Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Monday, December 1, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center
XM 204 · VERSUS (HD) · TSN2
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 6-5 on Monday, December 1, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 31-17.
Pierre-Marc Bouchard scored twice and Paul Stastny scored twice. Marek Svatos, David Jones, Mikko Koivu, Milan Hejduk, T.J. Hensick, Owen Nolan and Brent Burns also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (4)Mikko Koivu (17), Martin Skoula (2)0–105:50 MIN
Marek Svatos (4)John-Michael Liles (8), Ruslan Salei (6)1–109:09 COL
David Jones (3)Ian Laperriere (5), Cody McCormick (4)2–112:43 COL
Mikko Koivu (9)Brent Burns (6), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (6)2–219:11 MIN · PPG
2nd period
- Pierre-Marc Bouchard (5)Marc-Andre Bergeron (11), Marek Zidlicky (8)2–300:22 MIN · PPG
Paul Stastny (5)Brian Willsie (1), Milan Hejduk (7)3–303:49 COL
Milan Hejduk (10)Paul Stastny (14)4–308:16 COL · PPG
T.J. Hensick (1)Ian Laperriere (6)5–316:32 COL- Paul Stastny (6)Ryan Smyth (6), Milan Hejduk (8)6–317:51 COL
Owen Nolan (5)Andrew Brunette (8), Mikko Koivu (18)6–419:18 MIN · PPG
3rd period
Brent Burns (4)Kim Johnsson (8)6–514:00 MIN
Team stats
COLMIN
31Shots on goal17
47%Faceoff %53%
1/3Power play3/4
13Penalty minutes11
15Hits15
16Blocked shots11
3Giveaways13
5Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 05:37
Cody McLeod · fighting5 min - 1st 05:37
Craig Weller · fighting5 min - 1st 16:26Marek Zidlicky · interference2 min
- 1st 19:05Ryan Smyth · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:11Ryan Smyth · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 07:41Kim Johnsson · interference2 min
- 2nd 19:11David Jones · tripping2 min
- 3rd 08:43Brett Clark · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:06Marc-Andre Bergeron · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.