Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Monday, March 17, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center

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1–3

30–29

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–1 on Monday, March 17, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 30–29.

Goals came from Brent Burns, Joe Sakic, Branko Radivojevic and Stephane Veilleux.

Niklas Backstrom made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 26 of 28.

Goals
COL	0	1	0	1	30
MIN	1	1	1	3	29

Scoring

1st period

Brent Burns (14)Brian Rolston (24), James Sheppard (14)0–108:54 MIN ·

2nd period

Joe Sakic (11)Paul Stastny (40), John-Michael Liles (25)1–104:51 COL ·
Branko Radivojevic (5)Brent Burns (26), Mikko Koivu (24)1–209:42 MIN

3rd period

Stephane Veilleux (10)Unassisted1–319:53 MIN ·

Team stats

COLMIN

3029

42%58%

1/61/3

814

1530

1813

12

26

Penalties

1:06 into the first periodKurtis Foster · cross checking2 min
2:26 into the first periodBrent Burns · delaying game puck over glass2 min
7:23 into the first periodPaul Stastny · hooking2 min
10:17 into the first periodKeith Carney · hooking2 min
18:45 into the first periodCody McCormick · holding2 min
3:49 into the second periodMark Parrish · hooking2 min
13:59 into the second periodPeter Forsberg · diving2 min
13:59 into the second periodMikko Koivu · interference2 min
16:05 into the second periodPavol Demitra · hooking2 min
3:27 into the third periodIan Laperriere · interference2 min
13:51 into the third periodPierre-Marc Bouchard · hooking2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

19Joe SakicC	1	0	1	−2	3	0	2	0	33	23:18
26Paul StastnyC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	35	20:47
4John-Michael LilesD	0	1	1	−2	4	1	3	0	–	22:03
11Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	09:46
14Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	100	12:45
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	18:17
21Peter ForsbergC	0	0	0	−2	0	2	0	2	–	19:50
23Milan HejdukR	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	0	50	21:32
28Ben GuiteR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	0	53	13:30
39Tyler ArnasonC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	17	11:45
54David JonesR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	–	10:37
55Cody McLeodL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	06:23
94Ryan SmythL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	13:45
6Jeff FingerD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	17:09
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	18:51
24Ruslan SaleiD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:18
34Kurt SauerD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	14:59
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	21:19

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	L	28	26	2	.929	58:35

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

8Brent BurnsD	1	1	2	+1	5	6	0	2	–	26:25
9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	+2	3	1	2	2	68	19:24
12Brian RolstonR	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	0	–	17:26
15James SheppardC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	50	12:23
19Stephane VeilleuxL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	100	14:51
92Branko RadivojevicR	1	0	1	+2	1	2	0	0	–	16:24
10Marian GaborikR	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	–	22:07
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	09:41
21Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	07:54
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	02:29
38Pavol DemitraR	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	62	24:56
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	43	08:05
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	14:32
3Keith CarneyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	05:42
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	26:17
26Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	–	16:29
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	+2	0	3	2	0	–	19:30
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	22:26

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	30	29	1	.967	59:57