🌲 Away Wild 29-25-5
2–4
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 32-21-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌲 MIN 1012
🏔️ COL 2114

Wild at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Wild 4–2 at Ball Arena on February 28, 2006.

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 5–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
3 A
1 shots · 15:34 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 17:07 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
David Aebischer
33 saves
0.943 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Pierre-Marc Bouchard PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:12
Assists: Brian Rolston, Todd White · beat David Aebischer
1–0
🏔️ Rob Blake Tying 1st · 16:38
Assists: Milan Hejduk, Joe Sakic · beat Manny Fernandez
1–1
🏔️ Brad May Go-ahead 1st · 17:30
Assists: Dan Hinote, Brad Richardson · beat Manny Fernandez
1–2
2nd period
🏔️ Milan Hejduk 2nd · 00:52
Assists: Joe Sakic · beat Manny Fernandez
1–3
3rd period
🌲 Marian Gaborik PP 3rd · 18:38
Assists: Kurtis Foster, Brent Burns · beat David Aebischer
2–3
🏔️ Andrew Brunette Empty net 3rd · 19:21
Assists: Joe Sakic, Ian Laperriere
2–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Bouchard · White · Rolston 20:39
L2 Chouinard · Robitaille · Gaborik 16:00
L3 Koivu · Wanvig · Dupuis 13:06
L4 Boogaard · Walz 10:04
D1 Foster · Kuba 19:37
D2 Zyuzin · Schultz 18:03
D3 Mitchell · Burns 17:06
D4 Henry 12:47
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Laaksonen · Laperriere · Hejduk 17:08
L2 Tanguay · Brunette · Sakic 15:34
L3 Turgeon · Svatos · Hinote 12:11
L4 May · McLean · Richardson 10:07
D1 Skrastins · Blake 24:34
D2 Clark · Brisebois 18:43
D3 Liles · Sauer 15:10

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN COL🏔️
35 Shots on goal 31
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
11 Hits 11
14 Blocked shots 11
10 Takeaways 16
7 Giveaways 6
9 Penalty minutes 19
MIN shooting 5.7% (2/35) COL shooting 12.9% (4/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 59:56 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
David Aebischer
33/35
.943 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-7 (36% win rate, 11 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-3-3 (45% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Wild
Wild — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Avalanche lead the season series 5–1
Feb 92006 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–1 Jan 312006 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 2–3 Jan 52006 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 4–2 Dec 232005 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 3–5 Dec 222005 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 3–4
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❓ MIN vs COL, answered

Who won Wild vs Avalanche on February 28, 2006?

Avalanche won 4–2. The final score was Wild 2, Avalanche 4.

Who scored for Wild?

Marian Gaborik, Pierre-Marc Bouchard.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Andrew Brunette, Brad May, Milan Hejduk, Rob Blake.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

David Aebischer made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 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?

Avalanche lead the season series 5–1 after 6 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeFeb 12 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 2–3 AfterMar 2 🌲MIN @ 👑LAK 2–3
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeFeb 12 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 3–6 AfterMar 2 🧥CBJ @ 🏔️COL 0–1
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