Minnesota Wild vs Vancouver Canucks

Regular season · Friday, March 21, 2008 · General Motors Place

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2–1

Final

SOG 21–31

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Friday, March 21, 2008 at General Motors Place. The Canucks outshot the Wild 31-21.

Goals came from Brian Rolston, Branko Radivojevic and Sami Salo.

Niklas Backstrom made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 19 of 21.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	0	1	1	2	21
VAN	0	0	1	1	31

Scoring

2nd period

Brian Rolston (28)Pavol Demitra (30), Sean Hill (4)1–004:52 MIN · PPG

3rd period

Branko Radivojevic (6)Pavol Demitra (31)2–001:33 MIN
Sami Salo (6)Daniel Sedin (42), Henrik Sedin (55)2–104:20 VAN · PPG

Team stats

MINVAN

21Shots on goal31

44%Faceoff %56%

1/6Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes12

24Hits12

9Blocked shots8

5Giveaways15

3Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 17:22Markus Naslund · interference2 min
1st 19:06Alexander Edler · holding2 min
2nd 00:22Todd Fedoruk · tripping2 min
2nd 03:14Rick Rypien · hooking2 min
2nd 06:22Kevin Bieksa · slashing2 min
2nd 10:47Pavol Demitra · slashing2 min
2nd 18:41Alexandre Burrows · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 19:13Todd Fedoruk · interference2 min
3rd 04:09Keith Carney · cross checking2 min
3rd 11:05Nathan McIver · interference2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

38Pavol DemitraR	0	2	2	+1	4	0	1	2	27	18:36
12Brian RolstonR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	33	18:02
92Branko RadivojevicR	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	0	–	14:56
6Sean HillD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:42
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	52	22:17
10Marian GaborikR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	22:44
11Chris SimonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	07:29
15James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	45	13:07
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	–	12:31
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	+1	1	5	0	0	–	17:47
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	02:46
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	67	09:47
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:31
3Keith CarneyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	12:40
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	25:18
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0	–	22:49
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	17:40
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	21:07

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters

22Daniel SedinL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:43
33Henrik SedinC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	50	20:52
6Sami SaloD	1	0	1	-1	6	3	1	0	–	24:42
7Brendan MorrisonC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	64	14:18
9Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	18:54
14Alexandre BurrowsR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	–	14:51
16Trevor LindenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	07:04
17Ryan KeslerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	55	17:43
19Markus NaslundL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	–	14:32
20Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	07:19
25Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	14:32
26Ryan ShannonR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:45
37Rick RypienC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100	06:19
3Kevin BieksaD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	26:20
8Willie MitchellD	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–	30:46
18Mike WeaverD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:02
23Alexander EdlerD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2	–	21:08
45Nathan McIverD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	07:36

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Roberto LuongoG	L	21	19	2	.905	58:56
41Curtis SanfordG		0	0	0	–	–