Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche

Mar 8, 2026 · Ball Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	2	34
Colorado Avalanche	3	36

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
12:19	COL	Nathan MacKinnon (43)	Nazem Kadri (30)	0 - 1
3rd Period
04:17	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov (36) PP	Quinn Hughes (57), Joel Eriksson Ek (26)	1 - 1
07:01	MIN	Nico Sturm (4) SH	Brock Faber (28)	2 - 1
12:39	COL	Nicolas Roy (6)	Brett Kulak (10), Joel Kiviranta (6)	2 - 2
Shootout
	COL	Nathan MacKinnon	Shootout winner	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
01:20	MIN	Quinn Hughes	Cross checking	2
06:57	MIN	Zach Bogosian	Hooking	2
2nd Period
00:43	MIN	Ryan Hartman	High sticking	2
04:28	COL	Nicolas Roy	High sticking	2
3rd Period
04:13	COL	Ross Colton	Slashing	2
05:17	MIN	Yakov Trenin	Slashing	2
09:29	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov	Slashing	2
14:58	COL	Valeri Nichushkin	Slashing	2
Overtime
03:57	COL	Nathan MacKinnon	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	66	50	34	2	2.7	51.0
Colorado Avalanche	79	57	36	2	4.8	49.0

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 2.7 expected, 2 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 4.8 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Minnesota Wild

Colorado Avalanche

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mats Zuccarello · Ryan Hartman · Kirill Kaprizov	11:26	47.6	16.4	0-2
Vladimir Tarasenko · Yakov Trenin · Danila Yurov	7:52	43.8	34.1	0-0
Joel Eriksson Ek · Bobby Brink · Matt Boldy	6:19	63.6	88.6	0-0
Nick Foligno · Michael McCarron · Nico Sturm	3:25	40.0	63.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Quinn Hughes · Brock Faber	16:08	55.6	42.2	0-2
Jared Spurgeon · Jonas Brodin	9:32	42.1	56.0	0-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake Middleton	9:07	45.8	42.7	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
78	Nico Sturm	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	07:47	0.15	8-13	0.31-0.38
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	1	0	1	-2	2	4	1	22:41	0.21	15-15	0.43-1.27
7	Brock Faber	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	28:14	0.01	25-19	0.76-1.03
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	21:34	0.12	14-12	0.40-0.55
43	Quinn Hughes	D	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	26:48	0.07	24-21	0.73-1.43
10	Bobby Brink	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:52	0.36	9-12	0.20-0.36
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	22:26	0.39	16-11	0.52-0.55
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	15:03	0.09	14-10	0.44-0.34
22	Danila Yurov	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	12:39	0.28	13-15	0.45-0.57
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	13:23	0.03	14-15	0.48-0.79
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:53	0.02	13-14	0.52-0.58
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	17:48	0.20	17-13	0.73-1.13
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	-2	2	2	3	17:30	0.13	15-12	0.41-1.02
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:48	0.05	11-12	0.40-0.33
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	10:44	0.36	8-9	0.44-0.29
55	Jake Middleton	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17:48	0.04	14-16	0.49-0.70
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	09:00	0.08	6-6	0.43-0.12
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	14:36	0.13	14-15	0.33-0.69

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Jesper Wallstedt	OTL	36	34	2	64:29	4.60	+2.60

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nazem Kadri · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas	11:10	59.1	62.2	1-0
Brock Nelson · Valeri Nichushkin · Ross Colton	6:03	50.0	52.6	0-0
Nicolas Roy · Parker Kelly · Gavin Brindley	4:36	50.0	85.1	0-0
Jack Drury · Joel Kiviranta · Zakhar Bardakov	2:45	50.0	96.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar	12:11	54.2	65.4	1-0
Brett Kulak · Sam Malinski	10:02	58.3	66.2	1-0
Brent Burns · Josh Manson	7:53	26.3	5.2	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
10	Nicolas Roy	C	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	12:16	0.44	12-15	0.59-0.37
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	1	0	1	1	2	9	0	22:29	0.90	18-9	1.01-0.48
22	Joel Kiviranta	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	13:11	0.33	11-11	0.55-0.45
27	Brett Kulak	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	18:04		23-14	0.98-0.54
91	Nazem Kadri	C	0	1	1	1	0	5	3	21:47	0.77	13-14	0.78-0.64
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	25:43	0.15	17-18	1.27-0.94
8	Cale Makar	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25:00	0.18	17-15	1.12-0.54
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24:06	0.06	16-17	0.55-0.68
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14:06	0.17	11-18	0.63-0.18
18	Jack Drury	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	14:58		5-16	0.55-0.45
42	Josh Manson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14:14	0.05	14-16	0.74-0.39
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	15:42	0.02	19-10	0.65-0.50
54	Gavin Brindley	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	10:05	0.17	7-7	0.40-0.06
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	17:44	0.07	18-15	0.69-0.34
79	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	4	12:41	0.38	15-10	0.50-0.44
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	18:41	0.06	7-22	0.04-0.64
88	Martin Necas	C	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	25:01	0.96	15-17	0.78-0.77
93	Zakhar Bardakov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	06:12	0.07	2-6	0.26-0.06

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Scott Wedgewood	W	34	32	2	63:56	2.60	+0.60