Minnesota Wild vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Friday, March 7, 2008 · Philips Arena

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2–3

39–26

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 in a shootout on Friday, March 7, 2008 at Philips Arena. The Wild outshot the Thrashers 39–26.

Goals came from Brian Rolston, Colby Armstrong, Brent Burns and Ilya Kovalchuk.

Johan Hedberg made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 24 of 26.

Goals
MIN	1	0	1	0	0	2	39
ATL	0	0	2	0	0	3	26

Scoring

1st period

Brian Rolston (25)Brent Burns (24), Marian Gaborik (35)1–010:47 MIN ·

3rd period

Colby Armstrong (10)Ilya Kovalchuk (31), Vyacheslav Kozlov (20)1–114:30 ATL ·
Brent Burns (12)Brian Rolston (23), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (44)2–117:38 MIN ·
Ilya Kovalchuk (44)Toby Enstrom (32)2–219:15 ATL

Team stats

MINATL

3926

48%52%

2/61/4

822

210

1210

911

55

Penalties

9:31 into the first periodGarnet Exelby · delaying game puck over glass2 min
10:07 into the first periodJim Slater · hooking2 min
19:21 into the first periodJames Sheppard · tripping2 min
4:17 into the second periodMikko Koivu · hooking2 min
4:49 into the second periodKim Johnsson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
15:48 into the second periodBobby Holik · elbowing2 min
0:58 into the third periodKen Klee · slashing2 min
6:23 into the third periodBrad Larsen · hooking2 min
12:41 into the third periodBranko Radivojevic · boarding2 min
16:38 into the third periodJoel Kwiatkowski · hooking2 min
17:38 into the third periodJohan Hedberg · misconduct10 min

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

12Brian RolstonR	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	40	1	0	29	20:31
8Brent BurnsD	1	1	2	−1	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	35	27:46
10Marian GaborikR	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	–	0	0	30	22:10
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	27	16:24
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	2	56	0	2	35	24:22
15James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	53	0	0	28	17:28
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	17	12:23
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	20	13:02
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	33	0	0	15	10:28
34Aaron VorosL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	16	09:26
38Pavol DemitraR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	60	1	2	30	21:22
83Matt FoyR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	11	07:11
92Branko RadivojevicR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	0	0	19	13:42
3Keith CarneyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	18	12:25
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	2	2	–	1	0	30	24:52
26Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	1	0	22	14:16
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	0	0	27	22:51
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	1	0	30	21:33

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	O	26	24	2	.923	64:59

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

17Ilya KovalchukL	1	1	2	+1	7	0	1	0	–	2	0	21	22:51
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	18	13:19
19Colby ArmstrongR	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	0	–	0	0	27	21:40
39Toby EnstromD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	2	0	38	33:39
8Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	21	20:51
9Erik ChristensenC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	57	1	0	24	20:20
10Bryan LittleC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	53	0	0	20	19:11
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	1	1	24	19:32
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	2	63	0	1	21	15:18
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	67	0	1	15	11:19
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	14	10:03
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	1	10	07:42
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	8	05:33
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	2	0	29	20:06
3Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	1	1	16	11:48
5Steve McCarthyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	17	11:55
22Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	1	0	30	19:35
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	1	0	34	25:30

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	W	39	37	2	.949	64:32
32Kari LehtonenG		0	0	0	–	–