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Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche

Ball Arena, Denver Preseason Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 6–4 on Thursday, September 30, 2021 at home.

Team Goals 2021-2022 record
Minnesota Wild 4 53-22-7
at Colorado Avalanche 6 56-19-7

Goals by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 2 2 0 4
Colorado Avalanche 2 1 3 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 7 18 10 35
Colorado Avalanche 14 13 6 33

Three stars

  1. S. Girard, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. S. Ranta, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. E. Johnson, Colorado Avalanche (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:49 Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri (1) Samuel Girard (1), J.T. Compher (1) Even strength MIN 0, COL 1
1st 11:43 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman (1) Mats Zuccarello (1), Dmitry Kulikov (1) Power play MIN 1, COL 1
1st 13:50 Colorado Avalanche Erik Johnson (1) Gabriel Landeskog (1), Nazem Kadri (1) Even strength MIN 1, COL 2
1st 16:36 Minnesota Wild Kevin Fiala (1) Mats Zuccarello (2), Marcus Foligno (1) Power play MIN 2, COL 2
2nd 11:09 Minnesota Wild Adam Beckman (3) Dakota Mermis (1), Mats Zuccarello (3) Even strength MIN 3, COL 2
2nd 15:25 Colorado Avalanche Sampo Ranta (1) Tyson Jost (1), Dennis Gilbert (1) Shorthanded MIN 3, COL 3
2nd 17:13 Minnesota Wild Mason Shaw (1) Brandon Duhaime (1), Jon Lizotte (1) Even strength MIN 4, COL 3
3rd 08:21 Colorado Avalanche Oskar Olausson (2) Sampo Ranta (1), Jack Johnson (2) Even strength MIN 4, COL 4
3rd 16:45 Colorado Avalanche Samuel Girard (1) J.T. Compher (2), Alex Newhook (1) Even strength MIN 4, COL 5
3rd 18:54 Colorado Avalanche Erik Johnson (2) Nazem Kadri (2) Even strength, Empty net MIN 4, COL 6

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

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Colorado Avalanche
Shots on goal 35 33
Power play 2 of 6 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 25 41
Hits 20 26
Blocked shots 7 7
Giveaways 1 3
Takeaways 5 6
Faceoffs won 24/58 (41.4%) 34/58 (58.6%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
12 M. Boldy L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 16:49
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 0 0 45.5% 20:10
17 M. Foligno L 0 1 1 -1 4 1 3 0 0 16:33
22 K. Fiala L 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 0 1 21:05
36 M. Zuccarello R 0 3 3 -2 0 4 0 0 0 20:25
37 K. Rau C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 08:01
38 R. Hartman R 1 0 1 -2 12 3 1 0 1 35.7% 15:30
52 C. Dewar C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 40% 11:12
53 A. Beckman L 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 13:52
58 M. Shaw C 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 50% 10:46
65 B. Duhaime L 0 1 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 11:11
89 F. Gaudreau C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 0 40% 18:20
4 J. Merrill D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 18:30
29 D. Kulikov D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 1 0 22:45
39 J. Lizotte D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 1 0 18:10
42 K. Czuczman D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 1 1 0 16:59
57 D. Mermis D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 2 0 14:26
59 C. Addison D 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 0 0 20:20
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
33 C. Talbot 24 22 2 .917 30:53
35 A. Hammond 8 5 3 .625 27:47 Loss

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
9 D. Sikura R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 13:53
11 M. Maltsev L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 69.2% 12:53
17 T. Jost C 0 1 1 +1 2 0 1 1 0 56.3% 16:22
18 A. Newhook C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 0 0 57.1% 15:52
27 O. Olausson R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 15:25
37 J. Compher L 0 2 2 +3 2 2 0 0 0 40% 19:26
44 K. Sherwood L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 11:39
61 M. Kaut R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 09:44
63 A. Wingerli L 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 0 13:15
75 S. Ranta L 1 1 2 +2 0 3 2 0 0 18:56
91 N. Kadri C 1 2 3 +2 12 4 0 0 0 75% 13:35
92 G. Landeskog L 0 1 1 +3 16 1 0 0 0 66.7% 13:35
3 J. Johnson D 0 1 1 +1 2 2 0 1 0 20:07
6 E. Johnson D 2 0 2 +3 0 3 3 2 0 22:10
26 J. MacDonald D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 16:40
48 D. Gilbert D 0 1 1 +1 5 2 5 1 0 15:42
49 S. Girard D 1 1 2 +3 2 4 2 0 0 20:15
56 K. MacDermid L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 19:05
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
35 D. Kuemper 15 12 3 .800 31:09
60 J. Annunen 20 19 1 .950 28:51 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 10:11 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog Slashing 2
1st 13:25 Colorado Avalanche Jack Johnson Interference 2
1st 13:36 Minnesota Wild Matt Boldy Hooking 2
1st 15:15 Colorado Avalanche J.T. Compher Slashing 2
2nd 00:35 Minnesota Wild Marcus Foligno Tripping 2
2nd 06:20 Minnesota Wild Brandon Duhaime Fighting (major) 5
2nd 06:20 Colorado Avalanche Dennis Gilbert Fighting (major) 5
2nd 06:20 Minnesota Wild Marcus Foligno Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 12:03 Colorado Avalanche Samuel Girard Hooking 2
2nd 14:37 Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri Cross checking 2
2nd 14:37 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman Roughing 2
2nd 14:37 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog Roughing 2
2nd 14:37 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman Misconduct (misconduct) 10
2nd 14:37 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog Misconduct (misconduct) 10
2nd 17:13 Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri Misconduct (misconduct) 10
2nd 17:57 Minnesota Wild Kevin Czuczman Tripping 2
3rd 13:14 Colorado Avalanche Tyson Jost Cross checking 2
3rd 20:00 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog Hooking 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
Dean Evason
Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Referees
Kyle Rehman, Jordan Samuels-Thomas
Linesmen
Mitch Hunt, Derek Nansen
Minnesota Wild scratches
Alex Goligoski, Julian Walker, Jared Spurgeon, Jordie Benn, Nick Bjugstad, Joseph Cramarossa, Victor Rask, Jonas Brodin, Mathew Dumba, Dominic Turgeon, Kaapo Kahkonen, Joe Hicketts, Jordan Greenway, Kirill Kaprizov, William Bitten, Ivan Lodnia, Fedor Gordeev, Andrei Svetlakov, Nick Swaney, Dereck Baribeau, Alexander Khovanov, Jack McBain, Filip Johansson, Damien Giroux, Sam Hentges, Simon Johansson, Nico Sturm, Hunter Jones, Marshall Warren, Matvey Guskov, Vladislav Firstov, Nikita Nesterenko, Mitchell Chaffee, Marco Rossi, Daemon Hunt, Ryan O'Rourke, Marat Khusnutdinov, Josh Pillar, Pavel Novak, Jesper Wallstedt, Jack Peart, Kyle Masters, Nate Benoit, Carson Lambos, Caedan Bankier
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Darren Helm, Ryan Murray, Stefan Matteau, Jayson Megna, Andre Burakovsky, Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin, Roland McKeown, Jonas Johansson, Devon Toews, Mikko Rantanen, Sergei Boikov, Keaton Middleton, Nathan Clurman, Nick Henry, Shane Bowers, Cale Makar, Hunter Miska, Nick Leivermann, Tyler Weiss, Jordan Gross, Pavel Francouz, Shamil Shmakov, Nikolai Kovalenko, Danila Zhuravlyov, Logan O'Connor, Bowen Byram, Trent Miner, Drew Helleson, Alex Beaucage, Matt Stienburg, Justin Barron, Jean-Luc Foudy, Colby Ambrosio, Nils Aman, Sean Behrens, Jack O'Brien, Andrei Buyalsky, Taylor Makar, Tarun Fizer, Rhett Rhinehart, Matej Kaslik, Ryan Hofer, Mitchell Smith, Graham Sward, Nicolas Savoie

2021-2022 season series

Matchup Status Details
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