🏔️ Away Avalanche 19-17-3
5–2
Final
🌵 Home Coyotes 20-17-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏔️ COL 1135
🌵 PHX 0112

Avalanche at Coyotes

Avalanche beat Coyotes 5–2 on December 31, 2005.

🗓 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 3–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Ian Laperriere
2 G
6 shots · 19:52 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Andrew Brunette
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 15:09 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Peter Budaj
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Milan Hejduk PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:17
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Rob Blake · beat Curtis Joseph
1–0
2nd period
🏔️ Ian Laperriere 2nd · 11:29
Assists: Brett McLean, Antti Laaksonen · beat Curtis Joseph
2–0
🌵 Denis Gauthier 2nd · 12:16
Assists: Mike Johnson, Geoff Sanderson · beat Peter Budaj
2–1
3rd period
🏔️ Pierre Turgeon PP 3rd · 01:33
Assists: Rob Blake, Alex Tanguay · beat Curtis Joseph
3–1
🏔️ Ian Laperriere 3rd · 03:44
Assists: Alex Tanguay, Brett McLean · beat Curtis Joseph
4–1
🌵 Geoff Sanderson PP 3rd · 13:33
Assists: Mike Johnson, Keith Ballard · beat Peter Budaj
4–2
🏔️ Andrew Brunette 3rd · 16:35
Assists: Joe Sakic · beat Curtis Joseph
5–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Laaksonen · Laperriere · Hejduk 18:39
L2 Tanguay · Brunette · Sakic 17:08
L3 McLean · Turgeon · Svatos 12:20
L4 May · Hinote 7:14
D1 Blake · Skrastins 24:46
D2 Clark · Sauer 19:06
D3 Liles · Vaananen 15:24
D4 Boughner 9:56
🌵Coyotes
L1 Nagy · Lundmark · Doan 21:41
L2 Sanderson · Comrie · Johnson 18:20
L3 Saprykin · Devereaux · Ricci 13:35
L4 Sjostrom · Rheaume · Jackman 6:10
D1 Mara · Michalek 23:16
D2 Gauthier · Ballard 19:04
D3 O'Donnell · Jones 14:42

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL PHX🌵
28 Shots on goal 32
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
14 Hits 21
21 Blocked shots 4
5 Takeaways 3
7 Giveaways 14
26 Penalty minutes 22
COL shooting 17.9% (5/28) PHX shooting 6.2% (2/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Peter Budaj
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌵Coyotes
Curtis Joseph
23/28
.821 SV% · 5 GA · 58:28 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-2-1 (40% win rate, 5 games)
Coyotes
Coyotes — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-7-1 (11% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)
Coyotes
Coyotes — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-8 (33% win rate, 12 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Avalanche lead the season series 3–0
Dec 262005 🌵PHX @ 🏔️COL 4–7 Nov 162005 🏔️COL @ 🌵PHX 3–1 Mar 142004 🌵PHX @ 🏔️COL 1–4 Mar 122004 🏔️COL @ 🌵PHX 3–2 Nov 132003 🏔️COL @ 🌵PHX 2–3 OT
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❓ COL vs PHX, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Coyotes on December 31, 2005?

Avalanche won 5–2. The final score was Avalanche 5, Coyotes 2.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Ian Laperriere (2), Andrew Brunette, Milan Hejduk, Pierre Turgeon.

Who scored for Coyotes?

Denis Gauthier, Geoff Sanderson.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Coyotes goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 23 saves on 28 shots (.821 save percentage).

What is the Avalanche vs Coyotes season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 30 🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS 2–5 AfterJan 3 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 0–3
🌵 Coyotes
BeforeDec 29 👑LAK @ 🌵PHX 5–6 AfterJan 5 🌵PHX @ 👑LAK 0–4
Also on December 31
🔔PHI 3–4 🦅WSH 🗽NYR 3–4 🐧PIT 🦆ANA 5–4 🎵STL 🐋VAN 3–4 🌲MIN 🍁TOR 6–3 😈NJD 🧥CBJ 2–5 🐙DET 🇨🇦MTL 3–5 🌪️CAR 👑LAK 3–2 ⭐DAL
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