Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

NHL

Wild

37-16-11, 85 PTS

2-3

Final/SO

Avalanche

43-10-9, 95 PTS

Ball Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

MIN shoots leftCOL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T
MIN	9	15	9	1	3	37
COL	14	12	8	2	4	40

In net

Jesper Wallstedt34/36 SV, .944

Scott Wedgewood32/34 SV, .941

Team	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
MIN	0	0	2	0	0	2
COL	0	1	1	0	1	3

Who won: Avalanche 3-2

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in a shootout on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at Ball Arena. The series is tied 2-2. Nathan MacKinnon led the Avalanche in goals (1). Nico Sturm led the Wild in goals (1).

MIN

COL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zakhar BardakovC	1	0	0	0	6:12	0:00	0:00	6:12	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Gavin BrindleyC	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
Ross ColtonC	0	4	0	-1	12:41	2:55	0:00	9:46	17	0	7	0	2	3	1	1	50.0	0	1	2
Jack DruryC	0	3	0	1	14:58	0:00	1:55	13:03	18	0	8	0	0	0	2	5	28.6	0	0	0
Nazem KadriC	1	3	1	1	21:47	6:43	0:00	15:04	23	0	12	1	5	3	2	2	50.0	0	0	0
Parker KellyC	2	4	0	0	14:06	0:00	1:16	12:50	18	0	15	0	0	3	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Joel KivirantaLW	1	2	0	1	13:11	0:00	1:16	11:55	19	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Nathan MacKinnonC	0	0	0	1	22:29	6:15	0:02	16:12	23	1	43	0	9	2	3	5	37.5	1	1	2
Martin NecasC	0	1	1	1	25:01	7:06	0:02	17:53	23	0	28	0	6	3	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Brock NelsonC	0	0	2	0	24:06	7:05	3:16	13:45	25	0	30	0	0	1	8	8	50.0	1	0	0
Valeri NichushkinRW	0	0	0	-1	15:42	2:45	1:03	11:54	23	0	13	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	1	12:16	0:00	0:21	11:55	17	1	6	0	3	1	5	6	45.5	0	1	2

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Brent BurnsD	5	0	0	-1	18:41	2:54	2:52	12:55	21	9	0	0	1	1
Brett KulakD	0	1	0	1	18:04	0:00	1:18	16:46	21	1	1	0	0	0
Cale MakarD	1	1	0	1	25:00	6:49	0:57	17:14	25	19	0	0	2	1
Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	1	17:44	0:00	0:23	17:21	20	3	0	2	0	0
Josh MansonD	2	1	0	0	14:14	0:00	1:20	12:54	18	5	0	1	0	0
Devon ToewsD	0	0	1	0	25:43	3:41	3:24	18:38	28	2	0	3	0	0