nhl western conference

first round

No. 2 Colorado Avalanche Vs. No. 7 Minnesota Wild

Game 1: Thursday, at Colorado, 8:30 p.m., FSN

Game 2: Saturday, at Colorado, 8:30 p.m., FSN

Game 3: Monday, at Minnesota, 6 p.m., FSN

Game 4: Thursday, April 24, at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m., FSN

Game 5: Saturday, April 26, at Colorado, if necessary, time, TV TBA

Game 6: Monday, April 28, at Minnesota, if necessary, time, TV TBA

Game 7: Wednesday, April 30, at Colorado, if necessary, time, TV TBA

Records: Avalanche 52-22-8; Wild 43-27-12

Home: Avalanche 26-11-4; Wild 26-10-5

Away: Avalanche 26-11-4; Wild 17-17-7

Season-series: Avalanche won 4-0-1

Goals for: Avalanche 245 (2.99, fourth in NHL); Wild 199 (2.43, 24th)

Goals against: Avalanche 216 (2.63, 15th); Wild 198 (2.42, seventh)

Shots for: Avalanche 29.5 (20th); Wild 26.6 (29th)

Shots against: Avalanche 32.7 (25th); Wild 27 .7 (fifth)

Power play: Avalanche 19.8 percent (fifth); Wild 17.9 percent (16th)

Penalty kill: Avalanche 80.7 percent (24th); Wild 78.8 percent (27th)

Leaders

Goals: Colorado — Ryan O'Reilly 28, Gabriel Landeskog 26; Wild — Jason Pominville 30, Zach Parise 29

Assists: Colorado — Matt Duchene 47, Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon 39; Wild — Mikko Koivu 43, Ryan Suter 35

Points: Colorado — Duchene 70, Landeskog 65; Wild — Pominville 60, Parise 56

Power-play goals: Colorado — O'Reilly 9; Wild — Parise 14

Time on ice: Colorado — Erik Johnson 23:00; Wild — Suter 29:24

Starting goalies

Colorado: Semyon Varlamov — 41-14-6, 2.41 goals-against average, .927 save percentage, two shutouts

Wild: Ilya Bryzgalov — 7-1-3, 2.12 goals-against average, 911 save percentage, three shutouts