National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 3, Columbus 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 6, 2007
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Michael McGeough, Brad Meier
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Brad Lazarowich
Attendance: 18568
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Columbus 1102
Minnesota 1023
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
16:49 - Blue Jackets Ron Hainsey (PP) Assists: Nikolai Zherdev , Jason Chimera
19:10 - Wild Pierre-Marc Bouchard (EV) Assists: Eric Belanger , Brian Rolston
Penalties
2:38 - Blue Jackets Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (2) Hooking
 14:56 - Wild Kim Johnsson (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
15:31 - Blue Jackets Adam Foote (SH) Assists: Jiri Novotny , Nikolai Zherdev
Penalties
10:27 - Blue Jackets Jason Chimera (2) Hooking
 13:02 - Blue Jackets Jared Boll (5) Fighting
 13:02 - Wild Stephane Veilleux (5) Fighting
 14:42 - Blue Jackets Duvie Westcott (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
1:44 - Wild Eric Belanger (EV) Assists: Brian Rolston , Keith Carney
6:35 - Wild Brent Burns (EV) Assists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard , Brian Rolston
Penalties
17:51 - Blue Jackets Rick Nash (2) High sticking
 17:51 - Wild Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2) Interference
 19:13 - Blue Jackets Duvie Westcott (2) Holding
 19:37 - Wild Mikko Koivu (2) Interference
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 39:32 29:46 2:05 7:41 0 0 - - - - -
Kris Russell D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 12:57 10:28 1:46 0:43 0 0 - - - - -
Ron Hainsey D 1 0 1 E 0 2 27 18:33 17:42 0:10 0:41 1 0 - - - - -
Jan Hejda D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 14:45 11:33 0:00 3:12 0 0 - - - - -
David Vyborny RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 27 19:51 16:07 1:55 1:49 0 0 - - - - -
Duvie Westcott D 0 0 0 -2 4 1 26 18:23 15:55 0:19 2:09 0 0 - - - - -
Jiri Novotny C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 20 14:32 11:33 0:24 2:35 0 0 - - 10 4 71
Nikolai Zherdev RW 0 2 2 -2 0 1 22 17:34 15:34 0:10 1:50 0 0 - - - - -
Gilbert Brule C 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 13:18 12:29 0:00 0:49 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Jason Chimera LW 0 1 1 -2 2 1 21 14:10 13:07 0:10 0:53 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Manny Malhotra C 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 18:55 15:57 0:00 2:58 0 0 - - 12 5 71
Freddy Modin LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 19:49 14:56 1:43 3:10 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Jared Boll RW 0 0 0 E 5 0 7 4:52 0:00 0:00 0:32 0 0 - - - - -
Dan Fritsche RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 11:41 11:09 0:00 0:32 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Adam Foote D 1 0 1 E 0 2 27 21:42 17:51 0:00 3:51 0 1 - - - - -
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen D 0 0 0 E 2 0 16 10:15 8:43 0:00 1:32 0 0 - - - - -
Rick Nash LW 0 0 0 E 2 5 25 20:08 17:21 1:38 1:09 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Sergei Fedorov C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 19:02 16:46 1:58 0:18 0 0 - - 5 7 42
Rostislav Klesla D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 27 21:14 18:07 0:12 2:55 0 0 - - - - -
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 40:00 30:14 7:41 2:05 0 0 - - - - -
Keith Carney D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 17 10:38 10:11 0:08 0:19 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 35 24:44 22:01 2:31 0:12 0 0 - - - - -
Brent Burns D 1 0 1 +1 0 3 34 23:04 18:06 3:22 1:36 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 0 0 -1 2 4 30 18:30 14:56 3:01 0:33 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Marian Gaborik RW 0 0 0 E 0 7 26 22:02 17:18 4:44 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Rolston RW 0 3 3 +2 0 2 27 20:37 14:41 4:21 1:35 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Dominic Moore C 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 8:34 8:06 0:28 0:00 0 0 - - 2 4 33
Stephane Veilleux LW 0 0 0 E 5 0 21 12:24 0:00 0:25 0:12 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Parrish RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 19:27 15:40 3:47 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Boogaard LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 5 4:10 4:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 1 1 2 +3 0 1 26 16:10 12:55 1:43 1:32 0 0 - - 4 7 36
Petteri Nummelin D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 23 18:59 15:20 3:39 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pavol Demitra LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 27 21:10 16:03 4:49 0:18 0 0 - - 5 16 24
Martin Skoula D 0 0 0 E 0 4 31 20:48 18:33 0:00 1:30 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 E 0 1 29 17:06 16:00 0:33 0:33 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Foy RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 5:20 5:17 0:03 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Branko Radivojevic RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 16:21 14:55 1:14 0:12 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 1 1 2 +2 2 3 23 15:40 13:16 2:24 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Fredrik Norrena L (10-19-6) 31 28 3 .903 0 39:32
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom W (33-13-8) 21 19 2 .905 0 40:00