National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 4, Columbus 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 2, 2008
Where: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Referees: Dave Jackson, Greg Kimmerly
Linesmen: Brian Mach, Steve Miller
Attendance: 18529
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 1304
Columbus 0101
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
9:40 - Wild Kurtis Foster (EV) Assists: Mikko Koivu
Penalties
0:34 - Blue Jackets Jan Hejda (2) Interference
 1:42 - Wild Brent Burns (2) Tripping
 7:27 - Wild Todd Fedoruk (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 19:21 - Blue Jackets Jason Chimera (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
3:40 - Blue Jackets Derick Brassard (EV) Assists: Dan Fritsche
5:52 - Wild Brian Rolston (EV) Assists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
10:25 - Wild Marian Gaborik (EV) Assists: Todd Fedoruk , Pavol Demitra
11:44 - Wild Marian Gaborik (EV) Assists: Pavol Demitra , Kim Johnsson
Penalties
3:58 - Blue Jackets Jan Hejda (2) Roughing
 3:58 - Wild Aaron Voros (2) Roughing
 10:59 - Blue Jackets Adam Foote (2) Roughing
 10:59 - Wild Todd Fedoruk (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
1:55 - Blue Jackets Rick Nash (2) Tripping
 4:54 - Wild Kurtis Foster (2) Hooking
 11:30 - Blue Jackets Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (2) Roughing
 11:30 - Wild Eric Belanger (2) Boarding
 11:30 - Wild Stephane Veilleux (2) Roughing
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Josh Harding G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 47:44 5:08 7:08 0 0 - - - - -
Keith Carney D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 14:04 13:56 0:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 0 1 1 E 0 1 28 22:32 17:59 1:07 3:26 0 0 - - - - -
Brent Burns D 0 0 0 +3 2 1 29 22:14 15:48 3:19 3:07 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 25 18:18 13:40 1:31 3:07 0 0 - - 8 10 44
Marian Gaborik RW 2 0 2 +2 0 2 26 19:17 14:39 2:55 1:43 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Rolston RW 1 0 1 +1 0 6 26 20:13 15:35 3:06 1:32 0 0 - - 1 1 50
James Sheppard C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 17 11:11 9:45 1:26 0:00 0 0 - - 5 3 62
Todd Fedoruk LW 0 1 1 +2 4 1 17 12:00 9:56 2:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Stephane Veilleux LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 17 13:37 12:10 0:03 1:24 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Parrish RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 15 8:03 5:31 1:57 0:35 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 0 0 0 E 2 0 22 14:27 11:55 0:47 1:45 0 0 - - 6 8 43
Kurtis Foster D 1 0 1 E 2 1 27 15:35 13:14 1:46 0:35 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Voros LW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 15 7:53 7:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pavol Demitra LW 0 2 2 +2 0 1 24 16:53 11:03 3:34 2:16 0 0 - - 4 12 25
Martin Skoula D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 27 22:35 19:10 0:00 3:25 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 26 19:22 15:39 0:00 3:43 0 0 - - - - -
Branko Radivojevic RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 14:10 12:20 0:03 1:47 0 0 - - - - -
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 22 15:28 13:27 1:54 0:07 0 0 - - - - -
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Fredrik Norrena G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 47:44 7:08 5:08 0 0 - - - - -
Pascal Leclaire G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kris Russell D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 23 20:37 16:01 4:36 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 29 22:37 18:13 3:53 0:31 0 0 - - - - -
Jan Hejda D 0 0 0 E 4 3 24 17:03 15:25 0:24 1:14 0 0 - - - - -
David Vyborny RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 14 8:45 7:19 0:36 0:50 0 0 - - - - -
Jiri Novotny C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 14:52 10:29 3:33 0:50 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Nikolai Zherdev RW 0 0 0 -2 0 4 24 21:10 18:03 3:07 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Derick Brassard C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 17 12:22 9:11 3:11 0:00 0 0 - - 5 4 56
Gilbert Brule C 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 9:08 8:58 0:10 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Peca C 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 18:23 14:09 1:59 2:15 0 0 - - 12 8 60
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 E 2 4 26 18:30 14:17 3:17 0:56 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Manny Malhotra C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 23 15:33 13:05 0:25 2:03 0 0 - - 11 5 69
Jared Boll RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 16 11:01 10:47 0:14 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dan Fritsche RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 14 9:39 8:34 1:05 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Murray C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 12:07 9:58 0:25 1:44 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Foote D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 31 23:26 17:27 2:10 3:49 0 0 - - - - -
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen D 0 0 0 E 2 0 21 13:56 12:37 0:00 1:19 0 0 - - - - -
Rick Nash LW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 23 18:09 13:15 3:16 1:38 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Rostislav Klesla D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 30 22:42 16:00 3:19 3:23 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom W (33-13-8) 34 33 1 .971 0 60:00
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Fredrik Norrena L (10-19-6) 20 16 4 .800 0 60:00