NHL · Feb 26, 2026

Minnesota Wild

5–2

Final

Colorado Avalanche

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The Wild beat the Avalanche 5–2 at Ball Arena. F. Gustavsson took first star.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Wild	0	2	3	5	36
Avalanche	0	1	1	2	47

★ Three Stars

1F. GustavssonMIN

2M. BoldyMIN · 2G 2A

3J. Eriksson EkMIN · 2G 0A

Scoring Summary

2nd Period

07:48

Joel Eriksson Ek (Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov)PP

1-0

13:30

Martin Necas (Nathan MacKinnon, Josh Manson)

1-1

17:37

Joel Eriksson Ek (Matt Boldy, Quinn Hughes)PP

2-1

3rd Period

15:08

Mats Zuccarello (Ryan Hartman, Kirill Kaprizov)

3-1

16:38

Matt BoldySH EN

4-1

19:03

Martin Necas (Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog)

4-2

19:28

Matt Boldy (Brock Faber, Jake Middleton)EN

5-2

Boxscore

Wild5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Matt BoldyL	2	2	4	+2	0	10	0	0	22:42
Joel Eriksson EkC	2	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	21:12
Kirill KaprizovL	0	2	2	+2	0	3	2	0	21:04
Mats ZuccarelloR	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	18:32
Ryan HartmanR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2	15:02
Brock FaberD	0	1	1	+3	0	4	0	1	25:44
Quinn HughesD	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1	26:12
Jake MiddletonD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	1	18:58
Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	9:55
Nico SturmC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	9:04
Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	7	0	13:45
Danila YurovR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	13:51
Daemon HuntD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	1	9:07
Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18:17
Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	2	15:14
Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:53
Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	13:15
Vinnie HinostrozaC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	6:20

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Filip GustavssonStart	45	44	1	.978	58:49
Jesper Wallstedt	2	1	1	.500	1:04

Avalanche2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Martin NecasC	2	0	2	0	0	7	3	0	24:21
Nathan MacKinnonC	0	2	2	0	0	8	0	0	23:21
Gabriel LandeskogL	0	1	1	0	4	2	4	0	21:44
Josh MansonD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	2	2	15:55
Parker KellyC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	2	13:24
Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	15:06
Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	21:20
Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	5	14:39
Brett KulakD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	16:33
Cale MakarD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	26:45
Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	14:31
Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	25:23
Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	1	15:31
Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	10:50
Jack DruryC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	13:08
Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8:05
Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5:12
Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6:52

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Mackenzie BlackwoodStart	34	31	3	.912	56:59
Scott Wedgewood	0	0	0	-	0:00