Edmonton Oilers vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Thursday, March 31, 2011 · Xcel Energy Center

EdmontonOilersAway

2–4

35–22

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–2 on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at Xcel Energy Center. The Oilers outshot the Wild 35–22.

Goals came from Antti Miettinen, Marek Zidlicky, Brad Staubitz, Martin Havlat, Tom Gilbert and Linus Omark.

Niklas Backstrom made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 18 of 22.

Goals
EDM	0	1	1	2	35
MIN	2	2	0	4	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Antti Miettinen (1)Matt Cullen (1), Andrew Brunette (1)0–107:24 MIN ·
Marek Zidlicky (1)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1), Kyle Brodziak (1)0–207:59 MIN

2nd period

Brad Staubitz (1)Eric Nystrom (1), John Madden (1)0–306:24 MIN
Martin Havlat (1)Chuck Kobasew (1), Brent Burns (1)0–413:13 MIN
Tom Gilbert (1)Ryan Jones (1), Magnus Paajarvi (1)1–419:19 EDM ·

3rd period

Linus Omark (1)Tom Gilbert (1), Jim Vandermeer (1)2–414:44 EDM ·

Team stats

EDMMIN

3522

44%56%

2/61/6

1414

1612

715

44

44

Penalties

6:50 into the first periodTheo Peckham · tripping2 min
8:22 into the first periodJordan Eberle · slashing2 min
11:45 into the first periodAntti Miettinen · high sticking double minor4 min
7:52 into the second periodPierre-Marc Bouchard · slashing2 min
7:52 into the second periodTheo Peckham · roughing2 min
9:05 into the second periodJim Vandermeer · cross checking2 min
16:05 into the second periodChris VandeVelde · holding2 min
17:47 into the second periodAntti Miettinen · high sticking2 min
11:10 into the third periodMikko Koivu · tripping2 min
12:42 into the third periodKyle Brodziak · hooking2 min
14:17 into the third periodBrent Burns · slashing2 min
15:11 into the third periodLadislav Smid · interference2 min
19:40 into the third periodGilbert Brule · tripping2 min

Season series

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

77Tom GilbertD	1	1	2	−1	2	1	2	0	–	21:41
23Linus OmarkL	1	0	1	−1	3	0	1	0	–	17:07
28Ryan JonesL	0	1	1	−1	0	2	1	0	–	17:59
91Magnus PaajarviL	0	1	1	−1	3	0	0	0	–	16:46
2Jim VandermeerD	0	1	1	−2	2	1	0	2	–	24:06
13Andrew CoglianoC	0	0	0	−2	4	0	0	0	45	18:56
14Jordan EberleC	0	0	0	−1	5	1	1	2	–	17:20
22Jean-Francois JacquesL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:07
33Steve MacIntyreL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:53
42Ryan O'MarraC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	33	07:09
54Chris VandeVeldeC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	50	17:53
56Teemu HartikainenC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	100	17:32
67Gilbert BruleC	0	0	0	−1	5	2	0	2	55	16:31
85Liam ReddoxL	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	0	–	14:48
5Ladislav SmidD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	–	16:46
43Jason StrudwickD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:17
49Theo PeckhamD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	–	15:10
58Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	−2	3	1	0	0	–	24:04

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
35Nikolai KhabibulinG	L	22	18	4	.818	59:01
40Devan DubnykG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

7Matt CullenC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	63	16:26
11John MaddenC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	0	62	15:15
12Chuck KobasewR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	11:44
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:42
16Brad StaubitzR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	08:44
20Antti MiettinenR	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	6	–	16:22
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	2	56	13:16
23Eric NystromL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	–	12:58
24Martin HavlatR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	15:16
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	13:36
3Marek ZidlickyD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	20:03
8Brent BurnsD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	3	2	–	24:49
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	52	19:01
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	15:33
4Clayton StonerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	14:22
5Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	21:46
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:49
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0	–	19:19

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32Niklas BackstromG	W	35	33	2	.943	60:00
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00