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DENVER (AP) -- After spending the day in court, Patrick Roy
didn't seem distracted in goal for the Colorado Avalanche.
|  | | Avalanche center Peter Forsberg, left, battles Wild defenseman Sean O'Donnell. |
Roy made 23 saves, and Joe Sakic and Shjon Podein scored
second-period goals as the Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 2-0 on
Tuesday night.
Earlier Tuesday, Roy pleaded innocent to misdemeanor criminal
mischief for a dispute with his wife, Michele, early Sunday. If
convicted, Roy faces up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. A
conviction also could be grounds for deportation to Canada.
"Today, I was really focused and I was moving well," Roy said.
"The four days off were perfect for me and the guys in front of me
did a really super job."
Roy improved to 8-2-2 with his first shutout of the season and
49th of his career. Only Dallas' Ed Belfour, with 51 shutouts, is
ahead of Roy among active goalies.
"It was maybe a tougher shutout than it seemed," Colorado
coach Bob Hartley said. "Patrick came up with big saves in the
third, and they kept coming at us with lots of second and third
efforts from everyone."
Jamie McLennan made 25 saves for the expansion Wild, who have been shut out four times.
"We came out strong in the third even though we trailed by two
goals," Minnesota coach Jacques Lemaire said. "We got more
chances than they did. It was just the puck didn't go in."
Sakic, who has two goals and three assists in his last three
games, broke a scoreless tie midway through the second on a 4-on-4
situation following roughing penalties on Colorado's Dan Hinote and
Minnesota's Aaron Gavey.
Aaron Miller muscled the puck down low to Alex Tanguay, who fed
Sakic from behind the net. Sakic pushed the puck under McLennan's
stick for the Colorado star's fourth goal of the season.
"It was a great play just to keep it in the zone," Sakic said.
"Alex just threw it out front, I tried to shoot it high and it
went in."
McLennan had trouble reacting to the shot.
"I didn't see it," McLennan said. "I didn't get a look at
it."
Podein scored with 3:48 left in the period, taking a drop pass
from Dave Reid and firing a slap shot past McLennan.
Roy preserved the shutout in the third period with diving saves
on Andy Sutton and Filip Kuba.
"I thought tonight we played with a lot of discipline," Roy
said. "We didn't try to force things when we didn't have to. The
key was certainly taking the lead, which made things a lot different
and a lot easier for our team."
Game notes
Lemaire's 58.6 percent winning percentage is seventh on the
career list. Tommy Ivan is sixth at 58.7. ... Podein played in his
500th NHL game. ... Tanguay extended his point streak to three
games with an assist. ... The Wild have lost six of eight road
games.
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