Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Sunday, December 21, 2025 · Grand Casino Arena

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5–1

Final

SOG 42–29

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1 on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at Grand Casino Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 42-29.

Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Martin Necas, Cale Makar, Ryan Hartman and Brock Nelson also scored.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jesper Wallstedt stopped 37 of 41.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	1	2	2	5	42
MIN	0	0	1	1	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Martin Necas (16)Cale Makar (31), Gabriel Landeskog (11)Yurov 1:12 into shift1–018:28 COL

2nd period

Nathan MacKinnon (29)Brock Nelson (10), Cale Makar (32)2–013:37 COL · PPG
Cale Makar (11)Brock Nelson (11), Gabriel Landeskog (12)3–018:33 COL · PPG

3rd period

Ryan Hartman (9)Jonas Brodin (7), Kirill Kaprizov (20)3–105:15 MIN
Brock Nelson (14)Samuel Girard (6), Valeri Nichushkin (12)4–115:52 COL
Nathan MacKinnon (30)Devon Toews (11), Valeri Nichushkin (13)5–117:35 COL · EN

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:12

1–0 · 1st 18:28 · Necas. Yurov was 1:12 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceMIN on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 COL

1st 18:28 · Necas

Long shift: Yurov 1:12

Long shiftYurov 1:12

2–0 COL

2nd 13:37 · PP · MacKinnon

Brodin 0:07

Fresh legsBrodin 0:07

3–0 COL

2nd 18:33 · PP · Makar

Spurgeon 0:27

Fresh legsSpurgeon 0:27

3–1 MIN

3rd 5:15 · Hartman

Brindley 0:41

NormalBrindley 0:41

4–1 COL

3rd 15:52 · Nelson

Brodin 0:51

NormalBrodin 0:51

5–1 COL

3rd 17:35 · EN · MacKinnon

Kaprizov 1:43

Empty netKaprizov 1:43

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 (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

COLMIN

42Shots on goal29

55%Faceoff %45%

2/4Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes8

17Hits13

8Blocked shots25

20Giveaways11

6Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 04:56Josh Manson · interference2 min
1st 09:03Kirill Kaprizov · hooking2 min
2nd 10:03Jack Drury · high sticking2 min
2nd 12:47Vladimir Tarasenko · interference2 min
2nd 15:07Marcus Foligno · interference2 min
2nd 15:07Marcus Foligno · cross checking2 min
3rd 09:30Gabriel Landeskog · holding2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

11Brock NelsonC	1	2	3	+1	2	1	0	0	29	17:57
8Cale MakarD	1	2	3	+2	7	1	0	0	–	23:25
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	2	2	+2	3	1	1	0	–	19:27
29Nathan MacKinnonC	2	0	2	+2	4	2	1	0	52	22:33
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	2	2	+2	4	4	1	2	82	20:52
88Martin NecasC	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	19:40
7Devon ToewsD	0	1	1	+2	4	0	2	0	–	22:23
49Samuel GirardD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	14:24
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	100	10:35
18Jack DruryC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	83	11:50
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	40	10:03
54Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	50	09:45
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	17:07
94Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:09
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	10:12
42Josh MansonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	17:27
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:43
84Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	20:28

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG	W	29	28	1	.966	60:00
41Scott WedgewoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

38Ryan HartmanR	1	0	1	+1	3	1	3	0	63	18:09
97Kirill KaprizovL	0	1	1	-1	3	2	0	2	–	21:29
25Jonas BrodinD	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	–	22:35
12Matt BoldyL	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	50	21:34
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	67	11:41
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	43	20:24
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	–	08:50
18Vinnie HinostrozaC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	08:29
22Danila YurovR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	17	10:03
36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	19:56
78Nico SturmC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	38	10:41
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	15:30
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	2	–	13:57
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	13:20
7Brock FaberD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	–	23:07
43Quinn HughesD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	0	–	26:41
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	5	0	–	21:34
55David JiricekD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:59

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG	L	41	37	4	.902	58:45
32Filip GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00