Final - OT
Injury-plagued Avalanche host Coyotes
Feb 4, 2008 - 2:15 PM Phoenix (27-22-3) at Colorado (28-21-4) 9:00 pm ESTDENVER (Ticker) - Continuing to bide their time until the return of injured stars Paul Stastny, Joe Sakic and Ryan Smyth, the Colorado Avalanche host the Phoenix Coyotes on Monday.
The Avalanche are just 3-3-1 in their last seven games. After getting shut out at Detroit on Friday, Colorado bounced back the following night with a 6-4 win at St. Louis.
"Big. Huge," Colorado coach Joel Quenneville said. "(A 2-0 loss at Detroit), we were two minutes away from getting it to overtime. That was disappointing and a tough loss. I like how we rebounded."
Stastny (appendectomy), the Avalanche's leading scorer with 49 points, could be back in a week. Sakic (hernia surgery) and Smyth (ankle) are not expected back until the end of February at the earliest.
Avalanche goaltender Peter Budaj is 6-1-2 all-time with a 2.65 goals-against average against Phoenix. Budaj has been in goal for Colorado's last two games due to Jose Theodore's back spasms.
Phoenix has gone 1-1-1 on its five-game road trip. The Coyotes are coming off Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss at Nashville.
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FINAL IN OT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
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PHOENIX 1 1 1 1 4
COLORADO 1 1 1 0 3 FINAL IN OT
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: COL - (PP) T.J. HENSICK 4 (TYLER ARNASON, JOHN-MICHAEL
LILES) 17:48
PHO - (PP) PETER MUELLER 16 (ED JOVANOVSKI, SHANE DOAN)
19:01
2ND PRD: PHO - DANIEL WINNIK 6 (MATT MURL
Feb 4 11:43 PM - NHL
PHOENIX 4
COLORADO 3
OT: PHO - SHANE DOAN 18 (RADIM VRBATA, ZBYNEK MICHALEK) 3:33
Feb 4 11:43 PM - NHL
PHOENIX 4
COLORADO 3
OT: PHO - SHANE DOAN 18 (RADIM VRBATA, ZBYNEK MICHALEK) 3:33
Coyotes vs. AvalancheFeb 4 11:43 PM - NHL
END OF THE 3RD GOING INTO OT
1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PHOENIX 1 1 1 3
COLORADO 1 1 1 3 GOING INTO OT
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: COL - (PP) T.J. HENSICK 4 (TYLER ARNASON, JOHN-MICHAEL
LILES) 17:48
PHO - (PP) PETER MUELLER 16 (ED JOVANOVSKI, SHANE DOAN)
19:01
2ND PRD: PHO - DANIEL WINNIK 6 (MATT MURLEY, NIKO KAPANEN) 5:04
COL -
Feb 4 11:33 PM - NHL
PHOENIX 3
COLORADO 3
3RD PRD: PHO - RADIM VRBATA 23 (STEVEN REINPRECHT) 16:49
Coyotes vs. AvalancheFeb 4 11:29 PM - NHL
PHOENIX 2
COLORADO 3
3RD PRD: COL - (PP) T.J. HENSICK 5 (JAROSLAV HLINKA, TYLER ARNASON)
9:52
Coyotes vs. AvalancheFeb 4 11:17 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
PHOENIX 1 1 2
COLORADO 1 1 2 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: COL - (PP) T.J. HENSICK 4 (TYLER ARNASON, JOHN-MICHAEL
LILES) 17:48
PHO - (PP) PETER MUELLER 16 (ED JOVANOVSKI, SHANE DOAN)
19:01
2ND PRD: PHO - DANIEL WINNIK 6 (MATT MURLEY, NIKO KAPANEN) 5:04
COL - IA
Feb 4 10:36 PM - NHL
PHOENIX 2
COLORADO 2
2ND PRD: COL - IAN LAPERRIERE 4 (BRAD RICHARDSON) 14:49
Coyotes vs. AvalancheFeb 4 10:27 PM - NHL
PHOENIX 2
COLORADO 1
2ND PRD: PHO - DANIEL WINNIK 6 (MATT MURLEY, NIKO KAPANEN) 5:04
Coyotes vs. AvalancheFeb 4 10:09 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PHOENIX 1 1
COLORADO 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: COL - (PP) T.J. HENSICK 4 (TYLER ARNASON, JOHN-MICHAEL
LILES) 17:48
PHO - (PP) PETER MUELLER 16 (ED JOVANOVSKI, SHANE DOAN)
19:01
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PHO 1
Feb 4 9:43 PM - NHL
PHOENIX 1
COLORADO 1
1ST PRD: PHO - (PP) PETER MUELLER 16 (ED JOVANOVSKI, SHANE DOAN) 19:01
Coyotes vs. AvalancheFeb 4 9:42 PM - NHL
PHOENIX 0
COLORADO 1
1ST PRD: COL - (PP) T.J. HENSICK 4 (TYLER ARNASON, JOHN-MICHAEL LILES)
17:48
Coyotes vs. AvalancheFeb 4 9:38 PM
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