Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild

Playoffs · Thursday, April 17, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center

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3–2

Final

SOG 17–40

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Avalanche 40-17.

Goals came from Andrew Brunette, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Wojtek Wolski, Paul Stastny and Brian Rolston.

Jose Theodore made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 14 of 17.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	1	0	2	3	17
MIN	1	0	1	2	40

Scoring

1st period

Andrew Brunette (3)Milan Hejduk (1), Peter Forsberg (3)1–012:24 COL · PPG
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2)Brent Burns (2), Brian Rolston (4)1–119:20 MIN · PPG

3rd period

Wojtek Wolski (2)John-Michael Liles (2), Jordan Leopold (3)2–105:06 COL · PPG
Paul Stastny (1)Milan Hejduk (2), Peter Forsberg (4)3–106:25 COL
Brian Rolston (2)Kim Johnsson (1), James Sheppard (1)3–219:57 MIN

Team stats

COLMIN

17Shots on goal40

44%Faceoff %56%

2/3Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes6

12Hits24

15Blocked shots4

8Giveaways10

4Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 04:31Paul Stastny · tripping2 min
1st 11:47Todd Fedoruk · hooking2 min
1st 12:58David Jones · slashing2 min
1st 17:30Peter Forsberg · hooking2 min
2nd 06:02Stephane Veilleux · hooking2 min
3rd 03:10Sean Hill · interference2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

21Peter ForsbergC	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	2	50	15:53
23Milan HejdukR	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	0	–	15:52
8Wojtek WolskiL	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	10:39
15Andrew BrunetteL	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	16:21
26Paul StastnyC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	2	45	17:50
4John-Michael LilesD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	16:23
44Jordan LeopoldD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	13:29
14Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	25	14:21
19Joe SakicC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	60	16:17
28Ben GuiteR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	33	14:22
39Tyler ArnasonC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	43	12:21
54David JonesR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	11:36
55Cody McLeodL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:24
94Ryan SmythL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:01
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	20:19
24Ruslan SaleiD	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	–	18:29
34Kurt SauerD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	23:12
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	25:25

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	W	40	38	2	.950	59:56

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

12Brian RolstonR	1	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	100	20:31
15James SheppardC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	56	10:59
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:29
5Kim JohnssonD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	28:10
8Brent BurnsD	0	1	1	-1	4	6	1	0	–	25:09
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	53	21:28
10Marian GaborikR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	21:39
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	+1	3	4	0	2	–	14:54
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	–	15:55
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	05:04
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	57	16:47
34Aaron VorosL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	10:21
38Pavol DemitraR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	55	21:46
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	10:16
2Erik ReitzD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	05:47
3Keith CarneyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:11
6Sean HillD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	14:53
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	26:54

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	L	17	14	3	.824	58:14