National Hockey League

FINAL
Minnesota Wild 6
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Colorado Avalanche 2
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Match Report

Sturm scores twice, Wild beat Avs 6-2 for 4th straight win

— Nico Sturm led a balanced Minnesota scoring attack with two goals, Kaapo Kahkonen was sharp in making 30 saves and the Wild earned their fourth straight win by beating the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 on Wednesday night.

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Team Stats

MIN COL
22
Blocked Shots
7
10
Hits
13
7
Takeaways
3
25
Shots
31
0
Power Play Goals
1
2
Power Play Opportunities
4
0.0
Power Play Percentage
25.0
1
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
29
Faceoffs Won
30
49.2
Faceoff Win Percent
50.8
2
Giveaways
6
4
Total Penalties
2
8
Penalty Minutes
4

Top Performers

MIN

  • Kaapo Kahkonen G GA 2 · SA 32 · SOS 0
  • Zach Parise LW BS 2 · HT 0 · TK 0
  • Ryan Hartman RW BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 1
  • Joel Eriksson Ek C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 1

COL

  • Philipp Grubauer G GA 5 · SA 24 · SOS 0
  • Nathan MacKinnon C BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0
  • J.T. Compher LW BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0
  • Nazem Kadri C BS 2 · HT 0 · TK 0

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2

Injuries

Colorado Avalanche

  • Zachary L'Heureux Injured Reserve

Minnesota Wild

  • Jared Spurgeon Day-To-Day
  • Filip Gustavsson Injured Reserve
  • Marcus Foligno Injured Reserve
  • Nick Foligno Injured Reserve
  • Brock Faber Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Goal 17:32 6-2
    Nico Sturm 3rd
  2. Missed 15:47 5-2
    Nazem Kadri 3rd
  3. Missed 15:09 5-2
    Mikko Rantanen 3rd
  4. Goal 12:59 5-2
    Nico Sturm 3rd
  5. Goal 11:56 4-2
    Ryan Hartman 3rd
  6. Missed 9:18 3-2
    Nathan MacKinnon 3rd
  7. Missed 3:28 3-2
    Devon Toews 3rd
  8. Goal 3:00 3-2
    Nazem Kadri 3rd
  9. Penalty 1:57 3-1
    Ian Cole 3rd
  10. Missed 19:38 3-1
    Nico Sturm 2nd
  11. Missed 19:31 3-1
    Ryan Hartman 2nd
  12. Missed 16:59 3-1
    Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 2nd
  13. Missed 16:25 3-1
    Victor Rask 2nd
  14. Goal 15:11 3-1
    Marcus Foligno 2nd
  15. Missed 14:27 2-1
    Kirill Kaprizov 2nd
  16. Penalty 13:18 2-1
    Ryan Suter 2nd
  17. Penalty 12:59 2-1
    Bowen Byram 2nd
  18. Goal 12:31 2-1
    Zach Parise 2nd
  19. Goal 7:21 1-1
    J.T. Compher 2nd
  20. Missed 5:13 1-0
    Mikko Rantanen 2nd
  21. Penalty 4:44 1-0
    Mats Zuccarello 2nd
  22. Missed 4:21 1-0
    Carson Soucy 2nd
  23. Missed 3:58 1-0
    Ryan Graves 2nd
  24. Missed 2:17 1-0
    Gabriel Landeskog 2nd
  25. Penalty 1:19 1-0
    Jordan Greenway 2nd
  26. Missed 17:41 1-0
    Devon Toews 1st
  27. Missed 17:18 1-0
    Victor Rask 1st
  28. Missed 16:47 1-0
    Nazem Kadri 1st
  29. Missed 15:49 1-0
    Carson Soucy 1st
  30. Missed 12:13 1-0
    Marcus Foligno 1st
  31. Missed 11:41 1-0
    Nazem Kadri 1st
  32. Missed 11:26 1-0
    Valeri Nichushkin 1st
  33. Goal 9:44 1-0
    Mats Zuccarello 1st
  34. Missed 8:21 0-0
    Matt Dumba 1st
  35. Penalty 7:01 0-0
    Mikko Rantanen 1st
  36. Missed 6:43 0-0
    Kirill Kaprizov 1st
  37. Missed 4:48 0-0
    Ryan Graves 1st
  38. Missed 3:14 0-0
    Jordan Greenway 1st
  39. Missed 1:53 0-0
    Ryan Graves 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 6-2
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 6-2
    3rd
  3. Face Off 17:36 6-2
    Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 3rd
  4. Stoppage 17:36 6-2
    3rd
  5. Face Off 17:32 6-2
    Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 3rd
  6. Goal 17:32 6-2
    Nico Sturm 3rd
  7. Giveaway 17:31 5-2
    Gabriel Landeskog 3rd
  8. Blocked 17:16 5-2
    Jared Spurgeon 3rd
  9. Blocked 16:52 5-2
    Nathan MacKinnon 3rd
  10. Blocked 16:45 5-2
    Cale Makar 3rd
  11. Face Off 16:35 5-2
    Nazem Kadri 3rd
  12. Stoppage 16:35 5-2
    3rd
  13. Shot 16:34 5-2
    Nathan MacKinnon 3rd
  14. Face Off 16:28 5-2
    Nazem Kadri 3rd
  15. Stoppage 16:28 5-2
    3rd
  16. Shot 16:28 5-2
    Samuel Girard 3rd
  17. Shot 15:50 5-2
    Samuel Girard 3rd
  18. Missed 15:47 5-2
    Nazem Kadri 3rd
  19. Missed 15:09 5-2
    Mikko Rantanen 3rd
  20. Blocked 14:49 5-2
    Nathan MacKinnon 3rd
  21. Blocked 14:09 5-2
    Ryan Suter 3rd
  22. Blocked 13:39 5-2
    Kevin Fiala 3rd
  23. Face Off 12:59 5-2
    Nick Bonino 3rd
  24. Goal 12:59 5-2
    Nico Sturm 3rd
  25. Takeaway 12:54 4-2
    Nick Bonino 3rd
  26. Shot 12:32 4-2
    Marcus Foligno 3rd
  27. Face Off 11:56 4-2
    Nazem Kadri 3rd
  28. Goal 11:56 4-2
    Ryan Hartman 3rd
  29. Shot 11:43 3-2
    Gabriel Landeskog 3rd
  30. Shot 11:41 3-2
    Samuel Girard 3rd
  31. Face Off 10:58 3-2
    J.T. Compher 3rd
  32. Stoppage 10:58 3-2
    3rd
  33. Blocked 10:58 3-2
    Cale Makar 3rd
  34. Hit 10:48 3-2
    Joel Eriksson Ek 3rd
  35. Hit 10:38 3-2
    Ryan Graves 3rd
  36. Hit 10:38 3-2
    Ryan Graves 3rd
  37. Giveaway 10:30 3-2
    Kevin Fiala 3rd
  38. Face Off 10:13 3-2
    J.T. Compher 3rd
  39. Stoppage 10:13 3-2
    3rd
  40. Shot 10:12 3-2
    Joel Eriksson Ek 3rd

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