Edmonton Oilers vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Thursday, December 29, 2011 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at Xcel Energy Center. The Oilers outshot the Wild 30–27.
Goals came from Taylor Hall, Mikko Koivu, Jarod Palmer, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Ladislav Smid, Dany Heatley and Shawn Horcoff.
Niklas Backstrom made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 15 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Taylor Hall (1)Jordan Eberle (1), Tom Gilbert (1)1–001:24 EDM
Mikko Koivu (1)Marek Zidlicky (1), Greg Zanon (1)1–113:47 MIN
2nd period
Jarod Palmer (1)Kyle Brodziak (1)1–210:02 MIN
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1)Marek Zidlicky (2), Greg Zanon (2)1–310:21 MIN
Ladislav Smid (1)Taylor Hall (1), Ben Eager (1)2–314:40 EDM
Dany Heatley (1)Marek Zidlicky (3), Mikko Koivu (1)2–415:26 MIN
3rd period
Shawn Horcoff (1)Ryan Smyth (1)3–406:40 EDM
Team stats
EDMMIN
3027
48%52%
0/30/1
3438
1025
514
17
26
Penalties
- 9:22 into the first period
Ladislav Smid · roughing2 min - 9:22 into the first period
Cal Clutterbuck · cross checking2 min - 13:03 into the first periodNate Prosser · roughing2 min
- 13:03 into the first periodTaylor Hall · roughing2 min
- 18:01 into the first periodBrad Staubitz · roughing2 min
- 18:01 into the first periodTheo Peckham · charging2 min
- 18:01 into the first periodMatt Kassian · misconduct10 min
- 18:01 into the first periodBen Eager · misconduct10 min
- 3:36 into the second periodMikko Koivu · high sticking double minor4 min
- 6:42 into the second periodRyan Nugent-Hopkins · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:17 into the second periodMatt Kassian · fighting5 min
- 11:17 into the second periodDarcy Hordichuk · fighting5 min
- 0:03 into the third periodDarcy Hordichuk · fighting5 min
- 0:03 into the third periodMatt Kassian · fighting5 min
- 4:49 into the third periodColten Teubert · cross checking2 min
- 4:49 into the third periodCal Clutterbuck · diving2 min
- 5:25 into the third periodNiklas Backstrom · roughing2 min
- 5:25 into the third periodRyan Jones · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 18:37 into the third periodJustin Falk · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodRyan Smyth · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodNate Prosser · roughing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 4Taylor HallL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 19:46 |
| 10Shawn HorcoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 20:22 |
| 14Jordan EberleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 55Ben EagerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 06:35 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:48 |
| 5Ladislav SmidD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:42 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:04 |
| 16Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:43 |
| 20Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 28Ryan JonesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 57Anton LanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 83Ales HemskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 14:02 |
| 93Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:31 |
| 24Theo PeckhamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 33Colten TeubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:39 |
| 44Corey PotterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 58Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 19 | 4 | .789 |
| 40Devan DubnykG | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
Minnesota Wild
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 19:05 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 22:43 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:22 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:01 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 79Jarod PalmerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:15 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 14Darroll PoweC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 16Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 03:29 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 25Nick JohnsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 16:18 |
| 28Matt KassianL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:12 |
| 43Warren PetersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 04:58 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:08 |
| 44Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:26 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 37Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | – |