Theodore stops 34 shots, Avs eliminate Wild in six games

DENVER - The Minnesota Wild kept on insisting all they had to do to take the series back home was clone their effort and energy from Game 5, because, really, there was absolutely no way Jose Theodore could duplicate his fantastic performance in the net.

Wrong.

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Nick Schultz returns from appendectomy

DENVER - Minnesota defenceman Nick Schultz returned to the Wild's lineup Saturday night for Game 6 at Colorado, less than two weeks after undergoing an emergency appendectomy.

Schultz, who played 81 games this season and had two goals and 15 points, had surgery on April 7, two days before the playoffs began.

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Wild won't change a thing for Game 6 against Avalanche

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - No regrets, and no plans to change a thing.

Colorado's credo after winning Game 5?

Nope. It's the Minnesota Wild's insistence after losing it.

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Late goals by Wolski, Stastny send Avalanche past Wild

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Jose Theodore's strategy for each game, as he explained after one of the best performances of his career, is hardly scientific stuff.

Just locate the puck and keep it simple, he said. Theodore, simply, has been a force in front of the Colorado net. Wojtek Wolski and Paul Stastny scored 79 seconds apart early in the third period, rewarding Theodore and the patient Avalanche with a 3-2 victory and a 3-2 series lead on Thursday after weathering a relentless effort by the Minnesota Wild.

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Avalanche, Wild even at two heading back to Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The series is even, with Colorado and Minnesota each owning two victories, though the statistics suggest otherwise.

The Wild have held a lead for a mere 4 1/2 minutes of cumulative time, and the Avalanche have outscored them 9-0 in the first and second periods of the first four games. After three straight overtime decisions, the Avs broke out with a 5-1 win on Tuesday.

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