Devils 4 - 3 Wild
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Wild look to snap skid against Devils

Mar 13, 2008 - 12:59 PM New Jersey (40-24-6) at Minnesota (37-26-7) 8:00 pm EDT

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Ticker) - The Minnesota Wild cannot afford many more close losses down the stretch.

Minnesota looks to snap a four-game losing streak when they host the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.

The Wild are 0-2-2 in their last four games, losing the four games by a combined five goals. Minnesota's latest setback was a 3-2 shootout defeat to San Jose on Sunday.

In a highly-contested Northwest Division, Minnesota is now in third place, one point behind Colorado (38-27-6) and Calgary (36-24-10) entering Thursday.

The Devils had a three-game winning streak snapped in Tuesday's 4-0 loss to Montreal. It was the ninth shutout defeat of the season for New Jersey.

New Jersey is also in a heated playoff race, currently one point behind Pittsburgh (40-24-7) for first place in the Atlantic Division and one point back of both the Penguins and Montreal (39-23-9) for the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

Zach Parise leads the Devils with 30 goals and had five tallies in his last three games before Tuesday's defeat.

This is New Jersey's first trip to Minnesota since a 3-2 setback on March 4, 2003.








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    FINAL IN SHOOTOUT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    NEW JERSEY 0 2 1 0 (1) 4
    MINNESOTA 2 1 0 0 (0) 3 FINAL IN SHOOTOUT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MIN - STEPHANE VEILLEUX 9 (BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC, NICK SCHULTZ)
    3:26
    MIN - BRENT BURNS 13 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, MIKKO KOIVU)
    12:58
    2ND PRD: NJD - VITALY VISHNEVSKI 2 (DAINI

    Devils 4, Wild 3  Final - 2OTMar 13 10:40 PM


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    END OF OT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    NEW JERSEY 0 2 1 0 3
    MINNESOTA 2 1 0 0 3 END OF OT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MIN - STEPHANE VEILLEUX 9 (BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC, NICK SCHULTZ)
    3:26
    MIN - BRENT BURNS 13 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, MIKKO KOIVU)
    12:58
    2ND PRD: NJD - VITALY VISHNEVSKI 2 (DAINIUS ZUBR

    Mar 13 10:35 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 67 roots (Overtime)

    Devils 3, Wild 3  OT - 4:55Mar 13 10:27 PM


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    END OF THE 3RD GOING INTO OT
    1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    NEW JERSEY 0 2 1 3
    MINNESOTA 2 1 0 3 GOING INTO OT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MIN - STEPHANE VEILLEUX 9 (BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC, NICK SCHULTZ)
    3:26
    MIN - BRENT BURNS 13 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, MIKKO KOIVU)
    12:58
    2ND PRD: NJD - VITALY VISHNEVSKI 2 (DAINIUS ZUBRUS) 5:43
    NJD - BRIAN GIO

    Mar 13 10:26 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 40 roots (Close Finish)

    Devils 3, Wild 3  3rd - 3:38Mar 13 10:19 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 32 roots (Close Finish)

    Devils 3, Wild 3  3rd - 6:40Mar 13 10:14 PM


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    NEW JERSEY 3
    MINNESOTA 3
    3RD PRD: NJD - DAINIUS ZUBRUS 10 (DAVID CLARKSON, MIKE RUPP) 5:31

    Devils 3, Wild 3  3rd - 14:29Mar 13 10:00 PM


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    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    NEW JERSEY 0 2 2
    MINNESOTA 2 1 3 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MIN - STEPHANE VEILLEUX 9 (BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC, NICK SCHULTZ)
    3:26
    MIN - BRENT BURNS 13 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, MIKKO KOIVU)
    12:58
    2ND PRD: NJD - VITALY VISHNEVSKI 2 (DAINIUS ZUBRUS) 5:43
    NJD - BRIAN GIONT

    Mar 13 9:37 PM


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    NEW JERSEY 2
    MINNESOTA 3
    2ND PRD: MIN - MARIAN GABORIK 35 (MIKKO KOIVU, BRENT BURNS) 19:46

    Devils 2, Wild 3  2nd - 0:14Mar 13 9:33 PM


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    NEW JERSEY 2
    MINNESOTA 2
    2ND PRD: NJD - BRIAN GIONTA 20 (JAY PANDOLFO, JOHN MADDEN) 14:46

    Devils 2, Wild 2  2nd - 5:14Mar 13 9:23 PM


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    NEW JERSEY 1
    MINNESOTA 2
    2ND PRD: NJD - VITALY VISHNEVSKI 2 (DAINIUS ZUBRUS) 5:43

    Devils 1, Wild 2  2nd - 14:17Mar 13 9:09 PM


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    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    NEW JERSEY 0 0
    MINNESOTA 2 2 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MIN - STEPHANE VEILLEUX 9 (BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC, NICK SCHULTZ)
    3:26
    MIN - BRENT BURNS 13 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, MIKKO KOIVU)
    12:58
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    NJD 11

    Mar 13 8:42 PM


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    NEW JERSEY 0
    MINNESOTA 2
    1ST PRD: MIN - BRENT BURNS 13 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, MIKKO KOIVU)
    12:58

    Devils 0, Wild 2  1st - 7:02Mar 13 8:32 PM


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    NEW JERSEY 0
    MINNESOTA 1
    1ST PRD: MIN - STEPHANE VEILLEUX 9 (BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC, NICK SCHULTZ)
    3:26

    Devils 0, Wild 1  1st - 16:34Mar 13 8:14 PM

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