Phoenix Coyotes vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Tuesday, March 20, 2007 · Xcel Energy Center

PhoenixCoyotesAway

2–3

Final

SOG 31–26

MinnesotaWildHome

VERSUS (HD)

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at Xcel Energy Center. The Coyotes outshot the Wild 31-26.

Goals came from Pavol Demitra, Todd White, Marian Gaborik, Niko Kapanen and Bill Thomas.

Niklas Backstrom made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 23 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PHX	0	0	2	2	31
MIN	1	2	0	3	26

Scoring

1st period

Pavol Demitra (24)Marian Gaborik (20), Wes Walz (13)0–119:53 MIN

2nd period

Todd White (13)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (33), Mikko Koivu (30)0–219:17 MIN · PPG
Marian Gaborik (26)Pavol Demitra (37), Wes Walz (14)0–319:37 MIN

3rd period

Niko Kapanen (6)Brendan Bell (6), Shane Doan (24)1–307:53 PHX · PPG
Bill Thomas (5)Travis Roche (13), Keith Ballard (17)2–310:34 PHX · PPG

Team stats

PHXMIN

31Shots on goal26

54%Faceoff %46%

2/4Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes8

8Hits8

6Blocked shots17

9Giveaways5

7Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 09:53Nick Schultz · hooking2 min
2nd 08:40Shane Doan · tripping2 min
2nd 12:27Daniel Carcillo · high sticking2 min
2nd 18:25Keith Ballard · hooking2 min
3rd 04:51Kim Johnsson · interference2 min
3rd 06:25Wes Walz · holding2 min
3rd 09:33Kim Johnsson · tripping2 min

Season series

Phoenix Coyotes

Phoenix Coyotes skaters

8Niko KapanenC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	74	19:07
19Shane DoanR	0	1	1	-2	5	1	0	2	25	28:42
21Bill ThomasR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:54
2Keith BallardD	0	1	1	-1	1	2	1	2	–	20:58
6Brendan BellD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:24
77Travis RocheD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	11:21
11Owen NolanR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	06:03
13Daniel CarcilloL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	19:09
14Kevyn AdamsC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	14:45
15Mike ZigomanisC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	15:02
20Fredrik SjostromL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	12:47
22Mathias TjarnqvistL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100	14:18
23Jeff TaffeL	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	–	15:45
28Steve ReinprechtC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	57	14:59
4Zbynek MichalekD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	27:08
5Matt JonesD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	12:29
44Nick BoyntonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	16:33
53Derek MorrisD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	–	19:13

Phoenix Coyotes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Curtis JosephG	L	26	23	3	.885	59:08
32Mikael TellqvistG		0	0	0	–	–

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

10Marian GaborikR	1	1	2	+2	4	1	0	0	–	19:46
37Wes WalzC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	2	2	33	13:18
38Pavol DemitraR	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	25	19:36
9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	47	17:54
28Todd WhiteC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	67	16:36
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	–	15:08
12Brian RolstonR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	19:26
17Wyatt SmithC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50	09:08
18Adam HallR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	11:33
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	12:19
21Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:18
92Branko RadivojevicR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	11:15
3Keith CarneyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	20:02
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	4	–	23:21
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	20:26
26Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	13:08
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:42
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	2	–	19:52

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	31	29	2	.935	59:50