Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Thursday, October 16, 2003 · Xcel Energy Center

ColoradoAvalancheAway

5–2

Final

SOG 31–23

MinnesotaWildHome

Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 on Thursday, October 16, 2003 at Xcel Energy Center. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 31-23.

Goals came from Andrei Nikolishin, Alexandre Daigle, Peter Forsberg, John-Michael Liles, Milan Hejduk, Darby Hendrickson and Teemu Selanne.

David Aebischer made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Manny Fernandez stopped 26 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	1	3	1	5	31
MIN	0	1	1	2	23

Scoring

1st period

Andrei Nikolishin (1)Cody McCormick (1), Adam Foote (2)1–005:34 COL

2nd period

Alexandre Daigle (2)Filip Kuba (1), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (3)1–103:52 MIN · PPG
Peter Forsberg (1)Rob Blake (1), Alex Tanguay (2)2–104:30 COL
John-Michael Liles (1)Bates Battaglia (1)3–106:52 COL
Milan Hejduk (3)Peter Forsberg (4), Rob Blake (2)4–118:33 COL · PPG

3rd period

Darby Hendrickson (1)Brent Burns (2), Marc Chouinard (2)4–206:06 MIN
Teemu Selanne (1)Unassisted5–216:28 COL

Team stats

COLMIN

31Shots on goal23

30%Faceoff %70%

1/1Power play1/4

10Penalty minutes4

10Hits7

13Blocked shots17

6Giveaways17

8Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 11:00Jim Cummins · interference2 min
2nd 02:58Cody McCormick · slashing2 min
2nd 10:08Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 17:48Jim Cummins · roughing2 min
2nd 17:48Brad Brown · roughing2 min
2nd 17:48Andrei Zyuzin · roughing2 min
3rd 11:24Bates Battaglia · hooking2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

21Peter ForsbergC	1	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	21	16:24
4Rob BlakeD	0	2	2	+2	4	2	1	0	–	20:46
8Teemu SelanneR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	17:11
11Andrei NikolishinC	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	56	13:31
18Alex TanguayL	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	25	15:56
22Cody McCormickC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	2	–	10:47
23Milan HejdukR	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:46
44Bates BattagliaL	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	2	–	13:37
26John-Michael LilesD	1	0	1	+2	2	0	2	0	–	16:02
52Adam FooteD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	23:57
9Paul KariyaL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	–	17:46
13Dan HinoteR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	33	10:35
17Jim CumminsR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	10:19
19Joe SakicC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	19	19:27
24Chris McAllisterL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:38
32Riku HahlC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	14	10:44
3Karlis SkrastinsD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	26:07
53Derek MorrisD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	21:30

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1David AebischerG	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00
30Philippe SauveG		0	0	0	–	–

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Alexandre DaigleR	1	0	1	-2	3	0	0	0	100	16:15
14Darby HendricksonC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	15:41
32Marc ChouinardC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	67	15:27
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	1	1	-2	0	1	2	0	67	15:50
8Brent BurnsD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	17:04
17Filip KubaD	0	1	1	-2	2	0	2	0	–	22:40
12Matt JohnsonL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	07:14
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	13:12
24Antti LaaksonenL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:26
26Christoph BrandnerL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	17:31
33Sergei ZholtokC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	73	18:18
34Jim DowdC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	62	10:40
37Wes WalzC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	85	14:52
2Willie MitchellD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	21:38
4Brad BrownD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	11:32
5Brad BombardirD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	22:36
20Andrei ZyuzinD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	2	–	25:36
71Travis RocheD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	–	09:52

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Dwayne RolosonG		0	0	0	–	–
35Manny FernandezG	L	31	26	5	.839	60:00