Arena: Xcel Energy Center
Time: 23 January, 2010 at 9:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Columbus 5-5-0; Minnesota 4-5-1
The Wild are 13-3-1 against the Blue Jackets in home games at Xcel Energy Center. … Zidlicky has 31 points (7 goals, 24 assists) in 34 games against Columbus, Brunette has 27 points (5 goals, 22 assists) in 32 contests, and Havlat has 24 points (8 goals, 16 assists) in 22 matches. … Nash reached 400 career points when he scored the game-winning goal against St. Louis on Monday. Nash, the first pick in the 2002 Entry Draft, is the first player from that draft class to score 400 points in the NHL. In fact, no other 2002 draftee has even 300 points in the NHL. … Latendresse recorded his first career hat trick last Saturday, the 15th hat trick in Wild history. He has 19 points (13-6-19) in 24 games with Minnesota, after recording 3 points (2-1-3) in 23 games with the Montreal Canadiens this season. For the Blue Jackets, Klesla (groin) is on injured reserve, and Mike Commodore (knee) and Marc Methot (illness) are day-to-day. … For the Wild, Pierre-Marc Bouchard (concussion), Chuck Kobasew (knee) and Clayton Stoner (lower-body) are on injured reserve.
This is the third of four meetings. On Oct. 3, Blue Jackets defenseman Rostislav Klesla scored midway through the third period for a 2-1 home win in the season-opening game for both clubs. Steve Mason finished with 32 saves and R.J. Umberger added a short-handed goal for Columbus. Andrew Brunette scored and Niklas Backstrom had 37 saves for Minnesota. On Dec. 15, Guillaume Latendresse and Marek Zidlicky scored goals and Backstrom made 21 saves for the Wild in a 2-1 home win. Nash gave Columbus a 1-0 lead 3:41 into the second period.
The home crowd at Xcel Energy Center should be revved up from the start as this contest is part of the annual celebration of Hockey Day Minnesota 2010. With over 21 hours of consecutive hockey programming on FOX Sports North, coverage from Hockey Day Minnesota covers events taking place across the State of Hockey. The schedule includes high school games, college games, and several special features and vignettes with Minnesota hockey legends. We will post information about results of this match, as soon as posible.