🌲 Away Wild 20-15-4 before this game
1–3
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 24-10-3 before this game
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Wild at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Wild 3–1 at Ball Arena on January 4, 2004.

🗓 Sun, Jan 4, 2004 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:48 TOI · +1
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Teemu Selanne
1 G
4 shots · 15:52 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 G
3 shots · 18:43 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN COL🏔️
26 Shots on goal 29
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
5 Hits 28
12 Blocked shots 8
11 Takeaways 17
11 Giveaways 9
12 Penalty minutes 10
MIN shooting 3.8% (1/26) COL shooting 10.3% (3/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 59:37 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Philippe Sauve
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 20-15-4 (51% win rate, 39 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 24-10-3 (65% win rate, 37 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 20-15-4 (51% win rate, 39 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 24-10-3 (65% win rate, 37 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Walz · Zholtok · Gaborik 16:46
L2 Park · Dupuis · Daigle 15:53
L3 Brunette · Dowd · Wiemer 14:08
L4 Laaksonen · Johnson · Bouchard 12:44
D1 Kuba · Mitchell 22:54
D2 Schultz · Bombardir 19:26
D3 Zyuzin · Henry 16:20
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Tanguay · Forsberg · Hejduk 18:37
L2 Konowalchuk · Moore · Selanne 15:52
L3 Larsen · Nikolishin · Hinote 14:41
L4 Worrell · McCormick · Cummins 6:24
D1 Foote · Blake 23:52
D2 Skrastins · Skoula 20:10
D3 Liles · Morris 14:45

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →
Dec 17, 2003
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–2 · Wild won
Nov 4, 2003
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
4–4 (OT) · Wild won
Oct 16, 2003
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
5–2 · Avalanche won
Apr 22, 2003
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–2 (OT) · Wild won
Apr 21, 2003
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
2–3 (OT) · Wild won

❓ MIN vs COL, answered

Who won Wild vs Avalanche on January 4, 2004?

Avalanche won 3–1.

What was the final score of Wild vs Avalanche?

The final score was Wild 1, Avalanche 3.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Philippe Sauve made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Wild vs Avalanche season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 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
🌲Wild
Previous game · Jan 2
🛢️EDM @ 🌲MIN
2–1 · EDM won
Next game · Jan 5
🌲MIN @ 🎵STL
1–1 · MIN won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Jan 2
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
4–2 · COL won
Next game · Jan 6
🧥CBJ @ 🏔️COL
0–6 · COL won
Also on January 4, 2004
🌵PHX @ 🌪️CAR
3–0 final
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 final
🛢️EDM @ 🪶CHI
4–3 final
Wild season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule