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'Canes beaten by Wild in OT
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Published: October 25, 2009
ST. PAUL, Minn.
Cal Clutterbuck scored 1:55 into overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 last night.
Andrew Brunette and Kyle Brodziak also had goals for the Wild, which is undefeated in three home games, but is without a point in seven road games.
Sergei Samsonov and Joni Pitkanen scored for the Hurricanes.
Carolina got two points on a four-game trip, and remained winless in seven games away from the RBC Center.
Clutterbuck, in his first game back after missing five games with a high-ankle sprain, knocked in the rebound of a shot by Greg Zanon, who hit the pipe as Cam Ward was sprawling back across the crease for Carolina.
Minnesota, which remained winless in regulation, has won twice in overtime at home and once in a shootout.
Samsonov tipped in a pass from Ray Whitney midway through the opening period for a 1-0 lead. It was the first power-play goal allowed by Minnesota in 24 chances. Brunette tied the score two minutes later with a power-play goal.
A fortuitous bounce led to a 2-1 Wild lead early in the second period.
Preparing to make a line change, Owen Nolan tried to dump the puck in from in front of the Wild bench, but the puck deflected off a Carolina skate to Brodziak, who went in alone and beat Ward with a forehand-backhand move.
Pitkanen tipped the puck past Niklas Backstrom to complete a 2-on-1 break less than six minutes later.
Backstrom, 11-0-4 in his past 15 home decisions, finished with 21 saves, including a sprawling stop on Eric Staal early in the third, a glove save on Matt Cullen late in the period and a right-pad stop of Cullen in the final minute of regulation.
Notes: Right wing Petr Sykora (groin) returned for Minnesota after missing five games. ... Minnesota defenseman Kim Johnsson, checked awkwardly into the boards on Friday in St. Louis, was placed on injured reserve.... Right wing Tuomo Ruutu of Carolina served the first game of a three-game suspension for Friday's boarding infraction against Colorado's Darcy Tucker.... Carolina defenseman Tim Gleason missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury.
Carolina 1 1 0 0 -- 2
Minnesota 1 1 0 1 -- 3
First Period--1, Carolina, Samsonov 1 (Whitney, Pitkanen), 10:32 (pp). 2, Minnesota, Brunette 6 (Hnidy, Burns), 12:52 (pp).
Second Period--3, Minnesota, Brodziak 1 (Nolan, Burns), 1:51. 4, Carolina, Pitkanen 1 (Whitney), 7:35.
Third Period--None.
Overtime--5, Minnesota, Clutterbuck 1 (Zanon, Koivu), 1:55.
Shots on Goal--Carolina 9-3-10-1--23. Minnesota 9-7-10-3--29. Goalies--Carolina, C.Ward. Minnesota, Backstrom. A--18,145 (18,064). T--2:29.
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