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32 Backstrom25 Belanger47 Bergeron24 Boogaard96 Bouchard15 brunette8 burns26 foster10 Gaborik29 Harding5 johnsson9 koivu20 miettinen11 nolan2 reitz55 schultz51 Sheppard41 skoula19 Veilleux12 Weller3 Zidlicky2008 playoff statistics# POS PLAYER GP TOI/G G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG SOG SH%12 LW BRIAN ROLSTON 6 22:26 2 4 6 4 8 0 1 0 31 6.59 C MIKKO KOIVU 6 21:56 4 1 5 0 4 0 1 0 20 20.096 RW PIERRE-MARC BOUCHARD 6 17:46 2 2 4 1 2 1 0 1 18 11.138 RW PAVOL DEMITRA 6 21:08 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 15 6.717 LW TODD FEDORUK 6 13:37 1 1 2 -2 16 1 0 0 5 20.03 D KEITH CARNEY 6 15:12 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 50.08 D BRENT BURNS 6 27:34 0 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 17 0.034 LW AARON VOROS 5 10:39 1 0 1 -1 16 0 0 0 10 10.05 D KIM JOHNSSON 6 28:08 0 1 1 -1 18 0 0 0 12 0.015 C JAMES SHEPPARD 6 10:36 0 1 1 -1 4 0 0 0 4 0.010 RW MARIAN GABORIK 6 21:51 0 1 1 -3 4 0 0 0 25 0.033 D PETTERI NUMMELIN 4 16:16 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 10 0.019 LW STEPHANE VEILLEUX 6 15:42 0 0 0 -2 27 0 0 0 13 0.024 LW DEREK BOOGAARD 6 4:48 0 0 0 -1 24 0 0 0 0 0.041 D MARTIN SKOULA 6 26:40 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 3 0.025 C ERIC BELANGER 6 18:34 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 9 0.06 D SEAN HILL 5 10:53 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 0 1 0.092 RW BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC 2 14:35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.011 LW CHRIS SIMON 2 6:54 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0.02 D ERIK REITZ 2 6:17 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0.055 D NICK SCHULTZ 1 16:11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.021 RW MARK PARRISH 1 5:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.067 LW BENOIT POULIOT 1 10:16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.083 RW MATT FOY 1 6:49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0# GOALTENDER GP W L SA GA GAA SV SV% SO A PIM MIN32 NIKLAS BACKSTROM 6 2 4 170 17 2.83 153 .900 0 0 0 36129 JOSH HARDING 1 0 0 11 0 0.00 11 1.00 0 0 0 20GOALTENDING TOTALS 6 2 4 181 17 2.66 164 .906 0 0 0 3842008 playoff results2008 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINAL#3 MINNESOTA WILD VS. #6 COLORADO AVALANCHEWild lose series 4-2 (Wild 1-2 at Xcel Energy Center, 1-2 at Colorado)Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Game-Winning GoalieDATE OPP. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays Minutes Goal (Saves-Shots) Attn.G1 COL 0 2 0 1 3 2 5 12 3 22 1-1 6-12 Sakic Theodore (28-30)4/9 MIN 0 0 2 0 2 11 9 8 2 30 1-5 2-4 Backstrom (19-22) *19,352G2 COL 1 0 1 0 2 8 8 10 0 26 1-4 4-8 Theodore (28-31)4/11 MIN 0 0 2 1 3 7 7 16 1 31 1-3 5-10 Carney (1) Backstrom (24-26) *19,360G3 MIN 0 0 2 1 3 9 14 4 12 39 0-4 7-14 Bouchard (1) Backstrom (44-46)4/14 COL 1 0 1 0 2 12 17 10 7 46 0-6 5-10 Theodore (36-39) 18,007G4 MIN 0 0 1 – 1 7 7 11 – 25 0-5 25-101 BACKSTROM (24-29); Harding (11-11)4/15 COL 3 2 0 – 5 18 11 11 – 40 2-13 12-43 Wolski Theodore (24-25) 18,007G5 COL 1 0 2 – 3 6 8 3 – 17 2-3 3-6 Stastny Theodore (38-40)4/17 MIN 1 0 1 – 2 17 15 8 – 40 1-3 3-6 Backstrom (14-17) *19,364G6 MIN 0 1 0 – 1 11 15 9 – 35 0-1 3-6 Backstrom (28-30)4/19 COL 1 1 0 – 2 11 8 11 – 30 0-3 1-2 Smyth Theodore (34-35) 18,007Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Plays Penalties/ GoaltendersTOTALS 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T (Percentage) Minutes (Record, Saves-Shots)COL 7 5 4 1 17 57 57 57 10 181 6-30 (20.0) 31-81 Theodore (4-2, 188-200)MIN 1 1 8 2 12 62 67 56 15 200 3-21 (14.3) 45-141 Backstrom (2-4, 153-170); Harding (0-0, 11-11)Series NotesThe Wild fell in six games to the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Quarterfinal series...It was the third all-timepostseason appearance for Minnesota...Brian Rolston led the team in points (2-4=6) and assists (4) and tied a franchiserecord with a three-game assist streak...Mikko Koivu led the team in goals with four and tied a franchise record by scoringin four consecutive games to start the series (4/9-4/15)...Niklas Backstrom started all six games for the Wild and went 2-4while stopping 153 of 170 shots for a .900 SV%...For Colorado, Jose Theodore stopped 188 of 200 shots faced (.940 SV%), afranchise record for saves by an opposing goaltender in a series besting Patrick Roy’s mark in 2003 of 161 saves...Joe Sakicled the Avalanche with six points (2-4=6) against the Wild...Andrew Brunette’s three goals led Colorado and Sakic and PeterForsberg both notched four assists to lead the Avs...The first three games of the series went to overtime, continuing a streakfrom 2003 that saw the final two games of Western Conference Quarterfinal between these two teams go to overtime...All fivegames had 3-2 final scores...The Wild set playoff franchise records with 101 PIM, 25 penalties taken and 13 short-handedopportunities in a 5-1 loss in Game Four at the Pepsi Center...The Wild lost Game Five despite setting a franchise record forshots in a period with 17 in the first stanza and totaling 40 shots overall (which tied a franchise record)...In Game Six, AaronVoros tallied his first career playoff goal to tie the score in the second period but the Avs won 2-1 to take the series.194 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 195Table of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL