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Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Wednesday, March 17, 2027 · Ball Arena

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TNT · truTV · HBO MAX · ALT

Game preview

The Minnesota Wild visit the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena on Wednesday, March 17, 2027, with puck drop at 8:30 PM ET. The game is on TNT, truTV, HBO MAX and ALT.

This is the second of 4 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Wild

First game of a road trip.

  1. 72027-03-07: vs WSH, second of a back-to-backB2B
  2. 82027-03-08: no game
  3. 92027-03-09: vs CAR
  4. 102027-03-10: no game
  5. 112027-03-11: at OTT
  6. 122027-03-12: no game
  7. 132027-03-13: no game
  8. 142027-03-14: vs BUF
  9. 152027-03-15: no game
  10. 162027-03-16: no game
  11. 172027-03-17: at COL
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~705 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~705 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
−1 h
body clock vs home

Avalanche

Another game at home.

  1. 72027-03-07: at LAK
  2. 82027-03-08: no game
  3. 92027-03-09: vs PHI
  4. 102027-03-10: no game
  5. 112027-03-11: vs NYR
  6. 122027-03-12: no game
  7. 132027-03-13: vs CHI
  8. 142027-03-14: no game
  9. 152027-03-15: vs EDM
  10. 162027-03-16: no game
  11. 172027-03-17: vs MIN
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Minnesota WildWildTue, Oct 13 at WPG
  1. L1Kaprizov#97Boldy#12Eriksson Ek#14
    12:43 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewColeman#20Yurov#22Shabanov#49
    9:19 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewLorenz#61Hartman#38Brink#10
    8:24 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewPitlick#19McCarron#47Trenin#13
    7:32 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewBrodin#25Hughes#43
    19:06 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewBogosian#24Maatta#3
    11:09 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewHunt#48Spacek#82
    8:10 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Kaprizov LBoldy LEriksson Ek CShabanov RHughes D3:00
  2. 2Coleman LHartman RBrink RYurov RSpacek D0:32

Penalty kill

  1. 1Boldy LMcCarron CBogosian DMaatta D1:10
  2. 2Boldy LEriksson Ek CBrodin DMaatta D0:37
Colorado AvalancheAvalancheTue, Oct 13 at DAL
  1. L1Lehkonen#62MacKinnon#29Necas#88
    10:32 together at 5v5
  2. L2Landeskog#92Kadri#91Nelson#11
    8:31 together at 5v5
  3. L3Schwartz#71Svechkov#9Hughes#13
    4:23 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewToews#7Malinski#70
    14:51 together at 5v5
  2. D2Burns#84Manson#42
    13:31 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulak#27Juulsen#47
    10:41 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Kadri CMacKinnon CNecas CHughes RToews D3:30
  2. 2Schwartz LLandeskog LLehkonen LNelson CMalinski D1:05

Penalty kill

  1. 1Lehkonen LNelson CManson DToews D0:36
  2. 2Roy CKelly CBurns DKulak D0:23

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

MINCOL

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

MIN 58% (7th most shuffled)COL 58% (6th most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

MIN 1:59 left (9th earliest · 12 pulls)COL 2:15 left (3rd earliest · 11 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

MIN 53.8s (longest)COL 48.4s (16th longest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

MIN 44% (most often)COL 24% (4th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series