Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche, 2026-03-08

NHL · Mar 8, 2026

Minnesota Wild37-16-11

2–3

Final – SO

Colorado Avalanche43-10-9

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The Avalanche edged the Wild 3–2 in a shootout at Ball Arena. S. Wedgewood took first star.

Team	1	2	3	SO	T	SOG
Wild	0	0	2	0	2	34
Avalanche	0	1	1	1	3	36

★ Three Stars

1S. WedgewoodCOL

2J. WallstedtMIN

3N. MacKinnonCOL · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

2nd Period

12:19

Nathan MacKinnon (Nazem Kadri)

0-1

3rd Period

04:17

Kirill Kaprizov (Quinn Hughes, Joel Eriksson Ek)PP

1-1

07:01

Nico Sturm (Brock Faber)SH

2-1

12:39

Nicolas Roy (Brett Kulak, Joel Kiviranta)

2-2

Shootout

00:00

Nathan MacKinnon

2-3

Boxscore

Wild2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Kirill KaprizovL	1	0	1	-2	2	4	1	0	22:41
Nico SturmC	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	1	7:47
Joel Eriksson EkC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	21:34
Brock FaberD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1	28:14
Quinn HughesD	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	1	26:48
Matt BoldyL	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	22:26
Bobby BrinkR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	12:52
Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	-2	2	2	3	1	17:30
Michael McCarronC	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	10:44
Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	15:03
Danila YurovR	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	12:39
Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	17:53
Jacob MiddletonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	17:48
Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17:48
Nick FolignoL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	9:00
Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	13:23
Mats ZuccarelloR	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	17:48
Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	14:36

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jesper WallstedtStart	36	34	2	.944	64:29
Filip Gustavsson	0	0	0	-	0:00

Avalanche3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Nathan MacKinnonC	1	0	1	+1	2	9	0	0	22:29
Nicolas RoyC	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	12:16
Nazem KadriC	0	1	1	+1	0	5	3	1	21:47
Brett KulakD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	18:04
Joel KivirantaL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	1	13:11
Zakhar BardakovC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6:12
Parker KellyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	14:06
Martin NecasC	0	0	0	+1	0	6	1	0	25:01
Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24:06
Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	5	18:41
Cale MakarD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	25:00
Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	17:44
Josh MansonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	14:14
Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	25:43
Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	15:42
Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	4	0	12:41
Jack DruryC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	14:58
Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	10:05

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Scott WedgewoodStart	34	32	2	.941	63:56
Mackenzie Blackwood	0	0	0	-	0:00