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2007-08 regular season

Avalanche at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Wild lead the season series 5–2

Wild beat Avalanche 3–2 in overtime at Xcel Energy Center on March 30, 2008.

COL – MIN
26–20
Shots on goal
0/3–1/4
Power play
18–22
Hits
11–7
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 🌲 MIN
Marian Gaborik
2 G
4 shots · 23:54 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Brian Rolston
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 20:55 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Jeff Finger
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 21:42 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Brian Rolston Go-ahead 1st · 04:56
Assists: Kim Johnsson, Mikko Koivu · beat Jose Theodore
0–1
🌲 Marian Gaborik PP 1st · 08:19
Assists: Brent Burns, Brian Rolston · beat Jose Theodore
0–2
2nd period
🏔️ Jeff Finger 2nd · 01:21
Assists: Joe Sakic, Wojtek Wolski · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–2
🏔️ Ruslan Salei Tying 2nd · 11:59
Assists: Jeff Finger, Wojtek Wolski · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–2
Overtime
🌲 Marian Gaborik Go-ahead OT · 03:10
Assists: Pavol Demitra · beat Jose Theodore
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Smyth · Stastny · Sakic 19:56
L2 Brunette · Wolski · Arnason 15:39
L3 Hlinka · Hejduk · Jones 13:17
L4 McLeod · Laperriere · Guite 11:44
D1 Foote · Sauer 22:46
D2 Hannan · Finger 21:43
D3 Liles · Salei 17:04
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Gaborik · Demitra 21:30
L2 Bouchard · Rolston · Radivojevic 20:21
L3 Fedoruk · Belanger · Parrish 14:50
L4 Voros · Boogaard · Sheppard 6:08
D1 Johnsson · Schultz 27:42
D2 Burns · Skoula 21:02
D3 Carney · Hill 12:12

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL MIN🌲
26 Shots on goal 20
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
18 Hits 22
11 Blocked shots 7
2 Takeaways 3
2 Giveaways 5
8 Penalty minutes 6
COL shooting 7.7% (2/26) MIN shooting 15.0% (3/20)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Jose Theodore
17/20
.850 SV% · 3 GA · 62:30 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 63:01 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 2-6 (25% win rate, 8 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 8-7-2 (47% win rate, 17 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 6-6-3 (40% win rate, 15 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 5–2
Mar 172008 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 1–3 Jan 242008 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 3–2 Nov 182007 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 1–4 Nov 112007 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 2–4 Oct 282007 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 1–3
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Who won Avalanche vs Wild on March 30, 2008?

Wild won 3–2 in overtime. The final score was Avalanche 2, Wild 3.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Jeff Finger, Ruslan Salei.

Who scored for Wild?

Marian Gaborik (2), Brian Rolston.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 17 saves on 20 shots (.850 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 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?

Wild lead the season series 5–2 after 7 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeMar 28 🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL 4–5 AfterApr 1 🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN 4–2
🌲 Wild
BeforeMar 28 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 0–4 AfterApr 3 🔥CGY @ 🌲MIN 1–3
Also on March 30
🗽NYR 1–3 🐧PIT 🐯NSH 0–1 🐙DET 🐻BOS 1–2 ⚔️BUF 🧥CBJ 4–5 🪶CHI ⭐DAL 2–3 🦆ANA 🌵PHX 1–3 🦈SJS 🔥CGY 2–6 🐋VAN
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