St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, April 7, 2007 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 5-1 on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Blues 31-25.
Wyatt Smith scored twice. Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Branko Radivojevic, Peter Sejna and Wes Walz also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Jason Bacashihua stopped 6 of 8.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (20)Todd White (31), Stephane Veilleux (11)0–108:05 MIN
Branko Radivojevic (11)Marian Gaborik (26), Brent Burns (18)0–216:09 MIN
2nd period
Peter Sejna (3)Unassisted1–202:47 STL
Wes Walz (9)Marian Gaborik (27), Kim Johnsson (19)1–306:27 MIN
3rd period
Wyatt Smith (2)Nick Schultz (10), Adam Hall (11)1–402:36 MIN- Wyatt Smith (3)Martin Skoula (15), Kurtis Foster (20)1–518:28 MIN · PPG
Team stats
STLMIN
25Shots on goal31
47%Faceoff %53%
0/3Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes6
16Hits13
14Blocked shots8
8Giveaways11
7Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 08:46
Derek Boogaard · hooking2 min - 1st 11:45Dominic Moore · slashing2 min
- 2nd 03:32
Glen Metropolit · holding2 min - 2nd 08:11Petr Cajanek · roughing2 min
- 3rd 03:41Dominic Moore · holding2 min
- 3rd 07:28Jay McClement · holding2 min
- 3rd 09:21Eric Brewer · interference2 min
- 3rd 18:02Matt Walker · hooking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 15Peter SejnaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:30 |
| 9Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 15:46 |
| 12Lee StempniakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 17Ryan JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:55 |
| 18Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:44 |
| 19DJ KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:26 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 22Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 26Petr CajanekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 38Brad BoyesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 4Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:39 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:54 |
| 28Matt WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:57 |
| 29Jeff WoywitkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 46Roman PolakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 55Christian BackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Curtis SanfordG | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 40:00 | |
| 30Jason BacashihuaG | L | 8 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 20:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 17Wyatt SmithC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11:58 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 11:42 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 28Todd WhiteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:19 |
| 37Wes WalzC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:49 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:37 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 21:24 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:35 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 11Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:26 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:09 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:03 |
| 3Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 59:51 |