Colorado Avalanche vs Phoenix Coyotes

Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2005 · Glendale Arena

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5–2

Final

SOG 28–32

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-2 on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at Glendale Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Avalanche 32-28.

Ian Laperriere scored twice. Milan Hejduk, Denis Gauthier, Pierre Turgeon, Geoff Sanderson and Andrew Brunette also scored.

Peter Budaj made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 23 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	1	1	3	5	28
PHX	0	1	1	2	32

Scoring

1st period

Milan Hejduk (11)Andrew Brunette (19), Rob Blake (21)1–005:17 COL · PPG

2nd period

Ian Laperriere (12)Brett McLean (9), Antti Laaksonen (10)2–011:29 COL
Denis Gauthier (2)Mike Johnson (16), Geoff Sanderson (9)2–112:16 PHX

3rd period

Pierre Turgeon (10)Rob Blake (22), Alex Tanguay (29)3–101:33 COL · PPG
Ian Laperriere (13)Alex Tanguay (30), Brett McLean (10)4–103:44 COL
Geoff Sanderson (10)Mike Johnson (17), Keith Ballard (11)4–213:33 PHX · PPG
Andrew Brunette (11)Joe Sakic (26)5–216:35 COL

Team stats

COLPHX

28Shots on goal32

44%Faceoff %56%

2/4Power play1/6

26Penalty minutes22

14Hits21

21Blocked shots4

7Giveaways14

5Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 00:04Brett McLean · fighting5 min
1st 00:04Mike Comrie · fighting5 min
1st 00:55Andrew Brunette · tripping2 min
1st 04:27Keith Ballard · tripping2 min
1st 05:19Brad May · fighting5 min
1st 05:19Tim Jackman · fighting5 min
1st 06:07Kurt Sauer · holding2 min
1st 11:58Zbynek Michalek · tripping2 min
1st 18:22Bob Boughner · tripping2 min
2nd 09:26Mike Ricci · tripping2 min
2nd 11:47Karlis Skrastins · cross checking2 min
2nd 11:47Ladislav Nagy · boarding2 min
2nd 15:02Karlis Skrastins · hooking2 min
2nd 17:01Rob Blake · tripping2 min
2nd 17:01Keith Ballard · diving2 min
3rd 01:09Oleg Saprykin · tripping2 min
3rd 11:45Bob Boughner · hooking2 min
3rd 18:04Dan Hinote · high sticking2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

14Ian LaperriereR	2	0	2	+2	6	1	1	0	40	19:52
15Andrew BrunetteL	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	2	–	15:09
18Alex TanguayL	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:08
53Brett McLeanC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	5	54	13:02
4Rob BlakeD	0	2	2	-1	1	1	5	2	–	24:47
19Joe SakicC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	38	17:15
23Milan HejdukR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	18:39
24Antti LaaksonenL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	18:35
87Pierre TurgeonC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	40	12:20
10Brad MayL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	04:13
13Dan HinoteR	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	57	10:15
40Marek SvatosR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	11:27
3Karlis SkrastinsD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	5	4	–	24:46
5Brett ClarkD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	21:43
6Bob BoughnerD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	–	09:56
26John-Michael LilesD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	16:17
27Ossi VaananenD	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	14:32
34Kurt SauerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2	–	16:29

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1David AebischerG		0	0	0	–	–
31Peter BudajG	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00

Phoenix Coyotes

Phoenix Coyotes skaters

8Geoff SandersonL	1	1	2	+1	3	1	0	0	50	15:20
12Mike JohnsonR	0	2	2	+1	5	0	0	0	–	20:02
2Keith BallardD	0	1	1	-1	1	4	0	4	–	18:08
3Denis GauthierD	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	–	19:59
15Boyd DevereauxC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	40	13:35
16Jamie LundmarkC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	50	21:41
17Ladislav NagyL	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	2	100	21:27
19Shane DoanR	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	–	22:18
20Fredrik SjostromL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:17
22Pascal RheaumeC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	67	06:10
29Tim JackmanR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	–	09:12
40Mike RicciC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	73	12:13
89Mike ComrieC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	5	53	18:20
91Oleg SaprykinL	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	2	–	13:56
4Zbynek MichalekD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	23:08
21Sean O'DonnellD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	17:14
23Paul MaraD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	–	23:24
55Matt JonesD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	–	12:09

Phoenix Coyotes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Curtis JosephG	L	28	23	5	.821	58:28
33Brian BoucherG		0	0	0	–	–