Minnesota Wild @ Colorado Avalanche

MIN

Minnesota WildWildMIN

28-13-9, 15-7-3 Away

COL

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheCOL

34-5-8, 20-1-3 Home

Wild

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
F. Gustavsson	16	9	5	3	2.56	.910
J. Wallstedt	12	4	4	4	2.64	.916

Avalanche

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
S. Wedgewood	20	3	4	2	2.19	.917
M. Blackwood	13	2	1	2	2.26	.917

Ball Arena

Ball Arena

6:00 PM, 8 March 2026

Denver, CO

MIN

COL

Points

Kirill KaprizovLW #97

Nathan MacKinnonC #29

Goals

Matt BoldyLW #12

Nathan MacKinnonC #29

Assists

Kirill KaprizovLW #97

Nathan MacKinnonC #29

Minnesota Wild

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Marcus Johansson LW	OUT	22 Jan
Matt Boldy LW	IR	24 Jan
Joel Eriksson Ek C	IR	22 Jan
Jonas Brodin D	IR	29 Jan
Zach Bogosian D	IR	22 Jan

Colorado Avalanche

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Valeri Nichushkin RW	Day-To-Day	21 Jan
Joel Kiviranta LW	IR	25 Jan
Gabriel Landeskog LW	OUT	2 Feb
Devon Toews D	OUT	2 Feb

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
MIN	3.16	2.80	29.0	29.6	333	38	23.2	29	76.6	3	0
COL	4.02	2.30	34.7	27.0	331	27	16.7	20	84.8	1	0

Wild Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
1/20/26	@TOR	W6-3
1/17/26	@BUF	W5-4 OT
1/16/26	vsWPG	L6-2
1/13/26	vsNJ	L5-2
1/11/26	vsNYI	L4-3 OT

Avalanche Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
1/19/26	vsWSH	W5-2
1/17/26	vsNSH	L7-3
1/13/26	vsTOR	L4-3 OT
1/10/26	vsCBJ	W4-0
1/9/26	vsOTT	W8-2

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Avalanche
2
Wild
3

Game 1

28/11

Avalanche
5
Wild
1

Game 2

21/12

Wild
Avalanche

Game 3

27/2

Wild
Avalanche

Game 4

8/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	34	5	8	76
Minnesota	28	13	9	65
Dallas	27	13	9	63
Utah	25	20	4	54
Nashville	23	21	4	50
Chicago	20	22	7	47
St. Louis	19	22	8	46
Winnipeg	19	23	6	44

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