Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

Playoffs · Monday, April 14, 2008 · Pepsi Center

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3–2

39–46

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–2 in overtime on Monday, April 14, 2008 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 46–39.

Goals came from Andrew Brunette, Mikko Koivu, Brian Rolston, Joe Sakic and Pierre-Marc Bouchard.

Niklas Backstrom made 44 saves on 46 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 36 of 39.

Goals
MIN	0	0	2	1	3	39
COL	1	0	1	0	2	46

Scoring

1st period

Andrew Brunette (1)Joe Sakic (2), Wojtek Wolski (3)0–115:19 COL

3rd period

Mikko Koivu (3)Todd Fedoruk (1), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2)1–107:13 MIN
Brian Rolston (1)Pavol Demitra (1)2–111:32 MIN ·
Joe Sakic (2)Peter Forsberg (2), Andrew Brunette (2)2–214:56 COL

Overtime

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1)Brian Rolston (2)3–211:58 MIN

Team stats

MINCOL

3946

56%44%

0/40/6

1410

2720

1816

211

1515

Penalties

6:44 into the first periodPaul Stastny · high sticking2 min
15:37 into the first periodTodd Fedoruk · hooking2 min
17:27 into the first periodKim Johnsson · roughing2 min
3:26 into the second periodAaron Voros · interference goalkeeper2 min
5:31 into the second periodMarian Gaborik · hooking2 min
8:19 into the second periodBen Guite · slashing2 min
11:32 into the second periodPeter Forsberg · holding2 min
11:32 into the second periodSean Hill · roughing2 min
16:01 into the second periodMilan Hejduk · high sticking2 min
19:43 into the second periodMikko Koivu · hooking2 min
10:26 into the third periodMikko Koivu · tripping2 min
19:51 into the third periodDavid Jones · slashing2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

12Brian RolstonR	1	1	2	+2	6	2	3	0	33	0	0	40	25:46
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	100	0	1	28	17:49
9Mikko KoivuC	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	4	65	0	1	36	21:36
17Todd FedorukL	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	100	0	0	28	19:10
38Pavol DemitraR	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	0	60	0	0	36	23:46
10Marian GaborikR	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	2	–	0	3	34	25:00
11Chris SimonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	0	0	11	05:50
15James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	0	1	18	09:25
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	0	2	34	19:53
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	8	03:43
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	60	1	3	40	23:07
34Aaron VorosL	0	0	0	−1	2	7	1	2	–	0	0	25	14:46
3Keith CarneyD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	28	16:58
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	–	0	1	40	31:35
6Sean HillD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	0	0	16	09:36
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	–	0	2	44	32:21
33Petteri NummelinD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	18	15:17
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	5	0	–	1	1	38	30:12

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	46	44	2	.957	71:58

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

15Andrew BrunetteL	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	0	–	1	1	29	21:34
19Joe SakicC	1	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	36	2	3	30	25:52
8Wojtek WolskiL	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	0	0	22	15:21
21Peter ForsbergC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	2	60	2	2	32	24:15
14Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	33	0	0	20	13:58
23Milan HejdukR	0	0	0	−3	4	1	0	2	33	1	2	29	22:05
26Paul StastnyC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	1	2	27	2	2	31	24:43
28Ben GuiteR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	80	0	1	17	09:45
39Tyler ArnasonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	43	1	1	21	15:07
54David JonesR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	0	0	18	11:01
55Cody McLeodL	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	–	0	1	17	10:54
94Ryan SmythL	0	0	0	−2	4	1	0	0	–	0	0	25	19:28
4John-Michael LilesD	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	0	0	26	14:51
6Jeff FingerD	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	–	1	1	39	24:18
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	28	18:06
24Ruslan SaleiD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	0	1	30	24:27
34Kurt SauerD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	1	0	35	26:42
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	3	0	–	0	0	37	27:23

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	L	39	36	3	.923	71:58