The Minnesota Wild couldn't pull it off against the Colorado Avalanche, 6 to 5, on December 1, 2008.

Final

Avalanche

12-12-0

6

Wild

14-8-1

5

Team

COL

MIN

1

2

4

2

3

0

1

Total

6

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

COL

MIN

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (EV) assisted by Mikko Koivu and Martin Skoula

0

1

Marek Svatos (EV) assisted by John-Michael Liles and Ruslan Salei

1

David Jones (EV) assisted by Ian Laperriere and Cody McCormick

2

1

Mikko Koivu (PP) assisted by Brent Burns and Pierre-Marc Bouchard

2

2nd period

COL

MIN

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (PP) assisted by Marc-Andre Bergeron and Marek Zidlicky

2

3

Paul Stastny (EV) assisted by Brian Willsie and Milan Hejduk

3

Milan Hejduk (PP) assisted by Paul Stastny

4

3

T.J. Hensick (EV) assisted by Ian Laperriere

5

3

Paul Stastny (EV) assisted by Ryan Smyth and Milan Hejduk

6

3

Owen Nolan (PP) assisted by Andrew Brunette and Mikko Koivu

6

4

3rd period

COL

MIN

Brent Burns (EV) assisted by Kim Johnsson

6

5

Avalanche

Wild

Goals

6

5

Shots

31

17

Penalty Minutes

13

11

Power-Play Goals

1

3

Power-Play Opportunities

3

4

Faceoff Wins

29

33

Hits

15

Giveaways

3

13

Takeaways

5

2

Avalanche

Wild

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Peter Budaj (W)	1	17	5	12	.706	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Tyler Arnason	0	0	-1	0	0	16:24	0	0	2	0
Brett Clark	0	0	+1	2	0	18:30	1	4	1	0
Scott Hannan	0	0	0	0	0	18:17	1	4	0	0
Milan Hejduk	1	2	+1	0	1	23:25	0	1	0	1
T.J. Hensick	1	0	+1	0	5	9:37	0	0	0	1
David Jones	1	0	+1	2	1	9:02	1	0	0	0
Ian Laperriere	0	2	+2	0	0	13:05	0	2	0	0
Jordan Leopold	0	0	+1	0	2	20:52	2	1	0	0
John-Michael Liles	0	1	+1	0	2	19:55	0	1	0	0
Cody McCormick	0	1	+2	0	1	7:11	1	0	0	0
Cody McLeod	0	0	0	5	1	6:39	3	0	0	0
Ruslan Salei	0	1	+1	0	1	22:01	2	1	0	0
Ryan Smyth	0	1	0	4	2	23:10	1	0	0	1
Paul Stastny	2	1	+1	0	7	24:12	0	0	0	1
Marek Svatos	1	0	0	0	2	14:35	0	0	0	0
Daniel Tjarnqvist	0	0	+2	0	2	20:36	1	2	0	0
Brian Willsie	0	1	+2	0	2	12:01	2	0	0	0
Wojtek Wolski	0	0	0	0	2	17:04	0	0	0	1

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Niklas Backstrom (L)	1	26	6	20	.769	39:48
Josh Harding	0	5	0	5	1.000	19:32

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Eric Belanger	0	0	-2	0	1	15:11	0	2	1	1
Marc-Andre Bergeron	0	1	-1	2	0	20:09	2	1	0	0
Derek Boogaard	0	0	-1	0	0	6:01	3	0	0	0
Pierre-Marc Bouchard	2	1	-2	0	4	16:48	0	0	2	0
Andrew Brunette	0	1	0	0	0	20:35	0	0	0	0
Brent Burns	1	1	0	0	2	21:22	2	0	0	0
Kim Johnsson	0	1	-3	2	0	23:14	1	1	0	0
Mikko Koivu	1	2	0	0	3	24:12	0	0	2	0
Antti Miettinen	0	0	-1	0	0	17:57	0	1	1	0
Owen Nolan	1	0	-1	0	1	15:21	2	0	0	0
Benoit Pouliot	0	0	-1	0	2	11:52	0	0	1	1
Erik Reitz	0	0	0	0	0	10:18	2	1	0	0
Nick Schultz	0	0	-1	0	0	17:20	1	2	1	0
James Sheppard	0	0	0	0	0	9:10	0	0	0	0
Martin Skoula	0	1	0	0	2	17:31	1	1	1	0
Stephane Veilleux	0	0	-1	0	0	14:48	0	0	0	0
Craig Weller	0	0	0	5	0	8:07	1	0	1	0
Marek Zidlicky	0	1	-1	2	2	27:15	0	2	2	0