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We have our first overtime of the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche will play an extra session after a dramatic third-period rally by the homestanding Wild. Despite the comeback, Colorado had the better of the play down the stretch in regulation, so it will be imperative for Minnesota to regain momentum in overtime.
After a scoreless first period, Colorado struck early in the second. Joe Sakic fed a wide-open Kent Sauer in the slot. Sauer, a native of St. Cloud, Minnesota, pushed a shot past Niklas Backstrom for just his second career playoff goal. The Avalanche added another goal later in the second period for a 2-0 lead, as Ryan Smyth tipped in a Jeff Finger point shot on the power play. Even though the Wild outshot Colorado 20-9 through two periods, it was the Avalanche that held a 2-0 lead.
The Wild showed life immediately in the third period, and it paid off early in the period with their first goal of the playoffs. Three minutes into the period, Mikko Koivu flipped the puck toward the slot from the right wing, and it hit Finger in front of the net and got past Jose Theodore. The goal injected life into the capacity crowd of over 19,000 in St. Paul. It also gave the Wild a ton of energy, and they parlayed that into the game-tying goal just over three minutes later. Petteri Nummelin fed Todd Fedoruk in front, and he made a great move to get Theodore to commit before flipping the puck past him to knot the score. The crowd was its loudest after Fedoruk's masterpiece.
Colorado's Joel Quennville called his team's timeout after Fedoruk's goal, and it worked to get the Avalanche playing better. They had the better of things for some time after that, including having a David Jones goal waved off when it was ruled he kicked the puck into the net. The replay showed Jones trying to get up, and it appeared he accidentally knocked the puck in with his skate.
The Avalanche were awarded a penalty shot with 2:27 left after Minnesota's Keith Carney covered the puck in the crease on a scramble in front. The problem with that, of course, is that Carney is a defenseman, and defensemen aren't allowed to do that. Ryan Smyth took the penalty shot, but he was stoned by Backstrom on a backhand attempt. Colorado hit two pipes in the third period, but the game stayed tied.
Shots on goal are 28-19 Minnesota entering overtime.
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