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Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche

Ball Arena, Denver Preseason Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 on Sunday, September 24, 2023 on the road.

Team Goals 2023-2024 record
Minnesota Wild 4 39-34-9
at Colorado Avalanche 3 50-25-7

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 9 7 9 25
Colorado Avalanche 10 10 23 43

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:10 Colorado Avalanche Joel Kiviranta (1) Fredrik Olofsson (1) Even strength MIN 0, COL 1
2nd 03:55 Minnesota Wild Sammy Walker (1) Riley Heidt (1), Daemon Hunt (1) Power play MIN 1, COL 1
3rd 05:35 Minnesota Wild Sammy Walker (2) Hunter Haight (1), Riley Heidt (2) Even strength MIN 2, COL 1
3rd 08:27 Colorado Avalanche Henry Bowlby (1) Ryan Sandelin (1) Even strength MIN 2, COL 2
3rd 15:03 Minnesota Wild Jujhar Khaira (1) Alex Goligoski (1), Connor Dewar (1) Power play MIN 3, COL 2
3rd 18:57 Minnesota Wild Vinni Lettieri (1) Sammy Walker (1), Nic Petan (1) Power play MIN 4, COL 2
3rd 19:51 Colorado Avalanche Riley Tufte (1) Tanner Kero (1), Sam Malinski (1) Even strength MIN 4, COL 3

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

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Colorado Avalanche
Shots on goal 25 43
Power play 3 of 8 0 of 5
Penalty minutes 12 18
Hits 7 10
Blocked shots 22 9
Giveaways 3 4
Takeaways 8 12
Faceoffs won 31/62 (50%) 31/62 (50%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
10 V. Lettieri C 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 1 1 18.2% 16:59
16 J. Khaira L 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 100% 17:07
18 S. Walker C 2 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 50% 16:30
19 N. Petan C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 0 0 20% 17:11
21 B. Duhaime L 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 100% 15:27
26 C. Dewar C 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 0 73.7% 18:39
28 S. Fogarty C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 1 0 50% 12:43
43 H. Haight C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 1 0 45.5% 13:57
58 R. Heidt C 0 2 2 +1 0 0 0 1 0 17:40
68 R. Kumpulainen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 44.4% 09:53
72 N. Swaney R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 0 12:44
78 S. Petrovsky C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 09:42
2 C. Addison D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 24:49
4 J. Merrill D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 5 0 23:27
6 D. Mermis D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 17:14
33 A. Goligoski D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 3 0 21:25
41 S. Johansson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 18:02
48 D. Hunt D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:40
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
30 J. Wallstedt 43 40 3 .930 59:51 Win

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
10 R. Tufte L 1 0 1 +2 0 4 1 1 0 66.7% 17:28
20 R. Colton C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 2 0 0 42.9% 17:06
22 F. Olofsson L 0 1 1 +1 0 4 1 0 0 44.4% 17:21
28 M. Wood L 0 0 0 +1 0 4 2 0 0 16:07
46 R. Sandelin C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:54
68 C. Burke C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 14:17
83 C. Pare C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54.5% 09:04
88 T. Kero C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 58.3% 16:06
90 T. Tatar L 0 0 0 +1 2 3 0 0 0 14:02
91 H. Bowlby L 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 12:58
94 J. Kiviranta L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 1 0 17:07
95 B. Kozun R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 100% 13:10
3 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0 17:44
17 B. Hunt D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 1 0 16:31
44 C. Schueneman D 0 0 0 +1 2 3 0 2 0 20:56
70 S. Malinski D 0 1 1 +2 8 4 0 0 0 22:01
84 N. Clurman D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 18:54
89 S. Weinstein D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 3 0 16:12
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31 A. Holm 10 7 3 .700 28:09 Loss
60 J. Annunen 15 14 1 .933 31:14

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:32 Colorado Avalanche Henry Bowlby High sticking 2
1st 05:48 Minnesota Wild Sammy Walker Hooking 2
1st 06:35 Minnesota Wild Brandon Duhaime Roughing 2
1st 06:35 Colorado Avalanche Tomas Tatar Roughing 2
1st 09:15 Colorado Avalanche Saige Weinstein Interference 2
1st 18:41 Minnesota Wild Brandon Duhaime Hooking 2
2nd 00:21 Colorado Avalanche Sam Malinski Interference 2
2nd 02:31 Colorado Avalanche Jack Johnson Tripping 2
2nd 12:12 Colorado Avalanche Corey Schueneman Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 13:23 Minnesota Wild Jujhar Khaira Cross checking 2
2nd 15:36 Minnesota Wild Dakota Mermis Cross checking 2
3rd 02:55 Minnesota Wild Calen Addison Cross checking 2
3rd 14:35 Colorado Avalanche Sam Malinski High sticking 2
3rd 15:14 Colorado Avalanche Sam Malinski High sticking double minor 4

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
Dean Evason
Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Referees
Kyle Rehman, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen
CJ Murray, Ryan Galloway
Minnesota Wild scratches
Marc-Andre Fleury, Julian Walker, Patrick Maroon, Jared Spurgeon, Marcus Johansson, Marcus Foligno, Mats Zuccarello, Zane McIntyre, Kale Kessy, Jonas Brodin, Ryan Hartman, Brenden Miller, Frederick Gaudreau, Jake Middleton, Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Teasdale, Greg Meireles, Sam Hentges, Jake Lucchini, Hunter Jones, Adam Beckman, Matt Boldy, Matvey Guskov, Vladislav Firstov, Maxim Cajkovic, Benjamin Brinkman, Michael O'Leary, Marco Rossi, Brock Faber, Ryan O'Rourke, Marat Khusnutdinov, Pavel Novak, Peyton Jones, Jack Peart, Kyle Masters, Nate Benoit, Landon Kosior, Carson Lambos, Michael Milne, Caedan Bankier, Rieger Lorenz, Liam Ohgren, Danila Yurov, Ryan Healey, David Spacek, Louis Boudon, Aaron Pionk, Charlie Stramel, Casey Dornbach, Kalem Parker, James Clark
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Andrew Cogliano, Chris Wagner, Ryan Johansen, Josh Manson, Gabriel Landeskog, Kurtis MacDermid, Artturi Lehkonen, Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin, Valeri Nichushkin, Devon Toews, Mikko Rantanen, Spencer Smallman, Sergei Boikov, Keaton Middleton, Samuel Girard, Cale Makar, Alexandar Georgiev, Pavel Francouz, Shamil Shmakov, Nikolai Kovalenko, Logan O'Connor, Bowen Byram, Trent Miner, Alex Beaucage, Gianni Fairbrother, Matt Stienburg, Jack Ahcan, Jean-Luc Foudy, Colby Ambrosio, Donald Busdeker, Sean Behrens, Oskar Olausson, Andrei Buyalsky, Taylor Makar, Ivan Zhigalov, Marc Lajoie, Jeremy Hanzel, Wyatt Aamodt, Ben Meyers, Chris Romaine, Owen Allard, Brayden Schmitt, Brayden Peters, Milo Roelens, Calum Ritchie, Jason Polin, Ondrej Pavel, Mikhail Gulyayev, Nikita Ishimnikov, Maros Jedlicka, Ryan Michael, Aidan De La Gordendiere, Briley Wood, Julius Sumpf, Yoan Loshing, Simon Lafrance

2023-2024 season series

Matchup Status Details
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