Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, November 6, 2008 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 36-20.
Goals came from Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Benoit Pouliot, Andrew Brunette and Darcy Tucker.
Niklas Backstrom made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2)Marek Zidlicky (2), Stephane Veilleux (1)1–003:35 MIN
Benoit Pouliot (4)Marek Zidlicky (3), Eric Belanger (3)2–007:44 MIN · PPG
2nd period
Andrew Brunette (5)Antti Miettinen (6), Mikko Koivu (13)3–009:56 MIN
Darcy Tucker (2)T.J. Hensick (1), John-Michael Liles (5)3–112:18 COL
Team stats
MINCOL
20Shots on goal36
29%Faceoff %71%
1/3Power play0/6
19Penalty minutes13
17Hits15
15Blocked shots9
10Giveaways10
6Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 05:55
Cody McLeod · hooking2 min - 1st 10:12Ian Laperriere · fighting5 min
- 1st 10:12
Craig Weller · fighting5 min - 1st 11:23Kim Johnsson · holding2 min
- 1st 14:42Marc-Andre Bergeron · hooking2 min
- 1st 16:49Antti Miettinen · slashing2 min
- 2nd 00:49Andrew Brunette · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:52Ryan Smyth · hooking2 min
- 2nd 15:47Adam Foote · slashing2 min
- 2nd 18:04Cal Clutterbuck · interference2 min
- 3rd 06:33Darcy Tucker · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:33Nick Schultz · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:12Mikko Koivu · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 22:39 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:08 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:19 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:19 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:11 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 12Craig WellerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:21 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:48 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:18 |
| 39Krys KolanosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:30 |
| 51James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:09 |
| 2Erik ReitzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:32 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:37 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:56 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 36 | 35 | 1 | .972 | 60:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 16Darcy TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:34 |
| 37T.J. HensickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:36 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:29 |
| 8Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 11Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 10:23 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:15 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:26 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:14 |
| 28Ben GuiteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:42 |
| 39Tyler ArnasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 40Marek SvatosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:03 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:35 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 22:44 |
| 5Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:53 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:14 |
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 48Kyle CumiskeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:10 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrew RaycroftG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Peter BudajG | L | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 58:06 |