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2006-07 regular season

Avalanche at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–1

Avalanche beat Wild 2–1 in a shootout at Xcel Energy Center on November 18, 2006.

COL – MIN
31–29
Shots on goal
0/5–1/4
Power play
8–11
Hits
24–12
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

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1st star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
1 G
2 shots · 20:27 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 A
6 shots · 17:51 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Andrew Brunette
1 A
17:57 TOI

Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Joe Sakic Go-ahead 1st · 07:08
Assists: Milan Hejduk, Andrew Brunette · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–0
3rd period
🌲 Mikko Koivu PP Tying 3rd · 14:08
Assists: Brian Rolston, Branko Radivojevic · beat Peter Budaj
1–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Brunette · Sakic · Stastny 19:07
L2 Hejduk · Laperriere · Svatos 15:43
L3 Laaksonen · Arnason · McLean 13:53
L4 Wolski · Richardson · Rycroft 12:12
D1 Clark · Brisebois 24:34
D2 Klee · Skrastins 22:04
D3 Vaananen · Liles 17:08
🌲Wild
L1 White · Rolston · Demitra 21:19
L2 Walz · Koivu · Radivojevic 16:39
L3 Bouchard · Dupuis · Parrish 13:08
L4 Veilleux · Smith 7:37
D1 Johnsson · Foster 22:40
D2 Schultz · Skoula 20:56
D3 Carney · Nummelin 17:38
D4 Burns 8:57

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL MIN🌲
31 Shots on goal 29
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
8 Hits 11
24 Blocked shots 12
3 Takeaways 9
2 Giveaways 8
8 Penalty minutes 10
COL shooting 6.5% (2/31) MIN shooting 3.4% (1/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Peter Budaj
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-3 (40% win rate, 5 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 2–1
Oct 292006 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 1–4 Oct 52006 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–3 OT Apr 92006 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 5–2 Mar 52006 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 3–5 Feb 282006 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 2–4
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Who won Avalanche vs Wild on November 18, 2006?

Avalanche won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Avalanche 2, Wild 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic.

Who scored for Wild?

Mikko Koivu.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 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.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeNov 17 🏔️COL @ 🧥CBJ 3–0 AfterNov 20 🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL 4–5
🌲 Wild
BeforeNov 16 🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH 7–6 AfterNov 20 🌲MIN @ 🏛️OTT 3–5
Also on November 18
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