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Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche

Ball Arena, Denver Playoffs Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 9–6 on Sunday, May 3, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Minnesota Wild 6 46-24-12
at Colorado Avalanche 9 55-16-11

Goals by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 2 3 1 6
Colorado Avalanche 3 2 4 9

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 9 16 11 36
Colorado Avalanche 16 14 13 43

Three stars

  1. C. Makar, Colorado Avalanche (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. D. Toews, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 3 assists)
  3. M. Necas, Colorado Avalanche (3 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 11:12 Colorado Avalanche Sam Malinski (1) Martin Necas (3), Devon Toews (3) Even strength MIN 0, COL 1
1st 12:04 Colorado Avalanche Jack Drury (1) Logan O'Connor (1) Even strength MIN 0, COL 2
1st 13:13 Colorado Avalanche Artturi Lehkonen (3) Nathan MacKinnon (3), Martin Necas (4) Power play MIN 0, COL 3
1st 15:02 Minnesota Wild Marcus Johansson (2) Unassisted Even strength MIN 1, COL 3
1st 16:04 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman (2) Quinn Hughes (7), Kirill Kaprizov (8) Even strength MIN 2, COL 3
2nd 04:16 Colorado Avalanche Nick Blankenburg (1) Valeri Nichushkin (1), Cale Makar (1) Even strength MIN 2, COL 4
2nd 06:45 Minnesota Wild Vladimir Tarasenko (2) Yakov Trenin (2), Michael McCarron (1) Even strength MIN 3, COL 4
2nd 12:43 Minnesota Wild Quinn Hughes (3) Danila Yurov (1) Even strength MIN 4, COL 4
2nd 16:55 Minnesota Wild Marcus Foligno (2) Unassisted Shorthanded MIN 5, COL 4
2nd 18:04 Colorado Avalanche Devon Toews (2) Valeri Nichushkin (2), Sam Malinski (2) Even strength MIN 5, COL 5
3rd 03:21 Colorado Avalanche Cale Makar (3) Nathan MacKinnon (4), Gabriel Landeskog (3) Even strength MIN 5, COL 6
3rd 05:43 Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri (1) Ross Colton (1), Devon Toews (4) Even strength MIN 5, COL 7
3rd 16:01 Minnesota Wild Mats Zuccarello (2) Matt Boldy (4), Quinn Hughes (8) Even strength MIN 6, COL 7
3rd 17:06 Colorado Avalanche Cale Makar (4) Devon Toews (5), Martin Necas (5) Even strength MIN 6, COL 8
3rd 17:52 Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (3) Artturi Lehkonen (3) Even strength, Empty net MIN 6, COL 9

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

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Colorado Avalanche
Shots on goal 36 43
Power play 0 of 3 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 8 10
Hits 24 26
Blocked shots 12 11
Giveaways 17 17
Takeaways 3 6
Faceoffs won 41/65 (63.1%) 24/65 (36.9%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
12 M. Boldy L 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 80% 20:27
13 Y. Trenin C 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 11:40
17 M. Foligno L 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 10:38
22 D. Yurov R 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 0 0 40% 11:10
36 M. Zuccarello R 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 0 0 19:45
38 R. Hartman R 1 0 1 -2 2 7 2 0 0 55% 16:00
47 M. McCarron C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 2 0 72.7% 14:22
71 N. Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 66.7% 12:03
78 N. Sturm C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 1 0 57.1% 11:15
90 M. Johansson L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 13:35
91 V. Tarasenko R 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 16:25
97 K. Kaprizov L 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 1 0 21:46
5 J. Middleton D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 1 0 16:42
7 B. Faber D 0 0 0 -1 6 5 0 0 0 25:31
24 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 15:02
43 Q. Hughes D 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 28:57
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 1 0 18:11
48 D. Hunt D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 2 0 14:14
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
30 J. Wallstedt 42 34 8 .810 59:28 Loss

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 1 0 10:05
11 B. Nelson C 0 0 0 +1 0 4 1 1 0 29.4% 17:16
13 V. Nichushkin R 0 2 2 +1 0 2 1 0 0 15:24
17 P. Kelly C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 3 0 0 13:04
18 J. Drury C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 54.5% 12:28
20 R. Colton C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 1 0 10:23
25 L. O'Connor R 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 13:08
29 N. MacKinnon C 1 2 3 +3 0 4 1 0 0 50% 19:06
62 A. Lehkonen L 1 1 2 +4 2 3 3 1 1 19:20
88 M. Necas C 0 3 3 +3 0 3 2 0 0 18:38
91 N. Kadri C 1 0 1 -3 2 8 1 0 0 28.6% 13:51
92 G. Landeskog L 0 1 1 0 4 1 3 2 0 20% 13:00
7 D. Toews D 1 3 4 +4 0 1 0 1 0 27:35
8 C. Makar D 2 1 3 +2 2 3 0 2 0 17:11
27 B. Kulak D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 25:01
37 N. Blankenburg D 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 0 0 10:06
70 S. Malinski D 1 1 2 +3 0 2 3 0 0 20:15
84 B. Burns D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 1 0 18:09
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
41 S. Wedgewood 36 30 6 .833 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:14 Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri Holding 2
1st 12:24 Minnesota Wild Brock Faber Roughing 2
1st 12:24 Minnesota Wild Brock Faber Cross checking 2
1st 12:24 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog Roughing 2
2nd 00:21 Colorado Avalanche Artturi Lehkonen Hooking 2
2nd 16:01 Minnesota Wild Brock Faber Hooking 2
3rd 08:53 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog Closing hand on puck 2
3rd 10:53 Colorado Avalanche Cale Makar Roughing 2
3rd 10:53 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman Holding 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
John Hynes
Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Referees
Garrett Rank, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen
Ryan Gibbons, Trent Knorr
Minnesota Wild scratches
Jeff Petry, Jonas Brodin, Cal Petersen, Robby Fabbri, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Joel Eriksson Ek, Ben Jones, Bobby Brink, Matt Kiersted, Carson Lambos, Hunter Haight, David Spacek, Riley Mercer, Chase Wutzke
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Josh Manson, Joel Kiviranta, Zakhar Bardakov

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Minnesota Wild 3 Final/SO Game page
Colorado Avalanche 5 at Minnesota Wild 1 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 5 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final/SO Game page
Minnesota Wild 6 at Colorado Avalanche 9 Final Playoffs Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Colorado Avalanche 5 Final Playoffs Game page
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Playoffs Game page
Colorado Avalanche 5 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild Not needed Playoffs Game page
Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche Postponed Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on May 3

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres Postponed Playoffs Game page
Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche Postponed Playoffs Game page
Utah Mammoth at Vegas Golden Knights Postponed Playoffs Game page
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1 Final Playoffs Game page

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