Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Sunday, March 5, 2006 · Xcel Energy Center
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–3 on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Avalanche 31–29.
Wes Walz scored twice. Andrew Brunette, Ian Laperriere, Nick Schultz, John-Michael Liles, Marian Gaborik and Brian Rolston also scored.
Manny Fernandez made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; David Aebischer stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Brunette (17)Alex Tanguay (43), Milan Hejduk (25)1–007:06 COL · 
Wes Walz (12)Marian Gaborik (20), Willie Mitchell (6)1–109:36 MIN
Ian Laperriere (16)Brett McLean (23), Alex Tanguay (44)2–109:59 COL- Wes Walz (13)Randy Robitaille (24), Nick Schultz (9)2–217:09 MIN
2nd period
Nick Schultz (2)Todd White (17), Pascal Dupuis (14)2–306:13 MIN
3rd period
John-Michael Liles (12)Alex Tanguay (45), Rob Blake (30)3–301:29 COL
Marian Gaborik (29)Wes Walz (14), Daniel Tjarnqvist (12)3–405:36 MIN · 
Brian Rolston (25)Todd White (18)3–519:50 MIN · ·
Team stats
COLMIN
2931
43%57%
1/61/8
1612
1011
1010
66
53
Penalties
- 5:57 into the first period
Pascal Dupuis · interference goalkeeper2 min - 6:16 into the first periodWillie Mitchell · high sticking2 min
- 14:29 into the first period
Dan Hinote · tripping2 min - 17:37 into the first periodKarlis Skrastins · tripping2 min
- 19:34 into the first periodBrett Clark · closing hand on puck2 min
- 7:08 into the second periodAndrew Brunette · hooking2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodBrad Richardson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 16:55 into the second periodAndrei Zyuzin · tripping2 min
- 1:51 into the third periodDerek Boogaard · charging2 min
- 4:54 into the third periodKurtis Foster · high sticking2 min
- 4:54 into the third periodKurtis Foster · high sticking2 min
- 9:20 into the third periodAlex Tanguay · hooking2 min
- 16:16 into the third periodAlex Tanguay · high sticking2 min
- 16:16 into the third periodAlex Tanguay · high sticking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 18Alex TanguayL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18:25 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:07 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 15:57 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 53Brett McLeanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:08 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:04 |
| 26John-Michael LilesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 16:26 |
| 11Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 12Brad RichardsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 13Dan HinoteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:32 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 16:54 |
| 24Antti LaaksonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 87Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:04 |
| 5Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:32 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:47 |
| 34Kurt SauerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 71Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 25:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 31Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota Wild
| 37Wes WalzC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 20:20 |
| 28Todd WhiteC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 11Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:46 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16:44 |
| 25Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:41 |
| 2Willie MitchellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 34Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:05 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 21Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:15 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:16 |
| 32Marc ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:00 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:52 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 18:25 |
| 36Alex HenryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 03:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Manny FernandezG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |