Record
Pts
Div. Rank
G/G
GA/G
PP%
PK%
Minnesota Wild
(25-20-8)
58
2nd Northwest
2.21 (29)
2.45 (8)
14.4% (25)
82.8% (14)
Vancouver Canucks
(33-15-5)
71
1st Northwest
3.13 (3)
2.42 (7)
22.7% (1)
85.9% (6)
Minnesota Wild
Top 5 Scorers:
G
A
Pts
1. #15 Dany Heatley
17
21
38
2. #9 Mikko Koivu
9
24
33
3. #21 Kyle Brodziak
15
14
29
4. #7 Matt Cullen
11
18
29
5. #96 Pierre-Marc Bouchard
9
13
22
Top 3 Penalty Minutes:
PIM
1. #16 Brad Staubitz
73
2. #22 Cal Clutterbuck
64
3. #4 Clayton Stoner
47
Goaltenders:
GAA
SV%
1. #32 Niklas Backstrom (14-13-5)
2.32
.925
2. #37 Josh Harding (9-7-3)
2.55
.920
3. #31 Matt Hackett (2-0-0)
0.85
.977
Vancouver Canucks
Top 5 Scorers:
G
A
Pts
1. #33 Henrik Sedin
11
46
57
2. #22 Daniel Sedin
23
30
53
3. #17 Rya...
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PLAYERS:
Dany Heatley,
Mikko Koivu,
Kyle Brodziak,
Matt Cullen,
Pierre-Marc Bouchard,
Brad Staubitz,
Cal Clutterbuck,
Clayton Stoner,
Niklas Backstrom,
Josh Harding,
Henrik Sedin,
Daniel Sedin,
Ryan Kesler,
Alexander Edler,
Alexandre Burrows,
Maxim Lapierre,
Dale Weise,
Keith Ballard,
Roberto Luongo,
Cory Schneider,
Guillaume Latendresse,
Aaron Volpatti,
Andrew Ebbett
TEAMS: Minnesota Wild, Vancouver Canucks
TEAMS: Minnesota Wild, Vancouver Canucks
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