Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Thursday, February 1, 2007 · Pepsi Center

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5–3

37–30

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–3 on Thursday, February 1, 2007 at Pepsi Center. The Wild outshot the Avalanche 37–30.

Mikko Koivu scored twice and Marian Gaborik scored twice. Andrew Brunette, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Brett Clark and Marek Svatos also scored.

Niklas Backstrom made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 32 of 36.

Goals
MIN	1	2	2	5	37
COL	1	2	0	3	30

Scoring

1st period

Mikko Koivu (12)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (28), Petteri Nummelin (14)1–006:19 MIN ·
Andrew Brunette (19)Wojtek Wolski (20)1–117:26 COL

2nd period

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (14)Brian Rolston (21)2–103:38 MIN
Brett Clark (4)Milan Hejduk (16), Peter Budaj (1)2–209:25 COL ·
Marian Gaborik (12)Wes Walz (9), Nick Schultz (7)3–214:28 MIN
Marek Svatos (11)Milan Hejduk (17), Jordan Leopold (2)3–318:15 COL

3rd period

Marian Gaborik (13)Kim Johnsson (12), Pavol Demitra (21)4–315:26 MIN
Mikko Koivu (13)Pavol Demitra (22), Marian Gaborik (7)5–319:24 MIN ·

Team stats

MINCOL

3730

47%53%

1/51/3

610

1517

913

1011

43

Penalties

2:10 into the first periodMarek Svatos · high sticking2 min
5:55 into the first periodKen Klee · hooking2 min
12:02 into the first periodMikko Koivu · holding the stick2 min
14:19 into the first periodPascal Dupuis · tripping2 min
9:08 into the second periodKim Johnsson · cross checking2 min
15:23 into the second periodPaul Stastny · holding2 min
13:23 into the third periodIan Laperriere · elbowing2 min
15:56 into the third periodAndrew Brunette · elbowing2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

10Marian GaborikR	2	1	3	+3	9	0	0	0	–	18:28
9Mikko KoivuC	2	0	2	+1	3	1	0	2	67	15:19
38Pavol DemitraR	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	50	18:00
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	1	1	2	−1	2	0	0	0	–	15:09
12Brian RolstonR	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	33	21:07
37Wes WalzC	0	1	1	−1	3	0	2	0	50	16:07
5Kim JohnssonD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	1	2	–	22:53
33Petteri NummelinD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	0	–	13:54
55Nick SchultzD	0	1	1	+3	2	2	2	0	–	19:41
11Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	15:48
17Wyatt SmithC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	33	11:04
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	–	12:07
21Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:03
28Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	43	11:40
92Branko RadivojevicR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	13:14
3Keith CarneyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:07
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	19:19
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	24:21

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	30	27	3	.900	59:59

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

23Milan HejdukR	0	2	2	−1	4	0	1	0	–	16:37
8Wojtek WolskiL	0	1	1	−1	0	0	0	0	100	19:58
15Andrew BrunetteL	1	0	1	−1	3	0	1	2	–	16:36
40Marek SvatosR	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	2	–	13:02
5Brett ClarkD	1	0	1	−2	3	1	2	0	–	21:43
44Jordan LeopoldD	0	1	1	+2	1	2	0	0	–	21:43
12Brad RichardsonC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	09:28
14Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	2	50	14:32
19Joe SakicC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	45	18:35
20Mark RycroftR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	06:36
26Paul StastnyC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	2	44	16:28
28Ben GuiteR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	58	11:19
39Tyler ArnasonC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	0	75	14:07
53Brett McLeanC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	67	14:19
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	−2	3	0	1	2	–	18:00
3Karlis SkrastinsD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	19:14
27Ossi VaananenD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	13:26
34Kurt SauerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	20:28

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31Peter BudajG	L	36	32	4	.889	59:27
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–