Recap
Wild 1, Avalanche 0 Despite putting 27 shots on net Thursday night, the Colorado Avalanche couldn't get one past Minnesota goaltender Niklas Backstrom and were defeated by the Wild, 1-0.

Devin Setoguchi scored the Wild's lone goal at 17:29 of the third period.  

Goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere, in his fifth start with the Avalanche, stopped 17 of 18 shots, and is now 3-2-0 on the season.

The Avalanche return home for an eight-game homestand that will begin tomorrow night against the Dallas Stars.  It will be the longest continuous homestand in Avalanche history.  

NOTES: Avalanche forward Brandon Yip, who missed the previous 18 games with a broken forearm, made his first appearance of the season going scoreless with three shots on goal in 12:00 TOI...David Jones earned his second career fighting major (both this season) in a scrap with Wild defenseman Justin Falk.


Three star selections
1st:   NIKLAS BACKSTROM
2nd:   DEVIN SETOGUCHI
3rd:   NICK SCHULTZ
Winning Goaltender
Niklas Backstrom

Losing Goaltender
Jean-Sebastien Giguere

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STANDINGS

WESTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 p - CHI 48 36 7 5 155 102 77
2 y - ANA 48 30 12 6 140 118 66
3 y - VAN 48 26 15 7 127 121 59
4 x - STL 48 29 17 2 129 115 60
5 x - LAK 48 27 16 5 133 118 59
6 x - SJS 48 25 16 7 124 116 57
7 x - DET 48 24 16 8 124 115 56
8 x - MIN 48 26 19 3 122 127 55
9 CBJ 48 24 17 7 120 119 55
10 PHX 48 21 18 9 125 131 51
11 DAL 48 22 22 4 130 142 48
12 EDM 48 19 22 7 125 134 45
13 CGY 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 NSH 48 16 23 9 111 139 41
15 COL 48 16 25 7 116 152 39

STATS

2012-2013 REGULAR SEASON
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
P. Parenteau 48 18 25 -11 43
M. Duchene 47 17 26 -12 43
P. Stastny 40 9 15 -7 24
J. McGinn 47 11 11 -13 22
J. Mitchell 47 10 10 5 20
R. O'Reilly 29 6 14 -3 20
G. Landeskog 36 9 8 -4 17
T. Barrie 32 2 11 -11 13
C. McLeod 48 8 4 4 12
M. Hejduk 29 4 7 -7 11
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
J. Giguere 5 4 4 .908 2.84
S. Varlamov 11 21 3 .903 3.02
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