Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

Playoffs · Tuesday, May 5, 2026 · Ball Arena

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2–5

Final

SOG 31–23

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at Ball Arena. The Wild outshot the Avalanche 31-23.

Goals came from Martin Necas, Kirill Kaprizov, Gabriel Landeskog, Nicolas Roy, Nathan MacKinnon, Marcus Johansson and Valeri Nichushkin.

Scott Wedgewood made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Filip Gustavsson stopped 18 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	0	1	2	31
COL	2	1	2	5	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Martin Necas (1)Nathan MacKinnon (5), Brett Kulak (2)0–102:51 COL
Kirill Kaprizov (3)Ryan Hartman (4), Mats Zuccarello (5)1–102:57 MIN
Gabriel Landeskog (3)Nathan MacKinnon (6), Martin Necas (6)1–208:24 COL · PPG

2nd period

Nicolas Roy (3)Ross Colton (2), Brock Nelson (1)1–301:24 COL

3rd period

Nathan MacKinnon (4)Nazem Kadri (3), Gabriel Landeskog (4)1–413:18 COL · PPG
Marcus Johansson (3)Danila Yurov (2), Daemon Hunt (1)2–414:33 MIN
Valeri Nichushkin (1)Brett Kulak (3), Brent Burns (1)2–519:55 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+

GoalMIN on iceCOL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 COL

1st 2:51 · Necas

Hartman 0:17

Fresh legsHartman 0:17

1–1 MIN

1st 2:57 · Kaprizov

MacKinnon 0:23

Fresh legsMacKinnon 0:23

1–2 COL

1st 8:24 · PP · Landeskog

McCarron 0:55

NormalMcCarron 0:55

1–3 COL

2nd 1:24 · Roy

Boldy 0:33

Fresh legsBoldy 0:33

1–4 COL

3rd 13:18 · PP · MacKinnon

Trenin 0:40

NormalTrenin 0:40

2–4 MIN

3rd 14:33 · Johansson

Drury 0:51

NormalDrury 0:51

2–5 COL

3rd 19:55 · EN · Nichushkin

Zuccarello 2:21

Empty netZuccarello 2:21

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

31Shots on goal23

37%Faceoff %63%

0/2Power play2/5

10Penalty minutes4

31Hits28

13Blocked shots11

11Giveaways15

2Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 08:09Yakov Trenin · high sticking2 min
1st 13:16Brock Nelson · holding2 min
2nd 10:52Ryan Hartman · tripping2 min
3rd 04:20Brock Nelson · tripping2 min
3rd 07:26Mats Zuccarello · tripping2 min
3rd 11:49Vladimir Tarasenko · high sticking2 min
3rd 15:34Kirill Kaprizov · cross checking2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

22Danila YurovR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	25	10:04
36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	1	1	-1	3	1	0	2	100	19:04
38Ryan HartmanR	0	1	1	-1	5	2	1	2	43	18:21
90Marcus JohanssonL	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	12:20
97Kirill KaprizovL	1	0	1	-1	4	3	1	2	–	23:12
48Daemon HuntD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	13:04
12Matt BoldyL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	30	19:53
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	–	12:57
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	12:24
47Michael McCarronC	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	40	15:48
71Nick FolignoL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	09:42
78Nico SturmC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	33	12:43
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	11:25
2Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	09:28
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	–	18:09
7Brock FaberD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	–	28:31
43Quinn HughesD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	28:07
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	19:56

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG		0	0	0	–	00:00
32Filip GustavssonG	L	22	18	4	.818	57:08

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	1	2	3	0	5	2	0	0	36	22:06
88Martin NecasC	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	19:02
92Gabriel LandeskogL	1	1	2	0	1	4	0	0	50	19:54
27Brett KulakD	0	2	2	+1	1	0	2	0	–	21:04
10Nicolas RoyC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	100	09:37
11Brock NelsonC	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	4	86	18:42
13Valeri NichushkinR	1	0	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	17:56
20Ross ColtonC	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0	–	09:29
91Nazem KadriC	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	50	15:24
84Brent BurnsD	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	–	17:36
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0	0	–	10:05
18Jack DruryC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	68	09:57
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	10:02
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	19:29
7Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	23:26
8Cale MakarD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	24:06
37Nick BlankenburgD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:08
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	20:57

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Scott WedgewoodG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00