Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Friday, December 23, 2005 · Xcel Energy Center
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 on Friday, December 23, 2005 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Avalanche 24-23.
Goals came from Andrew Brunette, Stephane Veilleux, Brent Burns, Antti Laaksonen, Todd White, Marian Gaborik, Marek Svatos and Marc Chouinard.
Manny Fernandez made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Brunette (10)Antti Laaksonen (9), Ian Laperriere (12)1–000:26 COL
2nd period
Stephane Veilleux (3)Pascal Dupuis (10), Andrei Zyuzin (5)1–104:23 MIN
Brent Burns (4)Derek Boogaard (4), Nick Schultz (1)1–212:30 MIN
3rd period
Antti Laaksonen (9)Pierre Turgeon (21), Patrice Brisebois (11)2–210:49 COL
Todd White (8)Brian Rolston (17), Willie Mitchell (3)2–314:48 MIN
Marian Gaborik (9)Marc Chouinard (8), Kurtis Foster (5)2–415:24 MIN
Marek Svatos (19)Pierre Turgeon (22), Rob Blake (18)3–415:55 COL
Marc Chouinard (8)Marian Gaborik (12), Brian Rolston (18)3–519:32 MIN · PPG
Team stats
COLMIN
23Shots on goal24
54%Faceoff %46%
0/3Power play1/5
12Penalty minutes8
6Hits9
18Blocked shots12
15Giveaways11
3Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 03:56
Filip Kuba · tripping2 min - 2nd 13:40
Brett Clark · hooking2 min - 2nd 16:33Ossi Vaananen · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 17:08Rob Blake · hooking2 min
- 3rd 01:43Nick Schultz · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:53Alex Tanguay · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:56Brad May · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:56Derek Boogaard · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:02Kurtis Foster · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:29Rob Blake · hooking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 24Antti LaaksonenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 87Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:56 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 40Marek SvatosR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 21:59 |
| 71Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:49 |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:45 |
| 13Dan HinoteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 18Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 21:38 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 53Brett McLeanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:42 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:12 |
| 5Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 21:00 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:38 |
| 26John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 27Ossi VaananenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 19:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Peter BudajG | L | 24 | 19 | 5 | .792 | 60:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:09 |
| 32Marc ChouinardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 11Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:44 |
| 28Todd WhiteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:14 |
| 2Willie MitchellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:10 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:16 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:48 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:57 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 9Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:35 |
| 21Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 37Wes WalzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 17Filip KubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:43 |
| 36Alex HenryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Manny FernandezG | W | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 59:52 |