Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, January 24, 2008 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–2 on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at Pepsi Center. The Wild outshot the Avalanche 37–30.
Goals came from Todd Fedoruk, Brian Rolston, Andrew Brunette, Wojtek Wolski and Pavol Demitra.
Niklas Backstrom made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 34 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Todd Fedoruk (2)Pavol Demitra (19), Nick Schultz (7)1–005:25 MIN
Brian Rolston (17)Marian Gaborik (27), Petteri Nummelin (6)2–013:27 MIN · 
Andrew Brunette (10)Milan Hejduk (18), Jaroslav Hlinka (15)2–119:32 COL
2nd period
Wojtek Wolski (14)Marek Svatos (4), Tyler Arnason (11)2–202:24 COL
Pavol Demitra (10)Kurtis Foster (7), Nick Schultz (8)3–213:41 MIN
Team stats
MINCOL
3730
57%43%
1/30/2
46
1219
1110
76
910
Penalties
- 12:35 into the first period
Milan Hejduk · hooking2 min - 19:57 into the first periodMarek Svatos · tripping2 min
- 14:13 into the second period
Mikko Koivu · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 16:45 into the second periodKim Johnsson · hooking2 min
- 19:19 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:45 |
| 17Todd FedorukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 33Petteri NummelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:28 |
| 15James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:36 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:50 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:06 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 07:13 |
| 83Matt FoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:55 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:47 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:37 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:13 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 18:00 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 8Wojtek WolskiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 21:09 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:10 |
| 17Jaroslav HlinkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:47 |
| 39Tyler ArnasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 40Marek SvatosR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:53 |
| 11Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:24 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 27Scott ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:53 |
| 28Ben GuiteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 37T.J. HensickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:24 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:32 |
| 5Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:19 |
| 6Jeff FingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 21:20 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:14 |
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 37 | 3 | .919 |