Minnesota Wild vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Thursday, December 27, 2007 · Jobing.com Arena
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at Jobing.com Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Wild 48-26.
Goals came from Eric Belanger, Joel Perrault, Mark Parrish, Brian Rolston and Enver Lisin.
Niklas Backstrom made 46 saves on 48 shots for the win; Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 23 of 26.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 MIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
 PHX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 48 |
Scoring
1st period
Eric Belanger (9)Brent Burns (13), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (23)1–002:08 MIN · PPG
2nd period
Joel Perrault (3)Derek Morris (5), Keith Yandle (1)1–103:23 PHX · PPG
Mark Parrish (8)Eric Belanger (14), Brent Burns (14)2–110:02 MIN · PPG
3rd period
Brian Rolston (13)Kim Johnsson (10), Eric Belanger (15)3–103:51 MIN · PPG
Enver Lisin (1)Shane Doan (19), Keith Ballard (7)3–217:33 PHX
Team stats
MINPHX
26Shots on goal48
40%Faceoff %60%
3/4Power play1/6
12Penalty minutes8
11Hits23
19Blocked shots4
1Giveaways1
3Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 00:35Radim Vrbata · hooking2 min
- 1st 12:11Kim Johnsson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 15:33Brian Rolston · hooking2 min
- 1st 17:40Ed Jovanovski · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 01:31Pavol Demitra · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:48Martin Hanzal · closing hand on puck2 min
- 2nd 16:20Martin Skoula · interference2 min
- 3rd 02:05Daniel Winnik · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:27Eric Belanger · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:01Mark Parrish · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 25Eric BelangerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:27 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:08 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 22:49 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 15James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:24 |
| 17Todd FedorukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:42 |
| 18Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:22 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:26 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:06 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 6Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 33Petteri NummelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 48 | 46 | 2 | .958 | 59:39 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 18Enver LisinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:10 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 9 | 22:14 |
| 26Joel PerraultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:36 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:35 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:26 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:59 |
| 11Martin HanzalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:42 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 22Mathias TjarnqvistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:10 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18:46 |
| 34Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 39Niko KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:11 |
| 88Peter MuellerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:47 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:01 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya BryzgalovG | L | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 58:29 |
| 32Mikael TellqvistG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |