Wild 5 - 3 Avalanche
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Avalanche seek to maintain home dominance of Wild

Feb 1, 2007 - 4:24 PM Minnesota (27-21-4) at Colorado (25-21-4) 9:00 pm EST

DENVER (Ticker) -- After a fairly successful January, the Colorado Avalanche are ready to open a new month against a division foe.

Colorado tries to build upon its 7-3-2 mark last month when it hosts the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.

The Avalanche have won the last three meetings against the Wild this season and are 12-2-2 here against them all-time. Colorado is 14-10-3 at home and is in fourth place in the Northwest Division, four points behind Minnesota.

Coming off the All-Star break, the Avalanche lost to the Phoenix Coyotes and the Detroit Red Wings before Tuesday's 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators.

Andrew Brunette and Wojtek Wolski each had a goal and an assist and All-Star Joe Sakic set up two tallies for Colorado, which showed some spark after attempting just 12 against Detroit.

The Wild lost three of their first four games in January before posting a 7-4-2 mark for the month. They have split the first two contests of a five-game road trip.

Minnesota hopes to carry momentum from Tuesday's 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Pavol Demitra scored two goals each and All-Star Brian Rolston added two assists for the Wild.

In their most recent encounter, Colorado benefited from Milan Hejduk's shootout tally for a 2-1 win over Minnesota on January 6.








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    FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    MINNESOTA 1 2 2 5
    COLORADO 1 2 0 3 FINAL
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MIN - (PP) MIKKO KOIVU 12 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, PETTERI
    NUMMELIN) 6:19
    COL - ANDREW BRUNETTE 19 (WOJTEK WOLSKI) 17:26
    2ND PRD: MIN - PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD 14 (BRIAN ROLSTON) 3:38
    COL - (PP) BRETT CLARK 4 (MILAN HEJDU

    Feb 1 11:31 PM


  • NHL
    MINNESOTA 5
    COLORADO 3
    3RD PRD: MIN - MIKKO KOIVU 13 (PAVOL DEMITRA, MARIAN GABORIK) 19:24

    Wild vs. AvalancheFeb 1 11:30 PM


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    MINNESOTA 4
    COLORADO 3
    3RD PRD: MIN - MARIAN GABORIK 13 (KIM JOHNSSON, PAVOL DEMITRA) 15:26

    Wild vs. AvalancheFeb 1 11:21 PM


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    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    MINNESOTA 1 2 3
    COLORADO 1 2 3 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MIN - (PP) MIKKO KOIVU 12 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, PETTERI
    NUMMELIN) 6:19
    COL - ANDREW BRUNETTE 19 (WOJTEK WOLSKI) 17:26
    2ND PRD: MIN - PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD 14 (BRIAN ROLSTON) 3:38
    COL - (PP) BRETT CLARK 4

    Feb 1 10:37 PM


  • NHL
    MINNESOTA 3
    COLORADO 3
    2ND PRD: COL - MAREK SVATOS 11 (MILAN HEJDUK, JORDAN LEOPOLD) 18:15

    Wild vs. AvalancheFeb 1 10:36 PM


  • NHL
    MINNESOTA 3
    COLORADO 2
    2ND PRD: MIN - MARIAN GABORIK 12 (WES WALZ, NICK SCHULTZ) 14:28

    Wild vs. AvalancheFeb 1 10:30 PM


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    MINNESOTA 2
    COLORADO 2
    2ND PRD: COL - (PP) BRETT CLARK 4 (MILAN HEJDUK) 9:25

    Wild vs. AvalancheFeb 1 10:18 PM


  • NHL
    MINNESOTA 2
    COLORADO 1
    2ND PRD: MIN - PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD 14 (BRIAN ROLSTON) 3:38

    Wild vs. AvalancheFeb 1 10:09 PM


  • NHL
    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    MINNESOTA 1 1
    COLORADO 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: MIN - (PP) MIKKO KOIVU 12 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, PETTERI
    NUMMELIN) 6:19
    COL - ANDREW BRUNETTE 19 (WOJTEK WOLSKI) 17:26
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    MIN 10

    Feb 1 9:44 PM


  • NHL
    MINNESOTA 1
    COLORADO 1
    1ST PRD: COL - ANDREW BRUNETTE 19 (WOJTEK WOLSKI) 17:26

    Wild vs. AvalancheFeb 1 9:40 PM


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    MINNESOTA 1
    COLORADO 0
    1ST PRD: MIN - (PP) MIKKO KOIVU 12 (PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD, PETTERI
    NUMMELIN) 6:19

    Wild vs. AvalancheFeb 1 9:19 PM

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