| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| none | ||
| 2nd Period | ||
| 09:01 | MIN | PPG - Zach Parise (9) Tip-In - Assists: R. Suter (15) & M. Koivu (15) |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 06:28 | NSH | PPG - David Legwand (5) Wrist Shot - Assists: S. Kostitsyn (9) & S. Weber (10) |
| OT Period | ||
| none | ||
| Shootout | ||
| Zach Parise | MIN | Save |
| Gabriel Bourque | NSH | Save |
| Mikko Koivu | MIN | Goal |
| Craig Smith | NSH | Goal |
| Matt Cullen | MIN | Goal |
| David Legwand | NSH | Miss |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 12:26 | MIN | Kyle Brodziak : Tripping - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 01:48 | NSH | David Legwand : Interference on goalkeeper - 2 min |
| 08:07 | NSH | Bobby Butler : Hooking - 2 min |
| 10:41 | NSH | Mike Fisher : Roughing - 2 min |
| 10:41 | MIN | Torrey Mitchell : Roughing - 2 min |
| 16:10 | NSH | Victor Bartley : Holding - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 05:53 | MIN | Ryan Suter : Roughing - 2 min |
| 10:53 | NSH | Nick Spaling : Hooking - 2 min |
| OT Period | ||
| 01:34 | NSH | Pekka Rinne served by Craig Smith : Delaying Game-Ill. play goalie - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T |
MIN |
5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
NSH |
9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 25 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
MIN |
32 N. Backstrom (W) | 23 - 23 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 24 - 25 | 0.960 | 65:00 |
NSH |
35 P. Rinne (L) | 22 - 22 | 6 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 28 - 29 | 0.966 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:43 | 0:00 | 1:28 | 20:11 |
| 7 M. Cullen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:00 | 3:32 | 0:39 | 18:11 |
| 9 M. Koivu | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:06 | 5:29 | 0:42 | 21:17 |
| 10 D. Setoguchi | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:10 | 4:46 | 0:00 | 15:56 |
| 11 Z. Parise | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:46 | 5:49 | 0:42 | 22:17 |
| 15 D. Heatley | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:35 | 3:19 | 0:00 | 18:54 |
| 16 J. Zucker | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:44 |
| 17 T. Mitchell | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:25 | 0:06 | 0:39 | 13:10 |
| 20 R. Suter | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21:58 | 6:33 | 0:28 | 28:59 |
| 21 K. Brodziak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:48 | 3:29 | 0:35 | 17:52 |
| 22 C. Clutterbuck | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:45 | 0:00 | 1:14 | 12:59 |
| 25 J. Brodin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:27 | 2:53 | 0:28 | 24:48 |
| 27 M. Rupp | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:33 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 10:39 |
| 28 Z. Konopka | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 11:39 |
| 44 J. Falk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 | 0:00 | 0:39 | 13:52 |
| 46 J. Spurgeon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:26 | 3:34 | 1:28 | 22:28 |
| 63 C. Coyle | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 | 0:00 | 0:39 | 13:47 |
| 77 T. Gilbert | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 | 2:48 | 0:39 | 17:42 |
NSH |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 R. Ellis | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:29 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 17:10 |
| 6 S. Weber | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:37 | 1:54 | 4:18 | 26:49 |
| 8 K. Klein | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:04 | 0:00 | 5:25 | 24:29 |
| 10 M. Erat | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:29 | 1:19 | 2:22 | 19:10 |
| 11 D. Legwand | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:43 | 0:35 | 0:00 | 16:18 |
| 12 M. Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:42 | 1:54 | 3:01 | 20:37 |
| 13 N. Spaling | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:31 | 0:00 | 2:57 | 16:28 |
| 15 C. Smith | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:54 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 13:35 |
| 16 R. Clune | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:18 |
| 19 B. Butler | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9:29 | 1:54 | 0:00 | 11:23 |
| 27 S. Hannan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:42 | 0:00 | 4:36 | 21:18 |
| 32 Z. Boychuk | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:20 |
| 28 P. Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:10 | 0:00 | 5:37 | 19:47 |
| 33 C. Wilson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:29 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 5:10 |
| 57 G. Bourque | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:46 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 16:27 |
| 59 R. Josi | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:19 | 0:41 | 3:29 | 23:29 |
| 64 V. Bartley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:18 |
| 74 S. Kostitsyn | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 | 1:54 | 1:51 | 18:00 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 17113 |
| Referees | Tim Peel, Chris Lee |
| Linesmen | Steve Barton, 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 |
| S. Weber | 48 | 9 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| D. Legwand | 48 | 12 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| M. Fisher | 38 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| C. Wilson | 25 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| R. Josi | 48 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| G. Bourque | 34 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| S. Kostitsyn | 46 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| P. Hornqvist | 24 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| K. Klein | 47 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| N. Spaling | 47 | 9 | 4 | -10 | 13 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| P. Rinne | 15 | 16 | 8 | .910 | 2.43 |
| C. Mason | 1 | 7 | 1 | .873 | 3.73 |
