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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 2–0 on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at home.

Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Colorado Avalanche 0 22-56-4
at Minnesota Wild 2 49-25-8

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 6 9 3 18
Minnesota Wild 10 17 6 33

Three stars

  1. M. Koivu, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)
  2. D. Dubnyk, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)
  3. S. Varlamov, Colorado Avalanche (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 14:14 Minnesota Wild Charlie Coyle (11) Eric Staal (15), Mathew Dumba (8) Power play COL 0, MIN 1
2nd 08:21 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu (8) Mathew Dumba (9), Mikael Granlund (14) Even strength COL 0, MIN 2

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

Team stats

Stat Colorado Avalanche Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 18 33
Power play 0 of 5 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 8 12
Hits 18 21
Blocked shots 10 14
Giveaways 4 2
Takeaways 5 7
Faceoffs won 20/50 (40%) 30/50 (60%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
7 J. Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 42.9% 10:41
8 J. Colborne C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10:33
9 M. Duchene C 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 50% 18:43
12 J. Iginla R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 15:38
14 B. Comeau L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 15:41
17 R. Bourque R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:50
25 M. Grigorenko C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 13:20
29 N. MacKinnon C 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 35.7% 23:30
34 C. Soderberg C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 33.3% 11:53
55 C. McLeod L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 05:33
92 G. Landeskog L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 66.7% 21:40
96 M. Rantanen R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19:39
4 T. Barrie D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 28:35
16 N. Zadorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 20:04
18 C. Goloubef D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13:29
28 P. Wiercioch D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 16:44
32 F. Beauchemin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:43
51 F. Tyutin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:58
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1 S. Varlamov 33 31 2 .939 58:28 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
3 C. Coyle C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 14:23
7 C. Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11:31
9 M. Koivu C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 1 0 0 72.2% 20:26
11 Z. Parise L 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 17:11
12 E. Staal C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 38.9% 19:03
16 J. Zucker L 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 0 0 13:14
22 N. Niederreiter R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 13:35
29 J. Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 12:46
42 P. Cannone C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 71.4% 09:11
44 T. Graovac C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71.4% 10:47
63 K. Gabriel R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 07:08
64 M. Granlund C 0 1 1 +1 2 0 1 2 0 20:07
6 M. Scandella D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 15:46
20 R. Suter D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 27:08
24 M. Dumba D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 2 1 0 20:48
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 3 0 22:19
39 N. Prosser D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 13:41
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 1 0 20:46
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
40 D. Dubnyk 18 18 0 1.000 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 12:56 Colorado Avalanche Mikhail Grigorenko Holding 2
2nd 03:17 Minnesota Wild Jared Spurgeon Tripping 2
3rd 03:42 Minnesota Wild Mikael Granlund Holding 2
3rd 07:36 Minnesota Wild Jared Spurgeon Hooking 2
3rd 09:56 Minnesota Wild Jason Zucker Roughing 2
3rd 09:56 Colorado Avalanche Blake Comeau Tripping 2
3rd 09:56 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog Roughing 2
3rd 11:13 Minnesota Wild Nino Niederreiter Holding 2
3rd 15:30 Minnesota Wild Zach Parise Tripping 2
3rd 17:02 Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon Interference 2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Minnesota Wild head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Referees
Tom Kowal, Dean Morton
Linesmen
Ryan Gibbons, Trent Knorr
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Eric Gelinas, Andreas Martinsen
Minnesota Wild scratches
Erik Haula, Christian Folin

2016-2017 season series

Matchup Status Details
Minnesota Wild 0 at Colorado Avalanche 1 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 0 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 4 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 20

Matchup Status Details
New York Islanders 4 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 5 at New Jersey Devils 1 Final Game page
New York Rangers 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 7 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Final/SO Game page
Anaheim Ducks 1 at Montreal Canadiens 5 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Florida Panthers 4 Final/SO Game page
Ottawa Senators 4 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 3 at Dallas Stars 2 Final/OT Game page
Winnipeg Jets 1 at Vancouver Canucks 4 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 1 at San Jose Sharks 4 Final Game page

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