NHL

Minnesota Wild center Mikko Koivu(notes), center, of Finland, celebrates with goalie Niklas Backstrom(notes), left, of Finland, and center James Sheppard(notes) after the Wild's 3-2 shootout victory over the Colorado Avalanche in an NHL hockey game in Denver on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. Koivu scored the only goal in the shootout to seal the win for the Wild.