Game

Wild at Avalanche

Avalanche 5, Wild 2 · first star Nathan MacKinnon (1 G, 2 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 2 at Colorado Avalanche 5

Wild MIN

2 FINAL 5

Avalanche COL

Playoffs Tuesday, May 5, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET · Ball Arena, Denver · TV ESPN · CBC · SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Wild	1	0	1	2	31
Avalanche	2	1	2	5	23

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 5 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 31, COL 23.

MIN in red COL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Wild 31 shots on goal (2 goals, 20 missed, 16 blocked) attacking left; Avalanche 23 shots on goal (5 goals, 12 missed, 16 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MIN SOG	MIN G	MIN ATT	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT
1st	10	1	24	7	2	16
2nd	10	0	21	9	1	20
3rd	11	1	22	7	2	15
Total	31	2	67	23	5	51

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MIN SOG	MIN G	COL SOG	COL G
Even strength	20	2	14	3
Power play	9	0	8	2
Short-handed	2	0	1	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Wild took 56.8% of the shot attempts, and 56.0% of the 75 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

Attempt share by period, all situations, Wild at Avalanche
Period	COL CF%	COL FF%
1st	40.0	29.6
2nd	48.8	46.4
3rd	40.5	45.2
Game	43.2	40.7

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

02:51 Martin Necas (1) Nathan MacKinnon (5), Brett Kulak (2) · backhand 0–1
02:57 Kirill Kaprizov (3) Ryan Hartman (4), Mats Zuccarello (5) · wrist 1–1
08:24 Gabriel Landeskog (3) PP Nathan MacKinnon (6), Martin Necas (6) · snap 1–2

2nd period

01:24 Nicolas Roy (3) Ross Colton (2), Brock Nelson (1) · snap 1–3

3rd period

13:18 Nathan MacKinnon (4) PP Nazem Kadri (3), Gabriel Landeskog (4) · slap 1–4
14:33 Marcus Johansson (3) Danila Yurov (2), Daemon Hunt (1) · slap 2–4
19:55 Valeri Nichushkin (1) EN Brett Kulak (3), Brent Burns (1) · wrist 2–5

Three stars

Nathan MacKinnon COL · C #29 · 1 G, 2 A
Scott Wedgewood COL · G #41 · 0 GA, .935 SV%
Gabriel Landeskog COL · L #92 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	08:09	MIN	Yakov Trenin	high sticking	2	Nicolas Roy
1st	13:16	COL	Brock Nelson	holding	2	Quinn Hughes
2nd	10:52	MIN	Ryan Hartman	tripping	2	Nick Blankenburg
3rd	04:20	COL	Brock Nelson	tripping	2	Quinn Hughes
3rd	07:26	MIN	Mats Zuccarello	tripping	2	Artturi Lehkonen
3rd	11:49	MIN	Vladimir Tarasenko	high sticking	2	Nazem Kadri
3rd	15:34	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov	cross checking	2	Cale Makar

Boxscore

Minnesota Wild

Wild skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Kirill Kaprizov #97	L	1	0	1	-1	4	3	1	2	0.0	23:12
Marcus Johansson #90	L	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	12:20
Danila Yurov #22	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	25.0	10:04
Mats Zuccarello #36	R	0	1	1	-1	3	1	0	2	100.0	19:04
Ryan Hartman #38	R	0	1	1	-1	5	2	1	2	42.9	18:21
Daemon Hunt #48	D	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:04
Michael McCarron #47	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	40.0	15:48
Nico Sturm #78	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	33.3	12:43
Yakov Trenin #13	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0.0	12:57
Marcus Foligno #17	L	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	12:24
Matt Boldy #12	L	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	30.0	19:53
Nick Foligno #71	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	09:42
Vladimir Tarasenko #91	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0.0	11:25
Brock Faber #7	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	0.0	28:31
Jake Middleton #5	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	0.0	18:09
Jared Spurgeon #46	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	19:56
Jeff Petry #2	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	0.0	09:28
Quinn Hughes #43	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	28:07

Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Filip Gustavsson #32	L	22	18	4	.818	11/13	6/8	57:08

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	1	2	3	0	5	2	0	0	35.7	22:06
Martin Necas #88	C	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	19:02
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	1	1	2	0	1	4	0	0	50.0	19:54
Brett Kulak #27	D	0	2	2	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	21:04
Nicolas Roy #10	C	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	100.0	09:37
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	1	0	1	+1	1	2	1	0	0.0	17:56
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	4	85.7	18:42
Nazem Kadri #91	C	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	50.0	15:24
Ross Colton #20	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0	0.0	09:29
Brent Burns #84	D	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	17:36
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	68.4	09:57
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0	0	0.0	10:05
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	0.0	19:29
Logan O'Connor #25	R	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0.0	10:02
Cale Makar #8	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	24:06
Devon Toews #7	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	23:26
Nick Blankenburg #37	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	07:08
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	0.0	20:57

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Scott Wedgewood #41	W	31	29	2	.935	18/20	9/9	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.