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2006-07 regular season

Blues at Avalanche

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🔁 Blues lead the season series 2–1

Blues beat Avalanche 4–2 at Ball Arena on December 29, 2006.

STL – COL
20–32
Shots on goal
3/4–1/5
Power play
26–14
Hits
20–10
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎵 STL
Martin Rucinsky
2 G
2 shots · 15:32 TOI
2nd star 🎵 STL
Bill Guerin
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:55 TOI
3rd star 🎵 STL
Manny Legace
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
2nd period
🎵 Martin Rucinsky Go-ahead 2nd · 07:47
Assists: Doug Weight, Bill Guerin · beat Peter Budaj
1–0
🏔️ Joe Sakic Tying 2nd · 08:08
Assists: Karlis Skrastins, Andrew Brunette · beat Manny Legace
1–1
🎵 Bill Guerin PP Go-ahead 2nd · 13:32
Assists: Dennis Wideman, Doug Weight · beat Peter Budaj
2–1
🏔️ Wojtek Wolski PP Tying 2nd · 19:03
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Paul Stastny · beat Manny Legace
2–2
3rd period
🎵 Martin Rucinsky PP Go-ahead 3rd · 11:17
Assists: Lee Stempniak, Dennis Wideman · beat Peter Budaj
3–2
🎵 Keith Tkachuk PP Empty net 3rd · 19:29
Assists: Radek Dvorak, Petr Cajanek
4–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Weight · Guerin · Mayers 16:32
L2 Tkachuk · Rucinsky · Dvorak 15:37
L3 McClement · Stempniak · Drake 13:14
L4 Cajanek · Backes · Hinote 12:30
D1 Jackman · McKee 23:58
D2 Brewer · Salvador 22:05
D3 Wideman · Rivers 12:52
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Wolski · Brunette · Sakic 20:57
L2 Stastny · Arnason · Hejduk 15:19
L3 Laaksonen · Turgeon · Laperriere 12:25
L4 Svatos · Richardson · Rycroft 10:17
D1 Klee · Clark 22:10
D2 Liles · Skrastins 19:40
D3 Vaananen · Sauer 13:54

Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL COL🏔️
20 Shots on goal 32
3/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
26 Hits 14
20 Blocked shots 10
8 Takeaways 9
8 Giveaways 13
10 Penalty minutes 8
STL shooting 20.0% (4/20) COL shooting 6.2% (2/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Manny Legace
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Peter Budaj
16/19
.842 SV% · 3 GA · 59:03 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 3-7-2 (25% win rate, 12 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 7-5 (58% win rate, 12 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 2-2-3 (29% win rate, 7 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 4-3 (57% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Blues lead the season series 2–1
Dec 132006 🎵STL @ 🏔️COL 1–4 Nov 22006 🏔️COL @ 🎵STL 1–4 Apr 82006 🎵STL @ 🏔️COL 2–4 Mar 252006 🏔️COL @ 🎵STL 3–2 OT Mar 72006 🏔️COL @ 🎵STL 2–1 SO
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Who won Blues vs Avalanche on December 29, 2006?

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

Who scored for Blues?

Martin Rucinsky (2), Bill Guerin, Keith Tkachuk.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic, Wojtek Wolski.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Manny Legace made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 16 saves on 19 shots (.842 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Blues vs Avalanche season series?

Blues lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🎵 Blues
BeforeDec 26 🎵STL @ 🐯NSH 2–3 AfterDec 30 🏔️COL @ 🎵STL 0–2
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 27 ⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL 5–4 AfterDec 30 🏔️COL @ 🎵STL 0–2
Also on December 29
🦆ANA 2–4 🌪️CAR 🗽NYR 0–1 🏛️OTT 🦅WSH 3–4 😈NJD 🍁TOR 1–4 🐧PIT 🇨🇦MTL 1–3 🐆FLA 🧥CBJ 3–4 🌲MIN 🐻BOS 5–3 🪶CHI 🐯NSH 1–4 ⭐DAL
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