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 As of April 21, 2008: 10:27am ET
 07-08 NHL PLAYOFFS
 

Colorado wins 4-2

DATE TIME MATCHUP/RESULTS TV
Wed., April 9 9pm COL 3 at MIN 2 (OT) TSN, RDS
Fri. April 11 9pm COL 2 at MIN 3 (OT) VERSUS, TSN, RDS
Mon., April 14 10pm MIN 3 at COL 2 (OT) VERSUS, CBC, RDS
Tues., April 15 10pm MIN 1 at COL 5 VERSUS, TSN, RDS
Thurs., April 17 9pm COL 3 at MIN 2 TSN
Sat., April 19 TBD MIN 1 at COL 2 VERSUS, CBC, RDS
MINNESOTA WILD (3)
vs.
COLORADO AVALANCHE (6)
The Minnesota Wild won five of the eight meetings against the Colorado Avalanche this season, helping them remain atop the Northwest Division and claim third-place in the Conference.

Minnesota's defensive style could shut down Colorado's offensive game, but the Wild will still need Marian Gaborik and Pavol Demitra to have a huge series if they want to get into the second-round of the playoffs.

Led by Joe Sakic, Adam Foote and Peter Forsberg, the veteran Avs are giving it one last kick at the can, and could get the rest of the team going with their experience in pressure-cooker games.

Jose Theodore is finally looking like a true No.1 goalie again, and that could spell trouble for the Wild if their offensive weapons fail to produce.

This is going to be a very tight series, which could go the distance.

 
2007-08 REGULAR-SEASON MEETINGS
DATE RESULT GOALIES
Oct. 21 COLORADO 2 at MINNESOTA 3 BUDAJ(L) - BACKSTROM(W)
Oct. 28 MINNESOTA 1 at COLORADO 3 HARDING(L) - BUDAJ(W)
Nov. 11 MINNESOTA 2 at COLORADO 4 BACKSTROM(L) - BUDAJ(W)
Nov. 18 COLORADO 1 at MINNESOTA 4 BUDAJ(L) - HARDING(W)
Jan. 24 MINNESOTA 3 at COLORADO 2 BACKSTROM(W) - THEODORE(L)
Mar. 17 COLORADO 1 at MINNESOTA 3 THEODORE(L) - BACKSTROM(W)
Mar. 30 COLORADO 2 at MINNESOTA 3 THEODORE(OT) - BACKSTROM(W)
Apr. 06 MINNESOTA 3 at COLORADO 4 HARDING(OT) - THEODORE(W)
 
TOP 3 REGULAR-SEASON PERFORMERS

MINNESOTA WILD

COLORADO AVALANCHE

 - Brian Rolston led the Wild with 8 points against the Avalanche this season.
 - Pavol Demitra registered 6 assists in 5 games versus Colorado in 2007-08.
 - Brett Burns tallied 5 points against the Avalanche this year.
 - Joe Sakic recorded a team-high 6 assists and 8 points against the Wild in 2007-08.
 - Wojtek Wolski had 7 points and a team-high +4 rating against Minnesota this year.
 - Peter Forsberg had 3 assists in 2 games versus the Wild this season.
 
GOALIE BATTLE

MINNESOTA WILD

COLORADO AVALANCHE

NIKLAS BACKSTROM vs. Avalanche in 07-08
 
GP W L MINS GA GAA
5 4 1 303 10 1.98
JOSE THEODORE vs. Wild in 07-08
 
GP W L MINS GA GAA
4 1 2 244 11 2.70
 
PLAYOFF HISTORY
Team Series W L GP W L GF GA
Colorado 1 0 1 7 3 4 17 16
Minnesota 1 1 0 7 4 3 16 17
 

REGULAR-SEASON TEAM LEADERS

  MINNESOTA WILD COLORADO AVALANCHE
Statistic Player Total Player Total
Goals Marian Gaborik 42 Milan Hejduk 29
Assists P-M Bouchard 50 Paul Stastny 47
Points Marian Gaborik 83 Paul Stastny 71
Game-Winning Goals Brian Rolston
Marian Gaborik
8 Milan Svatos
Wojtek Wolski
6
Powerplay Goals Brian Rolston
Marian Gaborik
11 Milan Hejduk 8
Short-Handed Goals Brian Rolston
Eric Belanger
Marian Gaborik
1 Adam Foote
Milan Hejduk
Jeff Finger
1
Plus/Minus Marian Gaborik +17 Paul Stastny +22

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