🌲 Away Wild 24-19-7
1–0
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 26-24-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌲 MIN 1001
🏔️ COL 0000

Wild at Avalanche

Wild beat Avalanche 1–0 at Ball Arena on February 2, 2012.

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Wild lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Greg Zanon
1 G
1 shots · 19:08 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Dany Heatley
1 A
4 shots · 21:07 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Niklas Backstrom
37 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

1 goal · in order
1st period
🌲 Greg Zanon Go-ahead 1st · 06:04
Assists: Dany Heatley, Kyle Brodziak · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
1–0

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Heatley · Brodziak · Johnson 21:07
L2 Cullen · Clutterbuck · Setoguchi 18:19
L3 Peters · Powe · McMillan 13:54
L4 Kassian · Rau · Ortmeyer 8:29
D1 Prosser · Spurgeon 25:04
D2 Falk · Schultz 21:34
D3 Zanon · Stoner 13:21
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Landeskog · Stastny · O'Reilly 20:32
L2 Galiardi · Mueller · Hejduk 18:46
L3 Winnik · McClement · Porter 14:54
L4 Van Der Gulik · McLeod · Kobasew 6:22
D1 Johnson · Quincey 21:06
D2 O'Byrne · Hejda 19:57
D3 Wilson · Elliott 18:17

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN COL🏔️
21 Shots on goal 37
20 Hits 23
26 Blocked shots 12
8 Takeaways 7
1 Giveaways 4
16 Penalty minutes 16
MIN shooting 4.8% (1/21) COL shooting 0.0% (0/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom Shutout
37/37
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
20/21
.952 SV% · 1 GA · 58:14 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

1 of 1 goal located
Greg Zanon · 1st 06:04 · 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: 7-1-3 (64% win rate, 11 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-10 (38% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-0-3 (67% win rate, 9 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-6 (45% win rate, 11 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Wild lead the season series 3–1
Jan 242012 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 3–2 Dec 262011 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 4–2 Nov 172011 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 0–1 Mar 82011 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–5 Feb 92011 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–3
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❓ MIN vs COL, answered

Who won Wild vs Avalanche on February 2, 2012?

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

Who scored for Wild?

Greg Zanon.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 37 saves on 37 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 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 3–1 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeJan 31 🐯NSH @ 🌲MIN 5–4 AfterFeb 4 🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL 1–2
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeJan 31 🏔️COL @ 🛢️EDM 2–3 AfterFeb 4 🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL 3–2
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