GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: MINNESOTA (9-8) at EDMONTON (7-11)

NHL: MINNESOTA at EDMONTON

<div class="pre">NHL MINNESOTA 3
EDMONTON 2
2ND PRD: MIN - (PP) KURTIS FOSTER 2 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, ERIC
BELANGER) 19:12</div>

 

NHL: MINNESOTA at EDMONTON

<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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MINNESOTA 1 2 3
EDMONTON 0 2 2 END OF THE 2ND

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: MIN - MARTIN SKOULA 1 (ERIC BELANGER, BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC)
4:45
2ND PRD: EDM - JARRET STOLL 2 (ALES HEMSKY) 5:23
EDM - (SH) JARRET STOLL 3 (UNASSISTED) 11:55
MIN - (PP) MARIAN GABORIK 5 (ERIC BELANGER, MARK PARRISH)
12:43
MIN - (PP) KURTIS FOSTER 2 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, ERIC
BELANGER) 19:12

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MIN 8 8 16
EDM 16 9 25

GOALIES: MIN - NIKLAS BACKSTROM
EDM - DWAYNE ROLOSON</div>

 

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Minnesota 1 2 --3
Edmonton 0 2 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Minnesota, Martin Skoula 1 (Eric Belanger,
Branko Radivojevic), 4:45. Penalties: N Schultz, Min (slashing),
9:33; A Hemsky, Edm (high sticking), 11:45; M Gaborik, Min (tripping),
14:25; S Staios, Edm (roughing), 18:31; J Sheppard, Min (), 5;:37.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Edmonton, Jarret Stoll 2 (Ales Hemsky),
5:23. 3, Edmonton, Jarret Stoll 3 (shorthanded) (Unassisted), 11:55.
4, Minnesota, Marian Gaborik 5 (power play) (Eric Belanger, Mark
Parrish), 12:43. 5, Minnesota, Kurtis Foster 2 (power play)
(Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Eric Belanger), 19:12. Penalties: R Nilsson,
Edm (holding), 11:17; S Veilleux, Min (tripping), 13:12; Bench, Edm
(too many men served by R Torres), 14:25; A Cogliano, Edm
(interference), 19:05.

Shots on goal:
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Minnesota 8 8 --16
Edmonton 16 9 --25
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Goalies : Minnesota, Niklas Backstrom (25 shots, 23 saves). Edmonton,
Dwayne Roloson (16 shots, 13 saves). Referees: Justin St. Pierre, Rob
Martell. Linesmen: Andy Mcelman, Shane Heyer.</div>

 

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MIN GOALIE CHANGE
JOSH HARDING, START 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: MINNESOTA at EDMONTON

<div class="pre">NHL MINNESOTA 3
EDMONTON 2 19:20 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: MINNESOTA at EDMONTON

<div class="pre">NHL MINNESOTA 4
EDMONTON 2
3RD PRD: MIN - MARK PARRISH 7 (MARIAN GABORIK, ERIC BELANGER) 0:57</div>

 

NHL: MINNESOTA at EDMONTON

<div class="pre">NHL MINNESOTA 4
EDMONTON 2 18:20 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: MINNESOTA at EDMONTON

<div class="pre">NHL MINNESOTA 4
EDMONTON 2 8:44 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: MINNESOTA at EDMONTON

<div class="pre">NHL MINNESOTA 4
EDMONTON 2 6:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: MINNESOTA at EDMONTON

<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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MINNESOTA 1 2 1 4
EDMONTON 0 2 0 2 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: MIN - MARTIN SKOULA 1 (ERIC BELANGER, BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC)
4:45
2ND PRD: EDM - JARRET STOLL 2 (ALES HEMSKY) 5:23
EDM - (SH) JARRET STOLL 3 (UNASSISTED) 11:55
MIN - (PP) MARIAN GABORIK 5 (ERIC BELANGER, MARK PARRISH)
12:43
MIN - (PP) KURTIS FOSTER 2 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, ERIC
BELANGER) 19:12
3RD PRD: MIN - MARK PARRISH 7 (MARIAN GABORIK, ERIC BELANGER) 0:57

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: MIN - 2 OF 9, EDM - 0 OF 5.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MIN 8 8 9 25
EDM 16 9 15 40

GOALIES: MIN - NIKLAS BACKSTROM, JOSH HARDING
(3RD)
EDM - DWAYNE ROLOSON

OFFICIALS: REF - JUSTIN ST. PIERRE, ROB MARTELL
LIN - ANDY MCELMAN, SHANE HEYER

ATT: 15,839</div>

 

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Minnesota 1 2 1 --4
Edmonton 0 2 0 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Minnesota, Martin Skoula 1 (Eric Belanger,
Branko Radivojevic), 4:45. Penalties: N Schultz, Min (slashing),
9:33; A Hemsky, Edm (high sticking), 11:45; M Gaborik, Min (tripping),
14:25; S Staios, Edm (roughing), 18:31; J Sheppard, Min (), 5;:37.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Edmonton, Jarret Stoll 2 (Ales Hemsky),
5:23. 3, Edmonton, Jarret Stoll 3 (shorthanded) (Unassisted), 11:55.
4, Minnesota, Marian Gaborik 5 (power play) (Eric Belanger, Mark
Parrish), 12:43. 5, Minnesota, Kurtis Foster 2 (power play)
(Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Eric Belanger), 19:12. Penalties: R Nilsson,
Edm (holding), 11:17; S Veilleux, Min (tripping), 13:12; Bench, Edm
(too many men served by R Torres), 14:25; A Cogliano, Edm
(interference), 19:05.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Minnesota, Mark Parrish 7 (Marian Gaborik,
Eric Belanger), 0:57. Penalties: L Smid, Edm (hooking), 9:46; J
Sheppard, Min (holding), 13:06; D Tarnstrom, Edm (holding), 19:33.

Shots on goal:
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Minnesota 8 8 9 --25
Edmonton 16 9 15 --40
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Power-play Conversions: Minnesota - 2 of 9, Edmonton - 0 of 5. Goalies
: Minnesota, Niklas Backstrom (25 shots, 23 saves; record: 8-3-1),
Josh Harding (start of 3rd period, 15, 15). Edmonton, Dwayne Roloson
(25 shots, 21 saves; record: 3-9-1). A: 15,839. Referees: Justin St.
Pierre, Rob Martell. Linesmen: Andy Mcelman, Shane Heyer.</div>

 

NHL: MINNESOTA at EDMONTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
MINNESOTA 4
EDMONTON 2</div>

 

EDMONTON, Alberta (Ticker) -- Apparently, Rexall Place curesall that ails the Minnesota Wild.


After missing five of the team's previous seven games with agroin injury, Marian Gaborik had a goal and an assist and EricBelanger set up all four tallies as the visiting Wild defeatedthe Edmonton Oilers, 4-2, on Thursday.


Minnesota improved to 9-1-1 with two ties in its last 13 visitsto Edmonton. The victory also snapped a five-game road losingstreak for the Wild.


After Jarret Stoll scored twice in a 6 1/2-minute span of thesecond period to give the Oilers a 2-1 advantage, Gaborikleveled the game 48 seconds later.


Belanger had the puck behind the net and muscled his way to thefront. From there, he backhanded a pass to Gaborik, who wasstanding at the side of the net for a tap-in, tying the contestat 2-2.


Defenseman Kurtis Foster's goal with 48 seconds remaining in thesession stood up as the winner.


With no attractive outlets, Foster elected to slap a rollingpuck toward the net from above the left faceoff circle.Screened goaltender Dwayne Roloson did not see the shot, whichfound its way around a bevy of bodies in front to give the Wilda 3-2 advantage.


Gaborik assisted on Mark Parrish's insurance goal 57 secondsinto the third.


Josh Harding stopped all 13 shots he faced in the third periodafter Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves through two periods forMinnesota. Backstrom was credited with the victory and improvedto 7-0-0 in his career against Edmonton.


Roloson, who played for the Wild from 2001-04, made 19 saves.

Defenseman Martin Skoula opened the scoring just 4:45 into thefirst period.


The Czech wristed what looked to be a harmless shot on goal, butthe puck deflected off blue-liner Allan Rourke and into the netto give the Wild a 1-0 lead.


Stoll scored the first of his two tallies 5:23 into the secondperiod to forge a tie.


After Backstrom attempted to play the puck behind the net, AlesHemsky stole it and fired a shot on goal. Backstrom made thesave, but the rebound popped out to Stoll, who deposited thepuck into the net to knot it at 1-1.


Stoll tallied again on a shorthanded breakaway, sliding the puckbetween Backstrom's legs at 11:55 to give the Wild a 2-1advantage. It was Stoll's third goal of the season.

 

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Minnesota 1 2 1 --4
Edmonton 0 2 0 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Minnesota, Martin Skoula 1 (Eric Belanger,
Branko Radivojevic), 4:45. Penalties: J Sheppard, Min (hooking),
5:37; N Schultz, Min (slashing), 9:33; A Hemsky, Edm (high sticking),
11:45; M Gaborik, Min (tripping), 14:25; S Staios, Edm (roughing),
18:31.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Edmonton, Jarret Stoll 2 (Ales Hemsky),
5:23. 3, Edmonton, Jarret Stoll 3 (shorthanded) (Unassisted), 11:55.
4, Minnesota, Marian Gaborik 5 (power play) (Eric Belanger, Mark
Parrish), 12:43. 5, Minnesota, Kurtis Foster 2 (power play)
(Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Eric Belanger), 19:12. Penalties: R Nilsson,
Edm (holding), 11:17; S Veilleux, Min (tripping), 13:12; Bench, Edm
(too many men served by R Torres), 14:25; A Cogliano, Edm
(interference), 19:05.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Minnesota, Mark Parrish 7 (Marian Gaborik,
Eric Belanger), 0:57. Penalties: L Smid, Edm (hooking), 9:46; J
Sheppard, Min (holding), 13:06; D Tarnstrom, Edm (holding), 19:33; S
Staios, Edm (slashing), 19:43.

Shots on goal:
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Minnesota 8 7 10 --25
Edmonton 16 10 14 --40
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Power-play Conversions: Minnesota - 2 of 9, Edmonton - 0 of 5. Goalies
: Minnesota, Niklas Backstrom (26 shots, 24 saves; record: 8-3-1),
Josh Harding (20:01 of 3rd period, 14, 14). Edmonton, Dwayne Roloson
(25 shots, 21 saves; record: 3-9-1). A: 15,839. Referees: Justin St.
Pierre, Rob Martell. Linesmen: Andy Mcelman, Shane Heyer.</div>

 

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MINNESOTA 1 2 1 --4
EDMONTON 0 2 0 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Minnesota, Martin Skoula 1 (Eric Belanger,
Branko Radivojevic), 4:45. Penalties: J Sheppard, Min (hooking),
5:37; N Schultz, Min (slashing), 9:33; A Hemsky, Edm (high sticking),
11:45; M Gaborik, Min (tripping), 14:25; S Staios, Edm (roughing),
18:31.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Edmonton, Jarret Stoll 2 (Ales Hemsky),
5:23. 3, Edmonton, Jarret Stoll 3 (shorthanded) (Unassisted), 11:55.
4, Minnesota, Marian Gaborik 5 (power play) (Eric Belanger, Mark
Parrish), 12:43. 5, Minnesota, Kurtis Foster 2 (power play)
(Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Eric Belanger), 19:12. Penalties: R Nilsson,
Edm (holding), 11:17; S Veilleux, Min (tripping), 13:12; Bench, Edm
(too many men served by R Torres), 14:25; A Cogliano, Edm
(interference), 19:05.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Minnesota, Mark Parrish 7 (Marian Gaborik,
Eric Belanger), 0:57. Penalties: L Smid, Edm (hooking), 9:46; J
Sheppard, Min (holding), 13:06; D Tarnstrom, Edm (holding), 19:33; S
Staios, Edm (slashing), 19:43.

Shots on goal:
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MINNESOTA 8 7 10 --25
EDMONTON 16 10 14 --40
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Power-play Conversions: MIN - 2 of 9, EDM - 0 of 5. Goalies :
Minnesota, Niklas Backstrom (26 shots, 24 saves; record: 8-3-1), Josh
Harding (20:01 of 3rd period, 14, 14). Edmonton, Dwayne Roloson (25
shots, 21 saves; record: 3-9-1). A: 15,839. Referees: Justin St.
Pierre, Rob Martell. Linesmen: Andy Mcelman, Shane Heyer.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

MINNESOTA EDMONTON
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
M Gaborik 1 1 +1 2 S Horcoff 0 0 -1 2
B Rolston 0 0 -2 4 R Nilsson 0 0 -1 5
D Moore 0 0 even 0 A Cogliano 0 0 +1 0
S Veilleux 0 0 +1 4 R Torres 0 0 +1 3
M Parrish 1 1 +1 2 J Stoll 2 0 +2 6
D Boogaard 0 0 even 1 M Reasoner 0 0 even 1
E Belanger 0 4 +1 2 D Tarnstrom 0 0 +2 3
K Foster 1 0 -1 1 S Staios 0 0 -1 1
P Nummelin 0 0 even 1 A Rourke 0 0 -1 0
M Skoula 1 0 even 2 D Penner 0 0 -1 5
A Voros 0 0 even 0 D Grebeshkov 0 0 -1 0
K Johnsson 0 0 even 1 Z Stortini 0 0 -1 1
N Schultz 0 0 +1 0 K Brodziak 0 0 -1 2
J Sheppard 0 0 -1 1 L Smid 0 0 -1 0
B Burns 0 0 +1 1 T Gilbert 0 0 +2 3
M Koivu 0 0 -1 1 G Sanderson 0 0 -1 1
B Radivojevic 0 1 +1 1 A Hemsky 0 1 +1 4
P Bouchard 0 1 -2 1 S Gagner 0 0 even 3
K Carney HEALTHY M Greene LEG INJURY
M Foy HEALTHY L Reddox HEALTHY</div>

 

EDMONTON, Alberta (Ticker) -- Apparently, Rexall Place curesall that ails the Minnesota Wild.


After missing five of the team's previous seven games with agroin injury, Marian Gaborik had a goal and an assist and EricBelanger set up all four tallies as the visiting Wild defeatedthe Edmonton Oilers, 4-2, on Thursday.


Minnesota improved to 9-1-1 with two ties in its last 13 visitsto Edmonton. The victory also snapped a five-game road losingstreak for the Wild.


Belanger obviously was pleased with his career night.

"Four assists is one of those things where you're at the rightplace at the right time, and definitely I'll take that anynight," Belanger said. "There's another game (Friday) - don'tget too high, don't get too low when those things happen."

After Jarret Stoll scored twice in a 6 1/2-minute span of thesecond period to give the Oilers a 2-1 advantage, Gaborikleveled the game 48 seconds later.


Belanger had the puck behind the net and muscled his way to thefront. From there, he backhanded a pass to Gaborik, who wasstanding at the side of the net for a tap-in, tying the contestat 2-2.


Defenseman Kurtis Foster's goal with 48 seconds remaining in thesession stood up as the winner.


With no attractive outlets, Foster elected to slap a rollingpuck toward the net from above the left faceoff circle. Screenedgoaltender Dwayne Roloson did not see the shot, which found itsway around a bevy of bodies in front to give the Wild a 3-2advantage.


"That was a tough goal (for them) to take," Foster said. "Itwas a pretty soft shot that went in, but that happens."

"They're a team you don't want to trail," Oilers defenseman TomGilbert said. "We had the lead and like I said, we just kind oflet them get back in the game. It's tough coming back withthem. They play a great trap, they play great defensively andwhen they're up a goal going into the last period, it's tough toget opportunities from them."


Gaborik assisted on Mark Parrish's insurance goal 57 secondsinto the third.


Josh Harding stopped all 13 shots he faced in the third periodafter Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves through two periods forMinnesota. Backstrom was credited with the victory and improvedto 7-0-0 in his career against Edmonton.


Minnesota coach Jacques Lemaire did not have any second thoughtsabout changing goaltenders.


"I said I'm going to switch it and maybe the guys will even workbetter, because we weren't playing well at that time," Lemairesaid.


Edmonton coach Craig MacTavish was not too pleased with theresult, considering the Oilers held a 40-25 advantage in shots.

"You get 40 some-odd shots and countless opportunities in frontof the net with two goals, and that's almost consistent whenwe're analyzing what happened after the losses," MacTavish said."We had lots of opportunities, lots of shots, but at the endof the day, we're not getting it done. We need more efficiencyin that area."


Roloson, who played for the Wild from 2001-04, made 19 saves.

Defenseman Martin Skoula opened the scoring just 4:45 into thefirst period.


The Czech wristed what looked to be a harmless shot on goal, butthe puck deflected off blue-liner Allan Rourke and into the netto give the Wild a 1-0 lead.


Stoll scored the first of his two tallies 5:23 into the secondperiod to forge a tie.


After Backstrom attempted to play the puck behind the net, AlesHemsky stole it and fired a shot on goal. Backstrom made thesave, but the rebound popped out to Stoll, who deposited thepuck into the net to knot it at 1-1.


Stoll tallied again on a shorthanded breakaway, sliding the puckbetween Backstrom's legs at 11:55 to give the Wild a 2-1advantage. It was Stoll's third goal of the season.

"The crowd got going, and that's when I found out I scored,"said Stoll, who was knocked to the ice after he tallied. "It'sa break that I needed, and you work for those, and I gotta keepworking for them."

 

NHL: MINNESOTA at EDMONTON

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NOTE: RESENDING TO CORRECT PENALTIES FOR COGLIANO.</div>