🏔️ Away Avalanche 20-13-1 before this game
3–2
Final / OT
🌲 Home Wild 13-12-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
COL 00213
MIN 20002

Avalanche at Wild

Avalanche beat Wild 3–2 in overtime at Xcel Energy Center on December 16, 2001.

🗓 Sun, Dec 16, 2001 · 17:00 CST 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Rob Blake
2 A
10 shots · 32:19 TOI · +3
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 G
4 shots · 22:16 TOI · +3
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
1 G
3 shots · 21:54 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Jim Dowd Go-ahead 1st · 06:26
Assists: Marian Gaborik, Andrew Brunette · beat David Aebischer
0–1
🌲 Darby Hendrickson PP 1st · 12:23
Assists: Lubomir Sekeras · beat David Aebischer
0–2
3rd period
🏔️ Steve Reinprecht 3rd · 15:32
Assists: Greg De Vries, Rob Blake · beat Dwayne Roloson
1–2
🏔️ Milan Hejduk Tying 3rd · 18:37
Assists: Rob Blake, Adam Foote · beat Dwayne Roloson
2–2
Overtime
🏔️ Joe Sakic Go-ahead OT · 04:09
Unassisted · beat Dwayne Roloson
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL MIN🌲
40 Shots on goal 20
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
19 Hits 20
11 Blocked shots 11
4 Takeaways 3
11 Giveaways 13
6 Penalty minutes 12
COL shooting 7.5% (3/40) MIN shooting 10.0% (2/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
David Aebischer
18/20
.900 SV% · 2 GA · 63:59 TOI
🌲Wild
Dwayne Roloson
37/40
.925 SV% · 3 GA · 63:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–2
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 Tanguay · Sakic · Hejduk 21:54
L2 Messier · Drury · Reinprecht 16:37
L3 Podein · Yelle · Vrbata 11:29
L4 Nieminen · Larsen · Hinote 8:37
D1 Blake · Foote 30:08
D2 Skoula · De Vries 23:02
D3 Trepanier · Berry 8:44
🌲Wild
L1 Laaksonen · Hendrickson · Walz 19:35
L2 Park · Dupuis · Gaborik 18:00
L3 Brunette · Dowd · Zholtok 13:22
L4 Johnson · Gavey 6:38
D1 Sekeras · Kuba 29:18
D2 Benysek · Brown 22:36
D3 Marshall · Sutton 12:22
D4 Matteucci 9:54

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 14, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
0–1 · Avalanche won
Nov 2, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
2–4 · Wild won
Apr 8, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
4–2 · Avalanche won
Mar 18, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–4 · Avalanche won
Feb 23, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
1–4 · Avalanche won

❓ COL vs MIN, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Wild on December 16, 2001?

Avalanche won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Wild?

The final score was Avalanche 3, Wild 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk, Steve Reinprecht.

Who scored for Wild?

Darby Hendrickson, Jim Dowd.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

David Aebischer made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Dwayne Roloson made 37 saves on 40 shots (.925 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 2–1 after 3 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 · Dec 14
🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL
3–0 · SJS won
Next game · Dec 19
🦆ANA @ 🏔️COL
1–2 · COL won
🌲Wild
Previous game · Dec 14
🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · MIN won
Next game · Dec 18
🦆ANA @ 🌲MIN
5–1 · ANA won
Also on December 16, 2001
🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT
7–0 final
🛢️EDM @ 🔔PHI
3–2 final
👑LAK @ 🦆ANA
3–2 final
Avalanche season page Wild season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule