Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Tuesday, March 8, 2011 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Xcel Energy Center. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 30-25.
Goals came from Martin Havlat, Kevin Porter, Paul Stastny, Andrew Brunette, John Madden, Jared Spurgeon and Kyle Brodziak.
Niklas Backstrom made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 20 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Martin Havlat (1)Kyle Brodziak (1), Brent Burns (1)0–107:04 MIN
2nd period
Kevin Porter (1)Ryan Wilson (1), Paul Stastny (1)1–106:43 COL
Paul Stastny (1)Milan Hejduk (1), Matt Duchene (1)2–116:11 COL · PPG
Andrew Brunette (1)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1), Jared Spurgeon (1)2–217:46 MIN · PPG
3rd period
John Madden (1)Matt Cullen (1), Chuck Kobasew (1)2–310:55 MIN
Jared Spurgeon (1)Martin Havlat (1), Eric Nystrom (1)2–413:30 MIN
Kyle Brodziak (1)Greg Zanon (1), Niklas Backstrom (1)2–519:56 MIN · SHG · EN
Team stats
COLMIN
30Shots on goal25
48%Faceoff %52%
1/5Power play1/5
22Penalty minutes10
10Hits12
12Blocked shots14
5Giveaways6
1Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 10:12
Martin Havlat · hooking2 min - 1st 11:15
Matt Duchene · holding2 min - 1st 14:05Paul Stastny · hooking2 min
- 2nd 00:40Paul Stastny · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:49Pierre-Marc Bouchard · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:55Brent Burns · interference2 min
- 2nd 17:22Ryan Wilson · closing hand on puck2 min
- 3rd 05:35Martin Havlat · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 17:20Peter Budaj · roughing2 min
- 3rd 18:11Martin Havlat · tripping2 min
- 3rd 20:00Cody McLeod · roughing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Cody McLeod · misconduct10 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 26Paul StastnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:03 |
| 9Matt DucheneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 12Kevin PorterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 19:07 |
| 44Ryan WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:55 |
| 11Philippe DupuisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:38 |
| 16Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 18Brandon YipR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 28David KociL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:52 |
| 34Daniel WinnikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 15:54 |
| 37Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 54David JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:38 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:08 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:21 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 25:56 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Brian ElliottG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Peter BudajG | L | 24 | 20 | 4 | .833 | 58:13 |
Minnesota Wild
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 24Martin HavlatR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 18:49 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:08 |
| 11John MaddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:28 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 23Eric NystromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:09 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 27:52 |
| 16Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:24 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:53 |
| 43Warren PetersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:44 |
| 48Guillaume LatendresseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 10:21 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 25Cam BarkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 59:55 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |