Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

Playoffs · Sunday, May 3, 2026 · Ball Arena

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6–9

Final

SOG 36–43

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 9-6 on Sunday, May 3, 2026 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Wild 43-36.

Cale Makar scored twice. Sam Malinski, Jack Drury, Artturi Lehkonen, Marcus Johansson, Ryan Hartman, Nick Blankenburg, Vladimir Tarasenko, Quinn Hughes, Marcus Foligno, Devon Toews, Nazem Kadri, Mats Zuccarello and Nathan MacKinnon also scored.

Scott Wedgewood made 30 saves on 36 shots for the win; Jesper Wallstedt stopped 34 of 42.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	2	3	1	6	36
COL	3	2	4	9	43

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Sam Malinski (1)Martin Necas (3), Devon Toews (3)0–111:12 COL
Jack Drury (1)Logan O'Connor (1)0–212:04 COL
Artturi Lehkonen (3)Nathan MacKinnon (3), Martin Necas (4)0–313:13 COL · PPG
Marcus Johansson (2)Unassisted1–315:02 MIN
Ryan Hartman (2)Quinn Hughes (7), Kirill Kaprizov (8)2–316:04 MIN

2nd period

Nick Blankenburg (1)Valeri Nichushkin (1), Cale Makar (1)2–404:16 COL
Vladimir Tarasenko (2)Yakov Trenin (2), Michael McCarron (1)3–406:45 MIN
Quinn Hughes (3)Danila Yurov (1)4–412:43 MIN
Marcus Foligno (2)UnassistedMacKinnon 1:05 into shift5–416:55 MIN · SHG
Devon Toews (2)Valeri Nichushkin (2), Sam Malinski (2)5–518:04 COL

3rd period

Cale Makar (3)Nathan MacKinnon (4), Gabriel Landeskog (3)5–603:21 COL
Nazem Kadri (1)Ross Colton (1), Devon Toews (4)McCarron 1:00 into shift5–705:43 COL
Mats Zuccarello (2)Matt Boldy (4), Quinn Hughes (8)6–716:01 MIN
Cale Makar (4)Devon Toews (5), Martin Necas (5)6–817:06 COL
Nathan MacKinnon (3)Artturi Lehkonen (3)6–917:52 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+

1:05

5–4 · 2nd 16:55 · Foligno. MacKinnon was 1:05 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceCOL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 COL

1st 11:12 · Malinski

Hughes 0:27

Fresh legsHughes 0:27

0–2 COL

1st 12:04 · Drury

Foligno 0:23

Fresh legsFoligno 0:23

0–3 COL

1st 13:13 · PP · Lehkonen

Spurgeon 0:49

NormalSpurgeon 0:49

1–3 MIN

1st 15:02 · Johansson

Kulak 0:59

NormalKulak 0:59

2–3 MIN

1st 16:04 · Hartman

Toews 0:28

Fresh legsToews 0:28

2–4 COL

2nd 4:16 · Blankenburg

Foligno 0:38

Fresh legsFoligno 0:38

3–4 MIN

2nd 6:45 · Tarasenko

Colton 0:53

NormalColton 0:53

4–4 MIN

2nd 12:43 · Hughes

Burns 0:27

Fresh legsBurns 0:27

5–4 MIN

2nd 16:55 · SH · Foligno

Long shift: MacKinnon 1:05

Long shiftMacKinnon 1:05

5–5 COL

2nd 18:04 · Toews

Middleton 0:37

Fresh legsMiddleton 0:37

5–6 COL

3rd 3:21 · Makar

Spurgeon 0:04

Fresh legsSpurgeon 0:04

5–7 COL

3rd 5:43 · Kadri

Long shift: McCarron 1:00

Long shiftMcCarron 1:00

6–7 MIN

3rd 16:01 · Zuccarello

Kelly 0:42

NormalKelly 0:42

6–8 COL

3rd 17:06 · Makar

Kaprizov 0:29

Fresh legsKaprizov 0:29

6–9 COL

3rd 17:52 · EN · MacKinnon

Kaprizov 1:15

Empty netKaprizov 1:15

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 goal43

63%Faceoff %37%

0/3Power play1/2

8Penalty minutes10

24Hits26

12Blocked shots11

17Giveaways17

3Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 08:14Nazem Kadri · holding2 min
1st 12:24Brock Faber · roughing2 min
1st 12:24Brock Faber · cross checking2 min
1st 12:24Gabriel Landeskog · roughing2 min
2nd 00:21Artturi Lehkonen · hooking2 min
2nd 16:01Brock Faber · hooking2 min
3rd 08:53Gabriel Landeskog · closing hand on puck2 min
3rd 10:53Cale Makar · roughing2 min
3rd 10:53Ryan Hartman · holding2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

43Quinn HughesD	1	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	–	28:57
12Matt BoldyL	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	80	20:27
13Yakov TreninC	0	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	–	11:40
17Marcus FolignoL	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	–	10:38
22Danila YurovR	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	40	11:10
36Mats ZuccarelloR	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	–	19:45
38Ryan HartmanR	1	0	1	-2	7	2	0	2	55	16:00
47Michael McCarronC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	2	0	73	14:22
90Marcus JohanssonL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	13:35
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	16:25
97Kirill KaprizovL	0	1	1	-2	1	1	1	0	–	21:46
71Nick FolignoL	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	67	12:03
78Nico SturmC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	57	11:15
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	-3	2	1	1	0	–	16:42
7Brock FaberD	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	6	–	25:31
24Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	15:02
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	-3	1	2	1	0	–	18:11
48Daemon HuntD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	14:14

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG	L	42	34	8	.810	59:28
32Filip GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

7Devon ToewsD	1	3	4	+4	1	0	1	0	–	27:35
29Nathan MacKinnonC	1	2	3	+3	4	1	0	0	50	19:06
88Martin NecasC	0	3	3	+3	3	2	0	0	–	18:38
8Cale MakarD	2	1	3	+2	3	0	2	2	–	17:11
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	0	–	15:24
62Artturi LehkonenL	1	1	2	+4	3	3	1	2	–	19:20
70Sam MalinskiD	1	1	2	+3	2	3	0	0	–	20:15
18Jack DruryC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	55	12:28
20Ross ColtonC	0	1	1	-2	1	2	1	0	–	10:23
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	1	1	0	5	3	0	0	–	13:08
91Nazem KadriC	1	0	1	-3	8	1	0	2	29	13:51
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	4	20	13:00
37Nick BlankenburgD	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	–	10:06
10Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	10:05
11Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	0	29	17:16
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	–	13:04
27Brett KulakD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	25:01
84Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	–	18:09

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Scott WedgewoodG	W	36	30	6	.833	60:00