2007-08 Minnesota Wild Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 44-28-10 (SO: 3-8) - 98 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Northwest Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Colorado Avalanche 4-2
Coach: Jacques Lemaire (44-28, 10 OTL)
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
2007-08 Minnesota Wild RosterTeam Record: 44-28-10 (SO: 3-8) - 98 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Northwest Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Colorado Avalanche 4-2
Coach: Jacques Lemaire (44-28, 10 OTL)
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
2007-08 Minnesota Wild Results
The Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League ended the 2007-08 season with a record of 44 wins and 28 losses (and 10 overtime losses), with a 3-8 showing in shootouts for 98 points, finishing first in the NHL's Northwest Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Wild scored 223 goals and conceded 218. Marian Gaborik netted 42 goals for Minnesota, while Brian Rolston tallied 30 or more, too. Pierre-Marc Bouchard contributed 50 assists. Niklas Backstrom earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.31 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Jacques Lemaire coached the team. The 2007-08 Minnesota Wild lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marian Gaborik | R | 77 | 42 | 41 | 83 | 63 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 278 | 15.1 |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | C | 81 | 13 | 50 | 63 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 129 | 10.1 |
| Brian Rolston | C | 81 | 31 | 28 | 59 | 53 | -1 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 289 | 10.7 |
| Pavol Demitra | C | 68 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 11.9 |
| Brent Burns | D | 82 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 80 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 158 | 9.5 |
| Mikko Koivu | C | 57 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 7.6 |
| Eric Belanger | C | 75 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 30 | -6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 11.3 |
| Mark Parrish | R | 66 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 16.8 |
| Kim Johnsson | D | 80 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 42 | -4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 4.6 |
| Kurtis Foster | D | 56 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 5.9 |
| James Sheppard | C | 78 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 7.0 |
| Stephane Veilleux | L | 77 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 61 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 8.1 |
| Branko Radivojevic | R | 73 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 48 | -14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 7.7 |
| Nick Schultz | D | 81 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 |
| Aaron Voros | L | 55 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 141 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 13.5 |
| Todd Fedoruk | L | 58 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 106 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11.8 |
| Martin Skoula | D | 80 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 4.8 |
| Keith Carney | D | 61 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Petteri Nummelin | D | 27 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6.5 |
| Sean Hill | D | 35 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 32 | -16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Matt Foy | R | 28 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 28 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 10.5 |
| Wes Walz | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Benoit Pouliot | L | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Dominic Moore | C | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Josh Harding | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cal Clutterbuck | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Niklas Backstrom | G | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Boogaard | L | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Steve Kelly | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chris Simon | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1563 | 220 | 390 | 610 | 1086 | -22 | 64 | 123 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 2218 | 9.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Backstrom | 58 | 3409 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 131 | 2.31 | 1629 | 1498 | .920 |
| Josh Harding | 29 | 1571 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 2.94 | 838 | 761 | .908 |
| Totals | 87 | 4980 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 208 | 2.51 | 2675 | 2467 | .922 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marian Gaborik | R | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11.1 | |
| Brian Rolston | C | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6.5 | |
| Pavol Demitra | C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Brent Burns | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | |
| Mikko Koivu | C | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | |
| Eric Belanger | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Parrish | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Kim Johnsson | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| James Sheppard | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Stephane Veilleux | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Branko Radivojevic | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Nick Schultz | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aaron Voros | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Todd Fedoruk | L | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Martin Skoula | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Keith Carney | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | |
| Petteri Nummelin | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Sean Hill | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Matt Foy | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benoit Pouliot | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Josh Harding | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Niklas Backstrom | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erik Reitz | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derek Boogaard | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Simon | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 115 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 139 | -10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 200 | 6.0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Backstrom | 6 | 361 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.83 | 170 | 153 | .900 |
| Josh Harding | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | 11 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 7 | 381 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.68 | 198 | 181 | .914 |
