Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Sunday, March 11, 2007 · Xcel Energy Center

ColoradoAvalancheAway

2–3

23–29

MinnesotaWildHome

ALT · KSTC (HD)

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–2 in overtime on Sunday, March 11, 2007 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Avalanche 29–23.

Mikko Koivu scored twice. Milan Hejduk, Ian Laperriere and Brent Burns also scored.

Niklas Backstrom made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 26 of 29.

Goals
COL	1	0	1	0	2	23
MIN	1	0	1	1	3	29

Scoring

1st period

Mikko Koivu (15)Mark Parrish (20), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (32)0–111:20 MIN ·
Milan Hejduk (28)Andrew Brunette (41), Paul Stastny (44)1–116:16 COL ·

3rd period

Ian Laperriere (6)Ben Guite (7), Brett Clark (28)2–109:47 COL
Mikko Koivu (16)Pavol Demitra (33), Marian Gaborik (16)2–210:09 MIN

Overtime

Brent Burns (4)Marian Gaborik (17), Pavol Demitra (34)2–304:41 MIN

Team stats

COLMIN

2329

58%42%

1/31/5

1410

910

1514

38

210

Penalties

8:59 into the first periodKeith Carney · cross checking2 min
9:11 into the first periodAndrew Brunette · boarding2 min
11:13 into the first periodOssi Vaananen · cross checking2 min
12:29 into the first periodBrett Clark · hooking2 min
15:13 into the first periodKeith Carney · holding2 min
19:54 into the first periodKen Klee · high sticking2 min
2:26 into the second periodOssi Vaananen · roughing2 min
2:26 into the second periodStephane Veilleux · roughing2 min
5:39 into the second periodIan Laperriere · roughing2 min
5:39 into the second periodPetteri Nummelin · holding2 min
7:46 into the third periodKeith Carney · delaying game puck over glass2 min
19:27 into the third periodPaul Stastny · interference2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

14Ian LaperriereR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	2	50	13:46
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	16:39
23Milan HejdukR	1	0	1	−2	2	0	2	0	50	20:22
26Paul StastnyC	0	1	1	−2	1	0	0	2	71	21:26
28Ben GuiteR	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	58	12:38
5Brett ClarkD	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	2	–	26:52
8Wojtek WolskiL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:58
12Brad RichardsonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:17
19Joe SakicC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	46	19:55
20Mark RycroftR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	–	06:51
29Scott ParkerR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	04:27
39Tyler ArnasonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	14:38
53Brett McLeanC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	16:45
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	–	24:08
4John-Michael LilesD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	12:28
6Jeff FingerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:29
27Ossi VaananenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	–	20:21
34Kurt SauerD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	–	28:30

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31Peter BudajG	O	29	26	3	.897	64:36
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	2	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	62	14:58
10Marian GaborikR	0	2	2	+2	5	0	0	0	–	20:48
38Pavol DemitraR	0	2	2	+2	1	0	1	0	44	21:09
21Mark ParrishR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:58
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:03
8Brent BurnsD	1	0	1	+2	3	1	4	0	–	24:30
11Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	07:26
12Brian RolstonR	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	40	22:25
17Wyatt SmithC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	38	12:09
18Adam HallR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:43
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	2	50	13:01
28Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	15:43
92Branko RadivojevicR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:13
3Keith CarneyD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	6	–	11:22
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	4	0	–	24:28
33Petteri NummelinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	17:11
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	3	0	–	23:16
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	20:47

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32Niklas BackstromG	W	23	21	2	.913	64:36
35Manny FernandezG		0	0	0	–	–