🌲 Away Wild 36-35-7
5–2
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 42-27-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌲 MIN 2125
🏔️ COL 0022

Wild at Avalanche

Wild beat Avalanche 5–2 at Ball Arena on April 9, 2006.

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 5–3
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Marian Gaborik
3 G, 1 A
4 shots · 16:49 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Daniel Tjarnqvist
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 22:59 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Manny Fernandez
40 saves
0.952 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Marian Gaborik Go-ahead 1st · 04:35
Assists: Wes Walz · beat Peter Budaj
1–0
🌲 Pascal Dupuis 1st · 05:17
Assists: Marian Gaborik, Martin Skoula · beat Peter Budaj
2–0
2nd period
🌲 Daniel Tjarnqvist PP 2nd · 16:54
Assists: Martin Skoula, Mikko Koivu · beat Jose Theodore
3–0
3rd period
🌲 Marian Gaborik SH 3rd · 04:45
Assists: Daniel Tjarnqvist, Wes Walz · beat Jose Theodore
4–0
🏔️ John-Michael Liles PP 3rd · 08:29
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Joe Sakic · beat Manny Fernandez
4–1
🌲 Marian Gaborik 3rd · 08:53
Assists: Daniel Tjarnqvist, Mattias Weinhandl · beat Jose Theodore
5–1
🏔️ Cody McCormick 3rd · 15:52
Assists: Pierre Turgeon, Bob Boughner · beat Manny Fernandez
5–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Chouinard · Rolston · Dupuis 21:15
L2 Walz · Bouchard · Gaborik 16:49
L3 Veilleux · Koivu · Weinhandl 12:02
L4 Boogaard · Wanvig 4:42
D1 Skoula · Tjarnqvist 23:02
D2 Foster · Schultz 19:50
D3 Burns · Reitz 14:42
D4 Henry 7:55
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Brunette · Sakic · Hejduk 17:24
L2 Laaksonen · Dowd · Laperriere 16:46
L3 Turgeon · McLean · Richardson 13:01
L4 McCormick · Hinote 9:37
D1 Clark · Blake 23:41
D2 Brisebois · Liles 21:03
D3 Skrastins · Sauer 14:26
D4 Boughner 4:49

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN COL🏔️
22 Shots on goal 42
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
10 Hits 10
14 Blocked shots 14
7 Takeaways 11
5 Giveaways 12
21 Penalty minutes 17
MIN shooting 22.7% (5/22) COL shooting 4.8% (2/42)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
40/42
.952 SV% · 2 GA · 59:58 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Jose Theodore
16/19
.842 SV% · 3 GA · 54:34 TOI
Peter Budaj
1/3
.333 SV% · 2 GA · 05:17 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-6-1 (0% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 3–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Avalanche lead the season series 5–3
Mar 52006 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 3–5 Feb 282006 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 2–4 Feb 92006 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–1 Jan 312006 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 2–3 Jan 52006 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 4–2
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❓ MIN vs COL, answered

Who won Wild vs Avalanche on April 9, 2006?

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

Who scored for Wild?

Marian Gaborik (3), Daniel Tjarnqvist, Pascal Dupuis.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Cody McCormick, John-Michael Liles.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 40 saves on 42 shots (.952 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 16 saves on 19 shots (.842 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 5–3 after 8 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeApr 7 🌲MIN @ 🔥CGY 1–2 AfterApr 11 🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN 0–2
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeApr 8 🎵STL @ 🏔️COL 2–4 AfterApr 11 🌵PHX @ 🏔️COL 4–6
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