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2007-08 regular season

Wild at Canucks

🗓 📍 Rogers Arena, Vancouver 🔁 Wild lead the season series 4–3

Wild beat Canucks 2–1 at Rogers Arena on March 21, 2008.

MIN – VAN
21–31
Shots on goal
1/6–1/4
Power play
24–12
Hits
9–8
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Pavol Demitra
2 A
4 shots · 18:36 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Branko Radivojevic
1 G
3 shots · 14:56 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Niklas Backstrom
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🌲 Brian Rolston PP Go-ahead 2nd · 04:52
Assists: Pavol Demitra, Sean Hill · beat Roberto Luongo
1–0
3rd period
🌲 Branko Radivojevic 3rd · 01:33
Assists: Pavol Demitra · beat Roberto Luongo
2–0
🐋 Sami Salo PP 3rd · 04:20
Assists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Bouchard · Gaborik 22:17
L2 Veilleux · Demitra · Rolston 18:02
L3 Fedoruk · Sheppard · Radivojevic 13:07
L4 Pouliot · Simon · Boogaard 7:29
D1 Johnsson · Burns 24:04
D2 Schultz · Skoula 19:24
D3 Hill · Carney 13:41
🐋Canucks
L1 Sedin · Pyatt · Sedin 20:43
L2 Naslund · Kesler · Burrows 14:51
L3 Pettinger · Morrison · Shannon 14:18
L4 Cowan · Linden · Rypien 7:04
D1 Mitchell · Bieksa 28:33
D2 Salo · Edler 22:55
D3 Weaver · McIver 7:49

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN VAN🐋
21 Shots on goal 31
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
24 Hits 12
9 Blocked shots 8
3 Takeaways 3
5 Giveaways 15
8 Penalty minutes 12
MIN shooting 9.5% (2/21) VAN shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐋Canucks
Roberto Luongo
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 58:56 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 15-6-3 (62% win rate, 24 games)
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 17-7-3 (63% win rate, 27 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 14-0-3 (82% win rate, 17 games)
Canucks
Canucks — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-10-2 (14% win rate, 14 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 4–3
Feb 192008 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 3–2 OT Feb 142008 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 5–4 SO Jan 212008 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 4–2 Dec 22007 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 1–2 Nov 212007 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 4–2
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Who won Wild vs Canucks on March 21, 2008?

Wild won 2–1. The final score was Wild 2, Canucks 1.

Who scored for Wild?

Branko Radivojevic, Brian Rolston.

Who scored for Canucks?

Sami Salo.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Roberto Luongo made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Canucks played?

At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, the Canucks home rink.

What is the Wild vs Canucks season series?

Wild lead the season series 4–3 after 7 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeMar 19 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 3–4 AfterMar 22 🌲MIN @ 🔥CGY 4–5
🐋 Canucks
BeforeMar 20 🐋VAN @ 🛢️EDM 4–1 AfterMar 25 🐋VAN @ 🔥CGY 2–3
Also on March 21
🏝️NYI 3–1 😈NJD 🗽NYR 3–4 🔔PHI 🍁TOR 4–1 ⚔️BUF 🦅WSH 5–3 🐦ATL 🦆ANA 1–2 🦈SJS
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