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2008-09 regular season

Wild at Avalanche

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

Wild beat Avalanche 2–0 at Ball Arena on January 4, 2009.

MIN – COL
37–33
Shots on goal
1/6–0/3
Power play
11–25
Hits
27–16
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Owen Nolan
2 G
7 shots · 16:57 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Brent Burns
2 A
3 shots · 25:03 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Niklas Backstrom
33 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Owen Nolan PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:23
Assists: Brent Burns, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · beat Peter Budaj
1–0
🌲 Owen Nolan 1st · 10:42
Assists: Krys Kolanos, Brent Burns · beat Peter Budaj
2–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Belanger · Miettinen 17:43
L2 Brunette · Bouchard · Nolan 16:57
L3 Veilleux · Kolanos · Sheppard 14:04
L4 Gillies · Clutterbuck · Weller 10:17
L5 Scott 8:15
D1 Burns · Johnsson 25:01
D2 Skoula · Schultz 20:15
D3 Zidlicky 16:16
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Smyth · Wolski · Hejduk 21:45
L2 Hensick · Jones · Svatos 14:16
L3 Arnason · Tucker · Stewart 12:32
L4 McLeod · Laperriere · Willsie 8:34
D1 Hannan · Clark 24:10
D2 Salei · Liles 22:06
D3 Leopold · Foote 13:45

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN COL🏔️
37 Shots on goal 33
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
11 Hits 25
27 Blocked shots 16
10 Takeaways 8
12 Giveaways 7
8 Penalty minutes 24
MIN shooting 5.4% (2/37) COL shooting 0.0% (0/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom Shutout
33/33
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:55 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Peter Budaj
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-6 (0% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 2–1
Dec 12008 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 6–5 Nov 62008 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 3–1 Apr 192008 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 1–2 Apr 172008 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Apr 152008 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 1–5
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Who won Wild vs Avalanche on January 4, 2009?

Wild won 2–0. The final score was Wild 2, Avalanche 0.

Who scored for Wild?

Owen Nolan (2).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 33 saves on 33 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 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 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeJan 3 🐙DET @ 🌲MIN 3–2 AfterJan 6 🌲MIN @ 🐻BOS 1–0
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeJan 2 🧥CBJ @ 🏔️COL 6–1 AfterJan 6 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 2–1
Also on January 4
🐆FLA 5–6 🇨🇦MTL ⚡TBL 4–1 🐦ATL 🏛️OTT 3–4 😈NJD 🔥CGY 2–5 🪶CHI 🌵PHX 0–2 🦆ANA ⭐DAL 3–2 🐋VAN
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