Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 8:00 PM ET Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Preseason Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–2 on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at home.

Final score, Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
Colorado Avalanche	2	50-25-7
at Minnesota Wild	4	39-34-9

Goals by period

Goals by period, Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Colorado Avalanche	1	0	1	2
Minnesota Wild	2	1	1	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Colorado Avalanche	6	11	10	27
Minnesota Wild	12	16	7	35

Three stars

K. Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild (2 goals)
V. Lettieri, Minnesota Wild (2 assists)
B. Faber, Minnesota Wild (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	00:32	Minnesota Wild	Kirill Kaprizov (1)	Brock Faber (1), Mats Zuccarello (1)	Even strength	COL 0, MIN 1
1st	13:02	Minnesota Wild	Alex Goligoski (1)	Nic Petan (2), Vinni Lettieri (1)	Even strength	COL 0, MIN 2
1st	15:54	Colorado Avalanche	Matt Stienburg (1)	Fredrik Olofsson (2), Kurtis MacDermid (1)	Even strength	COL 1, MIN 2
2nd	14:56	Minnesota Wild	Jonas Brodin (1)	Vinni Lettieri (2), Brock Faber (2)	Even strength	COL 1, MIN 3
3rd	17:31	Colorado Avalanche	Riley Tufte (2)	Jason Polin (1), Oskar Olausson (1)	Even strength	COL 2, MIN 3
3rd	19:29	Minnesota Wild	Kirill Kaprizov (2)	Mats Zuccarello (2), David Spacek (1)	Even strength, Empty net	COL 2, MIN 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild
Stat	Colorado Avalanche	Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal	27	35
Power play	0 of 1	0 of 2
Penalty minutes	9	7
Hits	16	4
Blocked shots	18	12
Giveaways	6	5
Takeaways	7	8
Faceoffs won	29/54 (53.7%)	25/54 (46.3%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 R. Tufte	L	1	0	1	-2	2	7	2	2	42.9%	16:17
Number 22 F. Olofsson	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	11.1%	15:04
Number 24 O. Olausson	R	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	0		22:10
Number 36 M. Stienburg	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		12:38
Number 38 S. Smallman	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		13:16
Number 41 J. Polin	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1	75%	20:53
Number 59 B. Meyers	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	66.7%	19:28
Number 71 P. Holland	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	66.7%	11:51
Number 88 T. Kero	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	66.7%	11:48
Number 91 H. Bowlby	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		14:21
Number 94 J. Kiviranta	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		12:45
Number 3 J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		23:17
Number 5 W. Aamodt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	3		19:10
Number 17 B. Hunt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		21:24
Number 56 K. MacDermid	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		08:29
Number 67 K. Middleton	D	0	0	0	-2	5	1	3	2		14:13
Number 70 S. Malinski	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		22:26
Number 84 N. Clurman	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2		19:04

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 60 J. Annunen	34	31	3	.912	57:26	Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 V. Lettieri	C	0	2	2	+2	0	3	3	0	42.9%	17:59
Number 11 A. Beckman	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:50
Number 16 J. Khaira	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50%	12:43
Number 18 S. Walker	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	50%	12:41
Number 19 N. Petan	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0		16:26
Number 23 M. Rossi	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	42.9%	13:18
Number 27 J. Lucchini	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	62.5%	12:25
Number 36 M. Zuccarello	R	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0		19:11
Number 38 R. Hartman	R	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	3	58.3%	19:13
Number 88 K. Kessy	L	0	0	0	+1	7	0	0	0		11:22
Number 89 F. Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	28.6%	13:31
Number 97 K. Kaprizov	L	2	0	2	+2	0	6	0	0		19:02
Number 7 B. Faber	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1		21:31
Number 25 J. Brodin	D	1	0	1	+2	0	5	0	2		22:04
Number 33 A. Goligoski	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	2		19:28
Number 46 J. Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		18:53
Number 71 C. Lambos	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		16:16
Number 82 D. Spacek	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		17:41

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 M. Fleury	27	25	2	.926	59:26	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	18:54	Colorado Avalanche	Keaton Middleton	Fighting (major)	5
1st	18:54	Minnesota Wild	Kale Kessy	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	03:57	Colorado Avalanche	Riley Tufte	Interference	2
2nd	06:42	Minnesota Wild	Kale Kessy	Boarding	2
2nd	11:51	Colorado Avalanche	Nathan Clurman	Holding	2
2nd	16:18	Colorado Avalanche	Brad Hunt	Ps tripping on breakaway (penalty shot)	0

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach: Jared Bednar
Minnesota Wild head coach: Dean Evason
Referees: Chris Lee, Justin Kea
Linesmen: Ryan Daisy, Ryan Galloway
Colorado Avalanche scratches: Andrew Cogliano, Tomas Tatar, Chris Wagner, Ryan Johansen, Josh Manson, Gabriel Landeskog, Miles Wood, Artturi Lehkonen, Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin, Valeri Nichushkin, Devon Toews, Mikko Rantanen, Sergei Boikov, Samuel Girard, Ross Colton, Cale Makar, Alexandar Georgiev, Pavel Francouz, Shamil Shmakov, Nikolai Kovalenko, Logan O'Connor, Corey Schueneman, Bowen Byram, Trent Miner, Alex Beaucage, Gianni Fairbrother, Jack Ahcan, Jean-Luc Foudy, Colby Ambrosio, Callahan Burke, Donald Busdeker, Sean Behrens, Andrei Buyalsky, Taylor Makar, Ivan Zhigalov, Marc Lajoie, Jeremy Hanzel, Chris Romaine, Owen Allard, Brayden Schmitt, Brayden Peters, Milo Roelens, Calum Ritchie, Ondrej Pavel, Mikhail Gulyayev, Nikita Ishimnikov, Maros Jedlicka, Ryan Michael, Aidan De La Gordendiere, Briley Wood, Julius Sumpf, Saige Weinstein, Yoan Loshing, Simon Lafrance
Minnesota Wild scratches: Julian Walker, Patrick Maroon, Marcus Johansson, Marcus Foligno, Jon Merrill, Zane McIntyre, Steven Fogarty, Dakota Mermis, Jake Middleton, Joel Eriksson Ek, Filip Gustavsson, Brandon Duhaime, Nick Swaney, Calen Addison, Connor Dewar, Sam Hentges, Simon Johansson, Hunter Jones, Matt Boldy, Matvey Guskov, Vladislav Firstov, Maxim Cajkovic, Benjamin Brinkman, Daemon Hunt, Ryan O'Rourke, Marat Khusnutdinov, Pavel Novak, Jack Peart, Kyle Masters, Nate Benoit, Landon Kosior, Michael Milne, Caedan Bankier, Hunter Haight, Rieger Lorenz, Liam Ohgren, Servac Petrovsky, Danila Yurov, Ryan Healey, Louis Boudon, Riley Heidt, Rasmus Kumpulainen, Aaron Pionk, Charlie Stramel, Casey Dornbach, Kalem Parker, James Clark

2023-2024 season series

Every Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild game in the 2023-2024 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Minnesota Wild 4 at Colorado Avalanche 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche, Sun, Sep 24, 2023
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Minnesota Wild 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild, Thu, Sep 28, 2023

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