Wild at Avalanche
Avalanche 9, Wild 6 · first star Cale Makar (2 G, 1 A).
2025-26 Stanley Cup Playoffs · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.
Minnesota Wild 6 at Colorado Avalanche 9
Shot chart
Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Wild attack left, Avalanche attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 4 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: MIN 36, COL 43.
Shots by period
| Period | MIN SOG | MIN G | COL SOG | COL G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
| 2nd | 16 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| 3rd | 11 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| Total | 36 | 6 | 43 | 9 |
Shots by situation
| Situation | MIN SOG | MIN G | COL SOG | COL G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even strength | 31 | 5 | 40 | 8 |
| Power play | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Short-handed | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Into an empty net | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Attempt share by period
Avalanche took 52.3% of the shot attempts, and 53.9% of the 115 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Avalanche and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Wild hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams
| Period | COL CF% | COL FF% |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 63.8 | 64.9 |
| 2nd | 42.2 | 42.9 |
| 3rd | 50.0 | 51.5 |
| Game | 52.3 | 53.3 |
Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.
Scoring summary
1st period
- 11:12
Sam Malinski (1) Martin Necas (3), Devon Toews (3) · wrist 0–1 - 12:04 Jack Drury (1) Logan O'Connor (1) · wrist 0–2
- 13:13 Artturi Lehkonen (3) PP Nathan MacKinnon (3), Martin Necas (4) · snap 0–3
- 15:02
Marcus Johansson (2) Unassisted · slap 1–3 - 16:04 Ryan Hartman (2) Quinn Hughes (7), Kirill Kaprizov (8) · wrist 2–3
2nd period
- 04:16 Nick Blankenburg (1) Valeri Nichushkin (1), Cale Makar (1) · wrist 2–4
- 06:45 Vladimir Tarasenko (2) Yakov Trenin (2), Michael McCarron (1) · backhand 3–4
- 12:43 Quinn Hughes (3) Danila Yurov (1) · wrist 4–4
- 16:55 Marcus Foligno (2) SH Unassisted · backhand 5–4
- 18:04 Devon Toews (2) Valeri Nichushkin (2), Sam Malinski (2) · wrist 5–5
3rd period
- 03:21 Cale Makar (3) Nathan MacKinnon (4), Gabriel Landeskog (3) · wrist 5–6
- 05:43 Nazem Kadri (1) Ross Colton (1), Devon Toews (4) · wrist 5–7
- 16:01 Mats Zuccarello (2) Matt Boldy (4), Quinn Hughes (8) · tip-in 6–7
- 17:06 Cale Makar (4) Devon Toews (5), Martin Necas (5) · wrist 6–8
- 17:52 Nathan MacKinnon (3) EN Artturi Lehkonen (3) · wrist 6–9
Three stars
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Cale Makar COL · D #8 · 2 G, 1 A -
Devon Toews COL · D #7 · 1 G, 3 A -
Martin Necas COL · C #88 · 0 G, 3 A
Penalties
| Time | Team | Player | Infraction | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:14 | COL | Nazem Kadri | holding | 2 |
| 12:24 | MIN | Brock Faber | roughing | 2 |
| 12:24 | MIN | Brock Faber | cross checking | 2 |
| 12:24 | COL | Gabriel Landeskog | roughing | 2 |
| 00:21 | COL | Artturi Lehkonen | hooking | 2 |
| 16:01 | MIN | Brock Faber | hooking | 2 |
| 08:53 | COL | Gabriel Landeskog | closing hand on puck | 2 |
| 10:53 | COL | Cale Makar | roughing | 2 |
| 10:53 | MIN | Ryan Hartman | holding | 2 |
Boxscore
Minnesota Wild
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Quinn Hughes #43 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 28:57 |
 Marcus Foligno #17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10:38 |
 Marcus Johansson #90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:35 |
 Mats Zuccarello #36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:45 |
 Ryan Hartman #38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16:00 |
 Vladimir Tarasenko #91 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:25 |
 Michael McCarron #47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14:22 |
 Yakov Trenin #13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11:40 |
 Kirill Kaprizov #97 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:46 |
 Matt Boldy #12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20:27 |
 Danila Yurov #22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:10 |
 Nico Sturm #78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:15 |
 Nick Foligno #71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:03 |
 Brock Faber #7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:31 |
 Daemon Hunt #48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 |
 Jake Middleton #5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:42 |
 Jared Spurgeon #46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 |
 Zach Bogosian #24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jesper Wallstedt #30 | L | 42 | 8 | .810 | 59:28 |
Colorado Avalanche
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Toews #7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 27:35 |
| Cale Makar #8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17:11 |
 Nathan MacKinnon #29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19:06 |
| Martin Necas #88 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18:38 |
 Artturi Lehkonen #62 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19:20 |
 Sam Malinski #70 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20:15 |
 Valeri Nichushkin #13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15:24 |
 Jack Drury #18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:28 |
 Nazem Kadri #91 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13:51 |
 Nick Blankenburg #37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10:06 |
 Ross Colton #20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10:23 |
 Gabriel Landeskog #92 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:00 |
 Logan O'Connor #25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13:08 |
 Brock Nelson #11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:16 |
 Nicolas Roy #10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 |
 Parker Kelly #17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:04 |
 Brent Burns #84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:09 |
 Brett Kulak #27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Scott Wedgewood #41 | W | 36 | 6 | .833 | 60:00 |
SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.