Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Thursday, December 23, 2010 · Pepsi Center

MinnesotaWildAway

3–1

Final

SOG 32–37

ColoradoAvalancheHome

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Thursday, December 23, 2010 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 37-32.

Matt Cullen scored twice. David Jones and Andrew Brunette also scored.

Niklas Backstrom made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 11 of 14.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	2	1	0	3	32
COL	1	0	0	1	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Matt Cullen (1)Cal Clutterbuck (1)1–009:23 MIN · SHG
David Jones (1)Brandon Yip (1), Matt Hunwick (1)1–110:08 COL · PPG
Matt Cullen (2)Marek Zidlicky (1)2–116:04 MIN

2nd period

Andrew Brunette (1)Matt Cullen (1), Antti Miettinen (1)3–102:46 MIN · PPG

Team stats

MINCOL

32Shots on goal37

57%Faceoff %43%

1/3Power play1/2

9Penalty minutes11

19Hits27

18Blocked shots17

5Giveaways10

13Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 08:53Martin Havlat · slashing2 min
1st 11:18Mikko Koivu · roughing2 min
1st 14:31Ryan Wilson · fighting5 min
1st 14:31Kyle Brodziak · fighting5 min
2nd 02:20David Koci · roughing2 min
2nd 11:08Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 00:22Daniel Winnik · tripping2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

7Matt CullenC	2	1	3	+2	3	1	2	0	56	17:25
15Andrew BrunetteL	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	15:27
20Antti MiettinenR	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	16:02
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	1	1	+1	7	5	0	0	–	13:53
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	25:21
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	65	17:13
11John MaddenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	56	14:59
12Chuck KobasewR	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	14:46
19Patrick O'SullivanC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	50	15:44
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	70	12:18
23Eric NystromL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:55
24Martin HavlatR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	15:36
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:44
4Clayton StonerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	12:40
5Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	–	23:47
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	17:12
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0	–	23:23
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	13:20

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Niklas BackstromG	W	37	36	1	.973	60:00
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

18Brandon YipR	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	–	14:15
54David JonesR	1	0	1	0	5	4	0	0	100	15:42
48Matt HunwickD	0	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	–	20:39
9Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	2	0	35	23:27
11Philippe DupuisC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	67	08:15
12Kevin PorterC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:34
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	–	22:04
20Greg MauldinC	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	–	10:15
26Paul StastnyC	0	0	0	-1	6	0	1	0	42	18:57
28David KociL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	02:34
34Daniel WinnikC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	16:32
37Ryan O'ReillyC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	43	15:33
39TJ GaliardiL	0	0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	100	14:59
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	–	19:13
4John-Michael LilesD	0	0	0	-2	4	0	2	0	–	25:01
8Kevin ShattenkirkD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	19:46
44Ryan WilsonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	–	15:39
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	19:42

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Peter BudajG		18	18	0	1.000	35:58
41Craig AndersonG	L	14	11	3	.786	22:33