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December 8,2005  (Thursday) in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania - Mellon Arena	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot MIN 1 2 2 5 PIT 0 0 0 0	Shots 1 2 3 Tot MIN 17 11 4 32 PIT 5 6 11 22	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season MIN 1 / 5 27 / 145 (18.6%) 134 / 151 (88.7%) PIT 0 / 1 29 / 183 (15.8%) 145 / 184 (78.8%)
Start: 7:30pm Attendance: 14,627 Referees: Shane Heyer, Dan O'Rourke Officials: Pat Dapuzzo, Scott Driscoll	Minnesota Wild Game #27 11-13-3 25 Pts Prev Game at NYR Next Game at PHI Pittsburgh Penguins Game #28 7-15-6 20 Pts Prev Game at CGY Next Game at COL Three Stars: (1) Marian Gaborik  (MIN)  (2) Alexandre Daigle (MIN)  (3) Brian Rolston (MIN)

Goals 1st Period 1. MIN Marian Gaborik    [5]  [c101]   (GW)   ( Unassisted ) 01:04 2nd Period 2. MIN Alexandre Daigle    [2]  [c126]   ( Kyle Wanvig [5],  Andrei Zyuzin [2] ) 04:32 3. MIN Wes Walz    [4]  [c84]   ( Marian Gaborik [8],  Kurtis Foster [2] ) 07:24 3rd Period 4. MIN Brian Rolston    [11]  [c201]   ( Todd White [8],  Pierre-Marc Bouchard [14] ) 02:04 5. MIN Alexandre Daigle    [3]  [c127]   (Powerplay)   ( Andrei Zyuzin [3],  Brian Rolston [11] ) 14:47 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Emmanuel Fernandez Career MIN W 60 0 22 22 8-4-2 1.87 Jocelyn Thibault Career PIT L 60 5 32 27 1-9-1 4.43

Penalties 1st Period 1. PIT Josef Melichar [3] Tripping 2 08:08 2. PIT Dick Tarnstrom [5] Tripping 2 14:01 3. MIN Alex Henry [3] Fighting 5 17:53 4. PIT Ryan VandenBussche [4] Fighting 5 17:53 5. PIT Sidney Crosby [1] Delay of game - Puck over Glass 2 18:45 3rd Period 6. PIT Erik Christensen [1] Unsportsmanlike conduct 2 09:49 7. PIT Erik Christensen [1] Misconduct 10 09:49 8. PIT Brooks Orpik [3] Boarding 2 14:01 9. MIN Kyle Wanvig [1] Instigator - Misconduct 10 16:25 10. MIN Kyle Wanvig [2] Fighting 5 16:25 11. MIN Kyle Wanvig [1] Instigator 2 16:25 12. PIT Brooks Orpik [1] Fighting 5 16:25

Faceoffs
Minnesota Wild   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Wes Walz 11 9 55.0% 196 202 49.2% Marc Chouinard 11 4 73.3% 163 120 57.6% Mikko Koivu 6 8 42.9% 71 74 49.0% Todd White 5 6 45.5% 119 120 49.8% Pascal Dupuis 1 0 100.0% 13 22 37.1%   34 27 55.7% 829 805 50.7%	Pittsburgh Penguins   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Shane Endicott 5 12 29.4% 12 12 50.0% Mark Recchi 5 10 33.3% 89 95 48.4% Erik Christensen 12 2 85.7% 119 96 55.3% Maxime Talbot 3 4 42.9% 105 152 40.9% Sidney Crosby 2 1 66.7% 55 108 33.7% Matt Hussey 0 3 .0% 15 25 37.5% Ryan Malone 0 2 .0% 8 30 21.1%   27 34 44.3% 838 943 47.1%

Minnesota Wild Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Willie Mitchell D 269 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 21:13 0:29 0:50 8 Brent Burns D-RW 62 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 12:32 1:05 0:00 9 Alexandre Daigle RW 595 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 12:16 0:21 0:00 10 Marian Gaborik RW 305 1 1 2 2 0 8 0 0 16:30 2:53 0:00 11 Pascal Dupuis LW 242 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 13:21 0:03 0:26 12 Brian Rolston RW-C 763 1 1 2 1 0 6 1 0 21:02 7:42 1:24 19 Stephane Veilleux LW 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:38 0:00 0:00 20 Andrei Zyuzin D 374 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 1 19:39 3:31 1:24 21 Mikko Koivu C 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:20 2:12 0:00 26 Kurtis Foster D 13 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 21:35 5:28 0:00 27 Kyle Wanvig RW 36 0 1 1 1 17 1 0 1 15:42 4:23 0:00 28 Todd White C 296 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 17:32 6:02 0:00 32 Marc Chouinard C 224 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16:13 2:28 1:33 34 Daniel Tjarnqvist D 233 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17:46 1:00 0:11 36 Alex Henry D 132 0 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 14:38 0:00 1:22 37 Wes Walz C 479 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 14:11 0:03 0:35 55 Nick Schultz D 233 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17:49 0:00 0:11 96 Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 138 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 18:38 6:10 0:00   5017 5 8 13 20 22 32 10 7

Pittsburgh Penguins Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Josef Melichar D 188 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 1 10:30 0:00 0:22 3 Steve Poapst D 266 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 2 16:36 0:00 4:32 8 Mark Recchi RW 1201 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 20:26 1:24 3:54 10 John LeClair LW 897 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 0 18:03 1:24 0:00 12 Ryan Malone LW 108 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 2 17:42 0:00 0:15 14 Shane Endicott C 7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 0 18:48 0:36 2:02 16 Erik Christensen C-W 17 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 0 11:44 0:00 0:00 17 Matt Murley LW 46 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 16:50 0:00 4:57 19 Ryan Whitney D 17 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 20:23 0:48 3:14 24 Lyle Odelein D 1046 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:28 0:36 3:47 25 Maxime Talbot C 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:43 0:00 5:52 28 Matt Hussey C 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9:38 0:36 0:01 32 Dick Tarnstrom D 219 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 16:07 1:24 0:00 33 Zigmund Palffy RW 669 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 11:16 0:00 0:26 37 Ryan VandenBussche RW 306 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 10:44 0:36 0:00 44 Brooks Orpik D 111 0 0 0 -2 7 1 0 4 20:06 0:00 5:32 55 Sergei Gonchar D 694 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 20:13 1:12 0:06 87 Sidney Crosby C 28 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 0 20:52 1:24 0:00   6174 0 0 0 -20 30 22 21 16

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