Dallas Stars vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Thursday, January 3, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center

DallasStarsAway

3–6

Final

SOG 28–21

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XM 209 · HD NET · FS-SW · KSTC

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Thursday, January 3, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Stars outshot the Wild 28-21.

Marian Gaborik scored twice. Pavol Demitra, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Stu Barnes, Eric Belanger, Steve Ott, Matt Niskanen and Mark Parrish also scored.

Niklas Backstrom made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 14 of 17.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
DAL	1	2	0	3	28
MIN	4	1	1	6	21

Scoring

1st period

Marian Gaborik (20)Pavol Demitra (14), Brent Burns (15)0–109:50 MIN · SHG
Pavol Demitra (8)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (27), Brian Rolston (16)0–211:05 MIN
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (7)Brian Rolston (17), Brent Burns (16)0–313:14 MIN
Stu Barnes (5)Niklas Hagman (6), Trevor Daley (8)1–314:07 DAL
Marian Gaborik (21)Unassisted1–418:32 MIN

2nd period

Eric Belanger (10)Marian Gaborik (18), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (28)1–510:08 MIN · PPG
Steve Ott (4)Mike Modano (14), Jeff Halpern (8)2–515:34 DAL
Matt Niskanen (3)Mike Ribeiro (23), Antti Miettinen (11)3–518:21 DAL

3rd period

Mark Parrish (10)Brent Burns (17), Keith Carney (3)3–616:04 MIN

Team stats

DALMIN

28Shots on goal21

52%Faceoff %48%

0/3Power play1/5

32Penalty minutes18

5Hits16

9Blocked shots11

8Giveaways5

4Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 03:44Brent Burns · interference2 min
1st 08:01Brian Rolston · interference2 min
1st 12:04Steve Ott · boarding2 min
1st 12:04Todd Fedoruk · cross checking2 min
1st 19:50Brenden Morrow · fighting5 min
1st 19:50Aaron Voros · fighting5 min
2nd 00:02Krys Barch · fighting5 min
2nd 00:02Todd Fedoruk · fighting5 min
2nd 06:20Mike Ribeiro · tripping2 min
2nd 08:53Mike Ribeiro · holding the stick2 min
2nd 10:08Mike Smith · slashing2 min
3rd 01:54Todd Fedoruk · hooking2 min
3rd 02:09Antti Miettinen · cross checking2 min
3rd 12:49Steve Ott · abuse of officials2 min
3rd 12:49Steve Ott · abusive language10 min

Season series

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters

9Mike ModanoC	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	70	17:10
11Jeff HalpernC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	67	15:05
14Stu BarnesC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	69	12:30
15Niklas HagmanL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:25
20Antti MiettinenR	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	2	–	18:43
29Steve OttC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	14	50	15:29
63Mike RibeiroC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	4	22	19:24
5Matt NiskanenD	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	–	26:22
6Trevor DaleyD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	24:36
10Brenden MorrowL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	40	18:45
13Krys BarchR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	06:12
16Brad WinchesterL	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	11:04
21Loui ErikssonL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	12:29
39Joel LundqvistC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	38	10:54
2Nicklas GrossmannD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	08:28
3Stephane RobidasD	0	0	0	-2	3	2	1	0	–	27:41
4Mattias NorstromD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	24:28
28Mark FistricD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:00

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Marty TurcoG		4	1	3	.250	13:14
41Mike SmithG	L	17	14	3	.824	46:46

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

10Marian GaborikR	2	1	3	+1	4	1	0	0	–	20:54
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	1	2	3	+1	2	2	0	0	–	14:56
8Brent BurnsD	0	3	3	+3	2	2	0	2	–	22:55
12Brian RolstonR	0	2	2	+1	2	1	1	2	–	17:44
38Pavol DemitraR	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	42	17:20
21Mark ParrishR	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	14:47
25Eric BelangerC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	45	19:07
3Keith CarneyD	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	17:49
15James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	06:28
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	–	07:51
18Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	62	14:28
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	16:24
34Aaron VorosL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	–	08:16
92Branko RadivojevicR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	16:54
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	25:05
6Sean HillD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	–	13:23
33Petteri NummelinD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:33
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	+3	0	1	2	0	–	22:08

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00