Wild 2 - 5 Avalanche — Recap

Tue, May 5, 2026

12:00 AM

FinalPlayoffs

Ball Arena

MIN

2–5

COL

OL OW W W L

L OL OW W W L

L L W W L OL OW W W L

W W W OW W

W W W OW W W

W W W OW W W W OW OL W

Retroactive prediction

Correct winner predicted

MIN 29%71% COL

Probable score

2 - 4

Regulation win (home)

70%

OT / shootout probability

12%

Elo home / away

1618 / 1542

Likely goal scorers

5/6 correct

0.80 goal · 55%1

0.60 goal · 45%1

0.50 goal · 39%1

0.42 goal · 34%1

0.35 goal · 29%0

0.34 goal · 29%1

Likely goal scorers

5/6 correct

0.80 goal · 55%1

0.60 goal · 45%1

0.50 goal · 39%1

0.42 goal · 34%1

0.35 goal · 29%0

0.34 goal · 29%1

Likely assists

3/6 correct

0.64 assist · 47%0

0.61 assist · 46%2

0.57 assist · 43%1

0.36 assist · 31%0

0.36 assist · 31%1

0.33 assist · 28%0

Likely point getters

5/6 correct

1.41 point · 76%3

1.17 point · 69%2

0.93 point · 60%0

0.71 point · 51%1

0.68 point · 49%1

0.66 point · 48%2

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

May 3MIN6–9COL2025-26 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

Result

Three stars

1

N. MacKinnon

C · COL

1G · 2A · 3P

2

S. Wedgewood

G · COL

0G · 0A · 0P

3

G. Landeskog

L · COL

1G · 1A · 2P

Scoring summary

1st period

02:51
COLM. Necas(1)
N. MacKinnon (5), B. Kulak (2)
MIN 0–1 COL
02:57
MINK. Kaprizov(3)TYING
R. Hartman (4), M. Zuccarello (5)
MIN 1–1 COL
08:24
COLG. Landeskog(3)PP
N. MacKinnon (6), M. Necas (6)
MIN 1–2 COL

2nd period

01:24
COLN. Roy(3)
R. Colton (2), B. Nelson (1)
MIN 1–3 COL

3rd period

13:18
COLN. MacKinnon(4)PP
N. Kadri (3), G. Landeskog (4)
MIN 1–4 COL
14:33
MINM. Johansson(3)
D. Yurov (2), D. Hunt (1)
MIN 2–4 COL
19:55
COLV. Nichushkin(1)EN
B. Kulak (3), B. Burns (1)
MIN 2–5 COL

Team comparison

MIN	Stat	COL
31	Shots	23
—	Power play	2
31	Hits	28
13	Blocked shots	11
10	PIM	4

Actual result

Goal scorers(7)

Valeri NichushkinCOL1

Gabriel LandeskogCOL1

Nicolas RoyCOL1

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(7)

Goal scorers(7)

Assists(12)

Points(16)