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Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–3 on Friday, December 23, 2005 at home.

Team Goals 2005-2006 record
Colorado Avalanche 3 43-30-9
at Minnesota Wild 5 38-36-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 1 0 2 3
Minnesota Wild 0 2 3 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 6 4 13 23
Minnesota Wild 7 9 8 24

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:26 Colorado Avalanche Andrew Brunette (10) Antti Laaksonen (9), Ian Laperriere (12) Even strength COL 1, MIN 0
2nd 04:23 Minnesota Wild Stephane Veilleux (3) Pascal Dupuis (10), Andrei Zyuzin (5) Even strength COL 1, MIN 1
2nd 12:30 Minnesota Wild Brent Burns (4) Derek Boogaard (4), Nick Schultz (1) Even strength COL 1, MIN 2
3rd 10:49 Colorado Avalanche Antti Laaksonen (9) Pierre Turgeon (21), Patrice Brisebois (11) Even strength COL 2, MIN 2
3rd 14:48 Minnesota Wild Todd White (8) Brian Rolston (17), Willie Mitchell (3) Even strength COL 2, MIN 3
3rd 15:24 Minnesota Wild Marian Gaborik (9) Marc Chouinard (8), Kurtis Foster (5) Even strength COL 2, MIN 4
3rd 15:55 Colorado Avalanche Marek Svatos (19) Pierre Turgeon (22), Rob Blake (18) Even strength COL 3, MIN 4
3rd 19:32 Minnesota Wild Marc Chouinard (8) Marian Gaborik (12), Brian Rolston (18) Power play COL 3, MIN 5

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

Team stats

Stat Colorado Avalanche Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 23 24
Power play 0 of 3 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 12 8
Hits 6 9
Blocked shots 18 12
Giveaways 15 11
Takeaways 3 8
Faceoffs won 33/61 (54.1%) 28/61 (45.9%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
10 B. May L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 07:45
13 D. Hinote R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:08
14 I. Laperriere R 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 64.7% 16:56
15 A. Brunette L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 15:39
18 A. Tanguay L 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 17:28
19 J. Sakic C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 2 0 44.4% 21:38
23 M. Hejduk R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:15
24 A. Laaksonen L 1 1 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 13:59
40 M. Svatos R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 14:58
53 B. McLean C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 60% 10:42
87 P. Turgeon C 0 2 2 +2 0 1 0 1 0 57.1% 13:19
3 K. Skrastins D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:12
4 R. Blake D 0 1 1 -2 4 1 1 5 0 21:59
5 B. Clark D 0 0 0 -1 2 5 2 1 0 21:00
6 R. Boughner D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 07:38
26 J. Liles D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 0 0 14:27
27 O. Vaananen D 0 0 0 +3 2 1 0 2 0 19:11
71 P. Brisebois D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 4 0 24:49
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31 P. Budaj 24 19 5 .792 60:00 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
9 A. Daigle R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:35
10 M. Gaborik R 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 16:05
11 P. Dupuis R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 14:11
12 B. Rolston R 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 33.3% 21:09
19 S. Veilleux L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:12
21 M. Koivu C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50% 11:23
24 D. Boogaard L 0 1 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0 07:44
28 T. White C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 23.1% 15:14
32 M. Chouinard C 1 1 2 +1 0 1 1 0 1 75% 18:21
37 W. Walz C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 38.5% 16:50
96 P. Bouchard C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:05
2 W. Mitchell D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 23:10
8 B. Burns D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 09:16
17 F. Kuba D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 3 0 20:43
20 A. Zyuzin D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 1 0 20:48
26 K. Foster D 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 22:57
36 A. Henry D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:53
55 N. Schultz D 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 12:53
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
35 M. Fernandez 23 20 3 .870 59:52 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:56 Minnesota Wild Filip Kuba Tripping 2
2nd 13:40 Colorado Avalanche Brett Clark Hooking 2
2nd 16:33 Colorado Avalanche Ossi Vaananen Cross checking 2
2nd 17:08 Colorado Avalanche Rob Blake Hooking 2
3rd 01:43 Minnesota Wild Nick Schultz Hooking 2
3rd 05:53 Colorado Avalanche Alex Tanguay Hooking 2
3rd 13:56 Colorado Avalanche Brad May Roughing 2
3rd 13:56 Minnesota Wild Derek Boogaard Roughing 2
3rd 17:02 Minnesota Wild Kurtis Foster Tripping 2
3rd 18:29 Colorado Avalanche Rob Blake Hooking 2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach
Joel Quenneville
Minnesota Wild head coach
Jacques Lemaire
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Dan O'Halloran
Linesmen
Brian Mach, Thor Nelson
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Steve Konowalchuk, Paul Healey, Kurt Sauer, Cody McCormick, Brad Richardson, Wojtek Wolski, Vitaly Kolesnik
Minnesota Wild scratches
Andrei Nazarov, Scott Ferguson, Daniel Tjarnqvist, Randy Robitaille, Erik Westrum, Kyle Wanvig, Erik Reitz, Matt Foy, Josh Harding

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 23

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 4 at New York Islanders 2 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Washington Capitals 4 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 4 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 5 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4 Final Game page
Atlanta Thrashers 1 at New Jersey Devils 0 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 5 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Chicago Blackhawks 2 Final/OT Game page
Phoenix Coyotes 3 at Dallas Stars 2 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Edmonton Oilers 5 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 6 at Vancouver Canucks 5 Final/SO Game page
St. Louis Blues 2 at San Jose Sharks 1 Final/SO Game page

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