Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Wednesday, February 11, 2009 · Xcel Energy Center

ColoradoAvalancheAway

2–3

22–26

MinnesotaWildHome

XM 209 · FS-N · ALT

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–2 on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Avalanche 26–22.

Ryan Smyth scored twice. Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Owen Nolan and Antti Miettinen also scored.

Niklas Backstrom made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Andrew Raycroft stopped 23 of 26.

Goals
COL	1	0	1	2	22
MIN	1	1	1	3	26

Scoring

1st period

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (12)Owen Nolan (11), Eric Belanger (16)0–108:19 MIN
Ryan Smyth (17)Jordan Leopold (13), Wojtek Wolski (21)1–113:32 COL

2nd period

Owen Nolan (13)Marek Zidlicky (19), Martin Skoula (5)1–213:44 MIN

3rd period

Ryan Smyth (18)John-Michael Liles (20), Milan Hejduk (21)2–207:23 COL ·
Antti Miettinen (12)Andrew Brunette (19), Mikko Koivu (37)2–318:49 MIN

Team stats

COLMIN

2226

50%50%

1/70/3

814

1012

718

46

51

Penalties

0:43 into the first periodMikko Koivu · holding2 min
2:46 into the first periodBrian Willsie · elbowing2 min
13:09 into the first periodCody McCormick · cross checking2 min
13:26 into the first periodBrent Burns · holding2 min
17:42 into the first periodDerek Boogaard · cross checking2 min
8:15 into the second periodNiklas Backstrom · high sticking double minor4 min
8:56 into the second periodMarek Svatos · interference2 min
6:35 into the third periodDerek Boogaard · cross checking2 min
6:35 into the third periodDerek Boogaard · hooking2 min
12:10 into the third periodRuslan Salei · hooking2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

94Ryan SmythL	2	0	2	−1	3	0	0	0	75	18:59
8Wojtek WolskiL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	58	20:50
23Milan HejdukR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	21:36
4John-Michael LilesD	0	1	1	−2	0	0	0	0	–	12:36
44Jordan LeopoldD	0	1	1	+1	5	0	1	0	–	21:25
11Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	08:47
14Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	41	15:27
16Darcy TuckerR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	100	14:17
18Brian WillsieR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	2	–	13:02
28Ben GuiteR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	40	09:03
39Tyler ArnasonC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	46	12:54
40Marek SvatosR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	2	–	14:59
42Chris StewartR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	15:07
55Cody McLeodL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:29
5Brett ClarkD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	22:03
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	1	0	–	22:30
24Ruslan SaleiD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	2	2	–	23:37
29Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:15

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1Andrew RaycroftG	L	26	23	3	.885	59:04
31Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	–

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

11Owen NolanR	1	1	2	+2	5	0	0	0	25	14:56
9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	50	17:46
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	12:07
20Antti MiettinenR	1	0	1	+1	4	0	4	0	50	16:02
25Eric BelangerC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	65	18:31
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	15:52
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	20:14
41Martin SkoulaD	0	1	1	+2	2	1	1	0	–	20:29
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	17:12
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	–	15:26
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	–	05:35
28Peter OlveckyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50	07:45
49Dan FritscheC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:39
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	43	16:32
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:41
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	2	–	21:21
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	15:33
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	20:04

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	22	20	2	.909	59:29