Colorado Avalanche vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Thursday, March 23, 2000 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4–2 on Thursday, March 23, 2000 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Avalanche 26–23.
Joe Sakic scored a hat trick. Trevor Letowski, Peter Forsberg and Shane Doan also scored.
Marc Denis made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Bob Essensa stopped 19 of 23.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 COL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23 |
 PHX | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
Scoring
1st period
Joe Sakic (24)Adam Deadmarsh (26), Peter Forsberg (35)1–002:36 COL · - Joe Sakic (25)Ray Bourque (31), Marc Denis (2)2–003:22 COL ·
Trevor Letowski (17)Greg Adams (25), Benoit Hogue (9)2–108:22 PHX · 
Peter Forsberg (14)Adam Deadmarsh (27), Stephane Yelle (14)3–112:34 COL
3rd period
- Joe Sakic (26)Aaron Miller (7)4–110:12 COL
Shane Doan (24)Greg Adams (26), Radoslav Suchy (6)4–216:28 PHX
Team stats
COLPHX
2326
43%57%
2/71/5
1416
2534
1311
1618
1416
Penalties
- 1:59 into the first periodShane Doan · high sticking2 min
- 1:59 into the first periodShane Doan · high sticking2 min
- 3:51 into the first periodShjon Podein · tripping obstruction2 min
- 7:39 into the first periodChris Drury · hooking2 min
- 7:48 into the second periodBenoit Hogue · charging2 min
- 8:42 into the second periodAdam Deadmarsh · tripping obstruction2 min
- 16:47 into the second periodRay Bourque · interference2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodAdam Foote · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodJeremy Roenick · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1:26 into the third periodKeith Tkachuk · high sticking2 min
- 1:26 into the third periodKeith Tkachuk · high sticking2 min
- 2:12 into the third periodPeter Forsberg · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 8:39 into the third periodMarc Denis · delaying game2 min
- 8:53 into the third periodShane Doan · boarding2 min
- 17:25 into the third periodMike Sullivan · hooking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 19Joe SakicC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 25:23 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:08 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28:29 |
| 14Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:45 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:14 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:34 |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:18 |
| 37Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 38Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 49Serge AubinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:59 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:03 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:29 |
| 55Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Marc DenisG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 17Greg AdamsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 10Trevor LetowskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 12Benoit HogueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:20 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:38 |
| 15Radoslav SuchyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:03 |
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 |
| 18Mika AlataloL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:17 |
| 26Mike SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 29Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:04 |
| 36Juha YlonenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:34 |
| 3Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:47 |
| 4Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26:22 |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 24:23 |
| 23Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:22 |
| 24Stan NeckarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:53 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob EssensaG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |