New York Islanders vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, February 9, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center
XM 237 · FS-N · FSN-NY2
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the New York Islanders 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Islanders outshot the Wild 29-18.
Brian Rolston scored twice. Kurtis Foster, Bill Guerin, Andy Hilbert, Sean Bergenheim and Brent Burns also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Rick DiPietro stopped 14 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Kurtis Foster (5)Stephane Veilleux (5), Martin Skoula (7)0–116:43 MIN
2nd period
Bill Guerin (19)Mike Comrie (24)1–100:38 NYI
Brian Rolston (21)James Sheppard (13), Kurtis Foster (8)1–211:10 MIN
3rd period
Andy Hilbert (6)Bill Guerin (12), Mike Comrie (25)2–200:27 NYI
Sean Bergenheim (5)Andy Sutton (7), Miroslav Satan (19)3–215:55 NYI- Brian Rolston (22)Mikko Koivu (16), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (36)3–316:36 MIN
OT period
Brent Burns (10)Marian Gaborik (28), Nick Schultz (9)3–402:34 MIN
Team stats
NYIMIN
29Shots on goal18
47%Faceoff %53%
0/3Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes8
9Hits21
11Blocked shots14
3Giveaways11
3Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 10:45
Blake Comeau · high sticking double minor4 min - 1st 12:37
Marian Gaborik · hooking2 min - 2nd 05:37Richard Park · tripping2 min
- 2nd 06:43Kurtis Foster · interference2 min
- 2nd 12:07Radek Martinek · closing hand on puck2 min
- 3rd 11:29Sean Hill · slashing2 min
- 3rd 18:07Mikko Koivu · hooking2 min
New York Islanders
| 13Bill GuerinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 11Andy HilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:38 |
| 20Sean BergenheimL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:30 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:29 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:00 |
| 7Trent HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:48 |
| 10Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 15Jeff TambelliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:10 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:12 |
| 57Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:05 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:03 |
| 8Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:13 |
| 24Radek MartinekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:45 |
| 32Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 26:30 |
| 44Freddy MeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:49 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Wade DubielewiczG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 39Rick DiPietroG | O | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 62:16 |
Minnesota Wild
| 12Brian RolstonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 19:54 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:15 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:51 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:00 |
| 15James SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 09:52 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:28 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 24:58 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:42 |
| 17Todd FedorukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:27 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:56 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 17:02 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 6Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 62:34 |