Minnesota Wild @ Colorado Avalanche

37-16-11, 19-9-4 Away

Final/SO

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

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheCOL

43-10-9, 23-4-4 Home

Minnesota Wild


forwards
Matt BoldyM. Boldy#12
Bobby BrinkB. Brink#10
Joel Eriksson EkJ. Eriksson Ek#14
Nick FolignoN. Foligno#71
Ryan HartmanR. Hartman#38
Kirill KaprizovK. Kaprizov#97
Michael McCarronM. McCarron#47
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
Jonas BrodinJ. Brodin#25
Brock FaberB. Faber#7
Quinn HughesQ. Hughes#43
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%
0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	21	22:26	3:36	4:01	14:49	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	16	12:52	1:35	0:00	11:17	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	22	21:34	3:31	4:01	14:02	10	7	58.8
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	14	9:00	0:00	2:30	6:30	2	2	50.0
0	0	-2	2	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	20	17:30	1:33	0:00	15:57	9	6	60.0
1	0	-2	4	3	0	1	2	1	0	2	24	22:41	3:34	0:00	19:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	15	10:44	0:02	3:51	6:51	2	1	66.7
1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	14	7:47	0:01	2:07	5:39	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	14:36	1:31	0:00	13:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	17	15:03	0:00	3:26	11:37	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	16	12:39	0:55	0:01	11:43	2	5	28.6
0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	17:48	2:29	0:00	15:19	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	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	16	13:23	0:00	0:00	13:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	23	17:53	0:02	4:50	13:01	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	28	28:14	1:26	5:08	21:40	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	2	26	26:48	3:29	0:06	23:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	18	17:48	0:00	5:12	12:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	17:48	0:48	4:47	12:13	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jesper WallstedtJ. Wallstedt#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
36	2	34	.944	24	10	0	0	0	64:29	0

Colorado Avalanche


forwards
Zakhar BardakovZ. Bardakov#93
Gavin BrindleyG. Brindley#54
Ross ColtonR. Colton#20
Jack DruryJ. Drury#18
Nazem KadriN. Kadri#91
Parker KellyP. Kelly#17
Joel KivirantaJ. Kiviranta#94
Nathan MacKinnonN. MacKinnon#29
Martin NecasM. Necas#88
Brock NelsonB. Nelson#11
Valeri NichushkinV. Nichushkin#13
Nicolas RoyN. Roy#10
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	6:12	0:00	0:00	6:12	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	10:05	3:47	0:00	6:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	3	0	1	2	4	0	0	17	12:41	2:55	0:00	9:46	1	1	50.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	14:58	0:00	1:55	13:03	2	5	28.6
0	1	1	5	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	23	21:47	6:43	0:00	15:04	2	2	50.0
0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	4	0	1	18	14:06	0:00	1:16	12:50	1	0	100.0
0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	19	13:11	0:00	1:16	11:55	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	9	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	23	22:29	6:15	0:02	16:12	3	5	37.5
0	0	1	6	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	23	25:01	7:06	0:02	17:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	25	24:06	7:05	3:16	13:45	8	8	50.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	23	15:42	2:45	1:03	11:54	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	17	12:16	0:00	0:21	11:55	5	6	45.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	21	18:41	2:54	2:52	12:55	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	18:04	0:00	1:18	16:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	25	25:00	6:49	0:57	17:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	17:44	0:00	0:23	17:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	18	14:14	0:00	1:20	12:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	25:43	3:41	3:24	18:38	0	0	0.0

goalies
Scott WedgewoodS. Wedgewood#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
34	2	32	.941	27	5	0	0	0	63:56	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	SO	T
	Wild	0	0	2	0	2
	Avalanche	0	1	1	1	3

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			MIN	COL
12:19		Nathan MacKinnon (43) Assists: Nazem Kadri (30)	0	1

3rd Period		MIN	COL
4:17	Kirill Kaprizov (36) (Power Play) Assists: Quinn Hughes (57), Joel Eriksson Ek (26)	1	1
7:01	Nico Sturm (4) (Shorthanded) Assists: Brock Faber (28)	2	1
12:39	Nicolas Roy (6) Assists: Brett Kulak (10), Joel Kiviranta (6)	2	2

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

	MIN	COL
Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot High and Wide Left	0	0
Valeri Nichushkin Goal Wrist Shot	0	1
Matt Boldy Goal Wrist Shot	1	1
Martin Necas Backhand saved by Jesper Wallstedt	1	1
Kirill Kaprizov Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood	1	1
Nazem Kadri Backhand saved by Jesper Wallstedt	1	1
Vladimir Tarasenko Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood	1	1
Nathan MacKinnon Goal Wrist Shot	1	2

Avalanche take down the Wild in a shootout

1:08

Nicolas Roy tallies goal vs. Wild

0:59

Kirill Kaprizov nets power-play goal

0:50

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

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
2
Avalanche
3

Game 4

8/3

Ball Arena

6:00 PM, 8 March 2026

Denver, CO

Attendance: 18,148

Referees:
Jean Hebert
Brandon Blandina

Linesmen:
James Tobias
Joe Mahon

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	43	10	9	95
Dallas	39	14	10	88
Minnesota	37	16	11	85
Utah	34	25	4	72
Nashville	28	27	8	64
Winnipeg	26	26	10	62
St. Louis	25	29	9	59
Chicago	23	29	11	57

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