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Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at home.

Team Goals 2011-2012 record
Edmonton Oilers 3 32-40-10
at Minnesota Wild 4 35-36-11

Goals by period

Team Total
Edmonton Oilers 1 1 1 3
Minnesota Wild 1 3 0 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Edmonton Oilers 9 9 12 30
Minnesota Wild 10 9 8 27

Three stars

  1. M. Kassian, Minnesota Wild
  2. N. Prosser, Minnesota Wild
  3. J. Palmer, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:24 Edmonton Oilers Taylor Hall (1) Jordan Eberle (1), Tom Gilbert (1) Even strength EDM 1, MIN 0
1st 13:47 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu (1) Marek Zidlicky (1), Greg Zanon (1) Even strength EDM 1, MIN 1
2nd 10:02 Minnesota Wild Jarod Palmer (1) Kyle Brodziak (1) Even strength EDM 1, MIN 2
2nd 10:21 Minnesota Wild Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1) Marek Zidlicky (2), Greg Zanon (2) Even strength EDM 1, MIN 3
2nd 14:40 Edmonton Oilers Ladislav Smid (1) Taylor Hall (1), Ben Eager (1) Even strength EDM 2, MIN 3
2nd 15:26 Minnesota Wild Dany Heatley (1) Marek Zidlicky (3), Mikko Koivu (1) Even strength EDM 2, MIN 4
3rd 06:40 Edmonton Oilers Shawn Horcoff (1) Ryan Smyth (1) Even strength EDM 3, MIN 4

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

Team stats

Stat Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 30 27
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 1
Penalty minutes 34 38
Hits 10 25
Blocked shots 5 14
Giveaways 1 7
Takeaways 2 6
Faceoffs won 30/62 (48.4%) 32/62 (51.6%)

Box score

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters
Player
4 T. Hall L 1 1 2 +2 2 5 1 0 19:46
10 S. Horcoff C 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 0 26.3% 20:22
14 J. Eberle R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 100% 17:19
16 D. Hordichuk L 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 02:43
20 E. Belanger C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 72.2% 15:13
28 R. Jones L 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 0 14:11
55 B. Eager L 0 1 1 +1 10 0 1 0 06:35
57 A. Lander C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 62.5% 10:18
83 A. Hemsky R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 15:48
89 S. Gagner C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 14:02
93 R. Nugent-Hopkins C 0 0 0 +1 2 3 0 1 40% 18:31
94 R. Smyth L 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 0 20:48
5 L. Smid D 1 0 1 +1 2 2 0 0 21:42
24 T. Peckham D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 0 16:54
33 C. Teubert D 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 12:39
44 C. Potter D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:24
58 J. Petry D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 2 20:05
77 T. Gilbert D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 24:04
Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
35 N. Khabibulin 19 15 4 .790 40:00 Loss
40 D. Dubnyk 8 8 0 1.000 18:37

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 42.1% 17:20
9 M. Koivu C 1 1 2 +2 4 2 2 0 66.7% 22:43
14 D. Powe C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0 15:00
15 D. Heatley L 1 0 1 +2 0 3 1 0 50% 20:01
16 B. Staubitz R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 03:29
21 K. Brodziak C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 0 47.4% 18:05
22 C. Clutterbuck R 0 0 0 +2 4 1 3 1 15:57
25 N. Johnson R 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 0 16:18
28 M. Kassian L 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 02:12
43 W. Peters C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 50% 04:58
79 J. Palmer C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 15:15
96 P. Bouchard C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 15:23
3 M. Zidlicky D 0 3 3 +3 0 2 1 0 19:05
5 G. Zanon D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 4 4 19:22
6 M. Scandella D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 16:35
39 N. Prosser D 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 2 23:08
44 J. Falk D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 4 1 22:26
55 N. Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 3 19:21
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32 N. Backstrom 30 27 3 .900 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 09:22 Edmonton Oilers Ladislav Smid Roughing 2
1st 09:22 Minnesota Wild Cal Clutterbuck Cross checking 2
1st 13:03 Minnesota Wild Nate Prosser Roughing 2
1st 13:03 Edmonton Oilers Taylor Hall Roughing 2
1st 18:01 Minnesota Wild Brad Staubitz Roughing 2
1st 18:01 Edmonton Oilers Theo Peckham Charging 2
1st 18:01 Minnesota Wild Matt Kassian Misconduct (misconduct) 10
1st 18:01 Edmonton Oilers Ben Eager Misconduct (misconduct) 10
2nd 03:36 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu High sticking double minor 4
2nd 06:42 Edmonton Oilers Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd 11:17 Minnesota Wild Matt Kassian Fighting (major) 5
2nd 11:17 Edmonton Oilers Darcy Hordichuk Fighting (major) 5
3rd 00:03 Edmonton Oilers Darcy Hordichuk Fighting (major) 5
3rd 00:03 Minnesota Wild Matt Kassian Fighting (major) 5
3rd 04:49 Edmonton Oilers Colten Teubert Cross checking 2
3rd 04:49 Minnesota Wild Cal Clutterbuck Diving 2
3rd 05:25 Minnesota Wild Niklas Backstrom Roughing 2
3rd 05:25 Edmonton Oilers Ryan Jones Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd 18:37 Minnesota Wild Justin Falk Interference 2
3rd 20:00 Edmonton Oilers Ryan Smyth Roughing 2
3rd 20:00 Minnesota Wild Nate Prosser Roughing 2

Game information

Edmonton Oilers head coach
Tom Renney
Minnesota Wild head coach
Mike Yeo
Referees
Tim Peel, Don VanMassenhoven
Linesmen
Michel Cormier, David Brisebois
Edmonton Oilers scratches
Andy Sutton, Ryan Whitney, Lennart Petrell
Minnesota Wild scratches
Mike Lundin, Colton Gillies, Jared Spurgeon

2011-2012 season series

Matchup Status Details
Edmonton Oilers 1 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final/SO Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Edmonton Oilers 1 Final/SO Game page
Edmonton Oilers 5 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at Edmonton Oilers 2 Final/SO Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Edmonton Oilers 4 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 3 at Minnesota Wild 4 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 29

Matchup Status Details
Calgary Flames 1 at New York Islanders 3 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 4 Final/OT Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 0 at Winnipeg Jets 1 Final/OT Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 at Dallas Stars 1 Final Game page
Phoenix Coyotes 2 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 5 at Anaheim Ducks 2 Final Game page

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