The Minnesota Wild were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche, 4 to 3, on December 21, 2009.

Final

Avalanche

21-11-6

4

Wild

17-16-3

3

Team

COL

MIN

1

0

2

3

1

3

0

2

Total

4

3

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

COL

MIN

Matt Duchene (EV) assisted by Darcy Tucker and TJ Galiardi

1

0

2nd period

COL

MIN

Chris Stewart (EV) assisted by Paul Stastny

2

0

Milan Hejduk (EV) assisted by TJ Galiardi

3

0

Cal Clutterbuck (SH) assisted by Nick Schultz

3

1

Matt Hendricks (SH) assisted by Cody McLeod

4

1

3rd period

COL

MIN

Owen Nolan (EV) assisted by Chuck Kobasew and Kim Johnsson

4

2

Martin Havlat (EV) assisted by Clayton Stoner and Andrew Brunette

4

3

Avalanche

Wild

Goals

4

3

Shots

21

31

Penalty Minutes

15

17

Power-Play Goals

0

Power-Play Opportunities

5

4

Faceoff Wins

18

33

Hits

9

18

Giveaways

4

8

Takeaways

2

4

Avalanche

Wild

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Craig Anderson (W)	1	31	3	28	.903	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Brett Clark	0	0	-2	0	0	15:22	0	2	0	0
Matt Duchene	1	0	+1	0	1	14:39	1	0	1	0
Chris Durno	0	0	0	5	0	6:18	0	0	0	0
Adam Foote	0	0	+2	0	0	19:27	0	4	0	0
TJ Galiardi	0	2	+2	0	1	21:44	1	2	0	0
Scott Hannan	0	0	+3	0	0	22:31	0	0	0	0
Milan Hejduk	1	0	+1	2	3	14:38	1	0	0	0
Matt Hendricks	1	0	0	0	1	8:26	2	0	0	1
John-Michael Liles	0	0	-2	0	1	16:29	0	0	1	0
Cody McLeod	0	1	0	4	0	12:22	0	0	0	0
Ryan O'Reilly	0	0	-1	2	0	16:54	0	0	0	0
Kyle Quincey	0	0	+2	0	4	23:00	1	6	0	1
Paul Stastny	0	1	0	2	2	22:12	0	1	1	0
Chris Stewart	1	0	-1	0	4	19:26	1	0	0	0
Darcy Tucker	0	1	0	0	2	15:48	1	0	0	0
Ryan Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	17:45	1	0	1	0
Wojtek Wolski	0	0	-1	0	0	17:56	0	0	0	0
Brandon Yip	0	0	0	0	2	5:03	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Niklas Backstrom (L)	1	21	4	17	.810	58:11

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Eric Belanger	0	0	-1	0	1	11:44	0	0	0	1
Derek Boogaard	0	0	0	2	2	9:04	0	0	0	0
Kyle Brodziak	0	0	0	0	2	12:30	0	0	0	0
Andrew Brunette	0	1	0	0	2	16:16	0	0	1	0
Cal Clutterbuck	1	0	-1	2	5	14:16	7	0	0	0
Andrew Ebbett	0	0	+1	0	0	13:32	0	1	2	0
Martin Havlat	1	0	0	2	6	17:31	0	0	0	1
Shane Hnidy	0	0	+1	2	1	13:42	1	2	2	0
Kim Johnsson	0	1	+1	0	0	24:21	1	2	0	1
Chuck Kobasew	0	1	+1	0	1	11:52	0	0	0	0
Mikko Koivu	0	0	-1	2	2	20:34	2	1	2	1
Antti Miettinen	0	0	0	0	4	19:24	3	0	0	0
Owen Nolan	1	0	-2	2	1	17:53	1	0	0	0
Nick Schultz	0	1	+2	0	1	17:53	1	2	0	0
James Sheppard	0	0	-2	0	1	10:37	0	3	0	0
Clayton Stoner	0	1	+1	5	2	11:50	1	0	1	0
Greg Zanon	0	0	-3	0	0	23:03	0	0	0	0
Marek Zidlicky	0	0	-3	0	0	23:48	1	6	0	0