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Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche

2nd Round, Game 1 · May 3, 2026 · Ball Arena

Team Goals Shots
Minnesota Wild 6 36
Colorado Avalanche 9 43

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
11:12 COL Sam Malinski (1) Martin Necas (3), Devon Toews (3) 0 - 1
12:04 COL Jack Drury (1) Logan O'Connor (1) 0 - 2
13:13 COL Artturi Lehkonen (3) PP Nathan MacKinnon (3), Martin Necas (4) 0 - 3
15:02 MIN Marcus Johansson (2) Unassisted 1 - 3
16:04 MIN Ryan Hartman (2) Quinn Hughes (7), Kirill Kaprizov (8) 2 - 3
2nd Period
04:16 COL Nick Blankenburg (1) Valeri Nichushkin (1), Cale Makar (1) 2 - 4
06:45 MIN Vladimir Tarasenko (2) Yakov Trenin (2), Michael McCarron (1) 3 - 4
12:43 MIN Quinn Hughes (3) Danila Yurov (1) 4 - 4
16:55 MIN Marcus Foligno (2) SH Unassisted 5 - 4
18:04 COL Devon Toews (2) Valeri Nichushkin (2), Sam Malinski (2) 5 - 5
3rd Period
03:21 COL Cale Makar (3) Nathan MacKinnon (4), Gabriel Landeskog (3) 5 - 6
05:43 COL Nazem Kadri (1) Ross Colton (1), Devon Toews (4) 5 - 7
16:01 MIN Mats Zuccarello (2) Matt Boldy (4), Quinn Hughes (8) 6 - 7
17:06 COL Cale Makar (4) Devon Toews (5), Martin Necas (5) 6 - 8
17:52 COL Nathan MacKinnon (3) Artturi Lehkonen (3) 6 - 9

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:14 COL Nazem Kadri Holding 2
12:24 MIN Brock Faber Roughing 2
12:24 MIN Brock Faber Cross checking 2
12:24 COL Gabriel Landeskog Roughing 2
2nd Period
00:21 COL Artturi Lehkonen Hooking 2
16:01 MIN Brock Faber Hooking 2
3rd Period
08:53 COL Gabriel Landeskog Closing hand on puck 2
10:53 COL Cale Makar Roughing 2
10:53 MIN Ryan Hartman Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild 60 49 36 6 3.0 44.3
Colorado Avalanche 70 56 43 9 4.5 55.7

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdColorado Avalanche aheadMinnesota Wild ahead

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: 3.0 expected, 6 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 4.5 expected, 9 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndMIN goal, 15:02 of 1st, a 16% chanceMIN goal, 16:04 of 1st, a 22% chanceMIN goal, 6:45 of 2nd, a 13% chanceMIN goal, 12:43 of 2nd, a 3% chanceMIN goal, 16:55 of 2nd, a 25% chanceMIN goal, 16:01 of 3rd, a 6% chanceCOL goal, 11:12 of 1st, a 3% chanceCOL goal, 12:04 of 1st, a 11% chanceCOL goal, 13:13 of 1st, a 33% chanceCOL goal, 4:16 of 2nd, a 18% chanceCOL goal, 18:04 of 2nd, a 2% chanceCOL goal, 3:21 of 3rd, a 5% chanceCOL goal, 5:43 of 3rd, a 5% chanceCOL goal, 17:06 of 3rd, a 3% chanceCOL goal, 17:52 of 3rd, a 41% chanceCOL 4.5MIN 3.0

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mats Zuccarello · Ryan Hartman · Kirill Kaprizov9:3955.662.21-2
Vladimir Tarasenko · Michael McCarron · Yakov Trenin9:1752.645.71-1
Nick Foligno · Marcus Foligno · Nico Sturm7:5620.020.20-2
Marcus Johansson · Matt Boldy · Danila Yurov7:4242.927.61-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Quinn Hughes · Brock Faber19:5659.662.14-3
Zach Bogosian · Daemon Hunt12:3030.010.60-0
Jared Spurgeon · Jake Middleton12:0434.529.50-3

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
43 Quinn Hughes D 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 28:57 0.03 30-20 1.59-0.94
17 Marcus Foligno L 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 10:38 0.52 6-20 0.33-1.39
36 Mats Zuccarello R 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 19:45 0.31 19-15 1.13-0.72
38 Ryan Hartman R 1 0 1 -2 2 7 2 16:00 0.85 20-23 1.29-1.22
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 13:35 0.16 9-19 0.33-1.09
91 Vladimir Tarasenko R 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 16:25 0.26 14-15 0.44-0.73
12 Matt Boldy L 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 20:27 0.25 17-15 0.65-0.67
13 Yakov Trenin C 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 11:40 0.02 12-13 0.30-0.64
22 Danila Yurov R 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 11:10 9-10 0.24-0.57
47 Michael McCarron C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 14:22 0.03 13-11 0.44-0.37
97 Kirill Kaprizov L 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 21:46 0.28 22-14 1.39-0.63
7 Brock Faber D 0 0 0 -1 6 5 0 25:31 0.09 29-22 1.41-1.08
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:02 10-22 0.29-1.12
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 18:11 0.02 13-22 0.72-1.35
48 Daemon Hunt D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:14 0.06 9-21 0.13-1.10
55 Jake Middleton D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 16:42 0.02 11-22 0.67-1.44
71 Nick Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:03 0.02 7-17 0.36-1.14
78 Nico Sturm C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 11:15 0.03 5-19 0.30-1.32
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Jesper Wallstedt L 42 34 8 59:28 3.71 -4.29

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas13:0155.665.52-0
Parker Kelly · Jack Drury · Logan O'Connor9:2668.877.31-1
Brock Nelson · Gabriel Landeskog · Valeri Nichushkin8:2477.853.41-1
Nazem Kadri · Nicolas Roy · Ross Colton8:1945.042.90-3
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar10:2350.056.42-1
Brett Kulak · Sam Malinski9:5742.927.61-0
Brent Burns · Brett Kulak7:3975.062.50-0

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
7 Devon Toews D 1 3 4 4 0 1 0 27:35 0.02 30-28 2.03-0.95
8 Cale Makar D 2 1 3 2 2 3 0 17:11 0.12 19-20 1.10-1.04
29 Nathan MacKinnon C 1 2 3 3 0 4 1 19:06 0.14 19-22 0.96-0.92
88 Martin Necas C 0 3 3 3 0 3 2 18:38 0.12 20-21 1.09-0.93
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 1 1 2 4 2 3 3 19:20 0.75 20-13 1.32-0.44
70 Sam Malinski D 1 1 2 3 0 2 3 20:15 0.21 18-16 1.14-0.58
43 Valeri Nichushkin R 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 15:24 0.28 17-11 0.79-0.77
18 Jack Drury C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 12:28 0.11 14-9 0.77-0.38
37 Nick Blankenburg D 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 10:06 0.19 16-7 0.76-0.51
91 Nazem Kadri C 1 0 1 -3 2 8 1 13:51 0.66 14-15 0.88-0.59
25 Logan O'Connor R 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 13:08 0.71 15-6 1.03-0.21
79 Ross Colton C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 10:23 0.02 13-12 0.71-0.51
92 Gabriel Landeskog L 0 1 1 0 4 1 3 13:00 0.06 18-12 0.74-0.77
10 Nicolas Roy C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 10:05 11-14 0.57-0.57
11 Brock Nelson C 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 17:16 0.45 18-11 0.91-0.77
17 Parker Kelly C 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 13:04 0.16 14-7 0.79-0.37
27 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:01 0.03 24-17 0.86-1.07
84 Brent Burns D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 18:09 0.01 20-14 1.06-0.65
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Scott Wedgewood W 36 30 6 60:00 2.72 -3.28