Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Tuesday, March 17, 2009 · Xcel Energy Center

ColoradoAvalancheAway

2–3

26–29

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–2 in a shootout on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Avalanche 29–26.

Goals came from Cody McLeod, Stephane Veilleux, Ryan Smyth and Nick Schultz.

Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 27 of 29.

Goals
COL	0	2	0	0	0	2	26
MIN	0	1	1	0	0	3	29

Scoring

2nd period

Cody McLeod (13)Ben Guite (6)1–009:21 COL
Stephane Veilleux (12)Martin Skoula (10), Eric Belanger (19)1–111:05 MIN
Ryan Smyth (26)Wojtek Wolski (25)2–113:51 COL

3rd period

Nick Schultz (2)Dan Fritsche (6), Eric Belanger (20)2–218:14 MIN

Team stats

COLMIN

2629

47%53%

0/10/3

1212

2512

Penalties

11:04 into the first periodCody McCormick · interference2 min
3:53 into the second periodDerek Boogaard · hooking2 min
16:31 into the second periodBen Guite · hooking2 min
12:02 into the third periodBen Guite · holding2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

8Wojtek WolskiL	0	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	56	0	29	23:14
28Ben GuiteR	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	4	47	0	27	16:14
55Cody McLeodL	1	0	1	+1	5	2	0	0	–	0	25	15:23
94Ryan SmythL	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	–	0	27	22:04
11Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	0	15	07:17
14Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	100	0	28	16:12
23Milan HejdukR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	0	26	20:30
26Paul StastnyC	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	35	1	32	18:53
37T.J. HensickC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	75	0	15	07:58
39Tyler ArnasonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	23	14:36
40Marek SvatosR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	0	22	14:55
42Chris StewartR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	0	15	08:18
3Lawrence NycholatD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	0	30	18:01
4John-Michael LilesD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	0	38	28:07
5Brett ClarkD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	3	0	–	0	33	27:30
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	–	0	33	31:47
41Mike VernaceD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	–	0	19	11:51
50Derek PeltierD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	0	18	11:10

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1Andrew RaycroftG		0	0	0	–	–
31Peter BudajG	O	29	27	2	.931	65:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

25Eric BelangerC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	0	73	0	0	27	14:14
19Stephane VeilleuxL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	17	12:21
49Dan FritscheC	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	50	0	0	17	10:09
41Martin SkoulaD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	2	0	–	0	1	26	17:37
55Nick SchultzD	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	0	0	27	23:01
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	43	1	0	29	24:07
11Owen NolanR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	50	1	0	26	20:15
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	0	–	0	0	23	19:34
20Antti MiettinenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	26	18:24
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	+2	2	4	0	0	–	0	0	23	15:43
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	2	–	0	0	11	06:06
28Peter OlveckyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50	0	0	19	10:43
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	50	0	0	27	19:45
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	100	0	0	29	19:08
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	32	22:24
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	1	0	32	23:23
26Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	25	18:21
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	1	1	30	22:51

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	W	26	24	2	.923	64:54