St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Thursday, March 22, 2007 · Xcel Energy Center

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1–5

Final

SOG 23–37

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FS-MW · FS-N (HD)

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 5-1 on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Blues 37-23.

Marian Gaborik scored twice. Doug Weight, Pavol Demitra, Brian Rolston and Mikko Koivu also scored.

Niklas Backstrom made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Curtis Sanford stopped 32 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
STL	1	0	0	1	23
MIN	0	3	2	5	37

Scoring

1st period

Doug Weight (12)Petr Cajanek (32)1–017:47 STL

2nd period

Pavol Demitra (25)Marian Gaborik (21), Mikko Koivu (31)1–109:36 MIN
Brian Rolston (30)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (34), Keith Carney (13)1–211:36 MIN
Marian Gaborik (27)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (35), Pavol Demitra (38)1–318:17 MIN · PPG

3rd period

Marian Gaborik (28)Pavol Demitra (39)1–408:07 MIN · PPG
Mikko Koivu (18)Brian Rolston (30), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (36)1–511:43 MIN · PPG

Team stats

STLMIN

23Shots on goal37

63%Faceoff %37%

0/2Power play3/6

19Penalty minutes11

13Hits10

14Blocked shots12

5Giveaways12

7Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 12:41Derek Boogaard · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1st 12:41Doug Weight · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1st 14:41Ville Nieminen · boarding2 min
2nd 14:08Branko Radivojevic · tripping2 min
2nd 17:45Jay McClement · holding the stick2 min
2nd 17:51Eric Brewer · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 07:10Christian Backman · hooking2 min
3rd 08:15Derek Boogaard · fighting5 min
3rd 08:15DJ King · fighting5 min
3rd 11:24Ville Nieminen · tripping2 min
3rd 12:01Keith Carney · tripping2 min
3rd 18:49Glen Metropolit · hooking2 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

26Petr CajanekC	0	1	1	-2	5	0	2	0	50	19:19
39Doug WeightC	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	2	25	11:50
9Jay McClementC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	44	15:45
12Lee StempniakR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	14:53
17Ryan JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	75	16:57
18Radek DvorakR	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	17:56
19DJ KingL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	–	06:53
21Jamal MayersR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	79	16:12
22Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	64	12:01
32Ville NieminenL	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	–	09:38
38Brad BoyesR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	67	15:23
42David BackesR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	14:56
4Eric BrewerD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2	–	21:33
5Barret JackmanD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	25:33
29Jeff WoywitkaD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	16:58
46Roman PolakD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	17:18
54Tomas MojzisD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	13:25
55Christian BackmanD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	24:30

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Curtis SanfordG	L	37	32	5	.865	60:00
30Jason BacashihuaG		0	0	0	–	–

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

10Marian GaborikR	2	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	–	20:02
38Pavol DemitraR	1	2	3	+1	3	0	1	0	56	19:35
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	3	3	+1	3	0	0	0	–	17:09
9Mikko KoivuC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	2	0	41	17:39
12Brian RolstonR	1	1	2	+1	3	1	0	0	–	17:46
3Keith CarneyD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	–	19:00
17Wyatt SmithC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	17	09:34
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	12:45
21Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	–	14:55
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	06:18
28Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	42	14:42
37Wes WalzC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	30	11:49
92Branko RadivojevicR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	100	11:31
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:08
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	20:32
26Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	22:05
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	18:00
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	14:36

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	23	22	1	.957	59:58