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Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center, Denver Regular Season Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 4–3 on Thursday, December 22, 2005 at home.

Team Goals 2005-2006 record
Minnesota Wild 3 38-36-8
at Colorado Avalanche 4 43-30-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 2 1 0 3
Colorado Avalanche 3 0 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 7 19 4 30
Colorado Avalanche 12 14 11 37

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 12:54 Colorado Avalanche Antti Laaksonen (8) Dan Hinote (1), Ian Laperriere (11) Even strength MIN 0, COL 1
1st 14:41 Colorado Avalanche Andrew Brunette (9) Rob Blake (17), Milan Hejduk (14) Even strength MIN 0, COL 2
1st 16:13 Minnesota Wild Brent Burns (3) Filip Kuba (10), Wes Walz (5) Even strength MIN 1, COL 2
1st 17:41 Colorado Avalanche Brett McLean (3) Brad May (2), Bob Boughner (2) Even strength MIN 1, COL 3
1st 19:39 Minnesota Wild Andrei Zyuzin (4) Alexandre Daigle (18), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (20) Power play MIN 2, COL 3
2nd 11:27 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu (5) Andrei Zyuzin (4) Even strength MIN 3, COL 3
3rd 00:36 Colorado Avalanche Marek Svatos (18) Joe Sakic (23), Alex Tanguay (26) Even strength MIN 3, COL 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Colorado Avalanche
Shots on goal 30 37
Power play 1 of 6 0 of 7
Penalty minutes 16 14
Hits 4 12
Blocked shots 13 18
Giveaways 6 12
Takeaways 13 19
Faceoffs won 30/75 (40%) 45/75 (60%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
9 A. Daigle R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:23
10 M. Gaborik R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 19:38
11 P. Dupuis R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 19:59
12 B. Rolston R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 30% 21:16
21 M. Koivu C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 31.3% 11:47
24 D. Boogaard L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 06:30
25 R. Robitaille C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 12:06
28 T. White C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 47.4% 18:19
32 M. Chouinard C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 0 0 71.4% 17:11
37 W. Walz C 0 1 1 -1 4 2 0 1 0 16.7% 13:49
96 P. Bouchard C 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0 09:59
2 W. Mitchell D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 3 0 20:13
8 B. Burns D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 0 50% 07:32
17 F. Kuba D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:17
20 A. Zyuzin D 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 17:12
26 K. Foster D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 2 0 23:20
36 A. Henry D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 09:07
55 N. Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 1 0 15:56
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
30 D. Roloson 37 33 4 .892 59:59 Loss

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
10 B. May L 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 50% 08:41
13 D. Hinote R 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 12:10
14 I. Laperriere R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 72% 17:52
15 A. Brunette L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 100% 12:07
18 A. Tanguay L 0 1 1 +1 2 2 0 0 0 17:25
19 J. Sakic C 0 1 1 +1 0 4 0 0 0 47.8% 19:51
23 M. Hejduk R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 17:38
24 A. Laaksonen L 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:44
40 M. Svatos R 1 0 1 +1 0 5 0 0 0 15:47
53 B. McLean C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 66.7% 07:45
87 P. Turgeon C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 61.5% 11:35
3 K. Skrastins D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 2 0 19:45
4 R. Blake D 0 1 1 +2 4 5 2 4 0 23:51
5 B. Clark D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 21:11
6 R. Boughner D 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:15
26 J. Liles D 0 0 0 +2 2 3 0 2 0 21:15
27 O. Vaananen D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 3 0 12:38
71 P. Brisebois D 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 19:32
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31 P. Budaj 30 27 3 .900 59:54 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:08 Minnesota Wild Wes Walz Hooking 2
1st 06:44 Colorado Avalanche Rob Blake Holding 2
1st 08:45 Minnesota Wild Marc Chouinard Tripping 2
1st 18:00 Colorado Avalanche Patrice Brisebois Interference 2
2nd 02:49 Colorado Avalanche John-Michael Liles Hooking 2
2nd 08:24 Colorado Avalanche Ossi Vaananen Interference 2
2nd 15:22 Colorado Avalanche Rob Blake Holding 2
2nd 18:10 Minnesota Wild Pierre-Marc Bouchard Hooking 2
3rd 03:18 Colorado Avalanche Patrice Brisebois Holding 2
3rd 08:32 Minnesota Wild Nick Schultz High sticking 2
3rd 08:32 Minnesota Wild Nick Schultz High sticking 2
3rd 09:02 Colorado Avalanche Alex Tanguay Tripping 2
3rd 09:02 Minnesota Wild Willie Mitchell Diving 2
3rd 17:57 Minnesota Wild Willie Mitchell Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 18:21 Minnesota Wild Wes Walz Hooking 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
Jacques Lemaire
Colorado Avalanche head coach
Joel Quenneville
Referees
Dennis LaRue, Brad Watson
Linesmen
Brian Mach, Don Henderson
Minnesota Wild scratches
Andrei Nazarov, Scott Ferguson, Daniel Tjarnqvist, Erik Westrum, Kyle Wanvig, Erik Reitz, Stephane Veilleux, Matt Foy, Josh Harding
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Steve Konowalchuk, Paul Healey, David Aebischer, Kurt Sauer, Cody McCormick, Brad Richardson, Wojtek Wolski

2005-2006 season series

Matchup Status Details
Minnesota Wild 3 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 4 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Minnesota Wild 1 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 5 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 22

Matchup Status Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 at Boston Bruins 4 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at New York Rangers 4 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 4 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 6 at Atlanta Thrashers 5 Final/SO Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Florida Panthers 4 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 1 at Phoenix Coyotes 2 Final Game page

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