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Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 2026 · Ball Arena

Minnesota WildMinnesotaWildAway

2–3

Final/SO

SOG 34–36

Colorado AvalancheColoradoAvalancheHome

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in a shootout on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 36-34.

Goals came from Nathan MacKinnon, Kirill Kaprizov, Nico Sturm and Nicolas Roy.

Scott Wedgewood made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Jesper Wallstedt stopped 34 of 36.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Minnesota WildMIN00200234
Colorado AvalancheCOL01101336

Three stars

  1. ★1st starScott WedgewoodCOL · .941 SV%
  2. ★2nd starJesper WallstedtMIN · .944 SV%
  3. ★3rd starNathan MacKinnonCOL · 1G 0A

Scoring

2nd period

3rd period

SO 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+
1:10

2–2 · 3rd 12:39 · Roy. Kaprizov was 1:10 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceCOL on ice

0–1 COL

2nd 12:19 · MacKinnon

Zuccarello 0:14

1–1 MIN

3rd 4:17 · PP · Kaprizov

Drury 0:13

2–1 MIN

3rd 7:01 · SH · Sturm

Toews 0:21

2–2 COL

3rd 12:39 · Roy

Long shift: Kaprizov 1:10

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
34Shots on goal36
56%Faceoff %44%
1/4Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes8
25Hits20
21Blocked shots14
19Giveaways9
4Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 01:20Quinn Hughes · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 06:57Zach Bogosian · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 00:43Ryan Hartman · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 04:28Nicolas Roy · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 04:13Ross Colton · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 05:17Yakov Trenin · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 09:29Kirill Kaprizov · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 14:58Valeri Nichushkin · slashing2 min
  • OT 03:57Nathan MacKinnon · interference2 min

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