Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Wednesday, October 21, 2009 · Xcel Energy Center

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2–3

35–26

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–2 in a shootout on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Xcel Energy Center. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 35–26.

Goals came from Brent Burns, Darcy Tucker, Kyle Quincey and Mikko Koivu.

Niklas Backstrom made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 24 of 26.

Goals
COL	0	2	0	0	0	2	35
MIN	1	0	1	0	0	3	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Brent Burns (1)Mikko Koivu (1), Marek Zidlicky (1)0–103:44 MIN ·

2nd period

Darcy Tucker (1)Ryan O'Reilly (1), Kyle Quincey (1)1–104:25 COL
Kyle Quincey (1)Cody McLeod (1), Wojtek Wolski (1)2–118:07 COL

3rd period

Mikko Koivu (1)Antti Miettinen (1), Marek Zidlicky (2)2–215:09 MIN ·

Shootout

Mikko KoivuUnassisted2–400:00 MIN

Team stats

COLMIN

3526

46%54%

0/22/7

199

2130

133

517

510

Penalties

2:28 into the first periodTJ Galiardi · holding the stick2 min
7:04 into the first periodGreg Zanon · tripping2 min
9:20 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
11:49 into the first periodAdam Foote · interference2 min
16:12 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
3:38 into the second periodDerek Boogaard · fighting5 min
3:38 into the second periodDavid Koci · fighting5 min
12:43 into the second periodCody McLeod · closing hand on puck2 min
18:26 into the second periodJames Sheppard · tripping2 min
5:59 into the third periodMarek Svatos · cross checking2 min
13:51 into the third periodWojtek Wolski · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

27Kyle QuinceyD	1	1	2	+2	3	2	1	0	–	28:10
8Wojtek WolskiL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2	–	16:28
16Darcy TuckerR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	100	16:31
37Ryan O'ReillyC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	50	15:13
55Cody McLeodL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	2	–	11:32
9Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	50	19:01
15Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	06:13
23Milan HejdukR	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	–	17:05
26Paul StastnyC	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	56	25:48
28David KociL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	02:17
39TJ GaliardiL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	20	14:56
40Marek SvatosR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	–	16:00
54David JonesR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	15:49
5Brett ClarkD	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	–	23:37
10Kyle CumiskeyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	18:26
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	4	0	–	27:01
44Ryan WilsonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	11:21
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	–	21:58

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Craig AndersonG	O	26	24	2	.923	65:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	1	1	2	−1	5	1	0	0	63	23:39
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	2	2	−1	3	0	0	0	–	22:05
20Antti MiettinenR	0	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	–	19:15
8Brent BurnsD	1	0	1	−1	3	4	0	0	–	25:43
11Owen NolanR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	83	17:30
12Chuck KobasewR	0	0	0	−2	1	3	0	0	–	14:24
14Martin HavlatR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	22:49
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	100	19:22
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:13
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	03:21
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	54	18:02
27Nathan SmithC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	80	08:57
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	33	14:11
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	14:18
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	–	28:49
6Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	–	18:50
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	08:35
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	26:04

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32Niklas BackstromG	W	35	33	2	.943	64:53
37Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	00:00