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)
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
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
Kirill Kaprizov should become the Wild’s franchise scoring leader shortly after the team returns to action on Feb. 26.
