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Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Preseason Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–1 on Monday, October 4, 2021 at home.

Team Goals 2021-2022 record
Colorado Avalanche 1 56-19-7
at Minnesota Wild 3 53-22-7

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 4 5 7 16
Minnesota Wild 9 12 11 32

Three stars

  1. K. Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. M. Zuccarello, Minnesota Wild (2 assists)
  3. K. Kahkonen, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 00:14 Minnesota Wild Jared Spurgeon (1) Kirill Kaprizov (1), Joel Eriksson Ek (1) Even strength COL 0, MIN 1
2nd 19:09 Minnesota Wild Kirill Kaprizov (1) Mats Zuccarello (4), Mathew Dumba (1) Even strength COL 0, MIN 2
3rd 04:24 Minnesota Wild Jonas Brodin (1) Kirill Kaprizov (2), Mats Zuccarello (5) Even strength COL 0, MIN 3
3rd 13:17 Colorado Avalanche Alex Newhook (1) Bowen Byram (2), Shane Bowers (1) Even strength COL 1, MIN 3

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

Team stats

Stat Colorado Avalanche Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 16 32
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 6
Hits 23 18
Blocked shots 12 17
Giveaways 8 8
Takeaways 5 4
Faceoffs won 29/49 (59.2%) 20/49 (40.8%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
9 D. Sikura R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 14:52
11 M. Maltsev L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 83.3% 14:22
15 S. Bowers C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100% 20:14
18 A. Newhook C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 40% 20:38
22 S. Matteau C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 0 11:21
27 O. Olausson R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 1 18:32
37 J. Compher L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 58.3% 20:13
40 A. Anisimov C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 50% 12:43
41 G. Fontaine C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 83.3% 10:56
44 K. Sherwood L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13:38
63 A. Wingerli L 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 11:10
88 A. Englund D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:00
93 J. Foudy C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 18:16
4 B. Byram D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 2 1 23:26
10 R. McKeown D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 17:13
28 R. Murray D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 20:08
56 K. MacDermid L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 15:06
72 J. Barron D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 1 19:55
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
35 D. Kuemper 32 29 3 .906 57:17 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
7 N. Sturm C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 33.3% 13:45
12 M. Boldy L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:31
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 1 1 +3 0 3 4 1 64.7% 18:24
17 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 15:28
18 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 50% 11:55
22 K. Fiala L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 1 17:11
27 N. Bjugstad C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 75% 10:26
36 M. Zuccarello R 0 2 2 +3 0 0 0 1 15:07
38 R. Hartman R 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 11.1% 16:18
49 V. Rask C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 16.7% 13:10
89 F. Gaudreau C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 33.3% 13:44
97 K. Kaprizov L 1 2 3 +3 0 1 1 2 19:20
8 J. Benn D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16:56
24 M. Dumba D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 2 22:15
25 J. Brodin D 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 21:43
29 D. Kulikov D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 16:46
46 J. Spurgeon D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 3 20:22
47 A. Goligoski D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 2 1 19:35
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
34 K. Kahkonen 16 15 1 .938 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 17:56 Colorado Avalanche Andreas Wingerli Cross checking 2
2nd 04:19 Colorado Avalanche J.T. Compher Closing hand on puck 2
2nd 12:20 Minnesota Wild Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 05:58 Minnesota Wild Kevin Fiala High sticking 2
3rd 07:59 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman Hooking 2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Minnesota Wild head coach
Dean Evason
Referees
Frederick L'Ecuyer, Cody Beach
Linesmen
CJ Murray, Jesse Marquis
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Darren Helm, Erik Johnson, Nazem Kadri, Gabriel Landeskog, Jayson Megna, Andre Burakovsky, Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin, Jonas Johansson, Devon Toews, Mikko Rantanen, Dennis Gilbert, Sergei Boikov, Tyson Jost, Keaton Middleton, Samuel Girard, Jacob MacDonald, Nathan Clurman, Nick Henry, Cale Makar, Hunter Miska, Nick Leivermann, Martin Kaut, Tyler Weiss, Sampo Ranta, Jordan Gross, Pavel Francouz, Shamil Shmakov, Nikolai Kovalenko, Danila Zhuravlyov, Logan O'Connor, Trent Miner, Drew Helleson, Alex Beaucage, Matt Stienburg, Colby Ambrosio, Nils Aman, Sean Behrens, Andrei Buyalsky, Taylor Makar, Tarun Fizer
Minnesota Wild scratches
Julian Walker, Cam Talbot, Jon Merrill, Joseph Cramarossa, Kyle Rau, Dakota Mermis, Kevin Czuczman, Dominic Turgeon, Joe Hicketts, William Bitten, Brandon Duhaime, Mason Shaw, Ivan Lodnia, Fedor Gordeev, Andrei Svetlakov, Nick Swaney, Dereck Baribeau, Alexander Khovanov, Jack McBain, Filip Johansson, Calen Addison, Connor Dewar, Damien Giroux, Sam Hentges, Simon Johansson, Jon Lizotte, Hunter Jones, Adam Beckman, 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

2021-2022 season series

Matchup Status Details
Minnesota Wild 4 at Colorado Avalanche 6 Final Preseason Game page
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Minnesota Wild 3 Final Preseason Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 4

Matchup Status Details
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Columbus Blue Jackets 5 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Preseason Game page
Washington Capitals 1 at New Jersey Devils 4 Final Preseason Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Ottawa Senators 1 Final Preseason Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 6 at Detroit Red Wings 4 Final Preseason Game page
Calgary Flames 3 at Edmonton Oilers 4 Final Preseason Game page
Anaheim Ducks 3 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final/2OT Preseason Game page

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