National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 2, Columbus 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 8, 2007
Where: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Referees: Stephane Auger, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Steve Miller
Attendance: 15666
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 1012
Columbus 0101
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
13:51 - Wild Aaron Voros (EV) Assists: Pavol Demitra , Marian Gaborik
Penalties
6:36 - Wild Sean Hill (2) Elbowing
9:42 - Blue Jackets Rick Nash (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
0:52 - Blue Jackets Nikolai Zherdev (EV) Assists: Jason Chimera , Michael Peca
Penalties
8:54 - Blue Jackets Jared Boll (5) Fighting
8:54 - Wild Aaron Voros (5) Fighting
9:40 - Blue Jackets Jan Hejda (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
2:22 - Wild Brian Rolston (EV) Assists: Kim Johnsson , Pierre-Marc Bouchard
Penalties
4:00 - Blue Jackets Duvie Westcott (2) Holding
6:51 - Blue Jackets Jason Chimera (2) Tripping
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 59:58 49:58 8:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 27 21:02 16:37 3:18 1:07 0 0 - - - - -
Sean Hill D 0 0 0 E 2 0 20 16:00 15:58 0:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brent Burns D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 27 23:17 18:15 4:09 0:53 0 0 - - - - -
Marian Gaborik RW 0 1 1 +1 0 5 31 23:21 18:42 4:39 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Rolston RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 24 18:45 13:32 4:29 0:44 0 0 - - 4 1 80
James Sheppard C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17 13:17 11:29 1:48 0:00 0 0 - - 3 6 33
Todd Fedoruk LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 13:09 11:34 1:35 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dominic Moore C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 14:15 14:02 0:00 0:13 0 0 - - 9 8 53
Stephane Veilleux LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 14:13 13:10 0:00 1:03 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Mark Parrish RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 27 17:16 12:43 4:20 0:13 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Boogaard LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 5 3:12 3:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 0 0 0 E 0 2 26 16:28 13:37 2:07 0:44 0 0 - - 7 8 47
Kurtis Foster D 0 0 0 E 0 5 28 19:44 16:15 3:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Voros LW 1 0 1 +1 5 1 17 11:22 10:07 1:15 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Pavol Demitra LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 30 22:46 15:53 5:50 1:03 0 0 - - 6 16 27
Martin Skoula D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 16:33 15:24 0:16 0:53 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 E 0 0 28 19:03 17:56 0:00 1:07 0 0 - - - - -
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 20 14:19 11:36 2:43 0:00 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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pascal Leclaire G 0 0 0 0 0 59:25 49:25 2:00 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 26 18:37 17:12 1:03 0:22 0 0 - - - - -
Jan Hejda D 0 0 0 E 2 2 32 23:08 19:30 0:00 3:38 0 0 - - - - -
Duvie Westcott D 0 0 0 E 2 1 23 15:14 14:17 0:57 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Curtis Glencross LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 19 12:49 12:03 0:46 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Nikolai Zherdev RW 1 0 1 E 0 5 28 20:26 17:38 1:03 1:45 0 0 - - - - -
Gilbert Brule C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 11:27 11:08 0:19 0:00 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Michael Peca C 0 1 1 E 0 0 29 20:41 15:39 1:03 3:59 0 0 - - 14 7 67
Kris Beech C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 15:48 15:02 0:46 0:00 0 0 - - 10 7 59
Jason Chimera LW 0 1 1 +1 2 2 27 16:46 14:08 0:19 2:19 0 0 - - - - -
Joakim Lindstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 8:09 7:31 0:38 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Jared Boll RW 0 0 0 E 5 0 6 5:39 5:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jody Shelley LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 6 5:42 5:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dan Fritsche RW 0 0 0 -1 0 5 26 18:43 16:09 0:19 2:15 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Adam Foote D 0 0 0 E 0 3 33 26:38 21:14 0:00 5:24 0 0 - - - - -
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 13:55 11:19 0:00 2:36 0 0 - - - - -
Rick Nash LW 0 0 0 -2 2 2 29 20:54 16:56 0:55 3:03 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Fedorov C 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 15:39 12:05 0:55 2:39 0 0 - - 8 7 53
Rostislav Klesla D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 29 22:20 17:23 0:57 4:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Goaltending
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom W (33-13-8) 32 31 1 .969 0 59:58
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Pascal Leclaire L (24-17-6) 26 24 2 .923 0 59:25