Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 26, 2007 · American Airlines Center
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Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 8-3 on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at American Airlines Center. The Stars outshot the Wild 33-17.
Pavol Demitra scored twice and Brenden Morrow scored twice. Niklas Hagman, Aaron Voros, Mike Ribeiro, Jeff Halpern, Stu Barnes, Mike Modano and Loui Eriksson also scored.
Marty Turco made 14 saves on 17 shots for the win; Josh Harding stopped 25 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Niklas Hagman (13)Mike Modano (13), Matt Niskanen (12)0–101:33 DAL
Aaron Voros (7)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (21), Brent Burns (12)1–104:50 MIN
Mike Ribeiro (20)Brenden Morrow (23), Antti Miettinen (9)1–206:20 DAL
Pavol Demitra (6)Aaron Voros (6)2–206:57 MIN
Jeff Halpern (8)Steve Ott (6)2–309:33 DAL · SHG
2nd period
Stu Barnes (3)Joel Lundqvist (3), Nicklas Grossmann (2)2–403:50 DAL- Pavol Demitra (7)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (22)3–408:13 MIN
3rd period
Brenden Morrow (14)Jeff Halpern (5), Mike Ribeiro (21)3–508:12 DAL
Mike Modano (11)Steve Ott (7)3–608:26 DAL- Brenden Morrow (15)Antti Miettinen (10), Mike Ribeiro (22)3–715:28 DAL · PPG
Loui Eriksson (2)Stephane Robidas (6), Jussi Jokinen (8)3–816:17 DAL · PPG
Team stats
MINDAL
17Shots on goal33
55%Faceoff %45%
0/4Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes8
22Hits18
7Blocked shots7
16Giveaways19
9Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 08:59
Loui Eriksson · high sticking2 min - 1st 11:40Loui Eriksson · delaying game2 min
- 2nd 16:06
Aaron Voros · tripping2 min - 3rd 00:28Stephane Robidas · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:05Brian Rolston · tripping2 min
- 3rd 12:19Mark Fistric · holding2 min
- 3rd 13:38Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 15:50Todd Fedoruk · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 17:09Brian Rolston · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 34Aaron VorosL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20:45 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:15 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:33 |
| 15James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:46 |
| 17Todd FedorukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:18 |
| 18Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:42 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 3Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:14 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:25 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:42 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:47 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | L | 33 | 25 | 8 | .758 | 60:00 |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Dallas Stars
| 10Brenden MorrowL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 19:06 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 15:48 |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:29 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 29Steve OttC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:32 |
| 15Niklas HagmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:02 |
| 39Joel LundqvistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:53 |
| 2Nicklas GrossmannD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:25 |
| 3Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:46 |
| 5Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 24:44 |
| 13Krys BarchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:45 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 28Mark FistricD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 26:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Marty TurcoG | W | 17 | 14 | 3 | .824 | 60:00 |
| 41Mike SmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |