Los Angeles Kings vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Sunday, March 2, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in overtime on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Kings 35-28.
Goals came from Michael Cammalleri, Marian Gaborik and Martin Skoula.
Niklas Backstrom made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Erik Ersberg stopped 33 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Michael Cammalleri (18)Alex Frolov (38), Lubomir Visnovsky (29)1–017:53 LAK
2nd period
Marian Gaborik (34)Brent Burns (23), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (42)1–104:59 MIN
OT period
Martin Skoula (3)Marian Gaborik (32), Pavol Demitra (28)1–203:45 MIN
Team stats
LAKMIN
28Shots on goal35
43%Faceoff %57%
0/6Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes12
13Hits6
18Blocked shots16
4Giveaways7
3Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 03:16
Jack Johnson · hooking2 min - 1st 03:58
Pavol Demitra · hooking2 min - 1st 08:40Brian Rolston · high sticking2 min
- 1st 19:05Dustin Brown · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:05Kim Johnsson · holding2 min
- 2nd 09:45Nick Schultz · interference2 min
- 2nd 14:21Kyle Calder · slashing2 min
- 2nd 18:16Kim Johnsson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 12:37Jack Johnson · slashing2 min
- 3rd 18:22Branko Radivojevic · hooking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:57 |
| 24Alex FrolovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:05 |
| 17Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:00 |
| 8Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:52 |
| 11Anze KopitarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 25:47 |
| 12Patrick O'SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 24:02 |
| 19Kyle CalderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 23Dustin BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:52 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:55 |
| 27Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:14 |
| 29Jeff GiulianoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:07 |
| 41Raitis IvanansL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:15 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 26:35 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:55 |
| 5Peter HarroldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 25Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:39 |
| 38Kevin DallmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 42Tom PreissingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Erik ErsbergG | O | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 63:38 |
| 39Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Minnesota Wild
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 9 | 22:39 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:50 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:06 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 28:37 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:33 |
| 11Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:34 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:08 |
| 15James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 17Todd FedorukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:12 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:08 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 3Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:53 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 33Petteri NummelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:01 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 63:19 |