Philadelphia Flyers vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Wednesday, December 5, 2007 · Xcel Energy Center

PhiladelphiaFlyersAway

3–1

25–29

MinnesotaWildHome

XM 209 · CN8 · KSTC

Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Minnesota Wild 3–1 on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Flyers 29–25.

Goals came from Scottie Upshall, Jeff Carter, Pavol Demitra and Braydon Coburn.

Antero Niittymaki made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 22 of 25.

Goals
PHI	2	0	1	3	25
MIN	0	1	0	1	29

Scoring

1st period

Scottie Upshall (6)Jeff Carter (6), Denis Tolpeko (2)1–004:44 PHI
Jeff Carter (9)Denis Tolpeko (3), Scottie Upshall (3)2–009:28 PHI

2nd period

Pavol Demitra (5)Brian Rolston (11), Marian Gaborik (12)2–100:55 MIN ·

3rd period

Braydon Coburn (1)Randy Jones (9)3–104:01 PHI

Team stats

PHIMIN

2529

43%57%

0/21/8

186

115

146

25

25

Penalties

0:35 into the first periodDaniel Brière · roughing2 min
1:26 into the first periodMike Richards · slashing2 min
5:18 into the first periodRory Fitzpatrick · slashing2 min
0:24 into the second periodScott Hartnell · interference2 min
6:36 into the second periodEric Belanger · tripping2 min
9:53 into the second periodScott Hartnell · interference2 min
12:45 into the second periodTodd Fedoruk · boarding2 min
0:33 into the third periodMike Richards · high sticking2 min
2:47 into the third periodDominic Moore · diving2 min
2:47 into the third periodDaniel Brière · tripping2 min
6:29 into the third periodScottie Upshall · slashing2 min
7:16 into the third periodKimmo Timonen · hooking2 min

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

9Scottie UpshallR	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	2	–	0	0	15	11:16
17Jeff CarterC	1	1	2	+3	3	0	1	0	31	0	0	22	15:55
53Denis TolpekoR	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	13	08:47
5Braydon CoburnD	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	20	15:20
6Randy JonesD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0	–	0	0	34	24:26
15Joffrey LupulL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	23	18:15
18Mike RichardsC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	40	0	0	25	18:24
19Scott HartnellL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	–	0	1	24	18:25
20R.J. UmbergerC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	50	0	0	19	13:19
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	0	0	21	17:31
24Sami KapanenR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	18	11:53
27Steve DownieR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	7	04:39
34Jim DowdC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	0	16	08:07
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	47	0	1	25	20:00
2Derian HatcherD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	0	0	30	22:00
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	0	0	16	10:38
21Jason SmithD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	0	0	25	19:55
44Kimmo TimonenD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	2	–	1	0	34	24:39

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
30Antero NiittymakiG	W	29	28	1	.966	60:00
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

10Marian GaborikR	0	1	1	−1	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	25	20:52
12Brian RolstonR	0	1	1	−1	5	0	0	0	80	0	0	26	22:34
38Pavol DemitraR	1	0	1	−2	4	0	0	0	56	1	1	28	20:59
15James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	0	0	18	10:57
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	0	0	15	09:59
18Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	2	70	0	0	22	12:33
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	0	1	20	12:58
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	55	0	1	22	16:53
34Aaron VorosL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	67	1	0	26	15:18
83Matt FoyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	9	05:20
92Branko RadivojevicR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	0	0	27	15:54
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	24	19:35
3Keith CarneyD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	0	0	21	14:26
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	1	1	32	26:52
6Sean HillD	0	0	0	−3	3	4	1	0	–	0	0	25	18:26
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	1	1	30	22:45
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	−3	1	1	0	0	–	1	0	28	23:22
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	6	04:17

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	L	25	22	3	.880	60:00