Minnesota Wild at Atlanta Thrashers

Friday, March 7, 2008, 7:30 PM ET Philips Arena, Atlanta Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 in a shootout on Friday, March 7, 2008 at home.

Final score, Minnesota Wild at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	Goals	2007-2008 record
Minnesota Wild	2	44-28-10
at Atlanta Thrashers	3	34-40-8

Goals by period, Minnesota Wild at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Minnesota Wild	1	0	1	0	0	2
Atlanta Thrashers	0	0	2	0	0	3

Shots on goal by period, Minnesota Wild at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Minnesota Wild	16	10	10	3	0	39
Atlanta Thrashers	5	7	11	3	0	26

Scoring summary

Every goal, Minnesota Wild at Atlanta Thrashers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	10:47	Minnesota Wild	Brian Rolston (25)	Brent Burns (24), Marian Gaborik (35)	Power play	MIN 1, ATL 0
3rd	14:30	Atlanta Thrashers	Colby Armstrong (10)	Ilya Kovalchuk (31), Vyacheslav Kozlov (20)	Power play	MIN 1, ATL 1
3rd	17:38	Minnesota Wild	Brent Burns (12)	Brian Rolston (23), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (44)	Power play	MIN 2, ATL 1
3rd	19:15	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (44)	Toby Enstrom (32)	Even strength	MIN 2, ATL 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout attempts in order
Round	Team	Shooter	Result
1	Atlanta Thrashers	Vyacheslav Kozlov	Saved
1	Minnesota Wild	Mikko Koivu	Saved
2	Atlanta Thrashers	Erik Christensen	Goal
2	Minnesota Wild	Brent Burns	Saved
3	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk	Saved
3	Minnesota Wild	Brian Rolston	Saved

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Koivu	C	0	0	0	-1	2	5	0	0	0	55.6%	24:22
Number 10 M. Gaborik	R	0	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	0		22:10
Number 12 B. Rolston	R	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	40%	20:31
Number 15 J. Sheppard	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	53.3%	17:28
Number 17 T. Fedoruk	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		12:23
Number 19 S. Veilleux	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0		13:02
Number 25 E. Belanger	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	33.3%	10:28
Number 34 A. Voros	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		09:26
Number 38 P. Demitra	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	60%	21:22
Number 83 M. Foy	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		07:11
Number 92 B. Radivojevic	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0		13:42
Number 96 P. Bouchard	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		16:24
Number 3 K. Carney	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		12:25
Number 5 K. Johnsson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	0		24:52
Number 8 B. Burns	D	1	1	2	-1	0	4	0	0	1		27:46
Number 26 K. Foster	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		14:16
Number 41 M. Skoula	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0		22:51
Number 55 N. Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0		21:33

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 32 N. Backstrom	26	24	2	.923	64:59	OT loss

Atlanta Thrashers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 M. Recchi	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0		20:51
Number 9 E. Christensen	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	0	57.1%	20:20
Number 10 B. Little	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	53.3%	19:11
Number 11 E. Perrin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		19:32
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		13:19
Number 16 B. Holik	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	0	0	62.5%	15:18
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	1	1	2	+1	0	7	0	1	0		22:51
Number 19 C. Armstrong	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	1	1		21:40
Number 23 J. Slater	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	66.7%	11:19
Number 27 C. Thorburn	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		10:03
Number 29 B. Larsen	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		07:42
Number 36 E. Boulton	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		05:33
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0		20:06
Number 3 J. Kwiatkowski	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		11:48
Number 5 S. McCarthy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		11:55
Number 22 K. Klee	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0		19:35
Number 28 N. Havelid	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0		25:30
Number 39 T. Enstrom	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0		33:39

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 J. Hedberg	39	37	2	.949	64:32	Win

Penalties, Minnesota Wild at Atlanta Thrashers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	09:31	Atlanta Thrashers	Garnet Exelby	Delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	10:07	Atlanta Thrashers	Jim Slater	Hooking	2
1st	19:21	Minnesota Wild	James Sheppard	Tripping	2
2nd	04:17	Minnesota Wild	Mikko Koivu	Hooking	2
2nd	04:49	Minnesota Wild	Kim Johnsson	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	15:48	Atlanta Thrashers	Bobby Holik	Elbowing	2
3rd	00:58	Atlanta Thrashers	Ken Klee	Slashing	2
3rd	06:23	Atlanta Thrashers	Brad Larsen	Hooking	2
3rd	12:41	Minnesota Wild	Branko Radivojevic	Boarding	2
3rd	16:38	Atlanta Thrashers	Joel Kwiatkowski	Hooking	2
3rd	17:38	Atlanta Thrashers	Johan Hedberg	Misconduct (misconduct)	10

Minnesota Wild head coach: Jacques Lemaire
Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Don Waddell
Referees: Dave Jackson, Stephane Auger
Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Brian Murphy
Minnesota Wild scratches: Wes Walz, Sean Hill, Chris Simon, Steve Kelly, Mark Parrish, Petteri Nummelin, Nolan Schaefer, Derek Boogaard, Benoit Pouliot, Cal Clutterbuck
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Alexei Zhitnik, Todd White, Darren Haydar, Mark Popovic, Colin Stuart, Brett Sterling, Kevin Doell, Boris Valabik, Ondrej Pavelec, Jordan Lavallee-Smotherman

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