National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 4, Edmonton 3
Thursday, December 29, 2011 8:00 PM
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 29, 2011
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Don VanMassenhoven, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, David Brisebois
Attendance: 19194
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Edmonton 1113
Minnesota 1304
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:24 - Oilers Taylor Hall (EV) Assists: Jordan Eberle , Tom Gilbert
13:47 - Wild Mikko Koivu (EV) Assists: Marek Zidlicky , Greg Zanon
Penalties
9:22 - Oilers Ladislav Smid (2) Roughing
 9:22 - Wild Cal Clutterbuck (2) Cross checking
 13:03 - Oilers Taylor Hall (2) Roughing
 13:03 - Wild Nate Prosser (2) Roughing
 18:01 - Oilers Theo Peckham (2) Charging
 18:01 - Oilers Ben Eager (10) Misconduct
 18:01 - Wild Matt Kassian (10) Misconduct
 18:01 - Wild Brad Staubitz (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
10:02 - Wild Jarod Palmer (EV) Assists: Kyle Brodziak
10:21 - Wild Pierre-Marc Bouchard (EV) Assists: Marek Zidlicky , Greg Zanon
14:40 - Oilers Ladislav Smid (EV) Assists: Taylor Hall , Ben Eager
15:26 - Wild Dany Heatley (EV) Assists: Marek Zidlicky , Mikko Koivu
Penalties
3:36 - Wild Mikko Koivu (4) High Sticking - Double Minor
 6:42 - Oilers Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 11:17 - Oilers Darcy Hordichuk (5) Fighting
 11:17 - Wild Matt Kassian (5) Fighting
3rd Period
Scoring
6:40 - Oilers Shawn Horcoff (EV) Assists: Ryan Smyth
Penalties
0:03 - Oilers Darcy Hordichuk (5) Fighting
 0:03 - Wild Matt Kassian (5) Fighting
 4:49 - Oilers Colten Teubert (2) Cross checking
 4:49 - Wild Cal Clutterbuck (2) Diving
 5:25 - Oilers Ryan Jones (2) Goaltender interference
 5:25 - Wild Niklas Backstrom (2) Roughing
 18:37 - Wild Justin Falk (2) Interference
 20:00 - Oilers Ryan Smyth (2) Roughing
 20:00 - Wild Nate Prosser (2) Roughing
Edmonton Oilers
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Nikolai Khabibulin G 0 0 0 0 0 40:00
Devan Dubnyk G 0 0 0 0 0 18:37
Taylor Hall LW 1 1 2 +2 2 5 19:46
Ladislav Smid D 1 0 1 +1 2 2 21:42
Shawn Horcoff C 1 0 1 -1 0 4 20:22
Jordan Eberle RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 17:19
Darcy Hordichuk LW 0 0 0 E 10 0 2:43
Eric Belanger C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 15:13
Theo Peckham D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 16:54
Ryan Jones LW 0 0 0 -2 2 1 14:11
Colten Teubert D 0 0 0 E 2 3 12:39
Corey Potter D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20:24
Ben Eager LW 0 1 1 +1 10 0 6:35
Anton Lander C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 10:18
Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20:05
Tom Gilbert D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 24:04
Ales Hemsky RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15:48
Sam Gagner C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 14:02
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C 0 0 0 +1 2 3 18:31
Ryan Smyth LW 0 1 1 -1 2 0 20:48
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 2 0 60:00
Josh Harding G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Marek Zidlicky D 0 3 3 +3 0 2 19:05
Greg Zanon D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 19:22
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 16:35
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17:20
Mikko Koivu C 1 1 2 +2 4 2 22:43
Darroll Powe C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 15:00
Dany Heatley LW 1 0 1 +2 0 3 20:01
Brad Staubitz RW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3:29
Kyle Brodziak C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 18:05
Cal Clutterbuck RW 0 0 0 +2 4 1 15:57
Nick Johnson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 6 16:18
Matt Kassian LW 0 0 0 E 20 0 2:12
Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 E 4 2 23:08
Warren Peters C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4:58
Justin Falk D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 22:26
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19:21
Jarod Palmer C 1 0 1 E 0 2 15:15
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 15:23
Goaltending
Edmonton
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Devan Dubnyk 8 8 0 1.000 0 18:37
Nikolai Khabibulin L (11-10-3) 19 15 4 .789 0 40:00
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom W (12-9-4) 30 27 3 .900 2 60:00