Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Wednesday, April 7, 2021 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 8-3 on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at Xcel Energy Center. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 32-19.
Kirill Kaprizov scored twice and Kevin Fiala scored a hat trick. Luke Johnson, Nathan MacKinnon, Ryan Hartman, Andre Burakovsky, Mikko Rantanen and Joel Eriksson Ek also scored.
Cam Talbot made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 11 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kirill Kaprizov (15)Victor Rask (6), Jared Spurgeon (9)0–104:00 MIN · PPG
Luke Johnson (1)Kyle Rau (2), Carson Soucy (11)0–213:15 MIN
Kevin Fiala (12)Jared Spurgeon (10), Victor Rask (7)0–318:38 MIN · PPG
2nd period
Nathan MacKinnon (15)Cale Makar (22), Mikko Rantanen (24)1–300:34 COL · PPG
Ryan Hartman (6)Unassisted1–404:37 MIN
Andre Burakovsky (11)Jacob MacDonald (6), Kyle Burroughs (1)2–405:17 COL
Mikko Rantanen (22)Nathan MacKinnon (32), Cale Makar (23)3–409:42 COL · PPG- Kirill Kaprizov (16)Kevin Fiala (11), Jared Spurgeon (11)3–513:38 MIN · PPG
3rd period
- Kevin Fiala (13)Nick Bonino (5)3–604:24 MIN
Joel Eriksson Ek (13)Zach Parise (10), Jordan Greenway (19)3–707:18 MIN- Kevin Fiala (14)Kirill Kaprizov (18), Victor Rask (8)3–807:56 MIN · PPG
Team stats
COLMIN
32Shots on goal19
51%Faceoff %49%
2/7Power play4/5
24Penalty minutes28
10Hits16
11Blocked shots20
3Giveaways2
1Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 00:51
Devon Toews · cross checking2 min - 1st 00:51
Joel Eriksson Ek · slashing2 min - 1st 02:01Nathan MacKinnon · hooking2 min
- 1st 04:35Jordan Greenway · interference2 min
- 1st 09:39Ryan Hartman · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:51Bench · delaying game bench2 min
- 1st 19:03Carson Soucy · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 00:47Ryan Hartman · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:40Ryan Suter · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:55Nathan MacKinnon · slashing2 min
- 3rd 04:57Joonas Donskoi · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:41Mikko Rantanen · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 08:51Liam O'Brien · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:51Mathew Dumba · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:51Mathew Dumba · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 08:51Liam O'Brien · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 14:18Ian Cole · tripping2 min
- 3rd 19:38Ryan Hartman · cross checking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 | 20:47 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 21:25 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 25:53 |
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 34Jacob MacDonaldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:18 |
| 88Kyle BurroughsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:17 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:20 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:04 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 38Liam O'BrienC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:16 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 |
| 72Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:51 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:08 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:19 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | L | 18 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 47:14 |
| 35Jonas JohanssonG | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12:42 |
Minnesota Wild
| 22Kevin FialaL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 8 | 15:09 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 23:32 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 10:56 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 37Kyle RauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:29 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:28 |
| 41Luke JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:18 |
| 21Carson SoucyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:47 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:07 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:10 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:26 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Cam TalbotG | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:48 |
| 34Kaapo KahkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |