Minnesota Wild 2, Colorado Avalanche 3: final score and stats
Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild, Minnesota Wild 2 to Colorado Avalanche 3, on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at Ball Arena, Denver, CO. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild.
NHLSunday, March 8, 2026
DateMar 8, 2026
Start time2:00 PM ET
VenueBall Arena, Denver, CO
TVTNT/HBO Max/truTV
Attendance18,148
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Wild | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Minnesota WildColorado Avalanche
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
37-16-11Record43-10-9
1st in Central DivisionStanding2nd in Central Division
8-5Road record / home record7-3
WLWWWLast 5WWLLW
W1StreakW2
Team stats
Minnesota WildColorado Avalanche
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Minnesota Wild
Brock Faber D · Skull - Surgery
Injured ReserveFilip Gustavsson G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveColorado Avalanche
Josh Manson D · Ankle
Injured ReserveZachary L'Heureux LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Minnesota Wild Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Boldy | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22:26 | 3:36 | 4:01 | 14:49 | 21 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Brink | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:52 | 1:35 | 0:00 | 11:17 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:34 | 3:31 | 4:01 | 14:02 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Foligno | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9:00 | 0:00 | 2:30 | 6:30 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 17:30 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 15:57 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 22:41 | 3:34 | 0:00 | 19:07 | 24 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael McCarron | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 | 0:02 | 3:51 | 6:51 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Sturm | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7:47 | 0:01 | 2:07 | 5:39 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 13:05 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yakov Trenin | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15:03 | 0:00 | 3:26 | 11:37 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Danila Yurov | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 | 0:55 | 0:01 | 11:43 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mats Zuccarello | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:48 | 2:29 | 0:00 | 15:19 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Bogosian | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:23 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jonas Brodin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 | 0:02 | 4:50 | 13:01 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Faber | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 28:14 | 1:26 | 5:08 | 21:40 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 26:48 | 3:29 | 0:06 | 23:13 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Middleton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 | 0:00 | 5:12 | 12:36 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:48 | 0:48 | 4:47 | 12:13 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Wallstedt | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .944 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 64:29 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zakhar Bardakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Brindley | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:05 | 3:47 | 0:00 | 6:18 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Colton | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 12:41 | 2:55 | 0:00 | 9:46 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Drury | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:58 | 0:00 | 1:55 | 13:03 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nazem Kadri | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21:47 | 6:43 | 0:00 | 15:04 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Kelly | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 12:50 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Kiviranta | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:11 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 11:55 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:29 | 6:15 | 0:02 | 16:12 | 23 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Martin Necas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25:01 | 7:06 | 0:02 | 17:53 | 23 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Nelson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24:06 | 7:05 | 3:16 | 13:45 | 25 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:42 | 2:45 | 1:03 | 11:54 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nicolas Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:16 | 0:00 | 0:21 | 11:55 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Colorado Avalanche Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Burns | 5 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:41 | 2:54 | 2:52 | 12:55 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Kulak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:04 | 0:00 | 1:18 | 16:46 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cale Makar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:00 | 6:49 | 0:57 | 17:14 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Malinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 | 0:00 | 0:23 | 17:21 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Manson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:14 | 0:00 | 1:20 | 12:54 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Toews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25:43 | 3:41 | 3:24 | 18:38 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Wedgewood | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .941 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 63:56 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 2-2
Mar 8, 2026MIN 2, COL 3
Feb 26, 2026MIN 5, COL 2
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Nov 28, 2025COL 2, MIN 3
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche?
Colorado Avalanche won, 3-2, on Sunday, March 8, 2026.
What was the final score of Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche?
Minnesota Wild 2, Colorado Avalanche 3.
Who were the top performers?
Minnesota Wild: Nico Sturm (1 goals). Colorado Avalanche: Nathan MacKinnon (1 goals).
Where is Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche played?
Ball Arena, Denver, CO.
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