Minnesota Wild @ Colorado Avalanche

35-14-10, 18-8-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Wild MIN	0	2	3	5
Avalanche COL	0	1	1	2

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheCOL

38-10-9, 21-4-4 Home

Minnesota Wild


forwards
Matt BoldyM. Boldy#12
Joel Eriksson EkJ. Eriksson Ek#14
Marcus FolignoM. Foligno#17
Ryan HartmanR. Hartman#38
Vinnie HinostrozaV. Hinostroza#18
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Kirill KaprizovK. Kaprizov#97
Nico SturmN. Sturm#78
Vladimir TarasenkoV. Tarasenko#91
Yakov TreninY. Trenin#13
Danila YurovD. Yurov#22
Mats ZuccarelloM. Zuccarello#36
defensemen
Zach BogosianZ. Bogosian#24
Brock FaberB. Faber#7
Quinn HughesQ. Hughes#43
Daemon HuntD. Hunt#48
Jake MiddletonJ. Middleton#5
Jared SpurgeonJ. Spurgeon#46

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
2	2	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	21	22:42	6:50	2:02	13:50	2	0	100.0
2	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	21:12	6:27	2:16	12:29	9	19	32.1
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	15	9:55	0:00	2:34	7:21	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	17	15:02	1:25	0:00	13:37	9	7	56.3
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	6:20	0:00	0:00	6:20	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	15:53	1:33	1:03	13:17	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	4	20	21:04	6:54	0:00	14:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	14	9:04	0:00	1:43	7:21	2	6	25.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	13:15	1:52	0:00	11:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	16	13:45	0:00	1:21	12:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	19	13:51	0:00	0:59	12:52	1	8	11.1
1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	17	18:32	6:42	0:00	11:50	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	0	4	0	1	21	15:14	0:00	2:17	12:57	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	25:44	1:15	4:13	20:16	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	21	26:12	7:08	0:00	19:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	17	9:07	0:00	0:00	9:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	24	18:58	0:00	3:41	15:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	25	18:17	1:39	1:51	14:47	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jesper WallstedtJ. Wallstedt#30
Filip GustavssonF. Gustavsson#32

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
2	1	1	.500	1	0	0	0	0	1:04	0
45	1	44	.978	35	6	3	0	0	58:49	0

Colorado Avalanche


forwards
Gavin BrindleyG. Brindley#54
Ross ColtonR. Colton#20
Jack DruryJ. Drury#18
Parker KellyP. Kelly#17
Joel KivirantaJ. Kiviranta#94
Gabriel LandeskogG. Landeskog#92
Artturi LehkonenA. Lehkonen#62
Nathan MacKinnonN. MacKinnon#29
Martin NecasM. Necas#88
Brock NelsonB. Nelson#11
Valeri NichushkinV. Nichushkin#13
Victor OlofssonV. Olofsson#95
defensemen
Brent BurnsB. Burns#84
Brett KulakB. Kulak#27
Cale MakarC. Makar#8
Sam MalinskiS. Malinski#70
Josh MansonJ. Manson#42
Devon ToewsD. Toews#7

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6:52	1:14	0:00	5:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	15	10:50	0:15	0:00	10:35	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	18	13:08	0:00	1:36	11:32	7	2	77.8
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	20	13:24	0:00	2:43	10:41	3	2	60.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	5:12	0:00	1:04	4:08	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	2	0	2	4	4	0	0	22	21:44	4:51	0:33	16:20	9	5	64.3
0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	25	15:06	2:33	1:26	11:07	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	24	23:21	4:46	0:00	18:35	12	6	66.7
2	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	3	0	2	24	24:21	4:51	0:00	19:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	21:20	4:47	4:14	12:19	11	8	57.9
0	0	-1	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	25	15:31	1:04	3:04	11:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8:05	1:12	0:00	6:53	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	4	1	5	1	2	0	0	2	22	14:39	0:17	2:15	12:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	21	16:33	0:00	2:37	13:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	4	0	1	2	1	1	1	26	26:45	4:51	3:23	18:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	14:31	0:00	0:53	13:38	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	2	1	2	2	0	4	23	15:55	0:00	3:11	12:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	26	25:23	1:09	4:25	19:49	0	0	0.0

goalies
Mackenzie BlackwoodM. Blackwood#39

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
34	3	31	.912	19	11	1	0	0	56:59	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Wild	0	2	3	5
	Avalanche	0	1	1	2

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period		MIN	COL
7:48	Joel Eriksson Ek (16) (Power Play) Assists: Matt Boldy (31), Kirill Kaprizov (39)	1	0
13:30	Martin Necas (24) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (54), Josh Manson (21)	1	1
17:37	Joel Eriksson Ek (17) (Power Play) Assists: Matt Boldy (32), Quinn Hughes (53)	2	1

3rd Period		MIN	COL
15:08	Mats Zuccarello (10) Assists: Ryan Hartman (13), Kirill Kaprizov (40)	3	1
16:38	Matt Boldy (33) (Empty Net) Unassisted	4	1
19:03	Martin Necas (25) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (55), Gabriel Landeskog (17)	4	2
19:28	Matt Boldy (34) (Empty Net) Assists: Brock Faber (25), Jake Middleton (13)	5	2

Martin Necas tallies goal vs. Wild

0:29

Matt Boldy nets goal for Wild

0:22

Matt Boldy lights the lamp

0:33

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 2-1

Avalanche
2
Wild
3

Game 1

28/11

Avalanche
5
Wild
1

Game 2

21/12

Wild
5
Avalanche
2

Game 3

27/2

Wild
Avalanche

Game 4

8/3

Ball Arena

2:00 AM, 27 February 2026

Denver, CO

Attendance: 18,148

Referees:
Justin Kea
Trevor Hanson

Linesmen:
Ryan Gibbons
Trent Knorr

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	38	10	9	85
Minnesota	35	14	10	80
Dallas	35	14	9	79
Utah	30	24	4	64
Nashville	27	24	7	61
Winnipeg	23	26	8	54
Chicago	22	27	9	53
St. Louis	21	28	9	51

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