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Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center, Denver Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 6–4 on Friday, December 27, 2019 on the road.

Team Goals 2019-2020 record
Minnesota Wild 6 35-27-7
at Colorado Avalanche 4 42-20-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 2 1 3 6
Colorado Avalanche 2 1 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 13 11 9 33
Colorado Avalanche 15 14 15 44

Three stars

  1. V. Rask, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)
  2. M. Calvert, Colorado Avalanche (2 goals)
  3. G. Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:33 Minnesota Wild Carson Soucy (5) Jordan Greenway (11), Kevin Fiala (14) Even strength MIN 1, COL 0
1st 09:22 Minnesota Wild Eric Staal (15) Kevin Fiala (15), Zach Parise (9) Even strength MIN 2, COL 0
1st 18:24 Colorado Avalanche Matt Calvert (9) Ian Cole (15), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (7) Even strength MIN 2, COL 1
1st 19:10 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog (9) Unassisted Even strength MIN 2, COL 2
2nd 11:18 Minnesota Wild Brad Hunt (7) Mathew Dumba (8), Luke Kunin (7) Power play MIN 3, COL 2
2nd 19:12 Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (22) Cale Makar (21), Mikko Rantanen (15) Even strength MIN 3, COL 3
3rd 01:33 Colorado Avalanche Matt Calvert (10) Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (8), Valeri Nichushkin (7) Even strength MIN 3, COL 4
3rd 10:41 Minnesota Wild Mats Zuccarello (10) Jonas Brodin (16), Zach Parise (10) Even strength MIN 4, COL 4
3rd 11:58 Minnesota Wild Victor Rask (4) Unassisted Even strength MIN 5, COL 4
3rd 18:48 Minnesota Wild Ryan Suter (5) Joel Eriksson Ek (11) Even strength, Empty net MIN 6, COL 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Colorado Avalanche
Shots on goal 33 44
Power play 1 of 2 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 16
Hits 21 22
Blocked shots 10 12
Giveaways 1 4
Takeaways 3 9
Faceoffs won 29/62 (46.8%) 33/62 (53.2%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
6 R. Donato C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 10:41
7 N. Sturm C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 77.8% 14:52
11 Z. Parise L 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 0 0 16:20
12 E. Staal C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 0 0 0 50% 17:18
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 1 1 -1 2 0 3 1 0 28.6% 14:09
17 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 14:48
18 J. Greenway L 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:50
19 L. Kunin C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 28.6% 17:22
22 K. Fiala L 0 2 2 +1 0 3 0 1 0 12:41
36 M. Zuccarello R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 0 0 15:01
38 R. Hartman R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 2 0 50% 13:12
49 V. Rask C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 60% 10:01
20 R. Suter D 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 25:16
21 C. Soucy D 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 18:42
24 M. Dumba D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 0 0 18:01
25 J. Brodin D 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 18:38
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24:48
77 B. Hunt D 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 1 1 15:05
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
40 D. Dubnyk 44 40 4 .909 59:59 Win

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
11 M. Calvert L 2 0 2 +1 0 3 1 1 0 12:07
13 V. Nichushkin R 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:14
17 T. Jost C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 40% 11:00
29 N. MacKinnon C 1 0 1 -1 0 5 1 1 0 36.4% 21:31
37 J. Compher L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 36.4% 12:35
41 P. Bellemare L 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 77.8% 11:36
72 J. Donskoi R 0 0 0 -1 0 8 0 0 0 14:45
83 M. Nieto L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:09
91 N. Kadri C 0 0 0 +1 12 2 3 0 0 62.5% 17:26
92 G. Landeskog L 1 0 1 -2 0 7 5 0 0 55.6% 22:20
95 A. Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 100% 12:28
96 M. Rantanen R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0 22:08
6 E. Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 19:17
8 C. Makar D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 0 0 23:23
16 N. Zadorov D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 18:17
27 R. Graves D 0 0 0 +1 2 4 1 2 0 18:39
28 I. Cole D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 2 0 15:03
49 S. Girard D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 3 0 20:37
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
39 P. Francouz 32 27 5 .844 58:30 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 15:11 Minnesota Wild Carson Soucy Interference 2
2nd 01:10 Colorado Avalanche Ryan Graves Cross checking 2
2nd 09:39 Colorado Avalanche Samuel Girard Holding 2
3rd 04:20 Minnesota Wild Joel Eriksson Ek Holding 2
3rd 18:44 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman Holding 2
3rd 18:44 Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri Embellishment 2
3rd 18:44 Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri Misconduct (misconduct) 10

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Referees
Steve Kozari, Furman South
Linesmen
James Tobias, Darren Gibbs
Minnesota Wild scratches
Jason Zucker, Nick Seeler
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Mark Barberio, Vladislav Kamenev

2019-2020 season series

Matchup Status Details
Minnesota Wild 2 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Minnesota Wild 3 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 6 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 27

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 3 at Buffalo Sabres 0 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at New Jersey Devils 4 Final/OT Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at New York Rangers 5 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Washington Capitals 2 Final/OT Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 at Nashville Predators 2 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 5 at Winnipeg Jets 4 Final/OT Game page
New York Islanders 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 5 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 5 at Edmonton Oilers 1 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Anaheim Ducks 4 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final/OT Game page

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