🌲 Away Wild 7-3-1
3–1
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 5-7-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌲 MIN 2103
🏔️ COL 0101

Wild at Avalanche

Wild beat Avalanche 3–1 at Ball Arena on November 6, 2008.

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Marek Zidlicky
2 A
2 shots · 22:39 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Benoit Pouliot
1 G
2 shots · 11:11 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Niklas Backstrom
35 saves
0.972 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Pierre-Marc Bouchard Go-ahead 1st · 03:35
Assists: Marek Zidlicky, Stephane Veilleux · beat Peter Budaj
1–0
🌲 Benoit Pouliot PP 1st · 07:44
Assists: Marek Zidlicky, Eric Belanger · beat Peter Budaj
2–0
2nd period
🌲 Andrew Brunette 2nd · 09:56
Assists: Antti Miettinen, Mikko Koivu · beat Peter Budaj
3–0
🏔️ Darcy Tucker 2nd · 12:18
Assists: T.J. Hensick, John-Michael Liles · beat Niklas Backstrom
3–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Veilleux · Koivu · Miettinen 21:19
L2 Belanger · Sheppard · Bouchard 16:09
L3 Brunette · Pouliot · Kolanos 11:11
L4 Boogaard · Clutterbuck · Weller 4:21
D1 Skoula · Johnsson 24:34
D2 Schultz · Zidlicky 23:20
D3 Reitz · Bergeron 10:06
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Smyth · Stastny · Hejduk 22:14
L2 Wolski · Hensick · Tucker 15:36
L3 Arnason · McCormick · Svatos 11:15
L4 McLeod · Laperriere · Guite 7:42
D1 Clark · Salei 24:34
D2 Liles · Foote 21:40
D3 Leopold · Cumiskey 13:52

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN COL🏔️
20 Shots on goal 36
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
17 Hits 15
15 Blocked shots 9
6 Takeaways 4
10 Giveaways 10
19 Penalty minutes 13
MIN shooting 15.0% (3/20) COL shooting 2.8% (1/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
35/36
.972 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Peter Budaj
17/20
.850 SV% · 3 GA · 58:06 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Wild lead the season series 1–0
Apr 192008 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 1–2 Apr 172008 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Apr 152008 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 1–5 Apr 142008 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 3–2 OT Apr 112008 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–3 OT
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❓ MIN vs COL, answered

Who won Wild vs Avalanche on November 6, 2008?

Wild won 3–1. The final score was Wild 3, Avalanche 1.

Who scored for Wild?

Andrew Brunette, Benoit Pouliot, Pierre-Marc Bouchard.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Darcy Tucker.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 17 saves on 20 shots (.850 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?

Wild lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeNov 4 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 1–3 AfterNov 8 🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN 0–2
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeNov 3 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 2–6 AfterNov 8 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 0–1
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