Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center, Denver Regular Season Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 7–1 on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at home.

Final score, Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche
Team Goals 2011-2012 record
Minnesota Wild 1 35-36-11
at Colorado Avalanche 7 41-35-6

Goals by period

Goals by period, Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Minnesota Wild 0 0 1 1
Colorado Avalanche 1 4 2 7

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Minnesota Wild 9 8 5 22
Colorado Avalanche 11 15 13 39

Three stars

  1. G. Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche (2 assists)
  2. J. McGinn, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. S. Downie, Colorado Avalanche (3 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:05 Colorado Avalanche Jay McClement (1) Cody McLeod (1), Shane O'Brien (1) Even strength MIN 0, COL 1
2nd 10:53 Colorado Avalanche Jamie McGinn (1) Peter Mueller (1), Steve Downie (1) Power play MIN 0, COL 2
2nd 14:38 Colorado Avalanche Jan Hejda (1) Steve Downie (2), Gabriel Landeskog (1) Even strength MIN 0, COL 3
2nd 15:32 Colorado Avalanche Mark Olver (1) Paul Stastny (1), David Jones (1) Even strength MIN 0, COL 4
2nd 16:34 Colorado Avalanche Ryan O'Reilly (1) Gabriel Landeskog (2), Steve Downie (3) Even strength MIN 0, COL 5
3rd 04:34 Minnesota Wild Devin Setoguchi (1) Unassisted Even strength, Penalty shot MIN 1, COL 5
3rd 13:09 Colorado Avalanche David Jones (1) Jamie McGinn (1) Even strength MIN 1, COL 6
3rd 18:37 Colorado Avalanche Cody McLeod (1) Ryan Wilson (1), Jan Hejda (1) Even strength MIN 1, COL 7

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

Team stats

Team stats, Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche
Stat Minnesota Wild Colorado Avalanche
Shots on goal 22 39
Power play 0 of 2 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 30 16
Hits 19 18
Blocked shots 17 15
Giveaways 5 11
Takeaways 10 11
Faceoffs won 23/63 (36.5%) 40/63 (63.5%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 7 M. Cullen C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 40% 20:24
Number 10 D. Setoguchi R 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 15:30
Number 14 D. Powe C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 1 0 15:43
Number 15 D. Heatley L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 1 0 19:03
Number 17 N. Palmieri R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 10:54
Number 19 S. Veilleux L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11:14
Number 21 K. Brodziak C 0 0 0 -3 17 2 2 1 0 46.2% 14:22
Number 25 N. Johnson R 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 0 0 19:31
Number 26 E. Christensen C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 0 0 27.3% 13:34
Number 28 M. Kassian L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 09:37
Number 41 J. Ortmeyer R 0 0 0 -2 2 2 4 0 0 11:13
Number 43 W. Peters C 0 0 0 -1 7 1 2 2 0 40% 11:01
Number 6 M. Scandella D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 2 0 23:10
Number 20 K. Foster D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 08:17
Number 38 S. Kampfer D 0 0 0 -4 0 0 1 3 0 21:35
Number 39 N. Prosser D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 1 0 18:40
Number 46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 0 20:59
Number 77 T. Gilbert D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 27:28
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 31 M. Hackett 21 17 4 .810 35:32 Loss
Number 37 J. Harding 18 15 3 .833 24:28

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 M. Duchene C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 45.5% 11:36
Number 11 J. McGinn L 1 1 2 +1 5 5 3 0 1 15:34
Number 16 J. McClement C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 1 3 0 50% 14:19
Number 23 M. Hejduk R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 12:22
Number 26 P. Stastny C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 0 0 86.4% 17:58
Number 27 S. Downie R 0 3 3 +3 0 2 0 0 0 18:27
Number 37 R. O'Reilly C 1 0 1 +2 0 4 0 0 0 56.3% 18:12
Number 40 M. Olver C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 0 100% 14:43
Number 54 D. Jones R 1 1 2 +2 0 1 0 0 0 50% 17:37
Number 55 C. McLeod L 1 1 2 +2 2 2 2 0 0 09:55
Number 88 P. Mueller C 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 14:14
Number 92 G. Landeskog L 0 2 2 +2 2 7 6 0 0 19:03
Number 5 S. O'Brien D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 2 2 0 18:16
Number 6 E. Johnson D 0 0 0 +2 5 1 0 2 0 17:45
Number 8 J. Hejda D 1 1 2 +3 0 2 2 1 0 19:16
Number 22 M. Hunwick D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 0 19:03
Number 44 R. Wilson D 0 1 1 +3 0 1 0 1 0 17:53
Number 46 S. Elliott D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 3 0 19:56
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 1 S. Varlamov 22 21 1 .955 59:51 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:34 Minnesota Wild Nate Prosser Delaying game puck over glass 2
1st 10:04 Colorado Avalanche Jamie McGinn Fighting (major) 5
1st 10:04 Minnesota Wild Kyle Brodziak Instigator 2
1st 10:04 Minnesota Wild Kyle Brodziak Fighting (major) 5
1st 10:04 Minnesota Wild Kyle Brodziak Misconduct (misconduct) 10
1st 15:56 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog Roughing 2
1st 15:56 Minnesota Wild Jed Ortmeyer Roughing 2
1st 15:56 Minnesota Wild Warren Peters Fighting (major) 5
1st 15:56 Colorado Avalanche Erik Johnson Fighting (major) 5
1st 17:52 Colorado Avalanche Cody McLeod Roughing 2
2nd 06:02 Minnesota Wild Warren Peters Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 09:08 Minnesota Wild Erik Christensen Tripping 2
3rd 04:34 Colorado Avalanche Matt Hunwick Ps hooking on breakaway (penalty shot) 0
3rd 14:22 Colorado Avalanche Peter Mueller Tripping 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
Mike Yeo
Colorado Avalanche head coach
Joe Sacco
Referees
Mike Leggo, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen
Darren Gibbs, Bryan Pancich
Minnesota Wild scratches
Niklas Backstrom, Cal Clutterbuck, Justin Falk
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Chuck Kobasew, Ryan O'Byrne, Kevin Porter, Tyson Barrie, Mike Connolly

2011-2012 season series

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Sources and further reading

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