Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 8, 2026

Final / SOSunday, Mar 8, 2026· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MIN	0	0	2	0	0	2		MIN	9	15	9	1	34
COL	0	1	1	0	1	3		COL	14	12	8	2	36

: MIN 65COL 80
: MIN 2.59COL 4.47
PP goals: MIN 1COL 0
Hits: MIN 25COL 20
Blocks: MIN 21COL 14
PIM: MIN 10COL 8
: MIN 56%COL 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Minnesota Wild 3–2 (SO)

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 3–2 in a shootout at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:26 together.

PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:26 together.Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Hughes Boldy
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–MacKinnon–Necas skated 11:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri MacKinnon Necas
Luck
COL scored 2 goals on 4.48 expected goals (80 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Jesper Wallstedt (MIN) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +7 against a season average of 29.1; the overtime loss.Wallstedt
New line
New look for COL: Roy–Kelly–Brindley skated 4:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Roy Kelly Brindley
Goalie
Scott Wedgewood (COL) faced 34 shots and stopped 32 (.941), +10 against a season average of 24.3; the win.Wedgewood
Usage
Brock Faber (MIN) played 28:14, +3:36 up on his 24:38 season average over 79 games.Faber
Usage
Nico Sturm (MIN) played 7:47, −3:13 down on his 11:00 season average over 48 games.Sturm

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 145 of 145 attempts · COL 80 · MIN 65

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 20% of the game, COL 48%.

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
	60	58
	1.94	2.82
	1.86	2.64
	8	14
	7	8
	10	19
	+0.013	−0.013
	20%	48%

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

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
11:2648% CF
L2Tarasenko – Trenin – Yurov
7:5250% CF
L3Eriksson Ek – Brink – Boldy
6:1964% CF
L4Foligno – McCarron – Sturm
3:2540% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
16:1554% CF
D2Spurgeon – Brodin
9:3342% CF
D3Bogosian – Middleton
9:1648% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
2:26100% CF
PP2Tarasenko – Hartman – Brink – Faber – Yurov
1:2950% CF
PK1FEriksson Ek – Boldy
3:49
PK2FMcCarron – Trenin
3:07
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
3:59
PK2DSpurgeon – Brodin
3:39

Current MIN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Kadri – MacKinnon – Necas
11:1064% CF
L2Nelson – Nichushkin – Colton
6:0350% CF
L3Roy – Kelly – Brindley
4:3650% CF
L4Drury – Kiviranta – Bardakov
2:4550% CF
D1Toews – Makar
12:1158% CF
D2Kulak – Malinski
10:0358% CF
D3Burns – Manson
7:5521% CF

PP1Kadri – Nelson – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
6:1994% CF
PP2Burns – Nichushkin – Toews – Colton – Brindley
2:4283% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
1:15
PK2FNelson – Kiviranta
1:08
PK1DBurns – Toews
1:25
PK2DManson – Kulak
0:50

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

12:19
COLNathan MacKinnon (Nazem Kadri)snap0.12 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Hartman, Kaprizov, Hughes, FaberCOL: Kadri, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, Makar
MIN 0 – 1 COL

3rd period

4:17
MINKirill KaprizovPP (Quinn Hughes, Joel Eriksson Ek)wrist0.05 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, BoldyCOL: Burns, Manson, Kelly, Drury
MIN 1 – 1 COL
7:01
MINNico SturmSH (Brock Faber)wrist0.25 xG
MIN: Foligno, Middleton, Sturm, FaberCOL: Burns, Nichushkin, Toews, Colton, Brindley
MIN 2 – 1 COL
12:39
COLNicolas Roy (Brett Kulak, Joel Kiviranta)tip-in0.08 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Hartman, Kaprizov, Hughes, FaberCOL: Kulak, Roy, Drury, Kiviranta, Malinski
MIN 2 – 2 COL

Decided in the shootout: MIN 2 – 3 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
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	0	1	-2	4	0.18	1	0	2	22:41	—	—	47	26
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.21	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	57	39
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	3	1	2	17:30	—	—	56	27
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	4	0	2	15:03	—	—	63	56
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	52	37
Danila Yurov R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	3	1	0	12:39	—	—	50	49
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	3	0	0	22:26	—	—	56	51
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	0	4	0	21:34	—	—	50	44
Bobby Brink R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	1	3	0	12:52	—	—	43	30
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	2	3	0	10:44	—	—	47	55
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:00	—	—	50	76
Nico Sturm C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.25	2	1	0	7:47	—	—	38	39
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	28:14	—	—	55	46
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.07	0	1	2	26:48	—	—	51	36
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	4	0	17:53	—	—	48	50
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	17:48	—	—	48	63
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	2	0	0	17:48	—	—	50	31
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	2	13:23	—	—	52	31

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)	O	36	34	2	.944	4.47	64:29

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.96	1	0	0	25:01	—	—	47	52
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	+1	9	0.82	0	0	2	22:29	—	—	70	70
Nazem Kadri C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.69	3	1	0	21:47	—	—	52	56
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	24:06	—	—	46	47
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	15:42	—	—	66	59
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	4	0	2	12:41	—	—	56	52
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	4	2	0	14:06	—	—	38	74
Nicolas Roy C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	0	0	2	12:16	—	—	44	53
Gavin Brindley C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	1	0	10:05	—	—	50	85
Jack Drury C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:58	—	—	24	54
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.41	2	1	0	13:11	—	—	50	59
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	6:12	—	—	25	83
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	0	0	25:43	—	—	51	55
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.19	1	1	0	25:00	—	—	56	63
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:04	—	—	62	67
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	55	68
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	5	0	18:41	—	—	21	4
Josh Manson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	14:14	—	—	43	74

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	2.59	63:56

Goal anatomy

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

Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 2nd 12:19 · assists Nazem Kadri · Rush · carried in · 51.9 mph shot · 5.0 s from entry to goal.

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 12:19 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.9 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

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Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 4:17 · MIN PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 35.2 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nico Sturm · 3rd 7:01 · MIN SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.0 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Nicolas Roy · 3rd 12:39 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 50.9 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: deflection, rebound

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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.