Wild
Capitals
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Wild | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Capitals | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| none | ||
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:31 | MIN | Cal Clutterbuck (4) Slap Shot - Assists: B. Burns (7) & K. Brodziak (3) |
| 05:39 | WSH | PPG - Mike Green (3) Slap Shot - Assists: T. Fleischmann (3) & B. Morrison (9) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 02:00 | WSH | Brian Pothier (2) Snap Shot - Assists: M. Perreault (3) & E. Fehr (2) |
| 19:23 | WSH | EN - Brooks Laich (8) Wrist Shot - Assists: none |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 14:21 | MIN | Nick Schultz : Tripping - 2 min |
| 17:54 | WSH | Nicklas Backstrom : Cross checking - 2 min |
| 19:25 | WSH | Chris Clark : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 04:42 | MIN | Antti Miettinen : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 11:07 | WSH | Brooks Laich : Delaying Game-Puck over glass - 2 min |
| 14:09 | MIN | Nick Schultz : Interference - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
MIN |
10 | 6 | 14 | 30 |
WSH |
15 | 16 | 10 | 41 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MIN |
37 J. Harding (L) | 31 - 32 | 6 - 7 | 1 - 1 | 38 - 40 | 0.950 | 59:35 |
WSH |
1 S. Varlamov (W) | 26 - 27 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 29 - 30 | 0.967 | 60:00 |
| Skater Stats |
MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 2 M. Zidlicky | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:46 | 3:45 | 3:00 | 23:31 |
| 8 K. Johnsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 19:52 | 2:58 | 1:14 | 24:04 |
| 4 G. Zanon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:11 | 0:01 | 3:43 | 23:55 |
| 88 B. Burns | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:27 | 3:01 | 1:43 | 21:11 |
| 9 M. Koivu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:07 | 2:59 | 2:49 | 19:55 |
| 11 O. Nolan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:24 | 3:22 | 0:39 | 20:25 |
| 9 M. Havlat | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16:53 | 3:06 | 0:12 | 20:11 |
| 15 A. Brunette | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 | 2:08 | 0:00 | 16:22 |
| 20 A. Miettinen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 14:12 | 2:24 | 2:13 | 18:49 |
| 21 K. Brodziak | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:51 | 0:01 | 1:14 | 13:06 |
| 22 C. Clutterbuck | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:48 | 0:01 | 0:51 | 13:40 |
| 94 D. Boogaard | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:30 |
| 20 E. Belanger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 | 2:31 | 1:56 | 16:28 |
| 32 J. Scott | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 8:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:56 |
| 38 R. Earl | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5:21 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:21 |
| 15 J. Sheppard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:35 |
| 15 N. Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 17:04 | 1:17 | 0:14 | 18:35 |
| 67 B. Pouliot | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:53 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 12:54 |
WSH |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 5 B. Pothier | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:18 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 19:24 |
| 3 T. Poti | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 | 0:40 | 3:34 | 20:32 |
| 4 J. Erskine | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:10 |
| 17 B. Morrison | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:02 | 4:17 | 1:01 | 20:20 |
| 22 M. Bradley | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:52 | 0:00 | 0:37 | 12:29 |
| 14 T. Fleischmann | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:35 | 3:03 | 1:57 | 18:35 |
| 16 E. Fehr | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:25 |
| 71 C. Clark | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 12:19 | 1:54 | 0:02 | 14:15 |
| 19 N. Backstrom | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14:49 | 2:48 | 1:26 | 19:03 |
| 21 B. Laich | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 17:39 | 2:09 | 0:35 | 20:23 |
| 9 M. Knuble | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:59 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 4:47 |
| 27 S. Morrisonn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 13:12 | 0:00 | 2:10 | 15:22 |
| 28 A. Semin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:31 | 4:09 | 1:27 | 21:07 |
| 20 D. Steckel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:11 | 0:00 | 2:04 | 13:15 |
| 52 M. Green | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:33 | 4:51 | 1:57 | 20:21 |
| 53 Q. Laing | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:09 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 13:08 |
| 85 M. Perreault | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:05 |
| T. Sloan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:33 | 0:00 | 2:46 | 21:19 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 18277 |
| Referees | Don VanMassenhoven, Tim Peel |
| Linesmen | Vaughan Rody, Greg Devorski |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | OT | GF | GA | PTS | ||
| 1 | p - CHI | 48 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 155 | 102 | 77 | |
| 2 | y - ANA | 48 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 140 | 118 | 66 | |
| 3 | y - VAN | 48 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 127 | 121 | 59 | |
| 4 | x - STL | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 129 | 115 | 60 | |
| 5 | x - LAK | 48 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 133 | 118 | 59 | |
| 6 | x - SJS | 48 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 124 | 116 | 57 | |
| 7 | x - DET | 48 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 124 | 115 | 56 | |
| 8 | x - MIN | 48 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 122 | 127 | 55 | |
| 9 | CBJ | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 120 | 119 | 55 | |
| 10 | PHX | 48 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 125 | 131 | 51 | |
| 11 | DAL | 48 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 130 | 142 | 48 | |
| 12 | EDM | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 125 | 134 | 45 | |
| 13 | CGY | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 128 | 160 | 42 | |
| 14 | NSH | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 111 | 139 | 41 | |
| 15 | COL | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 116 | 152 | 39 | |
| SKATERS: | GP | G | A | +/- | Pts |
| L. Couture | 9 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 11 |
| J. Pavelski | 9 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| J. Thornton | 9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| P. Marleau | 9 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| D. Boyle | 9 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| B. Burns | 9 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| B. Stuart | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| S. Hannan | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| M. Vlasic | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Wingels | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| A. Niemi | 6 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 1.95 |
