Los Angeles Kings vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, March 15, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center

Los AngelesKingsAway

0–2

24–29

MinnesotaWildHome

XM 209 · HD NET

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Los Angeles Kings 2–0 on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Kings 29–24.

Goals came from Brian Rolston and Marian Gaborik.

Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves on 24 shots for the win; Erik Ersberg stopped 27 of 29.

Goals
LAK	0	0	0	0	24
MIN	0	1	1	2	29

Scoring

2nd period

Brian Rolston (27)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (47), Mikko Koivu (23)0–114:11 MIN

3rd period

Marian Gaborik (36)Pavol Demitra (29)0–215:56 MIN

Team stats

LAKMIN

2429

53%47%

0/50/3

610

1415

711

66

25

Penalties

8:24 into the first periodDustin Brown · tripping2 min
15:54 into the first periodMarian Gaborik · holding2 min
1:08 into the second periodDerek Armstrong · interference2 min
5:21 into the second periodMatt Ellis · hooking2 min
10:48 into the second periodMarian Gaborik · high sticking2 min
15:36 into the second periodTodd Fedoruk · hooking2 min
13:44 into the third periodBrent Burns · holding2 min
16:39 into the third periodKeith Carney · tripping2 min

Season series

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

7Derek ArmstrongC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	2	33	14:26
8Matt EllisL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	14:27
11Anze KopitarC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	67	19:53
12Patrick O'SullivanC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	50	20:22
13Michael CammalleriL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	67	20:55
19Kyle CalderL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	07:28
23Dustin BrownR	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	2	–	22:48
24Alex FrolovL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	22:24
26Michal HandzusC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	63	17:09
29Jeff GiulianoL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	40	08:50
41Raitis IvanansL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	05:23
3Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	−2	3	1	2	0	–	27:35
4Rob BlakeD	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	24:29
5Peter HarroldD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	14:55
17Lubomir VisnovskyD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	26:01
25Jon KlemmD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	02:02
38Kevin DallmanD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	08:15
42Tom PreissingD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	18:45

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
31Erik ErsbergG	L	29	27	2	.931	57:53
39Dan CloutierG		0	0	0	–	–

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	0	68	21:48
10Marian GaborikR	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	4	–	17:37
12Brian RolstonR	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	–	24:20
38Pavol DemitraR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50	17:25
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	16:51
15James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	13	11:39
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	06:42
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	16:34
21Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:10
34Aaron VorosL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:12
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	40	06:22
92Branko RadivojevicR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	17:44
3Keith CarneyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	12:54
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	–	23:33
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	2	–	22:40
26Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	0	–	20:15
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	3	0	–	17:27
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	19:00

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	24	24	0	1.000	59:49