🏔️ Away Avalanche 56-16-9 before this game
4–2
Final
🌲 Home Wild 28-38-15 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
COL 1214
MIN 0202

Avalanche at Wild

Avalanche beat Wild 4–2 at Xcel Energy Center on April 8, 2001.

🗓 Sun, Apr 8, 2001 · 12:00 CDT 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 5–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:14 TOI · +2
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Alex Tanguay
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 13:38 TOI · +1
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
2 A
3 shots · 17:15 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Ville Nieminen Go-ahead 1st · 02:20
Assists: Rob Blake, Chris Drury · beat Derek Gustafson
1–0
2nd period
🏔️ Alex Tanguay 2nd · 00:48
Assists: Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk · beat Derek Gustafson
2–0
🏔️ Joe Sakic 2nd · 07:36
Assists: Alex Tanguay, Milan Hejduk · beat Derek Gustafson
3–0
🌲 Wes Walz SH 2nd · 13:51
Assists: Willie Mitchell · beat Patrick Roy
3–1
🌲 Darby Hendrickson 2nd · 17:02
Assists: Matt Johnson, Filip Kuba · beat Patrick Roy
3–2
3rd period
🏔️ Joe Sakic Empty net 3rd · 19:33
Assists: Stephane Yelle
4–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL MIN🌲
28 Shots on goal 21
24 Hits 23
13 Blocked shots 17
4 Takeaways 9
19 Giveaways 33
10 Penalty minutes 10
COL shooting 14.3% (4/28) MIN shooting 9.5% (2/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Derek Gustafson
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 59:35 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–2
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Forsberg · Sakic · Drury 19:14
L2 Podein · Reinprecht · Hejduk 15:10
L3 Messier · Tanguay · Yelle 13:38
L4 Nieminen · Hinote · Parker 10:34
D1 Blake · Foote 22:21
D2 De Vries · Klemm 19:49
D3 Skoula · Bourque 9:32
🌲Wild
L1 Laaksonen · Patera · Hendrickson 18:11
L2 Walz · Roest · Dupuis 16:37
L3 Blouin · Krivokrasov · Nielsen 12:51
L4 Johnson · Bonin 8:39
D1 Kuba · Bombardir 24:42
D2 Benysek · Mitchell 19:58
D3 Roche · Sekeras 14:48
D4 Matteucci 9:06

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 5–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 18, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–4 · Avalanche won
Feb 23, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
1–4 · Avalanche won
Jan 12, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
5–0 · Avalanche won
Nov 7, 2000
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
0–2 · Avalanche won

❓ COL vs MIN, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Wild on April 8, 2001?

Avalanche won 4–2.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Wild?

The final score was Avalanche 4, Wild 2.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic (2), Alex Tanguay, Ville Nieminen.

Who scored for Wild?

Darby Hendrickson, Wes Walz.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Derek Gustafson made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Wild season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 5–0 after 5 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Apr 7
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
3–4 · DET won
Next game · Apr 12
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
4–5 · COL won
🌲Wild
Previous game · Apr 6
🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN
2–3 · MIN won
Next game · Oct 6
🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS
0–0 · MIN won
Also on April 8, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR
6–4 final
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
2–1 final
⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH
1–2 final
🦈SJS @ 🦆ANA
4–1 final
🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ
3–4 final
Avalanche season page Wild season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule