Minnesota Wild vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, October 16, 2007 · STAPLES Center
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Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 4–3 in a shootout on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at STAPLES Center. The Wild outshot the Kings 31–29.
Goals came from Pavol Demitra, Scott Thornton, Mikko Koivu, Kyle Calder, Anze Kopitar and Brian Rolston.
Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Pavol Demitra (2)Marian Gaborik (3), Wes Walz (2)1–007:25 MIN
Scott Thornton (1)Brian Willsie (1)1–119:33 LAK
2nd period
Mikko Koivu (2)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (3), Brian Rolston (5)2–100:43 MIN
Kyle Calder (2)Brad Stuart (1), Alex Frolov (5)2–207:42 LAK ·
3rd period
Anze Kopitar (3)Unassisted2–306:26 LAK · 
Brian Rolston (2)Mikko Koivu (3), Brent Burns (1)3–308:00 MIN
Team stats
MINLAK
3129
56%44%
0/31/9
208
1824
199
1925
66
Penalties
- 11:54 into the first period
Patrick O'Sullivan · holding2 min - 13:16 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 15:03 into the first periodBrent Burns · high sticking double minor4 min
- 6:38 into the second periodBrent Burns · holding2 min
- 8:39 into the second periodJames Sheppard · hooking2 min
- 15:12 into the second periodRob Blake · holding2 min
- 18:36 into the second periodBrent Burns · closing hand on puck2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodKyle Calder · tripping2 min
- 11:51 into the third periodBranko Radivojevic · tripping2 min
- 13:35 into the third periodPatrick O'Sullivan · slashing2 min
- 13:35 into the third periodMikko Koivu · slashing2 min
- 1:09 into overtimeEric Belanger · tripping2 min
- 3:01 into overtimeBrent Burns · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 22:06 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:27 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 20:21 |
| 37Wes WalzC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 13:51 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 24:09 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:30 |
| 15James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:35 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:40 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:01 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:25 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 25:07 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 33Petteri NummelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:43 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | O | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Anze KopitarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 27:23 |
| 19Kyle CalderL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 19:42 |
| 21Brian WillsieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 24Alex FrolovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 20:11 |
| 27Scott ThorntonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:52 |
| 6Brad StuartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:08 |
| 7Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:32 |
| 12Patrick O'SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:16 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:19 |
| 23Dustin BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:25 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 41Raitis IvanansL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:21 |
| 73John ZeilerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:12 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:12 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 22:47 |
| 17Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 23:09 |
| 42Tom PreissingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 44Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Jason LaBarberaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Jean-Sebastien AubinG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |