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4/4/2009
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Colorado Avalanche 4 , Minnesota Wild 2
Shots: 30 - 19
PP: 1 of 5 (13 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:38/55=67 %
PP: 1 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:59/81=72 %, Challenges:32/41=76 %
Attendance: 18007 of 18007 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 547412 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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18:35 1-0
Ryan Smyth [30] (Darcy Tucker, Scott Hannan)
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26:19 1-1
Éric Bélanger [20] (Andrew Brunette, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)PP
37:29 1-2
Radek Dvorak [17] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Éric Bélanger)
38:39 2-2
Ryan Smyth [31] (John-Michael Liles, Shawn Horcoff)PP
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41:47 3-2
Tyler Arnason [27] (John-Michael Liles, Milan Hejduk)
44:13 4-2
Milan Hejduk [35] (John-Michael Liles)
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Penalty summary:
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06:46
Dmitri Kugryshev (2 min for roughing)
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25:36
Ian Laperriere (2 min for hooking)
28:13
Owen Nolan (2 min for boarding)
37:35
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for hooking)
39:47
Andrew Brunette (2 min for elbowing)
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46:58
Ian Laperriere (2 min for elbowing)
50:22
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for high-sticking)
56:49
Marek Svatos (2 min for elbowing)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R T.J. Hensick 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 4
R Ian Laperriere 0 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 16.30 5
R Marek Svatos 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 15.00 8
R Milan Hejduk 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 19.40 7
C Kyle Brodziak 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.00 4
C Tyler Arnason 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 20.30 7
C Ryan Smyth 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 16.20 8
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 6
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14.30 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 15.00 7
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 18.50 7
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16.40 6
D Brett Clark 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 20.50 5
D Adam Foote 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 22.30 8
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 17.10 6
D Scott Hannan 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 3 7 1 1 0 0 2 25.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6.50 5
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 6 1 7 0 -1 15.50 8
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 13.40 8
R Owen Nolan 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 15.30 6
C Jay McClement 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Sam Gagner 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 15.20 6
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 8
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 -1 20.50 7
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.50 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -1 15.20 5
L Radek Dvorak 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 19.50 8
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 -1 17.30 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 15.20 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -1 21.10 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 21.20 8
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 18.10 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 27.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Smyth
2nd star: John-Michael Liles
3rd star: Milan Hejduk
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Ryan Smyth scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Shawn Horcoff has marked a new career high in points with 74 points.
-Shawn Horcoff notched his 40th assist of the season.
-John-Michael Liles notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Milan Hejduk scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Wojtek Wolski had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Éric Bélanger scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Andrew Brunette notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Andrew Brunette had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Lake Erie Monsters 3( 20) , Houston Aeros 2( 12)
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0-1 HOU Roman Voloshenko (Corey Locke, Yan Stastny)
1-1 LEM David Jones (Cody McLeod)
1-2 HOU Corey Locke (Yan Stastny, Paul Albers)
2-2 LEM Aaron MacKenzie (Jiri Cetkovsky)
3-2 LEM Nathan Smith (Cody McLeod, Darcy Campbell)
Goalies: Jason Bacashihua - Nolan Schaefer