Avalanche 4-3 Wild (17 Jan, 2022) Final Score

Minnesota Wild

22-10-3, 10-7-2 away

	1	2	3	SO	T
MIN	0	1	2	0	3
COL	2	0	1	1	4

Francouz steps in, Avs beat Wild in SO, 14th home win in row

— A disputed goal, a questionable hit and a thrilling finish — the Wild-Avalanche rivalry is still going strong after 19 years.

Jan 18, 2022, 12:41 am - AP

		1	2	3	SO	T
	Wild	0	1	2	0	3
	Avalanche	2	0	1	1	4

1st Period			MIN	COL
15:57		Mikko Rantanen (20) (Power Play) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (31), Cale Makar (21)	0	1
17:39		Alex Newhook (8) Assists: Samuel Girard (17), Andre Burakovsky (17)	0	2

2nd Period			MIN	COL
0:33		Kevin Fiala (9) Assists: Matt Boldy (2)	1	2

3rd Period		MIN	COL
6:46	Kirill Kaprizov (15) Assists: Matt Dumba (14), Mats Zuccarello (20)	2	2
16:28	Nathan MacKinnon (9) Assists: Gabriel Landeskog (23), Mikko Rantanen (26)	2	3
17:09	Kirill Kaprizov (16) Assists: Mats Zuccarello (21)	3	3

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			MIN	COL
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	1
			0	1

WILD

AVALANCHE

Regular Season Series

COL leads 2-0

Wild
1
Avalanche
4

Game 1

31/10

Wild
3
Avalanche
4

Game 2

17/1

Avalanche
2
Wild
3

Game 3

27/3

Avalanche
1
Wild
4

Game 4

30/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Dallas	52	21	9	113
Winnipeg	52	24	6	110
Colorado	50	25	7	107
Nashville	47	30	5	99
St. Louis	43	33	6	92
Minnesota	39	33	10	87
Arizona	36	41	5	77
Chicago	23	53	6	52

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Minnesota Wild

Colorado Avalanche

Stars of the Game

Pavel FrancouzG - COL

Kirill KaprizovLW - MIN

Nathan MacKinnonC - COL

Game Information

Francouz steps in, Avs beat Wild in SO, 14th home win in row

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

COL leads 2-0

2023-24 Central Division Standings

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