Minnesota Wild vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Saturday, February 2, 2008 · Nationwide Arena
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Wild 34-20.
Marian Gaborik scored twice. Kurtis Foster, Derick Brassard and Brian Rolston also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Fredrik Norrena stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Kurtis Foster (4)Mikko Koivu (14)1–009:40 MIN
2nd period
Derick Brassard (1)Dan Fritsche (9)1–103:40 CBJ
Brian Rolston (19)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (34)2–105:52 MIN
Marian Gaborik (27)Todd Fedoruk (5), Pavol Demitra (22)3–110:25 MIN- Marian Gaborik (28)Pavol Demitra (23), Kim Johnsson (16)4–111:44 MIN
Team stats
MINCBJ
20Shots on goal34
41%Faceoff %59%
0/3Power play0/4
14Penalty minutes12
14Hits18
9Blocked shots12
2Giveaways4
1Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 00:34
Jan Hejda · interference2 min - 1st 01:42
Brent Burns · tripping2 min - 1st 07:27Todd Fedoruk · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1st 19:21Jason Chimera · holding2 min
- 2nd 03:58Jan Hejda · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:58Aaron Voros · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:59Adam Foote · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:59Todd Fedoruk · roughing2 min
- 3rd 01:55Rick Nash · tripping2 min
- 3rd 04:54Kurtis Foster · hooking2 min
- 3rd 11:30Ole-Kristian Tollefsen · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:30Eric Belanger · boarding2 min
- 3rd 11:30Stephane Veilleux · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 10Marian GaborikR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:18 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 20:13 |
| 17Todd FedorukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:32 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 15James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:11 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 08:03 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:53 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 3Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:35 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 34 | 33 | 1 | .971 | 60:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 16Derick BrassardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:22 |
| 49Dan FritscheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:39 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:45 |
| 12Jiri NovotnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 21:10 |
| 17Gilbert BruleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:08 |
| 19Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:30 |
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:33 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:01 |
| 51Andrew MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 2Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:37 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:03 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:26 |
| 55Ole-Kristian TollefsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 97Rostislav KleslaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Fredrik NorrenaG | L | 20 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 60:00 |
| 31Pascal LeclaireG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |