Minnesota Wild vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Saturday, October 13, 2007 · Jobing.com Arena
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3–2 on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Jobing.com Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Wild 29–26.
Daniel Carcillo scored twice. Marian Gaborik, Mikko Koivu and Eric Belanger also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Alex Auld stopped 23 of 26.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 MIN | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 26 |
 PHX | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
Scoring
1st period
Marian Gaborik (1)Pavol Demitra (2), Wes Walz (1)1–004:09 MIN
Daniel Carcillo (1)Shane Doan (4), Ed Jovanovski (1)1–114:51 PHX · - Daniel Carcillo (2)Niko Kapanen (2)1–217:08 PHX
3rd period
Mikko Koivu (1)Pavol Demitra (3), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2)2–213:40 MIN · 
Eric Belanger (2)Stephane Veilleux (1), Nick Schultz (1)3–216:45 MIN ·
Team stats
MINPHX
2629
47%53%
1/61/4
2224
1116
916
00
58
Penalties
- 6:10 into the first periodRadim Vrbata · high sticking2 min
- 7:39 into the first periodDerek Morris · cross checking2 min
- 13:08 into the first periodKurtis Foster · interference2 min
- 4:41 into the second periodNiko Kapanen · tripping2 min
- 8:03 into the second periodMarian Gaborik · slashing2 min
- 7:11 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · holding2 min
- 12:47 into the third periodSteve Reinprecht · hooking2 min
- 15:02 into the third periodMarian Gaborik · roughing2 min
- 15:02 into the third periodMarian Gaborik · roughing2 min
- 15:02 into the third periodNick Boynton · roughing2 min
- 18:23 into the third periodBranko Radivojevic · misconduct10 min
- 18:23 into the third periodShane Doan · boarding2 min
- 18:23 into the third periodDaniel Carcillo · misconduct10 min
- 19:20 into the third periodPierre-Marc Bouchard · holding2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodNick Schultz · broken stick2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:38 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:16 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:09 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:53 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 37Wes WalzC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:27 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:20 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:20 |
| 15James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:59 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:48 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:15 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 33Petteri NummelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 13Daniel CarcilloL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:43 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 19:46 |
| 39Niko KapanenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:54 |
| 11Martin HanzalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 12Craig WellerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:29 |
| 15Mike ZigomanisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:08 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:24 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:13 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:01 |
| 22Mathias TjarnqvistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 34Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:42 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:07 |
| 5Matt JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:00 |
| 18Freddy MeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Mikael TellqvistG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Alex AuldG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |