Wild
Hurricanes
| FINAL SO | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | T |
| Wild | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0-3) | 1 |
| Hurricanes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1-3) | 2 |
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 17:23 | MIN | PPG - Andrew Brunette (1) Backhand - Assists: M. Koivu (2) & C. Barker (1) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 02:00 | CAR | Tuomo Ruutu (1) Wrist Shot - Assists: J. Jokinen (2) & J. Skinner (1) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| none | ||
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shootout | ||
| Jeff Skinner | CAR | Goal |
| Mikko Koivu | MIN | Save |
| Jussi Jokinen | CAR | Miss |
| Brent Burns | MIN | Miss |
| Tuomo Ruutu | CAR | Miss |
| Antti Miettinen | MIN | Save |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 04:07 | CAR | Chad LaRose : Roughing - 2 min |
| 04:07 | MIN | Mikko Koivu : Roughing - 2 min |
| 08:08 | CAR | Tom Kostopoulos : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 08:08 | MIN | Eric Nystrom : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 15:18 | MIN | Nick Schultz : Slashing - 2 min |
| 15:46 | CAR | Eric Staal : Slashing - 2 min |
| 18:20 | MIN | Chuck Kobasew : Roughing - 2 min |
| 18:20 | CAR | Joni Pitkanen : Roughing - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 07:39 | MIN | Nick Schultz : Interference - 2 min |
| 10:22 | CAR | Drayson Bowman : Hi stick - double minor - 4 min |
| 13:51 | CAR | Eric Staal : Slashing - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 11:43 | MIN | Clayton Stoner : Interference - 2 min |
| 12:37 | MIN | Greg Zanon : Hooking - 2 min |
| 18:30 | MIN | Mikko Koivu : Hooking - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| 04:53 | CAR | Jamie McBain : Slashing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
MIN |
18 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 42 |
CAR |
11 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 37 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MIN |
32 N. Backstrom (L) | 29 - 30 | 7 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 36 - 37 | 0.973 | 64:42 |
CAR |
30 C. Ward (W) | 33 - 33 | 8 - 9 | 0 - 0 | 41 - 42 | 0.976 | 65:00 |
| Skater Stats |
MIN |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 C. Stoner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 8:34 | 0:00 | 0:08 | 8:42 |
| 4 G. Zanon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 20:28 | 0:53 | 3:08 | 24:29 |
| 7 M. Cullen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:24 | 3:40 | 1:48 | 20:52 |
| 88 B. Burns | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:20 | 3:46 | 3:51 | 30:57 |
| 9 M. Koivu | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 17:22 | 3:01 | 1:04 | 21:27 |
| 10 J. Madden | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:02 | 0:05 | 3:38 | 15:45 |
| 12 C. Kobasew | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 10:34 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 10:39 |
| 15 A. Brunette | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:25 | 2:33 | 0:00 | 14:58 |
| 48 C. Wellman | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:43 |
| 20 A. Miettinen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:17 | 2:34 | 0:43 | 19:34 |
| 21 K. Brodziak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:57 | 0:33 | 2:29 | 10:59 |
| 22 C. Clutterbuck | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 | 2:23 | 2:18 | 16:59 |
| 24 E. Nystrom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 9:48 | 0:05 | 1:00 | 10:53 |
| 9 M. Havlat | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:44 | 3:58 | 0:00 | 19:42 |
| 18 C. Barker | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 | 1:36 | 2:36 | 20:19 |
| 44 J. Falk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:11 | 0:00 | 2:36 | 15:47 |
| 73 G. Latendresse | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8:58 | 3:11 | 0:00 | 12:09 |
| 15 N. Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22:42 | 0:10 | 2:33 | 25:25 |
CAR |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 J. McBain | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19:29 | 2:07 | 1:07 | 22:43 |
| 6 T. Gleason | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:23 | 0:00 | 3:48 | 22:11 |
| 18 P. O'Sullivan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7:26 | 1:47 | 0:00 | 9:13 |
| 12 E. Staal | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 18:12 | 5:35 | 1:31 | 25:18 |
| 15 T. Ruutu | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:24 | 2:17 | 0:05 | 15:46 |
| 16 B. Sutter | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:33 | 4:11 | 2:03 | 20:47 |
| 21 D. Bowman | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9:08 | 0:00 | 0:20 | 9:28 |
| 22 Z. Dalpe | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:36 |
| 25 J. Pitkanen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22:29 | 5:27 | 1:48 | 29:44 |
| 72 E. Cole | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:26 | 0:00 | 1:54 | 19:20 |
| 25 T. Kostopoulos | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4:35 | 0:00 | 1:24 | 5:59 |
| 33 A. Babchuk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:18 | 2:05 | 0:05 | 15:28 |
| 36 J. Jokinen | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:30 | 5:05 | 0:37 | 19:12 |
| 39 P. Dwyer | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:31 | 0:00 | 1:17 | 13:48 |
| 44 J. Harrison | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:33 | 0:00 | 2:27 | 13:00 |
| 53 J. Skinner | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:44 | 2:41 | 0:00 | 16:25 |
| 59 C. LaRose | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14:38 | 0:00 | 1:33 | 16:11 |
| 77 J. Corvo | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:56 | 5:05 | 2:07 | 27:08 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 13465 |
| Referees | Tim Peel, Rob Martell |
| Linesmen | Brian Mach, Andy McElman |
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| J. Pavelski | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Thornton | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| P. Marleau | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| D. Boyle | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| B. Burns | 8 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| B. Stuart | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| S. Hannan | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Vlasic | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Wingels | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| A. Niemi | 6 | 2 | 0 | .930 | 1.93 |
