🌲 Away Wild 13-13-3
1–0
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 17-9-6
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🌲 MIN 1001
🏔️ COL 0000

Wild at Avalanche

Wild beat Avalanche 1–0 at Ball Arena on December 9, 2009.

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2009-10 🔁 Wild lead the season series 4–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Antti Miettinen
1 G
2 shots · 15:49 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Andrew Brunette
1 A
2 shots · 13:25 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Kim Johnsson
1 A
1 shots · 23:50 TOI

🚨 Scoring

1 goal · in order
1st period
🌲 Antti Miettinen Go-ahead 1st · 05:57
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Kim Johnsson · beat Peter Budaj
1–0

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Belanger · Miettinen 16:27
L2 Brodziak · Clutterbuck · Nolan 14:24
L3 Latendresse · Brunette · Havlat 13:25
L4 Sheppard · Smith · Kobasew 11:20
L5 Scott 8:12
D1 Zidlicky · Zanon 26:12
D2 Johnsson · Schultz 21:32
D3 Hnidy 16:02
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Wolski · Stastny · Svatos 17:50
L2 McLeod · Duchene · O'Reilly 16:53
L3 Stewart · Hejduk · Tucker 16:00
L4 Galiardi · Hendricks · Mercier 9:00
D1 Liles · Quincey 21:12
D2 Clark · Hannan 19:30
D3 Foote · Wilson 16:48

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN COL🏔️
22 Shots on goal 22
23 Hits 15
16 Blocked shots 12
12 Takeaways 7
5 Giveaways 11
12 Penalty minutes 6
MIN shooting 4.5% (1/22) COL shooting 0.0% (0/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom Shutout
22/22
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Peter Budaj
21/22
.955 SV% · 1 GA · 59:17 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

1 of 1 goal located
Antti Miettinen · 1st 05:57 · 1–0
MIN COL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-2-1 (67% win rate, 9 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-1-2 (50% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Wild lead the season series 4–0
Nov 282009 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 3–2 SO Nov 272009 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 3–5 Oct 212009 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–3 SO Mar 172009 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–3 SO Mar 122009 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 1–2 SO
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❓ MIN vs COL, answered

Who won Wild vs Avalanche on December 9, 2009?

Wild won 1–0. The final score was Wild 1, Avalanche 0.

Who scored for Wild?

Antti Miettinen.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 22 saves on 22 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 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 4–0 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 7 🌲MIN @ 🌵PHX 0–2 AfterDec 11 🌲MIN @ 🔥CGY 2–1
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 7 🏔️COL @ 🎵STL 4–0 AfterDec 11 ⚡TBL @ 🏔️COL 1–2
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