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Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildMay 9, 2026

FinalPlayoffs· Grand Casino Arena
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Goals123TShots123T
COL0101COL9131436
MIN2215MIN108826
COL 76MIN 55
COL 3.00MIN 4.13
PP goals
COL 1MIN 2
Hits
COL 25MIN 39
Blocks
COL 8MIN 15
PIM
COL 8MIN 8
COL 62%MIN 38%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Minnesota Wild rout Colorado Avalanche 5–1

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 5–1 at home. Brock Faber (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:16 together.

  1. Points
    Brock Faber had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 29:37.Faber
  2. Points
    Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:27.Kaprizov
  3. Points
    Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 28:32.Hughes
  4. Points
    Mats Zuccarello had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:27.Zuccarello
  5. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:16 together.KadriLandeskogMacKinnonNecasMakar
  6. PP1
    MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Hartman, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:19 together.ZuccarelloHartmanKaprizovHughesBoldy
  7. Goalie
    Jesper Wallstedt (MIN) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +3 against a season average of 32.9; the win.Wallstedt
  8. Luck
    COL scored 1 goal on 3.00 expected goals (76 attempts), well short of its chances.

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, COL at MIN: 131 attempts, 62 on goal, 6 goals, 7.13 expected goals; best chance Kirill Kaprizov at 0.60 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →
  • MIN
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · MIN 55 · COL 76

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, COL at MIN: expected goals 4.13 to 3.00 (MIN led the chances), shot attempts 55 to 76, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdMINCOLKHHMFBnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • MIN
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
MINCOLcontrol2nd3rdKaprizov · 1st 15:11Hughes · 1st 16:44Hartman · 2nd 4:23MacKinnon · 2nd 13:11Faber · 2nd 13:31Boldy · 3rd 19:56
  • MIN pressure
  • COL pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 23% of the game, MIN 35%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, COL at MIN: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Jesper Wallstedt (59:57) for MIN and Mackenzie Blackwood (32:27) for COL, 6 goals.

MIN
COL
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

MIN skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the MIN side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, MIN rows versus COL columns: 250 matchups; most common Hughes vs Toews, 13:52 at 53% xGF.

MIN ↓ · COL →KadriRoyColtonNecasMacKinnonLandeskogKellyDruryO'ConnorNelsonLehkonenNichushkinMakarToewsMalinskiKulakBurnsBlankenburgL1 KaprizovL1 HartmanL1 ZuccarelloL2 BoldyL2 YurovL2 JohanssonL3 McCarronL3 TarasenkoL3 TreninL4 FolignoL4 FolignoL4 SturmD1 FaberD1 HughesD2 MiddletonD2 BogosianD3 SpurgeonD3 Hunt
MIN xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatCOLMIN
6147
1.531.86
1.471.80
67
57
2223
+0.051−0.050
23%35%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Colorado Avalanche

Current COL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 15:11
    MINKirill Kaprizov (Brock Faber, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.05 xG
    COL: Nelson, Kulak, Nichushkin, MalinskiMIN: Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy, Faber
    COL 0 – 1 MIN
  2. 16:44
    MINQuinn HughesPP (Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov)wrist0.14 xG
    COL: Burns, Nelson, KulakMIN: Zuccarello, Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy
    COL 0 – 2 MIN

2nd period

  1. 4:23
    MINRyan HartmanPP (Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov)other0.15 xG
    COL: Burns, Nelson, Toews, O'ConnorMIN: Zuccarello, Hartman, Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy
    COL 0 – 3 MIN
  2. 13:11
    COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Gabriel Landeskog, Nazem Kadri)backhand0.34 xG
    COL: Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas, MakarMIN: Foligno, McCarron, Hunt, Faber
    COL 1 – 3 MIN
  3. 13:31
    MINBrock Faber (Vladimir Tarasenko, Michael McCarron)deflected0.34 xG
    COL: Toews, Makar, Kelly, Drury, O'ConnorMIN: Tarasenko, McCarron, Trenin, Kaprizov, Hughes, Faber
    COL 1 – 4 MIN

3rd period

  1. 19:56
    MINMatt BoldyEN (Brock Faber)wrist0.37 xG
    COL: Kadri, Nelson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas, MakarMIN: Spurgeon, Hartman, Kaprizov, Boldy, Faber
    COL 1 – 5 MIN

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nazem Kadri CL1011-130.1211021:07——5539
Nicolas Roy CL1000010.0240012:39——4522
Ross Colton CL1000010.002008:08——7036
Martin Necas CL2000-130.2820024:52——5851
Nathan MacKinnon CL2101-140.5010223:51——5551
Gabriel Landeskog LL2011070.7450020:40——6753
Parker Kelly CL3000-140.201048:54——7168
Jack Drury CL3000-110.071008:47——8296
Logan O'Connor RL3000-100.074008:06——7594
Brock Nelson CL4000-230.2401019:52——3912
Artturi Lehkonen LL4000-100.1811015:30——3627
Valeri Nichushkin RL4000-110.0110013:25——5321
Cale Makar DD1000-230.4002029:06——5753
Devon Toews DD1000-110.0800222:34——6049
Sam Malinski DD2000-120.0511018:56——5333
Brett Kulak DD2000-110.0302017:25——4035
Brent Burns DD3000010.0310015:48——7157
Nick Blankenburg DD3000000.000007:54——5934
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Mackenzie Blackwood—13121.9231.6532:27
Scott Wedgewood(start)L1293.7501.1324:23

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kirill Kaprizov LL1123+341.6302023:27——4449
Ryan Hartman RL1101+130.2912221:14——4749
Mats Zuccarello RL1022030.1710017:27——4648
Matt Boldy LL2101+250.6911021:03——6073
Danila Yurov RL2000010.2510014:23——4360
Marcus Johansson LL2000000.1020010:57——7085
Michael McCarron CL3011+100.0030013:30——3254
Vladimir Tarasenko RL3011+120.2321012:27——2450
Yakov Trenin CL3000+100.0031011:14——1533
Nick Foligno LL4000000.0061011:37——5062
Marcus Foligno LL4000000.129029:01——4347
Nico Sturm CL4000010.002008:45——4455
Brock Faber DD1123+340.4012229:37——4954
Quinn Hughes DD1112+210.1401228:32——4858
Jake Middleton DD2000000.0020014:26——2447
Zach Bogosian DD2000010.0310013:18——3559
Jared Spurgeon DD3000+110.0723017:36——4868
Daemon Hunt DD3000000.0121014:34——5050
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)W36351.9723.0059:57

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) 1st 15:11 · assists Brock Faber, Quinn Hughes · Rush · carried in · 41.4 mph shot · 6.0 s from entry to goal.

Quinn Hughes · 1st 16:44 · MIN PP

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
65.4 mph
Distance
35 ft

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Ryan Hartman · 2nd 4:23 · MIN PP

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
28.6 mph
Distance
46 ft

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Brock Faber · 2nd 13:31 · MIN

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
2
Shot
8.8 mph
Distance
6 ft
Entry to goal
3.1 s
Type
rebound

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