Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Friday, December 27, 2019 · Pepsi Center
NBCSN
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 on Friday, December 27, 2019 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 44-33.
Matt Calvert scored twice. Carson Soucy, Eric Staal, Gabriel Landeskog, Brad Hunt, Nathan MacKinnon, Mats Zuccarello, Victor Rask and Ryan Suter also scored.
Devan Dubnyk made 40 saves on 44 shots for the win; Pavel Francouz stopped 27 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Carson Soucy (5)Jordan Greenway (11), Kevin Fiala (14)1–005:33 MIN
Eric Staal (15)Kevin Fiala (15), Zach Parise (9)2–009:22 MIN
Matt Calvert (9)Ian Cole (15), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (7)2–118:24 COL
Gabriel Landeskog (9)Unassisted2–219:10 COL
2nd period
Brad Hunt (7)Mathew Dumba (8), Luke Kunin (7)3–211:18 MIN · PPG
Nathan MacKinnon (22)Cale Makar (21), Mikko Rantanen (15)3–319:12 COL
3rd period
- Matt Calvert (10)Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (8), Valeri Nichushkin (7)3–401:33 COL
Mats Zuccarello (10)Jonas Brodin (16), Zach Parise (10)4–410:41 MIN
Victor Rask (4)Unassisted5–411:58 MIN
Ryan Suter (5)Joel Eriksson Ek (11)6–418:48 MIN · EN
Team stats
MINCOL
33Shots on goal44
47%Faceoff %53%
1/2Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes16
21Hits22
10Blocked shots12
1Giveaways4
3Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 15:11
Carson Soucy · interference2 min - 2nd 01:10
Ryan Graves · cross checking2 min - 2nd 09:39Samuel Girard · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:20Joel Eriksson Ek · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:44Ryan Hartman · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:44Nazem Kadri · embellishment2 min
- 3rd 18:44Nazem Kadri · misconduct10 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 12:41 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:18 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:09 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 19Luke KuninC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:01 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:16 |
| 21Carson SoucyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:38 |
| 77Brad HuntD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:05 |
| 6Ryan DonatoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:41 |
| 7Nico SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Alex StalockG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | W | 44 | 40 | 4 | .909 | 59:59 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 11Matt CalvertL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 12:07 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:36 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 21:31 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 22:20 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:08 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 23:23 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:00 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:35 |
| 72Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 14:45 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:28 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:17 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:17 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:39 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Pavel FrancouzG | L | 32 | 27 | 5 | .844 | 58:30 |