Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild

Tue, Mar 17, 2009 · Xcel Energy Center · 2008–09 Regular Season

Colorado Avalanche

2 – 3

Final/SO

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–2 in a shootout on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at Xcel Energy Center. Eric Belanger led the way with 2 points. Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–29.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
COL	2	26
MIN	3	29

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Wojtek Wolski	L	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	56.3	23:14	29
94	Ryan Smyth	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	1		22:04	27
28	Ben Guite	R	0	1	1	+1	4	2	2	1	46.7	16:14	27
55	Cody McLeod	L	1	0	1	+1	0	5	2	0		15:23	25
22	Scott Hannan	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7		31:47	33
4	John-Michael Liles	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		28:07	38
5	Brett Clark	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3		27:30	33
23	Milan Hejduk	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		20:30	26
26	Paul Stastny	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	35.0	18:53	32
3	Lawrence Nycholat	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		18:01	30
14	Ian Laperriere	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0	16:12	28
40	Marek Svatos	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		14:55	22
39	Tyler Arnason	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:36	23
41	Mike Vernace	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	3		11:51	19
50	Derek Peltier	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		11:10	18
42	Chris Stewart	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		8:18	15
37	T.J. Hensick	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	75.0	7:58	15
11	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		7:17	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Peter Budaj	OTL	29	27	2	.931	65:00
1	Andrew Raycroft		0	0	0

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Eric Belanger	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	1	72.7	14:14	27
55	Nick Schultz	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	1		23:01	27
41	Martin Skoula	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	2		17:37	26
19	Stephane Veilleux	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		12:21	17
49	Dan Fritsche	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	50.0	10:09	17
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	42.9	24:07	29
5	Kim Johnsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		23:23	32
47	Marc-Andre Bergeron	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		22:51	30
3	Marek Zidlicky	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		22:24	32
11	Owen Nolan	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	50.0	20:15	26
51	James Sheppard	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	50.0	19:45	27
15	Andrew Brunette	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		19:34	23
96	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	100.0	19:08	29
20	Antti Miettinen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:24	26
26	Kurtis Foster	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		18:21	25
22	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	+2	0	2	4	0		15:43	23
28	Peter Olvecky	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50.0	10:43	19
24	Derek Boogaard	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0		6:06	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Niklas Backstrom	W	26	24	2	.923	64:54
29	Josh Harding		0	0	0