Wild 6 - 9 Avalanche — Recap

Sun, May 3, 2026

01:00 AM

FinalPlayoffs

Ball Arena

MIN

6–9

COL

L OL OW W W

W L OL OW W W

L L L W W L OL OW W W

W W OW W W

W W OW W W W

W W OW W W W OW OL W W

Retroactive prediction

Correct winner predicted

MIN 31%69% COL

Probable score

2 - 4

Regulation win (home)

64%

OT / shootout probability

15%

Elo home / away

1615 / 1544

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

Nathan MacKinnon0.64 goal · 47%1

Martin Necas0.48 goal · 38%0

Kirill Kaprizov0.43 goal · 35%0

Gabriel Landeskog0.34 goal · 29%0

Matt Boldy0.28 goal · 25%0

Nazem Kadri0.28 goal · 24%1

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

Nathan MacKinnon0.64 goal · 47%1

Martin Necas0.48 goal · 38%0

Kirill Kaprizov0.43 goal · 35%0

Gabriel Landeskog0.34 goal · 29%0

Matt Boldy0.28 goal · 25%0

Nazem Kadri0.28 goal · 24%1

Likely assists

5/6 correct

Cale Makar0.52 assist · 40%1

Nathan MacKinnon0.49 assist · 39%2

Martin Necas0.45 assist · 36%3

Quinn Hughes0.31 assist · 27%2

Mats Zuccarello0.31 assist · 27%0

Valeri Nichushkin0.27 assist · 23%2

Likely point getters

6/6 correct

Nathan MacKinnon1.13 point · 68%3

Martin Necas0.94 point · 61%3

Cale Makar0.74 point · 52%3

Kirill Kaprizov0.61 point · 46%1

Valeri Nichushkin0.54 point · 42%2

Gabriel Landeskog0.53 point · 41%1

Tonight's matchup

Kirill Kaprizov

MIN · L · 78 GP

vs

Nathan MacKinnon

COL · C · 80 GP

MIN	Stat	COL
45	G	53
44	A	74
89	PTS	127
16.7%	S%	15.1%
22.1	TOI	22.3

MIN 4 – 6 COL · goal diff (home) 1.20

Mar 8MIN2–3COLSO2025-26 Feb 26MIN5–2COL2025-26 Dec 21COL5–1MIN2025-26 Nov 28COL2–3MINSO2025-26 Mar 11COL1–2MINSO2024-25 Feb 28MIN2–5COL2024-25 Jan 20MIN3–1COL2024-25 Jan 9COL6–1MIN2024-25

Result

Three stars

1

C. Makar

D · COL

2G · 1A · 3P

2

D. Toews

D · COL

1G · 3A · 4P

3

M. Necas

C · COL

0G · 3A · 3P

Scoring summary

1st period

11:12
COLS. Malinski(1)
M. Necas (3), D. Toews (3)
MIN 0–1 COL
12:04
COLJ. Drury(1)
L. O'Connor (1)
MIN 0–2 COL
13:13
COLA. Lehkonen(3)PP
N. MacKinnon (3), M. Necas (4)
MIN 0–3 COL
15:02
MINM. Johansson(2)
MIN 1–3 COL
16:04
MINR. Hartman(2)
Q. Hughes (7), K. Kaprizov (8)
MIN 2–3 COL

2nd period

04:16
COLN. Blankenburg(1)
V. Nichushkin (1), C. Makar (1)
MIN 2–4 COL
06:45
MINV. Tarasenko(2)
Y. Trenin (2), M. McCarron (1)
MIN 3–4 COL
12:43
MINQ. Hughes(3)TYING
D. Yurov (1)
MIN 4–4 COL
16:55
MINM. Foligno(2)SH
MIN 5–4 COL
18:04
COLD. Toews(2)TYING
V. Nichushkin (2), S. Malinski (2)
MIN 5–5 COL

3rd period

03:21
COLC. Makar(3)
N. MacKinnon (4), G. Landeskog (3)
MIN 5–6 COL
05:43
COLN. Kadri(1)
R. Colton (1), D. Toews (4)
MIN 5–7 COL
16:01
MINM. Zuccarello(2)
M. Boldy (4), Q. Hughes (8)
MIN 6–7 COL
17:06
COLC. Makar(4)
D. Toews (5), M. Necas (5)
MIN 6–8 COL
17:52
COLN. MacKinnon(3)EN
A. Lehkonen (3)
MIN 6–9 COL

Team comparison

MIN	Stat	COL
36	Shots	43
—	Power play	1
24	Hits	26
12	Blocked shots	11
8	PIM	10

Actual result

Goal scorers(14)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(14)

Goal scorers(14)

Assists(16)

Points(24)