Columbus at Minnesota

Period 1
1. MINNESOTA, WILSON 16 (BOMBARDIR, KRON) (PP), 05:44
2. COLUMBUS, SANDERSON 21 (NUMMELIN, WHITNEY) (PP), 08:22
3. COLUMBUS, WHITNEY 17 (TIMANDER, LINDSAY) (PP), 08:32
4. MINNESOTA, GABORIK 16 (ZHOLTOK, LAAKSONEN), 09:52
5. MINNESOTA, WILSON 17 (SUTTON, TANABE), 11:26

PENALTIES: R. KLESLA CMB (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 02:18, G. SANDERSON CMB (BOARDING, Minor) 04:06, J. PUSHOR CMB (ELBOWING, Minor) 04:29, A. LAAKSONEN MIN (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 04:29, T. LYDMAN MIN (BOARDING, Double Minor) 06:27, E. KNUTSEN CMB (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 13:57, T. LYDMAN MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 13:57, T. LYDMAN MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 19:00

Period 2
6. COLUMBUS, LINDSAY 2 (SILLINGER, SARICH) (PP), 01:55
7. COLUMBUS, SANDERSON 22 (WRIGHT, LINDSAY) (PP), 02:51
8. MINNESOTA, CISAR 10 (VASICEK, TANABE), 08:23

PENALTIES: W. MITCHELL MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:36, W. MITCHELL MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 01:55, M. SILLINGER CMB (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Misconduct) 08:33, J. VASICEK MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 08:33, J. GRAND-PIERRE CMB (HOOKING, Minor) 09:45, M. TIMANDER CMB (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 13:13, T. LYDMAN MIN (CHARGING, Minor) 16:00, M. GABORIK MIN (ELBOWING, Minor) 18:52

Period 3
9. COLUMBUS, PUSHOR 5 (LINDSAY) (SH), 04:47
10. COLUMBUS, SANDERSON 23 (WRIGHT, HEWARD) (SH), 11:25

PENALTIES: J. PUSHOR CMB (ELBOWING, Minor) 04:03, T. BOUCK MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 05:44, J. GRAND-PIERRE CMB (ELBOWING, Minor, Misconduct) 05:48, C. SARICH CMB (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 07:43, K. ADAMS MIN (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 08:24, R. WHITNEY CMB (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 09:55, S. BORDELEAU MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 11:12, T. WRIGHT CMB (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 11:50, C. SARICH CMB (HOOKING, Minor) 12:10, M. CISAR MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 12:48, R. BERRY MIN (ELBOWING, Minor) 15:59

Goalie Statistics

Marc Denis (CMB), 29 saves out of 33 shots, W, 5-11-0
Derek Gustafson (MIN), 5 saves out of 6 shots
Dan Cloutier (MIN), 17 saves out of 22 shots, L, 14-17-4

Power Play Conversions

Columbus 4 for 11
Minnesota 1 for 10

Game Stars

1 - Geoff Sanderson (CMB)
2 - Landon Wilson (MIN)
3 - Bill Lindsay (CMB)

Player Statistics

Columbus G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Bill Lindsay 1 3 4 -1 0 1 0 10 Espen Knutsen 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 20 Geoff Sanderson 3 0 3 -1 2 7 1 23 Jamie Heward 0 1 1 Even 0 0 0 20 Jamie Pushor 1 0 1 -2 4 2 2 24 J-Luc Grand-Pierre 0 0 0 Even 14 1 2 9 Herbert Vasiljevs 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11 Cory Sarich 0 1 1 -2 6 0 0 15 Todd Warriner 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21 Mattias Timander 0 1 1 Even 5 0 0 19 Mike Maneluk 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 4 Petteri Nummelin 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 21 Ray Whitney 1 1 2 -1 2 5 0 22 Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 -1 4 0 3 16 Serge Aubin 0 0 0 Even 0 0 3 9 Mike Sillinger 0 1 1 -1 12 5 0 16 Tyler Wright 0 2 2 -1 2 2 4 14 Grant Marshall 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 8

Minnesota G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Andy Sutton 0 1 1 +2 0 3 2 20 Antti Laaksonen 0 1 1 +1 2 0 1 11 Brad Bombardir 0 1 1 Even 0 1 0 20 Marian Cisar 1 0 1 +1 2 4 0 17 Rick Berry 0 0 0 Even 2 1 4 14 Sergei Zholtok 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 4 David Vyborny 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 8 Josef Vasicek 0 1 1 +2 2 1 1 14 David Tanabe 0 2 2 +3 0 2 1 23 Tyler Bouck 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 7 Robert Kron 0 1 1 Even 0 1 0 11 Kevyn Adams 0 0 0 Even 2 4 5 20 Toni Lydman 0 0 0 +1 10 2 3 23 Marian Gaborik 1 0 1 +1 2 3 1 20 Sami Kapanen 0 0 0 Even 0 2 5 25 Landon Wilson 2 0 2 +2 0 5 1 17 Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 Even 4 2 1 19 Sebastien Bordeleau 0 0 0 Even 2 1 1 12

Financial

Attendance: 10783
Net Profit: $485 235,00

Game Notes

Derek Gustafson enters game at 04:47 of 3rd period
Geoff Sanderson scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Syracuse       1
Houston        1
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Deron Quint 1 (Matt Davidson, Kevin Dahl)

Peter Bartos 20 (Aaron Gavey, unknown)

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Goalies
Syracuse: Dwayne Roloson
Houston: Mika Noronen
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