Minnesota Wild vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Thursday, December 22, 2011 · Rexall Place
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Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Thursday, December 22, 2011 at Rexall Place.
Jordan Eberle scored twice. Ryan Smyth, Lennart Petrell and Dany Heatley also scored.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jordan Eberle (1)Unassisted0–115:57 EDM · PPG
Ryan Smyth (1)Ladislav Smid (1), Tom Gilbert (1)0–218:36 EDM
2nd period
Lennart Petrell (1)Unassisted0–301:40 EDM · SHG- Jordan Eberle (2)Corey Potter (1), Ryan Whitney (1)0–402:56 EDM
3rd period
Dany Heatley (1)Matt Cullen (1), Jared Spurgeon (1)1–407:57 MIN
Team stats
MINEDM
31Shots on goal31
62%Faceoff %38%
0/5Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes23
15Hits17
9Blocked shots25
14Giveaways14
7Takeaways15
Penalties
- 1st 05:04
Warren Peters · hooking2 min - 1st 08:10
Darcy Hordichuk · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 10:37Clayton Stoner · tripping2 min
- 1st 15:11Justin Falk · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 19:48Clayton Stoner · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
- 1st 20:00Ben Eager · boarding2 min
- 2nd 10:29Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 19:01Sam Gagner · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 02:50Lennart Petrell · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 02:50Lennart Petrell · checking from behind5 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:16 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:32 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:34 |
| 14Darroll PoweC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 16Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:40 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:13 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:06 |
| 23Jeff TaffeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:26 |
| 25Nick JohnsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:10 |
| 43Warren PetersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:06 |
| 79Jarod PalmerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:51 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:57 |
| 4Clayton StonerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:01 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:52 |
| 44Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:57 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 60:00 |
| 37Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Jordan EberleC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:55 |
| 37Lennart PetrellC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 06:11 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:20 |
| 5Ladislav SmidD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:10 |
| 6Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 44Corey PotterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:12 |
| 4Taylor HallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:06 |
| 10Shawn HorcoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:47 |
| 16Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 03:55 |
| 20Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:32 |
| 28Ryan JonesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 55Ben EagerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 57Anton LanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:57 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 93Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:03 |
| 24Theo PeckhamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 58Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 59:57 |
| 40Devan DubnykG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |