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2008-09 regular season

Avalanche at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Wild lead the season series 4–2

Wild beat Avalanche 3–2 in a shootout at Xcel Energy Center on March 17, 2009.

COL – MIN
26–29
Shots on goal
12–12
Hits
25–12
Blocked shots
0–2
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Eric Belanger
2 A
1 shots · 14:14 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Nick Schultz
1 G
2 shots · 23:01 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Stephane Veilleux
1 G
1 shots · 12:21 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🏔️ Cody McLeod Go-ahead 2nd · 09:21
Assists: Ben Guite · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–0
🌲 Stephane Veilleux Tying 2nd · 11:05
Assists: Martin Skoula, Eric Belanger · beat Peter Budaj
1–1
🏔️ Ryan Smyth Go-ahead 2nd · 13:51
Assists: Wojtek Wolski · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–1
3rd period
🌲 Nick Schultz Tying 3rd · 18:14
Assists: Dan Fritsche, Eric Belanger · beat Peter Budaj
2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Wolski · Smyth · Hejduk 22:04
L2 Stastny · Guite · Laperriere 16:14
L3 McLeod · Arnason · Svatos 14:55
L4 Hensick · McCormick · Stewart 7:58
D1 Hannan · Liles 29:57
D2 Clark · Nycholat 22:46
D3 Vernace · Peltier 11:30
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Sheppard · Nolan 20:15
L2 Brunette · Bouchard · Miettinen 19:08
L3 Veilleux · Belanger · Clutterbuck 14:14
L4 Olvecky · Boogaard · Fritsche 10:09
D1 Johnsson · Schultz 23:12
D2 Bergeron · Zidlicky 22:38
D3 Foster · Skoula 17:59

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL MIN🌲
26 Shots on goal 29
12 Hits 12
25 Blocked shots 12
0 Takeaways 2
1 Giveaways 7
6 Penalty minutes 2
COL shooting 7.7% (2/26) MIN shooting 10.3% (3/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Peter Budaj
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 64:54 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 14-11-1 (54% win rate, 26 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 12-14-2 (43% win rate, 28 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-0 (100% win rate, 8 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-10-2 (14% win rate, 14 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 4–2
Mar 122009 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 1–2 SO Feb 112009 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–3 Jan 42009 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 2–0 Dec 12008 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 6–5 Nov 62008 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 3–1
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Who won Avalanche vs Wild on March 17, 2009?

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

Who scored for Avalanche?

Cody McLeod, Ryan Smyth.

Who scored for Wild?

Nick Schultz, Stephane Veilleux.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 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 4–2 after 6 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeMar 15 🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN 2–4 AfterMar 19 🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL 8–1
🌲 Wild
BeforeMar 15 🌲MIN @ 🎵STL 3–5 AfterMar 20 🌲MIN @ 😈NJD 0–4
Also on March 17
🪶CHI 2–3 😈NJD 🗽NYR 4–3 🇨🇦MTL ⚔️BUF 2–4 🏛️OTT 🐦ATL 2–6 🐧PIT 🍁TOR 4–3 ⚡TBL 🦅WSH 3–0 🐆FLA 🔔PHI 2–3 🐙DET 🎵STL 1–2 🛢️EDM
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