Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Monday, December 26, 2011 · Xcel Energy Center

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4–2

32–22

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 4–2 on Monday, December 26, 2011 at Xcel Energy Center. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 32–22.

Goals came from Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Ryan O'Reilly, Cal Clutterbuck, Gabriel Landeskog, Jan Hejda and TJ Galiardi.

Semyon Varlamov made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 28 of 32.

Goals
COL	0	2	2	4	32
MIN	1	1	0	2	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1)Dany Heatley (1), Kyle Brodziak (1)0–109:31 MIN ·

2nd period

Ryan O'Reilly (1)Matt Duchene (1)1–110:34 COL ·
Cal Clutterbuck (1)Mikko Koivu (1), Dany Heatley (2)1–212:00 MIN
Gabriel Landeskog (1)David Van Der Gulik (1), TJ Galiardi (1)2–218:58 COL

3rd period

Jan Hejda (1)Ryan O'Reilly (1), David Van Der Gulik (2)3–210:20 COL
TJ Galiardi (1)Jan Hejda (1)4–213:06 COL

Team stats

COLMIN

3222

39%61%

1/71/6

2314

1215

911

410

610

Penalties

0:37 into the first periodShane O'Brien · interference2 min
3:04 into the first periodNick Johnson · tripping2 min
5:22 into the first periodCody McLeod · checking from behind5 min
5:22 into the first periodCody McLeod · game misconduct10 min
17:46 into the first periodJan Hejda · holding2 min
4:14 into the second periodDany Heatley · holding2 min
6:11 into the second periodGabriel Landeskog · interference goalkeeper2 min
9:22 into the second periodNick Schultz · hooking2 min
16:27 into the second periodDarroll Powe · hooking2 min
1:52 into the third periodMatt Hunwick · hooking2 min
6:13 into the third periodJarod Palmer · interference2 min
10:33 into the third periodKyle Brodziak · tripping2 min
15:33 into the third periodMatt Cullen · tripping2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

7David Van Der GulikL	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	08:24
37Ryan O'ReillyC	1	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	40	22:21
39TJ GaliardiL	1	1	2	+2	4	1	0	0	–	15:01
8Jan HejdaD	1	1	2	+2	1	1	3	2	–	18:38
9Matt DucheneC	0	1	1	0	5	0	2	0	50	19:20
92Gabriel LandeskogL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	2	100	18:28
12Kevin PorterC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	08:15
16Jay McClementC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	47	16:26
23Milan HejdukR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:01
26Paul StastnyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	20:09
34Daniel WinnikC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	17:35
42Brad MaloneC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	09:00
55Cody McLeodL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	–	00:19
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	–	20:02
5Shane O'BrienD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	17:42
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	−1	3	2	0	0	–	21:36
22Matt HunwickD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	15:13
46Stefan ElliottD	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	18:30

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1Semyon VarlamovG	W	22	20	2	.909	60:00
35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

15Dany HeatleyL	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	–	19:41
9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	+1	3	4	0	0	64	23:32
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	56	21:49
22Cal ClutterbuckR	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	19:09
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	1	0	1	−2	3	0	1	0	–	16:08
7Matt CullenC	0	0	0	−2	1	3	0	2	58	18:49
14Darroll PoweC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	100	13:24
16Brad StaubitzR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:14
18Colton GilliesC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:26
25Nick JohnsonR	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	–	10:22
43Warren PetersC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	67	11:17
79Jarod PalmerC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	–	11:18
2Mike LundinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:13
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	21:52
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	3	0	–	27:09
44Justin FalkD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	21:54
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:15
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	21:01

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32Niklas BackstromG	L	32	28	4	.875	59:17
37Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	00:00