After celebrating their only division crown in franchise history, the Minnesota Wild entered the playoffs as the third seed in the West against a familiar Northwest Division foe in the Colorado Avalanche.
Believe it or not, the first three games of this series actually went to overtime. Game three ended when Pierre-Marc Bouchard roofed a shot past Jose Theodore at Pepsi Center. Highlighting the victory was Niklas Backstrom stopping 44 of 46 shots (seriously) and Mikko Koivu scoring his third goal in as many playoff games.