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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Colorado 4, Minnesota 3
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, December 21, 2009
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Wes McCauley, Stephen Walkom
Linesmen: Thor Nelson, Bryan Pancich
Attendance: 18244
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Colorado 1304
Minnesota 0123
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
19:49 - Avalanche Matt Duchene (EV) Assists: Darcy Tucker , T.J. Galiardi
Penalties
2:12 - Avalanche Milan Hejduk (2) Hooking
 16:05 - Wild Mikko Koivu (2) Hooking
 17:26 - Wild Owen Nolan (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
2nd Period
Scoring
3:49 - Avalanche Chris Stewart (EV) Assists: Paul Stastny
10:29 - Avalanche Milan Hejduk (EV) Assists: T.J. Galiardi
13:55 - Wild Cal Clutterbuck (SH) Assists: Nick Schultz
17:16 - Avalanche Matt Hendricks (SH) Assists: Cody McLeod
Penalties
7:11 - Wild Cal Clutterbuck (2) Goaltender interference
 9:33 - Avalanche Chris Durno (5) Fighting
 9:33 - Wild Clayton Stoner (5) Fighting
 11:19 - Avalanche Cody McLeod (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 11:19 - Wild Shane Hnidy (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 12:12 - Wild Martin Havlat (2) Boarding
 16:31 - Avalanche Paul Stastny (2) Hooking
 17:55 - Avalanche Ryan O'Reilly (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
12:05 - Wild Owen Nolan (EV) Assists: Chuck Kobasew , Kim Johnsson
13:57 - Wild Martin Havlat (EV) Assists: Clayton Stoner , Andrew Brunette
Penalties
3:35 - Wild Derek Boogaard (2) Boarding
 9:55 - Avalanche Cody McLeod (2) Roughing
Colorado Avalanche
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Peter Budaj G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Anderson G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 43:16 9:20 7:24 0 0 - - - - -
John-Michael Liles D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 18 16:29 11:30 4:31 0:28 0 0 - - - - -
Brett Clark D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 19 15:22 11:06 3:48 0:28 0 0 - - - - -
Wojtek Wolski LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 17:56 11:31 5:26 0:59 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Duchene C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 20 14:39 10:57 3:42 0:00 0 0 - - 6 9 40
Matt Hendricks C 1 0 1 E 0 1 16 8:26 6:24 0:04 1:58 0 1 - - 0 2 0
Darcy Tucker LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 18 15:48 12:11 3:37 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 +3 0 0 27 22:31 18:59 0:05 3:27 0 0 - - - - -
Milan Hejduk RW 1 0 1 +1 2 3 19 14:38 9:21 5:17 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Stewart RW 1 0 1 -1 0 4 22 19:26 14:53 4:33 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Paul Stastny C 0 1 1 E 2 2 26 22:12 13:53 5:44 2:35 0 0 - - 9 9 50
Kyle Quincey D 0 0 0 +2 0 4 27 23:00 15:30 4:03 3:27 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 23 16:54 13:35 0:21 2:58 0 0 - - 3 9 25
T.J. Galiardi LW 0 2 2 +2 0 1 27 21:44 13:52 3:05 4:47 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Ryan Wilson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 17:45 13:50 0:26 3:29 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Durno LW 0 0 0 E 5 0 10 6:18 6:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Foote D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 25 19:27 15:37 0:21 3:29 0 0 - - - - -
Cody McLeod LW 0 1 1 E 4 0 22 12:22 10:57 0:30 0:55 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Brandon Yip RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 10 5:03 5:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 58:11 41:27 7:24 9:20 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Harding G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marek Zidlicky D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 30 23:48 15:46 3:07 4:55 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 30 24:21 15:57 4:09 4:15 0 0 - - - - -
Greg Zanon D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 27 23:03 18:02 0:00 5:01 0 0 - - - - -
Clayton Stoner D 0 1 1 +1 5 2 19 11:50 11:47 0:03 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 24 20:34 12:23 4:47 3:24 0 0 - - 11 5 69
Owen Nolan RW 1 0 1 -2 2 1 26 17:53 11:26 4:18 2:09 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Chuck Kobasew RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 21 11:52 8:10 1:45 1:57 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Havlat RW 1 0 1 E 2 6 21 17:31 13:06 4:25 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Brunette LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 21 16:16 11:59 4:17 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Ebbett C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17 13:32 12:53 0:13 0:26 0 0 - - 8 3 73
Antti Miettinen RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 29 19:24 13:53 3:10 2:21 0 0 - - - - -
Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 12:30 9:34 0:00 2:56 0 0 - - 2 4 33
Cal Clutterbuck RW 1 0 1 -1 2 5 22 14:16 10:07 2:11 1:58 0 1 - - - - -
Derek Boogaard LW 0 0 0 E 2 2 11 9:04 9:04 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 11:44 8:14 2:07 1:23 0 0 - - 8 3 73
Shane Hnidy D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 19 13:42 12:36 0:52 0:14 0 0 - - - - -
James Sheppard C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 16 10:37 9:59 0:28 0:10 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 25 17:53 12:20 1:08 4:25 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Colorado
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Craig Anderson W (38-25-7) 31 28 3 .903 0 60:00
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom L (26-23-8) 21 17 4 .810 0 58:11