Minnesota Wild vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Thursday, February 14, 2008 · General Motors Place
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–4 in a shootout on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at General Motors Place. The Canucks outshot the Wild 28–26.
Stephane Veilleux scored twice and Alexander Edler scored twice. Brad Isbister, Ryan Kesler, Kurtis Foster and Marian Gaborik also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Stephane Veilleux (5)Pavol Demitra (24), Todd Fedoruk (7)1–013:46 MIN
2nd period
- Stephane Veilleux (6)Branko Radivojevic (7), Nick Schultz (10)2–012:45 MIN
Brad Isbister (4)Alexandre Burrows (13)2–115:37 VAN
3rd period
Ryan Kesler (14)Ryan Shannon (1), Alexander Edler (9)2–202:00 VAN
Alexander Edler (4)Matt Cooke (8)2–302:16 VAN
Kurtis Foster (6)Kim Johnsson (18), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (37)3–309:56 MIN
Marian Gaborik (30)Keith Carney (6)4–312:21 MIN- Alexander Edler (5)Henrik Sedin (45)4–417:16 VAN
Team stats
MINVAN
2628
46%54%
0/40/2
1630
1419
1311
109
24
Penalties
- 6:17 into the first period
Aaron Voros · fighting5 min - 6:17 into the first period
Nathan McIver · fighting5 min - 7:17 into the second periodAlexandre Burrows · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 13:22 into the second periodAaron Voros · charging2 min
- 16:56 into the second periodBrian Rolston · fighting5 min
- 16:56 into the second periodAlexandre Burrows · instigator2 min
- 16:56 into the second periodAlexandre Burrows · fighting5 min
- 16:56 into the second periodAlexandre Burrows · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBrent Burns · roughing2 min
- 7:54 into the third periodHenrik Sedin · hooking2 min
- 13:05 into the third periodMarkus Naslund · tripping2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodStephane Veilleux · cross checking2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodAlexandre Burrows · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:16 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 22:54 |
| 17Todd FedorukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 3Keith CarneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:43 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 28:27 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:16 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 25:08 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:04 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:02 |
| 15James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:55 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:12 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:42 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 28:33 |
| 14Alexandre BurrowsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 17Ryan KeslerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:14 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:29 |
| 26Ryan ShannonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:02 |
| 27Brad IsbisterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:56 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 23:17 |
| 9Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 15Byron RitchieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:59 |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:44 |
| 21Mason RaymondL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 08:23 |
| 22Daniel SedinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:58 |
| 2Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 29:26 |
| 6Sami SaloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 28:44 |
| 8Willie MitchellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 26:09 |
| 18Mike WeaverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:30 |
| 45Nathan McIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | O | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 41Curtis SanfordG | 0 | 0 | – |