Minnesota Wild vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Saturday, December 8, 2007 · Nationwide Arena

MinnesotaWildAway

2–1

Final

SOG 26–32

ColumbusBlue JacketsHome

XM 204 · FS-O

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Wild 32-26.

Goals came from Aaron Voros, Nikolay Zherdev and Brian Rolston.

Niklas Backstrom made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Pascal Leclaire stopped 24 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	0	1	2	26
CBJ	0	1	0	1	32

Scoring

1st period

Aaron Voros (5)Pavol Demitra (8), Marian Gaborik (13)1–013:51 MIN

2nd period

Nikolay Zherdev (11)Jason Chimera (9), Michael Peca (10)1–100:52 CBJ

3rd period

Brian Rolston (9)Kim Johnsson (6), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (15)2–102:22 MIN

Team stats

MINCBJ

26Shots on goal32

43%Faceoff %57%

0/4Power play0/1

7Penalty minutes13

12Hits13

13Blocked shots5

1Giveaways8

2Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 06:36Sean Hill · elbowing2 min
1st 09:42Rick Nash · hooking2 min
2nd 08:54Jared Boll · fighting5 min
2nd 08:54Aaron Voros · fighting5 min
2nd 09:40Jan Hejda · hooking2 min
3rd 04:00Duvie Westcott · holding2 min
3rd 06:51Jason Chimera · tripping2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

10Marian GaborikR	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	23:21
12Brian RolstonR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	80	18:45
34Aaron VorosL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	5	–	11:22
38Pavol DemitraR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0	27	22:46
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:19
5Kim JohnssonD	0	1	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	21:02
15James SheppardC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	33	13:17
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	13:09
18Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	53	14:15
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	100	14:13
21Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:16
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	03:12
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	47	16:28
6Sean HillD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	16:00
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	23:17
26Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	–	19:44
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:33
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	19:03

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	32	31	1	.969	59:58

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

13Nikolay ZherdevR	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	–	20:26
19Michael PecaC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	67	20:41
25Jason ChimeraL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	16:46
11Curtis GlencrossL	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	–	12:49
17Gilbert BruleC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	43	11:27
24Kris BeechC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	59	15:48
38Joakim LindstromC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100	08:09
40Jared BollR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	05:39
45Jody ShelleyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:42
49Dan FritscheC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	43	18:43
61Rick NashL	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	2	–	20:54
91Sergei FedorovC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	53	15:39
6Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	18:37
8Jan HejdaD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	23:08
10Duvie WestcottD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	15:14
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	–	26:38
55Ole-Kristian TollefsenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:55
97Rostislav KleslaD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	100	22:20

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Fredrik NorrenaG		0	0	0	–	–
31Pascal LeclaireG	L	26	24	2	.923	59:25