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Apr 19, 2008 10:43 pm US/Mountain

Avalanche Defeat Wild, Advance In Playoffs

DENVER (CBS4) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Guite scores his first NHL playoffs goal.
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The Colorado Avalanche pumped up their home crowd Saturday night by defeating the Minnesota Wild 2-1 and advancing to the second round of the 2008 NHL playoffs.

The tight series came to an end in the sixth game, and was marked by excellent play throughout in goal by Jose Theodore.

Theodore and the Avalanche withstood another onslaught from the relentless Wild Saturday. Theodore stopped 35 shots, including a glove save off Kim Johnsson's shot with 21 seconds left.The Wild won their first division crown this season but Minnesota held a lead in the series for only 4 minutes, 31 seconds out of a possible 384:23, and not a single second on this night.

With an extra attacker over the final minute, Minnesota accidentally sent seven men onto the ice for the final face-off on the right circle in the Avalanche end before Aaron Voros was shooed back to the bench, and the Wild never managed to tie it.

Ben Guite of the Avalanche scored his first playoff goal Saturday. It was a shorthanded goal on goaltender Niklas Backstrom of the Wild during the first period. Ryan Smyth scored the second and game-winning goal.