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1 Minnesota Wild Game Notes Fri, Nov, 0 NHL Game #96 Minnesota Wild (5 pts) Montréal Canadiens (6 pts) Team Game: Home Game: (Home) - - (Road) Team Game: Road Game: (Home) (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% Niklas Backstrom Josh Harding # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Keith Ballard C Charlie Coyle D Clayton Stoner D Marco Scandella C Mikko Koivu (C) L Zach Parise (A) R Justin Fontaine L Dany Heatley C Torrey Mitchell 0-0 D Ryan Suter (A) C Kyle Brodziak 8 R Nino Niederreiter 5 L Matt Cooke D Jonas Brodin C Zenon Konopka R Jason Pominville D Nate Prosser D Jared Spurgeon 5-55 D Matt Dumba 9-6 C Mikael Granlund # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 0 Peter Budaj Carey Price # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 6 D Douglas Murray R Brendan Gallagher 5 8 C Tomas Plekanec R George Parros R Rene Bourque 5 8 R Brian Gionta (C) D Josh Gorges (A) 7 C Alex Galchenyuk L Travis Moen R Mike Blunden L Michael Bournival C David Desharnais 0-5 C Ryan White D Francis Bouillon D Raphael Diaz D Greg Pateryn L Max Pacioretty 5-7 C Louis Leblanc D P.K. Subban D Andrei Markov (A) C Lars Eller 5 9 Owner & Governor General Manager Asst. GM/Asst. to the GM Head Coach Assistant Coaches Craig Leipold Chuck Fletcher Brent Flahr/Jim Mill Mike Yeo Rick Wilson, Darryl Sydor, Darby Hendrickson, Bob Mason VP exéc. & Dir. gén. / Exec. VP & GM Directeurs gén. adj. / Assistant GMs Entraîneur-chef / Head Coach Entr. adjoints / Assistant Coaches Entr. des gardiens / Goal. Coach Marc Bergevin Larry Carrière, Rick Dudley Michel Therrien C. Jodoin, G. Gallant, J.-J. Daigneault Stéphane Waite Tonight's Officials Referees Paul Devorski #0, Ian Walsh #9 Linesmen Ryan Galloway #8, Vaughan Rody #7 Ntl. Anthem James Bohn Video Judge Ian Sandercock Let's Play Hockey! Natalie Nyhus Today's Schedule PHI : 7:00 PIT : 7:00 CAR : 7:00 MIN : 7:00 CGY : 7:00 OTT : 7:0 FLA : 7:0 DAL : 7:0

2 Minnesota Wild: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Keith Ballard D 5' " 99 Nov 6, 98 Baudette, MN, USA Charlie Coyle C 6' " Mar, 99 E. Weymouth, MA, USA Clayton Stoner D 6' " 6 Feb 9, 985 Port McNeill, BC, CAN 6 Marco Scandella D 6' " 07 Feb, 990 Montreal, QC, CAN 9 Mikko Koivu C 6' " Mar, 98 Turku, FIN Zach Parise L 5' " 97 Jul 8, 98 Minneapolis, MN, USA Justin Fontaine R 5' 0" 77 Nov 6, 987 Bonnyville, AB, CAN 5 Dany Heatley L 6' " 0 Jan, 98 Freiburg, DEU 7 Torrey Mitchell C 5' " 89 Jan 0, 985 Greenfield Park, QC, CAN 0 Ryan Suter D 6' " 00 Jan, 985 Madison, WI, USA Kyle Brodziak C 6' " 08 May 5, 98 St. Paul, AB, CAN Nino Niederreiter R 6' " 09 Sep 8, 99 Chur, CHE Matt Cooke L 5' " 08 Sep 7, 978 Belleville, ON, CAN 5 Jonas Brodin D 6' " 9 Jul, 99 Karlstad, SWE 8 Zenon Konopka C 6' 0" Jan, 98 Niagara on the Lake, ON, CAN 9 Jason Pominville R 6' 0" 85 Nov 0, 98 Repentigny, QC, CAN Niklas Backstrom G 6' " 97 Feb, 978 Helsinki, FIN 7 Josh Harding G 6' " 9 Jun 8, 98 Regina, SK, CAN 9 Nate Prosser D 6' " 0 May 7, 986 Elk River, MN, USA 6 Jared Spurgeon D 5' 9" 68 Nov 9, 989 Edmonton, AB, CAN 55 Matt Dumba D 6' 0" 8 Jul 5, 99 Regina, SK, CAN 6 Mikael Granlund C 5' 0" 86 Feb 6, 99 Oulu, FIN Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 99 Age: 7.7 Injured Reserve List ( Players) 7 Mike Rupp L 6' 5" 5 Jan, 980 Cleveland, OH, USA Goal Streaks JASON POMINVILLE ( / Games) Assist Streaks MIKAEL GRANLUND ( / Games) Point Streaks MIKAEL GRANLUND (0-- / Games) JASON POMINVILLE (-0- / Games) Montréal Canadiens: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 6 Douglas Murray D 6' " 0 Mar, 980 Bromma, SWE Brendan Gallagher R 5' 9" 80 May 6, 99 Edmonton, AB, CAN Tomas Plekanec C 5' " 96 Oct, 98 Kladno, CZE 5 George Parros R 6' 5" Dec 9, 979 Washington, PA, USA 7 Rene Bourque R 6' " 7 Dec 0, 98 Lac La Biche, AB, CAN Brian Gionta R 5' 7" 76 Jan 8, 979 Rochester, NY, USA 6 Josh Gorges D 6' " 0 Aug, 98 Kelowna, BC, CAN 7 Alex Galchenyuk C 6' " 0 Feb, 99 Milwaukee, WI, USA 0 Peter Budaj G 6' " 9 Sep 8, 98 Banska Bystrika, SVK Carey Price G 6' " Aug 6, 987 Anahim Lake, BC, CAN Travis Moen L 6' " 0 Apr 6, 98 Stewart Valley, SK, CAN 5 Mike Blunden R 6' " 6 Dec 5, 986 Toronto, ON, CAN 9 Michael Bournival L 5' " 96 May, 99 Shawinigan, QC, CAN 5 David Desharnais C 5' 7" 70 Sep, 986 Laurier-Station, QC, CAN 5 Ryan White C 6' 0" 0 Mar 7, 988 Brandon, MB, CAN 55 Francis Bouillon D 5' 8" 9 Oct 7, 975 New York City, NY, USA 6 Raphael Diaz D 5' " 97 Jan 9, 986 Baar, CHE 6 Greg Pateryn D 6' " Jun 0, 990 Sterling Heights, MI, USA 67 Max Pacioretty L 6' " 7 Nov 0, 988 New Canaan, CT, USA 7 Louis Leblanc C 6' 0" 78 Jan 6, 99 Pointe-Claire, QC, CAN 76 P.K. Subban D 6' 0" 7 May, 989 Toronto, ON, CAN 79 Andrei Markov D 6' 0" 0 Dec 0, 978 Voskresensk, RUS 8 Lars Eller C 6' " 5 May 8, 989 Rodovre, DNK Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 0 Age: 8. Injured Reserve List ( Players) 8 Brandon Prust L 6' 0" 9 Mar 6, 98 London, ON, CAN Davis Drewiske D 6' " 9 Nov, 98 Hudson, WI, USA 8 Daniel Briere C 5' 9" 7 Oct 6, 977 Gatineau, QC, CAN 7 Alexei Emelin D 6' " Apr 5, 986 Togliatti, RUS Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks TOMAS PLEKANEC (-- / Games) MICHAëL BOURNIVAL (-- / Games)

3 Minnesota Wild: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks L Zach Parise : L Matt Cooke : C 9 Mikko Koivu : C 6 Mikael Granlund : R 9 Jason Pominville : D 0 Ryan Suter : D 5 Jonas Brodin : R Nino Niederreiter : D 6 Jared Spurgeon : C Kyle Brodziak : R Justin Fontaine : L 5 Dany Heatley : D Clayton Stoner : D 55 Matt Dumba : D 9 Nate Prosser : C 7 Torrey Mitchell : D Keith Ballard : D 6 Marco Scandella : C Charlie Coyle : C 8 Zenon Konopka : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 7 Josh Harding Niklas Backstrom Montréal Canadiens: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C Tomas Plekanec : D 76 P.K. Subban : C 8 Lars Eller : C 7 Alex Galchenyuk : R Brendan Gallagher :. 8 8 R Brian Gionta : L 9 Michael Bournival : D 6 Raphael Diaz : R 7 Rene Bourque : D 79 Andrei Markov : D 6 Josh Gorges : L 8 Brandon Prust :07. L 67 Max Pacioretty : C 8 Daniel Briere :7 5. D 55 Francis Bouillon : L Travis Moen : C 5 David Desharnais : R 5 George Parros : C 5 Ryan White : R 5 Mike Blunden : 0.0 D 6 Douglas Murray : C 7 Louis Leblanc :7 0.0 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM Carey Price Peter Budaj

4 Montréal Minnesota Wild Team Records Montréal Canadiens Minnesota Wild Last game: Tuesday VS DALLAS (- W) Monday VS CHICAGO (5- L) Next game: Friday AT MINNESOTA Friday VS MONTREAL Overall record/streak: / Win / Undef / Lost Home record/streak: / Win / Undef - - / Lost Road record/streak: / Win / Undef - - / Win / Undef Last 5 Games: Last 0 Games: Goal Games: Goal Games - - -Goal Games Scoring first Opponent scoring first Leading after period Trailing after period Tied after period Leading after periods Trailing after periods Tied after periods OT Record - This Season: OT Record - Franchise: Shootout Record - This Season: Shootout Record - Franchise: Outshooting opponent: Outshot by opponent: Even shots: vs. Atlantic: vs. Metropolitan: vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: vs. Central: vs. Pacific: vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: Month by Month Record Montréal Canadiens Minnesota Wild W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: November: December: January: February: March: April: Totals:

5 Montréal Minnesota Wild Situations Goals by Period OT T Avg Montréal Canadiens: (.8 avg.) Opponents: 8 0 (.8 avg.) Minnesota Wild: (. avg.) Opponents: (. avg.) Shots by Period OT T Avg Montréal Canadiens: (0. avg.) Opponents: (.9 avg.) Minnesota Wild: (9.8 avg.) Opponents: (. avg.) Power Play Montréal Canadiens Minnesota Wild G Att % G Att % Overall: 5.6 (7th NHL) 5.5 (th NHL) Home: (T-7th NHL) 7 9. (9th NHL) Road: (T-st NHL) (T-5th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-8th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-st NHL) Penalty Killing Montréal Canadiens Minnesota Wild G Att % G Att % Overall: (7th NHL) (7th NHL) Home: (9th NHL) (T-5th NHL) Road: (8th NHL) (rd NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-nd NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-9th NHL) Penalties Montréal Canadiens Minnesota Wild GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 89.5 (5th NHL) 69.0 (9th NHL) Goal Situations Montréal Canadiens Minnesota Wild For Against For Against 5 on 5: on : on : on : 0 on : on : on : on 5: 0 0 on 5: 7 0 Empty Net: 0 Penalty Shots: Total: 7 0 9

6 Montréal Minnesota Wild Situations Individual Leaders Montréal Canadiens Minnesota Wild Points: T. PLEKANEC (),P. SUBBAN (),L. ELLER (9) Z. PARISE (9),M. COOKE (8),M. KOIVU (8) Goals: T. PLEKANEC (6),L. ELLER (5),B. GALLAGHER (5) J. POMINVILLE (7),Z. PARISE (6),M. COOKE () Assists: P. SUBBAN (9),A. GALCHENYUK (7),R. DIAZ (6) M. GRANLUND (8),M. KOIVU (7),R. SUTER (7) PP Goals: T. PLEKANEC (),R. BOURQUE (),B. GALLAGHER () Z. PARISE (),J. POMINVILLE (),J. BRODIN () SH Goals: A. MARKOV (),T. PLEKANEC (),L. ELLER () GW Goals: T. PLEKANEC (),B. PRUST (),L. ELLER () M. COOKE (),J. POMINVILLE (),Z. PARISE () + Goals: PIM: G. PARROS (0),R. WHITE (8),P. SUBBAN (6) Z. KONOPKA (),N. PROSSER (7),C. STONER (5) Shots: B. GALLAGHER (),P. SUBBAN (6),T. PLEKANEC (5) Z. PARISE (66),J. POMINVILLE (9),M. KOIVU (0) +/-: A. MARKOV (+9),M. L BOURNIVAL (+5),T. PLEKANEC (+) M. COOKE (+6),J. FONTAINE (+5),K. BRODZIAK (+) Shootout Montréal Canadiens Minnesota Wild Shooter G/S % GDG Shooter G/S % GDG Mikko Koivu 0 / Zach Parise 0 / Goaltender Rec. G/S % Goaltender Rec. G/S % Josh Harding 0 - /.000 Niklas Backstrom 0 - /.000 Power Play Montréal Canadiens Player G A P Tomas Plekanec 5 P.K. Subban 5 Brian Gionta Rene Bourque 0 Alex Galchenyuk 0 Andrei Markov 0 Brendan Gallagher 0 Max Pacioretty Michael Bournival 0 Daniel Briere 0 Francis Bouillon 0 Lars Eller 0 Raphael Diaz 0 Minnesota Wild Player G A P Zach Parise 5 Mikko Koivu 0 Ryan Suter 0 Mikael Granlund 0 Jason Pominville 0 Jonas Brodin Jared Spurgeon Dany Heatley Nino Niederreiter Matt Dumba Nate Prosser 0 Matt Cooke 0 Short Handed Montréal Canadiens Player G A P Andrei Markov 0 Tomas Plekanec 0 Lars Eller 0 Brandon Prust 0 Raphael Diaz 0 Minnesota Wild Player G A P

7 Minnesota Wild: Media Notes Minnesota Wild Wireless Information: Wireless Network:AT&T Wi-Fi, no password required Wild Media Resources: wild.com/pressbox Wild 0- Media Guide PDF: wild.com/mediaguide Last Game Wild vs. Blackhawks 5: Minnesota s three-game win streak ended and the Wild suffered its first regulation loss at Xcel Energy Center this season, as Chicago claimed a 5- victory Monday night. RW Jason Pominville continued his goal streak with the lone Wild tally of the evening, while G Niklas Backstrom made saves in the loss. Next Games (all times Central) / vs. NJ 7 p.m. FSN, KFAN 00. FM /5 vs. CGY 7 p.m. FSN, KFAN 00. FM /7 at WSH 6 p.m. FSN, KOOL 07.9 FM CURRENT WILD INJURIES D Jonas Brodin games (broken cheekbone) D Keith Ballard 7 games (upper body) C Charlie Coyle games (knee strain) LW Mike Rupp (IR) games (lower body) TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 9 Recent Transactions 0/ Reassigned F Stephane Veilleux to Iowa (AHL) Wild vs. Canadiens All-Time Wild Record: (-- overall, -- at Xcel Energy Center) 0-: Did not play. 0-: The Canadiens won the only matchup of the season, 5-, in a shootout in Montreal (//)...RW Nick Johnson led the Wild with three assists and LW Matt Kassian tallied two goals...g Niklas Backstrom saved five of six shots before leaving the game due to injury...g Josh Harding made 9 saves in relief and stopped two of three shootout attempts...g Carey Price earned the win saving 6- of-0 shots and all three shootout attempts. WILD LEADERS: LW Dany Heatley has 5 points (-7=5) in games against Montreal...RW Jason Pominville has 9 points (8- =9) in 9 games... LW Zach Parise has points (-9=) in 6 games. WILD GOALIES: Backstrom is --0 with a.0 GAA and a.905 SV% in four games (three starts) against the Canadiens...Harding is 0-- with a.5 GAA and a.88 SV% in two games (one start). CANADIENS LEADERS: RW Rene Bourque has 7 points (5-=7) in 6 games against Minnesota...C David Desharnais (-5=6) and D P.K. Subban (-=6) both have six points in two games. CANADIENS GOALIES: Peter Budaj is 9-9- with a.6 GAA and a.899 SV% in games ( starts) vs. the Wild...Price is --0 with a.6 GAA and a.900 SV% in three starts. CONNECTIONS: Rick Wilson was drafted by Montreal in the 970 NHL Entry Draft and skated in games with the Canadiens (97-7)...Wild Coordinator of Amateur Scouting Guy Lapointe helped the Habs to six Stanley Cup championships. FAST FACT: Subban became the first defenseman to record a hat trick vs. Minnesota (/0/). Things to Know:. Minnesota has allowed a total of 0, 5-on-5 goals this season, an average of on-5 goals per game, the only NHL team averaging less than one 5-on-5 goal per game. Josh Harding has allowed a total of one 5-on-5 goal in nine games this season (0/ at BUF). He has also posted a.977 even strength SV%.. Marco Scandella is set to play in his 00th NHL game Friday. The Montreal native has totaled 6 points (-=6) and PIM in parts of four seasons with the Wild. The -year-old blueliner was selected by the Wild in the second round (55th overall) of the 008 NHL Entry Draft.. Josh Harding leads the NHL with a.00 GAA and a.95 SV%, while compiling a 5-- record. He is -0-0 with a 0.8 GAA in Saint Paul this season 6-9- in career starts at Xcel Energy Center, including 9-- since Jan. 7, 00 and 8--0 in his last nine starts in Saint Paul.. Mikael Granlund skated a season-high 6: and registered an assist Monday to extend his assist streak to three games (0-=), tying his career high. He has an assist in four of the last five games (0-5=5) and leads the team with eight assists (T-nd in scoring). Granlund tallied two assists Saturday and registered a career-high plus- rating. His eight points this season ties the total he collected last year in 7 games (-6=8). Granlund is also tied for the Wild lead with two multi-point games this season.

8 5. Minnesota has scored at least one power-play goal in nine games this season, and ranks tied for first in the NHL with power-play goals and ranks fourth in power-play percentage (.5%). Minnesota has scored two PPG in four games this season, already matching the number of games the feat was accomplished during 8 games last season. 6. Jason Pominville has scored three goals in the last two contests and has six goals in the last eight games overall. He skated in his 600th career NHL game Saturday and scored at least two goals for the 9th time in his career. Pominville leads the Wild with seven goals and ranks T-th in the NHL. The former Sabres captain was acquired by the Wild April, signed a five-year contract extension on Oct., and scored the GWG in his first game against his former team on Oct. having now scored against all 0 NHL franchises. Since the start of the season, he ranks T-0th in assists and 6th in scoring amongst all NHL players. He also ranks T-9th in the NHL with 5 games played since the start of , not missing a game in five of the last seven seasons. 7. Minnesota has outshot its opponents in nine games this season, including a 9-96 second-period advantage in its contests. Entering play Thursday, Minnesota leads the NHL in fewest shots against/game this season (.). The Wild s 6. shot differential /game is fifth in the NHL this season. From 0- to 0-, Minnesota improved its per-game shot differential by 6.6 shots; the largest single-season increase by any NHL team in the last five seasons. Since , only four other teams have improved their shot differential by more than 5.0 shots/ game. 8. Ryan Suter leads the NHL in TOI/game (8:5), having led all skaters (Wild and opponent) in ice time during every game this season. He s topped 0 minutes TOI in five games this year, while adding seven assists T-th amongst all defensemen, entering play Thursday. Last season, the alternate captain led the NHL in TOI/game at 7:6 (franchise record) and skated more than 0 minutes in 0 regular season games. He also led the NHL in TOI/game during the playoffs at :7, skating :08 in Game at CHI (/0). Suter ranked second in assists and third in scoring amongst defensemen last season and was named to the 0- NHL First All-Star Team and a finalist for the James Norris Memorial Trophy for first time in his career (finished second in voting). 9. Zach Parise had a three-game point streak end Monday and leads Minnesota with nine points, second with six goals this season. Parise's four PPG are T-nd amongst NHL players and his 6 shots are second to Ovechkin (75). His career shootout goals rank third in the NHL (Boyes and Datsyuk, ). Last season, the alternate captain led the Wild in goals (8), points (8), power-play goals (7), game-winning goals (), shots (8), three-point games () and ranked T-nd in multi-point games (7) during his first season with Minnesota. He also ranked third in the NHL in shots and thin TOI/game (0:0) amongst forwards. 0. Matt Cooke leads the Wild with a plus-6 rating, ranks T-st in game-winning goals () and multi-point games (), is second in hits () and T-nd in scoring (-5=8).. Minnesota plays its second contest of its four-game homestand, tied for its longest of the season. The Wild is -- at Xcel Energy Center this season, including wins in four of its last five games.. Minnesota ranks third in the NHL in faceoff win percentage at 5.9%. Zenon Konopka has won 7-of-06 draws this season (67.9%), while Mikko Koivu has won -of-8 (56.8%) and Kyle Brodziak 06-of-95 (5.%). Koivu ranks eighth in the NHL in faceoffs won, T-8th in faceoff percentage and th in faceoffs taken. Konopka ranks first amongst all NHL players with a 59.% career faceoff win percentage. Minnesota set a franchise record by winning 5-of-6 faceoffs (7.8%) Oct. 0 vs. Winnipeg (7.8%).. Seven Wild players were named to pre-olympic rosters for their native countries: Zach Parise and Ryan Suter (USA), Niklas Backstrom, Mikael Granlund and Mikko Koivu (Finland), Jonas Brodin (Sweden) and Nino Niederreiter (Switzerland). The 0 Winter Olympics are set to take place in Sochi, Russia, with an NHL Olympic break from Feb WILD PRONUNCIATION GUIDE #6 Marco Scandella (skan-dehl-a) #9 Mikko Koivu (MEE-koh KOY-voo) # Zach Parise (pah-ree-see) #0 Ryan Suter (SOO-tuhr) # Kyle Brodziak (BROHD-zee-ak) # Nino Niederreiter (NEE-noh nee-duhr-righ-tuhr) #5 Jonas Brodin (JOE-nuhs BROH-deen) #8 Zenon Konopka (ZEH-nohn kuh-nohp-kah) #9 Nate Prosser (PRAW-suhr) #6 Jared Spurgeon (SPUHR-juhn) #55 Matt Dumba (DUHM-ba) #6 Mikael Granlund (mih-kigh-ehl GRAHN-lund)

9 Minnesota Wild: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 0/0/0 Los Angeles Kings O** ,5p / 85+ 0/05/0 Anaheim Ducks O* p,9p, / 8+ Nashville Predators L p,6p / /0/0 Winnipeg Jets W , / //0 Dallas Stars W ,,55p,,p / Buffalo Sabres W ,9p / 8 7 Toronto Maple Leafs L p / Tampa Bay Lightning L / Florida Panthers O** p / //0 Nashville Predators W , / //0 Carolina Hurricanes W p,,5p / Chicago Blackhawks W p,,9,9, / /8/0 Chicago Blackhawks L / /0/0 Montréal Canadiens 5 /0/0 New Jersey Devils 6 /05/0 Calgary Flames 7 Washington Capitals 8 Carolina Hurricanes 9 //0 Toronto Maple Leafs 0 /5/0 Florida Panthers /7/0 Winnipeg Jets Montréal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Winnipeg Jets 5 St. Louis Blues 6 /7/0 Phoenix Coyotes 7 /9/0 Colorado Avalanche 8 Colorado Avalanche 9 /0/0 Philadelphia Flyers 0 /05/0 Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets /08/0 San Jose Sharks Anaheim Ducks San Jose Sharks 5 Colorado Avalanche 6 /7/0 Vancouver Canucks 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 8 New York Rangers 9 Philadelphia Flyers 0 Winnipeg Jets /9/0 New York Islanders //0 St. Louis Blues 0/0/0 Buffalo Sabres 0/0/0 Washington Capitals 5 Los Angeles Kings 6 Phoenix Coyotes 7 0//0 Colorado Avalanche 8 Nashville Predators 9 0//0 Ottawa Senators 50 0/6/0 Edmonton Oilers 5 0/8/0 Dallas Stars 5 Dallas Stars 5 0//0 Chicago Blackhawks 5 San Jose Sharks 55 Anaheim Ducks 56 Colorado Avalanche 57 Calgary Flames 58 0/0/0 Tampa Bay Lightning 59 0/06/0 Nashville Predators 60 Edmonton Oilers 6 Vancouver Canucks 6 0/0/0 Calgary Flames 6 Dallas Stars 6 0/09/0 St. Louis Blues 65 0//0 Edmonton Oilers 66 0//0 New York Rangers 67 0/5/0 Columbus Blue Jackets 68 Boston Bruins 69 New York Islanders 70 New Jersey Devils 7 0//0 Detroit Red Wings 7 Detroit Red Wings 7 0/6/0 Vancouver Canucks 7 St. Louis Blues 75 Phoenix Coyotes 76 Los Angeles Kings 77 Chicago Blackhawks 78 0/05/0 Pittsburgh Penguins 79 Winnipeg Jets 80 0/08/0 Boston Bruins 8 0/0/0 St. Louis Blues 8 0//0 Nashville Predators

10 Minnesota Wild: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played Date Opp. BALLARD # COYLE # STONER # SCANDELLA #6 KOIVU #9 PARISE # FONTAINE # Oct Vs L.A 0-0 /0 : /- 6: /0 5: / 6: /0 : /0 : 0-0 0/0 6: Oct 5 Vs ANA 0- / 8:6 0-0 /- 9:6 DND 0-0 /- 9:56 0-0/ :05-0 6/ :0 0-0 /0 :7 Oct NSH 0-0 /0 7:00 INJ 0-0 /0 8:9 0-0 /0 :7 0- /0 0:5-0 /0 0: 0-0 /0 6: Oct 0 Vs WPG 0-0 0/ :06 INJ 0-0/ :9 DND 0-0 /0 9: /0 9:5 0-0 / :7 Oct Vs DAL 0-0 / 8:09 INJ 0-0 /0 6:57 DND 0-5/ 8:0-0 7/ 8:6-0 / :9 BUF 0-0 0/0 : INJ 0-0 0/0 :7 DND 0- /0 9: /- 9: 0-0 / 0:50 Oct TOR INJ INJ 0-0 /0 : /0 :0 0- /- :9 0-5/- 0:0 0-0 /0 : Oct T.B INJ INJ 0-0 / :9 0-0 /0 5: -0 5/- 8: /- 7:0 0-0 /0 9: Oct FLA INJ INJ 0-0 0/0 : /0 7: 0-0 /0 5: 0-0 8/0 : /0 0:9 Oct Vs NSH INJ INJ 0-0/ 0: / :6 0- / 8: 0- / 8:05-0 (W) / 6:9 Oct Vs CAR INJ INJ 0-0 /0 6: /0 9: 0-0 / 9:08-0 (W) / 8:8 0-0 /0 :06 Oct CHI INJ INJ 0-0 0/0 0:5 0-0/ 8:8 0- / : -0 / 0:58-0 / :50 Oct 8 Vs CHI INJ INJ 0- /0 8: /- 7: 0-0 /- 9:0 0-0 /- 7: 0-0 0/- 6:0 Date Opp. HEATLEY #5 ZUCKER #6 MITCHELL #7 VEILLEUX #9 SUTER #0 BRODZIAK # NIEDERREITER # Oct Vs L.A 0-0 /- 6:0 MIN 0-0 /0 0:0 MIN 0-0 /- 0:6 0- / 7:6 0- /- 5: Oct 5 Vs ANA 0-0 /- 8: MIN 0-0 /0 :9 MIN 0- /0 0:5 0-0 /- 7:0 0-0 /- :58 Oct NSH 0-0 /0 7: 0-0 /0 : 0-0 /0 9:8 MIN 0- /0 5: /0 7:0 0- /0 : Oct 0 Vs WPG 0-0 /0 7: MIN 0- / : /0 5:7 0-0 /0 0:9 0-0/ 5: /0 6:06 Oct Vs DAL 0- /0 :8 MIN 0-0 0/0 0: /0 7: 0- / 6:0 0-0 / 7:0-0 / 5:58 BUF 0-0 0/ 8:0 MIN 0-0 /0 9: 0-0 /0 5: /0 8: -0 / : /- 7:5 Oct TOR 0-0 /0 5:07 MIN 0-0 5/- 9: 0-0 0/- 6: /- 0: /- 7: 0-0 /0 6: Oct T.B 0-0 /0 : MIN 0-0 0/0 :0 0-0 /0 9:0 0- /- 9: /0 6: 0-0/ :9 Oct FLA 0- /0 6: MIN 0-0 0/0 9: /0 6:0 0-0 /0 : 0-0 0/0 5: 0-0 /0 :5 Oct Vs NSH 0-0 /0 6:8 MIN 0-0 /0 :8 0-0 /0 9: 0-0 / 8:5 0-0 /0 6:7 0-0 /0 :6 Oct Vs CAR -0 /0 5:0 MIN 0-0 /0 : /0 7:5 0- / 7: /0 5: -0 /0 :00 Oct CHI 0-0 / :8 MIN 0-0 0/- 0: 0-0 0/- 7:5 0- / 6:58-0 / 6:5 0-0 / :5 Oct 8 Vs CHI 0-0 /0 5:58 MIN 0-0 /- :0 0-0 /- 7:9 0-0 /- 8:7 0-0 /0 6: 0-0 /0 5:59 Date Opp. COOKE # BRODIN #5 KONOPKA #8 POMINVILLE #9 PROSSER #9 SPURGEON #6 Oct Vs L.A -0 / :50-0 /- 6: /0 5:5 0-0 /0 5:6 DND 0-0 0/ :08 DND Oct 5 Vs ANA 0-0 /- 5: 0- / 7: 0-0 0/0 9:0-0 /0 0:0 DND 0-0 /- 0: 0-0 /0 0: Oct NSH 0-0 /0 : /0 : 0-0 0/0 7: /0 0:0 DND -0 /0 7:8 DND Oct 0 Vs WPG - (W) / 5:57-0 / 5: /0 8: 0-0 /0 7:59 DND 0-0 / 0:9 0-0 /0 : Oct Vs DAL - (W) / 7: 0- / : /0 9:7 0-0 /0 6: DND 0- / :7-0 /0 5:0 BUF 0-0/ :0 0- /0 6:5 0-0 /0 0: -0 (W) /0 5:5 DND 0-0/0 : /0 5:0 Oct TOR 0-0 /0 6: /- 5:5 0-0 /- 6:5-0 6/- 9:8 0-0 /0 : 0-0 /- 9:0 DND Oct T.B 0-0 0/0 : /- 6: 0-0 0/0 9:5 0-0 /- 6:5 DND 0-0 /- 9: /0 : Oct FLA 0-0 /0 5:5-0 /0 7:5 0-0 /0 0: 0-0 /0 0:9 DND 0-0 /0 :5 0-0 /0 0:58 Oct Vs NSH 0-0 /0 : /0 : /0 9:07-0 / 6: / 0:9 0-0 /0 :5 DND Oct Vs CAR 0- /0 :08 INJ 0-0 0/0 0: / 8: 0-0/0 8:55 0- / :0 0- /0 :7 Oct CHI 0-0/ 5:8 INJ 0-0 0/- 8:7-0 (W) 6/ :7 0- / 8: /- : /0 0: Oct 8 Vs CHI 0-0 /0 5: INJ 0-0 0/0 7:55-0 /- :7 0-0 /0 :5 0-0 /- 5: 0-0 0/- :5 DUMBA #55 Date Opp. GRANLUND #6 MCMILLAN # GUSTAFSSON # BACKSTROM # KUEMPER #5 HARDING #7 Oct Vs L.A 0- / :5 MIN MIN /8O 65 MIN DNP Oct 5 Vs ANA 0-0 0/- 5:9 MIN MIN /0O 65 MIN DNP Oct NSH 0-0/0 5: DND MIN /5 MIN /0L 8 Oct 0 Vs WPG 0-0 0/0 6: MIN MIN INJ DNP /5W 60 Oct Vs DAL 0-0 /0 5: MIN MIN INJ DNP /9W 60 BUF 0-0 /- 6: MIN MIN INJ DNP /W 60 Oct TOR 0-0 /0 : MIN MIN INJ /7L 0/6 7 Oct T.B 0-0 /- 5:58 MIN MIN INJ DND /9L 60 Oct FLA 0- /0 6:8 MIN MIN DNP MIN /O 65 Oct Vs NSH 0-0 /0 6: MIN MIN DNP MIN 0/6W 60 Oct Vs CAR 0-0/0 6: MIN MIN 0/7 0 MIN /W 0 Oct CHI 0- / : MIN DNP /6W 60 MIN INJ Oct 8 Vs CHI 0- /- 6: MIN MIN 5/8L 60 MIN DNP

11 Minnesota Wild: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Mike Yeo Mike Yeo was named the Minnesota Wild s third Head Coach on June 7, 0. He led the Wild back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 0 after a five-year absence. Minnesota has posted a record of during his two seasons as Head Coach. Yeo, the youngest Head Coach in the NHL, helped lead the Wild s previous primary affiliate, the Houston Aeros, to a record and the Calder Cup Final in his first season as a Head Coach in 00-. The Aeros led the Western Conference and ranked third in the AHL with 6 regular season wins after it did not qualify for the playoffs in 00. Yeo served as an Assistant Coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins (005-0). During his tenure in Pittsburgh, the Penguins claimed the Atlantic Division title, advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals twice and won the 009 Stanley Cup championship. He joined the Penguins coaching staff when Michel Therrien was named Head Coach on Dec. 5, 005. #: Niklas Backstrom (G) 6' ", 97 lbs. / Feb, 978 (5 years and 8 months) Drafted: not drafted Acquired: Signed by Minnesota as a free agent (6//06) 8th NHL / 8th MIN Season Last Win: OCT 6, CHICAGO () Last SO: APR 7, COLUMBUS (6) Career Shootouts: 99/78 (.556), - GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 6 0/6 vs. CHI 0/6 vs. CHI 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Made saves for first win of season at CHI (0/6) *Stopped all seven shots faced in relief of Harding vs. CAR (0/) *Suffered lower body injury during first period at NSH (0/8) and missed five games (0/0-0/7) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Tied for the NHL lead with wins *Started 7 of the last 8 games of the regular season for Minnesota, including 5 straight to end the year *Posted career-best and franchise-record eight-game win streak (/-/,.6 GAA,.9 SV%) *Made 9 saves in Minnesota s playoff-clinching - victory at COL (/7) *Named NHL s Second Star of the Week (/5) and Third Star of the Week (/5) *Did not appear in playoffs after suffering a lower-body injury during warm-ups of Game of the Western Conference Quarterfinal vs. CHI #7: Josh Harding (G) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Jun 8, 98 (9 years and months) Drafted: by Minnesota in second round (8th overall) of 00 NHL Entry Draft 8th NHL / 8th MIN Season Last Win: OCT, 0 vs CAROLINA Last SO: OCT, 0 vs NASHVILLE () Career Shootouts: 0/57 (.70), 0-8 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 9 7 0/7 vs. TBL 0/7 vs. TBL 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Leads NHL in GAA and SV% *Allowed more than one goal once this season ( goals at TB, 0/7) *Left game after two periods vs. CAR (0/) with lower body injury *Made 6 saves in -0 win vs. NSH (0/) for 8th career shutout *Stopped 9-of-0 shots in relief of injured Backstrom at NSH (0/8)...goal allowed was penalty shot by Eric Nystrom (Harding came off bench to take shot) *Missed one game with lower body injury (0/6) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Awarded 0 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy by the Professional Hockey Writers Association for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey, becoming the first Wild player to win a voted-on NHL Award *Placed on Injured Reserve (/) and missed games as he battled multiple sclerosis *Started Harding s Hope, a charity to raise awareness and assist people living with multiple sclerosis, this summer. Visit HardingsHope.org

12 #: Keith Ballard (D) 5' ", 99 lbs. / Nov 6, 98 (0 years and months) Drafted: Selected # overall by Buffalo in 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota (7/5/) 9th NHL / st MIN Season Last Goal: OCT 6, 0 vs PITTSBURGH (88) Last Assist: OCT 5, 0 vs ANAHEIM () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :6 + 0/5 vs. ANA 0/5 vs. ANA 0/ vs. LAK 0/5 vs. ANA x 0/0 vs. WPG x 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Sufered upper body injury at BUF (0/) *Registered an assist for his first point with the WIld vs. ANA (0/5) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Collected two assists and 9 PIM in 6 games with Vancouver *Blocked shots and recorded 5 hits *Missed seven games due to injury CAREER HIGHLIGHTS *Led Vancouver with blocked shots in 00- and ranked third among team defensemen with 99 hits *Won back-to-back national championships with University of Minnesota in 00 and 00 #: Charlie Coyle (C) 6' ", lbs. / Mar, 99 ( years and 7 months) Drafted: by San Jose in first round (8th overall) of 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: from San Jose with Devin Setoguchi and a 0 first round pick (Zack Phillips) in exchange for Brent Burns and a 0 second round pick on June, 0 nd NHL / nd MIN Season Last Goal: APR, 0 vs LOS ANGELES () Last Assist: APR 7, COLORADO () Season Career Career vs. Opp :59-0/ vs. LAK 0/ vs. LAK 0/ vs. LAK x 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Suffered sprained knee vs. ANA (0/5)...Placed on IR (0/8) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Skated 7 games with Minnesota in two call-ups during rookie season scoring points (8-6=) *Ended the regular season with a season-best four-game point streak and a two-game assist streak *T-nd on the Wild with two assists and T-rd with shots in five playoff games *Scored goal and skated career-high 0:0 TOI vs. LA (/) *Totaled first fighting major and 5 PIM in 7 seconds of ice time vs. CBJ (/) *Made NHL debut at PHX (/)...Scored first NHL goal at CGY (/) *Posted 5 points (-=5), including five PPG and PIM in 7 games with Houston (AHL)

13 #: Clayton Stoner (D) 6' ", 6 lbs. / Feb 9, 985 (8 years and 8 months) Drafted: by Minnesota in third round (79th overall) of 00 NHL Entry Draft 5th NHL / 5th MIN Season Last Goal: APR, CHICAGO (6) Last Assist: OCT 8, 0 vs CHICAGO Season Career Career vs. Opp :57 + x x 0/ vs. BUF 0/ vs. NSH 0/ vs. CAR 0/ vs. DAL x 0- HIGHLIGHTS *T-nd on team in blocked shots, rd in hits and PIM *T-st amongst team defensemen with + rating *Skated season-high 0:57, registered hits, blocked shots and an assist vs. NSH (0/) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Averaged career-best 8: in TOI/game *Ranked third on team in hits (87) and tied for third in blocked shots (57) *Registered career-high 0 assists...tied his career-high with pair of assists at DAL (/5) and at EDM (/6) *Set team record for defensemen with plus-5 rating (along with Spurgeon) at DAL (/5) *Skated season-high :5 and registered four hits vs. NSH (/) *Ranks third in franchise history in plus-minus rating for a defensemen #6: Marco Scandella (D) 6' ", 07 lbs. / Feb, 990 ( years and 8 months) skan-dehl-a Drafted: by Minnesota in nd round (55th overall) of 008 NHL Entry Draft th NHL / th MIN Season Last Goal: FEB, ANAHEIM () Last Assist: OCT 6, CHICAGO () Season Career Career vs. Opp :6 + 0/6 vs. CHI 0/6 vs. CHI x 0/ vs. NSH x 0/ vs. NSH 0/6 vs. CHI 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Collected first point of season (assist) and season-best + at CHI (0/6) *Skated season-high :6 vs. NSH (0/) * game shy of 00 in his career 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Recorded one goal in six regular season games with Minnesota *Skated in all five playoff games with the Wild and led team defensemen with two points (-=) *Collected 7 points (-5=7) in 5 regular season games with Houston and scored one goal in two playoff games CAREER HIGHLIGHTS *Holds Wild franchise record for TOI in a regular season game at 5: vs. CHI (/5/)

14 #9: Mikko Koivu (C) 6' ", lbs. / Mar, 98 (0 years and 7 months) MEE-koh KOY-voo Drafted: by Minnesota in first round (6th overall) of 00 NHL Entry Draft 9th NHL / 9th MIN Season Last Goal: OCT 7, TAMPA BAY (5) Last Assist: OCT 6, CHICAGO () Career Shootouts: 0/7 (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : 5 + 0/7 vs. TBL 7x 8x 0/8 vs. NSH 0/9 vs. FLA x 0/5 vs. ANA 0/ vs. NSH 0- HIGHLIGHTS *8th in NHL in faceoffs won, T-8th in faceoff % and th in faceoffs taken *T-nd on team in assists and scoring *Skated season-high 5: at FLA (0/9) *Had a four-game point streak (-=, 0/-0/7) *Tallied 00th career point with assist at NSH (0/8) *Became Minnesota s all-time franchise leader in power-play points (6-0=6), with PPA vs. ANA (0/5), passing Marian Gaborik 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Led team with multi-point games and ranked second with 7 points (-6=7) *Ranked 5th in the NHL in faceoffs taken and 6th in faceoffs won *Ranked seventh in TOI/game amongst NHL forwards (:05) *Matched his career high with a seven-game point streak (-8=, /8-/0) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS *6th in career shootout goals amongst active NHL players with 0 goals in 7 attempts (.7%)...T-th in game-deciding shootout goals () #: Zach Parise (L) 5' ", 97 lbs. / Jul 8, 98 (9 years and months) pah-ree-see Drafted: New Jersey's st choice, 7th overall, in 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as free agent by Minnesota (7//) 9th NHL / nd MIN Season Last Goal: OCT 6, CHICAGO () Last Assist: OCT, 0 vs NASHVILLE () Career Shootouts: /7 (5%), 9 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp 6-9- : /5 vs. ANA 0/ vs. NSH x 0/8 vs. NSH 0/9 vs. FLA x 0/9 vs. FLA 0/ vs. NSH 0- HIGHLIGHTS *nd in NHL in shots, T-nd in PPG () *Leads team in scoring, nd in goals, T-th in hits *Had a -game point streak (-=, 0/-0/6) *Skated season-high :57 at FLA and led team with 8 shots and 5 hits *Netted two goals vs. ANA (0/5) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Led Minnesota in goals, points, PPG (7), GWG (), shots (8), three-point games () and T-nd in multi-point games (7) *Scored 00th career NHL goal at PHX (/), becoming the 6th American-born and eighth Minnesota-born player to reach the milestone, and joining his dad, J.P., (8) to become just the second father-son duo to each score at least 00 NHL goals [Bobby (60) and Brett (7) Hull] *Ranked third in the NHL in shots and th in TOI/game (0:0) amongst forwards CAREER HIGHLIGHTS *Ranks rd in NHL with career shootout goals (-of-7, 5.%)

15 #: Justin Fontaine (R) 5' 0", 77 lbs. / Nov 6, 987 (5 years and months) Acquired: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota (/9/) st NHL / st MIN Season Last Goal: OCT 6, CHICAGO () Last Assist: Season -0-5 Career -0-5 Career vs. Opp :9 + x x x 0/ vs. NSH 0/ vs. NSH x 0/ vs. DAL 0- HIGHLIGHTS *nd on team in plus/minus rating (T-rd amongst NHL rookies) *T-5th in goals amongst NHL rookies *Tallied first career GWG and skated career-high 6:9 vs. NSH (0/) *Collected first career NHL goal seconds into game to set franchise record for fastest Wild goal to start a game vs. DAL (0/)...goal matched the NHL s record for fastest first career goal (Rick Boh, North Stars,988) *Made NHL debut vs. LA (0/) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Led the Aeros in scoring and ranked 9th in the AHL with 56 points (-=56) in 6 games *Ranked second on the Aeros in goals, assists and PPG (0) *Led Houston in playoff scoring with eight points (-5=8) in five games CAREER HIGHLIGHTS *Produced 58 points (-6-58) in games to help the University of Minnesota-Duluth win 0 NCAA Championship #5: Dany Heatley (L) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Jan, 98 ( years and 9 months) Drafted: by Atlanta in first round (nd overall) of 000 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: from San Jose (7//) in exchange for Martin Havlat th NHL / rd MIN Season Last Goal: OCT, 0 vs CAROLINA () Last Assist: OCT 9, FLORIDA () Career Shootouts: 6/ (8%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : + 0/ vs. CAR x x x 0/5 vs. ANA 0/8 vs. NSH x x 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Skated in 800th carerr NHL game vs. CHI (0/8) *Skated season-high 8: vs. ANA (0/5) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *T-rd on Wild in goals, registering points (-0=) in 6 games *Recorded 00th career NHL assist with a pair of helpers at COL (/6) *Registered four-game point streak (-=5, /6-/) *Opened season with two-goal game, including 50th career NHL goal vs. COL (/9) *Tallied a goal in last two games played before missing final games of the season and playoffs with an upper-body injury suffered at SJ (/) #7: Torrey Mitchell (C) 5' ", 89 lbs. / Jan 0, 985 (8 years and 9 months) Drafted: Selected by San Jose in the 00 NHL Entry Draft (th round, 6th overall). Acquired: Signed by Minnesota as free agent (7//) 6th NHL / nd MIN Season Last Goal: MAR 9, DALLAS (7) Last Assist: OCT 0, 0 vs WINNIPEG (9) Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /0 vs. WPG 0/0 vs. WPG x 0/5 vs. ANA 0/5 vs. TOR 0/5 vs. ANA 0/0 vs. WPG 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Registered assist and + for first point of the season vs. WPG (0/0) *Skated season-high :9 vs. ANA (0/5) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Posted eight points (-=8) in 5 games during his first season with Minnesota, adding one goal in five playoff games *Notched an assist in his 00th career NHL game at CHI (/5) *Missed one game due to illness (/0)

16 #0: Ryan Suter (D) 6' ", 00 lbs. / Jan, 985 (8 years and 9 months) SOO-tuhr Drafted: Nashville's st-round pick (7th overall) in 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed by Minnesota as free agent (7//) 9th NHL / nd MIN Season Last Goal: APR 7, COLUMBUS () Last Assist: OCT 6, CHICAGO () Season Career Career vs. Opp : + 0/6 vs. CHI 0/6 vs. CHI x 0/9 vs. FLA 6x 0/0 vs. WPG 0/ vs. DAL 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Leads NHL in TOI/game...has skated more than 0 minutes five times this season *T-nd on team in blocked shots...t-th in hits *Collected two assists at CHI (0/6) *Skated in 600th career game vs. NSH (0/) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Named to the NHL First All-Star Team and a finalist for the James Norris Memorial Trophy for first time in career (second in voting) *Led NHL in TOI/game at 7:6 (franchise record) and ranked second in assists and third in scoring amongst defensemen *Led NHL in playoff TOI/game at :7...skated :08 in Game at Chicago (/0) *Played career-best :5 at COL (/7), with plus- rating to help Wild clinch playoff position CAREER HIGHLIGHTS *Ranks th in NHL in TOI, T-th in TOI/game and 9th in scoring amongst NHL defensemen since #: Kyle Brodziak (C) 6' ", 08 lbs. / May 5, 98 (9 years and 5 months) BROHD-zee-ak Drafted: by Edmonton in the 7th round (th overall) of 00 Entry Draft Acquired: from Edmonton along with a 6th round pick in 009 Entry Draft in exchange for a th and 5th round pick in 009 Entry Draft 9th NHL / 5th MIN Season Last Goal: OCT 6, CHICAGO () Last Assist: OCT 0, 0 vs WINNIPEG (9) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- 8 Career Career vs. Opp :6 + x x x x 0/ vs. LAK x 0/ vs. LAK x 0- HIGHLIGHTS *rd on team in plus-minus rating *Collected assist, + and won -of- faceoffs vs. WPG (0/0) *Tallied assist, shots, hits and won 7-of-9 faceoffs in 7:6 of TOI vs. LA (0/) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Led Wild forwards in shorthanded TOI/game (:5) *T-nd on the Wild with two assists in five playoff games *Tallied 00th career NHL assist vs. COL (/9) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS *Established career highs in goals (), assists (), points (), PIM (66), PPG (five), shots (60), hits (8) and TOI/game (9:0) in 0- *Has played in every game in three of the last four seasons, missing two games in 00- because of the flu

17 #: Nino Niederreiter (R) 6' ", 09 lbs. / Sep 8, 99 ( years and month) NEE-noh nee-duhr-righ-tuhr Drafted: by the New York Islanders in first round (5th overall) of 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: from the New York Islanders in exchange for Cal Clutterbuck and a 0 third-round draft pick (Eamon McAam) on June 0, 0 rd NHL / st MIN Season Last Goal: OCT, 0 vs CAROLINA () Last Assist: OCT 7, TAMPA BAY (5) Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season --5 Career Career vs. Opp :5 5 + x x 5x 0/5 vs. TOR 0/ vs. BUF 0/8 vs. NSH 0/5 vs. ANA 0/6 vs. CHI 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Leads team in hits *Registered career-best + rating at CHI (0/6) *Tallied first career PPG vs. CAR (0/) *Skated career-high 7:5 at BUF (0/) *Recorded first goal with Wild and hits vs. DAL (0/) *Led team with 5 hits vs. ANA (0/5) *Tallied assist and shots in Wild debut vs. LA (0/) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Posted 50 points (8-=50) and 8 PIM in 7 games with Bridgeport (AHL) *Ranked fifth in the AHL in shots (0), tied for 0th in goals and tied for th with 0 power-play goals *Led Switzerland with five goals and added three assists at the 0 IIHF World Championship, as Switzerland earned a silver medal - its first Wold Championship medal in 60 years #: Matt Cooke (L) 5' ", 08 lbs. / Sep 7, 978 (5 years and month) Drafted: by Vancouver in sixth road (th overall) of 997 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota (7/5/) 5th NHL / st MIN Season Last Goal: OCT, 0 vs DALLAS (8) Last Assist: OCT 6, CHICAGO () Season Career Career vs. Opp : 5 + x 5x x 0/7 vs. TBL 0/ vs. DAL x 0/7 vs. TBL x 0- HIGHLIGHTS *st on team in plus/minus rating, nd in hits, T-nd in scoring *Had five points (-=5) during three-game point streak (0/0-0/) *Tallied GWG and assist in back-to-back games (vs. WPG 0/0, vs. DAL 0/) *Scored goal in first shift as member of Wild :0 into contest vs. LA (0/)...added hits and blocked shots 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Ranked second amongst Pittsburgh forwards in shorthanded TOI/game at : *Led team forwards with blocked shots and fifth on team with 97 hits *Won Penguins Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award for his time and effort working on community and charity projects *Led team with 6 hits during playoffs CAREER HIGHLIGHTS *Has hit double digits in goals 0 times in his career...topped 0-point mark seven times

18 #5: Jonas Brodin (D) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Jul, 99 (0 years and months) JOE-nuhs BROH-deen Drafted: by Minnesota in first round (0th overall) of 0 Entry Draft nd NHL / nd MIN Season Last Goal: OCT 9, FLORIDA () Last Assist: OCT, BUFFALO () Season Career Career vs. Opp :5 + x x 6x 0/0 vs. WPG 0/9 vs. FLA x x 0/ vs. DAL 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Suffered broken cheekbone during first period vs. NSH (0/) and is out indefinitely *T-st among NHL defensemen in goals and PPG, 9th in TOI/game at time of injury (currently T-rd in goals and 9th in TOI/game) *Scored rd goal of season at FLA (0/9) to set new career high and skated season-high 7:5 *Had a career-best three-game point streak (-=, 0/0-0/) *Tallied PPG and skated 6:9 vs. LA (0/) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *As the youngest defenseman in NHL, led rookies in TOI/game (:), :8 more than any rookie *Named to the 0- NHL All-Rookie Team...Finished fourth in Calder Memorial Trophy voting, first amongst defensemen *Ranked fourth amongst NHL rookies in blocked shots (60) and led rookie blueliners in takeaways (8) *Totaled four points (-=) in nine games with Houston (AHL) before suffering a broken clavicle (/) #7: Mike Rupp (L) (*Injured) 6' 5", 5 lbs. / Jan, 980 ( years and 9 months) Drafted: by New Jersey Devils in rd round (76th overall) of 000 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: From NY Rangers (//) in exchange for Darroll Powe and Nick Palmieri th NHL / nd MIN Season Last Goal: FEB, 0 vs COLORADO (7) Last Assist: MAR 7, 0 vs PHOENIX () Season Career Career vs. Opp HIGHLIGHTS *Placed on IR to start season with lower-body injury (9/0) * games shy of 600 in his career 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Ranked second on Wild in penalty minutes (PIM) during regular season and first in playoffs *Registered season-high eight hits at SJ (/) and season-high PIM at DAL (/5) *Tallied goal and skated season-high :5 vs. COL (/)...Xcel Energy Center is nd building he has scored in *Missed seven games with lower-body injury CAREER HIGHLIGHTS *Tallied the Stanley Cup-clinching goal, his first career playoff tally, added two assists for three points, and posted a plus-three rating in a -0 victory in Game Seven vs. ANA (6/9/0) *Is the only player in NHL history whose first career playoff goal was the Stanley Cup-clincher

19 #8: Zenon Konopka (C) 6' 0", lbs. / Jan, 98 ( years and 9 months) ZEH-nohn kuh-nohp-kah Drafted: Not drafted Acquired: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota (7//) 9th NHL / nd MIN Season Last Goal: DEC 6, 0 vs PITTSBURGH (79) Last Assist: NOV 7, 0 vs CAROLINA (88) Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : - 0/ vs. LAK 0/9 vs. FLA x 6x 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Leads team in PIM (0th in NHL) and faceoff percentage (67.9%) *Played in 00th career NHL game vs. CHI (0/8) *Skated season-high 0: at FLA (0/9) *Recorded,000th career PIM vs. LA (0/) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Ranked fourth in the NHL with 7 PIM *Led Minnesota with 60.7% faceoff percentage (6-of-67) *Won 0-of-0 faceoffs at VAN (/8), setting a Wild record for most faceoff wins without a loss in team history *Collected career-high PIM vs. VAN (/7) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS *Since start of season, leads NHL in PIM and 59.6 faceoff percentage #9: Jason Pominville (R) 6' 0", 85 lbs. / Nov 0, 98 (0 years and months) Drafted: Selected by Buffalo in nd round (55th overall) of 00 Entry Draft. Acquired: from Buffalo (//) along with 0 th-round pick in exchange for Matt Hackett, Johan Larsson, a 0 st-ound pick and 0 nd-round pick 0th NHL / nd MIN Season Last Goal: OCT 8, 0 vs CHICAGO Last Assist: APR 8, SAN JOSE (5) Career Shootouts: 8/7 (8%), 5 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /6 vs. CHI 0/6 vs. CHI 0/7 vs. TBL 0/ vs. LAK x x 0/6 vs. CHI 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Leads team in goals (T-th in NHL) *Scored a goal in last two games and of overall (-0=, 0/-0/8) *Collected two goals including GWG and 6 shots at CHI (0/6) *Appeared in 600th career game at CHI (0/6) *Scored GWG at BUF (0/) *Skated 5:6 vs. LA (0/)...th highest TOI of career *Signed 5-year contract extension through 08-9 (0/) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Totaled nine points (-5=9) in 0 games with the Wild after being acquired from Buffalo on April, 0 *Missed final two games of regular season and first three games of the Western Conference Quarterfinal vs. CHI with an upper-body injury suffered vs. LA (/)

20 #9: Nate Prosser (D) 6' ", 0 lbs. / May 7, 986 (7 years and 5 months) PRAW-suhr Acquired: signed as a free agent by Minnesota (/8/0) 5th NHL / 5th MIN Season Last Goal: FEB 7, COLUMBUS (9) Last Assist: OCT 6, CHICAGO () Season Career Career vs. Opp :9 + x x 0/8 vs. CHI 0/ vs. NSH 0/8 vs. CHI x 0/6 vs. CHI 0- HIGHLIGHTS *nd on team in PIM *Notched season-high PIM and 5 blocked shots vs. CHI (0/8) *Tied career-best with + rating at CHI (0/6) *Tallied first point of season with assist vs. CAR (0/) *Skated season-high 0:9 and recorded fighting major vs. NSH (0/) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Led team defensemen with plus- rating *Played forward vs. LA (/0) and at SJ (/) and registered season-high four hits in each game *Was on ice for opposing goal for first time at ANA (/) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS *Led Wild and all NHL rookies in blocked shots () in 0- Ranked seventh among rookies in TOI/game. #6: Jared Spurgeon (D) 5' 9", 68 lbs. / Nov 9, 989 ( years and months) SPUHR-juhn Drafted: by NYI in sixth round (56th overall) of 008 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as free agent by Minnesota (9//0) th NHL / th MIN Season Last Goal: OCT 8, NASHVILLE (0) Last Assist: OCT, 0 vs CAROLINA () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : + 0/8 vs. NSH 0/ vs. DAL 0/ vs. DAL 0/7 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. CHI x 0/5 vs. TOR x 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Leads team in blocked shots, rd in TOI/game *Skated season-high 5: vs. CHI (0/8) *Recorded hits and blocked shots vs. NSH (0/) *Whistled for career-high PIM at TB (0/7) *Tallied two assists vs. DAL (0/) 0- HIGHLIGHTS *Set career-highs in goals (5), PPG () and GWG () *Ranked second in scoring amongst team defensemen and third in TOI/game *Set team record for defensemen with plus-5 (along with Stoner) at DAL (/5) *Missed nine games with lower-body injury