Arena: Pepsi Arena
Time: 28 Jan 2010 at 9:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Minnesota 6-3-1; Colorado 7-3-0.
The Wild are 24-6-6 in its last 36 games at Xcel Energy Center dating to Feb. 19, 2009. Miettinen has three two-goal games for the Wild in the last seven contests. … Anderson has won all six games during Colorado’s streak and has allowed only two goals in the last four games, while Chris Stewart has goals in four of his last five.
Minnesota goalie Niklas Backstrom is suffering from back problems and was forced to sit on Wednesday. Forwards Pierre-Marc Bouchard (concussion) and Chuck Kobasew (MCL, ACL) and defenseman Clayton Stoner (groin) are out. … Adam Foote (ankle), Milan Hejduk (knee), Matt Hendricks (ankle), David Jones (knee), Ruslan Salei (back), Marek Svatos (chest) and Ryan Wilson (concussion) are all out for the Avalanche.
Despite being outshot on a regular basis, the Avalanche continue to find ways to win games. They enter Thursday’s action with a six-game winning streak and seven victories in their last 10 games. We will post information about results of this match, as soon as posible.. stay with us.