New York Rangers vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Thursday, December 20, 2007 · Xcel Energy Center
XM 209 · MSG · KSTC
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at Xcel Energy Center. The Rangers outshot the Wild 35–22.
Marian Gaborik scored 5 goals. Michal Rozsival, Martin Straka, Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Nigel Dawes also scored.
Josh Harding made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 12 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Michal Rozsival (8)Jaromir Jagr (17), Brandon Dubinsky (6)1–010:51 NYR · 
Marian Gaborik (14)Pavol Demitra (11), Aaron Voros (4)1–113:33 MIN
2nd period
- Marian Gaborik (15)Pavol Demitra (12), Mark Parrish (6)1–203:47 MIN ·
- Marian Gaborik (16)Brent Burns (11), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (20)1–305:38 MIN ·
Martin Straka (6)Jaromir Jagr (18), Scott Gomez (20)2–306:29 NYR
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (6)Marian Gaborik (15)2–410:56 MIN ·
3rd period
Nigel Dawes (5)Unassisted3–407:15 NYR- Marian Gaborik (17)Aaron Voros (5), Nick Schultz (6)3–507:56 MIN
- Marian Gaborik (18)Unassisted3–609:31 MIN
Team stats
NYRMIN
3522
62%38%
1/43/7
2913
917
1213
55
37
Penalties
- 8:55 into the first period
Brian Rolston · holding2 min - 1:54 into the second period
Brandon Dubinsky · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 4:59 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 8:10 into the second periodBranko Radivojevic · slashing2 min
- 9:02 into the second periodChris Drury · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:04 into the second periodAaron Voros · fighting5 min
- 12:04 into the second periodJason Strudwick · fighting5 min
- 15:49 into the second periodBrent Burns · tripping2 min
- 17:55 into the second periodScott Gomez · roughing2 min
- 8:50 into the third periodBranko Radivojevic · hooking2 min
- 9:08 into the third periodScott Gomez · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:13 into the third periodRyan Hollweg · roughing2 min
- 16:21 into the third periodMichal Rozsival · elbowing2 min
- 16:21 into the third periodMichal Rozsival · misconduct10 min
New York Rangers
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 22:42 |
| 10Nigel DawesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:57 |
| 19Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:05 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:56 |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20:00 |
| 15Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:14 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:06 |
| 25Petr PruchaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:08 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:36 |
| 44Ryan HollwegL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:47 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:09 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:37 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 34Jason StrudwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:25 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 18 | 6 | .667 |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
Minnesota Wild
| 10Marian GaborikR | 5 | 1 | 6 | +2 | 10 | 20:36 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 15:13 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:44 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:13 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:29 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 15James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:37 |
| 18Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:44 |
| 83Matt FoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:54 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:08 |
| 3Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:13 |
| 6Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:02 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | 0 | 0 | – |