Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheMay 5, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	0	1	2		MIN	10	10	11	31
COL	2	1	2	5		COL	7	9	7	23

: MIN 67COL 51
: MIN 3.12COL 2.82
PP goals: MIN 0COL 2
Hits: MIN 31COL 28
Blocks: MIN 13COL 11
PIM: MIN 10COL 4
: MIN 37%COL 63%

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 home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 14 attempts in 5:42 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 22:06.MacKinnon
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:54.Landeskog
Points
Martin Necas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:02.Necas
Points
Brett Kulak had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:04.Kulak
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 14 attempts in 5:42 together.Kadri Landeskog MacKinnon Necas Makar
Luck
COL scored 5 goals on 2.82 expected goals (51 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Marcus Johansson (MIN) played 12:20, −3:03 down on his 15:23 season average over 10 games.Johansson
Usage
Matt Boldy (MIN) played 19:53, −4:05 down on his 23:58 season average over 10 games.Boldy

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 118 of 118 attempts · COL 51 · MIN 67

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 40% of the game, COL 27%.

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
	50	40
	1.97	1.13
	1.95	1.13
	8	6
	10	5
	19	17
	−0.093	+0.093
	40%	27%

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
11:2145% CF
L2Tarasenko – McCarron – Trenin
8:5855% CF
L3Johansson – Boldy – Yurov
7:1967% CF
L4Foligno – Foligno – Sturm
5:5840% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
18:0838% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
12:5147% CF
D3Petry – Hunt
7:3769% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
2:3792% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – McCarron – Faber
0:44100% CF
PK1FFoligno – McCarron
1:53
PK2FFoligno – Sturm
1:06
PK1DHunt – Faber
3:43
PK2DSpurgeon – Middleton
1:46

Current MIN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
9:4268% CF
L2Nelson – Landeskog – Nichushkin
9:3527% CF
L3Kadri – Roy – Colton
6:3333% CF
L4Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
5:5971% CF
D1Toews – Makar
10:2167% CF
D2Kulak – Malinski
8:5636% CF
D3Burns – Blankenburg
4:4567% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
5:4288% CF
PP2Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Toews – Malinski
1:48100% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
1:26
PK2FLehkonen – Nichushkin
0:39
PK1DBurns – Toews
1:52
PK2DKulak – Malinski
0:39

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	-1	4	0.43	3	1	2	23:12	—	—	52	65
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.17	1	0	2	19:04	—	—	48	62
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.81	2	1	2	18:21	—	—	52	63
Michael McCarron C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	2	0	15:48	—	—	54	58
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	2	12:57	—	—	57	41
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	2	11:25	—	—	54	56
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.52	2	0	0	19:53	—	—	67	65
Marcus Johansson L	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.39	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	69	69
Danila Yurov R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	10:04	—	—	71	71
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:43	—	—	57	76
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	12:24	—	—	50	41
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:42	—	—	50	71
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	4	0	28:31	—	—	47	67
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	28:07	—	—	48	62
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	1	0	19:56	—	—	52	53
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	18:09	—	—	58	66
Daemon Hunt D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:04	—	—	72	68
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	9:28	—	—	70	66

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	2.46	57:08

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	2	3	0	5	0.56	2	0	0	22:06	—	—	55	48
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.20	2	1	0	19:29	—	—	50	38
Martin Necas C	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	59	60
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.53	4	0	0	19:54	—	—	27	19
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	2	0	4	18:42	—	—	26	35
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.35	2	1	0	17:56	—	—	29	12
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.33	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	40	40
Nicolas Roy C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	1	0	0	9:37	—	—	29	37
Ross Colton C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	9:29	—	—	35	62
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	0	0	10:05	—	—	64	23
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	0	10:02	—	—	54	30
Jack Drury C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	9:57	—	—	55	25
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	24:06	—	—	47	59
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	2	0	23:26	—	—	57	41
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	21:04	—	—	37	32
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	2	0	20:57	—	—	22	22
Brent Burns D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	17:36	—	—	50	28
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	7:08	—	—	60	54

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	3.12	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Martin Necas (COL) 1st 2:51 · assists Nathan MacKinnon, Brett Kulak · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 29.0 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Martin Necas · 1st 2:51 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 29.0 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Kirill Kaprizov · 1st 2:57 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 51.4 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Gabriel Landeskog · 1st 8:24 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Nicolas Roy · 2nd 1:24 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.2 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 19:55 · COL EN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.6 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: deflection

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 13:18 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 65.4 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Type: one-timer

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Marcus Johansson · 3rd 14:33 · MIN

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.4 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: 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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheMay 5, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Martin Necas · 1st 2:51 · COL

Kirill Kaprizov · 1st 2:57 · MIN

Gabriel Landeskog · 1st 8:24 · COL PP

Nicolas Roy · 2nd 1:24 · COL

Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 19:55 · COL EN

Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 13:18 · COL PP

Marcus Johansson · 3rd 14:33 · MIN