Playoff preview: Colorado vs. Wild
(Avalanche won season series 4-0-1)
Stat comparison
ColoradoCategoryWild
52-22-8Record43-27-12
26-11-4Home record26-10-5
26-11-4Road record17-17-7
245 (2.99, 4th in NHL)Goals for199 (2.43, 24th)
216 (2.63, 14th)Goals against198 (2.42, 7th)
29.5 (20th)Shots for26.6 (29th)
32.7 (25th)Shots against27.7 (5th)
19.8% (5th)Power play17.9% (16th)
80.7% (24th)Penalty kill78.8% (27th)
Colorado leaders
Goals: Ryan O'Reilly 28, Gabriel Landeskog 26
Assists: Matt Duchene 47, Landeskog 39, Nathan MacKinnon 39
Points: Duchene 70, Landeskog 65
Power-play goals: O'Reilly 9
Average time on ice: Erik Johnson 23:00
Wild leaders
Goals: Jason Pominville 30, Zach Parise 29
Assists: Mikko Koivu 43, Ryan Suter 35
Points: Pominville 60, Parise 56
Power-play goals: Parise 14
Average time on ice: Suter 29:30
Starting goalies
Colorado: Semyon Varlamov (41-14-6, 2.41 GAA, .927 save percentage, 2 shutouts). Wild: Ilya Bryzgalov (7-1-3 with the Wild, 2.00 GAA, .916 save percentage, 3 shutouts).