Wild 2–1 Blue Jackets — Final Score & Stats (Dec 8, 2007)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🌲 MIN	1	0	1	2
🧥 CBJ	0	1	0	1

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌲 MIN

Aaron Voros

1 G

1 shots · 11:22 TOI

2nd star 🌲 MIN

Brian Rolston

1 G

1 shots · 18:45 TOI

3rd star 🌲 MIN

Niklas Backstrom

31 saves

0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🌲 Aaron Voros Go-ahead 1st · 13:51

Assists: Pavol Demitra, Marian Gaborik · beat Pascal Leclaire

1–0

2nd period

🧥 Nikolay Zherdev Tying 2nd · 00:52

Assists: Jason Chimera, Michael Peca · beat Niklas Backstrom

1–1

3rd period

🌲 Brian Rolston Go-ahead 3rd · 02:22

Assists: Kim Johnsson, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · beat Pascal Leclaire

2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌲Wild

L1 Gaborik · Demitra · Rolston 22:46

L2 Belanger · Bouchard · Parrish 16:28

L3 Veilleux · Moore · Sheppard 14:13

L4 Fedoruk · Voros · Boogaard 11:22

D1 Burns · Johnsson 22:10

D2 Foster · Schultz 19:24

D3 Skoula · Hill 16:16

🧥Blue Jackets

L1 Nash · Peca · Zherdev 20:41

L2 Chimera · Fritsche · Beech 16:46

L3 Glencross · Fedorov · Brule 12:49

L4 Shelley · Lindstrom · Boll 5:42

D1 Foote · Hejda 24:53

D2 Klesla · Hainsey 20:28

D3 Westcott · Tollefsen 14:34

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌲MIN CBJ🧥

26 Shots on goal 32

12 Hits 13

13 Blocked shots 5

2 Takeaways 3

1 Giveaways 8

7 Penalty minutes 13

MIN shooting 7.7% (2/26) CBJ shooting 3.1% (1/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌲Wild

Niklas Backstrom

31/32

.969 SV% · 1 GA · 59:58 TOI

🧥Blue Jackets

Pascal Leclaire

24/26

.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:25 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Wild

Wild — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)

Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Wild

Wild — tied after 2nd: 2-3-1 (33% win rate, 6 games)

Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets — tied after 2nd: 2-2-3 (29% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Wild lead the season series 2–1

Nov 232007 🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN 4–0 Oct 62007 🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN 2–3 Jan 272007 🌲MIN @ 🧥CBJ 2–3 Dec 292006 🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN 3–4 OT Nov 252006 🌲MIN @ 🧥CBJ 3–5

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❓ MIN vs CBJ, answered

Who won Wild vs Blue Jackets on December 8, 2007?

Wild won 2–1. The final score was Wild 2, Blue Jackets 1.

Who scored for Wild?

Aaron Voros, Brian Rolston.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Nikolay Zherdev.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Pascal Leclaire made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Blue Jackets played?

At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Blue Jackets home rink.

What is the Wild vs Blue Jackets season series?

Wild lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🌲 Wild

BeforeDec 7 🌲MIN @ 🐙DET 0–5 AfterDec 11 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 1–4

🧥 Blue Jackets

BeforeDec 5 🏔️COL @ 🧥CBJ 4–5 AfterDec 10 🦆ANA @ 🧥CBJ 4–3

Also on December 8

🐻BOS 2–1 🍁TOR 🌪️CAR 5–1 🇨🇦MTL 🐦ATL 3–6 🦅WSH 🏝️NYI 3–2 ⚡TBL 🦆ANA 2–4 🐯NSH 🐧PIT 2–1 🐋VAN 🌵PHX 4–2 👑LAK ⚔️BUF 7–1 🦈SJS

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