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Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota WildMay 11, 2026

FinalPlayoffs· Grand Casino Arena
away
COL
5
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home
MIN
2
COL —MIN —
PP goals
COL —MIN —
Hits
COL 32MIN 29
Blocks
COL 12MIN 22
PIM
COL 8MIN 8
COL 54%MIN 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at MIN. Martin Necas (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:07 together.

  1. Points
    Martin Necas had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:32.Necas
  2. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:07 together.KadriLandeskogMacKinnonNecasMakar
  3. New line
    New look for COL: Kadri–Nichushkin–O'Connor skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KadriNichushkinO'Connor
  4. New line
    New look for COL: Kelly–Drury–Kiviranta skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KellyDruryKiviranta
  5. New line
    New look for COL: Nelson–Roy–Colton skated 5:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.NelsonRoyColton
  6. Usage
    Quinn Hughes (MIN) played 34:13, +3:36 up on his 30:37 season average over 10 games.Hughes
  7. Usage
    Parker Kelly (COL) played 8:13, −3:14 down on his 11:27 season average over 12 games.Kelly
  8. Usage
    Jared Spurgeon (MIN) played 16:37, −4:50 down on his 21:27 season average over 10 games.Spurgeon

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 2.40 to 4.59 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 50 to 77, 0 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdMINCOLnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • MIN
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
MINCOLcontrol2nd3rd
  • 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 43% of the game, MIN 24%.

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, 15:25 at 11% xGF.

MIN ↓ · COL →NecasMacKinnonLandeskogNichushkinKadriO'ConnorKivirantaDruryKellyNelsonRoyColtonToewsMakarKulakBurnsMansonAhcanL1 KaprizovL1 HartmanL1 ZuccarelloL2 McCarronL2 TarasenkoL2 TreninL3 FolignoL3 FolignoL3 SturmL4 BoldyL4 YurovL4 JohanssonD1 HughesD1 FaberD2 SpurgeonD2 HuntD3 MiddletonD3 Bogosian
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
7743
3.681.70
3.421.58
1316
51
2018
+0.021−0.021
43%24%

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 →

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
Martin Necas CL1022+1120021:32——61
Nathan MacKinnon CL1101+1200020:48——64
Gabriel Landeskog LL1000+1231019:20——67
Valeri Nichushkin RL20000322019:09——57
Nazem Kadri CL21010530016:13——53
Logan O'Connor RL2000+1141014:23——59
Joel Kiviranta LL3000+113009:00——70
Jack Drury CL3011+102008:46——73
Parker Kelly CL3101+113028:13——73
Brock Nelson CL4101+2300017:00——71
Nicolas Roy CL40110210010:29——71
Ross Colton CL4101044028:39——71
Devon Toews DD1000+3102028:25——71
Cale Makar DD1000+1301026:09——66
Brett Kulak DD2000+1100021:42——72
Brent Burns DD2000+3222019:47——68
Josh Manson DD3000-1210414:39——63
Jack Ahcan DD3000-102307:07——29
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)W21192.90560:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kirill Kaprizov LL1000-2102024:27——35
Ryan Hartman RL1000-2302022:35——40
Mats Zuccarello RL1000-2211019:54——23
Michael McCarron CL20000243014:15——52
Vladimir Tarasenko RL20110112012:22——42
Yakov Trenin CL20000080212:22——50
Nick Foligno LL3000022009:13——55
Marcus Foligno LL3000002028:38——47
Nico Sturm CL3101032108:25——47
Matt Boldy LL4000-3120023:51——30
Danila Yurov RL4101-1211213:06——0
Marcus Johansson LL4000-1112012:40——5
Quinn Hughes DD1011-1202034:13——42
Brock Faber DD1011-1102029:19——47
Jared Spurgeon DD2000-1010016:37——14
Daemon Hunt DD2000-1014013:17——16
Jake Middleton DD3000-1020012:43——41
Zach Bogosian DD3000-101029:26——43
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)L32293.90658:30

Goal anatomy

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

Danila Yurov () · unassisted · Deflection · 76.1 mph shot.