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Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Thursday, February 26, 2026 · Ball Arena

Minnesota WildMinnesotaWildAway

5–2

Final

SOG 36–47

Colorado AvalancheColoradoAvalancheHome

SNP · TVAS · FDSNNO · KUSA

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 47-36.

Joel Eriksson Ek scored twice, Martin Necas scored twice and Matt Boldy scored twice. Mats Zuccarello also scored.

Filip Gustavsson made 44 saves on 45 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 31 of 34.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Minnesota WildMIN023536
Colorado AvalancheCOL011247

Three stars

  1. ★1st starFilip GustavssonMIN · .978 SV%
  2. ★2nd starMatt BoldyMIN · 2G 2A
  3. ★3rd starJoel Eriksson EkMIN · 2G 0A

Scoring

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+
1:31

4–2 · 3rd 19:03 · Necas. MIN stayed on through an icing. Bogosian was 1:31 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceCOL on ice

1–0 MIN

2nd 7:48 · PP · Eriksson Ek

Kelly 0:39

1–1 COL

2nd 13:30 · Necas

Trenin 0:53

2–1 MIN

2nd 17:37 · PP · Eriksson Ek

Long shift: Kulak 1:22

3–1 MIN

3rd 15:08 · Zuccarello

Toews 0:29

4–1 MIN

3rd 16:38 · EN · Boldy

Nelson 0:26

4–2 COL

3rd 19:03 · Necas

Stuck out there: Bogosian 1:31

5–2 MIN

3rd 19:28 · EN · Boldy

Nelson 0:45

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

MINCOL
36Shots on goal47
35%Faceoff %65%
2/6Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes12
24Hits24
13Blocked shots12
16Giveaways19
6Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 04:41Daemon Hunt · hooking2 min
  • 1st 09:38Josh Manson · roughing2 min
  • 1st 12:03Gabriel Landeskog · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 06:49Cale Makar · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 14:15Gabriel Landeskog · elbowing2 min
  • 2nd 15:04Valeri Nichushkin · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 15:08Brent Burns · delaying game2 min
  • 3rd 12:36Nico Sturm · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 16:12Danila Yurov · tripping2 min

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