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Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Friday, February 28, 2025 · Ball Arena

Minnesota WildMinnesotaWildAway

2–5

Final

SOG 20–30

Colorado AvalancheColoradoAvalancheHome

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 on Friday, February 28, 2025 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 30-20.

Ross Colton scored twice. Mats Zuccarello, Valeri Nichushkin, Vinnie Hinostroza, Jonathan Drouin and Jack Drury also scored.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Filip Gustavsson stopped 25 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Minnesota WildMIN200220
Colorado AvalancheCOL131530

Three stars

  1. ★1st starRoss ColtonCOL · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starOliver KylingtonCOL · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starJack DruryCOL · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:10

2–1 · 1st 17:42 · Hinostroza. Toews was 2:10 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceCOL on ice

1–0 MIN

1st 4:14 · Zuccarello

Girard 0:36

1–1 COL

1st 13:58 · PP · Nichushkin

Long shift: Spurgeon 1:01

2–1 MIN

1st 17:42 · PP · Hinostroza

Stuck out there: Toews 2:10

2–2 COL

2nd 8:57 · Drouin

Stuck out there: Brodin 1:39

2–3 COL

2nd 9:49 · Drury

Gaunce 0:52

2–4 COL

2nd 14:39 · Colton

Brodin 0:58

2–5 COL

3rd 19:52 · EN · Colton

Spurgeon 1:02

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MINCOL
20Shots on goal30
42%Faceoff %58%
1/3Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes6
14Hits15
23Blocked shots19
29Giveaways24
7Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 12:10Jonas Brodin · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 16:37Artturi Lehkonen · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 18:52Marat Khusnutdinov · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 01:45Casey Mittelstadt · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 04:23Nathan MacKinnon · abuse of officials2 min
  • 3rd 18:50Brock Faber · holding2 min

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