Minnesota Wild 6, Colorado Avalanche 9: final score and stats
Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild, Minnesota Wild 6 to Colorado Avalanche 9, on Sunday, May 3, 2026 at Ball Arena, Denver, CO. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild.
NHL · West 2nd Round - Game 1Sunday, May 3, 2026
DateMay 3, 2026
Start time9:00 PM ET
VenueBall Arena, Denver, CO
TVTNT/truTV/HBO Max
Attendance18,148
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Wild | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Minnesota WildColorado Avalanche
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
46-24-12Record55-16-11
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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:27 | 4:55 | 0:58 | 14:34 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Foligno | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:03 | 0:00 | 1:51 | 10:12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Foligno | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 | 0:00 | 0:16 | 10:22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 16:00 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 14:58 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 55.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Marcus Johansson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:35 | 1:08 | 0:00 | 12:27 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 21:46 | 5:12 | 0:00 | 16:34 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 14:22 | 0:00 | 1:36 | 12:46 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 72.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Sturm | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:15 | 0:00 | 0:57 | 10:18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 | 2:14 | 0:00 | 14:11 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yakov Trenin | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:40 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danila Yurov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mats Zuccarello | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:45 | 5:01 | 0:00 | 14:44 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 | 0:00 | 0:34 | 14:28 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Faber | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 25:31 | 4:07 | 0:00 | 21:24 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:57 | 5:08 | 0:00 | 23:49 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Daemon Hunt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 13:39 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Middleton | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 16:42 | 0:21 | 2:14 | 14:07 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 18:11 | 0:52 | 2:15 | 15:04 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Wallstedt | 8 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .810 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 59:28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Colton | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 10:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Drury | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 | 0:00 | 1:48 | 10:40 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nazem Kadri | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 13:51 | 1:43 | 0:00 | 12:08 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Parker Kelly | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 | 0:00 | 2:14 | 10:50 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Landeskog | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 | 0:54 | 0:00 | 12:06 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19:20 | 1:55 | 1:28 | 15:57 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19:06 | 1:43 | 0:00 | 17:23 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Necas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:38 | 1:43 | 0:00 | 16:55 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:16 | 1:06 | 2:47 | 13:23 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 29.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 | 1:06 | 2:14 | 12:04 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan O'Connor | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 | 0:00 | 1:31 | 11:37 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Roy | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 10:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:05 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Blankenburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 10:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:06 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Burns | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 18:09 | 0:00 | 3:12 | 14:57 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Kulak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25:01 | 0:00 | 2:12 | 22:49 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cale Makar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:11 | 0:54 | 2:17 | 14:00 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam Malinski | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20:15 | 1:06 | 0:27 | 18:42 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Toews | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27:35 | 1:55 | 3:50 | 21:50 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 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 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .833 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 2-2
Mar 8, 2026MIN 2, COL 3
Feb 26, 2026MIN 5, COL 2
Dec 21, 2025COL 5, MIN 1
Nov 28, 2025COL 2, MIN 3
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche?
Colorado Avalanche won, 9-6, on Sunday, May 3, 2026.
What was the final score of Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche?
Minnesota Wild 6, Colorado Avalanche 9.
Who were the top performers?
Minnesota Wild: Quinn Hughes (1 goals). Colorado Avalanche: Cale Makar (2 goals).
Where is Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche played?
Ball Arena, Denver, CO.
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