 0 0 2 - 12 3 80
Goaltending
NY Islanders
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Chad Johnson L (5-4-0) 30 25 5 .833 0 58:59
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom W (4-2-1) 19 15 4 .789 0 60:00