Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Sunday, March 30, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center

ColoradoAvalancheAway

2–3

Final/OT

SOG 26–20

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in overtime on Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 26-20.

Marian Gaborik scored twice. Brian Rolston, Jeff Finger and Ruslan Salei also scored.

Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 17 of 20.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
COL	0	2	0	0	2	26
MIN	2	0	0	1	3	20

Scoring

1st period

Brian Rolston (30)Kim Johnsson (22), Mikko Koivu (30)0–104:56 MIN
Marian Gaborik (39)Brent Burns (28), Brian Rolston (28)0–208:19 MIN · PPG

2nd period

Jeff Finger (8)Joe Sakic (24), Wojtek Wolski (29)1–201:21 COL
Ruslan Salei (6)Jeff Finger (11), Wojtek Wolski (30)2–211:59 COL

OT period

Marian Gaborik (40)Pavol Demitra (35)2–303:10 MIN

Team stats

COLMIN

26Shots on goal20

45%Faceoff %55%

0/3Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes6

18Hits22

11Blocked shots7

2Giveaways5

2Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 01:08Ruslan Salei · hooking2 min
1st 06:18Ryan Smyth · slashing2 min
1st 06:39Kurt Sauer · hooking2 min
1st 08:55Bench · abuse of officials2 min
1st 14:36Brian Rolston · hooking2 min
1st 16:53Martin Skoula · tripping2 min
2nd 09:56Eric Belanger · hooking2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

8Wojtek WolskiL	0	2	2	+2	1	1	1	0	–	15:33
6Jeff FingerD	1	1	2	+1	1	0	1	0	–	21:42
19Joe SakicC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	78	19:56
24Ruslan SaleiD	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	2	–	16:51
14Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:08
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:58
17Jaroslav HlinkaC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	12:40
23Milan HejdukR	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	15:20
26Paul StastnyC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	27	20:35
28Ben GuiteR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	40	11:16
39Tyler ArnasonC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	67	15:39
54David JonesR	0	0	0	+1	5	2	0	0	–	13:17
55Cody McLeodL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:44
94Ryan SmythL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	–	17:08
4John-Michael LilesD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	17:18
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	21:44
34Kurt SauerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	22:03
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	-1	3	4	1	0	–	23:28

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	O	20	17	3	.850	62:30

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

10Marian GaborikR	2	0	2	-1	4	2	1	0	50	23:54
12Brian RolstonR	1	1	2	+1	3	1	0	2	–	20:55
9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	0	71	21:30
38Pavol DemitraR	0	1	1	-1	1	2	2	0	58	20:59
5Kim JohnssonD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	29:45
8Brent BurnsD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	23:31
15James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	80	06:08
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:42
21Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	14:59
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	04:18
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	33	14:50
34Aaron VorosL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:57
92Branko RadivojevicR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	17:23
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	20:21
3Keith CarneyD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	14:23
6Sean HillD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	10:02
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	–	18:34
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	0	0	–	25:38

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	26	24	2	.923	63:01