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9/11/2008
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Colorado Avalanche 4 , St. Louis Blues 5
Shots: 27 - 29
PP: 3 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:55/66=83 %, Challenges:46/60=75 %
PP: 4 of 4 (12 shots), Passing:73/92=79 %, Challenges:36/49=72 %
Attendance: 18129 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 551122 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:51 1-0
Andrei Markov [2])PP
13:46 2-0
Michal Handzus [4] (Markus Näslund, Richard Zednik)PP
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26:51 2-1
Sami Kapanen [5] (Bobby Holik, Erik Johnson)
31:27 3-1
Andrew Brunette [4] (Brett Clark, Richard Zednik)
33:54 3-2
Bobby Holik [4] (Denis Grebeshkov, Andrew Ference)PP
38:07 3-3
Mikael Samuelsson [4] (Mike Van Ryn, Scottie Upshall)PP
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46:56 3-4
Scottie Upshall [4] (Denis Grebeshkov)PP
54:37 4-4
Mats Sundin [7] (Markus Näslund, Ryan Smyth)PP
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60:58 4-5
Jim Dowd [3] (Mikael Samuelsson, Sami Kapanen)PP
Penalty summary:
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11:19
Scottie Upshall (2 min for high-sticking)
12:45
Jim Dowd (2 min for high-sticking)
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20:12
Andrew Cogliano (2 min for slashing)
33:34
Ryan Smyth (2 min for elbowing)
37:24
Derick Brassard (2 min for boarding)
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44:15
Michal Handzus (5 min for attempt to injury)
49:43
Michal Handzus (5 min for fighting)
49:43
Erik Johnson (5 min for fighting)
52:43
Jim Dowd (2 min for cross-checking)
57:56
Sean Hill (2 min for roughing)
57:56
Jordin Tootoo (2 min for roughing)
59:22
Markus Näslund (2 min for hooking)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
R Derick Brassard 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 13.20 6
R Richard Zednik 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 15.20 6
R Markus Näslund 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 17.00 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 10.20 8
C Michal Handzus 1 0 2 2 2 5 10 0 16.30 6
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
C Mats Sundin 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
C Logan Couture 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.20 7
R Valeri Bure 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
L Andrew Brunette 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 12.10 7
L Ryan Smyth 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 19.20 8
D Wes O'Neill 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.00 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
D Andrei Markov 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 27.20 8
D Sean Hill 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 15.00 6
D Brett Clark 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 29.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 5 0 24 0 0 61.00 5
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 4
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 2 3 2 4 2 0 15.50 8
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 -1 20.20 9
R Alyn McCauley 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 1 19.30 7
C Jamal Mayers 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4.30 5
C Jim Dowd 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 0 19.10 6
C Scottie Upshall 1 1 4 1 1 0 2 -1 24.10 7
C Bobby Holik 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 12.10 6
R Andrew Cogliano 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.30 6
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 15.50 8
L Martin Rucinsky 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
L Sami Kapanen 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 18.30 7
D Jonathan Blum 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
D Andrew Ference 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 -1 21.40 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 18.30 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 19.10 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 27.20 6
D Erik Johnson 0 1 2 3 0 3 5 1 18.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 4 0 23 0 0 61.00 5
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikael Samuelsson
2nd star: Scottie Upshall
3rd star: Sami Kapanen
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Andrei Markov finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for St. Louis Blues:
Other notes:
-Erik Johnson beat Michal Handzus in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 0( 12) , Worcester Icecats 1( 15)
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0-1 WOR Daniel Cleary (Micki Dupont, Mike Rupp)
Goalies: Michael Wall - Manny Fernandez