Columbus Blue Jackets vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Saturday, March 3, 2007 · Jobing.com Arena
FS-A · FS-O
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4–3 on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at Jobing.com Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Blue Jackets 35–27.
Rick Nash scored twice. Shane Doan, Keith Ballard, Jason Chimera, Freddy Modin and Jeff Taffe also scored.
Brian Boucher made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 23 of 27.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CBJ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27 |
 PHX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 35 |
Scoring
1st period
Rick Nash (20)David Vyborny (40), Geoff Platt (1)1–002:37 CBJ
Shane Doan (22)Keith Ballard (15), Steve Reinprecht (15)1–116:51 PHX ·
2nd period
Keith Ballard (5)Unassisted1–201:41 PHX · 
Jason Chimera (13)Manny Malhotra (13), Gilbert Brule (9)2–208:36 CBJ
3rd period
Freddy Modin (16)Rick Nash (23), Rostislav Klesla (9)3–200:27 CBJ · - Rick Nash (21)David Vyborny (41), Geoff Platt (2)4–205:29 CBJ
Jeff Taffe (1)Bill Thomas (2), Yanick Lehoux (2)4–307:25 PHX
Team stats
CBJPHX
2735
37%63%
1/62/7
1917
1619
1414
117
125
Penalties
- 7:39 into the first periodRostislav Klesla · roughing2 min
- 15:49 into the first periodRostislav Klesla · tripping2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodFredrik Sjostrom · holding the stick2 min
- 0:35 into the second periodDavid Vyborny · interference2 min
- 10:00 into the second periodBryan Berard · roughing2 min
- 13:23 into the second periodBryan Berard · hooking2 min
- 18:07 into the second periodSteve Reinprecht · holding2 min
- 19:13 into the second periodDerek Morris · holding2 min
- 8:24 into the third periodFredrik Sjostrom · holding2 min
- 10:31 into the third periodManny Malhotra · interference2 min
- 12:54 into the third periodOle-Kristian Tollefsen · holding2 min
- 16:46 into the third periodBrendan Bell · hooking2 min
- 19:57 into the third periodOle-Kristian Tollefsen · fighting5 min
- 19:57 into the third periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 19:57 into the third periodKeith Ballard · fighting5 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 61Rick NashL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 20:12 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 19:45 |
| 47Geoff PlattC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:10 |
| 17Gilbert BruleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:18 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 33Freddy ModinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:49 |
| 97Rostislav KleslaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:58 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 20Curtis GlencrossL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:42 |
| 28Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:41 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:25 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:35 |
| 2Anders ErikssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 4Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:21 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:11 |
| 48Marc MethotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 55Ole-Kristian TollefsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Fredrik NorrenaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Brian BoucherG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 2Keith BallardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25:42 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 20:35 |
| 21Bill ThomasR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:56 |
| 23Jeff TaffeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:27 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 29Yanick LehouxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:53 |
| 8Niko KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 13Daniel CarcilloL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:36 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:54 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 22Mathias TjarnqvistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:56 |
| 24Josh GrattonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 07:06 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:35 |
| 5Matt JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:55 |
| 6Brendan BellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:39 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 32Mikael TellqvistG | 0 | 0 | – |