Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 26, 2026

FinalThursday, Feb 26, 2026· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	2	3	5		MIN	10	17	9	36
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	13	14	20	47

: MIN 64COL 82
: MIN 5.18COL 3.25
PP goals: MIN 2COL 0
Hits: MIN 24COL 24
Blocks: MIN 13COL 12
PIM: MIN 6COL 12
: MIN 35%COL 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2 at COL. Matt Boldy (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 2A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 2 power-play goals on 20 attempts in 6:37 together.

Points
Matt Boldy had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 10 shots in 22:42.Boldy
Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:12.Eriksson Ek
Points
Martin Necas had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 24:21.Necas
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:04.Kaprizov
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 8 shots in 23:21.MacKinnon
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 2 power-play goals on 20 attempts in 6:37 together.Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Hughes Boldy
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 45 shots and stopped 44 (.978), +17 against a season average of 27.5; the win.Gustavsson
New line
New look for COL: Landeskog–MacKinnon–Necas skated 13:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Landeskog MacKinnon Necas

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →

COL
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 146 of 146 attempts · COL 82 · MIN 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

COL pressure
MIN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 37% of the game, COL 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

MIN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

COL 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
Stat	MIN	COL
	44	78
	2.22	2.85
	2.11	2.73
	10	16
	4	8
	20	20
	−0.125	+0.125
	37%	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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
9:4946% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
9:0548% CF
L3Tarasenko – Trenin – Yurov
8:1129% CF
L4Foligno – Hinostroza – Sturm
5:2128% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
16:5336% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
11:1233% CF
D3Bogosian – Hunt
6:5925% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
6:3791% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – Hartman – Faber
1:1250% CF
PK1FEriksson Ek – Boldy
1:18
PK2FJohansson – Trenin
0:41
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
2:22
PK2DBogosian – Spurgeon
1:29

Current MIN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas
13:4271% CF
L2Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
6:1672% CF
L3Olofsson – Colton – Drury
3:5167% CF
L4Kelly – Kiviranta – Brindley
2:0125% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:2472% CF
D2Kulak – Malinski
11:3368% CF
D3Burns – Manson
11:0541% CF

PP1Nelson – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
3:1288% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Toews – Olofsson – Brindley
0:52100% CF
PK1FNelson – Nichushkin
2:56
PK2FKelly – Drury
1:04
PK1DToews – Makar
1:48
PK2DBurns – Manson
1:18

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:48
MINJoel Eriksson EkPP (Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov)snap0.38 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, BoldyCOL: Burns, Kulak, Kelly, Drury
MIN 1 – 0 COL
13:30
COLMartin Necas (Nathan MacKinnon, Josh Manson)wrist0.02 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Tarasenko, Eriksson Ek, Trenin, HuntCOL: Manson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas, Makar
MIN 1 – 1 COL
17:37
MINJoel Eriksson EkPP (Matt Boldy, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.09 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, BoldyCOL: Landeskog, Kulak, Makar, Kelly
MIN 2 – 1 COL

3rd period

15:08
MINMats Zuccarello (Ryan Hartman, Kirill Kaprizov)wrist0.07 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Hartman, Kaprizov, Hughes, FaberCOL: Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Toews, Kelly, Malinski
MIN 3 – 1 COL
16:38
MINMatt BoldyENwrist0.27 xG
MIN: Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Boldy, FaberCOL: Nelson, Landeskog, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas, Makar
MIN 4 – 1 COL
19:03
COLMartin Necas (Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog)snap0.14 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Tarasenko, Eriksson Ek, Hunt, YurovCOL: Nelson, Landeskog, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas, Makar
MIN 4 – 2 COL
19:28
MINMatt BoldyEN (Brock Faber, Jake Middleton)wrist0.60 xG
MIN: Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, FaberCOL: Nelson, Landeskog, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas, Makar
MIN 5 – 2 COL

Box score

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

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Boldy L	L1	2	2	4	+2	10	1.58	0	0	0	22:42	—	—	50	48
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	2	0	2	0	5	0.59	0	0	0	21:12	—	—	44	46
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	1	0	15:53	—	—	39	46
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	0	2	2	+2	3	1.06	2	0	0	21:04	—	—	48	60
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	2	0	0	18:32	—	—	42	62
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	2	0	15:02	—	—	46	63
Danila Yurov R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:51	—	—	24	27
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	7	0	0	13:45	—	—	23	27
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	28	35
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	9:55	—	—	24	24
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	1	0	2	9:04	—	—	24	23
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	0	0	6:20	—	—	25	23
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.52	0	1	0	26:12	—	—	40	33
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	+3	4	0.07	0	1	0	25:44	—	—	39	47
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:58	—	—	37	65
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:17	—	—	36	41
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	4	2	0	15:14	—	—	30	39
Daemon Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	2	9:07	—	—	30	35

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	45	44	1	.978	2.97	58:49
Jesper Wallstedt	—	2	1	1	.500	0.28	1:04

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	2	0	2	0	7	0.79	3	0	0	24:21	—	—	72	67
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	0	8	0.56	0	0	0	23:21	—	—	72	50
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	4	0	4	21:44	—	—	64	58
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.38	0	0	0	21:20	—	—	61	44
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	2	1	2	15:31	—	—	69	53
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	58	40
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	1	0	13:08	—	—	65	78
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	4	0	0	10:50	—	—	68	71
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:05	—	—	60	84
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	2	0	13:24	—	—	42	59
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	6:52	—	—	50	75
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:12	—	—	50	86
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	2	26:45	—	—	74	63
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	0	0	0	25:23	—	—	71	63
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	16:33	—	—	68	37
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	72	49
Josh Manson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	2	2	2	15:55	—	—	47	62
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	0	5	2	14:39	—	—	47	67

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	4.03	56:59

Goal anatomy

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

Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN PP) 2nd 17:37 · assists Matt Boldy, Quinn Hughes · Cycle · 27.6 mph shot.

Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 17:37 · MIN PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 27.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Mats Zuccarello · 3rd 15:08 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 7:48 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 1
Shot: 15.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s
Type: deflection

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Martin Necas · 2nd 13:30 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 80.7 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Matt Boldy · 3rd 16:38 · MIN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.1 mph
Distance: 113 ft

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Martin Necas · 3rd 19:03 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 56.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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Matt Boldy · 3rd 19:28 · MIN EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 56.8 mph
Distance: 56 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.