Arizona Coyotes at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Arizona Coyotes 4–1 on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at home.

Final score, Arizona Coyotes at Minnesota Wild
Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Arizona Coyotes 1 30-42-10
at Minnesota Wild 4 49-25-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Arizona Coyotes at Minnesota Wild
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Arizona Coyotes 0 0 1 1
Minnesota Wild 1 1 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Arizona Coyotes at Minnesota Wild
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Arizona Coyotes 10 9 9 28
Minnesota Wild 9 8 13 30

Three stars

  1. D. Kuemper, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)
  2. T. Graovac, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)
  3. R. Suter, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Arizona Coyotes at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 16:40 Minnesota Wild Ryan Suter (5) Eric Staal (14), Zach Parise (8) Power play ARI 0, MIN 1
2nd 11:35 Minnesota Wild Tyler Graovac (3) Unassisted Even strength ARI 0, MIN 2
3rd 03:24 Minnesota Wild Chris Stewart (5) Jared Spurgeon (10) Even strength ARI 0, MIN 3
3rd 18:06 Arizona Coyotes Brendan Perlini (2) Christian Dvorak (7), Connor Murphy (5) Even strength ARI 1, MIN 3
3rd 19:23 Minnesota Wild Eric Staal (10) Charlie Coyle (12), Mikko Koivu (10) Even strength, Empty net ARI 1, MIN 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Arizona Coyotes at Minnesota Wild
Stat Arizona Coyotes Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 28 30
Power play 0 of 1 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 2
Hits 11 11
Blocked shots 20 11
Giveaways 3 1
Takeaways 8 3
Faceoffs won 34/61 (55.7%) 27/61 (44.3%)

Box score

Arizona Coyotes

Arizona Coyotes skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 T. Rieder L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 18:59
Number 10 A. Duclair L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 100% 14:34
Number 11 M. Hanzal C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 60% 13:37
Number 13 P. Holland C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 38.5% 15:35
Number 17 R. Vrbata R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 15:05
Number 18 C. Dvorak C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 66.7% 10:57
Number 19 S. Doan R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 15:12
Number 29 B. Perlini L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 12:27
Number 48 J. Martinook L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 58.3% 16:22
Number 67 L. Crouse L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 14:13
Number 86 J. Jooris R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 75% 13:35
Number 88 J. McGinn L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 14:07
Number 2 L. Schenn D 0 0 0 +1 0 4 2 3 0 19:12
Number 5 C. Murphy D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 0 0 17:25
Number 6 J. Chychrun D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 2 0 19:14
Number 23 O. Ekman-Larsson D 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 2 0 19:29
Number 33 A. Goligoski D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 3 0 23:41
Number 77 T. DeAngelo D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 21:36
Arizona Coyotes goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 41 M. Smith 29 26 3 .897 59:03 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 3 C. Coyle C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 16:37
Number 7 C. Stewart R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 3 0 12:37
Number 9 M. Koivu C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 42.9% 18:33
Number 11 Z. Parise L 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 1 0 100% 16:14
Number 12 E. Staal C 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 45% 19:46
Number 16 J. Zucker L 0 0 0 +1 2 4 0 0 0 15:26
Number 17 T. Pulkkinen L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:15
Number 22 N. Niederreiter R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 14:21
Number 29 J. Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 14:02
Number 44 T. Graovac C 1 0 1 +2 0 5 3 1 0 44.4% 18:45
Number 56 E. Haula L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 01:43
Number 64 M. Granlund C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 18:41
Number 5 C. Folin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 14:38
Number 6 M. Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 3 0 17:00
Number 20 R. Suter D 1 0 1 +3 0 1 0 0 1 23:44
Number 24 M. Dumba D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 21:08
Number 25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 21:32
Number 46 J. Spurgeon D 0 1 1 +3 0 2 0 0 0 21:58
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 35 D. Kuemper 28 27 1 .964 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Arizona Coyotes at Minnesota Wild
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:52 Minnesota Wild Jason Zucker Holding 2
1st 12:06 Arizona Coyotes Oliver Ekman-Larsson Interference 2
1st 15:03 Arizona Coyotes Oliver Ekman-Larsson Hooking 2
2nd 15:46 Arizona Coyotes Oliver Ekman-Larsson Hooking 2

Game information

Arizona Coyotes head coach
Dave Tippett
Minnesota Wild head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Referees
Frederick L'Ecuyer, Marc Joannette
Linesmen
Greg Devorski, Brandon Gawryletz
Arizona Coyotes scratches
Ryan White, Michael Stone, Kevin Connauton
Minnesota Wild scratches
Nate Prosser, Kurtis Gabriel

2016-2017 season series

Other NHL games on Dec 17

Sources and further reading

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